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Loop to replace Dillo in West Union shuffle
Duke rallies in second half to beat Georgia Tech
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The competition has been settled for limited food vendor space on West Campus. The Loop Pizza Grill was chosen from a group of competing vendors to take over the space now occupied by Armadillo Grill when the West Union
Building—one of the main campus dining hubs—closes for major renovations in July. Armadillo Grill will leave campus, the Loop will move there from the West Union and the remaining West Union eateries—the Great Hall, Alpine Bagels, Plate SEE FOOD ON PAGE 5
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Seth Curry scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half as the Blue Devils overcame a halftime deficit to win 7357. See story on page 6.
College enrollment falls with economy by Lucy Hicks THE CHRONICLE
A higher percentage of universities in the United States will see decreased enrollment and tuition revenue in the 2013 fiscal year, according to a survey released in January by Moody’s Investors Service. Of the nearly 300 universities surveyed, nearly half reported enrollment declines for Fall 2012. One-third expected net tuition revenue growth below the 2 percent national inflation rate in the coming year. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag does not feel, however, that Duke has experienced the conditions listed in the report. “For the purposes of this report, we are not the sort of institution that they are talking about,” Guttentag said. “However, our job is to make sure that
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we remain in a position where these sort of things don’t effect us.” The survey indicated that these trends are not universal but differential for higher education institutions across the nation. Smaller, tuition-dependent universities with a more regional applicant pool are more vulnerable than those with high financial and academic rankings and a broad applicant base. Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics, said the economic downturn in 2008 affected some schools more than others based on a university’s location and size. “If you break down the U.S. into regions, some areas are doing awfully,” Vigdor said. “If you are running a small private college in Michigan, the fact that the economy is really hurting is SEE ENROLLMENT ON PAGE 4
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As the West Union Building renovations get underway, the Loop Pizza Grill will move to the Bryan Center, replacing Armadillo Grill.
Despite information, myth of ‘death panels’ persists by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE
Myths can be hard to debunk—particularly when centered on contentious issues like access to and affordability of health care. Marketing and public policy professor Peter Ubel, along with colleagues Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth College and Jason Reifler of Georgia State University, researched how Americans continue to think about the “death panel” myth. The term was coined by Sarah Palin in 2009 to characterize a part of the Affordable Care Act that would create a group of government officials to decide who receives health care. The researchers found that some Palin supporters, when presented with corrections to the myth, were actually more likely to strengthen their belief in death panels rather than accept con-
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tradictory evidence. The findings, entitled “The Hazards of Correcting Myths about Health Care Reform” will be published in the journal Medical Care in February. “The death panel myth—people have been debunking it forever,” Ubel said. “We can’t expect fact checking alone to work. We need to be very strategic in how we go after the truth.” The researchers’ experiment centered around giving groups of people a news article on health care reform. The article one group received included a correction by nonpartisan health care experts explaining that there is no evidence to support the existence of a death panel provision in the Affordable Care Act. Palin’s more politically savvy supporters were found to be more likely SEE PANEL ON PAGE 4
Class of 2017 admissions breakdown, Page 2
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In the past five years, the States with the most applicants number of applications has increased 56 percent, more than 11,000 applications. Last 1. California year, 31,619 people applied.
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Foreign countries with 25, 25,616 students applied to Trinity College of Arts and Trin the most applicants Sciences this year, marking a 1 Sci percent decrease from last year. per 1. China
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Group debates future interdisciplinary structures
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Academic Council Chair Susan Lozier moderates a discussion about the direction of the University at the group’s Thursday meeting. by Emma Baccellieri sor of economics and public policy and Dr. THE CHRONICLE Shenglan Tang, professor of medicine and Faculty discussed the various benefits and global health. disadvantages associated with the University’s “Duke has a reputation for being at the increasing emphasis on interdisciplinarity at forefront [of higher education], and once you Thursday’s Academic Council meeting. think about it, interdisciplinarity is a natural The discussion, titled “Structure of the next step,” Nechyba said. “The departments University,” was the first piece of a three-part are important, but, by themselves, they can’t “Council Conversation” series, designed to tackle the big problems.” celebrate the faculty governing body’s 50th A focus of the discussion was the fact that anniversary by examining the changes that academic fields have been growing increasDuke has undergone during the council’s ingly specific, meaning that collaboration existence. Council Chair Susan Lozier, profes- between departments is often required for a sor of physical oceanography, served as mod- broader perspective. erator for the three-person panel, comprised “Disciplines are growing more specialized, of Warren Grill, Addy professor of biomediSEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 5 cal engineering, Thomas Nechyba, profes-
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Students schmooze at an open house for the International House’s new location on Alexander Ave. Thursday evening.
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PANEL from page 1 to actually strengthen their beliefs in death panels after viewing corrections, whereas less knowledgeable individuals were more likely to change their opinions. Palin introduced the myth in a debate on federal health care legislation when she claimed that the bill proposed by the Obama administration would initiate panels of bureaucrats who would decide whether subsets of the American population, such as seniors or patients with Down syndrome, were “worthy� of health care. The results of the study could indicate problems the Obama administration may face in implementing the Affordable Care Act, Ubel said. Although passed in 2010, much of the law’s provisions have yet to take effect, and public opinion could change how those provisions are enacted. Ubel believes the persistence of the death panel myth could be particularly irksome when it comes to implementing the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which is charged with achieving savings in Medicare while maintaining coverage and quality. The group was the target of Palin’s 2009 accusations, though her claims were unfounded. Despite these inaccuracies, recent polls have indicated that almost half of Americans believe that the Affordable Care Act creates death panels, Ubel noted. “If Republicans are saying cost control means death panels, that will have a large bearing on how we control costs of health care in the future,� said David Ridley, associate director of Fuqua School of Business’s program in health sector management. “If there’s not
someone saying ‘no’ to high costs, then costs will continue to grow rapidly.� Due to the “backlash effect�—some individuals were more likely to believe in death panels after being confronted with corrections—it is difficult to make headway in correcting the myth, Ubel noted. “It may only go away once Obamacare has been here long enough,� he said. “You almost have to find someone credible to the believers. Maybe you need a Republican to come out and say there are no death panels.� He added that though his findings were “disturbing and bothersome,� he was not surprised that some people were more likely to believe in the myth after being presented with corrections— previous research has indicated similar backlash effects in other fields. But the backlash effect may have deeper political implications, Don Taylor, associate professor of public policy, suggested, adding that it may have more to do with individuals disliking the president than with concerns over the Affordable Care Act. “The bottom line is that a lot of people are predisposed to be opposed to Obama generally, and health care is his signature law,� Taylor said. For Ridley, the subject matter of the study could also relate to a change in political climate. Although it is unsurprising that politicians would use fear of death panels as a tactic to build opposition to the Affordable Care Act, he noted, disapproval comes from those who usually support cutting costs. “I’m surprised that Republicans are especially guilty of propagating this belief because historically many Republicans have favored forms of cost control,� he said.
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ENROLLMENT from page 1 bad news for you.� Additionally, some students’ family backgrounds may have played a role in the University’s success during this financial downturn, said Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds professor of public policy and professor of economics and law. He noted that many families who send students to Duke have done well financially and have not been affected by the recession in the same way as other American families. Admissions at Duke have seen a sig-
nificant increase in applications, going from 20,337 for the Class of 2012 to 31,750 applicants this year. Guttentag credited a wide array of recruiting tactics, such as reaching out to international students, as a cause for these rising application numbers. Clotfelter expects Duke’s general success in the recovering economy to continue, assuming the administration avoids major tuition hikes in the near future. “As long as Duke’s tuition increases stay in line with the dozens of institutions it is competing with, I don’t see any red flags,� he said.
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and Pitchfork, Chick-fil-A and Subway—will be closed for the renovations as the building is “gutted from the top to the basement,” said Rick Johnson, assistant vice president of student affairs for housing, dining and residence life. In anticipation of West Union’s closing, a variety of vendors were given an opportunity to compete for the Bryan Center space occupied by Armadillo Grill—a Tex-Mex fast food restaurant commonly known as “The Dillo”—said Dennis Lane, current owner of The Loop. Applebee’s, Denny’s, The Dillo, The Loop, Plate and Pitchfork, Saladelia and TGI Friday’s were among the vendors who placed bids. “We want The Loop to be the place to eat on campus—period,” Lane said. “We once were. But now we’re not. And we’ll spend the money to get there.” He noted that the new space will double the amount of dining space compared to their current location. A formal selection committee chose which vendor would be afforded the Bryan Center location, Johnson said. The committee consisted of administrators, HDRL staff, faculty and undergraduate students from Duke Student Government and the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee. All bidders submitted floor plans that outlined how they would make use of the dining space, including how they would utilize the bar area in the lower level of the restaurant—an area that used to attract large swaths of students on nights and weekends, but has seen lower patronage. For the bar, Lane said he initially planned to open an ice cream parlor, but that idea was not supported by the University. Instead, The Loop will keep the existing bar, and they may add arcade games and large televisions to increase student traffic. The Loop was chosen because it offers a wide assortment of food options as opposed to the more specific cuisine type of The Dillo, Johnson said, noting that because there will be fewer total dining options, it is important that each space is marketable to a large body of potential diners. “[The Dillo] doesn’t appeal to as large an audience as we need to appeal to,” he said. A representative from The Dillo could not be reached for comment despite multiple attempts. The move from the West Union to the Bryan Center requires a large investment for the Loop. Lane estimated that the location change will cost approximately $400,000. Additional costs will be incurred because the Loop plans to expand in order to feed a much larger portion of the Duke community, he added. Lane said he does not have any plans set in stone, but he is working with the Loop corporate headquarters to consider an expanded menu and larger staff. Both Subway and Chick-fil-A, which currently have space in the West Union, did not have their contracts renewed, and they will not return to campus following West Union renovations. Johnson said he recognizes that the temporary closing of West Union will put a strain on HDRL and the Duke community that wishes to eat on West Campus. The Events Pavilion, an under-construction building that is slated for completion shortly before the West Union closes, will temporarily house a large selection of dining options as West Union undergoes renovations. The Pavilion will be arranged somewhat like the Great Hall, Johnson said, with venues serving bistro food, comfort food, pizza, pasta and deli sandwiches. The Events Pavilion will have the capacity to serve more than 2,000 meals daily. Au Bon Pain, which Johnson said was added one year before West Union’s closure to help offset the loss in meals, makes an additional 2,000 transactions daily. Nick Sandilands, general manager at ABP, said the chain restaurant expects a great increase in traffic once West Union renovations begin. ABP has plans to deal with this increased traffic, but Sandilands said he cannot yet disclose these plans.
and we’re realizing that maybe we can’t all become Renaissance men, but we can at least recognize all the gains made when we’re brought together [from across disciplines] to solve different problems,” Nechyba said. The panel nevertheless noted the significance of departments as individual entities. “It’s important that we don’t lose sight of the importance of depth—we should be cautious that with all our institutes and centers, we don’t forget the department,” Grill said. The conversation also highlighted several difficulties associated with the way that interdisciplinary centers and institutes— such as the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences—currently fit into Duke’s formerly department-focused structure. One concern raised was that of an eventual surplus of interdisciplinary centers within the University. “Will we know when to let centers and such go away, or will we be stuck in the idea that it’s easier to add than to take away and just add more, more, more?” John Payne, Joseph Ruvane, Jr. professor at the Fuqua School of Business, asked the panel. In response, Grill noted the need for increased efficiency in
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knowing when to terminate programs, and Nechyba suggested that faculty realize that they can collaborate on projects without requiring that a new institute or center be formed. The panel noted that interdisciplinarity should be used to enrich students’ intellectual experiences. “It’s a big educational challenge—what should schools be doing to better transition kids into adulthood?” Nechyba said. He added that the new Duke IDEAS program is a positive example of using interdisciplinarity. The program, launching Fall 2013, will bring together personnel from all of Duke’s schools into project teams to tackle themes such as Energy and Global Health. “We’re trying to take the team-based approach used in research to the students and engage students in [the] same processes they’ll have to do in the real world,” he said. Board of Trustees member Martha Monserrate, Engineering ’81, both praised the discussion and noted room for improvement. “It was very thought-provoking—I would have liked some more definitive ideas about how we should proceed, but I was still impressed… at [the faculty’s] willingness to explore new ideas,” she said.
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The Honorable Linda Schwartz, DrPH, RN, FAAN, is an advocate and activist devoted to healing the wounds of war. After retiring from the United States Air Force in 1986 due to injuries she sustained while serving as a USAF Flight Nurse, Dr. Schwartz testified to the inadequate and unjust treatment she received in the military and in the Veterans Affairs health care system before the chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Since then she has provided testimony on veterans issues to Congress, the National Academy of Science, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of State. She is the immediate Past-President of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs and serves in an advisory capacity to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on issues relating to women veterans, readjustment of combat veterans, seriously mentally-ill veterans, and homeless veterans.
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BEEZ IN THE TRAP Duke rallies from halftime deficit to beat Georgia Tech
Sulaimon and Jefferson step up against the Yellow Jackets
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Time and time again, the Blue Devils have proven to be a second half team. Despite going into halftime down 2827 to Georgia Tech, Duke was able to surge past the Yellow Jackets in the second half to secure its third conference win of the season. The No. 3 Blue Devils beat Georgia Tech 73-57 at Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday night, led by Seth Curry’s 24 points on 6-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Duke (16-1, 3-1 in the ACC) struggled offensively in the first half, shooting 27.3 percent from the field while Georgia Tech (10-6, 0-4) shot 41.4 percent. With a crucial layup from freshman Amile Jefferson to end the first half, the Blue Devils went into the locker room extremely excited despite a sluggish start to the contest. Jefferson nearly chest-bumped classmate Rasheed Sulaimon to the ground. Duke was pumped up throughout the entire second half, with head coach Mike Krzyzewski leading the charge. At one point during a timeout, Krzyzewski ran to midcourt to hug Mason Plumlee as the game was tipping into the Blue Devils’ favor. “I think I give emotion a lot during my 33 years here at Duke so I am going to do whatever I think my team needs. I did that in 1980 and I should do it in 2013, so I thought that’s what my team needed, it’s what I gave,” Krzyzewski said. Plumlee shot just 2-of-12 from the field in the first half, but finished the game 7-for-20, recording 16 points and 13 rebounds. Plumlee had some great looks in the first half
With Ryan Kelly on the shelf indefinitely each player knew he had to step up to keep the team afloat during a tough ACC schedule. Tonight, the freshmen shined in the victory. “[The freshmen] had a good first half, and they gave us a huge lift [in the second half],” senior forwardMason Plumlee said. Duke overcame a halftime deficit to knock off the Yellow Jackets by a score of 73-57. If it seemed as if a different team took the court to start the second half, that’s because there was a different lineup. After talking to his team in the locker room, head coach Mike Krzyzewski left juniors Tyler Thornton and Josh Hairston—who started the game—on the bench while Rasheed Sulaimon and Amile Jefferson ran with the first unit to provide a much needed spark. “I thought we were hesitant to shoot, and no team of mine should be that way. Amile at the end of the half hitting that two helped a lot,” Krzyzewski said. Sulaimon was coming off the bench for the first time in his career after starting the first 16 games of the season. Mired in a horrible shooting slump—he shot just 28.1 percent from the field in four games this month—Thornton was given the nod over the freshman. Sulaimon responded by contributing his highest scoring output since Dec. 19 against Cornell. “Rasheed had his best performance since Temple. For a lot of freshmen, it is tough to keep playing really well, but
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski hugs Mason Plumlee at midcourt, firing up the Blue Devils as they pushed past Georgia Tech.
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Deep Blue Devil team kicks off Spring season by Matt Pun THE CHRONICLE
Back from a season-opening win at Hawaii, the deepest Blue Devil team in years faces two in-state foes in its home opener. Playing Elon at 12 p.m. Saturday and Charlotte at 12 p.m. Sunday, No. 5 Duke (1-0) will play its two final extended format matches, which will allow the team to showcase its depth. “There’s not a single weak spot,” freshman Michael Redlicki said. “Every position is strong. We have one of the deepest, if not the deepest team in the country. That’s key when playing dual matches because a win or loss doesn’t hang on one person. It hangs on anywhere from six to 10 people.” With a No. 14 national singles ranking, Redlicki is one of five Blue Devils ranked in the top 125 and one of five in the top 50. Duke’s level of talent was on full display in their first match, a 9-0 victory against Hawaii that featured only one match forced to a third set. Fifth-year head coach Ramsey Smith, who has also been with the program as a player and an assistant, refers to the team as the deepest he has been a part of. “We have a very clear-cut number one,” Smith said. “[Henrique] Cunha’s going to play one every single match, singles and doubles. After that, honestly I feel like there are four or five guys we could put at two right now…. We could really play any order
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Henrique Cunha will be Duke’s top singles player all year, head coach Ramsey Smith said. we want.” With so many players who can compete at any seeding, Smith has the opportunity to have a look at everyone this weekend. The two contests will each have four doubles matches and eight singles matches.
Once the weekend is finished, Smith will have to adjust back to the typical lineup with six singles matches and three doubles matches. “You’re playing for your spot,” Redlicki said. “You’re working really hard for the spot
you play on the team, whether or not you start. It’s going to be hard to start because we have so many good players on the team that can play and could play high on the lineup on any other team. It’s a battle. We don’t hold anything against each other. We just do what’s best for the team.” Although each player will have a chance to show his skills, Smith said he anticipates he will rotate the lineup around. Cunha has a firm hold on the number one singles position, but the 11th-ranked senior will still have something to prove on Saturday. Elon’s likely No. 1 singles player, 21stranked Cameron Silverman, defeated Cunha 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the semifinal of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Carolina Regional this past October. “Cunha’s certainly looking for some revenge assuming they play each other on Saturday,” Smith said. The sophomore for the Phoenix has a different style of game, Cunha said. “He has a little bit of a funky game, a bit unorthodox,” Smith said. “He hits the ball extremely flat and takes the ball extremely early. His strokes are a little deceptive, but he moves well, and he’s a really smart player with great feel.” Nevertheless, Cunha might be able to look forward to a little home-court advantage. Saturday afternoon’s match is one of SEE M. TENNIS ON PAGE 12
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Duke starts off 2013 Blue Devils look to hosting William & Mary recover from shutout by Olivia Banks
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With the first match of the season just around the corner—and a winter vacation trip to Hawaii under their belts—the No. 3 Blue Devils are anxious to host William & Mary Saturday at 6 p.m. But the Tribe are ready for action too as Duke will host them for its third straight Spring season opener. The Blue Devils won 7-0 in each of the previous two meetings. Tyler Thomson, the William & Mary’s head coach, attributed his team’s confidence level not to its easy wins against Richmond and UMBC earlier this week, but rather to the girls’ overall tennis acumen. “We don’t draw our confidence from outside factors,” he said. “We’re waiting to get our confidence from the way we hit the tennis ball.” Although the Tribe are not ranked, the Blue Devils are not looking past them. Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth recognizes talent when he sees it and expects his girls to utilize their fall training to play good tennis. “William and Mary has a good team,” he said. “It’s one that has given us a lot of trouble in the past, and we’ve had some tough matches and some tough results against them.” This match will prove to be an important one for both squads, with the Tribe looking to continue its undefeated record, and the Blue Devils anxious to start the season off strong.
Shut out 41-0 by No. 10 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. at the beginning of January, the Blue Devils have yet to win a match in 2013. They hope to change that when they return to the Old Dominion State this weekend to take on Virginia Military Institute in Lexington Saturday evening and No. 11 Virginia in Charlottesville Sunday afternoon. “Virginia Tech wrestled tough, and it snowballed on our younger guys,” Duke head coach Glen Lanham said. “We couldn’t really bounce back. This week we prepared our guys to wrestle complete matches and not to relax on the edges or on the bottom.” The Blue Devils (1-4) will open their weekend against a winless VMI (0-7) squad Saturday evening. In addition to losing all of their dual meets, the Keydets finished in last place at the Keystone Classic in November and 11th out of 13 teams at the Brute Invitational in December. The average margin of defeat in their past five meets is 29.2 points. Head coach John Trudgeon partially attributes his team’s lack of success to injuries. “We’ve been struggling,” Trudgeon said. “Individual injuries have prevented us from putting our best team on the mat. It’s unfortunate, but it’s reality.” In light of these injuries, VMI’s starting lineup includes true freshmen, Trudgeon said. All of the freshmen on Duke’s roster
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The No. 10 singles player in the nation, Hannah Mar leads the dangerous Blue Devils. The Tribe’s Maria Belaya and Jeltje Loomans are the third-ranked doubles pair in the nation, and with talented players rounding out the rest of the squad, the Blue Devils agree that taking this team lightly would not fare well for them. SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 12
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are redshirting, giving them a year to adjust to the demands of competing at the college level. “Going from a high school senior to a college wrestler is a big step up,” Trudgeon said. “We’re going through some growing pains.” At the Hokie Open Nov. 4, Blue Devil sophomore Tanner Hough defeated Keydet senior Ryan Goodsell 4-0 in the 141-pound weight class, and Duke redshirt freshman Trey Adamson took down VMI senior John Dommert 11-4 in the 174-pound division. In the 197-pound weight class at the Keystone Classic, Blue Devil junior Brian Self pinned Keydet sophomore Urayoan Garcia in 4:15. Sunday afternoon, the Blue Devils will retake the mat to face Virginia (9-3). The No. 4 seed in the Virginia Duals last weekend, the Cavaliers took down top-seeded and ninth-ranked Central Michigan in the semifinals before falling to Virginia Tech in the finals. “We’re having a really good season so far,” Virginia head coach Steve Garland said. “Our program has never made it to the semis or the finals, so making it to the finals was a big program first for us.” The only win on Duke’s schedule came against Stevens Tech, a Division III program. The Blue Devils finished 16th out of 24 in the Southern Scuffle, in which Virginia earned a sixth-place finish and Cavalier SEE WRESTLING ON PAGE 12
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he had a month where he just wasn’t playing up to the level that he can play at, but tonight he did. He practiced that way for the last three days and it paid off,” Krzyzewski said. Sulaimon’s benefit for this team is not solely his ability to score, but also his defensive intensity and rebounding. Sulaimon helped lead a Duke defense that forced 21 Yellow Jacket turnovers— more than twice the turnovers Georgia Tech committed in their overtime contest against Virginia
Tech last week. Jefferson was coming off an impressive game in Raleigh against N.C. State, but left the Duke faithful wanting more after fouling out in just 12 minutes. Jefferson collected four personal fouls, but played a career high 28 minutes. “He started the second half and looked like a kid who has started for a while. He really played well for us and gives us some energy,” Krzyzewski said. Jefferson is not the physical sort of rebounder that Hairston or Mason Plumlee is, but uses all that energy to find ways to always get his hand on the ball and make
9/11 3s Seth Curry and Rasheed Sulaimon were hot from distance all night, nailing 9-of-11 3-pointers.
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Duke allowed GT to grab 11 offensive rebounds and the Blue Devils were ultimately outrebounded by one. plays happen. “[Amile] is a crafty guy, he’s not going to bang you,” Seth Curry said. “He’s going to work around guys and get offensive rebounds and find lanes to get layups and things like that. He’s done a better job on the offensive rebounds than we did even with Ryan in there so that’s an added bonus.” Despite the terrific play of the freshmen, and the fact that both started the second half in place of the juniors, Krzyzewski stopped short of saying they would be in the starting lineup when Duke next takes the court against Miami on January 23 in Coral Gables, Florida. “I don’t know who the hell is going to start next week,” Krzyzewski said. “Should we have people
mail in who we should start? If it generates tweets and followers for people, we’re all for that.” Although Krzyzewski made light of the freshmen’s performance, the way Jefferson and Sulaimon have stepped up is no joking matter. Curry put it ever so simply. “They’re here for a reason,” he said.
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Navigating chaos There are points in to take on a leadership role one’s Duke career when it in campus organizations. is easy to feel lost, and this The students that fill these time of year is definitely positions likely have subone of them. Freshmen stantial experience within barely have just learned the group, and thus the what it means leadership opto be a college portunities faeditorial student, and vor individuals many are now in the throes that have been intentional of rush. Sophomores are about their involvements choosing their majors. since day one. But what Many juniors have just happens if you didn’t make come back from abroad. the perfect connection at Seniors are trying to decide the East Campus Activities what to do with their lives. Fair or you decide that you To help lessen the bur- want to prioritize your curden of these stressful ex- ricular engagements? periences, Duke needs to Getting involved at Duke put more thought into de- after first semester freshveloping central resources men year can be intimidatthat can clearly lay out the ing. Duke has hundreds of landscape of opportunities student-run organizations, at Duke. For example, stu- and it is difficult to know dents often have the desire where to begin. The Duke
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ere’s a riddle: What do I-bankers, activ- there’s no guarantee that the results will be ists, bank robbers and Duke students have positive. Look at the history books. Martin Luin common? Answer: (Cue the Beyonce ther King, Jr. and Adolf Hitler are two of the music) “Got a big egooooooo, most prominent historical figures such a huge egoooooo. …” of the past century, and at polar It’s called the drum major inopposite ends of the hero-villain stinct, a term coined by Dr. Martin spectrum. Yet their fame in those Luther King, Jr. in a speech delivsame middle-school textbook ered on Feb. 4, 1968. He described pages is roughly equivalent. Movthe concept then as “a desire to be ing off of King’s idea of the drum out front, a desire to lead the pamajor instinct as a universal trait, rade, a desire to be first.” In the it’s possible to say that a desire for context of the civil rights struggle, recognition was the common dethe drum major instinct was a uni- duke partnership nominator between them, though versal impulse that King applied their lives and worldviews were for service at multiple levels, from the macro dramatically opposed. The difthink globally, struggle for superiority between ference lies in how that desire is act locally nations, to the history of white opchanneled. pression of non-whites in the U.S., So, self-diagnosis time for all to the quotidian desire to impress ones’ neigh- the little bundles of ego. How will you channel bors and “keep up with the Joneses.” your drum major instinct? Dr. King concluded Far from being outdated, certain sound bites his speech by outlining how he would like to be in the speech instill an absolute certainty that remembered when he died, but in our case we’ll MLK must have attended O-week. How else, twist it slightly: How do you want to be remembesides attending the activities fair, could he bered when you leave Duke? have so aptly described “the joiners”? (In MLK’s Maybe you want to be remembered as “that words, “You know, there are some people who kid.” You know, the one all the stories are just join everything. And it’s really a quest for at- about—as in “that kid who bought himself a tention and recognition and importance. ... And golf cart for his birthday,” or “that kid who told the little fellow who is henpecked at home needs Dean Sue she was attractive at commencement.” a chance to be the ‘Most Worthy of the Most Maybe you want to be remembered for your brilWorthy’ of something.”) He clearly received an liant research. Maybe you’d prefer academic noacceptance letter from Duke (“I got a letter the toriety of the horizontal variety. Maybe you’re a other day. … And it opened up, ‘Dear Dr. King: real champ and you want it all. As you know … you are categorized as highly inAnd perhaps, like King, you dream of rectelligent, progressive, a lover of the arts and the ognition for having been a part of something sciences, and I know you will want to read what I larger than stories or research or sex. Perhaps have to say.’”) He may even have developed the you’re one of the few who dare to distance yourpersuasion that we Duke students are not quite self from what is safe in order to produce what grownups yet (“Children ask life to grant them is great. As we all prepare to honor Dr. King first place. They are a little bundle of ego.”) on Monday, I realize I don’t have answers, just The drum major instinct—that desire for rec- questions, and—confessions of a drum major— ognition and importance—is not necessarily a I’d like them to be recognized. bad thing; it’s why many of us are at Duke now, “Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum mawhy the University produces so much innovative jor, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say research and why the Cameron Crazies are na- that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum tional legend. It’s probably at least 60 percent of major for righteousness. And all of the other why this article is being written. However, it’s also shallow things will not matter. “—Dr. Martin Luat the heart of why we overextend, do things we ther King, Jr. regret (or probably should regret), buy things we don’t need, build lofty expectations that more ofEllen Paddock, Trinity ‘14, is chief of campus culten than not we can’t achieve. It’s at the heart ture for Duke Partnership for Service. This column of why there is societal value for an exclusivity is the second installment in a semester-long series of that prevents us from interacting positively with weekly columns written by dPS members addressing people who are different from us. the importance of social action, as told through perIf the impulse to be first is allowed to be our sonal narratives. You can follow dPS on Twitter @ dominant motivation for doing things, then dukePS.
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f all the role models the 21st century has to offer block Trump. young girls, Hillary Clinton is one of the best (eat —Buy all copies possible of Lewinsky’s upcoming book your heart out, Honey Boo-Boo’s mom). From and burn them. BURN THEM. her selfless dedication to public service, to her graceful —Save Corey Booker from a fire—that smug SNAPdiplomacy in everything from nuclear missiles to nuclear ing bastard gets all the glory. interns, she is an exemplar of how far brains, poise and —Take up yogalates. ambition can take a person no matter what life throws —Figure out what yogalates is. in her path. Her elegant handling of an —Take over her full duties as creator exhausting and vitally important job over and former part-time manager of @pimpthe last four years reminded Americans billclinton. why they loved her in the first place. This —Harass Booker on Twitter. restoration of her popularity, as well as her —Take Gilliland and Pelosi to that stellar performance as secretary of state South African nightclub; time to put the has put her in the precarious position of “sin” back in “Senate,” and bring the almost de-facto Democratic nominee in house down. Make sure Boehner doesn’t 2016. As whatever steps she takes will likely to come again. lindsey barrett try —Catch indicate her ultimate decision about the up on “Cosmo” and “The impolitic next presidential election, the news meEconomist.” dia is left to speculate for at least the next —Mayonnaise Booker’s driveway. two-and-a-half years as to the possible significance of her —Meet Chelsea’s husband, figure out if he’ll provide every move. Some of the nation’s most thoughtful and in- appropriate, genetically competitive offspring. sightful voices will be considering her likely political steps —Catch up to Bill on the veganism. (Who knew breakin the next four years, but I’d like to shed some light on fast ribs were no longer a thing?) some of the other things on Mrs. Clinton’s what-next list. —Prank call Booker. Below, What Will Hill Do (Note: The following bears little —Finally finish “The West Wing.” or no relation to what Hill will actually do): —Egg Chris Christie’s house and blame it on Booker. —Fully recover from her concussion and figure out if —Egg Booker. Hermès makes ace bandages. —LES MIZ!! “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” is about —Remove the nanny cams. the first term cabinet, right?? —Start really watching “NBC Nightly News”; those —Erase all those embarrassing voicemails from Berglowing comments on the website about Chelsea’s ele- lusconi. phant segments aren’t going to write themselves. —Get up to speed on the First Ladies Book Club list —Doodle mustaches and gap teeth on all available pic- (damn is that “Fifty Shades of Grey” a good read). tures of John Kerry. —Pedicures with Putin; this time he’s paying, and no —Go bowling with Biden, and beat him this time. blasting Pussy Riot. —Switch to an iPhone—the popularity of “Texts From —Catch up on “Homeland.” Hillary” has made her denial of the 21st century embar—Take a 30-month-long nap. rassingly apparent. There are certainly many directions Clinton can take —Play catch with Bobama. at this point in her life and career, steps I’m sure she’ll —New pantsuits!!!! consider with due care. Her role as a feminist icon is far —Drinks with Merkel. from symbolic. As first lady, senator and secretary of state, —Send Kerry’s prom pictures to the Senate. (Powder she has served her country with unflinching dedication blue? Sucks to suck, Johnny boy.) and grace, and I look forward to seeing whatever direc—Finally learn which one’s Sasha and which one’s tion her path might take next. Personally, I hope she starts Malia—no more awkward first fam dinners. with “Homeland,” because that show is GREAT. —Finish departure memo for Kerry (Kim Jong-un’s watermelon fetish, Hollande’s doll collection, etc.). Lindsey Barrett is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every —Return Meryl’s Snapchats and figure out how to other Friday.
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You did a really great job yesterday and I appreciated it personal problems and conflicts in our lives that weigh a lot.” It wasn’t complex, it didn’t take a long time, and on us heavily. it may seem like nothing to a third-party observer, but The shining silver lining that comes out of this, though, those words were truly the most encouragis that peer influence is perhaps the stroning, supportive and impactful words I could gest determining factor of people’s experiandrew leon have heard in that moment. It was the first ences in college; it even affects how people day of classes this year, and I had just spoken view themselves for the rest of their lives. hanna at an Orientation Week event the day beThis means that there is one particular guest column fore. As I hurriedly walked by the West Camgroup of people that is most situated to pus bus stop to get to class, a freshman girl change these realities: us. It is when we with an oversized backpack had stopped herself before get- fully realize that we all share these challenges that we can ting on the bus to share these words with me. These types of reach out to one another and make this Duke community moments, if you ask me, are what we all need most. all that it can be. The truth is that oftentimes those who are most in need So this Spring, jump at every opportunity to make are not necessarily halfway across the world but those who someone’s day, no matter how small of an act it may seem surround us every day. They are the Duke students sitting at the time. I think we would all be taken aback at how across from us at The Loop, living a door down from us much a smile across the quad, a “Hello” entering class or in Kilgo and walking by us on Science Drive. The need for a kind word to a random person can do. Even further, personal support and encouragement on Duke’s campus checking up on people we haven’t seen in awhile and payis real, and it’s an opportunity for us all. ing visits to old friends—these are things that will truly The statistics tell a grim story of students who feel like impact people’s lives. Each semester at Duke sees many, they don’t belong, who feel isolated and who face serious many people who are waiting for someone to reach out challenges. Back when I was a freshman, I asked my wise, to them in the simplest of ways, to acknowledge that their old, senior buddy Josh to tell me the greatest thing he’d value lies not in what they’ve accomplished but in who learned in college. His response: “Just how broken every- they are. These ordinary acts can influence a person’s colone is.” That sounded like an absolute downer at the time, lege experience—even a person’s life—for the better in but I have grown to better and better understand what he ways we never imagined. meant. The truth is that regardless of how we seem on the outside, each of us is affected by insecurities, stresses, Andrew Leon Hanna is a Trinity junior.
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t happens every January, like clockwork. Millions undertake a lifestyle of promised purity and resolution on the first of every year. New plans. New rules. New you. Despite our most hardened abilities of adherence and dedication, these resolutions are time and again undermined. We set restrictions on ourselves. We set guidelines for what we should be, what we shouldn’t be, what we can’t be. We have a vision of what we will be if ashley camano we hold fast to this agreegoing camando ment with ourselves, and we ask Time to lend us a hand in success. It happens every January, like clockwork. “It’s going to be easy,” we lie. “I’m determined,” we think. “This time is different,” we’re sure. But we don’t really know. We speak in terms of lofty goals and of unassured successes, promising ourselves that this is IT. This is our year. Time will tell and time heals all and this too shall pass. Right? Maybe. It isn’t given, and furthermore, the misconception is clear: Our resolute lifestyle is what we bring into being, not what is simply meant to be. Around the turn of the year, I listened carefully as people around me abhorred their previous behaviors and demanded themselves a new “them.” They weren’t going to drink anymore. They were going to be themselves, minus 30 pounds and three dress sizes. We set resolutions, but so many fall at the hands of everyday temptation. A beer after work. Skipping a workout. First it’s one time, then, before we can scratch a mulligan and a do-over onto our personal scorecard, the year is down the drain and we’re left tapping a foot in insecure cadence, awaiting the transpiration of another 12 months. We treat Time like it has real power, like it’s the reason we succeed. But Time is only a mere measure of our success. Time is not the powerful drug. Time is not the key to cleansing. The forgotten piece of resolution exists within. We are the missing piece. I am, for me, just as you are, for you. The world is big—and we are small, very small, near microscopic in the grand scheme of 365 days and six billion individuals. In January we make ourselves promises that are either kept or broken, but only at the expense of the individual. We lead busy and bustling lives in a culture of continuous acceleration. Every day, something more is added to our proverbial plate, beckoning us to indulge. Our ambition shrinks along with the willpower that’s so fundamental to personal regeneration. We take on the world in doses higher than we can handle, denying our own limits. Before we know it, we’re caught within the confines of the eerily familiar Square One. Consider each of us the handler of our own puppet, the controller of raising arms, blinking eyes and speaking mouths. We lie in the beds we make, whether those beds are clean or occupied or comfortable or none of these. We add the necessary crescendos to the everyday monotony of puppeteering our own bodies from high overhead. We determine if we walk benevolently among the angelic or dance defiantly and passionately among the devilish. We’re told that these angels and devils are the ones that determine our fate—but we’re wrong in thinking so. Perhaps you made a resolution for yourself this year. Perhaps you’ve already failed. Consider the inception of each morning comparable to that of each New Year. Every single day is a small battle—some days a harder fight than we can handle. We consider the New Year an immediate and faultless inauguration, a remedy to all of our personal shortcomings—and maybe it is. Maybe we are brand new and fresh and purged of our weighty insecurities and faults—but only until we get out of bed are we without a challenge. It is only until we go to work the next day. It is only until we open our pantry or our wallet when we feel ailed of our prior problems. Challenges rear their malevolent heads, seeking our failure. But we cannot depend on trust and care from the rest of the world, nor on the passage of Time, but only on the individual. We are brand new every morning. Every single sunrise. The challenge is to remain new. To stay fresh, to resist falling victim of what we begged Time to destroy. But Time is just a measure. We are our own puppet masters, and only we can create the new. Not a clock. Not Time. Not a blank calendar page full of 31 tiny, square date blocks. Just us. Every single morning. Ashley Camano is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Friday. You can follow Ashley on Twitter @camano4chron.
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M. BASKETBALL from page 6 but his shots—often hook shots—did not find the bottom of the net. He did not stop shooting, however, and things changed for him in the second 20 minutes of play. The senior captain said that the chances he had were good, and next time, he must capitalize. “I got some great looks,” Plumlee said. “I might not get those looks ever again. I’ve just got to finish.” Duke finished the game shooting 40 percent from the field and 68.8 percent from the charity stripe. Primarily due to senior guard Seth Curry’s buckets from long-range, the Blue Devils finished the game shooting 47.6 percent from the 3-point line. Curry, who was just 2-of-6 from the field in the first half, finished the game 7-of-14 from the floor. Jefferson saw significant minutes with the absence of Ryan Kelly, who is still sidelined indefinitely due to foot injury. While Kelly sat on the bench in a boot and on crutches, the freshman played a career-high 28 minutes in Thursday’s contest, recording 10 rebounds and six points. Jefferson
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grabbed six offensive rebounds, which were pivotal to the Blue Devil’s second-chance attempts. In addition to Jefferson’s standout play, Plumlee also recognized freshman Rasheed Sulaimon’s intensity and poise on the night. “[Amile and Rasheed] gave us a huge lift,” Plumlee said. “Amile gave us a lift in the first half and Rasheed played well throughout the game…. That was his best game since we came back from Christmas break…. Amile is an opportunistic scorer…. He’s fun to play with.” Jefferson seemed to light a fire under the Blue Devils. After seeing Krzyzewski get extremely emotional when he ran onto the court to embrace Plumlee, Jefferson also got riled up, rightfully so. “If you can’t get up for it…when he’s hollering and screaming, I don’t know what type of player you are,” Jefferson said. “This is the game I love… to bring that emotion that coach gives and give it back to him…the crowd gives us energy and I want to give it back to them.” Sulaimon, who started the game on the bench, came out raring to go and turned in one of his best performances in quite some time, Sulaimon finished with 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting to go along with five rebounds. “Rasheed had his best performance since Temple,” head Coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He had a month where he wasn’t playing up to the level that he can play, but tonight he did. Those two freshmen really helped us a lot.”
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redshirt senior Jedd Brown defeated Duke redshirt sophomore Immanuel Kerr-Brown 11-0 in the 157-pound weight class. In spite of the Blue Devils’ setbacks, the Cavaliers are not overlooking Duke. “I’m expecting a good fight,” Garland said. “I’m pretty sure we’re going to be scrapping for every point. I know how talented [the Blue Devils] are.” Garland identified redshirt senior Peter Terrezza, redshirt sophomore Brandon Gambucci and redshirt freshman Marcus Cain as particularly dangerous wrestlers in Duke’s starting lineup. Garland recruited Cain in high school and took interest in Gambucci as well. Although the Cavaliers consider the Blue Devils a difficult opponent, Garland believes in his team’s brand of wrestling. “Every team in the country has a different style,” he said. “We’re a team that’s good at scrambling and good on the mat, and that’s what we’re going to stick with.”
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several Duke sporting events that black tenters—who are camping out for Duke’s home basketball game against North Carolina—can attend to improve their position in line. “I’m in my office right here, and looking out, I see a couple hundred of the best fans in the world,” Smith said. “They’re right out here so we appreciate any time they come in and watch our matches.” As a home opener and a match that includes a top-25 singles showdown, the contest against Elon will provide an opportunity to introduce Duke fans to the talented Blue Devil squad. “For people that haven’t been to college tennis, the format’s very exciting,” Smith said. “It’s not like Wimbledon where you have to be super polite and quiet. You can actually be loud and as long as you’re respectful, cheer loudly for your team.” Cunha also noted the potential importance of being welcomed home by the Duke fan base. “It helps me,” Cunha said. “It helps the other guys too. It’s just more energy. We’re just more in the match with the crowd, and it’s just a better atmosphere.”
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“Just because it’s the first match, doesn’t mean we can just blow it off,” junior Hanna Mar said. “We just have to focus on doing to the big things well.” Mar is the No. 10 singles player in the nation and along with Beatrice Capra the No. 6 doubles pair. The Blue Devils’ main concern is their resilience after not having competed since the Hawaii Invitational. The team is looking to push themselves and use this match to gauge their initial standing in the world of college tennis. For the Tribe, their struggle is internal. With only seven healthy girls on the roster, they are battling what they see a lack of depth on the team. “It’s very constraining from a coaching standpoint, and my main priority is trying to keep the current line-up staying healthy,” Thomson said.