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New Chapel Weed, alcohol mix hurts learning dean takes the pulpit by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE
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For a reverend who seems at his happiest preaching sermons to the congregation, Luke Powery, the new dean of Duke Chapel, still gets the jitters each time he takes the podium. “You’re always going to have butterflies, but the key is to have the butterflies fly in formation,” Powery said. “The butterflies are there for you to control. When you are in the moment, you’re focusing on what you’re saying and how you’re saying it.” Powery’s nerves are understandable given the quick transition he made this Fall. Powery became the first black dean of the Chapel in July following an international search for someone to fill the role. His predecessor, Sam Wells, served as dean of the Chapel for seven years before moving to St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London this summer. Powery was nominated anonymously —to this day, he does not know who it was that nominated him. In June, he was brought down to preach at the Chapel and to tour the University. As Powery describes his selection process, the transition was nearly instantaneous. SEE POWERY ON PAGE 6
Senior Nick Swartzwelder decided to study the effects of drugs and alcohol when he was sitting in the passenger seat of his father’s car. It began with a discussion about “crossfading”—using marijuana and alcohol at the same time—and its regularity on Duke’s campus. This was an unfamiliar term to his father, but Nick told him that knowing people who have cross-faded led him to question its effects on the adolescent mind. This conversation led to a study on rats, published in Neuroscience Letters Aug. 29, that found that combining alcohol and THC—the chemical active in marijuana—affects adults and adolescents differently. It caused adults to have problems learning and remembering new objects, whereas it made adolescents more disposed toward familiar objects. At the time, both Nick and his father— Scott Swartzwelder, professor of psychology and neuroscience—knew of studies that looked at each drug’s effects on the minds of adolescents and adults, which typically showed some form of memory loss and learning impairment in adolescents more than adults. Few studies, however, actually looked at the combined drugs’ effects on the mind, and the few that did contained errors. “Nick said, ‘Here’s a drug combination that is used frequently during adolescence, and we know each drug affects learning more in adolescents than in adults, but is there a different effect in
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Researchers at Duke recently studied “crossfading”—using marijuana and alcohol at the same time—and found that the practice did not reduce memory in adolescents, contrary to the researchers’ expectations. adolescents than adults when you put them together?’” Scott said. “My reaction to that was, ‘Well, why don’t you do it?’” Nick took his father’s advice and transformed his question into an undergraduate research project. In 2010, he began conducting a study that looked at
the effects of marijuana and alcohol combined on rats, which were chosen because of their natural tendency to interact with unfamiliar stimuli. Because of lab rats’ nearly unwavering inclination to explore SEE CROSSFADING ON PAGE 6
Uni. approves Nowicki UNC Chancellor Thorp for second five-year term to step down in June from Staff Reports THE CHRONICLE
Stephen Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, has been appointed to a second five-year term, the University announced Thursday. Nowicki was reviewed by a faculty committee as part of the standard procedure of reviewing Steve Nowicki deans and senior administrators every five years. “Steve is the first dean in this new position and has done an excellent job of fulfilling our desire to have someone responsible for leading and coordinating all facets of undergraduate academic and student life,” Lange said in a press release. “He has made
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headway in creating greater synergy among the many curricular, co-curricular and social components of our undergraduate experience.” His position was created in 2007 in the hopes of more effectively integrating academic and student life aspects of the undergraduate experience. Nowicki is also professor of biology, psychology and neuroscience in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of neurobiology in the medical school. Nowicki has worked with Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta to develop the new house model. He has also been a key innovator of new forms of teaching, such as DukeImmerse, a semester-long program that combines classroom learning SEE NOWICKI ON PAGE 6
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be under new leadership in the next academic year. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp will step down, effective June 30, 2013, according to a Monday Holden Thorp press release from the university. He said he is vacating the position because it is best for the future of the university. Since Thorp took the chancellor position in 2008, the university has faced several high-profile athletic scandals related to the football program and cheating in-
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volving student athletes. Thorp has decided to return to the chemistry department where he became a professor in 1993 and the department chair in 2005. “I will always do what is best for this University,” Thorp said in the relsease. “This wasn’t an easy decision personally. But when I thought about the University and how important it’s been to me, to North Carolinians and to hundreds of thousands of alumni, my answer became clear.” Thorp informed Tom Ross, president of the UNC system, of his decision Sunday and said he would be willing to work beyond June 30 in order to make the change in leadership seamless. “Chancellor Thorp’s love of and devotion to UNC-Chapel Hill are beyond SEE THORP ON PAGE 6
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Q&A with Ikal Angelei people have been fighting for water. So I think just by looking at that, human needs for water supersede human needs for electricity.
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Ikal Angelei won the Goldman Environmental Prize—the largest award for grassroots environmentalism—this year for her efforts to fight for the tribes in the Lake Turkana region of Kenya against the construction of the Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia. The dam, if completed, would deplete water flow into the already water-scarce Lake Turkana region, exacerbating existing issues of poverty and resource conflict facing the indigenous people there. Angelei sat down with The Chronicle’s Kelly Carroll for a one-on-one interview after speaking about her work at Duke Friday.
TC: Can a country like Kenya, which needs energy, ethically displace a few people to bring power to many? IA: There is a possibility to get energy in any country. So at what expense do we want to develop this energy? I think it’s not right to displace or destroy people’s environments. TC: Do you find there is a large disconnect between those benefitting from the dam and those being harmed by it? If so, has this been a major struggle in opposing it or finding support? IA: It’s not extremely a disconnect. It’s just a sense of ignorance, because while all human beings need water or can appreciate the environment, it’s just a lack of understanding on the issues. And that’s what creates the disconnect, the lack of understanding or the lack of information.
The Chronicle: What is or was your motivation for starting this project and continuing it now? Ikal Angelei: My motivation for starting it was because my father, my biggest inspiration, he always believed that when there was something to be done, you then had to find a way to do it or get someone to do it. My inspiration to go on is really the people who I have been representing—the spot they’ve given me, and the belief and more and more understanding of their need for this resource. TC: Did you ever foresee yourself doing something like this? IA: No, I never did. It was instinctual—a situation had cropped up and somebody had to do it. It was not one of those things where people say, ‘I grew up knowing that I was going to be an activist.’ I just grew up not even knowing that I would make a difference. I just was always questioning the state of [things]. TC: How do you think winning the Goldman Environmental Prize will contribute to your project? IA: It has created a lot of awareness around the issues. So more people who didn’t even know about it are now start-
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Grassroots organizer Ikal Angelei spoke Friday about her efforts to halt the construction of a dam in Ethiopia. ing to want to know about it. It has also helped us in increasing our belief, just our hope for the struggle and possible support from interested donors to look at this as an area of interest in terms of resource rights. TC: How does the need for electricity compare to the need for water in the area, especially at a time of drought? IA: It’s highly improbable that we will fight for electricity. It’s evident that
TC: What is the role of foreign investment in the Lake Turkana region? How have you managed to reach these investors and demonstrate to them the negative consequences of constructing the dam? IA: There is an increased role in various interests from foreign investment. It has not been easy, but mainly trying to reflect to them the impact of their work on the regions and on their businesses. So sometimes you have to highlight the business risks. TC: Why is China so invested in the project? IA: We don’t know, really. China’s interest in Africa is through setting up infrastructure. So we don’t know if this is one of the ways of doing it, through setting up infrastructure to then get
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ground within the continent. TC: Do you think that the environmental and social impact assessment was sufficient before the project began? IA: It was nonexistent in the first place. Now the need is to actually do a comprehensive independent one. TC: If you can’t stop the construction, what would be the next possible scenario? IA: I think it’s to really look at how best the communities can cope with the different changes, trying to understand how best to protect the communities at the best level we can. TC: What will happen to the 40 percent of the dam that has already been built if the investors pull out? IA: It’s infrastructure, so you can use it as it is. So if it’s roads it’s going to be a better road network than in the region. If the dam has actually been put up they can just use it to make a small dam. TC: How long do you think it will take for the issue to fall either in favor of building the dam or of pulling out? IA: That’s something we can’t really predict. As I said, I started [grassroots organizing against it] six months in and now it’s four years old. I think for me, I am willing to go on for as long as my bones will allow me to go. TC: If you could give one reason to convince the world and especially the investors to stop the construction of the dam what would it be? IA: We’ve seen conflicts around the world based on natural resources. That is just the beginning. With an increase in population, we are changing environments. We are part of the problem. And we are part of this problem by increasing the conflicts in the name of development.
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Nicholas School launches Collection preserves entrepreneurship program Franklin’s Duke legacy by Carleigh Stiehm THE CHRONICLE
A new certificate program wants to develop students’ experience at the intersection of entrepreneurship and environmental issues. The Nicholas School of the Environment has created a new certificate program for graduate students that is scheduled to launch in the second half of Fall 2012. The Environmental Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate will offer students a new program to explore the practical applications of environmental entrepreneurial endeavors, said Jesko von Windheim, professor of the practice of environmental entrepreneurship. Students will follow a 12-credit environmental entrepreneurship program in order to receive the new certificate. “The environmental entrepreneurship program was initiated to create an effective and practical framework to help aspiring environmental entrepreneurs change the world using sustainable practices,” said von Windheim, who is in charge of overseeing the implementation of the certificate. A combination of classroom learning and out of classroom experiences aim to transition students directly into environmental entrepreneurial work. The program is designed to give practical insight into every step in the process of translating environment entrepreneurial ideas into real-life practice, Nicholas School Dean Bill Cha-
meides said. “As environmental impacts have been found to increasingly influence the bottom line in the corporate sector, our understanding of environmental stewardship has moved steadily from concerns that revolved primarily around management and conservation of scarce resources into a realm that includes economics and business,” said von Windheim. According to a brochure describing the new certificate, an ongoing incubator fund will be created to finance promising startup ideas. In addition, students will be provided one-on-one mentorships with established entrepreneurs in order to instill realistic business and leadership skills. “The program seeks to teach students to develop, evaluate, refine and possibly launch a new sustainable product or service—using both experiential and traditional teaching approaches,” said von Windheim. Von Windheim has experience with startups, teaching and research pertaining to technology-based environmental entreprenuership, which could help provide real life insight to students as they prepare for business endeavors. He was the co-founder of Cronos Integrated Microsystems and the CEO of Nextreme Thermal Solutions—two firms that work to engineer microtechnologies. He is currently engaged in a SEE CERTIFICATE ON PAGE 12
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The legacy of civil rights activist John Hope Franklin will live on in the form of his manuscripts, lists, diaries and other documents that the University has recently acquired. In 1983, Franklin became the James B. Duke professor of history. He was well-regarded for his work with racial relations and, in 1995, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his civil rights efforts. The recent acquisition of more than 300 boxes of Franklin’s papers will broaden the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s collection. The documents have brought both students and faculty from outside universities to Duke’s campus, said William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin professor of history. “These papers are a gold mine,” Chafe said. “Not only are they luminous and covering an extraordinary number of areas, but they also are a magnet because they already have attracted a large number of other collections from historians around the country who are not part of Duke’s community but people who want to be associated with John Hope Franklin and his library collection.” Franklin’s papers run the gamut from his daily journal to conversations recorded with John F. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other famous political and activist figures. The acquisition provides opportunities for
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Duke recently acquired the papers of prominent civil rights activist John Hope Franklin, former professor of history at the University. undergraduate research, said Naomi Nelson, director of the Rubenstein Library. Nelson said she was most excited about the idea of student involvement with the collection. If faculty and staff succeed in communicating to students the importance and scope of Franklin’s papers, students will appreciate him and access his work. “[The papers] are wide open to students,” she added. “[The Rubenstein Library] is among the leaders in seeking SEE FRANKLIN ON PAGE 12
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Occupy anniversary draws more arrests, fewer protests
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Dominique Bagnato, born in France, is greeted by his family, following a naturalization ceremony Sept. 17, the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. VICTOR BLUE/BLOOMBERG NEWS
A New York police officer stands while Occupy Wall Street protesters march during a demonstration in New York Monday on the movement’s one-year anniversary. by Esmé Deprez, Max Abelson and Christine Harvey BLOOMBERG NEWS
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On the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, 215 people became U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony held in the National Archives Building in D.C.
NEW YORK — New York City police on Monday arrested 124 Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrating the movement’s first birthday as events drew fewer participants than similar demonstrations in May. Hundreds of marchers took to the streets just after dawn from Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, the physical birthplace and symbolic heart of the
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global movement. Police on foot, motorcycle and horseback trailed them at every turn. The protests failed to keep the markets from opening as scheduled, though some commuters in the largest U.S. city were inconvenienced as police blocked off parts of the Financial District near the New York Stock Exchange and asked transit officials to close the Broad Street subway station. Richard Swensson, a 24-year-old college graduate, said he missed a job interview.
“I couldn’t even get near the building and had to call to say I wouldn’t make it,” Swensson said in Battery Park. He said he understood the frustrations of the protesters but wished they would “think a little bit more instead of just getting all rallied up.” Monday’s numbers contrast with Occupy Wall Street’s last major public event May 1, which drew tens of thousands of demonstrators across the United SEE OCCUPY ON PAGE 12
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NEW YORK — Apple said Monday that advance sales of its iPhone 5 topped 2 million units in one day, more than double the record set by the previous model of the device. Because demand for the iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply, some of the smartphones will be shipped to customers in October, Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said in a statement. Most orders will be delivered on Sept. 21, the same day the handset arrives in U.S. retail outlets, Apple said. “Clearly it’s a blowout,” said Brian White, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets in New York, in an interview. He had anticipated sales of 1.3 million to 1.5 million units in the first 24 hours and up to 12 million by the end of the month. “These estimates look conservative.” The iPhone is Apple’s best-selling product, making up about two-thirds of its profit. The company’s entry into the smartphone market in 2007 resulted in sales of 244 million iPhone units as of June and helped Apple become the world’s most valuable company. The new model, unveiled last week in San Francisco, has a bigger screen, lightweight body design, faster chip and new software features. “IPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by the iPhone 4S and the customer response to the iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of global marketing, in the statement. Apple is vying with Samsung Electronics Co. and other smartphone manufacturers for customers in a global market that grew 79 percent to $219.1 billion last year. Samsung, which releases several handsets a year using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, was the world’s biggest seller of smartphones in 2011. By contrast, Apple releases only one iPhone a year, resulting in pent-up demand. AT&T, the largest U.S. phone company, said its customers ordered a record number of the iPhone 5. Subscribers ordered more of the new model than any previous iPhone both on its first day of advance sales and during the weekend, AT&T said in a statement today, without providing details. With so much demand, production bottlenecks may curb how many iPhones Apple can sell, said Ben Reitzes, an analyst at Barclays Capital Inc. The new touch-screen glass technology for the iPhone 5 is one of the biggest potential sources of supply constraints, he said.
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“We still believe Apple is facing significant production constraints,” Reitzes said in a note to clients today. Manufacturing delays could postpone some purchases until later this year or early 2013, he said. From October to December, Apple may sell 50 million iPhones, said Mike Walkley, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity Inc. The new iPhone hits stores this week in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the U.K. It goes on sale in 22 more countries on Sept. 28. “It’s pretty clear there was a lot of pent-up demand for the new phone,” Walkley said in an interview.
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CROSSFADING from page 1 new objects as opposed to familiar ones, the research team decided to test if the combination of the drugs would alter the rats’ natural tendency. The rats were first isolated and put into chambers where each was given enough time to familiarize themselves with an object. Afterwards, the rats were given doses of THC and ethanol, went to sleep and were put back in the chamber the next day with the familiar object and an unfamiliar one. “What you expect is that if the drug combination wiped out memory, they
THORP from page 1 question,” Ross said in a release. “I have accepted his announcement with considerable sadness, but fully understand he is acting in what he believes to be the best interests of UNC-Chapel Hill and the entire university.” Despite Thorp’s intention to resign, the university’s Board of Trustees has put their full support behind him—they even tried to talk him out of resignation, said Chair Wade Hargrove. “I respect his unwavering commitment to always do what he thinks best serves the university,” Hargrove noted. “Thorp has done an exemplary job as chancellor, especially in improving a wide range of pro-
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would spend equal amounts of time exploring both objects,” said Scott, co-author of the study. “That’s what the adults did.” The adolescent rats, however, did not show signs of memory loss. Instead, they chose to solely interact with the familiar object because it was preferable to the new one, completely counter to their evolutionary tendency to explore. “It suggests that something about the drug combination overpowered the [adolescent] animal’s natural tendency to explore what it doesn’t know and made it more comfortable with what it already knows,” Scott said. A person is scientifically considered
cesses and academic and fiscal management procedures.” In recent months, Thorp has guided UNC through both a series of studentathlete cheating scandals and a review of the department of African and AfroAmerican studies. Ross added that, by announcing his resignation now, Thorp can focus his next nine months on tying loose ends on university issues and implementing policies that will prevent similar issues in the future. Thorp’s number two, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney, announced in late August that he will also be stepping down June 30, 2013, according to the Daily Tar Heel. The search for Carney’s replacement will be put on hiatus until a successor for Thorp is found.
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adolescent until age 25, which is when the brain stops developing. The results of the study indicated that the combination of marijuana and alcohol is more addictive in adolescents than adults, Scott said, adding that young people need to be more careful than adults when using THC and ethanol. The results could also help scientists understand the archetypal stoner, said Shawn Acheson, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and coauthor of the paper. “The image attached to chronic THC use is the stoner who sits in his mother’s basement, who doesn’t do anything and doesn’t go anywhere,” he said. “Histori-
cally, that behavior was explained by the THC not activating the frontal lobes to initiate action, but the research suggests it might be a preference for environments associated with the drug that cause this.” Nick, lead-author of the study, said the findings show students that one weekend of using both marijuana and alcohol has long-term ramifications. “If you decide to drink and smoke throughout an entire weekend, it affects you long beyond just that day,” he said. “A lot of people don’t really understand that it does affect you longer than you think and prevents you from being as effective as a student.”
POWERY from page 1 Powery’s appointment as dean is symbolic because the Chapel had, in fact, been segregated until the Civil Rights Movement. Kameron Carter, associate professor of theology and black church studies, said Powery’s role at the Chapel will benefit the Duke community. “This is a very wise and forwardthinking appointment,” Carter wrote in an email Sunday. “Rev. Dr. Luke Powery is at the vanguard of a new generation of young African-American scholar-preachers.” Powery’s interest in religion has been present since birth. His father was a minister from the Wesleyan Pentecostal tradition, and Powery spent much of his childhood traveling while his father preached. He attended Stanford University with the intention of working in Silicon Valley but was inspired by his mentor, Rev. Floyd Tompkins, to pursue a career in ministry. After receiving a degree in music at Stanford University, Powery went on to receive a Master’s of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a doctorate of theology from Emmanuel College at the University of Toronto. “[It was] an ecumenical journey
for me with a cosmopolitan context, crossing borders within the denominations,” Powery said of his education. “[It was] a huge part of my journey, a bridge of faith.” Powery’s arrival at Duke has been warmly received by locals. He noted that everyone has been kind and welcoming to his family—his wife Gail, his daughter Moriah and his son Zachary. “Some people have brought meals for us in the transition,” Powery remarked. Sunday marked Powery’s second time preaching in the Chapel as dean. Congregation member Richard Heitzenrater, William Kellon Quick professor emeritus of church history and Wesley studies, complimented Powery on his engaging sermons. “He used a lot of literary and cultural references,” Heitzenrater said. “You can’t go wrong when John and Charles Wesley are mentioned in the same sermon.” Now Powery is turning his attention to better understanding the Duke community and his role within it. “Classes in preaching, some classes in worship—I’m looking forward to that when I get there,” he said. “[Right now] I’m in the practice of listening to what has been and where we are now.”
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NOWICKI from page1 and global education, Lange said. Nowicki said he has enjoyed the opportunity to develop the position he holds. “One of my favorite aspects of the job is changing the way we think about teaching and learning, by bringing faculty and students together in ways that transcend the traditional classroom,” he said. “Both groups learn from each other, plus it’s fun.” Nowicki came to Duke in 1989 and was named dean of natural sciences in 2004.
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Cockrell Bring blue bloods to Cameron earns ACC honors
Let me preface this column by saying that Duke plays one of the toughest schedules in all of college basketball year in and year out. That notion holds true again this season as one of college basketball’s blue bloods—the Brady programs expected to compete nationally every year. Last week, the Blue Devils’ schedule was released and it features exciting non-conference tilts against Kentucky, Minnesota, Temple, Ohio State and potentially Memphis and Louisville in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas. The only problem with Duke’s scheduling over the past several years is that Cameron Indoor Stadium rarely gets the opportunity to play host to these high-profile matchups against out-of-conference foes. The only time Duke does is when it gets to host the ACC-Big Ten Challenge every other year. During my four years at Duke, only two non-conference home games had considerable hype—Michigan State in 2010 and Ohio State this November, both of which are ACC-Big Ten Challenge games. Needless to say, I feel a bit shorted, especially with the ACC being underwhelming as a whole these past few years.
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Redshirt junior Ross Cockrell had a game to remember Saturday against N.C. Central. Monday, the ACC acknowledged his skills by naming him the ACC Defensive Back of the Week. Cockrell recorded six tackles on the night, broke up two passes and twice intercepted Eagles’ quarterback Jordan Reid, the latter of which took 32 yards the other way for a touchdown. “Both times the quarterback was rolling out because you got pressure up the middle and around the edge and…. I was fortunate enough to read his eyes and break on the ball,” Cockrell said following the game. Three games into the season, Cockrell is fourth on the team in tackles with 16 and has recorded a team-high six pass breakups and three interceptions. He’s the only Blue Devil with an interception this season and has more than half of Duke’s total pass breakups. Cockrell’s progress this season is evident in his statistics. Last season he didn’t record his first interception until the final game of the season, intercepting North Carolina’s Bryn Renner. He only defended nine total passes in 2011 and no Blue Devil intercepted three balls all of last season. The Waxhaw, N.C. native’s stats also stand out compared to the nation’s top defensive backs. Cockrell is tied for first nationally in both passes defended and passes broken up, and third in interceptions. Cockrell has also moved into a tie for ninth place on Duke’s all-time pass breakups list, now having recorded 22 in his career.
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Ross Cockrell earned ACC honors after snagging two interceptions against N.C. Central Saturday.
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Duke appears to have overcome its earlyseason slump with victories against Georgia State and Clemson last week. A win against UNC Greensboro Tuesday at Koskinen Stadium would lift the Blue DevUNC-G ils above .500 for the first time this season. vs. Through two exhibition games and Duke its four regular-season matchups, Duke Tuesday, 7 p.m. (3-3) managed to Koskinen Stadium string together just three goals. The Blue Devils worked out their offensive woes last week, however, scoring a combined five goals in their past two games. Duke head coach John Kerr credits the team’s work on specialty plays for their recent success on the offensive end. Although the Blue Devils dominate the alltime series against UNC Greensboro 13-4, the Spartans (2-3-2) outlasted Duke 3-2 in its 2011 season opener. “We want to resurrect that result in our favor this year,” Kerr said. “We started our season against them last year and lost at their place so we want to get one back on them for sure.” To add to their win total, Duke will have to adjust to UNC Greensboro’s aggressive style of play. The Spartans force teams to deal with
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After Duke scored just three goals in its first four games, Sebastien Ibeagha has lifted the offense in the last two. the long ball by making plays such as knocking the ball from their own defense 45 yards down field. “A lot of things are going to come down to the second ball, meaning once the header goes up, who’s going to go to the second ball,” Kerr said. “Loose balls are going to be crucial to the match, and if we can win more than them in that category, I think
we’ll do alright.” Junior Sebastien Ibeagha, a defender, leads the Blue Devil attack with seven points on the season. Igbeagha, who has netted three of his seven shots this year, was selected to the AllACC second team in 2011. The Spartans counter with senior forward SEE M. SOCCER ON PAGE 8
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BUCK from page 7 Last season, when Duke did not get to host the ACCBig Ten challenge, the Blue Devil’s non-conference-home schedule left a lot to be desired. With a non-conference home slate consisting of Belmont, Presbyterian, Davidson, Colorado State, UNC Greensboro, Western Michigan and Penn before ACC play, it’s no wonder that there were fewer Cameron Crazies and they were a little less crazy. Give the fans at least one non-conference opponent to get crazy about before conference play. Other Blue Blood programs like Kentucky and North Carolina sure do while football season is still going on. Kentucky treated Big Blue Nation to non-conference home games against both North Carolina and Louisville in Rupp Arena before SEC play last season. Baylor—last year’s Big 12 tournament champion—will be the feature nonconference home game for the Wildcats this year. Similarly, the Tar Heel faithful had the luxury of seeing Wisconsin in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and Texas in Chapel Hill last season, two NCAA tournament teams. This year, North Carolina plays UNLV—a legitimate top-10 caliber team—at the Dean Dome in December. The program’s reluctance—whether it begins with other teams or Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski—to schedule true nonconference, home-and-home series with other perennial top-25 programs largely stems from the fact that NCAA tournament games are played on neutral courts. So why damage Duke’s NCAA tournament resume when you can play those same teams at pro-Duke, yet technincally neutral, settings like Madison Square Garden and the Izod Center? To combat that line of thought, playing true road games in non-conference play helps prepare you for the hostile environments that await in the ACC, which the Blue Devils see in virtually every conference road game. This will become more crucial as the ACC becomes tougher in the future—will Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame provide friendly environments for Duke to play in? Avoiding road games outside the ACC altogether is likely not a wise approach. In 2010-11, the Blue Devils did not play a true non-conference road game against an NCAA tournament team, which one could argue partially led to Duke’s demise in its first ACC road game against Florida State that season. Furthermore, experiencing the rigors of the road is pivotal because neutral-site NCAA tournament games can end up being very unfavorable atmospheres. Case and point— the last two seasons. In the 2011 Big Dance, Duke fell to a red-hot Arizona team in Anaheim, Calif. Last season the Greensboro Coliseum hosted North Carolina and Duke in the opening rounds of the NCAA tournament. The venue instantly became the Dean Dome
In case you missed it on our blog at www.sports.chronicleblogs.com >>Making the Grade—After Duke football’s 54-17 win against N.C. Central, we break down and grade every part of the Blue Devils. This week? The passing offense led the team, earning an A, while the rushing game left something to be desired. >>Around the ACC—Miss any of the ACC football action this weekend? Not a problem, we have you covered. Highlighted by No. 4 Florida State drubbing Wake Forest 52-0 and then-No. 13 Virginia Tech falling to Pittsburgh, there was no shortage of excitement in the conference this week. >>Recruiting roundup—Who are the future Duke men’s basketball players? The coaching staff visited a number of the nation’s top recruits in the last week and have a meeting scheduled with the nation’s top prospect, Jabari Parker. Meanwhile, N.C. State made a big pickup, nabbing point guard Anthony Barber. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO
Duke played Ohio State last year in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on the road and will host the Buckeyes this season at Cameron Indoor Stadium. West, which undoubtedly helped propel Lehigh to an upset win over Duke. Ensuring that there is one juicy non-conference home game in the first half of every season would also give the Blue Devil coaching staff one more prime-time slot to host the top recruits. I acknowledge that neutral site games draw more money, better TV deals, increased attendance and boosts the school’s brand in larger media markets. But the preferences of the Cameron Crazies and season ticket holders as well as adequately preparing the team cannot be ignored. In the future, bringing top-flight programs like Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, UCLA, Arizona, Texas or Baylor to Cameron Indoor Stadium each season that does not feature a home ACC/Big 10 challenge game should be a scheduling staple for Duke. Virtually every other big-time college basketball program does it for their fan bases. It’s not asking too much.
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End the obsession with rankings Last week, The Chronicle and a school in the bottom 20 put Duke’s jump from eighth of the list, which ranks almost to tenth on the U.S. News 200 national universities. But and World Report’s college the difference between first rankings on its front page, and second, eighth and 10th, accompanied by a graph of or 75th and 78th are all essenDuke’s ranking tially meaningover time, with less. editorial a ribbon over The lack the year 1997 when its posi- of precision leads to a false tion peaked. Chest-thumping perception that, in any given Facebook statuses are not the year, schools whose rankings most scientific metric, but the have changed become catcontinued mania surrounding egorically “better” or “worse” the U.S. News’ annual release than its peers above or below both reflects and perpetuates it in the list—misleading apan unhealthy obsession with plicants who genuinely berankings in higher education. lieve the strict hierarchical Although rankings can order of the U.S. News rankreflect very broad trends in ings reflect some vital truth. academic quality, yearly in- The obsession with rankings cremental fluctuations are conditions universities to priinconsequential. Certainly oritize improving their numthere would be a difference ber—inculcating a “teach to between a school in the top 20 the test” mentality—rather
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than pursuing positive educational goals for their own sake. This behavior was taken to an extreme at Claremont McKenna College—where administrators falsified SAT scores to get a bump up in the rankings—indicating just how excessive the rankingsmania has become. Aside from meaningless and even imagined differences between schools, the U.S. News rankings use almost arbitrary criteria to begin with. Emphasizing financial resources, selectivity or alumni giving rates propose a very particular conception of a “good” university. The controversial peer review criterion—where administrators are asked to rank academic programs at their peer schools from one to five—is painfully reductionist,
ignoring both the complexity of the modern university. Asking a dean at a different school to rank hundreds of Duke programs and subprograms that she is not intimately familiar with is obviously absurd. Further, in a higher education landscape increasingly roiled by budgetary and philosophical questions, an obsession rankings can stifle innovation. Sarah Lawrence University, for example, will now accept, but not require, SAT scores in their admissions process after the U.S. News rankings assigned them an average SAT score based on peer institutions. Ignoring the rankings entirely is a luxury no university can afford, especially if they are trying new things. University rankings have some validity in ordering the
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his week our nation mourned the death of ment in America without ability to appeal. And the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher this man, he worked with American army in Stevens, killed last Tuesday in an attack Baghdad. He has letter from White House saying on the American Embassy in Benghazi. During he helped Americans. He does not know why he the past summer, I worked in Jorcan’t even appeal and he is mad. dan through DukeEngage. While He cannot return to Iraq because there, I met Libyan refugees who the militia, they will kill him bespoke highly of Ambassador Stecause he worked with American vens. They respected the ambassaarmy. He is also Christian, so little dor because they believed that with support back home. He has no his guidance they had a chance to time for job because he has to take return to a stable, welcoming and care of his daughter—his wife is democratic home. Those Libyans patrick oathout dead, the girl, she has no mother. had the sort of hope that was inHe say, ‘Why they deny me? I have realpolitik with conceivable for Syrians, elusive for no future, I help American army. I patrick Iraqis and jaded for Palestinians. have letter from White House.’” But the death of Ambassador Iraqis who helped the AmeriStevens has reminded me of the overwhelming can army usually get preferential treatment in fragility of hope in the Middle East. It’s been the refugee resettlement process. This man’s apnearly two months since I left Jordan, but I re- plication for resettlement was not only rejected member the people who are still there. Men, but also denied an opportunity for appeal. I ask women, children—all refugees, searching for a Nadeem why he thinks the International Organihome, for a life, with little hope to guide them. zation for Migration (IOM) made this decision. As I remember the refugees I met, worked with Nadeem says, “I think maybe he defect from and lived with, I particularly recall one man and army. The army remembers if people go, but they his daughter. don’t understand that they must leave to protect The memory begins in the office of the refu- their family from militia. I don’t ask this man but gee organization where I work. I’m eating lunch I guess. He is too crazy, this affect his psychology. with the supervisor (let’s call him Nadeem), Now American army has left; he has nothing but and a man enters the office accompanied by a his daughter.” withdrawn, young girl. Nadeem shows them the Months after my encounter with the collabocouch and they sit down, perched on the cush- rator, I haven’t forgotten his story. That man kept ions with tense expressions. Nadeem tells me the hopes for his future, the hopes for his daughthey’re Iraqi; the girl is his daughter. The man ter’s future, in a letter from the White House. But looks like he’s in his early 30s, and he has dark he left his hopes in our office, and I wanted to hair and skin and thin, hooded eyes. His whiskers chase after him and give them back. But I didn’t. slip into his mouth when he speaks. That mouth I couldn’t. moves in close to his daughter’s ears and he inauI look at the Middle East now, and my own dibly whispers something that relaxes her tense hopes for peace are elusive. But the death of posture. Nadeem brings them tea, and they be- Ambassador Stevens reminded me why we can’t gin to converse in Arabic. let go. Our country must continue to work toIt doesn’t take long for the man’s previously ward peace in the Middle East, and the path reserved demeanor to become desperate when to that peace starts with the contagious hope Nadeem gives replies that do not satisfy. The man of democracy. Libyans won their revolution, in is yelling, not at anyone in the room, just yelling part because they were guided by the leadership into the air. His daughter grows sullen and she of Ambassador Stevens. The ambassador was a sinks into the couch and digs her chin into her dedicated public servant who managed to inspire chest. Nadeem is telling the man to calm down, while also serving his country. Yet, there are still everything will be okay, but the man is then reach- so many individuals without hope, like the Iraqi ing into his black bag. He pulls out a folder, whips collaborator. In memory of the ambassador, I it open, removes a letter and pleadingly presents hope all of us can continue to work toward peace it to Nadeem. There’s acknowledgement from in the Middle East. For the sake of all who have Nadeem and he gives a supportive nod. The man helped us, we cannot give up. then gets up, holding his daughter’s hand, and they slowly exit the office with Nadeem’s words Patrick Oathout is a Trinity junior. His column behind them. runs every other Tuesday. You can follow Patrick on I ask. Nadeem says, “He was denied resettle- Twitter @patrickoathout
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f insanity is doing the same thing over and over at the very back of the section. In previous years, he again, then any given Duke football fan from the would have been a symbol of the program’s futility; past two decades or so is dangerously insane. I in the years since, he has been symbolic for me of seem to have a particularly bad case, as I not only the program’s newfound confidence. continue to attend Duke games and get I didn’t understand a loss in Duke loud, but also try to get others to go as football until 2009. That year, Duke well. Sure, the fact that Duke has inaropened the season with a loss to Richguably the greatest basketball program mond (sound familiar, sophomores?) of the last 25 years is nice, but I make and fell two wins short of the program’s it a point of pride to watch Duke footfirst bowl game since that 1994 season. ball at every available opportunity. It For once, a five-win season was disaphas been a fortunate coincidence that pointing. The 2008 season had been my time at Duke has coincided with the jordan deloatch a pleasant surprise, but in 2009 there emerging relevance of Duke football. were expectations, dang it! The team never just a game College football has never been a fell to 3-9 in 2010. 2011 was another 3-9 winning venture for me. The first footseason, this one fraught with tantalizball game I can remember took place in Evanston, ingly close yet ultimately agonizing losses. Ill. in 2001. Northwestern was hosting Iowa, the That brings us to this year. Duke football’s repugame was half an hour from my house, and my dad tation precedes it, yet the program has surpassed its brought me along to see it and root for the home reputation: People know about Duke’s reputation as a team. I didn’t really understand much of what was losing program, yet college football fans nationwide, going on, and the only play I still remember was an college football fans in the ACC and students on Duke illegal kick that Iowa made in their own end zone for campus have not latched onto the fact that the team a safety. That was one of the few highlights of that no longer matches that description. The program is very rough day for Northwestern, as Iowa went on to at a crossroads: It can either find some equilibrium a 59-16 curb stomping. I didn’t know Northwestern closer to its 2002-2007 levels, or it can take the next was supposed to win the Big Ten that year; all I saw step and become a program that can reach the postwas this team I’d never seen before get its tail handed season somewhat consistently and even contend for to it on a fancy silver platter. the league title once in a while. If it’s any motivation, I’ve been to a lot of football games since then, most the latter state is exactly where Carolina is. of which have taken place at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke football might never be the great program it The majority of them have been losses. In my first few was in its early history. A loss in basketball will probyears, as a marginal Duke football fan, losses were rou- ably still be a point-blank shot to the heart compared tine: From 2002 to 2007, the team’s record was 10-60. to the punch in the stomach that a loss in football The football team hadn’t won half of its season games is. But as a Duke football fan and Duke student, I go or played in a postseason game since 1994. Any game into every year believing that it can be The Year, and I went to, a loss was less a disappointment than an I go into every game where we’re heavy underdogs expectation. Because of that, I never understood just thinking it can be The Upset. I want to be able to how awful a loss in football could feel. say that I was there when Duke football finally broke Somewhat older, yet still somewhat football-ig- through. That’s what this year’s Duke football team norant, I attended the first game of the Cutcliffe means to me, and that’s why I keep going to game afera with my dad. In that first game, Duke matched ter game, expecting different results than the past. the win total of the entire previous year with a 31-7 win over James Madison University. I still remember Jordan DeLoatch is a Trinity sophomore. His column one fan a few rows behind us trying his darnedest to runs every other Tuesday. You can follow Jordan on Twitter heckle the opponent’s quarterback, despite being @jstorm64.
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few months ago, I was excited beyond measure at the idea of leaving everything behind and starting a new life on my own. Every time I got an email from Duke or learned something new from the Class of 2016 Facebook page, a smile spread from ear to ear as I would proclaim with excessive passion, “I can’t wait to go to college!” My father would slightly smile in shallow agreement. Now that I look back, I loathe myself for never really thinking about the person behind that sheepish smile. In all honesty, I constantly look back at myself in disgust and wonder why I tried so hard to make it known that I would be leaving home for the first time. Just a few days ago, I realized that I had entirely over- mousa alshanteer looked the past 18 years of you don’t say? hard-learned lessons, support and invaluable attention that my father provided me. After the vibration of my phone shattered the tranquil silence in Perkins Library, I annoyingly sighed, set aside my laptop and reached for the realization that would dampen me for days to come. I had just received a text message from my younger brother. “Hey Mousa, why don’t you call us? You made baba cry for the first time.” After reading the message, I insensitively rolled my eyes, set my phone back down and returned to reading my objectives for international relations. Sadly enough, it didn’t dawn on me that I had done anything wrong until I trundled into my bed later that night. Looking back at my life, I couldn’t remember one instance in which my father ignored me for his own personal reasons. Never did he roll his eyes at my requests or disregard what I had to say, no matter how senseless my appeals happened to be. I got out of bed that night, turned on the lights and picked up my phone to confess to my father exactly how I felt – to apologize for my egocentrism and ungratefulness. After impatiently waiting for the call to connect, my eyes began to fill with tears. As I waited for my father to pick up, I immediately remembered why I had decided to call in the first place. If there’s anything I had wanted to say to my father that night, it would probably best be summarized in three simple words—“I’m sorry, Dad.” I’m sorry for all of the times you stood in the pool to catch me after I had foolishly jumped off the diving board. I’m sorry for all of the meetings you missed so that you could attend my soccer games, and I’m sorry for keeping you awake every night while I noisily prepared for my exams. I’m sorry for ignoring your calls when you wanted to know if I needed anything. I’m sorry for not responding to your text messages when you wanted to know how I was doing, and most importantly, I’m sorry for having forgotten everything you’ve done for me over the past 18 years of my life. I’ve learned as much as I possibly can from you—how to be mindful, how to reflect and reason about certain situations, how to make thoughtful decisions and how to live not only for my own well-being but also for that of my community as well. Because of you, my vulnerability has been strengthened. If certain fears have been dissipated, if conflicts have been avoided, it’s all thanks to you, Dad. You have always been there for me no matter what. To me, you are the precise definition of ingenuity, determination and perseverance—a leader who guides with sympathy and practicality. You exemplify selflessness and have shaped your life around your family and the people whom you love the most. You are the very essence of dedication and have instilled in me the values that guide me to this very day. You picked me up when I was down, brushed off my shoulders, and pushed me to pursue the goals that only led me in the right direction. Though you rarely disagreed with me, you were never afraid to let me know what I was getting myself into. You are the busiest man on God’s green earth, but you always took time out of your day to sit down and talk to me. Now that I realize everything you have done for me, I apologize for having put you on the back burner. Going back to that night, I remember my heart almost stopping as I heard someone pick up the phone. Despite all of the calls I ignored and text messages I left unread, my father answered the phone the second he saw my name. And after breaking down into tears and trying to piece together everything I had planned to say, I went to sleep that night with the gratitude of knowing that my apology had been accepted. I’m really sorry, Dad, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Mousa Alshanteer is a Trinity freshman. His column runs every other Tuesday. You can follow Mousa on Twitter @mousaalshanteer.
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September 18-24 EXHIBITIONS Student Action with Farmworkers: 20 Years of Growing Farmworker Activists. Thru December 9. Exhibition and opening reception, and discussion with the curators. September 20, 5pm, Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. Documenting the Politics of Food: Photographs from the Rubenstein Library Collections. Thru December 10. Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery. Free. Eat, Pray, Weave: Ancient Peruvian Art from the Permanent Collection. Nasher Museum of Art.
ONGOING Across The Threshold. Now accepting proposals for papers, panels, workshops or lecture-demonstrations for the 2013 interdisciplinary conference. Registration required: danceprogram.duke.edu Duke Arts Festival 2012. Now accepting work by student artists in all art forms and performance genres for the 2012 Duke Arts Festival, Oct 26-Nov 4. More info @ arts.duke.edu/festival
EVENTS September 18 Artist Talk. Louise Toppin (UNC-Chapel Hill). Repertoire lecture on art songs by African American composers. 5pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. Screening. Interviewed, Durham Cinematheque program w/ filmmaker Tom Whiteside. 8pm, Richard White Aud. Free. September 19 Lecture from Hell. A solo performance/reading by Jay O’Berski, Ellen Hemphill, dir., with post performance bi-lingual discussion by Denis Guénoun, visiting writer and director of “Artaud-Barrault”, Théâtre de Chaillot, Paris. 7pm, Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. September 20 Panel Discussion. Who Owns The Past? A Cross-Cultural Roundtable. Discussion on cultural property and museums in America. 5 pm. Nasher. Free.
States as protesters sang in Manhattan’s Union Square, smashed windows in Seattle and seized a vacant building in San Francisco. In New York, 34 were arrested in the May Day rallies. Most of Monday’s arrests were for disorderly conduct for impeding vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and follow more than 40 others over the weekend, said Paul Browne, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department. Police are “accommodating lawful protests” and making arrests for crimes such as blocking traffic, Browne said in an email. Dozens of police, some in riot helmets, arrested people, including a purple-cassocked bishop, at the Broadway entrance to Wall Street. A man with an acoustic guitar on his back was thrown to the ground by five officers near the intersection of Nassau and Pine streets. Picketers at the plaza at 140 Broadway sang Woody Guthrie’s “Why, Oh Why” with a ukulele. “I’ve been arrested four times now and I’ll get arrested 1,000 times more until we see some change,” said Barry Knight, a 44-year-old actor from Massachusetts. “We’re fighting for nothing less than the future of our country. Do you want your kids to grow up in ‘corptocracy’ or in a democracy?” Members of the movement are seeking to revive the energy and emotion generated when thousands took to the streets to protest income disparity, corporate greed and the influence of money on politics. Protesters say the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans benefit at the expense of the rest. Corporate targets of Monday’s disruption include the Broadway retail branches of Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase, along with Deutsche Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Liberty Street and American International Group, according to planning materials. Events were scheduled in at least 15 other cities, including Asheville, N.C., and Hilo, Hawaii.
Reception and Artist Talk/Book Signing. Photographer Harvey Stein discusses his exhibit and book, Coney Island 40 Years, on view thru Oct 27. 6pm, CDS. Free.
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‘80s to the M-M-M-Max. Free film series to complement Time Capsule: Downtown Calling (2009, Shan Nicholson, 75 minutes). 7pm, Nasher Museum Aud. Free.
out opportunities for undergraduates to use primary materials. It is very much an extension of the learning at Duke.” Although Franklin’s papers are a real asset to the University, his work cemented his legacy and significance at the school. Chafe, who worked closely with Franklin during his time in Duke’s history department, spoke to his influence on race relations amongst faculty and students. “He was important in having an impact on policy for the administration and faculty. He helped to encourage a very significant number of black faculty” he said. Franklin also had a reputation
September 21 Vocal Workshop. Contemporary Commercial Singing Styles with Jeannette LoVetri. 10am-9pm, White Hall Auditorium, East Duke Bldg. Registration fee, call 919-681-4984. September 22 Vocal Workshop with Jeannette LoVetri. (See Sept. 21) September 23 Free Family Day. Gallery hunt, make-and-take crafts, live entertainment. Support provided by the Fox Family Foundation, Nordstrom and SunTrust Foundation. In-kind support by The Container Store®. Noon-4pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free.
SCREEN/SOCIETY All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (ED) = East Duke 108. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium.
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INTERVIEWED (8PM, W) AMI Showcase. MFAEDA + AMI present a Durham Cinematheque screening w/ filmmaker Tom Whiteside
9/19
AVETIK (Armenia, 1992), - Skype Q&A w/ filmmaker Tropes of Home: Films from the Middle East
9/20
DOWNTOWN CALLING (Shan Nicholson, 2009) (N) ‘80s to the M-M-M-Max. NC Premiere
9/24
TOMBOY Tournées French Film Series ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule
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CERTIFICATE from page 3 project with Duke technology called “Zenalux,” which works to carry out white-light spectroscopy in clouded fluids. The certificate, composed of 12 credits, inlcudes the course “Environmental Mega-Trends,” which will be offered for the first time in the second half of the Fall.
Andrew Landau, who works in marketing for a medical evaluation company in New York, called the crowds “a pain in the butt.” “I realize there’s freedom of speech and everything else, but to upset everything on a daily basis and inconveniencing people with the economy being so bad, it affects people going to work,” said Landau, 63. “There are other ways of taking care of this problem without upsetting the whole neighborhood.” Adam Said, 35, who runs a coffee and doughnut stand on Wall Street and Broadway, said the protests may cost him 10 percent of his daily business. At a rally at Bowling Green, a group of singers performed a rendition of “Down by the Riverside” with kazoos, a snare drum and trumpet. Around 11:15 a.m., hundreds sat under a cloudless sky in Battery Park for a midday organizing meeting. As individuals described picketing bank branches, interrupting traffic and losing friends to arrest, the crowd responded with cheers, laughter and whistles. They tossed green balloons and red confetti. The Occupy anniversary marks a test of the movement after its public presence diminished amid what organizers called flagging interest bordering on burnout. The movement’s New York City General Assembly, which made decisions for the group by consensus, ceased functioning in April because of infighting, ineffectiveness and low turnout, according to organizers and minutes of meetings. The group’s funds were frozen to preserve money for bail, ending most cash distributions, they said. Occupy units across the U.S. coalesced last year to protest high foreclosure and unemployment rates that hurt average Americans while bankers and financial executives received bonuses and taxpayer-funded bailouts. Similar groups, using social media and other tools, spread around the globe to Europe, Asia and Latin America. Governments responded with concussion grenades, gas, riot gear, pepper spray and arrests.
around campus for his warm and endearing manner, said Benjamin Reese, vice president for institutional equity. “I miss him every day,” Reese said. “We [were] friends, and I have lots of memories. One I have is the way in which, every time we got together, he would remember details of our last conversation.” Franklin’s esteemed standing in the activist world was instrumental in bringing notable guests to Duke’s campus, Chafe added. “He was really important in terms of attracting distinguished scholars to come to Duke because he was here,” he said. “If he weren’t here, they might have gone somewhere else, but he was here and, therefore, this was the place to come.”
“[Students] would need to pursue an masters of engineering management degree in order to obtain this certificate,” said Marianne Drexler, program coordinator for undergraduate programs. So far, there has been no feedback of interest in the certificate from undergraduate students, Drexler said. “I just don’t know if enough undergraduate students know about it yet,” she added.