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
The Chronicle
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 60
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Eating disorders a deeply rooted University issue
Crane’s croon
by Arden Kreeger THE CHRONICLE
players at public universities often serve as ambassadors for their schools to local citizens and the broader public. “If you think about what these universities mean, they certainly do mean research and teaching, but they also mean sports,” Clotfelter said. “The research part of [a] university is a bit forbidding and elitist, but football is not. So this is the human face that perhaps ties citizens to universities in a way that nothing else does.” Schools with particularly prominent athletics programs receive added public scrutiny, however, and a number of other universities join Penn State in facing image challenges following recent allegations of misconduct.
People struggling with eating disorders will soon be able to tap into treatment online. The Duke Center for Eating Disorders plans to offer patients suffering from eating disorders with an alternative, remote-access treatment option. The new Webbased treatment program will provide care to families who cannot afford treatment or access treatment. Duke students will also have access to the program. “Unfortunately, I think college is an environment in which eating disorders seem to emerge for a lot of people,” DCED Director Nancy Zucker said. “You’re going to see people who are perfectionists and achievement striving. At [academically rigorous] institutions, you’re going to find a bad combination for a lot of [people].” Many Duke students struggle with disordered eating at a level that does not meet clinical criteria for a specific disorder, wrote Gary Glass, assistant director for outreach and developmental programming at Duke’s Counseling and Psychological Services, in an email Thursday. Although less than 100 students were diagnosed with a clinical disorder last year, CAPS saw more than 600 students with some type of disruptive relationship with food and their bodies, wrote Paula Scatoloni, senior coordinator for eating disorder treatment and social work training at CAPS, in an email Wednesday. Duke’s program will be based partially on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s pilot model, which includes daily surveys to monitor symptom severity. Zucker said this type of ongoing screening could help ensure
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Folk singer Annie Crane performs at the Broad Street Cafe Thursday evening.
Managing an athletics crisis Administrators, experts discuss challenges in wake of Penn State scandal by Taylor Doherty THE CHRONICLE
The shocking allegations revealed at Penn State last week are a reminder of the crisis management required by universities when something related to athletics goes awry. For many schools with NCAA Division I programs, athletics is a core function of the universities even if this role is not explicitly defined in their mission statements, said Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds professor of public policy and author of “Big-Time Sports in American Universities.” At public universities like Pennsylvania State University, media attention can be crushing following an athletic scandal because, as Clotfelter added, coaches and
A new face of homelessness
DURHAM’S HOMELESS PART 1 OF 3
by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE
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The Genesis Home is a transitional homeless shelter for Durham families in need.
Kenya Jacobs is a registered nurse, but the combination of failed relationships and a stalled economy has forced her and her two sons into homelessness. Living in a one-bedroom apartment with sons Michael and Malik, a friend and her friend’s son, Jacobs moved to Durham after ending her marriage of 20 years. With very little money and no family to turn to, Jacobs and her youngest son relied on the Durham Interfaith Hospitality Network—a nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless—to find housing. “A lot of people would look at me and say, ‘You are a nurse—how can you not have a place for you and your children?’” she said. “There were even some [churches] who didn’t understand.... But the people at IHN became my family, and that’s where my homeless journey began.” Durham’s homeless population currently
stands at 652 individuals—one of the largest homeless populations in the state, according to the most recent Point-in-Time survey. This is an increase from the 590 homeless individuals reported at the onset of the economic crisis in 2008. As the pains of slow economic growth are felt across Durham, local organizations have noticed a shift in the socioeconomic makeup of the city’s homeless population, said Lanea Foster, a consultant for the city and coordinator for homeless services in Durham. “The working class poor people are becoming the homeless people,” Foster said. “This is a different homeless population. These people have worked; they do have diplomas; they are not all substance abusers or mentally ill.” Despite finding a job after six weeks at IHN, Jacobs said she still faces homelessness every day working at Lincoln Community Health SEE HOMELESS ON PAGE 7
ONTHERECORD
Blue Devils battle Davidson, Page 9
“It’s nice to see people come together, especially on a matter as important as our children’s future.” —June Atkinson on education. See story page 3
BYTHENUMBERS
652 people Number of homeless people in Durham
44 families Number of homeless families in Durham
3,000,000 people Number of homeless people nationwide
Kerr hopes to continue ‘fun’ season, Page 9