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Investigating the plaza mist-ery Duke sets sight on its fifth win FOOTBALL
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They say the longer the wait, the sweeter the reward. This season certainly has the potential to produce some sweet rewards for Duke. After breaking a 12-year losing streak against Wake Forest last weekend, the Blue Devils are off to their best start since 1994—the last time they reached a bowl game. vs. Saturday, Duke has the chance to take one step closer towards that bowl drought. The Blue SUNDAY, 3 p.m. Devils only need two Wallace Wade more victories before they become eligible for a bowl bid, and they begin this countdown against the Virginia Cavaliers at 3 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke (4-1, 1-0 in the ACC) finally made it over its most persistent hurdle last week in its 34-27 victory against the Demon Deacons, whose defense could not contain the Blue Devils’ offense, which racked up 381 SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 12
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The plaza misters run on a timer from April to October, regardless of the weather. Some people have also complained about the misters running at night, but others say they create a nice ambience in the evening. by Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE
Reactions to the Bryan Center Plaza are a hit or mist. The Bryan Center Plaza, since its inception in 2006, has featured the scheduled release of mist to offer relief during hot weather. Some students, however, question whether the ben-
efits of the mist justify the use of water. Randy Orange, coordinator for projects and building maintenance, said the misters run on a precise schedule every day of the week, from April to October, regardless of the weather. “The plaza is supposed to be a nice hang-out place for students during hot days, and [the misters] are kind of re-
freshing,” Orange said. “Unfortunately, on days when it rains and cool days in September and October and early April, they are still going to run.” The process of creating the mist involves first deionizing water, a method of purification, Orange said, noting that SEE MIST ON PAGE 4
Researchers expand Segregation in schools still strong smokers’ options by Michelle Menchaca THE CHRONICLE
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Duke researchers gathered at the Durham Convention Center Thursday to discuss treating the most common drug addiction— smoking. The 18th Annual Duke Nicotine Research Conference focused on decreasing smoking addiction with treatments that are tailored to the individual. Because there is a very limited amount of treatments that smokers can use to quit, the researchers presented new, out-of-the -box approaches that can help
more people break the addictive habit. Jed Rose, co-inventor of the nicotine skin patch and director of the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research, stressed individualizing treatment—such as tailoring the dosage of nicotine replacement therapies. “After tailoring the treatment, the idea is to… very early on assess markers that predict ultimate likelihood of success,” said Rose, who is also a medical research SEE NICOTINE ON PAGE 3
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A new study shows de facto segregation in schools still exists.
Although outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court more than 50 years ago, segregation in public schools persists across the nation, a study found. The report “E Pluribus... Separation,” conducted by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, elucidates deepening segregation for Latino and black students, who attend increasingly more impoverished schools than they have for the past several decades. These findings, based on data from the Department of Education, show that 43 percent of Latinos and 38 percent of black students attend schools in which fewer than one-tenth of their
fellow students are white. Lead author Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project, could not be reached for comment. It has been hard to conclusively prove the educational benefits of diverse student bodies, but the deleterious effects of poverty on schools are well-documented, wrote Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics, in an email Thursday. Vigdor conducts research on education and racial inequality. “We have stronger evidence to indicate that it’s harder to recruit and keep great teachers in high-poverty schools,” he said. “Integration can guard against the development of SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 5
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On who won the first presidential debate of the election season
“On the performance level, Romney clearly did a better job. I don’t think it’s a death blow for Obama, but it could be if he doesn’t realize that Romney can be a very skilled debater.
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“There was a conscious decision to stay presidential and not exploit Romney’s 47 percent gaffe. On the whole it did not work. It was not a knockout blow, but Romney won on points.” —Mac McCorkle, associate professor of public policy
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“I’m going to say something controversial here. Obama arrived in Denver at 2 p.m. today, just a few hours before the debate started. Romney did his debate prep in Denver. When you go to 5,000 feet, and you only have a few hours to adjust. I don’t know... Maybe.”
Oct. 6 — Apopka, Fla. Romney campaign rally at Fields of Fame outdoor recreation center Oct. 8 — Keene, Calif. Obama to make Cesar Chavez’s home a national monument
—former Vice President Al Gore, explaining why Obama was off his A-game at Wednesday’s presidential debate
Oct. 11 — Danville, Ky. VP Debate between Biden and Ryan
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Denver, Colo. Oct. 4 — “Governor Romney may dance around his positions but if you want to be president, you owe the American people the truth,” said Barack Obama at a campaign rally.
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Oct. 2 —As Romney prepared for the first presidential debate, his running mate Ryan made appearances throughout the state.
Oct. 5 —The Labor Department released the September jobs report, including crucial unemployment data that could impact the election.
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The first presidential debate of 2012
“For 18 months, [Romney]’s been running on this tax plan, and now five weeks before the election, he’s saying that his big bold idea is ‘nevermind’,” President Barack Obama said in the first debate of the season. Time and again during the face-off, Obama criticized Romney’s $5 trillion tax cut plan, to Barack Obama which his rival objected profusely. “How we pay for that, reduce the deficit, and make the investments that we need to make, without dumping those costs onto middle-class Americans, I think is one of the central questions of this campaign,” the president said. But the accusation is not entirely founded, according to MercuryNews. The plan seeks to establish a simpler, more efficient tax code that still raises the same amount of money. It would reduce federal tax revenues by $465 billion in 2015, which could add up to $5 trillion over 10 years, according to the Tax Policy Center, a Washington research group. But Romney said he plans to eliminate tax credits and deductions and exemptions to pay for the cuts. The question, however, is which tax breaks Romney would eliminate to account for the tax cuts. Obama struck a sentimental note when he announced his 40th anniversary with his wife, to which Romney added his congratulations. “Congratulations to you Mr. President on your anniversary, I’m sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine—here with me,” Romney said.
“Mr. President, you are entitled to your own airplane, your own house as president, but not to your own facts,” Republican candidate Mitt Romney countered as he faced off against President Barack Obama on the national stage for the first time in the season’s first debate. He followed the jab by criticizing Mitt Romney Obama’s failed economic policy, citing one of many inaccurate statistics the two rivals traded throughout the evening. “The proof of that is 23 million people out of work. The proof of that is one out of six people in poverty,” he said. But the actual number of unemployed Americans is a little more than half of Romney’s figure—12.5 million. In his calculations, Romney included the 8 million people who currently hold part-time jobs but would rather work full time and the 2.6 million who have given up the job search, according MercuryNews. In another misstep, Romney said the number of unemployed was 23 million when Obama took office in 2008—the number was 12 million, the site said. Although Romney’s performance in the debate has been applauded by some, it has also spawned numerous internet memes juxtaposing the Republican candidate with Sesame Street’s Big Bird after he said he would cut spending on the Public Broadcasting Company. “I like PBS, I love Big Bird,” Romney said. “But I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for.”
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NICOTINE from page 1 professor of psychiatry. “Then, if the treatment looks like it won’t work, the idea is to revise [it].” Rose noted that clinical trials typically do not alter a user’s course of treatment even if markers indicate it is not helping the patient quit. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking causes more deaths than murders, suicides, HIV, motor vehicle accidents, illegal drug use and alcohol use combined. Research also suggests that smoking may be as addictive as cocaine or heroin. Despite its addictive qualities, in 2010 52.4 percent of all adult smokers reported that they had stopped smoking for more than one day because they wanted to quit. Alternative therapies In a study currently under peer review, Rose put more than 500 volunteer smokers who had not yet quit smoking on nicotine replacement therapies—such as the nicotine patch—and tailored the dosage so that heavier smokers received greater quantities of NRT. After a week, the researchers measured the amount of carbon monoxide in their bodies to see whether NRT had curbed their cigarette cravings. Those whose carbon monoxide levels decreased by over 50 percent continued using NRT, whereas the others were assigned
three different courses of treatment. The control group continued using NRT and the others were put on either Chantix or both Zyban and Chantix—aids to quit smoking. The findings showed that of the three subgroups—NRT, Chantix or Zyban and Chantix—NRT was still the most effective. The study also looked at the demographics of people who used the three types of treatment and saw that women did better on Chantix and men did better on the combination of drugs. Rose noted that one factor that might explain this phenomenon is that men enjoy the respiratory sensations they feel in their throat while smoking more than women do. He added that the study gives greater insight about treating smokers and the importance of following up on the success of different approaches to see if other courses of action are worthwhile. “The 500 pound gorilla in the room is that, despite all the work we are doing to get people to abstain from smoking, the current smoking-dependent population may not succeed with the [current] treatments,” he said. “So do we tell those people you can quit smoking or die or provide other treatments that reduce the harms they are exposing themselves to?” Dr. Anne Evins, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, focused on behavioral treatments for nicotine dependence. In one of her studies, non-
treatment seeking smokers were shown their neurological activity when they see pictures of smoking or things unrelated to smoking. Tobacco users gained greater confidence in quitting when they saw that their addiction is controlled by their mind. “They said that... they realized [addiction] has to do with something linked in their brain and maybe they can... control it,” said Evins, who is also director of the Center for Addiction Medicine and the Addiction Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Using ‘science not rhetoric’ Scott Ballin, former vice president and legislative counsel for the American Heart Association, said science must be used to change the public health discussion on smoking. “The government often makes sweeping statements such as tobacco accounts for the death of over 400,000 Americans per year—a correct statement, but it is the combustible cigarette that is perpetuating disease and death in our society,” he said. “It would be like saying sex causes STDs—it’s a true statement, but we have to get to the heart of the issue when discussing tobacco and nicotine.” Ballin recommended providing greater clarity as to what products are the most harmful, so users are aware of the differences between tobacco products. The rhetoric regarding tobacco industries as evil does little to advance
From CNN to the pulpit
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CNN contributor Roland Martin spoke about the 2012 election in the Goodson Chapel Thursday. discourse, he said, adding that the focus needs to shift from vilifying the manufacturer to looking at the science behind the product itself. One way to encourage manufacturers to produce safer products is to place greater regulations on those that cause more harm.
This would give tobacco industries incentive to produce less harmful products. “In order to get the industry to change, we need to give them a way to go down a different road,” he said. “Most of them probably won’t do it, but we want to drive the bad players off of the field.”
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MIST from page 1 unpurified water could corrode pipes. A pressure pump in a mechanical room below the Plaza releases the water at high pressure, creating a very fine mist. Before the system is activated in April, the water storage tank is sanitized, the water is turned back on, the lights embedded in the plaza are replaced, the gutters are cleaned, and the whole system is tested, Orange said. Once the system is up and running, it is left untouched until Fall—and cooler weather—sets in, typically around mid-October. Orange noted that there is not a sensor system in place that can turn off the misters when it is cold or raining. Orange added that people
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have voiced concerns about the misters’ use of water to Facilities Management. “We’ve been asked about nighttime—trying to save water—but the comments [among administrators] were that the mist looks nice in the lights,� Orange said. Sophomore Thomas Kavanagh said he has no qualms with the misters, adding that he does not think North Carolina has any water shortage concerns, so the system does not pose an environmental threat. Senior Sanjay Kishore said he understands why the misters are in place, but he said he does not think they would be missed. “It does have some aesthetic value, but it should probably be controlled,� Kishore said. “Maybe use it for three hours a day.�
Regardless of the system’s intent, several students said they are unimpressed and in some cases perturbed by the mist. Sophomore Lauren Kerivan said she does not see the value in the mister system. “I don’t know how well they’re utilized,� she said. “I don’t know really what their importance is.� Others, such as senior Anamika Saha, think it would make more sense if the system could be controlled so that the misters would only run during the day. But sophomore Amanda Meyer is put off by the whole system, noting that it is unnecessary for misters to run at night. “They’re annoying,� Meyer said. “They definitely don’t need them [to run] at three in the morning.�
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SCHOOLS from page 1 high-poverty schools.” The concentration of minority students in more impoverished schools thus poses a threat to the quality of education those students will experience. In Durham, school system does not reflect the racial makeup of the general population. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the white population in Durham County makes up 54 percent of the community, black people 39 percent and Latinos 14 percent. In the Durham public school system, however, white students account for just 21 percent of the student population. Black students are the most numerous group with 51 percent of the population, and Latino students form the second largest group with 22 percent. Robin McCoy, chief communications officer for Durham public schools, could not be reached for comment. The Durham public school population, however, is still less stratified than the national average. Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics, conducts research on education and racial inequality. He said that although the
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national statistics are dismal, the situation may be improving. “Neighborhoods have been on an integrating trend for 40 years now,” Vigdor wrote in an email Thursday. “We’ll end up on a path to greater school integration so long as neighborhoods keep integrating.” Even with increased racial and socioeconomic diversity, schools will still struggle with high performance, Vigdor added.
“I don’t think segregation is the biggest challenge facing schools right now. It’s funding,” he said. “We can integrate schools all we want, but if the schools have no budget, then education will suffer.” The report conducted by the Civil Rights Project also found a significant correlation between schools with high poverty rates and those with high minority populations. When these schools are segregated racially and socioeconomi-
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policies, advocacy and enforcement to put schools back on track towards integration. Freshman Lorena Garcia, who attended a public school in California’s central valley, said that her community, which was 99.8 percent Latino, faced a lack of opportunities and resources. “I didn’t have great teachers simply because many good teachers didn’t want to teach at my school,” she said.
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weekendpreview Football Off to its best start since the 1994 season, the last time Duke reached a bowl game, the Blue Devils will look to move to 5-1 Saturday at 3 p.m. when they take on Virginia at Wallace Wade Stadium. PAGE 1
Men’s soccer Winless for their last three games, the Blue Devils will look to right the ship against Triangle rival N.C. State, which has yielded seven goals in its three ACC contests this season BELOW
Women’s soccer After an exciting overtime win against Virginia Tech, Duke will look to build off that facing Boston College Sunday at Koskinen Stadium. PAGE 8
Field hockey Winless in the ACC, the Blue Devils will face the reigning-national champion Terrapins, who Duke beat in the ACC tournament last year. BELOW
Swimming In their opening meet of the season, the Blue Devils will get a preview of the Greensboro Aquatic Center, home to the 2013 and 2014 ACC Championships. PAGE 7
Volleyball Duke will play Maryland and Boston College at Cameron Indoor Stadium this weekend in some key ACC matchups. PAGE 7
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Weinberg does it once again by Vaishnavi Krishnan THE CHRONICLE
Junior Laura Weinberg clinched it for the Blue Devils once again, putting one home in overtime for a 3-2 win. Coming off its second shutout loss this season, No. 7 Duke (9-3-1, 3-2-1 in ACC) regained control after an early disadvantage to take down No. 15 Virginia Tech (10-3-0, 2-3-0). DUKE 3 Weinberg, who has been on the rise this season with a career best 2 VT of 13 goals, took the first shot of the game just two minutes in. The ball sailed high, and the Blue Devils only took three other shots—tying a season low with only four first half shots. The Hokies, one of the top defensive teams in the country, took advantage of Duke’s offensive struggles, doubling the Blue Devils’ shot attempts with eight in the first half. With 13 minutes left before the break, Virginia Tech’s Ashley Meier caught a rebound off her first shot which connected with the crossbar, giving the Hokies 1-0 advantage. “There were two points we really stressed going into halftime,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “We were not playing that badly, but we were shooting ourselves in the foot. We were turning the ball over, we were passing it to them—it wasn’t really what they were doing, it was more about what we were doing.” After halftime, the Blue Devils came out with a surge of momentum, changing their midfield formation and taking 12 shots to the Hokies’ four. Church said this strategic change in play made the difference—Virginia Tech no longer had one more player than Duke in the midfield. The Blue Devils struggled with the Hokies’ ability to find the extra midfielder in the first half, spurring the change in formation. Weinberg came to the rescue in the 67th minute, taking a shot from the top of the box to tie up the score at 1-1. Only four minutes later, junior Kaitlyn Kerr headed a ball off of a cross from junior Mollie Pathman to notch her third goal of the season and give Duke a 2-1 lead. But the Blue Devils could not hold onto their lead for long. After being unable to clear a corner in the 75th minute, Virginia Tech’s Kelsey Loupee tied the match at 2-2. “We have been there before, we have been in this situation where it is do or die, so we came out with a really fierce mentality,” Weinberg said. “We have been talking about how
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With two goals, including one in golden-goal overtime, Laura Weinberg lifted Duke past Virginia Tech 3-2 Thursday night. this is such a crucial period in our season. Our goal for the weekend was to get six points, starting with tonight.” Although the game was Duke’s fourth overtime this season, the Blue Devils did not lose the momentum they had built going into the second half of the game, not allowing the Hokies to take a single shot in extra time. Just under seven minutes in off a second shot attempt, Weinberg netted her second golden goal of the season off a cross from junior Kim DeCesare—her eighth goal in the last nine contests and her ninth career game-winning goal. “It was a team effort,” Weinberg said. “We really fought SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 8
MEN’S SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
Blue Devils prepare for the Wolfpack
Reigning national champions loom
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Amid a three match winless streak, Duke will head to Dail Soccer Stadium to take on N.C. State Friday in Raleigh. The Blue Devils (3-5-1,1-2-1 in the ACC) are coming off a heartbreaking defeat against then-No. 6 North Carolina. Despite leading 1-0 until the 87th minDuke ute, a couple of late red cards condemned vs. them to a 2-1 overtime defeat. “We were not disapNCST pointed at all with reFriday, 6:30 p.m. spect to our approach Dail Soccer Stadium to the game, and the circumstances were very unfortunate,” head coach John Kerr said. “We’re looking forward to the game tomorrow night. We’ve had a really good week of
training. It’s been lively, and we have a good game plan organized for the game tomorrow night and we’re excited about the chance to win against N.C. State.” The Wolfpack (7-4-0, 0-3-0) are also playing through a slump. After starting its season with a run of six straight wins, N.C. State has won just one of its last five. “They had a great start to the season,” Kerr said. “However, they are 0-3 in the ACC so it’s a pivotal game for both teams and it’s going to be a pressure-packed atmosphere with a lot of fans from N.C. State there, and I hope a few fans from Duke.” To win, Duke will have to look at shutting down the Wolfpack’s prolific offense. N.C. State has found the back of the net 24 times this season, compared to the Blue Devils’ 10. The most dangerous player could SEE M. SOCCER ON PAGE 12
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The Blue Devils are off to College Park, Md. to face the reigning national champions. No. 24 Duke (5-7, 0-3 in the ACC) will play No. 5 Maryland (8-3, 2-1) Saturday in a rematch of last year’s No. 24 ACC Championship Duke Tournament semifivs. nal. Then the Blue Devils upset the TerraNo. 5 pins in a tight 2-1 conMD test, and this year’s SUNDAY, 7 p.m. game looks as if it will Koskinen Stadium be just as intense, with Duke looking for its first ACC win of the year. “We’re playing a national champion, so you have to prepare with a lot of respect for them,” junior Emmie Le Marchand said. “But we’re thinking about things tactically,
and we’re working out where we can do well against them.” The Blue Devils are coming off a split weekend, in which they fell 2-1 to Boston College before crushing Kent State 11-2. “We were all incredibly disappointed and upset after the Boston College game because it was our first game back with the girls who had just come back from [the Junior PanAmerican Games in] Mexico, and we all expected to set the world on fire,” Le Marchand said. “It’s always frustrating to lose that sort of game, but then we came back and scored 11 goals Sunday, and whoever you’re playing against, 11 goals is really impressive.” Le Marchand helped to contribute to the Blue Devils’ offensive domination, scoring two goals against Kent State. Eight different Duke players added to the score, including redshirt SEE FIELD HOCKEY ON PAGE 12
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FOOTBALL
Safety not the safest spot for the Blue Devils by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE
Football is a game full of misnomers. Even the name of the sport itself is deceiving, as the ball is almost exclusively handled by a player’s hands rather than his feet. Duke has discovered another of football’s misnomers this season—its safeties are hardly safe. As the Blue Devils limp into this week’s contest against Virginia, it is no secret that the team has been plagued by injuries this year. After losing a number of key contributors to long-term injuries during the offseason, bumps and bruises continued to pile up during training camp. These injuries left Duke shorthanded all over the field, though an uncannily high number of these ailments have affected the safeties. Entering Saturday’s contest against the Cavaliers, six of them have missed games due to injury. “When you go in our training room, you don’t have a place to sit because our secondary is in the way,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. The physical nature of the position is undisputed. Safeties both take and dish out a number of hits during the course of every
game. Some say the trademark of a gamechanging safety is his ability to lay out an opponent with a bone-crushing hit. The Blue Devils’ injuries at the safety spots are no surprise considering the 4-2-5 scheme the team utilizes. Duke has three safeties on the field at all times, and often uses at least one of them in run support. “You’re just in the middle of everything. You run a lot, number one, so you always have the potential for fatigue. And then you’re also at times playing like a linebacker in our system,” Cutcliffe said. “They’re really a select breed. At times they’re glorified linebackers, other times they have to play like corners. It’s really a tough position to play.” For some, the road to recovery will be a long one. Both redshirt junior Taylor Sowell and freshman Corbin McCarthy will miss the remainder of the year after suffering injuries in the season’s opening weeks. Redshirt freshman Chris Tavarez was a key contributor on special teams until he underwent surgery to repair a torn left meniscus two weeks ago. He is out indefinitely. Others Blue Devils have made full recoveries. Redshirt senior Jordon Byas missed the first three games of the 2012 season
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Now healthy, Jordon Byas is one of a plethora of Duke safeties who has been injured this season. while recovering from offseason knee surgery and has since returned, earning ACC Defensive Back of the Week honors in Duke’s win against Wake Forest. “It’s unfortunate, but we’re finding ways to get past it,” Byas said. “Hopefully everybody recovers as quickly as they can.”
During Byas’ absence, redshirt junior August Campbell filled his spot in defensive secondary until Campbell too went down with an upper body injury. He has since left the team for personal reasons, SEE SAFETIES ON PAGE 12
VOLLEYBALL
SWIMMING
Duke looks forward to home matches
Season begins against N.C. opponents
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After three straight weekends on the road, the Blue Devils can finally settle into the comfort of home. Duke (9-7, 0-4 in the ACC) looks to protect its undefeated home record this season as it takes on Maryland (10-6, 2-3) and Boston College (8-9, 2-3) Friday and Saturday, respectively. Blue Devil head coach Jolene Nagel is grateful to be back in Cameron Indoor Stadium after taking on such tough competition on the road the past few weeks. “We are really thrilled to have the opportunity to be at home,” Nagel said. “We have had a lot of time away from home. We are excited to be back around our fan base that comes to see us and to play in Cameron, which we love.”
In the Blue Devils’ opening meet of the season, they hope to ‘pop some swims.’ Duke will compete in the first annual AllNorth Carolina Invitational this Friday and Saturday. The event, hosted by N.C. State, gives the team an opportunity to scope out the Greensboro Aquatic Center, where the 2013 and 2014 ACC championships will be held. “[The meet] gives us an opportunity to get our whole team into the facility,” head coach Dan Colella said. “So it’s a great experience— to get to see the facility, to swim in it and to get used to it. Those are the little things that really do help in preparation for the championship meet at the end of the season.” All college institutions in the state—ranging from Division I, II, III and the NAIA— were invited to the meet, and 14 will compete. These schools include N.C. State, East Carolina, Gardner-Webb, Davidson and UNC
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Ali McCurdy and the Blue Devils are looking forward to their return to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Asheville, among others. Colella noted that N.C. State and East Carolina have some great athletes, but the Blue Devils need to watch out for other teams as well. “Most of the Division I, but even some of the Division II programs, have some really outstanding individuals,” he said. “They may not have as much depth as the Division I programs. However, each team has some exceptional athletes that will spice up the meet and definitely present us with plenty of competition.” Although the team is only five weeks into the 26-week season, Colella said it has been one of the best starts to a season that he has seen. He added that the freshmen this year have bonded well with the rest of the team, and may possibly provide some “pleasant surprises” this weekend. “Every year you never really know how SEE SWIMMING ON PAGE 12
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They rose, they fell and they have begun to rise again. The Blue Devils got off to a hot 7-1 start in non-conference play, entering their ACC schedule as the No. 2 team in the country. After falling to No. 1 Florida State and No. 6 Virginia and tying No. 9 Maryland, No. 7 Duke defeated No. 18 Virginia Tech Thursday night. The Blue Devils hope to continue their climb back to the top with a No. 23 win over No. 23 BosBC ton College Sunday vs. at Koskinen Stadium. No. 7 “[The ACC] is an Duke unbelievable conference to play in,” Duke SUNDAY, 1 p.m. Koskinen Stadium head coach Robbie Church said. “There are eight ACC teams in the Top 25, which is an unbelievable number.... You learn from the games in the ACC, and once you survive the ACC and get to the NCAA tournament, then you’re a better team for playing the last seven weeks in the ACC season.” Church was quick to praise the Eagles (83-2, 2-2-0 in the ACC), Duke’s (9-3-1, 3-2-1) next opponent, on both ends of the field. “They’ve got a transfer goalkeeper from the University of Texas who’s very good in the goal,” he said. “Their back four is really a quality back four. Their midfielders are very strong. They’re good at passing and combination play. Their attack is as good as anybody in the country.” Boston College boasts the 12th highestscoring offense in the country with 2.75 goals per game. Senior Kristen Mewis leads the attack with nine goals and six assists on the season. Mewis was named to the Preseason Hermann Trophy Watch List and the Soccer America Preseason All-America
list after earning first-team All-ACC and third-team All-America honors in 2011. “Kristen Mewis is an unbelievable player, one of the top players in our conference,” Church said. “From a defensive standpoint we’ve really got to limit her shots on goal.” Freshman McKenzie Meehan and sophomore Stephanie McCaffrey, who have notched seven and six goals, respectively, round out the Eagles’ offense. Scoring at a clip of 3.08 goals per game—good for sixth in the nation—the Blue Devils pose an even greater challenge to Boston College’s defense. The ninthleading scorer in the country, junior Laura Weinberg, scores at a rate of just under one goal per game. “Laura Weinberg’s always done a great job against us,” Eagle head coach Alison Foley said. “She has great speed, she’s tenacious, and she’s really good one-vs.-one. Limiting the outlet ball at the midfield will be the key to slowing her down.” Aside from containing Boston College’s high-powered attack, Duke’s key focus in Sunday’s game will be finishing on the offensive end, a task that the Blue Devils have struggled with in their games against Florida State, Virginia and Maryland. The Seminoles and Cavaliers shut out Duke, which could not convert on its offensive opportunities in overtime against the Terrapins. “At Virginia, we had a segment of 2025 minutes in the beginning of the second half that we were all over them, but we didn’t get anything out of it,” Church said. “So when we control play, we’ve got to be able to score goals. It’s going to be important that when we’re doing really good things offensively that we’re finishing that up with goals.” The ability to finish against the Eagles’ sturdy defensive unit will be the differencemaker in Sunday’s game.
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opponents in the next four games, Duke needs to build momentum as the end of regular season play draws near. “The league is vicious,” Church said. “But to get a win over a top team on the road at their place, and at that point in the season too—coming off of a heartbreaking loss from Virginia—it was huge. This was a really key game for us to come up here and get three points.”
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Science, sexism and solutions According to a study re- deed offered her a job, it was leased in September by re- at a significantly lower salary, searchers at Yale University, almost $4,000 less on average. both male and female science The discrimination persisted professors consider female un- even when the professor’s age, dergraduates less capable than sex, field or tenure status was their male councontrolled. Alterparts, even though these editorial when students findings were of both sexes exhibit the exact likely the result of unconscious same accomplishments and bias rather than deliberate sexskills. The study asked biology, ism, this study is alarming and chemistry and physics profes- has serious implications for colsors from six large, unnamed lege women studying science. research universities—half These findings are clearly public, half private—to evalu- problematic. If women are ate undergraduate applica- being subconsciously discrimitions for a laboratory manager nated against, this will have position. When identical appli- hurtful consequences for both cations were submitted, except women and society at large. for a gendered name change, Not only do these persistent professors were less likely to of- unconscious biases systematifer a job and career mentoring cally limit women’s potential to “Jennifer,” the hypothetical for professional advancement female applicant. If they in- and fulfillment, they can also
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instill in women an internal sense of inadequacy. Aside from the fairness issue, there are also dramatic implications for society, namely placing dangerous limitations on the pool of scientific brainpower when American dominance in the field is being questioned at home and abroad. If anyone was indulging in optimistic notions of a postsexist society before, this study assures us this is not the case. Although the sciences pride themselves on their objectivity, this Yale study indicates there are other unjust forces at play. Even at Duke, science majors tout that their departments have a clear-cut and thus seemingly fair grading, especially compared to the humanities. However, a woman’s advancement in scientific
fields is clearly still hindered if she is less likely to be offered a job, mentoring or a fair salary solely based on her gender. Therefore, any assumption of full gender equality is ignorant and dangerous. As a large research university with robust science departments, Duke fits the description of the unnamed universities that appeared in the Yale study. It seems reasonable to assume that similar unconscious biases operate at Duke as well. Certainly, Duke has a myriad of science-related application processes for laboratory and research assistantships, programs such as Pratt Engineering Undergraduate Fellows and other opportunities, many of which can lead to the mentorship critical to applying to graduate schools.
Duke should collect data to investigate whether sexism exists within its own science departments, in either academics or extracurricular opportunities. If such an investigation yielded results similar to the Yale study—and Duke may not be exempt from the welldocumented phenomenon of unconscious gender bias— perhaps this would strengthen a case for gender-based affirmative action. We need a Duke-specific review before making concrete policy prescriptions. The stakes are very high, and we encourage Duke to begin its inquiry as soon as possible. So long as female science students are being discriminated against, neither they nor the societies they live in will be able to realize their full potential.
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he summer after I graduated from high where keeping or dropping a call can come down school, my family took a trip to Zambia to a matter of shuffling a few inches. and Botswana. More than the beautiful Everybody has problems. Some problems are landscapes and the amazing wildlife that I en- shared, and some are unique. For the most part, countered during my time there, however, they are problems that the people that I met left me with are minor in the grand scheme of an indelible memory. Every person things. I’m sure the man on the that I came across was incredibly Zambezi would gladly trade the happy. It seemed that they were boat-chomping hippos for a deciperfectly content with their lifestyle sion over which cell phone company and the environment around them. offers the best reception. Problems Though Zambia and Botswana are vary based on the their context. among the most stable African najordan siedell It just so happens that in our case, tions, people who live there on avproblems tend to stem from dissaterage make a small fraction of what words, lines and life isfaction with an already advanced Americans make. Yet virtually every society. As the comedian Louis C.K. person I met in the towns that I passed through once said, “Everything is amazing right now, and was in high spirits and was more openly cheerful nobody’s happy.” We’re too willing to overlook the about their lives than most other people I’ve en- opportunities that we have. Instead, we pay attencountered before or since. tion to areas in our lives that are lacking. Think Though they seemed happy, the Zambians and about the last talk you had with a friend. Chances Botswanians I met did have a fair share of prob- are, part of that conversation had to do with some lems to deal with on a regular basis. A man who of the problems you were dealing with at that time, lived on the banks of the Zambezi River told me whether those were midterms, a bad professor or that one of his biggest fears was getting so close those drunk guys who decided to do the “Gangnam to a hippo that it would chomp his boat in half Style” dance in your hall at 3 a.m. When is the last (seriously). But overall, I left the continent with time any of us made it through a whole day without the impression that even though life for them was talking or thinking about small stuff like that? harder and not as luxurious as the life I led, the One of my friends told me a story about a phipeople seemed to be happy with what they had. losophy professor who came into class one day The problems they had weren’t as significant be- carrying an empty jar. He proceeded to fill it to cause they didn’t let them be. the top with golf balls. After his students told him The first presidential debate on Wednesday it was full, he repeated the process with pebbles, brought those memories back to the surface. Not and then sand, until the jar was well and truly full. because the candidates talked about U.S. foreign In this scenario, the professor explained, the jar relations with African nations (they didn’t), but consisted of your life, with the objects inside of it because the debate centered mostly on problems. constituting your life’s different aspects. The golf Some of these problems were easily recogniz- balls were the most essential elements to a happy able, like the shaky economy and massive federal life, namely family, friends, health and driving deficit. Others were ones that I didn’t even know passions. The pebbles were smaller elements, like about, like the possibility that Big Bird might not jobs, cars, houses, etc. Sand was everything else, have a job if Mitt Romney is elected president. (Se- the small stuff filling up the cracks. riously, Mitt? Cutting subsidies to “Sesame Street”? A truly happy life could be achieved even with That’s my childhood, man. Check yourself before just golf balls in the jar. The vast majority of us are you wreck yourself.) fortunate enough to also have pebbles and sand to All joking aside, these problems are real, and take up the small spaces that remain. I just wonder we’ll have to find their solutions sooner or later. Yet how those people in Botswana and Zambia were the problems that Obama and Romney discussed able to be happy with some golf balls and little on national television aren’t part of our everyday else, when we too often overlook the golf balls, the lives. Yes, the economy affects how many job options pebbles and the sand in order to seek something our graduating seniors have, and the health care else. Perhaps that’s just the way we are. But perdebate may affect how long we can freeload off of haps that’s not the way we should be. our parents, but for the most part, other problems take precedence. Like how boring the food options Jordan Siedell is a Trinity senior. His column runs get only a few weeks into the semester. Or the eter- every other Friday. You can follow Jordan on Twitter @ nally frustrating state of cell reception on campus, JSiedell.
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tefanie Fee sat facing the stage where her brother promotes the support of the troops and her brother evstood ready to be sworn into the United States Army. eryday knowing that this war, the men and women fightShe listened attentively as he solemnly pledged de- ing, and those who have fallen can never be forgotten. fense of the Constitution of the United States and obedi- It is a matter of unbridled support and patriotism that ence to the orders of the president and persists right in front of our eyes. the officers appointed over him, accordScott describes Stef in one word: dediing to the Uniform Code of Justice. cated. Stef describes Scott in one word: She heard her brother Scott recite the hero. They bond over their ability to lead Oath of Enlistment, but she didn’t know others. Their passions are matters of alwhat the words of that pledge truly meant. legiance. Dedication is not discretionary. She stood, she clapped, she smiled—apThey are defensemen, thwarting attacks plauding a string of words that would lead from the opposition. Scott combats vioher to moments of taxing pain and hardashley camano lent Afghan insurgents; Stefanie defends ship. She was both overwhelmingly proud against elusive and speedy attackers bargoing camando and incredibly unsure. reling toward the goal. They fight alongStefanie is a 2012 Duke University gradside their teammates, remembering they uate, a dear friend and a member of the U.S. women’s are working for them as well. The siblings’ sentiments national field hockey team, which is currently competing are synonymous—admiring of the other and proud of at the FIH Champions Challenge in Dublin, Ireland. She their perseverance. captained Duke University’s varsity field hockey team Scott will lace his combat boots soon after receiving during her junior and senior seasons, earning individual orders to be deployed again in 2014, unsure of the final all-America and all-Atlantic Coast Conference selections destination. Stef will pray for his safety. She will lace up after starting all 81 games of her college career. Upon her turf shoes and boast the letters U-S-A across her chest. graduation she became a volunteer assistant coach. She Scott will pray for her success. They are two siblings, far reis a peer and mentor, a role model and friend, and a true moved from each other physically but joined permanently believer in the good of our world. She’s an ordinary col- at the heart of life and existence. They both passionately lege graduate and anything except ordinary. work for each other. They are both on America’s team. The Fee family is one of marked sacrifice and comThe political turbulence that Americans are faced mitment, and their dedication to faith has fueled Stef’s with everyday, dusk until dawn, is a colossal and unavoidwillingness to live a normal life while her brother puts able explosion of media bias. Fox and CNN churn out his own on the line. She possesses an irrefutably compas- stories by the minute with drastically different tones. We sionate love of God, and she is unafraid of sharing this are too quick to care about the first lady’s clothing line, with the world in front of her. Her devout belief and un- too conditioned to mind that the president is appearing questioning faith made no assurance or guarantee that on late night shows next to Katy Perry or Justin Bieber. Scott would survive his tour of Afghanistan. Death was a We recognize the extremes and we recognize the newslooming and uncomfortable possibility. Few things have worthy, but we don’t always remember the minutia. We been certain for the Fees, except faith. don’t always remember that the people who are most This uncertainty is a feeling far too familiar to mili- patriotic aren’t going to be the ones whose names are tary families. These families are everywhere, and they are on a ballot in November or whose rhetoric flows in a unwavering in their support of our nation’s cause. The primetime television debate. reliance on religion and the familial support that exThe most patriotic are right in front of our noses, tends across oceans and borders requires an unparalleled right down the street. They are in the pictures hanging amount of trust and faith. Still, the stinging helplessness on your friends’ dorm room walls. They are the people can be overwhelming. Stef explained to me her feeling who will be honored at Saturday’s Duke football game upon receiving a phone call from her brother just mo- during Military Appreciation Day. They are the people ments before sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner. for whom we face the flag, place our hands over our “Our base is getting attacked, I love you. Happy hearts and feel our heartbeat during the national anThanksgiving.” Click. them before each sports match. Because without them, She counts eight of these phone calls. there is no match. Politics and parties aside, these are The fact that the American presence in Afghanistan our patriots. is often considered a forgotten war is disheartening and unacceptable. Too many Americans overlook the conAshley Camano is a Trinity junior. Her column runs evflict unless they either know someone at war presently or ery other Friday. You can follow Ashley on Twitter @camanohave experienced the tragedy of losing a loved one. Stef 4chron.
his week could have been bad. One day was cold. One day was steaming hot. One day we all had midterms and papers and projects and mountains upon mountains of homework to complete and emails to respond to. Oh wait, that was every day. But one day, someone I barely knew smiled, waved and greeted me by name. And then I fainted from sheer elation. Why would this simple act make me feel 10 times addie navarro lighter, almost giddy? Why chocoholism would I feel the need to tell all my friends about this person and how I thought she was THE GREATEST PERSON I’VE EVER MET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE? Am I really that starved for affection that this small nicety completely made my day? My week? I. Think. Not. In reality, this person was not the greatest, most amazing girl I’ve ever met. (That position is held by Michelle Obama.) It was the fact that she actually remembered me that took me by such surprise. Clearly I’m not used to being remembered. This could be due to the fact that I’m a brunette, like everyone else in the world. It could also be because I’m a Caucasian American (correction: I’m half Cuban, can’t you tell??) and of average intelligence, interests and physical characteristics. Heck y’all, I don’t even have the charming Southern accent that I’m supposed to have, given the fact that I’m from the South and all. The truth of the matter is that here at this school, we like to forget people … or at least pretend we do. I’m just as guilty of it as anyone. We meet someone out at night, share a few laughs or a cab and then in the daylight, it’s as if it never happened. Or worse still, we meet someone in a class or in line for the LoYo truck and later when we see that person walking down the sidewalk, we suddenly start reading our text messages as if they were sent from Michelle herself. As if. Michelle doesn’t have time to text; she’s too busy being awesome. But seriously, what do we think will happen if we start admitting we actually remember people from the night before or those people we have only been introduced to once? Will the cold stone walls of West Campus melt into warm, chocolatey rivers rivaled only by those of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory? My answer: No, the University will not melt down and puddle around your feet. It will just be a happier place to live and work. Stealing a bit of wisdom from Buddha, happiness is something you can spread from person to person without ever diminishing your own supply of it, much like a candle can spread its light to thousands of other candles without extinguishing its own light. In fact, spreading and sharing happiness can help increase and sustain your own level of happiness and contentment. And who doesn’t like the sound of a higher level of happiness? Nobody, that’s who. Being nice and friendly to people does not make you weird or uncool. Opening yourself up by saying hello or acknowledging someone with a smile who may not do the same to you does not make you a loser, it makes you self-confident and mature. Being warm and approachable does not in any way diminish your social status or take away from who you are as an individual; it just makes you more friends. And in my book (also known as the dictionary) that makes you more popular. We need to be able to smile and say hello to every person we recognize from class, the gym, the library or the Shooters line, especially this week when people walk into Perkins at night and come out looking like zombies the next morning. The simple act of recognizing someone and showing that you remember them with a quick wave or a smile can make a huge difference in a person’s day. And the best part is that there is absolutely no downside to any of it. P.S. I’m really good at remembering names and faces, so if I ever slip up and pretend not to remember you, just stomp on my foot and walk away.
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M. SOCCER from page 6 be junior Alex Martinez, who has been in sensational form, notching eight goals and five assists in the first 11 games. “They can hurt you from all over the field,” Kerr said. “They’ve got two really good wide players who like taking guys on, scoring a goal and can score from any angle.” Duke will likely turn to senior goalkeeper James Belshaw to anchor the defense—who has been in top form this season and has already garnered four shutouts. “We’re aware of their offense and we need to make sure we’re on our toes,” Kerr said. “We need to help each other. We have to have cover in behind. Basically, we have to be very sharp and make sure we’re staying with our runners.” If the defense can turn in a strong performance, the Blue Devils will need their attackers to start scoring more after a sluggish start to the season. Duke’s third-leading scorer last season
FIELD HOCKEY from page 6 junior Devon Gagliardi, who scored her first career hat trick. Goalkeepers sophomore Lauren Blazing and junior Ashley Camano gave up a combined two goals, continuing the Blue Devils’ streak of strong defense. Duke has only given up two goals per game since giving up seven to North Carolina. The Terrapins, meanwhile, will counter under the guidance of head coach Missy Meharg who, in her 25 years at Maryland, has won nine ACC Championships and seven Division I Field Hockey Championships—including five in the last seven years, and the last two years in a row. Meharg’s team is coming off of a weekend in which it defeated Temple 6-0 before losing 3-2 to Princeton. The game against Temple was the fourth shutout of the
SWIMMING from page 7 freshmen are going to fit into the program—in terms of how they’re going to get acclimated to school, to campus [or] to the team,” he said. “This group has just absolutely clicked, probably more so than any team I’ve worked with here at Duke for the last seven years.” While Colella said many members of the team will likely perform well at the meet, he noted that junior Christine Wixted and senior Ben Hwang have done some “amazing things” in workouts this year. “The things that we’ve seen in workouts in the short period we’ve been training are
FOOTBALL from page 1 yards of total offense. Another landmark that could be passed in Saturday’s game is an individual one, as wide receiver senior Conner Vernon needs one catch to solidify his spot atop the all time ACC receptions list. He is currently tied with Clemson’s Aaron Kelly, but will almost surely surpass this mark Saturday in front of his home crowd. “After winning, I’m glad that he has a chance to break that at home,” Duke football head coach Cutcliffe said. “That’s a little more special in that regard.” Another player making a splash in the conference is redshirt senior safety, Jordon Byas, who was named the ACC Defensive Player of the week after a performance against Wake Forest, in which he recorded a career-high 11 tackles and his first
Nick Palodichuk has struggled this year, scoring two goals from 22 shots for a .091 shot percentage. “To be fair to Nick, he’s had surgery in the offseason in spring and he’s not fully a 100% yet,” Kerr said. “He’s been playing with a swollen ankle all season long, and its very difficult for him getting around. So he’s doing the best he can and even though he’s not scoring all the time, he’s still there on the defensive half, and so there’s really nothing to worry about,” Palodichuk may have the chance to finally break through offensively against N.C. State. Although Duke is averaging just 1.11 goals per game, N.C. State has allowed seven goals in its three ACC contests. “I think our team’s a talented team but we’ve been hit with a few injuries, a couple of unfortunate cards,” Kerr said. “We have had a number of obstacles to overcome but I think we’re in a good frame of mind, and I think if we get a good result against N.C. State things will fall into place.” season for redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Cabrera. Maryland also boasts three girls returning from the Pan-American games, including junior Ali McEvoy, a former ACC Player of the Week. McEvoy has scored seven goals on the season, the second-most goals for a Terrapin behind sophomore Katie Gerzabek’s eight. Maryland will be a challenge, but Le Marchand knows that Duke is ready. “I think we bounced back from [Boston College] fantastically well, and I think that’s an exciting thing to build on this weekend again,” she said. “We’ve been focusing on trying to continue the goal scoring we had, so hopefully we’ll win a lot of corners and get a lot of shots off and take our chances where we can. We know getting a chance to play against Maryland is really important, and we’re going to have to put it away.” some real indicators that we’re going to have some pretty good performances this weekend,” he said. “We’re hoping to see [Hwang] pop some swims.” Although the team will race hard this weekend, Colella said the meet is more of an indicator of the things the team needs to work on as they progress through the season. “That’s always our philosophy, making sure that after every race—whether it’s great or not so great—that it’s always a learning experience,” he said. “With so many teams being involved, it should be fun to get all these different schools from different divisions together…. As always we would love for the school spirit, so come on out and watch us.”
career interception. Redshirt junior cornerback Ross Cockrell won the award two weeks ago after a twointerception performance against N.C. Central. Not all news coming out of the Blue Devils’ secondary is positive. Cutcliffe announced Thursday that junior safety Brandon Braxton will not play against Virginia due to an upper body injury. Braxton was third on the team in tackles and adds to the list of injured Blue Devils, which includes starting redshirt senior quarterback Sean Renfree, who was knocked out of last Saturday’s game with an elbow injury. Redshirt sophomore backup Anthony Boone came in to replace him, but the starter for the Virginia game will be a game time decision. “He’s been able to practice, limited in reps, but everyday he’s better.” Cutcliffe said. “I’m following the doctor’s lead on this.”
SAFETIES from page 7 leaving Duke down yet another safety. Junior Brandon Braxton was the most recent Blue Devil safety to be bitten by the injury bug. Braxton, who converted from wide receiver at the beginning of the 2012 season, is having a breakout year after switching to his new spot in the secondary, ranking third on the team in tackles. He was knocked out of last week’s victory against Wake Forest and will not play against Virginia. Freshman Dwayne Norman stepped up in Braxton’s absence last weekend and turned in the strongest performance of his collegiate career, recording eight tackles. His performance not only earned the praise of his head coach, but drew a lofty comparison to one of Duke’s NFL-caliber alumni. “I couldn’t be more proud of Dwayne Norman. He’s continuing to step up and do whatever we ask him to do. He had his best game by far, and it was encouraging to see,” Cutcliffe said. “He’s wearing No. 40 which means something to me because that was Matt Daniels, who’s one of my favorite players of all time.” As Duke’s depth chart in the defensive backfield continues to dwindle, even its
VOLLEYBALL from page 7 Duke, whose starting lineup has changed many times throughout the season, will undoubtedly depend on the staple of its defense—junior Ali McCurdy. The Tampa, Fla. native currently leads the conference in digs, averaging 5.76 per set. Nagel praised McCurdy’s consistent defensive play, especially her performance against Miami last weekend when she recorded 37 digs in the four-setter with the Hurricanes. The performance was one for the record books—McCurdy’s 37 digs that night tied her for second in the school single-match records. She is the only Blue Devil to ever top 35 digs in a four-set match. “When we were watching that Miami game last week, she was flying all over the floor and getting to balls,” Nagel said. “She kept us in the match with her digs alone. She is very important to us to be able to transition and score points. She has been huge, and each year she has gotten better…. She was amazing last weekend and I look for that to continue because she is so passionate and driven to succeed.” On the offensive side of things, Duke will likely look to sophomore Jeme Obeime who currently leads the team in kills with 184 on
Renfree and Boone were efficient against Wake Forest, combining for 30 completions in 40 attempts. Virginia (2-3, 0-1) will be looking to get back on track after a 44-38 loss to the 2011 WAC champions, Louisiana Tech. With a win against Duke, the Cavaliers would bring themselves to .500 overall and in the ACC. In past years, Duke has normally been a soft spot in the schedule for Virginia, but with their recent success, head coach Mike London warned against taking the hot Blue Devils lightly. “They’ve won the games they’re supposed to win... and people say, ‘well, you’re playing Duke,’” London said. “But coach Cutcliffe has done a great job of coaching this team.” This season, Virginia has faced difficulties taking care of the ball. So far, the Cavaliers have forced three turnovers in five games, among the lowest in the FBS. Averaging two
cornerbacks have stepped up to fill voids left by injured safeties. Starting corners redshirt junior Ross Cockrell and redshirt senior Lee Butler—who was also knocked out of the Blue Devils’ last game and is listed as questionable this week—have both rotated into safety spots in the absence of key contributors like Byas and Braxton. As more safeties have continued to go down, Duke’s versatility in the secondary has been its saving grace. “[Defensive coordinator] Jim Knowles and I sit down every week and look at potential rotations of disaster. Because of what’s happened, we do a contingency depth chart,” Cutcliffe said. “We’ve got corners that can play safety and safeties that can play corner and safeties that can play different positions. We have a plan—if we lose people, here’s what we do.” Despite losing new players to injuries every week, the Blue Devil secondary is flying higher than ever, and has found a way to turn a tough situation into a positive one. “It’s actually helping to make us better, because we’re all getting a better understanding of what each safety position is,” Byas said. “It’s getting us to better understand the defense and better understand our position, so in a way it’s helping us. It hurts us in numbers, but the safeties are learning more.” the season. The sophomore averages 3.12 per set. Maryland is led by sophomore Ashleigh Crutcher, who has 202 kills on the season, averaging 3.54 per set, and Boston College by freshman Katty Workman, who leads the conference in kills with 4.07 per set. Despite Workman’s numbers, the Eagles sit as one of the bottom two teams in the ACC in terms of kills per set. While the Terrapins have dropped two of their last three matches, the Eagles have lost three of their last four. Nevertheless, both teams have two wins in conference play. In order for the young Blue Devils to win their first ACC contest, they will have to find the right combination of players on the court to keep a consistently high level of play. Five of this year’s 14 players are freshmen, and incorporating the new blood into the lineup has kept things interesting. Although the starting lineup has varied from match to match, Nagel feels confident in any player that takes the floor. “The nice thing about the personnel that we have is that we can do a lot of different things with it and be very confident in those things because of the skill and abilities that we have,” Nagel said. “On any given night, we could make that adjustment if we needed to.”
more turnovers than takeaways per game, the Cavaliers’ offense and defense seem to have put the team in a difficult position. “If you saw this game, there were two fumbles on the ground that really bounced underneath our guy and into their hands.” London said. “I mean, that’s baffling when the ball doesn’t bounce in your direction or in your hands.” A shining light for the Cavaliers’ rushing offense has been redshirt sophomore running back Kevin Parks. Although he has yet to start a game, he leads the Cavaliers in rushing—both yards and touchdowns— and averages 4.1 yards per carry. The Cavaliers may see the return of sophomore running back Clifton Richardson this weekend, bolstering Virginia’s backfield to a three-deep rotation, also featuring starting tailback, senior Perry Jones. The Cavaliers have used their rushing attack sparingly so far this season, but the
addition of Richardson to the backfield may be the jumpstart they are looking for. In the passing attack, junior Michael Rocco has received all the starts this season, but after throwing six touchdowns and eight interceptions in the first five games, a change has been made. Alabamatransfer Phillip Sims has been seeing action along with Rocco in the early going, throwing five touchdowns and no interceptions in his limited action. London announced Monday that Sims would be the new starting quarterback this weekend against Duke. “It does help that you know you’re going to be the guy that’s going out there to take the first snap, but really that’s all you’re guaranteed,” Sims said. The Blue Devils will travel to Blacksburg, Va. to face the Virginia Tech Hokies (3-2, 1-0) in search of their first bowl bid since 1994.