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by Tiffany Lieu A Duke Law professor may soon evaluate the cases of Guantanamo detainees. Scott Silliman—professor of the practice of law at the Duke School of Law and director emeritus of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security—was nominated by President Barack Obama as an appellate judge to the United States Court of Military Commission Review Nov. 10. Silliman’s appointment is still pending approval by the Senate Armed Services Scott Silliman Committee. The U.S. Court of Military Commission Review, instituted as part of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and amended in 2009, is an appellate court that reviews military commissions cases. It also reviews the cases’ findings and sentences for legal and factual sufficiency. The military commission court system was designed to try terrorism suspects captured by the federal government and incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay, said Dick Kohn, professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although Silliman declined to comment
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More people than ever before are committed to becoming a Blue Devil. This year, Duke has seen a large increase in binding early decision applications compared to its peer institutions. Although similarly news selective universities have analysis also experienced growth— and others have reinstated early action programs—the surge in Duke’s applications remains an anomaly. The number of early decision applications at Duke increased by 23 percent, from 2,207 last year to 2,716 this year—following the trend the University has experienced in recent years, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. Last year, there was a 14 percent increase in early decision applications from the previous year. Applications increased by 24 percent to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and by 16 percent to the Pratt School of Engineering this year. Guttentag attributed the rise in early decision applications to the increasingly competitive and selective nature of the college admissions process.
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It seems fitting that Mike Krzyzewski’s first shot at his 903rd career head coaching victory will come in the first game of a doubleheader, a throwback to earlier days of college basketball. No. 6 Duke will take on Michigan State at Madison Square Garden in the opening game of the inaugural Champions Classic, which will showcase the Blue Devils, Spartans, Kansas and Kentucky. The game will tip off at 7 p.m., followed by the Jayhawks against the Wildcats two hours later. “I can remember as a kid, going to...
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Chicago Stadium and watching doubleheaders,” Krzyzewski said. “There weren’t teams on TV, so you got a chance to see guys.... It’s a cool concept.” Forty-six years after the Duke head coach once saw the Blue Devils play Notre Dame in one of those doubleheaders, he is on the cusp of becoming the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history. But, to get there, he will have to get through an experienced head coach who has 383 wins and a national title on his own resume. SEE M. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 8
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Senior forward Draymond Green leads Michigan State, which lost to No. 1 North Carolina in its season opener. Duke comes to Madison Square Garden after picking up two wins at home last weekend.
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HONOLULU — As customs go, it seems fairly harmless: As they gather for a group “family” photo at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, otherwise fusty and crusty world leaders don funny shirts or accessories, often with loud colors and garish patterns. Perhaps it is no surprise that the funloving President Bill Clinton started the tradition in 1993 when he hosted the summit in Seattle. Other leaders followed suit, offering their counterparts outfits that got increasingly unsightly each annum. But not this year. Not with President Barack Obama in charge. With the United States and much of the world mired in financial doldrums, Obama nixed the funny shirt business entirely at this year’s summit. And as the summit began, Obama didn’t say why. The leaders wore their business attire to the photo—suits and ties for the men and pant suits for the women.
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Sharing data publicly is a practice that advances scientific discovery and benefits society at large, two leading geneticists said in a lecture Monday. Nobel Prize winner Sir John Sulston and Dr. Robert Waterston delivered a lecture on the social value of science and the
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free spread of scientific data. Their talk, “The Common Wealth of Science,” was the James B. Wyngaarden Distinguished Lecture in Genome Sciences and Policy, sponsored by the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. “Science works best when you are able to get the data out there and people are able to use it,” Sulston said. Sulston and Waterston worked together to complete the first sequencing of a multicellular organism—their worm genome was published in December 1998. As director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in England, Sulston led one of the four principal sequencing centers for the Human Genome Project, and Waterston researched human genome sequencing at his lab in St. Louis. Sulston and Waterston also played instrumental roles in establishing the Bermuda Principles on data sharing, which advocate maintaining genome data in the public domain. This philosophy prevailed against those who argued for proprietary human genome databases, and it came to shape the proliferation of information on the human genome. “The Human Genome Project is a resource-intensive project that is meant for the public—the data is released so the utility can be maximized,” Waterston said. IGSP Director Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan noted the significance of this approach for students of genomics. SEE NOBEL ON PAGE 4
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Computers are now teaching doctors effective interpersonal communication skills. Researchers found that a new CDROM course curriculum targeted toward oncologists looking to develop better patient-communication skills elicited more empathetic responses from the physicians. Patients were also found to have greater trust in doctors who had successfully completed the program—a key factor in bettering their quality of life and the outcomes of their treatments. The study, published in the Nov. 1 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at the interactions between 48 oncologists and 264 patients with advanced cancer. “Oncologists are among the most devoted to the care of their patients, but they are not always clear to articulate their empathy,” said Dr. James Tulsky, senior author of the study and director of the Center for Palliative Care. “It’s not that the doctors are uncaring, but they just have not been trained to connect with patients at a more emotional level through language.” The interactive program includes a five-module course on basic communication skills, focusing on patients’ emotions and how physicians should share prognosis information with patients. The tutorial includes feedback of actual pre-recorded clinical visits. Physicians were reminded to apply these changes
in their practices before future clinic visits. When confronted with patient concerns or fears, oncologists who had not taken the CD-ROM course showed no improvement in their communication and response to patients. On the other hand, doctors who had participated in the trained group responded empathetically to their patients twice as often. “The results are exciting because this program has been proven to be an inexpensive and easy alternative to multi-day courses that are both time-consuming and expensive,” Tulsky noted. The current method for teaching doctors effective communication skills is a multi-day course that consists of lectures and role-playing with actors hired to simulate clinical situations, he added. Randa McNamara, education training coordinator for the Standardized Patient Program—a required program for medical students in which they interact with role-playing actors—said she was in favor of Tulsky’s program. “By going back to the skills I teach the medical students in residency or even for practicing physicians, it’s a great tool to re-enforce what they may have forgotten in medical school,” McNamara said, Effective communication skills are critical for doctors when interacting with their patients, said Sharon Campen, chair-elect of the Duke Patient Advocacy SEE ONCOLOGY ON PAGE 4
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“[I want them to] learn about not just the Human Genome Project but also the way it came into being—lots of databases and open information, and to have students think about optimal ways of doing science,” Cook-Deegan said. “It was a fateful choice—what Sulston and Waterston made.” Public central data is crucial to scientific advance, Sulston said, adding that it is necessary to find the right balance between the public and private domains. The fact that an increasing amount of scientific discoveries rely upon market systems, however, prioritizes commercial rather than social benefits. “There are marketing excesses that distort the transparent process in scientific discovery,” Sulston said. Sulston also noted conflicts between producing the best medicines and the most profitable ones and said for-profit medicine limited the possibilities of eliminating diseases such as HIV and tropical diseases in poor countries. “Doing lots of sciences is not enough—we have to think about what the balances between [social benefits and business profits are] and where we are going,” Sulston added. Lauren Dame, associate director for genome ethics, law and policy, noted the role that intellectual property plays in the development of research. “We are interested in how intellectual property can help and hinder science,” Dame said. “As key figures in the Human Genome Project, they are instrumental in promoting an open norm.” Sulston also outlined the policy-level process of scientific discovery. From discovery to knowledge to understanding, what is being investigated goes into the stage of application, which facilitates new discoveries, he said. In particular, Sulston noted the relationship between science and culture. “Science is the major cultural drive for the past hundred years,” Sulston said. Freshman Hillary Bowman said she is concerned about the lack of transparent information, confirming the speakers’ contributions made to science and society. “What would have happened if we had not implemented the public databases?” Bowman said. “I can hardly imagine the consequences.”
Council. Increased communication allows for the patient to make better, more informed decisions, and it also helps provide a safe treatment environment. Patients expect straightforward communication from their doctors, especially when the outlook is not positive, Campen added, noting that Tulsky’s study will help doctors become more comfortable in relaying bad news. Several of Tulsky’s peers have also expressed approval of the program. Dr. Michael Kastan, executive director of the Duke Cancer Institute, noted that the key advantage of this tutorial is its ability to show doctors videos of their own clinical interactions with patients. “[The tutorial] makes doctors take a step back and
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EARLY DECISION from page 1 “The increased selectivity of Duke and its peer institutions has injected additional uncertainties into the process,” he said. “Part of what we’re seeing [in the increase] is the desire of the student to bring some clarity to the process earlier.” Duke in context In relation to other selective colleges that offer an early binding agreement, Duke enrolls a lower percentage of its incoming class from early decision applicants, Guttentag said. Last year, Duke accepted 29 percent of early decision applications for the Class of 2015. Several of Duke’s peer institutions saw slight increases in early application numbers. Dartmouth College saw a 3 percent increase from last year, and Brown University saw a 4 percent rise. The University of Pennsylvania—which enrolls nearly 30 percent of its freshman class from the early decision pool—saw a slight decrease in applications this Fall. This year, they received 4,510 applications, a 1.3 percent decrease from last year. The university’s Dean of Admissions Eric Furda attributed the decline to Harvard University and Princeton University’s return to the early admissions arena, according to a Daily Pennsylvanian article Nov. 10. Princeton received 3,547 applications in its early admissions round, and Harvard has not yet published its early action application numbers. This year marks the first since 2006 that Harvard and Princeton have accepted non-binding early action applications. Both universities had canceled their early admissions policy four years ago in an effort to make the admissions process more equitable—in hope that peer institutions
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would follow suit. Guttentag said the decision for these two universities to reinstate these programs had minimal effect on Duke’s early application process. In the short time period between when Duke’s early decision acceptances are announced and when regular decision applications are due Jan. 2, Guttentag believes that there will be a sharp increase in regular decision applications. He said many will come from students who are rejected or deferred by Harvard or Princeton. “As we become more and more selective, it gets increasingly more competitive for [the admissions committee] to compete and fight for those students who are also wanted at our peer institutions,” Guttentag said. “As much as prospective students wish to appeal to us, it is our duty to appeal to more and more qualified candidates.”
seem to be a perceivable correlation between the state of the economy [and the number of applications],” Guttentag said. Increases ‘from our own backyard’ Students from North Carolina typically make up a large portion of each class at Duke, and this year, the state also saw the greatest percentage increase in early decision applications—34 percent. In addition to North Carolina, there were early decision application increases greater than 30 percent in Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington. Also, 209 international students applied this year—an increase of 8 percent from last year. “The most surprising percentage comes from our own backyard,” Guttentag noted. Katherine Cleaver, director of college counseling at Durham Academy, said
there has been heightened interest from high school students in North Carolina. “Duke has worked very hard within North Carolina to increase its visibility and has been very clear in helping students, families and guidance counselors notice the many opportunities for Duke students,” Cleaver said. “North Carolina just has been slower to come to the table to realize that.” Despite the upswing in applications, Guttentag emphasized that there is still a greater need to appeal to prospective students. “We attract a very special group of applicants—those that appreciate the strong and rigorous academic and social culture of Duke,” he noted. “And in recent years, the number of such applicants who discover and wish to be part of this special environment have skyrocketed.”
Behind the surge The dramatic increase in Duke’s early decision applications is not the result of just one factor. Provost Peter Lange attributed the surge of applicants in recent years to Duke’s innovative initiatives. “A big majority of prospective students mention the spirit of initiative of our students in programs, such as DukeEngage, which is indicative of [Duke’s] nature,” Lange said. Guttentag added that he is pleased that despite the dismal economic situation for many students, families understand that colleges are interested in making education affordable. There was not, however, a significant increase in the percentage of students who indicated that they will be applying for financial aid, he said. “None of my colleagues perceived the great increase in applications three years ago when the economy slid, so there doesn’t
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ter selection for this particular job,” said Charles Dunlap, visiting professor of the practice of law and executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security. “I admire him for wanting to take it on because it is going to be a very challenging job.” Silliman’s professorship followed his retirement from the Air Force where he garnered practical experience with military proceedings. This experience contributes to Silliman’s expertise in the field, Dunlap noted. “The reputation that Professor Silliman built here at Duke as one of the nation’s foremost national security scholars is certainly a factor that brought his name to the forefront,” Dunlap said. Silliman’s reputation, integrity and experience makes him the model candidate for the position, Kohn said. “If I needed to be defended in some court where his expertise was relevant I would call him first. I would put my life in his hands,” Kohn said. “He is truly an outstanding lawyer and human being, and his values, ethics and integrity are, in my judgment, of the highest standard.” Kohn noted that some aspects of the military commission courts, in particular whether their procedures and processes conform to standards of international and American law, need more legitimacy. Silliman’s nomination would add to that legitimacy. “The fact that the United States government nominated a lawyer of Scott Silliman’s outstanding record, experience, accomplishments and balanced objective viewpoints speaks well for the government’s attempt to see this process through in such a way as to gain the applause of the American and world opinion,” Kohn said.
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Highlights of a storied coaching career Back in the summer of 2008, I sat at home in Colorado eagerly anticipating my freshman year at Duke. In my quest to fill my head with every possible ounce of knowledge regarding the basketball program, I had a very exciting moment of realization. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski sat at 803 career wins. I thought to myself that by assuming the Blue Devils would win 25 games each season for the next four years, a conservative estimate, I would be able to see that record-setting victory—No. 903—at the end of my senior year. Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils had other plans of course, winRyan ning 30 games or more each of the past three years to speed up that time line significantly. Now, as the coach sits on the cusp of history, I have assembled a committee of one to present to you the most memorable of Krzyzewski’s victories on the path to 903. Obviously it was nearly impossible to narrow this list to five games, so this collection was chosen using an arbitrary, subjective evaluation combining significance to the Duke program and Krzyzewski’s career along with overall entertainment value of the game itself.
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No. 5: March 30, 1991, Duke 79, UNLV 77; Win No. 335 One year earlier in Denver, the Running Rebels beat the Blue Devils by 30 points in the NCAA championship game. This time around, in the national semifinal in Indianapolis, Duke—featuring Christian Laettner, Grant Hill and Bobby Hurley—managed to stay with UNLV’s high-tempo team for an entire 40 minutes. After 17 ties and 25 lead changes, Laettner hit two free throws with just over ten seconds remaining to end the Running Rebels’ hopes at the first undefeated season since Bob Knight’s 1976 Indiana squad. Duke proceeded to defeat CHRONICLE FILE PHOTOS
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski would become the winningest head coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history with a win Tuesday night.
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Duke gathered Monday afternoon to view the selection show revealing the 48 teams that will compete in this year’s NCAA tournament. Although the Blue Devils (10-7-3) had to wait until the second half of the bracket to hear their name called, their patience was rewarded with an at-large bid and a home matchup, hosting Georgia State (13-7-1) this Thursday at 7 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium. The tournament is formatted with 16 seeded teams receiving first-round byes, and 32 unseeded teams squaring off on Thursday. The ACC is well-represented in the field with the second-most number of teams of any conference with six. The Big East has seven teams in the field, but the ACC has the highest overall conference RPI. North Carolina is the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament while Boston College and Maryland are seeded fourth and fifth, respectively. “It’s a great conference. The fact that we have two teams in the top four speaks volumes,” Terrapins head coach Sasho Cirovski said via telephone during the telecast. Duke, Wake Forest and Virginia are all un-
seeded, and no other ACC team is in the same quadrant as the Blue Devils. Even though many teams have better records than Duke in the tournament, the team is counting on its experience playing in the nation’s best conference to guide it through postseason play. “ACC teams have been playing good games throughout the whole year so they’re ready for big-time games,” senior midfielder Chris Tweed-Kent said. “Other teams which haven’t been playing as difficult teams, but have better records, will have a harder time.” One of the teams that falls into that category is 10th-seeded New Mexico, which awaits the winner of the Blue Devil-Panther first-round matchup. The Lobos finished the season undefeated and No. 1 in the NSCAA coach’s poll, but played an easy schedule in the Mountain West Conference. Duke made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament last year, beating Coastal Carolina at home, and is hoping for a chance to upset New Mexico in this year’s round of 32 with another victory at Koskinen. “I think we always play extremely well at home,” Tweed-Kent said. “It will be nice to hopefully get a win here and then whatever happens, happens.”
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CLAXTON from page 7 Roy Williams and the Kansas Jayhawks two days later for the program’s first national championship in its fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. No. 4: March 6, 2010, Duke 82, North Carolina 50; Win No. 859 The only regular season game on this list, the 2010 matchup at Cameron Indoor Stadium between the Blue Devils and Tar Heels was an important game for Duke for a variety of reasons—first and foremost being that Krzyzewski’s team finally ended a four-game losing streak to North Carolina at Cameron. The Blue Devils had 53 points at halftime on their way to recording the largest margin of victory in the history of the rivalry. In the context of the 2010 season, the win capped a 17-0 home slate for Duke and boosted its case for a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament. The team had lost earlier in the week at Maryland, but the slaughter of the Blue Devils’ biggest rival signaled that this team was serious about making a run in the tournament. No. 3: April 5, 2010, Duke 61, Butler 59; Win No. 868 As fate would have it, the Blue Devils did not lose again in 2010. But boy did they come close. In a shot that would have been bigger than The Shot had it gone in, basketball fans across the country watched in awe as the outcome of the season flew through the air in Indianapolis. After Krzyzewski instructed senior Brian Zoubek to miss a free throw with 3.6 seconds remaining—with the Bulldogs without a timeout—Hayward’s Heave seemingly traveled in slow motion from half court, off the backboard and off the front of the rim. The victory gave Krzyzewski his fourth title spanning three decades, and marked the crowning moment of the senior class of Zoubek, Jon Scheyer and Lance Thomas. No. 2: March 10, 1984, Duke 77, North Carolina 75; Win No. 135 Perhaps the most important game on this list in terms of Krzyzewski’s individual career, the Blue Devils’ upset of the thenNo. 1 Tar Heels was a moment of vindication for the head coach. For the better part
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of the first four years of his tenure, alumni and donors had little patience for the unknown coach from West Point. But his program was finally on the rise during his fourth year in Durham, behind the strength of the 1982 recruiting class of Johnny Dawkins, Jay Bilas, David Henderson and Mark Alarie. As sophomores in 1983-84, the group was joined by freshman point guard Tommy Amaker—the missing piece of the puzzle. Duke jumped above the 20-win mark for the first time in Krzyzewski’s tenure and faced a matchup with the nation’s top team in the ACC semifinals. North Carolina boasted one of its most talented rosters ever and had already beaten the Blue Devils twice during the regular season. But it was Dawkins’ explosive first half and Henderson’s four free throws down the stretch that carried Duke to the upset despite Michael Jordan’s 22 points for the Tar Heels. The upset marked a monumental boost to Krzyzewski’s credibility, and Duke reached its first NCAA championship game of the Krzyzewski era just two years later. No. 1: March 28, 1992, Duke 104, Kentucky 103, OT; Win No. 368 An obvious choice for the most memorable game of Krzyzewski’s career, The Shot was not only immediately legendary on its own, but it changed the way teams play defense at the end of a game. Trailing by one with 2.1 seconds left in overtime, an unguarded Grant Hill heaved a one-handed inbound pass from under his own basket to Christian Laettner at the other free-throw line. One dribble, a turn and Laettner put up The Shot that sent the Blue Devils to the Final Four, where they would eventually beat Michigan’s Fab Five for their second consecutive title. It is no coincidence that all five of these games were played after March 1, and that three of them were in the NCAA Tournament. Krzyzewski made a name for himself over the past 36 years by winning the biggest games on the biggest stages in college basketball. These five games are merely a snapshot of the career of a man who will likely be remembered as the greatest coach of all time—in any sport. There were other championship games of course, as well as epic battles with North Carolina, Laettner buzzer-beaters and top recruiting classes. But as the players and opponents change, there remains only one Coach K.
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Mason Plumlee has made 12-of-18 field goals in the first two games of the Blue Devils’ season.
M. BASKETBALL from page 1 “You never want to be the guy that threw to Hank Aaron,” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said. “It’s an incredible feat he’s trying to get to. I hope he gets there. I just hope it’s not on our night.” The two programs met last season at Cameron Indoor Stadium, resulting in a 84-79 win for Krzyzewski. Seven of the 10 players who started in that game are no longer with their respective programs, though, leaving both teams reliant on their youth. Five of the 10 Michigan State players to see at least 10 minutes of playing time in the team’s opener were freshmen or sophomores. The biggest early issue has been at the point guard position, where converted shooting guard Keith Appling started last Friday. Freshman Travis Trice is the team’s only true point guard, but whether he is ready to start at the collegiate level remains to be seen. The Duke backcourt, which Izzo said has “not as much depth” as it has had in recent years, is still trying to single out an effective primary ballhandler. The duties have so far been split between Seth Curry, Tyler Thornton and Quinn Cook, but the team is still looking for the best way to utilize its guards in orchestrating the offense. “We are not a selfish team, but at
times we don’t see other people because we get immersed in what we’re doing individually,” Krzyzewski said after his team’s win over Presbyterian Saturday. “That’s part of what a young team does.” Krzyzewski said his biggest matchup concern, though, was with Draymond Green. The 6-foot-7, 230-lb forward racked up 19 boards against North Carolina’s John Henson and Tyler Zeller last week. “Chris Collins [did advance scouting in preparation for] Michigan State, and he just said, ‘Coach, they really rebound,’” Krzyzewski said. “We don’t have Henson [who had nine blocks against the Spartans] so we better block out before they get that first rebound.” Green, along with teammate Adreian Payne, will provide tougher matchups for Mason and Miles Plumlee, along with Ryan Kelly. who have been dominant during the early season. The trio has tallied 74 points and 48 rebounds in the team’s first two games. “Duke has a better inside attack than they’ve had [in recent years],” Izzo said. “It’ll be a different kind of game.” “Different” is an understatement considering the atmosphere surrounding Krzyzewski as he tries for his record-breaking win, though even he is ready to move on with the rest of the season. “I wanted to get done with it last March and April, because it would have been under the radar,” Krzyzewski said. “That would have been the best.”
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Benching athletic influence State College, Pa.—a town steps in the realm of student usually known for successful athletics. football seasons—is now gainThese episodes have varing national attention under ied in severity, often centering less auspicious circumstanc- around academic dishonesty es. Scandal has rocked Penn- or inappropriate financial insylvania State centives. At University since the University editorial it came to light of Miami just that Jerry Sandusky, a former a few months ago, several assistant football coach, was players and athletics staff purcharged with sexually abus- portedly curried favor with a ing several young boys, at university booster, Nevin Shatimes on the property of the piro, who provided the Huruniversity. ricanes with financial favors, This terrible ordeal, swept including use of his yacht, under the rug by university from 2002 to 2010. officials since the late-1990s, Another case hits closer to raises important questions home, where the University that any university with a high of North Carolina at Chapel profile athletics program must Hill has been the target of face. The Penn State scandal an NCAA investigation since marks the most recent, as well 2010. The NCAA alleges that as most egregious, in a grow- several UNC football players ing trend of university mis- committed academic fraud,
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and that former assistant coach John Blake was paid to funnel players toward a professional agent. These three examples provide only a snapshot of what is becoming a rampant issue at universities with Division I athletics programs. The case at Penn State takes the problem to a new level, as it involves violent crime as opposed to mere academic or financial fraud. This incident should prompt us to examine just what role athletics ought to have in a university setting. We certainly support the existence of university sports. In particular at Duke, athletics define University life in very positive ways, bringing unity and pride to campus. However, as the examples mentioned above reveal,
high-profile athletics can be too influential for their own good. Athletic clout can compel university officials to act unethically, compromising the reputations and legitimacy of the very institutions that they represent. In particular, the Penn State example reminds us that even iconic figures in athletics—coaches like Joe Paterno or Mike Krzyzewski— do not live above ethical standards. Duke’s record in this regard has remained positive. Although athletics holds a prominent place in the life of the University, it has not compelled us into the realm of the unethical or illegal. Students often criticize inequalities between athletes and non-athletes at Duke, citing athletes’ plentiful tutoring opportu-
nities and early registration windows, but such advantages are small and do not signify a breach in ethics. We commend the University for its policies in this regard and urge administrators, in response to the Penn State scandal, to enforce policies with renewed vigor in recognition of potential for influential programs to run awry. Duke’s athletics should continue to be a large part of the University. Duke basketball is and ought to be a staple of student life, but its influence should never push individuals to commit acts in violation of the law. Penn State now faces repercussions on both its finances and its public image. This is a fate Duke would do well to avoid in the future.
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n alert student of mine let me know the economy. That was his response, by the way, to a other day that students at Harvard Univer- first-year Ph.D. student’s attempt to call him out sity staged a walkout of their Principles of on being a Keynesian. Mankiw’s statement doesn’t Economics course, which is known seem to place him either with the there as Ec 10, as part of the OccuTenured Radicals or with the Ayn py Harvard movement. This interRand crowd. ests me for several reasons, includFor some reason, people across ing the fact that I’m scheduled to the political spectrum seem to think teach Principles myself next semesthat colleges and universities have ter. Also, the instructor of Harvard’s some kind of ideological code they course, Greg Mankiw, was on my require their faculty to subscribe to. Ph.D. thesis committee. perhaps they think there’s some connel fullenkamp Or I’m wondering, of course, whethkind of peer pressure that profesleptokurtotic er students will stage a walkout of sors exert on each other so that Econ 51 next semester. But I’m everyone mouths the same political also wondering whether I’ll notice, since students views. All I can say is that I’ve never experienced usually stage a walkout of this course every Spring any of that—though the thought of my colleagues semester. It’s called tenting. That makes me won- using classic peer pressure enforcement mechader, in turn, whether this year we’ll call tenting nisms on each other—noogies and wedgies—is “Occupy K-ville.” But that sounds like some kind sort of amusing. And besides, the saying that manof stunt the UNC students would try to pull to im- aging professors is like herding cats is absolutely press Dick Vitale (line monitors, please take note). true. We can’t even enforce a dress code on facSo I hope we just stick to calling it tenting. ulty, for crying out loud—and yet people want to I have mixed feelings about the Harvard walk- believe that universities can tell their faculty what out. Although I completely support students’ to think? rights to walk out in protest of any course they Professors do have an agenda that they want wish, especially if it means they haven’t done the to pass on to their students, but it’s not about getproblem set anyway, I’d still rather have them stay ting you to agree with their political views. For in class. And that’s even after they say some of the example, here’s mine. I want to figure out what less well-informed things that were quoted in the the hell’s going on in our economy, so that we Harvard Crimson article, like one student who can solve some of its problems and therefore get said, “Ec 10 is a symbol of the larger economic it to help us solve some of our problems. I have ideology that created the 2008 collapse. Professor this set of tools that I’m using to figure things Mankiw worked in the Bush administration, and out, but they aren’t perfect. And the economy is he clearly has a conservative ideology.” Kid, thank so big and complex that I’ll never understand it you for going to Harvard instead of Duke. by myself. I really don’t think that Professor Mankiw was But I’m hoping that I can interest a few othtrying to brainwash his students with any conser- er people to come along and help out with this vative ideology or agenda. I make this statement project—after all, I’m not the one who started this based on my own experiences, though they took project either. I want to show people how to use place before the advent of either the Internet or these tools, in the hopes that they can learn how electricity (I can’t remember which one any more) to use the tools better than I can, and maybe even and are therefore highly suspect. I was a teaching go on to make more powerful or precise tools assistant for Mankiw’s first-year Ph.D. course in some day. If we all learn to use these tools, then we macroeconomics for two years, which means that can have better conversations about what we think I sat in on his entire course twice. is really going on in the economy and how to solve If there’s any strong ideological undercurrent its problems. Sure, we’ll disagree—but even the in Mankiw’s teaching, I would say that it’s Nerd- quality of our disagreements will be higher beism: the belief that people should listen to, and cause we have learned how to think more clearly learn from, nerds…. Because believe me—and about the economy and how it works. I say this with genuine respect and affection— We can’t work on this project together if you Mankiw is a nerd’s nerd. Beyond that, though, the walk out of my class. Stay in class, and stay healthy place where Mankiw shows up on the ideological next semester, tenters. spectrum is that he’s supposedly a Keynesian. But in one of the Ph.D. classes I sat in on, Mankiw deConnel Fullenkamp is the director of undergraduate fined his own Keynesianism as simply the belief studies and professor of the practice of economics. His that government can have a positive impact on the column runs every other Tuesday.
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uke is a very strange place for me. There is a tension here that I could not deconstruct for many years. My background led me, for four years, to work maintenance at a community college in Arkansas. Most of my coworkers were professional Labor, a few specializing in a trade. Many students at this school were either from, or studying to join, the professional Labor ranks. Due to josh brewer this connection, we workers were respected and could southern socialism easily connect with the student body. Many will say that Duke is a privileged space—therefore whining is more a show of how spoiled we are. Others, like me, resoundingly disagree—Duke is a supremely f—ed up space (The Chronicle censors words betraying my class background). Privilege denies a space the ability to be f—ed up and presupposes that the “unprivileged space” of our fantastical imagination is the space from which all error originates. I know and love my “unprivileged space” down South—don’t be fooled, we’ve got tomorrow’s answers already spun on our front porches and no-porches; stop denying this space its true privilege and see what we can do. Here, many students have never connected to life as most Americans—much less world citizens—experience it. No, I’m not talking about the resume-padding institutionalized poverty tourism; I’m talking about true, lived connections. Duke is not a privileged space—we are the sick brethren in need. Structurally, as an extension of the antebellum model, Duke minimizes interaction between its students and Labor force. When the few of us do reach out—circum-
navigating the justified skepticism—we find a plethora of grievances: third party contractors, like Bon Appetit Management Company, operate as a buffer between Duke and Labor; union rights are greatly curtailed through a variety of mechanisms like no-strike clauses; cost-of-living raises sometimes fall short of even currency inflation; split-shift work keeps workers on campus for 10 or 12 hours but only pays for eight; shifts are sometimes cut as little as 15 minutes to avoid full time designation; non-union eateries benefit from union presence without paying membership dues or sharing the risk of organized Labor. Don’t take my word on the problems around here—get to know your dining employees, custodial staff and maintenance workers; let them know you care and want to see Duke become a mutually supportive space. I propose that Duke require its students to work in a Labor field of choice while enrolled. Upon entering the field, students would start at the very bottom. Every student would, as a member of the Labor force, join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees called Local 77 or the International Union of Operating Engineers called Local 465. Four years of Union membership and Labor experience will benefit every Duke student and open career Labor, Union and Labororganizing paths. We students have very little to offer our workers beyond respect, friendship and solidarity (which, if actually offered, would be revolutionary). Educationally, Duke should open its classrooms to Labor; all involved in a more diverse classroom would benefit greatly. Campus Labor, on the other hand, can offer Duke experience and skill. My education primarily derives from working with my hands and my back; Duke students deserve the same opportunity. Duke must reject the market trend of distancing itself from Labor with third party contractors. The use of franchise chains should be replaced by local businesses staffed
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lettertotheeditor Duke Football still lacking fundamentals I attended Saturday’s Duke-UVa football game in Charlottesville, Va., with a group of eight other young Duke alums, and we were dismayed to see that the Blue Devils continue to be plagued by basic football errors, namely dropped passes and missed field goals. The Chronicle’s coverage of the game highlighted missed assignments on defense as a reason for the loss to the Cavaliers, and those instances surely didn’t help the team’s cause Saturday, but Duke could have easily scored 41 points and remained in bowl contention. If not for two touchdown drops by Donovan Varner, a drop on a critical third down by Cooper Helfet, two missed field goals by Will Snyderwine and the decision not to trust Snyderwine with another kick—Duke instead got stopped in the red zone on fourth down— the Blue Devils would be 4-6. And if David Cutcliffe’s staff had addressed those issues earlier in the year, the team would be a whole lot better than that.
by Duke employees with Union protection. Employers like Twinnie’s should continue their business model (after losing the Starbucks coffee—come on, we have Counter Culture right here!) with the same, newly unionized employees. Most atrociously, other eateries, like McDonald’s and its health effects, should not be tolerated on campus. I understand that these can be the only affordable eateries on campus; workers should have the right to a daily shift meal, or two if applicable, at campus eateries. Duke must dismantle the top-heavy hierarchy stifling the dining halls. It must allow workers to make collective decisions about their workplace based on direct student input and the results of a student-dining labor committee reporting directly to the highest levels of campus administration. Similar committees should be formed to foster collaboration between students and maintenance, as well as housekeeping and bus drivers. Students desperately need the fully invested education provided by personal Labor integration and interaction with professional Labor. A program aiming to integrate Labor and students must make explicit that no workers will lose their jobs. Most campus Labor sectors are understaffed and overworked. Most of the capital needed to support this proposed program would be secured after the removal of bureaucrats and national contractors removing capital from the local economy. Redirect this capital to professional and student Labor. Restore campus union rights, not because of legal obligation, but out of respect, moral obligation and sustainability. We must openly challenge the Labor stances taken by the Board of Trustees and administration—both during their tenure and time away from this campus. Duke suffers from its lack of connection to Labor; an emergency treatment is in order.
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he Supreme Court heard arguments last week ing GPS devices to track all of us, all of the time, without in a case that asks what role the Fourth Amend- our consent or basis for suspicion. Or as Chief Justice ment will play in the 21st century, when satellite John Roberts noted during oral argument, bringing systems, GPS devices and smartphones the matter even closer to home, nothincreasingly make it possible for the goving would stop the FBI from placing david cole ernment to track our every move without GPS equipment on each of the justices’ human intervention. At stake is whether the washington post cars and monitoring their every move. technology has overtaken privacy and Because such surveillance is inexpenwhether the Constitution has anything to say about it. sive, the resource constraints that have limited other If we are to retain the privacy essential to a free so- dragnet-type searches do not apply, and the prospect of ciety that the framers sought to protect, technology sweeping surveillance is real. must be regulated by the amendment that prohibits In fact, for many of us, the government does not unreasonable searches and seizures. But to do so, the even need to go to the trouble of attaching a GPS deSupreme Court may need to revise its interpretation of vice. We already carry them voluntarily. Smartphones the Fourth Amendment. use GPS-like technology to transmit to cellular service The court has been here before. In 1967, it belatedly providers the location of the phone at all times, and ushered the Fourth Amendment into the 20th century therefore the location of the owner as long as he or she when it ruled in Katz v. United States that, before the is carrying the phone. Many newer cars feature OnStar, government wiretaps a citizen’s phone, it must obtain a a GPS-based service that tracks the car’s precise locawarrant based on probable cause. The court had previ- tion so emergency services can be directed in case of acously ruled that the police needed a warrant only when cident. The government has argued that it should have their search actually invaded property. Because wiretaps free access to all this information as well because havcould be installed far from a suspect’s property, the court ing “voluntarily” given the information to our phone had deemed them to be of no constitutional concern. company or to OnStar, it’s no longer private, and sevIn Katz, however, the court recognized that, unless eral courts have agreed. the rules were changed, privacy would be rendered obIn short, Big Brother has arrived, and we have insolete by technological advances. Proclaiming that the vited him in. GPS and smartphone devices help us find Fourth Amendment “protects people, not places,” it our way to new restaurants, but they also help the govruled that, whenever the government invades a “reason- ernment come along for the ride. Should our embrace able expectation of privacy,” it must satisfy the Fourth of these modern conveniences mean that we forfeit our Amendment and that people reasonably expect their right to relative anonymity when we travel in public? phone calls to be private. When the Fourth Amendment was adopted, people The court may now need to update constitutional could reasonably expect that their every movement in doctrine again to account for more recent technological public would not be recorded automatically and made innovations. In the case heard Tuesday, United States v. available to the government without cost. If we are to Jones, the police secretly attached a global positioning retain some semblance of that privacy today, a warrant device to the underside of a suspect’s car, turning the and probable cause should be required when technolcar into a 24/7 surveillance tool that tracked his every ogy permits the state, with little or no human intervenmove and, after a month, led them to a large cache of tion, to conduct round-the-clock surveillance against us. cocaine. The government did not have a valid warrant, As Justice Stephen Breyer said last week to the governbut the Justice Department argued that it didn’t need ment’s lawyer, “If you win, you suddenly produce what one. Because the police used the GPS device to gather sounds like ‘1984.’” George Orwell might not have been evidence of the car’s location only on public roads, the shocked, but James Madison surely would be. administration said, police invaded no privacy and required no warrant. David Cole teaches constitutional law and criminal proceIf the court were to accept this reasoning, nothing in dure at Georgetown University’s law center. This column origithe Constitution would stop the government from us- nally ran in The Washington Post on 11-13-11.
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Events - Nov. 15 - Nov. 21 November 15 Good Times. Rights! Camera! Action! film screening. 7pm. FHI Garage, Smith Warehouse. Free. November 16 Author Event. Paul Hendrickson on his new book, Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961. Part of the Documentary Writing Series at the Center for Documentary Studies. 7pm (5:30pm, reception). Free.
Sunday November 20 at 6:30pm in Duke Chapel Free Duke Chapel Music will present a Sing-Along of Handel’s Messiah. All are welcome. Scores will be provided at the door.
November 17 Duke Wind Symphony. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. Flutes en masse, featuring Rebecca Troxler and the Duke University Wind Symphony Flute section. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. A Doll’s House. By Henrik Ibsen, directed by Ellen Hemphill, Theater Studies faculty. The classic story of the first “real housewife” of modern drama. 8pm. Sheafer Theater. $10 gen., $5 students & sr. citizens. The show will also take place on November 18 and 19 at 8:00pm and will take place on November 20 at 2:00pm. November 18 Djembe and Afro-Cuban Ensembles. Bradley Simmons, dir. w/guest artist Kimati Dinizulu. 8pm. Page Auditorium. Free. November 19 The Joint is Jumpin’. Music from the Swing Era. Duke Jazz Ensemble, John Brown, dir. & Duke Opera Workshop, Susan Dunn, dir. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. November 20 Free Family Day. Gallery hunt, make-and-take crafts, live entertainment. Noon-4pm. Nasher Museum of Art. Free.
Screen Society All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) =Smith Warehouse - Bay 4,C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. 11/15 GOOD TIMES (SW) - discussion to follow. Rights! Camera! Action! film series 11/15 An Evening with Experimental Filmmaker Roger Beebe (8pm) Featuring short films projected simultaneously on multiple projectors. 11/16 BEIJING TAXI (8pm, W) - w/ director Miao Wang in person! Cine-East: East Asian Cinema series 11/17 MOOZ-LUM (W) Skype Q&A w/ director Qasim Basir to follow! Muslim Diaspora Film Series http://ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule
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