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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
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Hazing incidents increase
LMFAO’s Redfoo to headline LDOC
It’s not easy being green
by Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE
A spike in reported hazing incidents has coincided with a University-wide effort to prevent the dangerous practice. In the 2011-2012 academic year, 17 reports of hazing have been filed at Duke to date, said Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct. This is a marked increase compared to last year, when seven reports were filed. In 2009-2010, only three reports were filed. This Spring, Duke administrators are keen on eliminating this behavior. So far, none of the reports this year have been filed by individuals who claim to have been hazed. Rather, reports are coming from other students, parents and residence life staff, said Clarybel Peguero, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life “It’s an issue affecting a lot of different organizations,” Peguero said. “We want to make sure students are aware of what their responsibility is to end it.” Duke’s policy on hazing, as articulated in the Duke Community Standard, was updated this year to include the state of North Carolina’s laws on hazing. “[It helps so] students can understand the repercussions not just from the Duke perspective, but from a legal perspective—through the state of North Carolina,” she said. In an email to the student body Jan. 24, Bryan
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Duke University Improv performs Thursday evening in Reynolds Theater along with the Pitchforks, a student a cappella group.
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“We gonna make you lose your mind”—Redfoo of LMFAO is set to party rock this year’s Last Day of Classes celebration. In addition to DJ and rapper Redfoo, the lineup includes mashup artist 3LAU, Swedish singer and songwriter Basshunter and hip-hop artist Macklemore. The LDOC Committee, cochaired by senior Nate French and sophomore Jacob Robinson, announced the lineup via text message at midnight Thursday. “The lineup has a lot of high energy artists with dance and kind of electronic vibes,” French said. “The number one thing about this lineup is everyone is just a great live performer.” Electronic-rap duo LMFAO will only feature Redfoo this April because his partner SkyBlu received a back injury in December, limiting his ability to perform. Redfoo, however, will still perform all of the duo’s major hits, including “Party Rock Anthem,” “Sexy and I Know It” and “Shots.” Redfoo will also be accompanied by LMFAO’s internationally acclaimed dance group Party Rock Crew. For the first time this year, DUU oversaw the LDOC committee, which was previously an independent group funded primarily by student SEE LDOC ON PAGE 12
Duke Athletics Freshmen left uninformed upholding pledge during sorority recruitment of sustainability by Joel Luther THE CHRONICLE
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As its teams aim to reach a high level of efficiency in games, Duke Athletics is doing its part to lower energy consumption and waste, administrators said. As part of a University-wide effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2024 as stated in Duke’s climate action plan, the athletic department has taken some action to reduce its carbon footprint and spread on-campus awareness. In recent years, athletic facilities have met the standards of Leadership in Energy and Environ-
ment Design, like all other new and recently renovated facilities at Duke since 2003. Duke Athletics has also responded to the high volume of garbage at sports games by partnering with Duke Recycles to increase recycling efforts during these events. In 2009, Duke Athletics adapted one particular measure for energy efficiency—a temperature scheduling program that tailors heating and cooling to the daily climate, Vice President of Facilities John Noonan said in an email Feb. 6. SEE ATHLETICS ON PAGE 12
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The specifics of next year’s new house model came as a surprise to some freshmen who participated in sorority recruitment last month. Some new sorority members said the Panhellenic Association was unclear in communicating housing requirements before and during recruitment. Freshman Kayla Bakhshian, a new member of Alpha Phi, said she was first informed of her sorority’s housing requirements in late January. “The sororities were not allowed to talk about housing during rush because they didn’t want it to factor into the decision-making process,” Bakhshian said. Junior Kelsey Woodford, incoming Panhellenic president, wrote in an email Wednesday that Panhel encouraged sororities not to mention any aspects of housing—such as placement of the hous-
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es, apartment layouts and the chapters’ attitudes toward the houses—that could cause competition with other sororities. “The motivation for this was to eliminate any unfair advantages in recruitment,” Woodford said. Bakhshian noted that omitting housing details was a good decision on Panhel’s part. “Ultimately, you should pick a sorority based on how you click with the girls, not based on anything else,” she said. The location of sororities on Central Campus did not factory into discussions of housing during recruitment, Woodford said. Freshman Aly Breuer, who asked not to disclose her sorority, recalled that before rush, she was told that not all new members would have to SEE SORORITIES ON PAGE 6
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservative activists and Republican attorneys general have launched a series of lawsuits meant to challenge the most muscular provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before a Supreme Court that has signaled it is suspicious of its constitutionality. Working their way to the high court are lawsuits from Arizona to North Carolina, challenging Section 5 of the historic civil rights act. The provision requires states and localities with a history of discrimination to get federal approval of any changes in their voting laws. The combination of skeptical justices and an increasingly partisan political environment has led some experts to predict that the end is near for that requirement, which civil rights groups have called the most effective weapon for eliminating voting discrimination.
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CHAT conference QS requirement exposes students to art change moves forward by Ian Zhang THE CHRONICLE
This week dozens of students prowled the Bryan Center to view a series of art exhibits that brought creativity and technology together. Over the past week, the Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology project has lit up Duke. CHAT—a biannual festival that rotates between Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University—presented more than 30 panel discussions, art displays and research projects that rely on digital technology, such as three-dimensional modeling for historical
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reconstruction and the creation of virtual reality games. John McGowan, director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the purpose of the conference is to demonstrate the intersection between technology, arts and humanities. “There is a growing sense that the work we’re doing in the humanities and the arts is being completely transformed by digital technology,” McGowan said. That transformation is what inspired the creation of CHAT, said Victoria Szabo, director of the CHAT festival and assistant research professor in art, art history and visual studies. “The motivation behind [CHAT] is really to create an environment where faculty from the Triangle can see each other’s work,” Szabo said. “The idea is to share unfinished ideas, finished ideas [and] projects that we’re working on.” The nature of the conference allows educators from all over the Triangle to collaborate and network, but the conference is not geared specifically toward faculty. CHAT is also meant for students. Some students, for example, showcased their work with visual media, Szabo said. “Often, it’s students showing faculty where to go and learn what’s possible,” Szabo added. Laamia Islam, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering and passionate about art, said she finds the interactive art exhibits applicable to her academic interests. “Some of the exhibits are clearly generated in the lab but being used in art forms,” Islam said. “It’s a good fusion of art and SEE CHAT ON PAGE 4
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Trinity College students will soon have to fulfill their Quantitative Sciences requirement in either the mathematics, statistics or computer science departments. The Arts and Sciences Council approved an updated proposal for the change to the Trinity requirement, which was originally put forth in October. The proposal— similar to the one tabled at the December meeting—mandates that students in Trinity College of Arts & Sciences fulfill one of their two QS credits through a course offered by a quantitative studies department. The current model allows students to take both courses in any department as long as the classes are designated a QS credit. A number of academic departments such as economics or environmental science offer courses marked as a QS credit. “In creating this newly updated proposal, we kept in mind two objectives—to encourage faculty of the Arts and Sciences to explore new ways for students to develop QS literacy goals while at the same time, not losing what it means to be an area of knowledge,” said Jack Bookman, chair of the Arts and Sciences curriculum committee and associate professor of the practice of mathematics. Council Chair Ruth Day, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, noted that although the updated proposal resembles the one considered in December, it is more flexible and contains three learn-
ing objectives as opposed to the five in the earlier version. The learning objectives note that students should acquire QS skill sets and then be able to analyze and apply these skills. “There were small phrases in the original proposal that members of the [council] did not believe applied all the time,” Day said. Several members said they questioned the exclusiveness of the three departments in offering courses under the new QS requirement. The council needed to articulate why the three departments—computer science, mathematics and statistics—were chosen exclusively as quantitative and clarify that these departments are different but not better, said Emily Klein, senior associate dean at the Nicholas School of the Environment and director of undergraduate studies in earth and ocean sciences. “Differentiating departments doesn’t do justice on where we are now as a University,” said Owen Astrachan, director of undergraduate studies for the computer science department and professor of the practice. “Many faculty have different areas of expertise—it has been officially cast as teaching differently, but the elephant in the room is that we know that the faculty think they do it better.” Supporters of the proposal argued that it honored the diverse perspectives offered by faculty members of departments not marked SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 6
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Senate proposes changes to judiciary bylaws by Patton Callaway THE CHRONICLE
Duke Student Government heard a proposal about changes to the DSG Judiciary bylaw in order to encourage more participation at its meeting Thursday night. Changes include shortening the chief justice’s term from two years to one year to allow associate justices to apply for the position their junior year after already serving on the judiciary for two years. Six associate judiciaries and the chief justice serve two-year terms, but no member can reapply for the same position at the end of their term, so the judiciary is primarily comprised of new members each year. Under the current bylaw, the judiciary has the potential to lose a lot of talented people, said DSG Executive Vice President Gurdane Bhutani, a junior. “I’m lucky to have been here for four years,” said Chief Justice Matt Straus, a senior. “But the chief justice is usually someone who’s never explicitly worked with justice before, and it would be nice if we could add some experience to the position.” When the judiciary is composed of primarily younger, inexperienced students, DSG members have found that they are not as prepared to handle the judicial sessions, which can last up to five hours, Straus added. The judiciary rules on impeachments, considers cases involving individual students and groups on campus and determines whether DSG decisions are constitutionally sound.
In other business: The Senate approved constitutional amendments, including a change to Article 1 concerning membership. The change strikes several organizations from a list of affiliated groups within DSG. Through the changes, DSG sought to allow for more flexibility as groups on campus evolve, so that an amendment is not required with every change in campus groups. DSG also selected a Young Trustee Review Committee to examine the process after elections are completed this year. A Young Trustee semifinalist filed a complaint in late January, contending that the Young Trustee Nominating Committee violated the Young Trustee bylaw. The judiciary ruled that the YTNC had not properly followed the bylaw, however, the judiciary wrote that the candidate selection process was fair. DSG approved funding for an event titled Coffeehouse, a religious art exhibition sponsored by IMPACT Christian Ministry. The organization invited YouTube sensation Jefferson Bethke as the speaker for the event. DSG also approved $1,940 of funding for Israeli Apartheid Week sponsored by Duke Students for Justice in Palestine to help raise awareness about policies of the Israeli government. The Senate will begin discussing the future of Tailgate and begin forming the Tailgate committee to include student voices in the process at the next DSG meeting.
HAZING from page 1 and Peguero reminded students to be on the lookout for any signs of hazing. “Hazing is described as any activity—regardless of a person’s willingness to participate—that is harmful or potentially harmful to yourself or others,” the email states. “It is sometimes characterized by participants as a ‘rite of passage’ to gain full membership in an organization.” Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said it is standard for Duke to cultivate awareness about hazing around this time of year, at the end of greek and selective living group recruitment. Interfraternity Council President Zach Prager, a senior, noted IFC’s anti-hazing policy and the key difference between pledging and hazing. “We don’t condone hazing in any way, hazing is not okay and that’s not what pledging is about,” Prager said. “Pledging is fundamentally... about teaching your new members about your fraternity [and] what it stands for.” The majority of reported incidents involve students involved in greek life, said Valerie Glassman, senior program coordinator for the Office of Student Conduct. Some reports, however, have been filed regarding other selective living groups and athletic teams. “We get reports from individuals and from groups and [at] our office, we’re ethically obligated to take action on all reports that we get,” Glassman said. “It doesn’t mean we find all groups responsible for all... allegations, but we definitely follow through and investigate them.” Senior Megan Riordan, executive vice president of the Panhellenic Association and Greek Conduct Board co-chair, said she has not found hazing to be a prevalent issue for Panhellenic organizations.
“Obviously it’s something that we’re concerned about, and it’s something that as a council we really look out for,” Riordan said. “Thankfully, our groups are very proactive in preventing that type of behavior.... But I think that’s mostly due to the fact that we’re hyper aware.” She added that the process of joining a Panhellenic organization at Duke is different than it is at other universities, and hazing is less common among sororities at Duke than it may be at other schools. Prager also noted Duke IFC’s upstanding nature as compared to other schools nationwide where hazing is prevalent. “This is Duke—I think we like to keep ourselves at a higher standard,” Prager said. “Our guys know what they’re doing, they know what’s going on, they know the risks that are involved because we’re always under a microscope, which I don’t think is fair. People are always looking for the next hazing incident.” This year, a coalition of administrative organizations—including the Office of Student Conduct, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Center for Multicultural Affairs, Duke Wellness, University Center Activities and Events, Duke University Police Department and Duke Athletics—will sponsor a hazing prevention week Feb. 20-24. Peguero said the week was organized with the goal of raising awareness and educating the Duke community about hazing and its dangers. Peguero said students have many options through which to report hazing. “You can submit an incident report, you can call our office, you can call the Dean of Students Office, you can call student conduct,” she said. “People want to be anonymous.... We try to provide as many ways as possible for people to feel comfortable to share this information.”
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technology.” The festival’s co-sponsors included the provost’s office, the Visual Studies Initiative, the Program in Information Science and Information Studies, the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Libraries and the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory. The project concluded Thursday with a party at the Durham music hall Motorco.
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SORORITIES from page 1 live on Central in the sorority’s section. “A lot of people say that a good part of Duke sororities is that they don’t live together,” Breuer said. “I kind of liked that, so that’s kind of a big reason why I did decide to rush.” A small number of seniors opted to live in section, though, meaning that more freshmen had to live with the sorority, Breuer said. Although she said she is not opposed to living on Central Campus, Breuer noted that living on West Campus is an essential part of being a Duke student. “I don’t have anything against living on Central,” Breuer said. “For me, I just can’t imagine going to Duke and never living on West. West Campus is Duke. It’s the heart of where everything is.” Sarah Loge, program coordinator of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, wrote in an email Thursday that Panhel representatives hosted information sessions prior to formal recruitment, adding that chapters had not finished determining their housing requirements in time for the sessions. “In an ideal world, there would have been enough time between the chapters knowing they received housing and recruitment to have policies about housing in place, but without time for those
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policies to be developed... it was better to not offer half-truths and maybes,” Loge said. Loge noted that this year’s numbers for recruitment were similar to last year’s numbers. This year, 554 women registered for recruitment and 504 participated. Last year, 530 registered and 511 participated. Loge said she believes that housing neither positively nor negatively impacted the recruitment process. Sharing specifics about the individual policies was difficult due to the fact that sororities did not previously have housing, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life and housing services. “The reality is that this was the first time that this situation applied to the sororities, in terms of having a house and filling the house,” Gonzalez said. “A lot of this has been developed as the process has occurred. In future years it’ll be a smoother process because it’s not new any longer.” Although she is now part of Alpha Phi, Bakhshian said she chose to live with her selective living group, Mirecourt, in the Fall. She noted, however, that other girls in her sorority’s pledge class are excited about the opportunity to live in section. “All the girls I know who are living in the house next year are doing so because they want to—not because they have to,” Bakshian said.
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ments] and [those of] the area of knowledge,” Baker said. “The new proposal does that.”
as quantitative. “It’s important to realize that these departments just offer a different perspective,” said senior Kaveh Danesh, Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs. “People are trained in various ways, and the same topics are approached in a different manner,” Danesh, who attended the meeting and also serves on the QS review committee, said the members of the DSG academic affairs committee are in full support of the proposal. Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs for Trinity College and associate vice provost for undergraduate education, noted that the proposal values the way the three designated QS departments approach the skills outlined in the learning objectives, but the different input from faculty of other departments is valued as well. “It is important that we put a little distance between the learning objectives [of those depart-
In other business: The council discussed a proposal for altering the approval pathways for undergraduate curriculum initiatives in the global context. The proposed updates to the existing approval pathways address additional considerations that are needed for programs involving clusters of courses with restricted enrollment and for programs involving travel or study outside the United States, Day said. “[The proposal] is great in that it focuses on saving time and simultaneity,” Dean of Arts and Sciences Laurie Patton said. “It will serve as a good model for other departments who are struggling with approval pathways. Given that we have come up with an elegant solution, we will be role models to these other departments.” The council will discuss and vote on this proposal in March.
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Blue Devils Upset averted in Boston prep for Terps by Mike Schreiner THE CHRONICLE
After a victory for the ages in Chapel Hill, it’s back to business for Duke. Fresh off their last-second victory over the Tar Heels, the No. 10 Blue Devils (20-4, 7-2 in the ACC) will host Maryland (14-9, 4-5) in a conference showdown Saturday at 4 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils’ most recent win was headlined by freshman Austin Maryland Rivers’ career-high 29 points, including the buzzer-beating 3-pointvs. er that capped off a 10-point comeNo. 10 back in the game’s last 2:09. Duke “We come here and get a win and now we’ve got Maryland this weekSATURDAY, 4 p.m. Cameron Indoor Stadium end so we have to be prepared for them,” Rivers said. The Terrapins defeated Clemson on the road by a 64-62 margin behind 27 points from guard Terrell Stoglin. Stoglin is the ACC’s leading scorer at 22.0 points per game. Duke met Maryland in College Park Jan. 25, where the Blue Devils prevailed 74-61 despite shooting just 3-of-16 from beyond the arc. Duke was paced by 23 points and 12 rebounds from Mason Plumlee. Stoglin was held at bay by the Duke defense, shooting 0-for-4 from long range on his way to scoring 16 points for the Terrapins. Maryland will rely on Stoglin to carry most of its scoring load, but will need to push the ball inside to center Alex Len if they want the game to remain competitive.
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When a 10-0 team plays an 0-10 team, it is usually easy to predict the winner. But No. 5 Duke (20-3, 11-0) turned a blowout on paper into a nail-biter Thursday, waiting until the final minutes to pull away from Boston College (5-19, 0-11) and remain unbeaten in ACC play. Clinging to a one-point lead with less than three minutes remaining, Duke finished the game in dominant fashion, putting up 10 points on its final Duke 71 four possessions to escape Boston 62 with a 71-62 victory. Sophomore BC Chelsea Gray led the late charge, nailing two 3-pointers within a minute of each other, then adding two free throws in the final seconds. “Chelsea Gray played like an All-American,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “She made some of the toughest shots I’ve seen out there and elevated her team.” After tallying more turnovers than points in the first half, Gray dominated the final twenty minutes, draining three deep 3-pointers on her way to 17 points in that half alone. “We did a better job in the second half of going to the basket and if it wasn’t there stopping and… hitting the threes,” Gray said. “It was just my teammates were finding me.“ The Blue Devils relied on a combined 53 points from Gray, freshman Elizabeth Williams and sophomore Haley Peters to overcome a lack of bench production. Duke finished the game with just seven points from its reserves, all of which were scored by sophomore Tricia Liston. “We weren’t as deep tonight, and it hurt us,” McCallie said. “This is one of the clearest signs of the bench just not doing their part because we really went with our top dogs. Our top dogs carried us.”
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Elizabeth Williams had her sixth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds in Duke’s narrow win over the Eagles.
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Cunha, Duke out for Duke tries for second revenge in Knoxville title at ITA Nationals by Vaishnavi Krishnan THE CHRONICLE
After defeating Illinois for the first time in 10 years, Duke looks to avenge its two losses to Tennessee last season. The No. 10 Blue Devils (6-0) will travel to Knoxville to face the No. 12 Volunteers (4-2) Saturday at 1 p.m. in their final match before the ITA National Team Indoor ChampionNo. 10 ships in Virginia. Duke Last season Tenvs. nessee annihilated No. 12 Duke at home 7-0 Vols before beating them a second time at the SATURDAY, 1 p.m. Goodfriend Tennis Center ITA National Team Indoors 4-2. Regardless, the Blue Devils enter this weekend with confidence after cruising in last weekend’s victories over then-No. 19 Illinois, Notre Dame and N.C. Central. “Especially after last year, they came here and they beat us 7-0,” said Henrique Cunha, the nation’s seventh-ranked singles player. “It was pretty painful. I am expecting to do the same thing there.” This past weekend the Volunteers also
fell to Illinois, but Duke is not looking at that as an indicator of this weekend’s matchup. “I don’t think we can look at it that Illinois beat Tennessee and we beat Illinois so that means we are going to win,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “This is a team that has beaten us a bunch.... [It’s a] little bit of a different team, some new faces, but they are certainly dangerous.” This match will serve both as an important nonconference test and a precursor to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. The Volunteers are known for their strong doubles teams, but the Blue Devils are led by the successful pairing of Cunha and Fred Saba, who have not lost a match this spring. Unlike last year, Duke will have freshman Raphael Hemmeler— who has not dropped a set this season at the No. 5 spot—playing singles. This weekend will allow Duke to put all its energy on Tennessee and the upcoming tournament. “It’s nice this weekend because its only one match so we can fully prepare for only one team,” Smith said. ‘Hopefully we can finish with a [win].”
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It has been nine years since the Blue Devils captured the only ITA National Indoor Team Championship in school history, and Duke will open this year’s tournament in prime position to add a second title to its trophy case. The No. 3 Blue Devils (5-0) will travNo. 3 el to Charlottesville, Duke Va. as the No. 1 seed vs. in the ITA National No. 23 Women’s Indoor Ole Miss Team Championship, which will take FRIDAY, 9 a.m. Boars Head Sports Club place Feb. 10-13 at Boars Head Sports Club. They will take on No. 23 Mississippi (4-1), who they have not faced in 13 years, at 9 a.m. Friday to start their weekend. Unbeaten Duke recently defeated No. 12 Northwestern 5-0, and head coach Jamie Ashworth believes that match has his team well-prepared. “We really needed to be in a tough match,” Ashworth said. “It was really good for our confidence to know that we can win
close matches.” At No. 1 singles, Duke freshman Beatrice Capra, the defending ACC player of the week who ranks seventh in the nation, will take on her toughest opponent thus far this season, No. 12 Kristi Boxx, who also has three more years of NCAA experience than Capra. “It’s definitely contrasting styles” Ashworth said. “Boxx likes to hit the ball hard and a little bit flatter. [Beatrice] is a little bit more of a defender and likes to put some height and some spin on the ball.” Boxx also sports a No. 4 ranking in doubles with teammate Abby Guthrie. They will take on the Blue Devils’ Ester Goldfeld and Mary Clayton, who will seek revenge after losing 8-6 to Guthrie and Boxx in the fall individual season. The Blue Devils fell short of a second title last year, falling to Florida 4-1 in the semifinals. They enter this year’s tournament with the top recruiting class in the nation and three singles players ranked inside the top 40. Should they defeat the Runnin’ Rebels, though, plenty of tough competition will remain, as the 16-team field in Charlottesville includes all of the nation’s top 10 teams aside from No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Stanford.
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After taking Duke to five consecutive Final Four appearances in his first five seasons at the helm, head coach John Danowski stands on the brink of several impressive milestones. Saturday’s game against Rutgers, Danowski’s alma mater, will be his 100th game with the Blue Devils. Duke will open its season SaturRutgers day against the Scarlet Knights at Koskinen vs. Stadium at 12 p.m. No. 2 Barring an upset, Duke Danowski will improve his record to SATURDAY, 12 p.m. 81-19 at Duke and Koskinen Stadium pick up his 300th career win in the process. The Scarlet Knights, who were picked to finish sixth in the seven-team Big East by the conference’s coaches, should not prove too much trouble for the No. 2 Blue Devils. Duke returns the majority of its starters from last year’s squad while getting an additional
M. BASKETBALL from page 7 Len, who was injured earlier in the season, played just 12 minutes in the Terrapins’ first matchup against Duke. He has stepped up his play recently and was a key contributor in Maryland’s close loss to North Carolina, registering 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. After struggling with the Tar Heels’ own John Henson and Tyler Zeller in Chapel Hill, the Blue Devils will need to buckle down
boost to its defense in the return defenseman Michael Manley, a third-team All-American in 2010. Manley, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, was the first of four Blue Devils selected in the first nine picks of 2012’s Major League Lacrosse draft, held Jan. 12. Despite the seriousness of his injury, he is confident that practice has done more than enough to prepare him for the rigors of the game. “I’m excited more than ever,” Manley said. “You sit out a year and it makes you realize how much you miss the game and just being out there with your best friends.” Despite the lofty expectations that many have for this year’s Duke team, Danowski refuses to look too far ahead. “I think I’ve learned not to have any expectations and to see what happens,” Danowski said. “You can practice well, you can scrimmage... but until the lights go on you really don’t know what you’re dealing with.” Now, after a month of practice, the Blue Devils are ready to turn on the lights and start the season. on the inside to stop Len. The Blue Devils will likely attempt to balance out their offensive attack against Maryland, following a game against North Carolina where they relied heavily on 3-pointers. They will attempt to get Miles and Mason Plumlee early touches in the post while their guards get into the flow of the game. The Plumlee brothers combined for just 11 points and 17 rebounds in Wednesday’s win despite averaging 17.8 points and 15.7 rebounds per game combined on the season.
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Coming off two blowout victories to start the season, Duke hopes to keep rolling against No. 19 Vanderbilt as the Commodores open their season Sunday at 1 p.m. in Nashville. In the second game of No. 5 a three-game Duke road trip, the vs. No. 5 Blue DevNo. 19 ils (2-0) will Vandy look to continue their strong SUNDAY, 1 p.m. Vanderbilt Lacrosse Complex start against an experienced Vanderbilt team led by first-team AllAmerican Ally Carey. Carey, a senior who was recently selected to play for the U.S. senior national team, will lead the Vanderbilt offense. Last year, Carey tallied 40 points, including 29 goals and 11 assists. To keep Carey at bay, Duke will look to shore up their
W. BASKETBALL from page 7 The Blue Devils’ effort the for the majority the game stood in stark contrast to the energy they displayed in Monday’s 40-point victory over No. 22 North Carolina. “I don’t think we were nearly aggressive as we should have been, our shot contesting was horrible in the first half, and our rebounding was passive,” McCallie said. Despite the lack of intensity, though,
defensive front, which struggled at times against William & Mary, giving up 11 free position opportunities. “Vanderbilt is generally an intensityheavy team,” Kimel said. “They tend to do particular things on offense, and we’ll make sure our defense is ready for that.” Redshirt senior Emma Hamm and freshman Taylor Trimble—who combined to win 13 draws against William & Mary—will be instrumental in keeping Carey from dominating the draw. On the offensive side, Duke has dominated in the first two games, outshooting its opponents 85-31. Against Bucknell, the Blue Devils netted a program-record 25 goals. Duke followed that up with 18 more goals against William & Mary. Duke fields a balanced attack led by freshman Kerrin Maurer and junior Mackenzie Hommel. Maurer, who tied a school record with five assists against Bucknell, leads the team with 12 points. Hommel has added five goals and three assists, and sophomore Molly Quirke leads the team with six goals. Duke’s talent eventually overcame the Eagles. Just as Gray controlled the second half, Williams kept the Blue Devils in the game early, scoring 14 of the team’s 32 points in the first half, all on shots near the rim. Williams nearly put up her second triple-double of the season, finishing with 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks, including back-to-back rejections with the game on the line. The Blue Devils will look for to stay perfect in ACC play Sunday as they head to Tallahassee to take on Florida State.
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When numbers lie When Claremont McK- But they can impact imporenna College announced tant areas as well, like the in late January that it had quality of faculty and alumni falsified the SAT scores in donations. The SAT scores its report to the U.S. News of a university’s incoming and World Report, the issue class affect these rankings, kicked off a stothough less ry that tells us so than you editorial less about the would expect. foibles of a small California Claremont McKenna’s liberal arts college than the SAT score farce—which knife-edge level of competi- went uncovered for a full tion in higher education. six years—will pay negative Since its creation in 1983, dividends for the college. the U.S. News and World Re- This embarrassing move by port’s college rankings have Richard C. Vos, the college’s fueled competition and anxi- vice president and dean of ety among universities in the admissions, will probably United States. These rank- cost Claremont McKenna its ings are highly influential. A ninth place ranking among change in a university’s rank liberal arts colleges, even impacts some less important though Vos only inflated the areas of university life, like scores 10 points at the 25th the number of applications percentile and 30 points at and rate of matriculation. the 75th percentile.
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In the end, the scandal is less a signal of Richard Vos’ moral shortcomings than of a system that incentivizes bad behavior. The U.S. News and World Report pressures students and admissions offices to earn—or at least to report—high SAT scores. It is no surprise that this level of competition leads to humiliating deceptions like the one at Claremont—and to a culture that prizes numbers far more than it should. There are good reasons to give SAT scores less weight in college rankings. The SAT primarily aims to measure a student’s analytic intelligence, and it is not clear that it does a good job at that. There are many kinds of intelligence—interpersonal, say, or musical—
that can add a lot a person and a university community. Analytic intelligence does not tell the whole story. And, even if it did, the SAT does a questionable job of measuring it. Affluence and, in particular, SAT preparatory courses, can have a tremendous influence on a student’s scores. We cannot write off the value of a standardized test. SAT scores are useful because they are standardized and uniform. Unlike grade point average and other factors considered in the admissions process, SAT scores need not be adjusted to compare students. SAT scores also reliably predict a students academic performance in college. But we also have good rea-
son to just care less about SAT scores, regardless of what they tell us. Believe it or not, SAT score ranges only make up 7.5 percent of a college’s U.S. News and World Report ranking. If we focus on attracting interesting students and bright faculty, we do not need to worry about SAT scores. In the end, we can only end the standardized score arms race by caring less about scores and the rankings they generate. If the rankings are designed to provide students and their parents with information to make a decision about which schools provide the best education, then a categorical, unranked guide would be more useful and reduce the pressures associated with ranking universities.
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n the advertising materials for the Wayans Cameron to the bars of Satisfaction to the hermitBrothers’ magnum opus “Scary Movie,” the like dwellings on Central Campus, there was a posters all promised “No Mercy, No Shame, No voice. And it said … well, something far too proSequel.” Two years later, the posters fane for a publication this classy. for “Scary Movie 2” simply read “We I bemoaned, a few weeks back, Lied.” So, going into this knowing the lack of community I thought that, like “Scary Movie 2,” all sewe may have been facing. And my quels are inevitably worse than their point there, and my point here, predecessors, here it is. My second was this: it effin’ matters. I’m not column on Duke basketball, what here to force people into some it means to root for a team and all normative view of what communithat other pretentious crap about harry liberman ty is, means, or must be. But winfinding meaning in the trivial. ning a basketball game alone is jews in the news (Although, being fair to the nothing. Anything alone is nothaforementioned franchise, what ing. Connection, tangible or othcould possibly top the comedic genius of “Scary erwise, is what matters. Movie” removing Carmen Elektra’s breast imI’ll keep it personal here: I’ve said enough, plants via stabbing? Further, can one even write and others have said enough, on what it means to a whole paragraph in parenthesis? Let alone one be at Duke. Here’s what I know. I was with about phrased entirely in rhetorical questions?) 40 friends (YEAH BRO, I’M IN A FRAT. THIS IS Sometimes, you spend weeks preparing what NOT AT ALL A SELF-CONSCIOUS COMMENT) you will say in your column. Other times, you hap- in the Food Factory—easily Duke’s most underratpen to be writing your biweekly column just fol- ed eatery. We had been cursing the whole game, lowing the greatest Duke victory over UNC in per- awaiting defeat. And then a miracle happened. It haps the last decade. You may also be as arrogant was a petty miracle, sure, but it was a miracle. as this writer is and assume that you can give voice Because in the course of two minutes, joy to an experience that may very well defy words. emerged from despair. When that shot went in, Prologue’s done: Let’s hit it. I jumped, I hugged, I cried, I laughed, I yelled. Oops, one more thing. Since I have a natural Heck, I managed to bruise my left leg in three difpause here and need to save time at the end, I bor- ferent places. And I saw, in microcosm, the friendrow a quote from a book in my final paragraph. ships I had built. I saw the Line Monitors present But that explanation flowed poorly when placed nearly cry. I saw my senior friends try their damndthere, so just remember that. Thanks. est to reenact Tailgate. And, to call one specific There’s this odd quirk in our collective memory person out, I saw Kevin Gates do his trademark that seems to make important moments last a life- celebration: taking his shirt off whenever sometime. Nonetheless, our perception doesn’t change thing good happens. the fact that, for just a short period of only 1.2 or Most importantly, I knew this was happening 1.8 seconds, a basketball had more power in the everywhere (in my bubble, that is). I was with my state of North Carolina than Bev Perdue (for those sub-community of friends, yes, but the victory of you playing along at home, that’s the governor). wasn’t ours. It was, across campus, everyone’s, and It was an oddly fickle basketball. It seemed to the knowledge that the small, oft-hated group of mostly favor the home team on that day, but by the Duke fans were all ecstatically praising the heavend of the game had grown tired of the domestic ens mattered. The joy meant something. oppression of the Dean Dome. With about two minIt was just a moment. It passed, and blurred utes left in the second half, it decided that the fam- into a hazily awesome night at Shooters. It ily Williams had treated it wrong for the last time, didn’t define, in and of itself, the friendships I and ran off with a [sexier] Polish family instead. had built up over the course of my time here at Authorial flourishes aside, we all know what hap- Duke. It wasn’t the accumulated, career-definpened next. Thornton three. Curry three. Kelly ing weight of my GPA. But sometimes we can three… no, two. Kelly three… no, Zeller two. And only see what is actually important in the most then, in a moment of becoming a man hitherto un- over-the-top moments. seen in non-Bar Mitzvah circumstances (and yeah, Yes, it was just a drop in the ocean of our lifeit’s part of my contract to throw in one Jew joke times. Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of each column, see the title), Austin Rivers decided he drops? would not go gently into that good night. Swish. A moment of silence, almost imperceptible yet Harry Liberman is a Trinity junior. His column utterly vital, followed. And then, from the halls of runs every other Friday.
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he acronym ABCD first stared at me from the pages of a magazine several years ago. ABCD stands for American-Born Confused Desi, and it is supposed to apply to individuals like me who are born and raised in America and who are also Desi, which means South Asian. My identity formation probably began before I was even born, when my parents chose my name, Rajlakshmi. Knowing them, they spent rajlakshmi de countless hours finding the minority report perfect name, one that would be meaningful and convey a sense of hope. It comes as no surprise that on the first day of pre-school, my teachers decided my nickname would be Raj, a convenient switch that has stuck fairly well and has altered the original meaning of “goddess of prosperity and grace.” Given the added convenience, using a nickname was never a huge deal, but some of my other experiences left a more profound impression on me. In one of my high school classes, after I explained that my parents were from India, one classmate’s response was to tell me to “go home.” He wasn’t making a joke, and though I wish I could have confidently brushed it off, the reality was that comments like his made me feel unwelcome in the class and at my school, which had only a handful of South Asians in a student body of over 2,000. Such experiences were not optimal for both my selfconfidence and my identification as a second-generation American. Part of me understands the undercurrent of the ABCD acronym, that when one’s identity is being pulled in opposite directions, understanding it can be at worst, tormenting, and at best, bittersweet. This portrayal is a piece of the dominant perspective that reinforces this notion of identityconflicted minorities in the United States. Identity has been explored in everything from scholarly articles to popular fiction, like Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake.” Writers often chronicle the story of a second-generation American who is caught up in how best to reconcile two differing cultures and the various heartbreaks that accompany that journey. I can only speak through my own experiences because it is hazardous to generalize about such a varied group of people as immigrants. Balancing differing cultures was conflicting at times, but far more often, my biculturalism was my source of strength. Forming my identity out of two different cultures meant that I cultivated the richness of both, creating my identity but not confusing it. My home is both the rolling countryside of Oak Ridge, N.C., and the bustling streets of Kolkata, India. One has more sweet tea and one has more rickshaws, but both have people who want essentially the same things. I often write or talk about the marginalization faced by minorities, such as racial discrimination and its effect on the inflexibility of power structures. That obviously has not disappeared and we are far from a post-racial society. However, I recognize my biculturalism as a minority privilege. I don’t know if it has been bestowed on all second-generation Americans and minorities, but it is a privilege that I have personally benefited from. Being a racial minority is not a pre-requisite for receiving a dual cultural education. I must recognize the aspects of my life that have challenged me. Simply viewing those challenges as boons, because they inspired strength, has required sensitivity and birthed identity. In that way, we can all reap the privilege of being able to contextualize ourselves through life’s toughest hurdles. It is only a small privilege in the face of injustice, but it is still an important one, because someday when we abolish all forms of injustice, there will still be opportunities to define ourselves which masquerade as problems and challenges. I am spending this year studying abroad, and it has reminded me that integration into a new community is sometimes more difficult and more fruitful than my classroom lessons. As I gradually put more emphasis on understanding my role in a larger social fabric, I increasingly value my dual cultural education. It has given me a context for more of the world, and that is how I have transformed into an ABCD, an American-Born Comfortable Desi, secure in her own skin. Rajlakshmi De is a Trinity junior and is studying abroad at the London School of Economics. Her column runs every other Friday.
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just really want the Republican-held North Carolina vote, students would only have to take five minutes out General Assembly to go away. But before that can of their day to do so. happen, we need to stop Amendment One. Botella noted, “The difference between having an If you’re not familiar with Amendon-campus early voting site and not is ment One, the following text—as it will probably a difference between getting appear on primary ballots May 8—should 500 students to vote and getting 5000; it’s give you a pretty good idea: “Marriage that dramatic.” between one man and one woman is the Tobia encouraged Duke students to only domestic legal union that shall be register to vote in the state, arguing, “It valid or recognized in this State.” doesn’t make any sense at this point for I would be more upset about the disany Duke student to not be a registered criminatory nature of this amendment if North Carolina voter. We’re a swing I weren’t so heartened by how it is bringstate.” If you’re worried about being able samantha ing elements of the Duke community to vote in your home state’s general eleclachman together. tion, you can register to vote in this pri“We had realized that while individu- what’s our age again? mary AGAINST Amendment One, and al efforts could probably do something then vote in November for whomever against the amendment, working under you care about at home. something collaborative would be a lot more effecThe Duke Together coalition is filming a video tive,” noted junior Elena Botella in an interview. She’s with the theme “Make it Better” to encourage memthe president of Duke Democrats, one of the lead- bers of the community to get involved; they’ve even ers of the Duke Together Against Constitutional Dis- received the support of various Duke administracrimination coalition and a current columnist for The tors. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, Chronicle. This group encompasses people from “so wrote in an email that he agreed to be in the video may different parts of the University, like staff at the “because it’s the right thing to do … I abhor prejumedical center, professors, undergraduates, graduate dice and bias and if I can help be supportive of our students and people who work in offices I’ve never LGBT community in any way and in any way contribeven heard of.” ute to minimization of homophobia and prejudice, The other leader is sophomore Jacob Tobia, Duke I’m all in.” He added that the administration is “all Student Government director of LGBTQ affairs and set to make [the on-campus early voting site] happen policy. He added that the coalition is bringing together once the city gives us the green light.” “not just activists, but people who hadn’t been involved Even though the University can’t take an official with advocacy before, who feel like now is the time.” position on Amendment One, I found considerable Now IS the time. There is an imminent urgency to opposition to its values among the administrators I inthese efforts to defeat Amendment One; I worry that terviewed, including the Vice President for Public Afpeople don’t realize the wide-reaching implications of fairs and Government Relations, Michael Schoenfeld. its passage. He wrote in a recent email that the University “thinks it Amendment One would add more barriers to the is vital to support, celebrate and affirm Duke’s commitlegalization of same-sex marriage in North Carolina. ment to a society free from discrimination of any kind It prevents public employers (such as the University of … and believe[s] it is essential that we continue to ofNorth Carolina and the Durham municipality) from fer benefits to same sex partners, and work towards an providing competitive benefits to those in domestic environment of equality and inclusion.” partnerships. It essentially bans all legal recognition This commitment is being realized through the acof relationships—both heterosexual and same-sex— tions of the Duke Together coalition. Leaders Tobia outside of marriage. A serious repercussion is that this and Botella both emphasized that constitutions are foramendment would have the potential to invalidate pro- ever—the language in them doesn’t go away, and can’t tections against domestic violence. Dean of Students be overturned easily. Sue Wasiolek agreed that the potential ramifications If you want to get involved with Duke Together, you are “broader than people know.” can register as a captain, after which you will be held Basically, Amendment One sucks in many, many ways. accountable for turning your friends and dorm-mates Fortunately, our community has the Duke Together co- out to vote. Visit their website, duketogether.org, and alition, which is actively working to defeat its passage. check out protectncfamilies.org and equalitync.org. The coalition’s leaders hope that their efforts will On Feb. 17, the Race to the Ballot initiative will be visitbe aided by the likely presence of an on-campus early ing campus on their run across the state. Stop by and voting site, which would exist as of April 19. “We highly contribute to this movement’s momentum. anticipate having one,” Botella said, “and we would be highly surprised if there was not one, though it’s not Samantha Lachman is a Trinity junior. Her column usuwritten in stone yet.” The potential impact of this site ally runs every other Thursday. You can follow her on Twitter would be massive: Instead of having to leave campus to at @SamLachman.
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LDOC from page 1 activities fees. The committee’s merge with DUU has streamlined the planning process, though the selection process for choosing artists has remained the same, French said. The committee made a point to select members with diverse musical interests, French said. The committee was supportive of every artist on the lineup, which was narrowed down from a list of more than 1,000 potential acts. The committee also considered students’ preferences about LDOC performers through a survey sent out to the student body in October, which received about 2,100 responses. “If the [artist] names are names [students] don’t know or aren’t excited about, we want them to know this is going to a be one of the most high energy concerts they go to,” said junior Ashley Alman, marketing co-chair of the LDOC committee. 3LAU is a 21-year-old self-proclaimed house/bootleg/remix producer that began producing in 2011 while studying finance at Washington University in St. Louis. According to his website, 3LAU combines his producing and singing talents to penetrate the emerging genre of post-progressive house. Basshunter is a Swedish dance artist that debuted in 2006 and topped iTunes charts in 2008 and 2009. According to his website, Basshunter is the biggest commercial dance artist in the world right now. French noted that Basshunter is a throwback, evoking a sense of nostalgia from students, French said. Macklemore, an emerging hip-hop and rap artist, is known for poignant lyrics that address social issues. Eric Sneedon, adviser for the LDOC Committee and program coordinator for the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, did not reply to several requests from The Chronicle for interviews with the artists’ agents.
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3LAU also incorporates LMFAO tracks into some of his mashups. French said he hopes that having 3LAU as the opener will excite students for the rest of the concert. Student response after the midnight release Friday morning ranged from excited to ambivalent and otherwise. “Finally some electronic music will be at LDOC,” junior Aum Dasani said. “Basshunter is great—I’m wondering why it’s only half of LMFAO.” Senior David Mayer said he was a bit underwhelmed. “I don’t know.... Basshunter I can tell you really only has one song that people know,” Mayer said. “I’ve never heard anything from Macklemore and just one guy from LMFAO and not even the whole group.” The LDOC committee makes an effort to bring artists on the rise before they “blow up” French said, citing Kanye West, who performed at LDOC in 2004, as an example of an artist who came to Duke before reaching international acclaim. The committee declined to comment on the budget for the event. The committee did not release last year’s budget, though The Chronicle reported in April 2011 that the 2010 LDOC committee received $100,000 per year from student activities fees and an additional $15,000 to $25,000 from DUU and the now-defunct Campus Council. Regarding this year’s theme, the committee drew from 2012’s association with the ending of the world, dubbing the event LDOCalypse. In preparation, the LDOC committee is holding a T-shirt design competition, finding vendors and booths to give the event a festival-like feel and working out safety policies with administrators. Continuing the policy put in place in 2010, the festivities will be closed to nonDuke visitors to preserve both safety and tradition, French said.
ATHLETICS from page 1 “Duke Athletics was one of the first three units to volunteer for the new temperature and scheduling policy implementation,” Noonan said. “The building set points were changed and schedules were modified to either heat less or cool less, thus saving consumption of energy.” Under the scheduling policy, now in practice across campus, University buildings are set to approximately 68 degrees in the winter and 76 degrees in the summer. During off hours, temperatures are set as low as 60 degrees and up to 80 degrees, Sustainability Outreach Coordinator Casey Roe noted. Duke Recycles partnered with both the athletic department and Crazies Who Care— an organization that raises money for causes in the Durham community—to increase recycling in Wallace Wade Stadium and Cameron Indoor Stadium and at field hockey, baseball and soccer games, said Arwen Buchholz, recycling and waste reduction coordinator. Last year, Duke Recycles collected a total of 207,560 pounds of beverage containers across campus, Buchholz added. Buchholz did not have specific numbers for the breakdown of how much of this came from athletic facilities and games, but she did note that the amount collected from athletics was significant. “We service nearly 1,600 recycling bins and collect 17 different materials,” Buchholz said, noting that through the recycling efforts they we were able to donate around $900 to Duke Children’s Hospital. “We have a great relationship with athletics on campus,” Buchholz said. “If students, faculty and staff have ideas, we want to hear it.” The recent buildings constructed for Duke Athletics all met LEED standards, which emphasize environmentally efficient construction and building use, and there are solar, water and energy projects currently in development,
Noonan added. This is significant because Duke’s LEED buildings perform about 15 percent better than the average campus facility in terms of energy saving, added Sustainable Duke Outreach Coordinator Casey Roe. Sustainability back on campus also relies on student participation. As part of an event called Focus the Nation in 2009, Sustainable Duke partnered with athletics for the Green Game, which garnered national media coverage on ESPN, Roe said. “It was one of the biggest things that our office has partnered with athletics on,” she said. “All the Cameron Crazies wore our ‘Bleed Blue, Live Green’ T-shirts while waiting in line and during the game—the point was to draw attention to climate change to the students.” Despite the recent actions for sustainability practices, there is still room for improvement, Roe said. Duke, as a member of the Ivy Plus Sustainability group, attended a summit focused on athletics that raised several additional ideas like opportunities for water and energy savings in athletics facilities, Roe noted. “Duke has installed low flow showerheads and dual-flush toilets, and we are continuing to look for strategic ways to conserve water,” Roe said, noting that these functions are campus wide and include the athletic facilities. Duke Athletics has frequent carbon emissions from athletic air and land travel necessary for away games. Michael Cragg, senior associate director of athletics, said he did not know the total carbon output attributable to athletics and was also not aware of any efforts to purchase carbon offsets to compensate for the emissions from athletic travel. According to a 2011 inventory, carbon emissions on campus are down 11 percent, based on a 2007 baseline, Roe said, adding that she is optimistic that Duke will meet its 2024 neutrality goal. “We are definitely on track,” she said.
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