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CHARLOTTE — The host state of the 2012 Democratic National Convention was on display this week, along with its 157 delegates.

With prime real estate inside Time Warner Cable Arena—North Carolina delegates were seated stage left in the front of the arena floor, where they could not be missed. Members were some of the more vocal at the convention and represented the Greatest Generation through to the Millenial Generation.

The delegation had roughly the same number of delegates under 35 years old as it did delegates over 65 years old—40 people each. This equates to roughly 50 percent of the delegation being represented by both of these demographics.

At the upper end of in terms of age is 91-year-old Charles Johnson of Rocky Mount, N.C. “This is the seventh convention I’ve been to—the first one was 1988,” SEE DELEGATES ON PAGE 4

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President Barack Obama embraces his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, after he officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in a speech Thursday night.

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In his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination, President Barack Obama framed the 2012 election as one notably different from those in recent history.

Obama outlined his goals for a potential second term and his administration’s accom-

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by Jacob Levitt Duke has not beaten a ranked opponent on the road in 41 years. The last time it happened, Stanford was the victim in 1971.

Duke will need to match the level of intensity from its season-opening 46-26 win against Florida International to have a shot at breaking that streak Saturday night against No. 25 Stanford (1-0) at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif. The Cardinal rolled to a 44-14 win last year at Wallace Wade, but the Blue Devils believe that this time will be different.

And Duke’s performance last weekend has given it reason to believe that might just be the case.

“The thing I liked the most about our team Saturday is there really wasn’t a lull,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “I have felt often in ballgames since we’ve been

plishments to date. Manufacturing increases, clean energy, education, national security and deficit cutting comprised his outlook.

He spoke at length on foreign policy achievements such as the death of Osama bin Laden and the end of the Iraq War.

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The Democratic Party recently revised its platform to include a mention of God, expected to increase Catholic support.

CHARLOTTE — Although the Democratic Party scrambled to reintroduce the word “God” into its platform, the party’s efforts dealing with poverty and health have proven attractive to some religious voters, particularly Catholics.

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention attempted to align the party’s major policies, such as support for the poor and the middle class and the health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, with faith-based values such as compassion for those less fortunate. They also argued that the Republican ticket does not adequately represent these community-centric values.

Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Roman Catholic Social Justice Organization, spoke in the DNC lineup Wednesday, charging that the budgetary plan of Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan is not representative of the beliefs and principles of Catholicism.

She contrasted Ryan’s claim that the GOP budget reflects the principles of his Catholic faith with the reality of the budget, which she said would not alleviate the struggles of the lower and middle class.

“Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are correct when they say that each individual should be responsible,” she said. “But their SEE RELIGION ON PAGE 5

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“[That] this party purposefully removed God from their platform suggests a party that is increasingly out of touch with the mainstream of the American people. [The Democrats are] out of touch and detached.� —GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. In light of widespread criticism, the Democratic platform was later amended to include the word “God� and identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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“I want to nominate a man who’s cool on the outside, but who burns for America on the inside,� former president Bill Clinton said in his nomination speech for President Barack Obama.

After a minor setback, in which Obama’s acceptance speech was moved indoors due to inclement weather, the president rallied voters to chants of Barack Obama “USA.�

In his acceptance speech, Obama highlighted the importance of “citizenship,� which he cited as the very essence of American democracy. He reaffirmed his commitment to increasing jobs, developing renewable energy, reforming Medicare and strengthening social security.

The speech also focused on Obama’s accomplishments over the past four years in office, including improving student loans, reforming healthcare via Obamacare and progress in the war against terror with the death of Osama bin Laden.

The convention demonstrated the Democratic Party’s ability to communicate a visionary message and communicate specific policies, said Pope Mac McCorkle, visiting lecturer at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Michelle Obama buoyed the message in what some are calling the finest speeches ever given at a Democratic convention, according to CNN. In her speech, Obama connected with American voters by depicting the Obamas as a normal American family.

A draft of the Democratic platform, which excluded “God� and any language identifying Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, prompted criticism from conservative politicians Tuesday.

The language was reincorporated in the final draft of the 2012 platform.

Mitt Romney cinched the Republican nomination, but his speech was not the highlight of the Republican convention in viewer opinion, according to a Huffington Post poll.

Clint Eastwood’s speech, in which he pretended to have a conversation with President Barack Obama, was rated the highlight of the Mitt Romeny convention by 20 percent of convention viewers, according to the poll. Seventeen percent of viewers voted Romney’s speech as the highlight.

In his acceptance speech, Romney highlighted the main tenants of his plan if elected to the White House, which include cutting the deficit and balancing the budget while not raising taxes for middle class Americans. The Romney plan would repeal and replace Obamacare, make North American energy independent by 2020 and forge new trade agreements. “Freedom of religion, freedom to speak their mind, freedom to build a life‌ this is the essence of the American experience,â€? Romney said. “We Americans have always felt a special kinship with the future.â€?

The convention was a successful event for the Republican Party, said Pope Mac McCorkle, visiting lecturer at the Sanford School of Public Policy. It “humanized� Romney by depicting his devotion to family and wife Ann, and better connected him to American voters.

Even so, Romney failed to address a compelling vision detailing how his administration would do things differently, or highlight distinctively Republican issues, McCorkle added.

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Biden defends Obama record Students call for sexual assault policy reversal

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CHARLOTTE — Although they often play second fiddle in the media, the second family captivated the crowd at the Democratic National Convention Thursday.

The Bidens also have a somewhat convoluted reputation in the national media. Jill Biden, who rarely figures in the national spotlight, is recognized for her doctorate in education and her work with military families. Vice President Joe is so often chided for slips of the tongue and gaffes in speech that he often is portrayed as much less serious than his predecessor, former Vice President Dick Cheney. Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor, even suggested in August that Obama should replace Biden with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the ticket.

The Bidens worked together to expel these preconceived notions and present Joe as a strong vice presidential candidate.

Beau, Joe’s elder son and Delaware’s attorney general, came first.

He presented a deeply personal and heartfelt introduction of his father, whom Beau formally named the vice presidential nomination by acclamation.

“As he led those new Americans through the oath of citizenship, this celebration of democracy in the land of a deposed dictator, I was struck by the strength and diversity of our country,” Beau said. “I was reminded why we as a nation are stron-

ger when everybody has a chance to do their part. And I was reminded of everything President Obama and my father have done to guarantee that chance.”

Joe Biden is a statesman who has made differences of both smallscale, interpersonal importance and large-scale legislative magnitude, Beau added. The younger Biden, who serves as a major in the Delaware Army National Guard, recalled that when he was deployed in Iraq, his father made an unannounced visit to the war zone and held a naturalization ceremony for soldiers.

“In moments both public and

private, he is the father I’ve always known, the grandfather my children love and the vice president our nation needs,” Beau noted.

The vice president has proven to be not only an advocate for America’s troops, but for women—another demographic pursued by Democrats in 2012—said his wife, Jill, in her address Thursday night.

“Two decades ago, when Joe started working on the Violence Against Women Act, domestic violence was often treated as a private family matter rather than the crime it is,” she SEE BIDEN ON PAGE 5

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Vice President Joe Biden accepted his nomination for a second term at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Thursday.

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A group of students is calling on administrators to amend the University’s policy on sexual misconduct.

After researching sexual violence and policies at other universities, a Duke Student Government task force—formed Spring 2012—drafted a memorandum outlining their demands. They sent the document to several administrators, proposing that the statute of limitations be extended to allow sexual misconduct victims to file complaints as long as they are associated with the University as a current student, faculty or staff member.

Duke Student Affairs leaders said they do not expect a change to the current policy, which allows a victim to report an incident up to one year after it occurs.

“There’s been a little bit of resistance, but it’s the kind of thing where we haven’t gotten a ton of answers yet,” said junior Stefani Jones, DSG vice president for equity and outreach and a leader of the task force. “We have been working with the administration and haven’t made as much prog-

ress as we would like.”

In January, the Office of Student Conduct reduced the reporting period for sexual misconduct from two years to one year after the incident. The policy change was a response to federal regulations for universities released by the U.S. Department of Education, which required sexual harassment reporting procedures for students to match those for University employees.

Women’s issues blog Develle Dish and Duke Student Government sponsored a petition in April specifying grievances with the reduced statute of limitations. The task force operating currently consists of a diverse group of students, including some associated with DSG, the Women’s Center and Develle Dish, Jones said.

Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct, wrote in an email Wednesday that he did not know of any pending action in the direction of changing the statue of limitations. He deferred further comment to Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs SEE ASSAULT ON PAGE 4

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DELEGATES from page 1 Johnson said. “This, by far, is the best one that we’ve ever had.

I’m a little bit biased, of course, because it’s here in North Carolina where we’re just a little bit more friendly.”

The former environmental health worker retired only a year ago, having entered that line of work at 50 years old. Johnson, who served in World War II, was nearly as spry and equally as passionate as his younger counterparts. Proudly sporting a WWII Veterans ball cap and a salmon pink blazer, Johnson swayed back and forth and clapped his hands over his head while singing along with the delegation to “Born in the USA” at the start of the evening.

In stark constast, 19-yearold delegate Vibhav Kollu, is a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kollu, a Concord resident, was elected as a delegate at his district convention. He said he is leaving the convention not only ecstatic that he had this experience at such a young age but also fired up about the election and the Democratic Party.

Kollu said his favorite moments of the convention were the remarks made by former President Bill Clinton and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as well as the Foo Fighters performance. In the next few months, he will be working for the Obama campaign to engage South Asian and East Asian college students, a demographic he said is often politically-minded but not necessarily active.

“I really like how Obama has stepped out for young people— whether on issues that directly affect us, like increasing access to Pell Grants, or in the social aspect,” he said. “He has stuck up for our views and with our generation, especially when it

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came to marriage equality.”

And despite their different backgrounds, the delegates worked well together throughout the convention, said Everett Ward, a 53-year-old delegate from Raleigh. The camaraderie and resulting brainstorms helped give the delegation strength as the height of election season—the bulk of their workload—approaches.

The Blue Devil Democrat Many students may have encountered senior Elena Botella on campus in different settings: a classmate, former Duke Democrats president, former columnist for The Chronicle. But, at the DNC, Botella was known as a Democratic delegate for the state of North Carolina.

Botella is president of the College Democrats of North Carolina, an auxiliary of the North Carolina Democratic Party and a part of College Democrats of America. She was elected by the state Democratic convention to serve as a delegate at the national convention in her hometown of Charlotte.

As a learning experience, Botella said her time at the convention, though without much sleep, was incredibly worthwhile. A typical day for the delegates included: 8:00 a.m. breakfast, 10:00 a.m. press conferences and 12:00 p.m. caucus and council meetings before the evening speaker sessions.

Botella attended both the Hispanic and Youth council meetings.

“I was looking to come into this knowing a lot of the other delegates, but it has been enormously exciting to meet people from all over the state and the country,” she said. “A core function of the convention is for people to come together, share best practices, and learn strategies [for promoting the party].

It was a lot of fun doing that.”

ASSAULT from page 3 and DSG President Alex Swain, a senior, for further comment.

“DSG has a group hoping to bring about change and I applaud their conviction but any such change will require that policies that apply to faculty and staff be changed first,” Moneta wrote in an email Wednesday.

“I’m not sure that there’s support for that.”

Benjamin Reese, vice president for institutional equity, could not be reached for comment.

Senior Ian Harwood, a gender violence prevention intern at the Women’s Center and member of the task force, noted, however, the importance of reaching out to faculty because the changes

OBAMA from page 1 “On every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates or two parties,” he said. “It will be a choice between two different paths for America—a choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.”

The opposing choices theme echoed imagery in speeches by President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and women’s rights activist Sandra Fluke earlier this week.

First lady Michelle Obama introduced the president, who took the podium amid deafening roars from the crowd. Time Warner Cable Arena was at absolute capacity, leaving little room to walk freely.

In his remarks, Obama touched on the themes of hope and change from his 2008 campaign. He characterized the deeds of Americans as the source of his hope, whether an auto worker winning the lottery or a woman overcoming homelessness through her nationally recognized biology research.

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would affect them as well as students.

The administration has argued that there are not enough cases reported after a year for it to be worth changing the current policy, Harwood noted.

“It’s like they are saying it’s inconvenient to change the policy,” Harwood said. “So the question is, how many rapists do we want on campus? How many are we willing to tolerate before it’s an issue?”

Looking forward, the task force is compiling a formal report on findings, concerns and demands to give to administrators, as well as an action plan, Swain said.

Swain added that she hopes the task force will continue collaborative efforts initiated in the Spring, raising awareness on campus about

the policy change and the negative implications for victims of sexual misconduct.

“People don’t understand what the statute of limitations is, and when they do understand, they don’t understand that rape and sexual assault are traumatic,” Harwood said.

Strong student support will be necessary to show faculty and administrators how important the issue is in order to get the policy changed, Jones added.

“Think about how terrible it would be for a victim of sexual assault to go through [an attack] and then not be able to report that incident,” she said. “The most important thing which people should be thinking about is students being able to report.”

than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades,” Obama said. “If you turn away now, if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn’t possible… well, change will not happen.”

Obama highlighted his experience and asserted his dominance as the incumbent in a presidential race.

“I’m no longer just a candidate— I’m the President,” Obama said.

Obama’s remarks cemented party unity and the success of the convention, said U.S. Rep. David Price (D-NC).

“President Obama made it clear tonight what our choice is between,” Price said in an interview.

“The differences are so stark this time. We are definitely coming out of this convention renewed in our determination.”

Obama also came out strong on social issues, including the DREAM Act and women’s rights, recurring themes of the convention.

“We don’t think government can solve all our problems,” he said. “But we don’t think that government is the source of all our problems—any more than are

welfare recipients, or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group we’re told to blame for our troubles.”

Convention attendee Gunther Peck, Fred W. Shaffer associate professor of history and public policy, said Obama’s speech made the clearest possible case for his reelection.

“He had a balance to strike between offering more hope, which will not get him reelected, but also he really was describing what he thought he had done well,” Peck said.

Obama began speaking with a detectable sense of hesitation, but as the speech continued the president began to loosen and gain a rhythm, feeding off of the crowd’s energy.

As Obama wrapped up his remarks, the crowd’s applause escalated to the point where those in the back strained to hear the president conclude.

“If you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules, then I need you to vote this November,” Obama said.

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RELIGION from page 1 budget goes astray in not acknowledging that we are responsible not only for ourselves and our immediate families. Rather, our faith strongly affirms that we are all responsible for one another.”

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concluded that the Ryan budget failed a basic moral test, Campbell added, because it would harm families living in poverty.

Campbell endorsed the ACA, popularly known as Obamacare, for its inclusivity of the most struggling Americans, which she called “our responsibility.” She briefly mentioned abortion—one of the biggest conflicts between the Catholic faith and the Democratic platform—noting that despite the Democrats’ support of abortion rights, implementing Obamacare was “part of my pro-life stance and the right thing to do.”

In fact, there are several prominent antiabortion Democrats, said Chris Pumpelly, communications and development director of Catholics United, a nonprofit social justice advocacy group. He said Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)—a fellow Catholic—is an example of a nationally relevant politician who has stayed true to his stance against abortion.

“Democrats take all types of people,” he said. “We’re working to reduce the need for abortion in America and stand for life in all situations.”

Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren also evoked Christianity in her speech Wednesday night. In order to practice Christian values, Americans must act in a familial and socially responsible manner, she said.

“I grew up in the Methodist Church and taught Sunday school,” Warren noted. “One of my favorite passages of scripture is, ‘Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.’ Matthew 25:40. The passage teaches about God in each of us, that we are bound

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to each other and called to act. Not to sit, not to wait, but to act—all of us together.”

At Democratic National Conventions prior to this year’s, the party platform has included language mentioning “God,” but Tuesday’s draft of the 2012 platform excluded this along with any language identifying Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. After conservative politicians and pundits criticized the platform draft, Los Angeles Mayor and DNC Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa took the podium and asked for delegates’ approval to reinsert these pieces into the platform in an unscripted moment Wednesday.

Despite nearly equal support and opposition in a series of three voice votes conducted

by Villaraigosa, the language was included in the final draft of the 2012 platform. This inclusion should ensure support from Catholics who believe in religious principles of goodwill and inclusion, Pumpelly said.

“This says that the Republican party can no longer say they have a monopoly on the common good,” he said.

As for the lack of language identifying Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the original draft, some Democrats say the party regrets the exclusion.

“It was an unfortunate oversight,” Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker told The Chronicle.

Delegates have criticized the voice voting process, saying the nays were equally as loud as the yeas in Wednesday’s vote. This directly contradicts Villaraigosa’s assertion that those in favor of the amendment to the draft had the necessary two-thirds majority.

Including “God” in the platform may violate the principle of separation of church and state, said Noor Ul-Hasan, a Muslim delegate from Salt Lake City, Utah.

“There are people who don’t believe in God and you have to respect that as well,” UlHasan said. “There was no discussion.... We were blindsided by it.”

Nicole Kyle contributed reporting.

BIDEN from page 3 said. “But Joe knew that he had to bring this issue out into the open. And in the years since that bill passed, I’ve had women tell me that their sisters or their friends wouldn’t be alive today—if it weren’t for Joe.” As Jill turned the podium over to her husband, Joe was welcomed with a standing ovation—a warm greeting for a politician with a 44 percent approval rating, according to a Sept. 5 USA Today/Gallup poll.

“My fellow Americans, four years ago, a battered nation turned away from the failed policies of the past—and turned to a leader—who they knew, could lift our nation out of crisis,” he said of his running mate in the opening of his address. “Our journey isn’t finished.”

Joe’s speech raised themes of humility and family as he discussed his late father’s humble roots. Joe’s father lost money in a series of

several business reverses and became a car mechanic —“an automobile man”—he said.

From this narrative, the vice president praised Obama’s revitalization of the American automobile industry, which he claimed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney would have neglected.

“America is not in decline,” he said. “I’ve got news for Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan, it has never, never, ever, been a good bet to bet against the American people.”

Biden highlighted the importance of Obama’s actions in taking down Osama bin Laden.

“He listened to the risks and reservations about the raid. And he asked the tough questions,” Biden recalled. “But when Admiral McRaven looked him in the eye and said, ‘Sir, we can get this done,’ I knew Barack had made his decision. His response was decisive.

He said do it—and justice was done.”

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Junior forward Laura Weinberg is second for Duke in goals, with four in five games this season.

“We are obviously coming off of two big

by Vaishnavi Krishnan wins. Our goal for THE CHRONICLE last weekend was to No. 4 Duke heads into its final weekend before win those two games Duke ACC play, carrying the momentum from the and the USC tourvs. team’s USC Futbol Classic win last weekend. nament, and that is No. 12 The No. 4 Blue Devils kick off the Duke Nike kind of our mindMU Classic at Koskinen Stadium with San Diego set going into our on Friday at 7:30 p.m. followed by No. 12 Mar- tournament,” junior SUNDAY, 1:30 p.m. quette on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. forward Laura Wein- Koskinen Stadium After losing to Florida two weeks ago, Duke berg said. “Our goal bounced back, beating Southern California is to always win those No. 4 2-1 in a comeback victory before dismantling two games, win our Duke Washington State 4-0 in what was their most tournament on our vs. complete game of the season so far. Without home field. So we key players Kelly Cobb and Mollie Pathman, have just been workSan who are competing for the United States in ing really hard toDiego the U-20 World Cup in Japan, the Blue Dev- gether to carry that ils hope to close out the non-conference por- momentum from SUNDAY, 7:30 p.m. tion of their schedule with only one loss. Both last weekend into Koskinen Stadium Cobb and Pathman will return next week. this weekend.”

Last Friday, Duke’s volleyball team experienced something it wasn’t quite used to—losing. No. 24 Louisville swept the team in their opening match of the Louisville Tournament. After the game head coach Jolene Nagel spoke of minimizing mistakes and coming back strong for the rest Duke of the tournament, and the team was vs. clearly taking notes.

Elon Duke went on to beat Samford and Marshall in its the FRIDAY, 7 p.m. next two matches, Cameron Indoor in which freshman Emily Sklar amassed Duke 29 kills, giving her 42 overall in the vs. tournament.

This Friday, the ECU Blue Devils hope to continue their winSUNDAY, 10 a.m. ning streak as the Cameron Indoor Duke Classic gets underway, in which Duke will host Duke Elon, East Carolina and Northeastern. vs.

Duke’s action beNorthgins against Elon at eastern 7 p.m. Friday and continues Saturday SUNDAY, 7 p.m. versus East CaroCameron Indoor lina at 10 a.m. and Northeastern at 7 p.m.

Duke (5-1) is looking to continue its successful campaign and solidify itself in another tournament before entering ACC play. The Blue Devils will continue to look to Sklar as their driving force, after she and teammate junior Ali McCurdy were both

named to the All-Tournament Team in Louisville. Only six games into the season, Sklar has been named the ACC Volleyball Freshman of the Week twice and leads the team with 75 kills. The team thrives when she plays well, and that is bad news for upcoming opponents, as she seems to be on an extended hot streak.

“I never really promise anybody a starting opportunity as a freshman,” Nagel said.

“But she certainly seems to be managing everything right now.”

Elon (4-4) is coming off a bounce back, grinding win against Radford. After losing their previous match to Alabama, the Phoenix held off Radford thanks largely in part to Megan Gravely’s 24 kills. Gravely leads the team with 79 kills, averaging just under 10 per match. If Gravely continues to put out solid numbers this weekend, the Phoenix should be a steady opening-round test for Duke.

East Carolina (1-5) enters the Classic with a disappointing record, most recently losing to UW-Milwaukee, a team Duke swept earlier this season in the Duke Invitational.

The true test for the Blue Devils will come in the form of Northeastern (6-2). Junior Kelly Bacon, who leads the Huskies with 93 kills, has been a constant source of production. Northeastern comes into the tournament with back-to-back wins against Idaho and Cal Poly, and is set up to win its first two games against East Carolina and Elon.

“All three opponents this weekend have a little bit different style, which is great for us to have a look at,” Nagel said. “We haven’t seen Elon in a really long time and we haven’t played East Carolina for a few years now. Northeastern, we haven’t played for a long time as well.”

This tournament should serve as a good measuring stick for the Blue Devils, who open ACC play Sep.14 against N.C. State.

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Duke will look to rise above 0.500 this weekend when they take on Wake Forest and Northwestern. The No. 9 Blue Devils (2-2) will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. to face the No. 13 Demon Deacons (1-2) Saturday and return home to play the No. 11 Wildcats (5-1) Sunday.

Wake Forest is Duke’s first conference opponent of the season.

“We want to get two big results out of the weekend,” junior Emmie Le Marchand said. “There’s also the added factor that we scrimmaged Wake Forest in the preseason, and were beaten 4-1 so it’s not necessarily revenge, but we want to show them what we’re capable of.”

Both Duke and Wake Forest lost to Princeton on their home fields last weekend.

Since then, the Blue Devils have worked on not giving up corners, their defensive structure outside the circle, their communication within the circle and their attack return, head coach Pam Bustin said.

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Duke’s first match of the fall pits it against 10 of the top 15 finishers in last year’s national championships, but the Blue Devils—behind National Player of the Year Lindy Duncan—bring one of their deepest teams to date.

Returning all six letter-winners from last year’s squad and adding two freshmen, Duke opens the year at the three-day Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall Club in Hanahan, S.C. Sept. 9-11.

Joining the field at the College of Charleston for the second straight year, the Blue Devils will look to improve upon their tied-for-seventh place finish in 2011. “[Last year], we didn’t finish that great, but it made you want to come back and take it on again,” head coach Scott Brooks said.

Facing a field that features each of the top five teams in last year’s NCAA Championship round, Duke faces a tough opening challenge. Duncan’s performance will be key to Blue Devil success. The senior tied for sixth in last year’s Classic, and in each of her 10 finishes for the 201112 season, she placed no worse than eighth, accumulating four victories.

Moreover at 71.07 shots per round, Duncan finished just three overall strokes short of eclipsing the Duke single-season scoring record of 71.0 set by Amanda Blumenherst.

“Lindy is always getting better,” Brooks said. “Every semester she’s been here, she’s gotten a little better…. She was National Player of the Year last year, but she’s looking to be one of the best players in the world on the LPGA [tour], so she needs to improve. As good as she’s been, she can get better. And I’m sure she will.”

And Duncan has already taken the first steps to elevate her game to an even higher level.

In June, she competed for the United States in the Curtis Cup for women amateur players and in August, she competed in the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. Although she missed the cut, she gained valuable time on the course playing with professionals, including a 2011 major winner.

“Playing in the LPGA event was great as well because you get to assess your game against the pros,” Duncan said. “I got to play a practice round with Stacy Lewis on

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Duke travels to Virginia for ACC action After Duke earned its first win of the season in its last game, the Blue Devils will look to continue that success as they begin ACC play, traveling to Charlottesville to take on Virginia at Klockner Stadium Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The Cavaliers (1-2) have begun the year much like Duke (1-2), with Virginia all three of their games having onegoal margins. And if history is any invs. dication, the matchup will be a close Duke one—the teams are 37-37-8 all time against each other. Four of the past six games have reached overtime, a FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. proposition that should excite the Klockner Stadium Blue Devils, who are 3-0-1 in those games.

Both teams have struggled to generate offense in the early going, each with three goals in as many gams. Freshman Zach Carroll paces the Cavaliers, having found the back of the net twice, while three different Blue Devils have earned tallies in the early going.

Last year Duke began its conference play against Virginia, falling 1-0 despite outshooting the Cavaliers 19-12.

Eight of the Blue Devil shots were taken by Nick Palodichuk, who leads Duke’s offensive attack again this year with a goal on a team-high 12 shots.

The game is Duke’s lone contest during the weekend, before gearing up for a midweek game against Georgia State and then a heavier dose of conference action.

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Senior Lindy Duncan, who was National Player of the Year last year, is ‘looking to be on of the best players in the world on the LPGA [tour].’ one of the days. So I just played 18 holes with Stacy Lewis, her coach and her caddie, and my dad was there, so that was a great learning experience.”

Joining Duncan, both of Duke’s freshmen—Ashley Xiao and Celine Boutier—qualified for the Blue Devil lineup.

“They’re really great for the team,” Duncan said.

“They’re both very calm in their demeanor, but they really have this fight in them…. They’re very patient, which is great too.”

In July, Boutier—a native of Montrouge, France—not only won European Ladies Amateur title, but also beat her nearest competitor by six strokes.

Boutier also advanced to the second round of the U.S. Women’s Amateur in August.

“She’s somebody who tends to rise to the occasion,” Brooks said. “She likes the big events. I’ve seen her do

very well in those.”

Xiao, a walk-on from Guangzhou, China, has impressed the team as well, playing with a scrappy style, Duncan said. And Xiao’s scrappiness may be just what Duke needs to succeed at Yeaman Hall Club.

“It takes a little creativity,” Brooks said. “It has square greens. You get some very abrupt banks where you play the shot a little too long, you go over the back, and now, you’re basically pitching over a wall…. Some of [the bunkers] are 10-feet high—some crazy shots compared to normal golf—but it should be a lot of fun.”

With three players making their second straight start in the Cougar Classic, the Blue Devils may have the necessary experience to tackle the course.

“We have a great shot at contending, possibly winning it,” Duncan said. “We have a lot of depth to the team.”

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their only defeat in an overtime thriller.

“Year in and year out Marquette is one of the elite programs,” Church said. “They are a big team, a physical team.

They are a hardworking team and a mentally tough team so I think playing Friday night and then turning around and playing Sunday afternoon we are going to have to be mentally tough. We are going to have to really move the ball against them, and we are really going to have to attack them. Our offense, which has scored a lot of goals early in the season will have a great challenge playing a defense that hasn’t given up any goals this year.”

Besides securing another two victories and winning a second consecutive tournament, Duke hopes to gain momentum going into the beginning of their ACC games. Both San Diego and Marquette will provide a chance for the Blue Devils to assess their game as they begin conference play against topranked Florida State next week.

“It’s important that we are really playing our best soccer going into the ACC,” Church said. “These are kind of the last games we have, and I think it’s important that we are playing well in all areas—offensively, defensively and on set plays. And I think we are starting to play well.”

While in California, Duke (4-1) had the chance to scout the Toreros (3-3), who also competed in the USC Futbol Classic. San Diego went 1-1 in the tournament, sliding past Southern California 2-1 in the final minutes before losing to Washington State 2-1 on Sunday. The last time the Blue Devils met the Toreros was in 2007 when the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

“Every game is a different game and you cant really go by the scores,” head coach Robbie Church said. “Fridays you get a team’s best shot because everybody is fresher. Sunday comes less than 48 hours from when you last played, so unless you are deep, that is tough to do.”

The Toreros, however, are not the toughest foe for Duke this weekend. For just the second time this season, the Blue Devils will play a top-25 ranked team. Marquette (3-0-1) has yet to allow a goal this season, shutting out all the teams it has played. In return, they have netted 20 goals. The only other ranked team that the Blue Devils have played this season is Florida, which handed them

FIELD HOCKEY from page 6 Freshman Krysta Wangerin—who has registered four points on the year—leads the Demon Deacons’ attack, as well as sophomore Anna Kozniuk and junior Jess McFadyen, who have tallied three points apiece.

Duke counters with Le Marchand, sophomore Jessica Buttinger, juniors Brenna Rescigno and Devon Gagliardi and senior Chelsea Amsley. Buttinger has logged five points, and the other four players have recorded four points each.

“We’re excited to get conference play underway,” Bustin said. “There is no doubt that the level of intensity and the level of competition is going to be at its peak. Wake is always a fantastic opponent, and I think our teams match up to make a good game.”

So far this season, Northwestern has proven its ability to battle with the best, pulling off upsets against two top-20 opponents—then-No. 11 Stanford and then-No.

16 California.

“Northwestern is a very talented team,” Bustin said.

“They’re going to be good in the set pieces and decision making, so I think for us it’s just going to be setting up early and just containing them and their speed too. They’ve got some good speed on their team.”

On Sunday, Duke will have the added challenge of playing its first game without six of its players, who are competing at the Pan American Games in Mexico.

Freshmen Hannah Barreca and Aileen Johnson and sophomores Abby Beltrani and Lauren Blazing, will compete for the United States while Buttinger and freshman Kendra Perrin will compete for Canada.

“It’s definitely going to make the kids who are on the field a bit more focused and more on-task,” Bustin said. “It’s going to affect us in substitution. We will have fewer subs to run in through the game. As far as coverage on the field and set plays, we have everything we need to compete as usual.”

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STANFORD from page 1 here that we’ve had lulls that have just critically hurt us. Even though we weren’t perfect [against FIU], there was never a failure to have an edge. We played 60 minutes of intense football.”

The win has Cutcliffe’s squad buying into the hype as well. “[Winning our first game] makes a great

difference,” Duke redshirt sophomore linebacker C.J. France said. “It gives us a lot more confidence going into this next game. Last year we kind of had our heads hung a little bit, so coming off a win is a great feeling going into the second game.”

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said. “This year I don’t think that will happen. We’ve got a lot more depth. We’re a lot better in reading our keys and being focused.”

But the size and physicality of Stanford’s offense aided the big plays, wearing down opposing defenses as the games progressed. This year’s Cardinal squad is physically daunting as well, led by two-time 1,000-yard senior rusher Stepfan Taylor, who checks in at 5-foot-11 and 215 pounds.

Two of senior quarterback Josh Nunes’ top targets are senior tight ends Levine Toilolo and Zach Ertz, who stand at 6-foot-8 and 6-foot-6, respectively.

“They’re a good football team,” France said. “They have good backs, and they have a good [offensive]-line. I feel like they’re going to try to come out and play big boy football and run straight ahead. And we’re going to try to play physically with them.”

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In last year’s loss, the Blue Devils kept the game close for the first half, but the Stanford offense broke loose for big plays in the second half. In the first 30 minutes, the Cardinal averaged 7.1 yards per play.

But Stanford’s offense scored touchdowns on its first four drives of the second half and ran out the clock on its last possession.

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ut the smudged window there’s a con- things, but beyond the field or the sport there stant, monotonous image of greenery. exists an opportunity. It’s our privilege to traThe trees are tamed only by Interstate verse places across the country that we likely 85 and medians covered by overgrown weeds, wouldn’t visit otherwise. Ann Arbor, Mich.? confettied with an occasional plasProbably not. College Park, Md.? tic bag or empty Coke bottle. Our Maybe to visit your cousin. Farmbus inches slowly up the map toville, Va.? No. Definitely no. ward our destination.

As much as we’d like it to be, I look up from my laptop occafield hockey matches aren’t alsionally, glance out the window and ways primetime sporting events, am met each time with a familiar but they are more than worth sight. Then there’s an SUV headyour consideration. Seventy-mining southbound, pulled over by the ashley camano ute matches of physical work and flashing lights of one of North Carpsychological wit where “non-congoing camando olina’s finest. We head past it at 70 tact” means “don’t get caught.” mph and it’s gone. More trees.

We embrace these challenges These sights are reminiscent of any weekend and more on our journeys by bus and by plane, road trip for my team, the Duke University field from sea to shining sea, and we enjoy the diverhockey team, and the team road trip is an ex- sity that our teams so effectively gather. We’ve perience shared by any NCAA team at any in- got East Coasters. We’ve got Canadians. We’ve stitution. The trips differ in the opponents, the got girls from across the pond, girls from the outcomes, the direction in which the bus heads countryside. We are 19 girls who consider “studyoff—but embarking on another weekend mis- ing abroad” completing make-up work in a Dousion always feels the same. bletree Hotel in Philadelphia, whose Saturday Nineteen girls, four coaches and an athletic night drink of choice is Gatorade, who consider trainer occupy the same seats every time we hit wearing this University’s colors to be not only the road. Below the bus are suitcases embroi- an unparalleled privilege, but also an ardent redered with Duke emblems, goalkeeping equip- sponsibility to scratch wins in the scorebook. ment, Band-Aids and gauze, sticks and stick Six of my teammates—your classmates—are bags and all the other weekend battle necessi- lucky enough to carry the Duke name to the ties. The cabin of the bus boasts pillows pressed Pan-American Games in Mexico for the next 14 against tinted windows, and the floor is littered days. Four Americans, two Canadians—all Dukwith untied Nike sneakers. Bare feet are rested ies—have the honor of embarking on another on headrests, and headphones drown out the trip to take care of business, this time on an inconstant hum of the engine. ternational stage. Here at Duke, our squad will The bus carries on and then we’re welcomed be down six, but we’ll continue to take care of into the state of Virginia by a sign at the side business while they’re gone. They’ll wear red, of the road. Sometimes it’s South Carolina. Or white and blue or show off a maple leaf on their maybe Maryland. We’re still seeing the same jerseys; we’ll boast black and blue. But whether trees—north, south, east or west. Road trips we’re playing on East Campus or in Guadalajasometimes exist as merely a blur, a smear of East ra, we’re working everyday in the name of this Coast states until we’re greeted with some civili- University. zation or pit stop to stretch our legs and pick up The next time I sit looking out the window, a pre-ordered meal. Then it’s back to the bus. we’re headed southbound, rolling past the borThese road trips are not just like business der of Durham County. Out the window I see trips. They are business trips. Forget power suits the same trees lining the same tarred road. and Ralph Lauren; we don matching sweatshirts There are ice bags situated carefully on legs and and shorts, each sporting a Nike swoosh. We hips and arms, ointment and Band-Aids coverhave an agenda and an itinerary, an objective ing blistered and turf-burned skin. And another to carry out. Pregame meetings replace confer- win in the book for Duke. Yet again, we were ence calls and the field is our office. We have a privileged enough to work and sweat and win duty to represent the University and a responsi- in your colors. And it was lovely doing business bility to impress our coworkers and bosses. The for you.

“2:30 feeling” turns up, but is quickly cured with a slurp of Gatorade and a bite of a granola bar.

Ashley Camano is a Trinity junior. Her column Then it’s back to work to finish the day. runs every other Friday. You can follow Ashley on Sure, team road trips represent all of these Twitter @camano4chron

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editor’s note Why we covered the DNC more Several readers have come forward and rightfully questioned why we have covered the Democratic National Convention more extensively than the Republican National Convention.

Although my response may not alleviate every concern, our decision to send a reporting team was primarily a question of the best use of our resources.

From a practical standpoint, as a campus newspaper, we have limited financial means. The expense of plane tickets and hotel stays in Tampa was prohibitive, but going to Charlotte entailed a short train ride and free accomodations at the family home of our photographer.

In acknowledging this reality, we published two articles last week referencing reactions from students and professors to the RNC as well as firsthand accounts from a student who actually saw Mitt Romney speak.

But ultimately, to report the RNC, we relied on our Internet connection and phone lines.

For journalism, boots on the ground is always better. In sending people to Charlotte, we had the option to play down our presence and coverage.

But, having asked our team to miss three days of class to constantly report, that alternative seemed foolish.

But the convention will conclude tonight, and some of you will have doubts about our coverage heading into the election. To mitigate those doubts, I will outline our editorial standard for coverage this year. When a national, major political party figure or candidate, regardless of their views, holds public events in North Carolina, we will make every effort to send a reporting team.

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But I wondered if the editors overlooked another top-notch, locally owned bookseller even closer to home. The Gothic Bookshop, located in the Bryan Center on Duke’s West Campus, has been an independent bookstore at Duke since 1956. In fact, it’s one of the few independent bookstores left on college campuses, and it has long been

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hen I was 15 years old, I attended a summer program in the mountains of New Mexico, where the principal activity was hiking non-stop for three weeks with a 50-pound pack on my back. It seemed like a good idea at the time despite the fact that I was a scrawny kid coming out of ninth grade whose preparations for the program consisted of stomping up the stairs of my house with a backpack full of encyclopedias. Fast forward to the first jordan siedell night of hiking, and I was words, lines and life laughably out of my league.

The pain, the exhaustion and the fact that we were hiking with no clear destination in sight fed a despair that overwhelmed me. Eventually we arrived at an old fort that enclosed a grassy area where we were told to put down our gear and lie down.

As soon as my back hit the grass and my gaze lifted to the night sky, it was as if everything that was bothering me lifted as well. That sky was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen. The lights of the universe, no longer obscured by urban illumination and the pollution of humanity, made the sky so dusty with stars that I couldn’t tell where one stopped and another began. I never wanted to look away.

I haven’t looked up much since then. The rest of the hiking trip was spent looking down at the ground to avoid rocks and rattlesnakes. High school was a blur of friendships, academics and other activities preparing me for college. Once I entered college, that blur turned into a whirlwind.

We encounter an incredible amount of noise on a daily basis. Technological advancement has been wonderful for so many different reasons, but there are times when the world gets so loud that it’s hard to hear what’s true.

We live in a political and media-driven landscape that is more focused on character assassination than what we can actually do to solve the problems that plague us all. I can guarantee that the outcome of this coming presidential election will be determined in part by whoever is best at pointing fingers. It’s the reason why a good number of you, like myself, avoid getting into political arguments.

No one leaves happy, and someone always leaves upset.

Emotions often get in the way of rational and productive discourse. Technology, the media and our political culture all contribute to the noise that drowns out what matters.

Not long ago, I came across a mash-up video on YouTube titled “The Most Astounding Fact.” In the video, computer generated images of the cosmos are paired with a response from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to the question “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?” His response inspired this column: “We are part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us.... My atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity.

That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant, you want to feel like you’re a participant in the goings-on of activities and events around you. That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive.”

I wasn’t shocked by this revelation because I had learned about it years before in science class. Yet for some reason, the statement resonated deep within me.

It made me look, really look, at the night sky for the first time in awhile because this was something that actually made sense in one of the most incredible ways possible.

It might have been that the feeling I got from looking at those stars in New Mexico was an implicit understanding that I could trace my very existence to their predecessors. Our collective experience as a people and a species and a planet is tied together because of how we all came to be. Something like that has a way of making things such as political attack ads and talking heads on TV seem so… small.

I really don’t know how or if things will change for us down the road. A hopeful and perhaps naive part of me thinks that maybe we could tune out some of the noise in order to figure out what really matters to us. Maybe we could re-evaluate our place among one another and within the universe as a whole. Maybe we could just look up.

Jordan Siedell is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Friday. You can follow Jordan on Twitter @JSiedell

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