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The job market took center stage Thursday in Asheville as GOP candidate Mitt Romney rebuked President Barack Obama’s record on the economy in favor of his own proposals. In his visit to the Tar Heel state, Romney promoted his proposed economic and education reform plan to a crowd of locals and Romney supporters. The former Massachusetts governor was joined by one-time GOP presidential candidate hopeful Mike Huckabee and country singer Ronnie Milsap. In his remarks, Romney highlighted his plans for job creation and rebooting the economy, a clear appeal to an audience from a region where unemployment rates have topped 10 percent. “This president says he wants to change America,” Romney said. “I want to restore the principles that made America the hope of the earth.” The Romney campaign announced its visit to Asheville just three days prior to the rally. North Carolina is one of only nine “undecided” states in the presidential election. In North Carolina, Romney leads Obama by three percentage points in the polls—51 to 48 percent, according to Rasmussen Reports Thursday. But the state has historically been very close— in 2008, Obama won by just 14,177 votes.
Last week the magic number was two. And this week, the Blue Devils have the chance to do something they have not done since 1994. When Duke (5-1, 2-0 in the ACC) takes on Virginia Tech Saturday at the Hokies’ Lane Stadium at 12:30 p.m., they will be the only ACC team with an vs. opportunity to earn a bowl berth this week. The major question for the Blue Devils is who will Saturday 12:30 p.m. start for them at quarterLane Stadium back, after Anthony Boone led the offense in last week’s 42-17 win against Virginia with Sean Renfree nursing an elbow injury. Boone threw for 212 yards and four touchdowns in the effort. Duke head coach David Cutcliffe has not named a starter, citing Renfree’s health as the main limitation in his decision, although he is listed as probable on the team’s injury report . “With Sean Renfree, I am going to wait until later in the week to make a decision.” Cutcliffe said Tuesday. “He and Anthony [Boone] are going to both trade reps and work, and we
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Students hand out free Love=Love shirts on the Bryan Center Plaza Thursday as part of the National Coming Out Day celebration.
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Culinary Society Screening highlights builds from scratch mental health at Duke by Tessa Vellek by Elise Bruguera THE CHRONICLE
A group of students has set out to get their just desserts. The Duke University Culinary Society brings together foodies to explore the edible options at Duke and in the area. They are getting up and running as an organization to plan events throughout the year, including cooking demonstrations, food tours and outings, a dessert expo and even an Iron Chef competition, said junior Isabelle Brogna, the club’s president. “We are a group of people who enjoy eating, talking about food, trying new things, learning how to cook and exploring food options
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around Durham and in Duke,” Brogna said. DUCS received a large number of sign-ups at the activities fair, said junior Katie Ferguson, vice president of internal affairs. “We’ve got a good turnout to our meetings so far, but we’re working on planning events to draw on people and keep them coming,” she said. DUCS is currently focused on its annual dessert expo, which will take place Oct. 24. The group will invite anyone in the Duke community to submit a dessert, which will be judged on taste, presentation and creativity by guest judges SEE CULINARY ON PAGE 7
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Students had the opportunity to be evaluated for possible signs of depression in the Bryan Center Thursday as part of National Depression Screening Day.
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Depression screenings held on campus Thursday elucidated the difficulty of treating students with symptoms of depression. In conjunction with student group Neurocare, Counseling and Psychological Services sponsored self-screening tests, setting up booths in the Bryan Center and Duke Clinic cafeteria. The depression screening is an opportunity for members of the community to learn more about depression and how it may affect friends and family, noted Cynthia Jones, a counselor in the department of psychiatry and SEE DEPRESSION ON PAGE 5
Read about last night’s VP debate on Page 2—the weekly election roundup.
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Oct. 12 — Richmond, Va. Romney to host rally at Mobility Supercenter
— In an oped in the Wall Street Journal, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch accused the Obama administration of fudging recent unemployment figures. He noted the administration’s motivation for fixing the numbers, saying that no president has ever been voted back into office with unemployment more than 8 percent.
Oct. 12 — La Crosse, Wis. Biden will speak to students at the University of Wisconsin. Oct. 20 — Palm Beach, Fla. Romney to host an invitationonly fundraiser at a private home, with a $5,000 per person contribution.
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“Whatever I say, I do. My whole life has been devoted to leveling the playing field for the middle class. My record speaks for itself,” so Vice President Joe Biden declared Thursday night in the faceoff against Republican vice president hopeful Paul Ryan. Unlike Obama, Biden openly expressed his frustration at Romney’s nowfamous comJoe Biden ment regarding the alleged 47 percent of Americans who refuse to take responsibility for their lives, saying the accusation reflects the Romney-Ryan ticket’s attitude toward the American people. “He’s talking about my mother and father. He’s talking about the people who built this country,” Biden said. Jumping off the 47 percent issue, Biden reaffirmed his commitment to the middle class. They—not the 120,000 families who average $8 million incomes annually that Romney’s tax cuts will benefit—need the government dedication, he argued. “[Romney] is holding hostage the middle class with tax cuts to the super wealthy,” Biden said. If elected to a second term, the Obama administration would continue to cut costs to Medicare, promote universal health care and reinforce social security, he added. On the sensitive issue of abortion, Biden said that though he was defined by his religion, he refused to impose those beliefs on others. “I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they don’t have a right to control their own bodies,” he said. Despite some criticism about Biden’s belittling tone, Pope McCorkle said the tone helped him win the debate. He embodied the “emotional Irishman” who genuinely cares about the American people.
“If you don’t have a good record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone to run from,” Republican vice president hopeful Paul Ryan accused in the faceoff against Vice President Joe Biden. The congressman said he would bring honesty and dedication to job creation if his ticket is elected to the White House. Criticizing the Paul Ryan Obama administration for a tax plan that would increase taxes on small businesses to over 40 percent—when the world average is below 25 percent—Ryan vowed to create 28 million jobs without raising the deficit or raising taxes on middle class families. “We will not duck the issue [of recovery], we will take responsibility,” Ryan said in his closing statement. Despite his vow to offer solutions uniquely able to fix the nation’s problems, he faced pressure from moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC to provide specific details about the proposed plans—pressure that he skirted. “In these times when there aren’t enough jobs, wouldn’t it be nice to have a job creator in the White House?” he asked. When asked specifically how the Romney-Ryan ticket planned to reduce the unemployment rate to 6 percent, Ryan said the administration would close the loopholes on high-income families and create jobs. What exactly those loopholes are remains unclear. “Ryan is someone who knows all these loopholes, but he failed to mention them,” McCorkle said. “[Taxes] continues to be the Achilles’ heel for the Romney-Ryan ticket.” The ambiguity reflects Romney’s continuing “I don’t need to explain, I can win without it,” approach to the campaign, McCorkle added.
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The THOMPSON WRITING PROGRAM invites all Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors to the 2012 Duke Writes Symposium.
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Learn how to use writing to bring about change in your life and as a tool to engage with others. Our keynote speaker is Jimmy Soni, Duke alum and Managing Editor of The Huffington Post. Apply by October 19th at: http://twp.duke.edu/undergraduate/ duke-writes-symposium The four available writing workshops are: 1. Join the Conversation: Write an Op-Ed
This event is completely free! Friday, November 2 from 12:30 - 4:30 in Perkins Library
2. Writing is a Way of Listening (transform field experiences into vivid writing) 3. Transitioning from Research to Senior Thesis 4. Writing into Medicine (create personal essays for medical school)
Interested in becoming a tour guide for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions? The Duke Tour Guides will host a brief informational meeting that will cover everything you need to know, regarding the selection process, training requirements, and scheduling procedures. Attend one of the following meetings on either Tuesday, October 23 (East Campus: White Lecture Hall #107) or Wednesday, October 24 (West Campus: Soc. Sciences #139). Both are scheduled for 7:00 PM.
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Council discusses new international projects by Ryan Zhang THE CHRONICLE
The Arts and Sciences Council emphasized the growing importance of global education at its meeting Thursday. Members of the council tabled a proposal to change the status of international comparative studies from a major to a fully fledged program. First introduced in 1973, the major has shown continual success for nearly four decades, consistently graduating between 50 and 60 students per year. The change would allow the program to hire its own faculty, said Frances Hasso, associate professor of women’s studies, international comparative studies and sociology. “ICS is distinctive in its crossdisciplinary integration of such subjects as economics, public policy, biology and the humanities,” Hasso said. As one of the many interdisciplinary majors offered at the undergraduate level, ICS is among the top third of all majors selected, she noted. Despite its popularity, however, the major has never maintained any sort of centralized administrative support. Hasso said her plan would
ease the advising and administrative burden while allowing greater coordination and communication between faculty. The breadth of the ICS program at Duke, she added, is unique from equivalent programs offered at other institutions, citing the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University and the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton University as examples. David Malone, director of undergraduate studies of the Program in Education, noted the major’s history as well as the longstanding commitment shown by its faculty members as key reasons why the proposal should pass. “A strong ICS program has the potential to help students integrate their curricular studies in a socially engaged way,” he said. “We’ve seen how faculty and students alike have been energized by the emerging global landscape.” Angela O’Rand, dean of the social sciences, also noted the strong commitment faculty members have demonstrated to the major, including those in-
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Council Chair Thomas Robisheaux speaks to the Arts & Sciences Council at their meeting Thursday. volved in other departments. The proposal raises questions about the creation of academic programs in the future, Dean of Arts and Sciences Laurie Patton noted, adding that she preferred the ICS example to a top-down situation where an administrator SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 6
Duke embraces Nobel in medicine research by Caroline Michelman THE CHRONICLE
The Duke community congratulated its first standing professor to win a Nobel Prize Wednesday, but two other Nobel Prize winners are appreciated here among the scientists who utilize their work. Sir John Gurdon and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for their discovery that mature cells can be turned into stem cells. Their discovery opened up new ways for doctors at Duke and elsewhere to treat diseases including Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and heart disease, and allows scientists to gather stem cells without taking them from an embryo. The scientists will share the $1.2 million award. “This is exciting because this opens the door to tissue engineering, where you can take cells from an individual,” said Dr. Vann Bennett, James B. Duke professor of cell biology, biochemistry and neurobiology. “Say you need to replace the cells in your heart. In principle you could take a cell from your skin and turn it into a heart cell and replace the damaged heart cells.” Stem cells are unspecialized
cells that have the capacity to develop into a variety of different cell types. This versatility means that they can become specific cells to repair damaged tissues in organs, a key step in fighting certain diseases. Gurdon and Yamanaka researched the process for taking adult cells and giving them the characteristics of stem cells. The products of this process are called induced pluripotent stem cells. The discovery of iPS cells is a culmination of 50 years of work for Gurdon. In 1962, he conducted an experiment and discovered that he could take cell nuclei of a frog, implant them in a frog egg that had its nuclei removed, and create healthy new tadpoles. “Gurdon’s experiment was not believed by people at the time because the central dogma was that once cells are differentiated, they could not go back,” Bennett said. “His experiment set the stage for the principle that differentiated cells are not a one-way trip.” In 2006, Yamanaka expanded upon Gurdon’s work and performed an experiment that
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Pot legalization on the ballot in six states by Sari Horwitz THE WASHINGTON POST
Voters are set to cast their ballots in three Western states next month on whether to legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use, initiatives that would directly violate federal law but that have drawn only silence from the Justice Department. Despite the urging of drug enforcement experts, officials in Washington have not said how the federal government would deal with possible state laws in Colorado, Washington and Oregon that would conflict with the federal Controlled Substances Act. Federal law prohibits the production, possession and sale of marijuana and classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, putting it in the same category as cocaine and heroin. Nine former administrators of the Drug Enforcement Administration wrote a letter last month to Attorney General Eric Holder, urging him to publicly oppose the ballot initiatives that, if passed, would make the states the first in the nation to decriminalize marijuana for recreational use by adults. “To continue to remain silent conveys to the American public and the global community a tacit acceptance of these dangerous initiatives,� wrote the former administrators, who oversaw the DEA under both Democratic and Republican presidents from 1973 to 2007. “We urge you to take a public position on these initiatives as soon as possible.� Holder has not responded to the letter. The former officials are planning to hold a news conference Monday to press their concerns more publicly. “The Justice Department should speak out ahead of the
ballot initiatives to avoid immediate court action,� said Peter Bensinger, who was DEA administrator from 1976 to 1981. “The initiatives will be in direct conflict with federal law, international treaty obligations and Supreme Court rulings.� The Justice Department can file suit to try to block state laws it deems to have violated federal statutes. It did just that, for example, after Arizona passed a law in 2010 that it said was aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants but that the Obama administration believed was unconstitutional. In other cases, officials have simply made the Justice Department’s stance clear ahead of ballot initiatives, as Holder did in 2010 when he said that officials opposed a California measure to legalize marijuana. But with the upcoming initiatives over legalization, Justice Department spokeswoman Allison Price said the department would not comment. “We are not going to speculate on the outcome of various ballot initiatives state by state,� she said. Colorado’s measure, known as Amendment 64, is the most likely to pass, according to observers and local polls. Under the measure, retail stores would be allowed to sell marijuana and it would be taxed and regulated like tobacco and alcohol. Growing operations would be legalized, as would “infusion factories� that could blend marijuana into brownies and candy bars and lollipops, according to Tom Gorman, the director of the federal Rocky Mountain High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. “If this passes, Colorado would have the most liberal marijuana laws in the developed world, more liberal than the Netherlands,� said Gorman, whose group brings to-
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gether local, state and federal law enforcement officials. “It’s illegal for a state to pass a constitutional measure that allows its citizens to violate federal law.� The initiative has the support of 51 percent of the voters, according to a poll conducted for the Denver Post. More than 300 physicians in state have joined the campaign for legalization. “As physicians, we have a professional obligation to do no harm,� said Bruce Madison, the associate medical director of the faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “But the truth is that the Colorado marijuana laws do just that, by wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in a failed war on marijuana, by ruining thousands of lives by unnecessary arrest and incarceration, and by causing the deaths of hundreds of people killed in black-market criminal activities.� In a letter to President Barack Obama, four former White House drug czars said the administration’s “non-discussion� stance “is sending a message that you and your administration are indifferent to the legalization issue.� “We stand united against any efforts... to legalize marijuana or any other currently illegal substances and urge you to respond ... expressing unequivocal opposition to marijuana legalization generally and these initiatives specifically,� wrote the former National Drug Control Policy directors in their letter. Along with the Colorado ballot proposal, Initiative 502 in Washington and Measure 80 in Oregon would allow people who are 21 and older to buy marijuana from shops regulated by the state. All three ballot initiatives are a step beyond the laws that have legalized marijuana for medical
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purposes. Beginning with California in 1996, the District of Columbia and 17 states, including the states with these ballot proposals, have passed laws making it legal to manufacture, distribute and possess marijuana for such purposes. Arkansas has a similar measure on the ballot this year. In 2009, David Ogden, then the deputy attorney general, wrote a memo to U.S. attorneys, advising that the prosecution of significant traffickers of illegal drugs, including marijuana, remained a core priority. Marijuana distribution was the largest source of revenue for the Mexican cartels, Ogden said. But he also addressed the growing number of states legalizing
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DEPRESSION from page 1 behavioral sciences at Duke Medicine. “We’re all college students, so I’m sure we’ve all felt stress or anxiety over something, so I think [the screening] is just a good resource even if you don’t have depression per se,” sophomore Minali Nigam, president of Neurocare, said. “Self-assessing yourself just gives you a sense of relief.” Some students who attended the screening noted the deprecating effects of depression on campus. Madeline*, a sophomore, who has not been medically diagnosed with depression, noted her visit to CAPS last semester was unsatisfactory. Recent events in her life in addition to a family history of depression prompted Madeline to seek help from University counselors. “I don’t personally think the CAPS program at Duke does a very good job at dealing with it,” she said. “They really treat people as if they were sick from the beginning or maybe as if it’s a behavioral problem, rather than looking at it through family history or circumstances of the person.” Madeline* said the Duke community should minimize the stigma attached to mental illness and realize it affects many
people at least once in their lives. “[Depression is] an issue that often people are uncomfortable talking about and I think in these teenage years, it’s a very prevalent issue,” Roberts said. “Dialogue is the first thing that needs to happen.” Jones noted the causes of depression in college students include genetics, life transition, physiological changes and alcohol experimentation. The treatment and diagnosis efforts are critical, she added, especially in light of the prevalence of depression. One in every four young adults will experience a depressive episode by the age of 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We’re raising awareness and we’re reducing stigma,” she said. “And if we can just help one person, that’s worth it.” Nigam noted that the DSM-IV—a manual that doctors use to treat classify mental disorders—concentrates on the quantity of symptoms rather than the severity of symptoms. “If someone is feeling depressed on a consistent basis, like every day or if they have highs and lows every day, that would be one sign in that there’s something more that’s going on,” she said. *Name has been changed for the source’s protection. The source’s class year is accurate.
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ROMNEY from page 1 This was Romney’s first visit to western North Carolina, where the campaign expects to see a great show of support, said Robert Reid, North Carolina communications director for Mitt Romney for President. “There is a lot of potential for growth, there’s a lot of people who are very friendly to us out here, with the economy out here taking a big hit,” Reid said. “People in western North Carolina understand that they can’t have four more years of the last four years…. We think there is a big opportunity out west.” Roger Hartley, associate professor of political science at Western Carolina University, said Romney’s visit is an indication that Republicans may not be as confident that they will win North Carolina in November as they were earlier in this election cycle. “The fact that [Romney] came here tonight is really significant,” Hartley said. “The thinking goes if you keep it close in the west, you can win.” He added that the visit to Asheville is strategic in its appeal to widening the Republican gap in the rural areas of North Carolina. Obama will likely take the state’s metropolitan areas—including Asheville, considered a left-leaning city. If Romney can make gains in the west, including the rural counties surrounding Asheville, he would be in a good position to take the state. His appearance in Asheville may
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke about jobs in Asheville, N.C. Thursday. have also been an attempt for Romney, as a conservative speaking in a liberal city, to appear more moderate, Hartley noted. North Carolina’s status as a toss-up means that Romney’s latest visit to the state is not likely to be his last. “People in North Carolina will probably be seeing a lot of Governor Romney between now and November,” Reid said. Since Romney secured the GOP presidential nomination, he has visited North Carolina only once, for a Charlotte fundraiser in August. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, campaigned for Romney in Cary earlier this week. Romney has campaigned heavily in other swing states, however, visiting Florida and Virginia the most, according to MittRomneyCentral, a fan site promoting the presidential hopeful.
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Students watch vice presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Joe Biden square off in the vice presidential debate Thursday at a party hosted by Duke College Republicans.
COUNCIL from page 3 introduces a brand-new program. “Roots are absolutely essential,” Patton said. In other business: Edna Andrews, professor of linguistics and creator of DukeINtense Global, presented the ideas that led to the creation of the program and noted some of the keys to its success. Its focus on a multidisciplinary approach to learning and its global study component have made it espe-
cially popular. “Robust research often can’t happen within a single semester,” Andrews said. DIG is notable for its duration, as each student participates for a minimum of three semesters. Students in DIG are required to spend portions of their Fall semesters and summers in the country they have been studying, Andrews noted. Junior Jordan Fraser, a linguistics major who participated in DIG in 2012, spoke about his experience with the program, praising its cultural immersion
aspect in particular. “This program was made for me,” Fraser said. “It’s the type of opportunity I came to Duke looking for.” Chair Thomas Robisheaux, Fred W. Schaffer professor of history, announced the approval of new study abroad programs in Paris, Barcelona and Tuscany. He noted that the new Paris program would not replace the original Paris program but instead offer a joint program between the departments of Romance studies and psychology and neuroscience.
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NOBEL from page 3 created mouse stem cells from adult mouse cells by inserting four specific genes. Through his experiment, he identified the genes that are able to convert a differentiated cell into a versatile stem cell. “Yamanaka’s discoveries in 2006 were transformative,” Bennett noted. “He demystified the process of this differentiation of cells and put a molecular framework around it.” Brigid Hogan, chair of the department of cell biology, said Yamanaka’s discovery took great insight and courage. “I don’t think anybody really believed that it would be possible to take a cell and induce the expression of particular genes to make it reprogram into a pluripotential cell in a cultured dish,” Hogan said. “It was absolutely astounding. Everyone was taken by great surprise that it worked.” One of the powerful uses of the discovery is modeling the development of human disease, which is especially useful for understanding neurodegenerative diseases, which lead to the decline or death of neurons. Scientists use iPS cells as models of human disease to test if drugs will stop degeneration, Hogan said. The iPS cells also provide a method to obtain stem cells without taking them from an embryo, which has been a hotly
debated ethical dilemma. Scientists previously derived pluripotent stem cells in a process that required separating the inner cell mass of an embryo four or five days after fertilization. Research going on at Duke makes use of the iPS cell approaches, said David Goldstein, director of the Center for Human Genome Variation. Duke now has an iPS cell core facility that reprograms the cells. “We’ve given them fibroblasts—a kind of cell from the skin—from the patient with the disease,” Goldstein said. “We’ve found the mutation that causes the disease and have given them to the core to try to understand the biology of the disease.” The core has been running at Duke for about nine months. Although there were others conducting stem cell research at Duke before, the core facility makes the technology systematically available to people studying disease, Goldstein noted. Although iPS cells have proven useful in understanding disease, some scientists are concerned that iPS cells share too much in common with tumorforming cancer cells. “[The possibility of cancer] is a real concern, but you have to start somewhere,” Bennett said. “Once the principle is established, then techniques can be modified and refined. Before these discoveries were made, this would have been considered science fiction.”
CULINARY from page 1 from local bakeries, Brogna said. Last year, judges included representatives from Mad Hatter’s and Daisy Cakes. DUCS also has plans for other events, like a walking food tour of Durham later in October, restaurant excursions and an Iron Chef competition in the spring, Brogna noted. They are also working on a YouTube channel to publish cooking demonstrations by club members. “We’re planning on filming
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online presence, the community identity is still in formation. “I don’t have any expectations so far,” freshman DUCS member Julia Dunn said. “I think—I hope—we’ll learn how to cook.” But as DUCS kicks into gear, Brogna hopes that member expectations will change for the better. “I hope that we can create a member group that feels comfortable going to the group with any food-related desires like going out to a restaurant or making anything on campus or cooking lessons, or stuff like that,” Brogna said.
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all of our events, putting them on YouTube and then getting a deal where we actually have advertisements on the videos,” said treasurer Ruslan Ardashev, a sophomore. DUCS is active in other online locations as well. They have a new Facebook page and are trying to create an updated website, Brogna said. “We are hoping to expand our online presence to create a stronger community of Duke foodies,” she said. The Culinary Society restarts each year under new leadership, Brogna said, so along with the
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Men’s soccer The Blue Devils host No. 1 Maryland. BELOW
Women’s basketball The No. 6 recruit in the country committed to the Blue Devils Thursday. PAGE 8
Field hockey Looking to move closer back to .500, duke heads o Virginia to take on two non-conference foes in Old Dominion and James Madison. ONLINE
Cross Country The Blue Devil men and women will head to three different venues over the weekend. The men are off to Louisville to race at the course that will hold the NCAA Championships as the women go to Charlotte, N.C. and Madison, Wis. ONLINE
Volleyball The Blue Devils will continue ACC competition, playing Clemson and Georgia Tech. ONLINE
Women’s soccer After shutting out N.C. State this weekend, the Blue Devils will host Wake Forest Sunday in what has become a major ACC rivalry. Duke and Wake Forest played three times last season, with the Blue Devils coming out on top in last year’s College Cup semifinals. ONLINE MEN’S SOCCER
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Blue Devils shut out N.C. State by Paul Pisani THE CHRONICLE
A big crowd did not phase the No. 5 Blue Devils Thursday, as the team knocked off N.C. State 3-0 for its third straight win in ACC play. Although Duke (11-3-1, 5-2-1 in the ACC) had little trouble on either end of the field, the team struggled more than expected against a weak Wolfpack (5-10, 0-6) squad that has scored just one goal NCST 0 in its last six matchups. The slow start that has characterized many DUKE 3 of the Blue Devils’ games this season lasted nearly an entire half. “I don’t think we were really as sharp as we have been in the last couple of games,” head coach Robbie Church said. “We played a lot of straight balls and we didn’t have a lot of off-ball movement. It was a tough first half.” Despite Duke’s early struggles, it had a number of chances to score early in the game. Duke’s offense picked up late in the first half, as Kaitlyn Kerr, Cassie Pecht, Kim DeCesare and Mollie Pathman controlled the midfield, lofting balls behind the Wolfpack defense. Give-and-go sequencess, quick touches and wide balls started to create chances, with a number of Blue Devils taking shots inside the 18-yard box. Duke finally found the net in the 37th minute. Off a quick touch from Kerr, Pecht collected the ball and found Pathman with a wide ball. On a return pass, the talented freshman had enough time to take a touch in the box and put away the game’s first goal. The Blue Devils played more confidently in the second half, though N.C. State refused to back down. The match got chippy at times, with both sides fighting for the ball. Once again, Duke broke through late in the half with a flick from DeCesare. Junior Laura Weinberg found the ball in space, striding past two defenders and finishing at a tough angle to give the Blue Devils a 2-0 lead. Duke struck once more with just six minutes remaining in the game. A high cross bounced around the box and was gathered by sophomore Katie Trees, who placed the ball just inside the far post for a 3-0 win. Despite a performance Church was not satisfied with, Duke was glad to come out with a victory as it prepares for its final two ACC contests. A bright spot
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Laura Weinberg kept up her goal-per-game pace for Duke, putting one home in the second half to put the Blue Devils up 2-0. for the Blue Devils was the play of its back four, who held N.C. State to just two shots on goal. Goalkeeper Tara Campbell recorded her 30th career shutout in the victory. Duke’s defensive unit will need to continue its strong play in upcoming matchups against No. 12 Wake Forest and No. 7 North Carolina. “We got the three points that we wanted,” Church said. “Anytime you get a road win in the ACC, we’ll take it. And a shutout to go with it, that’s a great night.”
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In each of the past three recruiting classes, Duke women’s basketball head coach Joanne P. McCallie has picked up top-10 recruits. McCallie extended that streak to four Thursday. Rebecca Greenwell, the No. 6 recruit in the class of 2013 according to ESPN, committed to the Blue Devils after making her official visit to campus last weekend. The 6-foot-1 guard was deciding between Duke and Notre Dame and joins 5-foot- 9 point guard Kianna Holland, the No. 32 ranked recruit, in the 2013 recruiting class. “[McCallie] started recruiting me in eighth grade, and I have a good relationship with her,” Greenwell said. “It was a really long process, but now that I’ve decided it’s been a huge relief. It’s a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.” On her official visit, Greenwell met with McCallie and also had the opportunity to play
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From leading Division I in scoring offense to shutting out nearly 60 percent of the teams it has played, Maryland No. 1 has validated its No. MD 1 ranking. vs. The Terrapins Duke will pose the ultimate test to the Blue Devils’ defensive Friday, 7 p.m. Koskinen Stadium solidarity, which has been the hallmark of the team this season. Duke (4-5-1, 2-21 in the ACC) will look to dethrone the SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
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After a strong performance at the All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. last week, the Blue Devils are ready to compete for another preseason victory to help build momentum for the upcoming season. Junior Fred Saba, freshman Daniel McCall and freshman Josh Levine will head to Winston-Salem, N.C. to compete in the Wake Forest Fall Invitational this weekend, a brand new tournament slated to begin Friday. “We’ve had all the players on the team, from freshman to senior, perform very well at the tournaments so far,� Saba said. “We’re looking to keep it rolling and keep the momentum going.� The Blue Devils are confident in the depth of this year’s team, hoping that the results from the past few weeks will translate to team victories in the season ahead. “We look at these fall tournaments as an opportunity for match play,� head coach Ramsey Smith said. “The goal is for everyone to get a bunch of matches under their belts and put ourselves in a good position once we start the dualmatch season in January.� Saba, No. 111 in the ITA in preseason singles rankings, advanced to the finals of the white singles bracket at the Fab Four Invitational in Cary, N.C. Alongside partner Chris Mengel, Saba also pulled out a convincing 8-3 victory in the final of the black doubles bracket. His strong performance, he hopes, will carry him to individual success this weekend. “As a junior, I’m realizing that I don’t know how much longer I’m going to play tennis,� Saba said. “I’m just looking to enjoy every match I play and make sure that I give myself the best shot and win every match possible.� As Saba approaches the end of his tennis career at Duke, the freshmen look to start the year off right, building confidence for the upcoming season and bolstering their rankings by competing and winning as many matches as possible. McCall said that although this weekend’s tournament will only benefit his individual ranking, watching his teammates succeed in pre-
W. BASKETBALL from page 10 with some players on the team. Greenwell also met Duke football head coach David Cutcliffe while on campus, who introduced her to John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan. Mellencamp’s son, Hud, is a walk-on freshman on the football team. Greenwell, a senior at Owensboro Catholic high school in Kentucky, missed her entire junior season after tearing her ACL, but recovered from the injury in time to compete with the United States U-17 basketball team in the World Championships in Amsterdam. She led the Americans with 25 minutes per game in the Championships, starting all eight contests. In the previous summer she competed with the U-16 U.S. squad. “She does a great job of attacking the basket, but she also has 3-point range,� Owensboro Catholic head coach Ray Zuberer said. “We’re really excited to have her back playing for us [after her injury.]� As a sophomore, she led the state in scoring at 32 points per game and led her team in every other major category,
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Junior Fred Saba is one of three Blue Devils competing in the Wake Forest Fall Invitational this weekend. season play has him brimming with anticipation for the upcoming season. “When you’re out there competing, you really want to do well for the team and for the other guys,� McCall said. “Everyone’s really excited about what we can accomplish in the spring and hopefully all the work we have put in will pay off.� Saba will open the tournament against Liberty’s Siim Tuus at 1 p.m. Friday. Levine will face UNC Wilmington’s Chris Cooprider and McCall will compete against UNC Greensboro’s Gaston Murray. McCall and Saba will compete together in the tournament’s doubles draw as well. As the tournament looms ahead, the trio’s coach is confident Duke will execute according to plan. “I think they’re prepared,� Smith said. “They’ve just got to go out there and compete hard, have good attitudes and things will come together.� Zuberer said. He also noted her positional flexibility. Greenwell often brings the ball up the court for her high school squad, but can also play in the post to defend against larger opponents. “At Duke, I think she’d have the opportunity to compete as a freshman,� he said. As excited as Greenwell is to come to Duke, however, she still has lofty goals for the final year of her high school career. “I just want to take my high school team to the state championship,� she said.
It’s crunch time for the Blue Devils. Duke (5-8) is looking to make a final push toward the NCAA tournament as it begins its final weekend on the road. The Blue Devils, however, will have to battle against two tough opponents. They face the James Madison Dukes (8-4) in Harrisonburg, Va. before playing No. 8 Old Dominion (10-3) for a second time in Norfolk. The Dukes are coming off of a weekend in which they beat Hofstra and Radford in two consecutive shutouts, with scores of 1-0 and 4-0, respectively. James Madison has only given up more than two goals once this season, when it gave up three in an overtime loss to Northeastern. The cornerstone of the Dukes’ strong defense is freshman goalie Lena Wimmert, who has started all 12 of their contests so far this season and boasts a miniscule 1.11 goals-allowed average. “James Madison is having a great season this year, and I think being on the road is going to be a great challenge for us,� head coach Pam Bustin said. “James Madison gives us a different challenge and a different look, so it’s exactly what we need as we head towards the end of the season.� Duke will next look for revenge against Old Dominion. The 3-1 loss earlier in the season was characterized by a slow first half, during which Old Dominion’s Celine Marquet and Rosario Villagra gave the Lady Monarchs a 2-0 lead. Although Old Dominion never relinquished its lead, Duke bounced back in the second half, scoring a goal of its own and keeping pace with the Lady Monarchs. “We played them pretty well last game, especially in the second half, so I would hope that we could keep that confidence in playing against Old Dominion high,� Bustin said. The Blue Devils will have to look out for Old Dominion redshirt junior Christy Longacre and freshman Sarah Breen, who were recently named CAA Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. Breen, who leads the Lady Monarchs with 10 goals, has now been named SEE FIELD HOCKEY ON PAGE 12
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s Duke an “activist campus?” Three years ago, I admin relationship is confusingly love-hate. If Duke would have replied with skepticism. The Duke I genuinely wants to create responsible world citizens saw was a grade-grubbing, award-chasing, social- and leaders, why does the administration so often climbing campus. It was a place for intellectuals, spurn our attempts to create change here on camperhaps, but not activists. Thankfully, pus? Did I come here to learn, or just I soon met passionate, visionary stuto fight the institution that is supdents who convinced me otherwise. posed to be teaching me? And though some of the petty imTo be fair, the administration is pressions persist, I’m starting to unnot always the bad guy. Sometimes the derstand my college experience as an bad guy is sexism, racism, inertia or exercise in advocacy. just plain ignorance. So we advocate This week, I found myself inspired for marginalized voices. Enter the Me again by the persistence of my peers. I hannah colton Too Monologues, Student Action for am thankful to everyone who worked Farmworkers and the Center for Race gross national to eliminate the statute of limitations Relations. Sometimes we need to adhappiness (SOL) for sexual misconduct reportvocate for our own well-being and ing. And hard work it was. The SOL that of our friends. The new Peer for was the subject of at least 10 Chronicle pieces this You network is a great example. semester alone. Students shared their stories, signed When I look around at my peers, activism starts to petitions and aggressively posted flyers. They met emerge as a mainstay of campus culture. How many with faculty and administrators and asked hard ques- of us have participated in a campaign, circulated a tions. They secured the support of DSG and The petition or tabled for a cause during our undergradChronicle’s Editorial Board, increasing the formality uate years? Just as important as short-term wins and of the demands. losses for our various causes are the skills we develop Reform isn’t driven by Facebook likes. Change while doing so. We supplement our MMS, women’s only occurs if a well-organized group of people studies or environmental science courses by taking brings sustained, concentrated attention to the is- action; we practice thinking like entrepreneurs, like sue. And as a friend pointed out, this group must activists, like political theorists and policymakers. confront existing power structures. Any change that For budding advocates—broadly defined as those entails a political or economic shift—so, almost ev- who identify problems, dream of solutions and take ery challenge to the status quo—amounts to a shift action—college is our dress rehearsal. in power. I reject the use of “idealistic” as a pejorative term. When that status quo is a Duke policy, students Idealism is used to imply naiveté, “fluffiness” and leverage the University’s public image. Much to the ignorance of cold hard reality. “The ’60s are over!” administration’s semi-annual dismay, we are an ex- screams the prevailing culture. But advocacy isn’t ceptionally newsworthy institution. Each scathing just for radicals or hippies who stand in front of bullJezebel article damages the Duke brand, chipping dozers. An advocate is anyone who takes strategic acaway at the image of respectability carefully crafted tion on behalf of someone else, working against an in the wake of scandals: lacrosse, Ms. Owens, frat injustice. Undergraduate students may be the most mail, progressives, ad nauseum. Students recog- idealistic subset of the population, but through our nize the University’s sensitivity to media, especially education we can reconcile idealism with reality. around sexual misconduct. One Duke sophomore Our professors, mentors and most of our peers can involved in lobbying for the SOL change said next provide lifelong tools for advocacy. steps would have been a large-scale protest, followed This is the hidden value of the University. It by a national wave of negative press. She added that serves as a microcosm of society in all its unequal, the administration made a smart move by pre-empt- bureaucratic glory. You know those well-worn Duke ing any more damaging media attention. catchphrases—critical thinking, interdisciplinary Even apolitical issues need well-organized advo- learning, civic engagement? Those are just different cates to shift the balance of power. A case in point is ways of saying that the world is complicated. That the current issue of mold in Central Campus apart- the disciplines into which we box ourselves are arbiments. Individual students are suffering due to the trary, and cooperation and collaboration are needed University’s negligence, but there has been no col- to make progress. That we must work together tolective action. To elicit a real response, each Central ward the better future that we envision. “house” should compile their list of complaints and flood HDRL’s inboxes. Duke doesn’t want the world Hannah Colton is a Trinity senior. Her column runs to think its students live in filth. every other Friday. You can follow Hannah on Twitter @ When it comes to University reforms, the student- ColtonHannah.
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es, I intend to critique the mystique. With this thought, let me address a related conLet me preface by saying that I wholeheart- cern: the feminist conception that in order to preedly support feminism. The notion that a group serve the woman-centeredness of the movement, femof people should be presumed beneath their poten- inists should not care at all whether their words make tial is not only ridiculous, but also, for our society, men uncomfortable. First, this is simply impractical. shameful. I am thus proud of Duke’s feminists for If men are in power, causing them pain won’t make their vocal strength and courage. your movement successful. Second, it excludes. However, many feminists might agree that they’d Why? Well, for example, some elements of femirather have an angry businessman nism make me uncomfortable. Not storm into their offices and tell them because they threaten the future I enthey’re dumb than a guy bringing roses vision with a woman cooking for me and voicing support. So, to make femieach night. Often, when absolute and nists proud, I’ll ask you to humor my impassioned rhetoric is employed, critique. it opens itself up to bias and closedFirst, I’ve seen some feminists run mindedness. For example, the femithe risk of turning feelings of represnist claim that “feminism is the theory, sion into widespread distaste for maslesbianism is the practice” makes imlucas spangher culinity. I’ve heard feminists say, or alplications that my sexual identity is a natureLOL low others to say, “Sometimes I hate all choice. But a feminist who would not men!” concern herself with whether or not But is this legitimate? I argue no: The act of fight- her words made men uncomfortable would not stop ing for a progressive movement does not grant one to find this out. Indeed, it is of utmost concern for the ability to perpetuate harmful generalizations. feminists to care about whether or not their words The profiling of men leads some feminists to rein- make men uncomfortable and to understand why force the gender binary. A homogenous rejection of the discomfort occurs. This allows the feminist to masculinity ignores men sympathetic to feminism explicate why reasons for discomfort truly are valid and women who perpetuate gender inequality. It or invalid. shuts out all black men, Asian men, immigrant men, Unfortunately, I fear that by virtue of fighting a gay men, men who used to be women, etc. I argue moral fight, feminists are especially at risk for feelthat adopting this attitude may close the movement ings of moral superiority. The feminist, ideally, off to supporting and receiving support from other should be enlightened. The notion of a homophominorities. As an openly gay male, I share similarly bic feminist or a racist feminist is paradoxical. A real minded goals for equality. Where is the logic in an feminist to me is one that continually questions her inclusionary movement allowing itself to be exclu- place in the system and her own effects. For example, sionary, even if only in thought? some sororities, bastions of anti-feminism, impose A feminist reading this might mistake it as my rigorous dress codes that can be considered horriwarning against misandry. But no: A member of a bly anti-feminist in an almost Orwellian sense. Also, minority cannot be accused of prejudice in the same wage discrimination studies report that women are institutionalized sense that a member of the major- often paid less than their male counterparts. Employity can. I argue, however, that some wrong can still ers who pay women less than men should either not be perpetuated. When feminists harbor negative do so or be comfortable in their perpetuation of the thoughts against men, perhaps it isn’t sexism, but it problem. still is ill will. As minorities, we should systematically Now, in sum: I’ve tried my best to talk and reattempt to be more open-minded towards those in search and think before I wrote. Despite this, I’m not the majority in spite of the fact—or perhaps because a woman, and my arguments have problems. But if of the fact—that they might perpetuate inequality. As you’ve hated them a priori, if you’ve discarded my the Buddha might say, our oppressors are our teach- words because they were from a man speaking about ers. women, then you’re doing it wrong. The veracity of Now, I don’t think feminists should “seek accep- a claim is not determined by its origin. And so I say: tance from the majority.” That just reinforces the ma- Feminism is a great thing. Here are the pitfalls I see. jority’s power to choose. Instead, feminists should seek As a supporter, the best thing that I can want for the to accept the majority, thereby removing its discretion- movement is for it to get better. ary power. Gaga did this for the gays—she embraced the mainstream culture and simultaneously sculpted Lucas Spangher is a Trinity junior. His column runs it into a more accepting place for sexual minorities. every other Friday.
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ife is good. I think you might agree. You may have said it on a beach somewhere, beer in hand, or at sunrise on a snowy February morning. Or maybe you’ve thought it quietly to yourself in a private moment. But have you meant it? I didn’t. Not until recently, anyway. I found the “life is good” moments too short-lived and sustained joy difficult to attain, like trying to bottle sunbeams. I always wanted—expected— more than the world progracie willert vided. I awaited a Hogwarts read me maybe letter that never came. I stood dumbfounded when an infant I knew passed away. I sat perplexed. Why? Because there’s so much bad in our corner of the world. Evil even. Evil often. So many betrayed hearts, lost souls, senseless deaths, drudgery and tears. How could people be so positive? How could they say “life is good” with so much certitude? You see, life had made me a realist. I’d never believed in much. Not in God or Buddha—I was never tempted by an ideology or creed. I found them cheesy, forced, fanciful. I was envious of people who had even the slightest inkling of what life might be about. I was a girl with unfinished opinions, with jumbled notes on life, scribbled in the margins. I tried mass. I tried praying. Again sitting. Again perplexed and unmoved. Because God, whatever I conceived him to be, did not present himself to me in the walls of a church. Not in the words of a book. Not in the practice of a religion. I found God in science instead. It all started over summer when I heard about this class. Good old ratemyprofessor.com and a handful of testimonials to its credit. It fulfilled a lab requirement for the biology major. The Internet profile had a smiley face and a hot pepper to boot, and no students seemed to have anything negative to say. One senior friend even summed it up as “life-changing.” I rolled my eyes and clicked “Enroll.” For four hours every Wednesday morning, I start my day by dissecting a lamprey fish, and maybe a cat limb or two. I examine the muscle margins—an adductor here, a flexor there. I tear, and I squeeze. I pat down, and I probe. I sit at the interface between man and death, desperately searching for knowledge that convinces. I want to believe in something, anything. I slice into flesh and tear back the walls that contain this lifeless thing, and I am pulled in return. Pulled by the interconnectedness of the fibers and systems. Pulled by the unfathomable specialization across phyla. Pulled by the shared fate of this thing and myself. Pulled by the detail. Nudged by the collision of touch and thought. I trace where the clavobrachialis originates and attaches. I note its place amid the other muscles. I consider the synergy. And now I feel, at long last, that some force, some “God” wants us to live, in this exquisite organic shell that binds us. These dissections inspire thoughts of greater world synergy. I have faith in this subtle, softspeaking truth. Now I believe: Life is a deeply complicated protagonist, its light made more meaningful by its sobering darkness. If not for the pain, happiness might not taste so sweet. If not for the evil, how then might the good affect us? It is this backdrop that lends our earthly pursuits and deepest passions new meaning. I think we’re part of some cosmic secret—together swirling in one eddy in the stardust of time. Perhaps we came here to live, to experience, to dissect, to endure, to love and to die. Consider how elegant a notion this might be. That our bodies give back to the Earth, she who bore us. That we are here now, out of all the times we might have been, out of all the souls that could be. That when we die, we are allowing others to step in, to partake and to parse out the good. Before we were born, where were we? What were we? Stardust awaiting its turn I think. Waiting for this moment. To dance in the eddies and try out our moves. Gracie Willert is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Friday.
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M. SOCCER from page 10 Terrapins (10-0-1, 4-0-0) from their position atop the conference standings Friday at Koskinen Stadium. Four Maryland players have scored at least four goals on the season, led by junior Patrick Mullins with seven. “They can hit you from all angles,” Blue Devil head coach John Kerr said. “The challenge is to make sure you’re covering all the angles, and that’s difficult, but we have a good defense and great leadership back there.” Allowing just nine goals and recording 41 saves on the season, Duke senior James Belshaw has posted an impressive save percentage of 82 percent, which will render it difficult for Maryland to find the back of the net. The lone blip in the Terrapins’ record—a tie with UCLA—came to the only team that Maryland has played with a higher save percentage than the Blue Devils. Belshaw anchors the defense, which is coming off a strong performance against N.C. State last Friday. Duke
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limited the ACC’s leading scorer, Wolfpack junior Alex Martinez, to just three shots, none of which were on goal. “We played really well,” junior Sebastien Ibeagha said. “We shut them out, which says a lot in itself. N.C. State was a good game for us, and we hope to keep that going.” Ibeagha, a defender, scored the only goal in the victory against the Wolfpack. He leads the Blue Devils in scoring with five goals, tied for fifth in the ACC. Four of his five tallies have come from set pieces. “Right now [set pieces] are our forte in terms of hurting other teams,” Kerr said. Capitalizing on free kick opportunities, however, will not be enough to lift Duke past the Terrapins. To pull off the upset, the Blue Devils will need to generate more scoring opportunities in the regular run of play. They are last in the ACC in shots per game, and their scoring rate of 1.1 goals per game is almost three times lower than Maryland’s nation-leading clip of 3.1. In their past four games, Duke has mustered just three goals in comparison to the Terrapins’ 10.
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“We’re trying to get our midfield more to the attack,” Kerr said. “Obviously the forward players are involved, but we need to get our midfielders into more dangerous positions as we move forward into the attack.” Although Duke is an unranked, low-scoring team, it is not an opponent that Maryland should overlook. All five of the Blue Devils’ losses, including a 2-1 loss to No. 2 North Carolina in double overtime, have been by only one goal.
FOOTBALL from page 10 are just go to see where his health is.” On the other side of the ball, the defensive line has been menacing, already registering 15 sacks. Redshirt senior Kenny Anunike leads the team with 4.5 and is tied with Walt Canty for the lead in tackles for a loss, with 5.5 so far. The defensive backfield has also seen success, with junior cornerback Ross Cockrell registering his ACC-leading fourth interception of the year last Saturday. Cockrell leads a unit that has picked off opposing teams seven times, and will certainly have more opportunities this week against a pass-heavy Virginia Tech offense. In the Hokies’ 48-34 loss to North Carolina last Saturday, quarterback Logan Thomas was called on to pass the ball 49 times. “That group has held up exceptionally well, and they’re going to leave a very large legacy for those that come behind them,” Cutcliffe said. Last week’s romp against Virginia garnered some respect from the nation, as Duke received three votes in the AP poll, the first time a Duke team under Cutcliffe has garnered any such votes. With a win this week at Lane Stadium, the Blue Devils would not only be bowl eligible, but also would possibly shock the national scene by taking down a 10-point favorite. Virginia Tech (3-3, 1-1) enters the contest on a two-game losing streak, looking to rebound after the defense was shredded for 533 yards by North Carolina. The game was dominated by Tar Heel sophomore running back Giovani Bernard, who ran for 262 of North Carolina’s 339 rushing yards. “There is a lot of football to be played,” Beamer said in his weekly telephone conference. “It is disappointing that we have lost the last two and disappointing on how we played” At the helm of the Hokie offense is Logan Thomas, a redshirt juinor. Duke has yet to face a quarterback of Thomas’ stature, who stands at 6-foot-6, 260-pounds. Bringing him down will be more difficult than the average quarterback, as he originally entered college as the top-rated tight end in the nation. “That’s a big boy. Big guy, impressive arm—obviously he’s not scared to run. He’s 260 [pounds] so I wouldn’t be scared to run either if I was that big,” Boone said. “He has the ability to punish a defense with his arm and with his feet. He can obviously extend plays. You get a feeling that they run their offense through him.” Thomas is in the middle of a solid season, throwing for 10 touchdowns and averaging 241 yards per game. These numbers would be higher, but he has been faced with several dropped passes in each of his games. Thomas is also a mobile quarterback, running for four touchdowns on the year. The Hokies, who annually pride themselves on their special teams, let up an extremely rare kick return for a touchdown last week, with North Carolina’s Sean Tapley taking his first return of the game 94 yards for the score. The last time Virginia Tech let up a kick return for a touchdown was in 1993, with Tapley’s return breaking a streak that lasted 237 games. Virginia Tech has made a bowl game in every season since the 1993 campaign, but at .500 they are off to their worst start since the 1992 season. As far as matching up against the Hokies, Duke’s defense seems to be on pace with Virginia Tech’s offensive output. The Hokie’s offense averages 376 yards per game, and Duke’s defense lets up 372. Virginia Tech has put up 29.0 points per game, and the Blue Devils have kept opponents to 25.2, while putting up 37.8 per contest. Football, however, is not always a game of numbers. One intangible factor that the Hokies have going in their favor is their home crowd on homecoming weekend. Virginia Tech is undefeated at home this year, including its season-opening overtime win against Georgia Tech. In 2007, ESPN ranked the Hokies’ Lane Stadium the second scariest place to play in college football. This past September, it was ranked No. 3 by CBS Sports on a list of the loudest stadiums in college football. In preparation for the hostile environment, Cutcliffe has been playing particularly loud music in practice to simulate the environment. The crowd will certainly be behind their Hokie team, which is looking to turn its season around and keep its winning streak alive. “When you go to Blacksburg, you better bring your best chinstrap,” Cutcliffe said. “And you best bring your “A” game, because that is just the way it is.”