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Hookah culture ‘underrepresented ‘ Fuqua faces struggles in going global by Kristie Kim THE CHRONICLE

Despite the presence of three hookah lounges on or near campus, many cite Duke as still having an “underground” hookah culture. Originating in India, hookah refers to the mechanism used to smoke flavored tobacco through a water basin. The practice is relatively common among college students, with between 15 and 48 percent having engaged in the practice and between 9.5 and 20 percent having smoked hookah in that past 30 days, according to a 2011 research study conducted by Isaac Lipkus—professor at the School of Nursing and the department of community medicine and director of the Risk Communication Laboratory. Despite hookah’s relatively strong presence among college campuses nationwide, usage among Duke students appears to have been limited to certain social niches. “I don’t think smoking hookah is as prevalent on Duke’s campus as I’d like to imagine,” junior Sam Roh said. “It’s an activity that’s being more widely accepted in Western culture, but I think the hookah culture is still underrepresented.”

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Underground activity Sophomore Nikhil Viswanathan noted that Duke’s hookah culture is still “pretty underground.” “[It’s] definitely not a popular thing given the lack of locations to do it, a stigma towards any and all tobacco and lack SEE HOOKAH ON PAGE 4

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Although hookah is available in several locations on or around campus, some students say the culture is still underground.

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7 win committee VP positions by Carleigh Stiehm THE CHRONICLE

The final Duke Student government Spring election cycle concluded Tuesday and elected the vice presidents, senators and class council members for the 20132014 academic year. A total of 1,819 ballots were cast in the election, which was postponed due to a technological glitch. The victors included three write-in senatorial candidates. “Every election cycle is very different,” said junior Sam Marks, DSG attorney general. “It isn’t completely unheard of to have write-in candidates win, but it is very uncommon.” Junior Leilani Doktor was elected vice president for social culture. Sophomore James Kennedy was elected vice president for facilities and the environment. Ray Li, a sophomore, was elected vice president for academic affairs. SEE DSG ON PAGE 6

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Students voted for several Duke Student Government vice presidential decisions Tuesday, after the election was rescheduled from Thursday.

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“My first reaction was: ‘Please, God, do not let it be a Muslim who did this.’” —Noura von Briesen in ‘How do I react?’ See column page 11

The Fuqua School of Business is working to push the limits of global education and in doing so, sets itself apart in its pursuit of establishing full degree programs abroad. Fuqua offers a cross-continental MBA and a global executive MBA that provide business education throughout the world, but efforts to establish satellite degree-granting programs in Dubai and Kunshan, China, have hit roadblocks. Since his appointment in February to a five-year term as dean of the business school, Bill Boulding hopes to continue the focus on global expansion, adopting the catchphrase “embedded and connected” to describe the school’s aim to understand a region’s economic needs and unite international perspectives. “If you want to be a great business school, you have to be global,” Boulding said. “And if you’re going to be global, you need to be in all parts of the world that really matter in our future.” The cross-continental MBA and the global executive MBA are established degree programs born out of partnerships with multiple international universities. Both require students to spend about a week in each of various international locations and augment their experience with online- and Durham-based learning. In the last three years, Fuqua has proposed two degree-granting programs in single locations abroad: Kunshan, China and Dubai. These attempts to establish international degree programs are risky but unique— none of the country’s other top-15 business schools currently operate a degree-granting program in a single location abroad. “Business schools were built on a model that said it’s going to be at its core capitalism and efficient markets and the only question about what it meant to be global was how quickly would everyone else converge to the same model of doing business,” Boulding said. “When we look around the world today, we know that world doesn’t exist.” Despite Fuqua’s ambitions to establish single-location degree programs, both the Dubai and Kunshan proposals have struggled. In June 2010, Fuqua obtained a two-year license from the United Arab Emirates to establish a degree program in the country, and at the September 2011 meeting of the Academic Council, Fuqua submitted a proposal to establish a Master of Management Studies degree program in finance in Dubai. The program was intended for working professionals in the Middle East and, SEE FUQUA ON PAGE 5

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Blue Devils launch Greek Culture Initiative web money service seeks student feedback by Carleigh Stiehm by Aubrey Temple THE CHRONICLE

Some students have said goodbye to Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson and embraced a new cash-free transaction service called Ivy. PayWithIvy.com is a new payment system that was introduced and supported by Duke Student Government in February. Similar to the online payment service PayPal, students using Ivy electronically transfer funds to one another or any other member connected to the system through the Internet using either a computer or mobile device. The accounts directly link to a participant’s credit card or bank account and keep track of all previous transactions and records. The information is protected by bank-level encryption. Ivy was created by Zach Abrams, Trinity ’07, and Sean Yu, formerly a mathematics and computer science double major who left Duke as a junior to focus his energy on creating Ivy with Abrams. Both founders taught themselves multiple programming languages to get Ivy off the ground. “We’ve had pretty good success at Duke,” Abrams said,

noting that the service has over 700 users at the University even though it has not been marketed much. Since the University administration is in the process of changing its current DukeCard provider, the integration of Ivy into the DukeCard system has been postponed, lengthening the process that will result in Flex and Food Points being used with an Ivy account, Abrams said. When DSG Vice President for Services Tre Scott, a sophomore, introduced Ivy at the February DSG meeting, he said it had the potential to simplify transactions such as instantly donating to groups tabling on campus. “It’s just a simple process,” Scott said. Ivy has grown at other university campuses as well, particularly New York University and Columbia University. Most of Ivy’s volume comes from fraternities, sororities and other living groups who use the new product as a more effective means to collect dues, Abrams added. Ivy’s personnel are working SEE IVY ON PAGE 4

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Gary Glass, CAPS assistant director for outreach and developmental programming, and junior Katie Howard, Panhel president, talk about the Greek Culture Initiative.

A panel of students and administrators weighed benefits and drawbacks of greek culture on campus following the release of a report by the Greek Culture Initiative. The discussion, held Wednesday evening, focused on the Report on Gender and Greek Experience, which was released in March. The speakers included Gary Glass, assistant director for outreach and developmental programming for Counseling and Psychological Services, junior Katie Howard, president of the Panhellenic Association, Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Duke Student Wellness Center and junior Jay Vitha, executive vice president of the Interfraternity Council. About 10 people attended the event. Of those surveyed, 38 percent of greek women reported experiencing sexual assault, defined as unwanted sexual contact, compared to 30 percent of independent women and 29 percent of women in selective living groups. “The sexual assault statistics are a huge issue,” Vitha said. SEE GREEK ON PAGE 6

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Senate to start voting on changes to gun bill by Ed O’Keefe THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — The Senate will begin voting Wednesday on nine proposed changes to federal gun legislation, including efforts to expand background checks, ban assault weapons and increase funding for mental health programs. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D-Nev.), announced a deal late Tuesday that would allow votes on the legislation, but each of the amendments will need at least 60 votes to be added to the main gun bill. Senators will consider a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to cover most commercial gun sales, a plan that lacks sufficient support to pass. They also will vote on Democratic plans to ban military-style assault weapons and limit the size of ammunition magazines; Democratic aides expect both proposals will not pass. Votes also will be held on a bipartisan amendment that would make minor changes to the bill's provisions regarding gun trafficking and a bipartisan plan to provide more funding for mental health programs. Republican senators secured votes on four proposals. The first, by Charles Grassley of Iowa and Ted Cruz of Texas, is a package of GOP proposals that would improve the mental health classifications used in the background check reporting system. It is expected to include a pro-

posal Grassley demanded that would prevent abuses like those reported in Operation Fast and Furious, a botched effort to track illegal weapons activity along the U.S.-Mexican border. Another GOP amendment from Sen. John Cornyn, (R-Tex.), would allow gun owners who receive a state-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon to take that weapon into other states that issue such permits. Only Illinois and the District of Columbia do not issue concealed-carry permits. What supporters call “national reciprocity” for concealed-carry permits is opposed by gun control groups, which say that adding the proposal to the gun bill would kill the measure, because liberal Democrats would vote against final passage en masse. But establishing reciprocity for state-issued concealedcarry permits is popular in the closely divided Senate, which in recent years has approved plans to carry weapons on Amtrak trains and in national parks that cross state borders. Supporters of a bipartisan background check plan were struggling Tuesday to find enough support as Senate leaders neared a deal to allow votes on other proposed changes to gun legislation. The background check proposal, sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin, (D-W.Va.), and Patrick Toomey, (R-Pa.), has broad public support but will need at least 60 votes to survive Senate procedural rules if

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it is to be part of a broader gun control bill. Just 52 senators plan to vote for the plan, according to public statements by senators or their staffs, while 40 senators plan to vote no and seven are undecided. Despite the worsening odds, Senate Democrats remained confident that the measure will pass with some GOP support. “This isn't a 51-49 deal; 90 percent of the American people” support expanding background checks, Reid told reporters. Support for an expanded program dropped slightly, to 86 percent, in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday, but Reid called those numbers impressive. In hopes of scoring more support for their plan, Manchin and Toomey met with former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, (D-Ariz.), and her husband, Mark Kelly, on Tuesday. The couple is leading a group seeking new gun laws that was instrumental in bringing together Manchin and Toomey to reach a deal. Before meeting with Manchin and Toomey, Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011 in Tucson, told reporters that she is feeling “pretty good.” Later, she and Kelly gave a brief presentation to the weekly Senate Democratic caucus lunch and drew applause that could be heard from outside the closed-door meeting. A few minutes after entering, the couple left and tried to remain optimistic about the legislation's chances, placing blame not on the contents of the bill but the way others are interpreting it. "I don't think it has so many problems. It's been a short period of time, some folks need to read the legislation," Kelly said, emphasizing the word "read."

During the lunch, Manchin delivered an emotional pitch to his colleagues and had tears in his eyes as he cited the recent lobbying work by families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., aides said. The fate of the Manchin-Toomey agreement rests with several undecided senators, including John McCain, (RAriz.), who said Tuesday that he is inclined to support the proposal but wants more information on how it would regulate background checks for Internet gun sales. The plan's supporters consider McCain's backing critical because of his ability to provide political cover for other wavering senators in both parties. In hopes of dampening GOP support for the proposal, Grassley raised doubts about the background check plan, saying that significant disagreement remains. “We haven't voted on it because supporters don't have the votes to pass it, at least at this point,” he said. Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic whip, said there is no fallback plan for crafting modified background check legislation if the current draft loses on the Senate floor. “I think Manchin-Toomey is our best hope of passing a background check,” he said. Ahead of the votes, the National Rifle Association issued fresh warnings to its millions of members Tuesday, saying in a fundraising e-mail that President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are "fighting to BAN tens of millions of commonly owned firearms... fighting to REGISTER and LICENSE gun owners... fighting to create a FEDERAL REGISTRY of ammo buyers... and fighting to DESTROY your right to defend yourself, your home and your loved ones."

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HOOKAH from page 1 of time,â€? he said. Employees from Afghani restaurant Bread and Kebab, located at 1013 West Main Street, said they have observed that the number of college students using hookah at the restaurant has remained relatively steady in recent years. Although college students make up a considerable percentage of the customer base who smoke hookah at 1013 Bread and Kabob, the majority is comprised of a slightly older crowd, said Veke Loynab, an employee at the restaurant. â€œFor every 15 college kids that come in [to smoke hookah], there are about 25 customers who are over the age of 24,â€? he added. On the other hand, Sam Mouabid, owner of the Trinity Lounge on West Markham Avenue, said with its location

immediately off East Campus, the majority of the clients who search for hookah are Duke students. Since the bar began to supply hookah approximately eight months ago, the student ratio has â€œtremendouslyâ€? increased, he added. Sophomore Rob Bruce noted that he frequented the Duke Coffeehouse, located on East Campus, during his freshmen year to smoke hookah, a product the student-run establishment sells on food points. Bruce has since purchased his own hookah, yet noted that he does not smoke it as often as he would at the Coffeehouse. Not safer than cigarettes Some may be drawn to hookah because it is perceived as less addictive and safer than cigarette smoke, but hookah contains the same toxins as cigarette, said Devon Noonan, assistant professor at the School of Nursing.

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â€œMost people arenâ€™t even aware that [waterpipes] are connected to tobacco,â€? she said. â€œThe toxins associated with tobacco, such as tar, are also present in the hookah smoke and pose the same dangers.â€? People also tend to believe that drawing the smoke through the water filters it, when in reality the water merely cools the smoke, Viswanathan said. Such cooling allows the lungs to accept the smoke more easily. â€œStudents may think itâ€™s safer because... [the hookah smoke] doesnâ€™t feel or smell as harsh, but really itâ€™s just unfiltered tobacco and molasses,â€? Bruce added. As someone who does not smoke cigarettes, Roh noted that he does not find hookah smoking as an alternative to cigarette tobacco. â€œIâ€™m sure people who smoke cigarettes regularly are more inclined to smoke hookah, but it doesnâ€™t work the other way around,â€? he said. â€œSmoking hookah doesnâ€™t make it any more likely that you will smoke cigarettes.â€? Although higher levels of toxic compounds are found in cigarettes, there is a trade-off because hookah smoking allows for bigger hits for longer periods of time, which could cause hookah smokers to actually absorb higher concentrations of these toxins, Roh added.

Although most recreational hookah users tend to smoke less frequently than cigarette smokers, the threat of nicotine addiction nevertheless remains, Noonan added. â€œWe still donâ€™t know the real dangers associated with smoking hookahâ€”and given its increasing popularity, itâ€™s important to find out,â€? Noonan added. Social outlet Despite these health concerns, for Roh and other students, hookah smoking has become a social outlet. In dormitories or at local lounges, hookah has been a source of relaxation in social gatherings. â€œIâ€™ve rarely come across people who smoke hookah alone,â€? Roh said, adding that he and his friends smoke hookah almost daily, especially during the weekends. The buzz or mild euphoric sensation associated with the waterpipe, Roh said, helps him and his friends wind down after a long night of studying. Bruce also said the activity is social in nature, noting that he has a group of friends with whom he usually smokes and studies. â€œItâ€™s the same way as grabbing coffee or getting something to eat, but itâ€™s usually more relaxing and stress relieving,â€? he added.

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to get more student groups and individual students involved with Ivy. In addition, the group is expanding its team. Ivy creators are also planning to hire six more people, four of which will be interns from Duke, although those students have not yet been selected. This summer, Ivy is planning on introducing a rewards program, which is designed to give users the opportunity to win their money back after a payment. â€œThe way the rewards program works is after a payment you will have options to win rewards and have a chance to make your money back,â€? Abrams said. â€œItâ€™s designed for students to have fun after their transaction.â€? Additionally, Ivy is implementing a process in which students and groups can buy and sell tickets through the Ivy website and will also be launching a mobile application Friday to increase accessibility and convenience, Abrams added. â€œThe mobile app will complete Ivy as a company,â€? Scott said. The mobile application, however, will

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Zach Abrams, Trinity â€™07, and Sean Yu, a former Duke student, started online money service Ivy. only be available to iPhone users due to complexities with software and programming. A mobile application for Android users will be available in the summer.

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FUQUA from page 1 according to the proposal, the project would be partially funded by the Securities and Commodities Authority of the United Arab Emirates. The facilities for the program were to be provided by the UAE Authority as well as up to $1.48 million of financial support. Applications for the program opened in Spring 2012. But that May—just six months after the program had been officially introduced—Fuqua announced that its license from the UAE had expired, and the program would not launch in Fall 2012. At that time, Fuqua administrators maintained that the program was on hold and said that they remained optimistic. But Fuqua has not been able to reconcile with its UAE partners, and there are presently no plans to re-establish the program. “That’s a program where we have to have support from our partners to make that program work,” Boulding said. “There have been some changes where it’s not clear that we’re going to be able to engage in that partnership in a way that satisfies our partners that can satisfy us.” The school is, however, still working on its presence in the Middle East. “Our current activities in the Middle East are focused on non-degree executive education and our MBA program residencies,” wrote Jennifer Francis, senior dean for academic programs, in an April 5 response to an email inquiring as to whether the degree program in Dubai was still being pursued. Fuqua is currently working to establish a second international degree-granting program—a Master of Management Studies degree earned at Duke and Duke Kunshan University. Duke’s presence in Kunshan was originally spearheaded by former Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard, who introduced plans to operate several Kunshan-based Fuqua degree pro-

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grams in 2009. But work on the Kunshan campus was consistently delayed, and Sheppard stepped down from his position in August 2011. After Sheppard’s departure, Fuqua involvement in DKU was scaled back significantly, as the school reduced the number of programs it planned to offer at the China campus from several to a single semester-long experience. DKU has since increased its academic focus on undergraduates and other parts of the University. A previous attempt to establish an international Fuqua campus was the Fuqua School of Business Europe, based in Frankfurt. The project was another initiative of Sheppard’s, who at the time was senior associate dean for academic programs. The campus, announced in 1999, opened a year later in 2000. Because of difficulty in recruiting European students and low enrollment rates, Fuqua started to cut funding to the school in 2002 and closed the campus in 2003. Still, Fuqua has seen success with its multilocation global degree programs. The global executive MBA—launched in 1996—and the cross-continental MBA—launched in 2000— involve students spending one-week periods in St. Petersburg, London, Shanghai, New Delhi and Dubai. “Durham’s a wonderful place, but realistically, it’s not the center of the business universe,” Boulding said. “When we developed an aspiration many, many years ago to develop a great global business school, we realized that the world was not going to come to Durham. We would have to go out into the world.” As he enters his first full-length term, Boulding said he hopes to continue developing Fuqua’s presence in areas of the world where it already has programs. Two areas for Fuqua’s expansion are Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, though there are no current plans to start degree programs in those regions. Students, who are largely excited about Boulding’s reappointment, said these interna-

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Dr. Bryan Goldman talks about human error in medicine in the Keohane Atrium Tuesday as part of the Duke Colloquium. tional opportunities as well as the perspectives of international students, generally enhance the educational experience. “It’s a necessary thing to be out in the world because the world is changing,” said Konstan-

tinos Vasilakakis, a first-year master’s student. Other students were more skeptical. “One concern is whether its diluting the brand or not,” said first-year MBA student Julia Bethune of Fuqua’s global expansion.

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GREEK from page 2 “IFC potentially might play a role in that.” Howard noted that many people in the Panhel community perceive a difference between sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact, but the GCI survey combined the two into one category, potentially inflating the recorded statistics. “Regardless, it is unwanted, and that is what makes it not OK,” Howard said. The community should look at deeper issues in the party culture on campus, Howard said. She added that girls should question why they feel compelled to binge drink before attending parties. Howard questioned if girls drank more to feel accepted by their male peers, adding that girls are most often assaulted when intoxicated.

Women should enter into sexual encounters prepared to let their partner know the extent to which they’re willing to consent, Howard said. “Consent is extra important when one or both people are intoxicated,” she said. Under North Carolina state law, however, consent cannot be given when a person is intoxicated. High rates of sexual assault are not new to Duke, Glass noted. “It is disturbing that we are continuing to hear this, and that no change is happening,” he said. Howard added that women at universities across the country are facing similar effects of sexual assault and peer pressure. “This isn’t a Duke-specific thing,” she said. “This is a college campus thing.” The survey found that 82 percent of Greek students feel that they belong at Duke, compared to 67 percent

of students involved with an SLG and 64 percent of independent students. Glass said that many women are “surrendering selfrespect and respect from others” in order to increase their sense of belonging. Vitha said critics should focus on the progress being made in the greek community in addition to noting the problems. IFC implemented a policy to issue prevent, act challenge and teach training to all new members. Szigethy said that most constructive discussion about Duke culture occurs after problems have already arisen. “Everybody should buy into what we are actually doing,” Vitha said. “Our sense of belonging does not come from power that we feel over women.” There were no representatives from the Inter-Greek Council or National Pan-Hellenic Council on the panel. Junior Jack Riker, president of IFC, also did not attend.

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Derek Rhodes, a sophomore, was elected vice president for Durham and regional affairs. Lavanya Sunder, a freshman, was elected vice president for services. Junior Jacob Tobia was elected vice president for equity and outreach. Jacob Zionce, a sophomore, was elected vice president for residential life. “I am so excited, and I think they are going to do a phenomenal job,” said junior Stefani Jones, presidentelect. “All of the senators that were chosen are going to do an incredible job.” The Class of 2016 elected Keizra Mecklai and Michael Pelle as senators for the equity and outreach committee; Tucker Albert as senator for the social culture committee; Aubrey Temple and Abhi Sanka as senators for the residential life committee; Ji-Ho Park and Stacey Zhou as senators for the academic affairs committee; Hannah McCracken as senator for the facilities and environment committee; Neel Desai and Kimberly Farmer as senators for the Durham and regional affairs committee; Jesse Hu and Billy Silk as senators for the services committee. Silk was elected via write in votes. The Class of 2015 elected Chandler Thomas and Nika Duan as senators for the equity and outreach committee; Michael Washington as senator for the services committee; Ellie Schaack as senator for the residential life committee; Cynthia Wang as senator for the academic affairs committee. Duan was elected via write in votes. The Class of 2014 elected Patrick Oathout as senator for service committee; Daniella Cordero as senator for equity and outreach; Zachary Pearlstein as senator for social culture. Cordero and Pearlstein were elected via write in votes. Marks said in order for write-in candidates to win, they must receive at least 50 votes—the number or signatures required for a candidate to be placed on the ballot. Jones said that the increased number of write in candidates are a positive sign that students are interested in being a part of DSG. “I am excited to join the Senate as a senator again,” said junior Patrick Oathout, executive vice president. “I think the core of DSG is senators that are active in working on projects that the student body really cares about.” He added that candidates who were not elected should continue trying to be a part of DSG. “As someone who has lost many elections in my time at Duke, I know that you can still achieve your goals if you just keep trying to succeed,” Oathout said. Andrew Leon Hanna was elected senior class president. Athidi Guthikonda was elected vice president of the senior class. Bret Lesavoy was elected junior class president. Kenai McFadden was elected vice president of the junior class. Isabella Kwai was elected sophomore class president. Sayoni Saha was elected vice president of the sophomore class.

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Blue Devils take on No. 1 North Carolina

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After being swept by No. 6 Florida State, which broke up Duke’s 8-for-9 win streak, Duke head coach Chris Pollard knew his team had to bounce back when North Carolina A&T (13-24) came to Jack Coombs Field. “A win was exactly what we needed,” he said. “Florida State pitched us very well down there. They didn’t really give us anything, and we had to earn everything we got.” The Blue Devils (22-17) earned their win against the Aggies with a 12-2 offensive romp. With this victory, Duke exceeded its win total from last season. Duke, however, did not only notch 14 hits, but also was walked 10 times by N.C. A&T. “We talked about the importance of walks,” Pollard said. “We obviously had more freebies today than we did all weekend at Florida State. Today we did a good job of putting some good swings on the ball, but also taking advantage of walks and what they gave us to get some big innings.” The Aggies struck first in the second, when left fielder Dairio Little reached first on a line drive that tipped off Duke starting pitcher Michael Matuella’s glove. After stealing second, N.C. A&T center fielder Brandon Wilkerson singled home Little, to make the score 1-0. But, just as Pollard wanted, the Blue Devils bounced back with an explosive seven-run third inning. Catcher Ryan Munger led off with a hard pop-up to left field, which Little bobbled, allowing Munger to reach third. Second baseman Angelo La Bruna and first baseman Andy Perez were both hit

by pitches, followed by a walk to right fielder Jeff Kremer to score Munger. Center fielder Grant McCabe then hit a dribbler to shortstop, which got La Bruna out at second, but was overthrown to first base by Aggie second baseman Jeovanny Tolentino to score both Perez and Kremer. After third baseman Jordan Betts doubled home McCabe and left fielder Mark Lumpa singled home Betts, N.C. A&T starter Shane Carter was pulled from the game. Jamal Clark, on the mound in relief of Carter, was not any more stable. Clark began by walking shortstop Kenny Koplove, followed by a balk to advance Koplove and Betts to second and third, before walking designated hitter David Perkins. Visibly shaken, Clark hit Munger with a pitch to score Lumpa. Aggie reliever Justin Godette, who was sent to the mound to replace Clark after he hit Munger, gave up one run before finally retiring the Blue Devils. “Their starter had thrown well coming into the game, but he hadn’t started yet so we knew at some point he would run out of gas,” Pollard said. “It was important to wait him out and get into the bullpen… and force them to get some arms into the game that they probably didn’t want to pitch tonight.” Duke padded its 7-1 lead in the fourth, when a Koplove double scored Kremer and McCabe, and advanced Lumpa—who had previously walked—to third. A sacrifice fly by Perkins and a double by Munger scored both Koplove and Lumpa, to increase the score to 11-1 in favor of the Blue Devils. They only scored 10 overall against the Seminoles this past weekend. SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 12

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Junior Hanna Mar, who is currently ranked 25th nationally, boasts a 7-5 singles record in dual matches this season. by Jackie Klauberg THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils’ injury-laden squad will start off Wednesday’s match with a severe disadvantage to the No. 1 team in the nation, North Carolina (21-2, 7-1 in the ACC). For its fourth match in a row, Duke (14-6, 5-3) will be forced to concede one doubles match and a singles point off the bat since they only have five healthy players to take the court. “At the end of the day, tennis is an individual sport,” Blue Devil head coach Jamie

Ashworth said. “The people that are out there have to take care of what they need to take care of to win matches. It’s tough and it’s not an ideal situation but that’s what we have. And we just have to go out there and as individuals be the best we can be on the court to make our team better.” The No. 11 Blue Devils are coming off a split trip to the Sunshine State last weekend. Duke beat No. 30 Florida State 4-3 SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 12

Manning brothers slowly bring spotlight to Duke In mid-March of 2012, Peyton Manning brought a massive media spotlight to Duke. When an intrepid blogger combed through public flight plan records to discover that the owner of the Denver Broncos was taking his private plane to Durham, where Manning—arguably the most coveted free agent in NFL history—was working out, hordes of media descended upon Tom campus. A news helicopter tracked the SUVs carrying the Broncos’ delegation all the way from the tarmac at RDU to the Pascal Field House, where the team and Manning met for a workout. But the media spotlight focused tightly on Manning himself and which team he would choose to join as a free agent. It was mentioned, but rarely

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Peyton and Eli Manning, along with six NFL wide receivers, worked out at Duke last week.

headlined, that the future Hall of Fame quarterback chose to work out at Duke with head coach David Cutcliffe rather than an elite private facility or at Manning’s alma mater, Tennessee. Working with Cutcliffe and the Duke staff on and off for five months, Manning successfully rehabbed from a career-threatening neck injury. The Duke equipment staff worked doubletime providing for all of Manning’s needs while still preparing as normal for spring football practices. Cutcliffe, who was the Volunteers’ offensive coordinator and quarterback coach when Manning played there, allowed Manning to stay in his home and scheduled indoor workouts at night in order to protect the NFL star’s privacy. And yet through all of that, Duke got very little credit in the press for the role that it had played in the process. This lack of attention was no fault of Manning’s, who sings the praises of

Duke and Cutcliffe anytime he gets a chance. But most of the media simply didn’t seem very interested, and the contributions of Duke and its wellregarded head coach remained largely behind the scenes. This spring, Eli Manning joined Peyton, along with six NFL wide receivers—three each from his Broncos and Eli’s New York Giants—to work out on-campus in preparation for the 2013 NFL season. Eli had also worked with Cutcliffe at Duke two years ago during the NFL lockouts. Duke has gotten its name in a few more headlines this time around, now that the controversy and mystery surrounding Peyton’s free agency has passed. But still, since Duke isn’t exactly a football powerhouse, the Cutcliffe connection still almost always takes a back seat to stories about the Mannings and their professional exploits. SEE GIERYN ON PAGE 12

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fromstaffreports Duke women’s lacrosse faces a hot Davidson Concluding a three-game road swing, No. 9 Duke heads to Richardson Stadium Wednesday for a non-conference game against Davidson at 6 p.m. The Wildcats (9-5) are now on a seven-game winning streak after starting the year 2-5. The Blue Devils (9-4) are coming off a 12-4 loss to No. 4 Northwestern, their first loss to a non-conference opponent after winning their first seven. Davidson features a potent offense that averages 13.4 goals per game while its defense yields just 7.9. Emily Cooke leads the offense with 71 points though is primarily a distributor with a team-high 45 assists to go along with her 26 goals. Ann Fucigna paces the team in goals with 46. In goal, Jessica Melby owns a .474 save percentage. Melby’s counterpart is Blue Devil freshman goaltender Kelsey Duryea, who has a 9.4 goals against average and 5-3 record as a starter. She has earned her keep between the pipes by posting a .524 save percentage. Duke’s offense has four players with at least 20 goals: Makenie Hommel, Kerrin Maurer, Taylor Trimble and Brigid Smith. With 34 goals and seven assits, Hommel has the team’s post while Maurer has a team-high 21 assists. This is Duke’s penultimate match of the regular season before the season finale Saturday at home against Ohio State. Lindy Duncan tabbed April’s ACC Golfer of the Month Following a 5-under-par 211 at the PING/ASU Invitational this weekend, Duke senior Lindy Duncan has been named April’s ACC Golfer of the Month. With her performance last weekend, which earned her a tie for fifth place individually, Duncan paced the Blue Devils en route to a second-place finish as a team. Prior to that, Duncan had competed at the 2013 Kraft Nabsico Championship, the LPGA first major of the season. Duncan failed to make the cut after carding an opening-round 81, but she recorded a threeunder 69 Friday. That round featured no bogeys and was bested by just five professionals. Ranked No. 8 by Golfweek, Duncan earned the fourth ACC Golfer of the Month honors of her career. The Blue Devils will compete at the ACC Championship from April 19-21 in Greensboro, N.C. at the Sedgefield Country Club. Duke won it last year, and Duncan won individually.

Tripucka earns ACC weekly honors Duke senior Jake Tripucka won the ACC’s Offensive Player of the Week award after putting up a career-high seven points in the Blue Devils’ 19-16 win against Virginia Friday.

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Senior Jake Tripucka posted a career-high seven points against Virginia.

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Duke women’s lacrosse goalie Kelsey Duryea has 9.4 goals against average and a 5-3 record as a starter.

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Senior Lindy Duncan tied for fifth last weekend at the PING/ASU Invitational.

Tripucka’s three-goal, four-assist performance included one goal and three helpers in the final period, which Duke entered trailing 14-12. The four assists were a career high while it was just the second time he posted a hat trick. After posting 15 goals and 12 assists last season, in which he started 16 of Duke’s 20 games, Tripucka has 13 goals and a career-high 19 assists through 14 games, 13 of which he started. The Blue Devils’ conclude their regular season Saturday on the road against Rutgers before beginning the ACC Tournament April 26. Duke volleyball announces three-person recruiting class Three high school seniors have signed national letters of intent to play for the Blue Devils next season, Duke announced in a press release. “We’re thrilled about our incoming 2013 recruiting class,” head coach Jolene Nagel said in the statement. “They bring a passion for volleyball and lots of high-level, competitive experience. We look forward to welcoming them to campus.” The class features one Raleigh native, 5-foot-9 libero Sasha Karelov, who is also a defensive specialist. From out of state, 6-foot-0 middle blocker Jordan Tucker hails from Prarie Village, Kan. The tallest of the bunch is 6-foot-2 middle blocker Alyse Whitaker from Mission Viejo, Calif.

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Sustaining the right things An analysis by Bain and minded students, engaged facCompany of the financial ulty mentors and institutional sustainability of American resources for the pursuit of universities found that more knowledge. From this perspecthan one-third of universities tive, the goal of universities is consistently spend more than the production of knowledge they can afford. and the educaEndowments tion of critically editorial are not likely to minded citizens see the same growth as they who live inquiring and socially did before the recession, and beneficial lives. smaller, private colleges withWhen looking at universiout endowed cash safety nets ties’ monetary goal, the good are closing their doors. of higher education lies in This occasions a reflection its ability to efficiently train on the grim trajectory of high- students for lucrative careers. er education, and what we can Universities both aim to gendo to sustain its most valuable erate marketable knowledge features. We have determined and produce employees with that higher education has two the kind of knowledge needed kinds of goals—educational to sustain the nation’s gross and monetary. domestic product. Universities’ overarching People have different views educational goal is to bring about the relative significance together sharp and open- of each kind of value. For in-

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stance, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s comments this February about liberal arts colleges teaching courses, such as gender studies, that prevent students from getting jobs emphasized universities’ monetary goal . Articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the upsurge of low quality, profit-driven online colleges tend to emphasize universities’ educational goal. From either perspective, higher education is doing poorly. A financial perfect storm has made paying for education at regional, private colleges untenable—these colleges’ employment outcomes are too poor in a down economy to qualify paying their expensive tuition. Enrollment has plummeted, forcing these colleges into a double bind—

they cannot reduce tuition to attract more students without significantly reducing educational quality, which will only drive away students. We think this phenomenon could have grave consequences. Small, regional colleges closing their doors will drive more students to local, statefunded colleges and universities, which themselves suffer from the effects of federal and state budget crises. These state colleges could expand enrollment, driving down quality. Or they could refuse to expand, sending more students to lowcost alternatives like onlineonly and for-profit colleges. Either way, the highest quality education will increasingly become the preserve of the wealthy, with fewer Americans benefiting from the social

mobility and critical education these institutions provide. This is both an educational and monetary failure. For the time being, Duke’s prestige will insulate it from these changes. Until there is a sea change in American education, where the best high school students feel justified attending lower-cost colleges and the most prestigious employers feel comfortable hiring from them, Duke will be able to offer a good value proposition. One thing, however, is clear. The monetary goal of higher education is wholly subordinate to its educational goal. We should be willing to trade frills for reduced costs, if it means sustaining an affordable and high-quality education.

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spent every summer between the ages of eight might be punished with the death penalty. and 18 in a state of full-fledged Americana. I Women, too, are looking at losses of rights with grew up in Raleigh, but each June my fam- a ban on mini-skirts in the works. The minister ily would drive five days across the country and of ethics of Uganda has championed this cause, set up shop in Bozeman, Mont. My arguing that with simple props like dad worked for an environmental the mini-skirt, men are “provoked think tank, my mom hiked up and and enticed” to sexually assault the down the mountains of Gallatin women of Uganda. So by simply Valley and I educated myself in the preventing the victims of rape from appropriate and punny manner in “asking for it” in the first place, sexwhich you should always answer ual assault rates will fall. the home phone: When we are at home, in our “Thurman summer home. Some lydia thurman own nations, states and cities with are home, some are not!” legislators elected to represent us, doubly a lie Unfortunately, this summer I’m criticism is more legitimate. I feel going to be one of the Thurmans completely comfortable criticizing who is “not.” For 12 weeks, I’ll be living and the North Carolina General Assembly’s recent working near Masaka, Uganda. That’s what col- discussions of establishing a state religion. The lege students are supposed to do, right? Pick up building in which they discussed this potential and go to Africa and help those poor nameless, bill is a mile from the house I grew up in. I went faceless children? All these poor kids have ever to two public high schools in North Carolina and wanted in life is for you to take pictures cradling a handful of different denominations of church them in your arms. services during my time in this state. I have voted Working in nations that have fewer resources in every state and local election since I turned than our own presents the terrifying threat of a 18 and feel qualified to say: This was a ridiculous superiority complex. Not only is it easy to return piece of legislation. to Duke feeling like a saint compared to your But that’s not the case with Uganda. I have seen classmates who worked in finance for the summer, the Book of Mormon, and have started to read some but there’s a pre-established hierarchy in any re- local news sites, but beyond South Park creators’ lationship you develop while abroad. When you Broadway smash hit, “I Am Africa,” I know nothing. can afford to fly halfway across the world and your I feel as though I have zero authority, and thus zero new friends don’t possess a similar privilege, it’s right to criticize. But authority to criticize and capacdifficult to engage with people on equal footing. ity to disagree are very different. I can’t see how to Beyond wealth differentials, America is nothing if respect a leader elected to possess political authority not a nation that prides itself upon its lofty ideals. who adopts religious authority without popular conIt’s easy to enter a nation and judge the manner sent. I don’t understand the basis for looking at the of governance, the pressing social issues and the victims of sexual assault for ways to fix the problem. cultural traditions. I don’t think 12 weeks will do anything to change And the accepted norms in Uganda seem to my mind on these accounts, but to some degree, I open themselves up to American judgment. Less- know that the national autonomy of Ugandans must than-liberal treatments of religion and women’s be respected. It’s the people of Uganda who live rights run particularly contrary to the mores devel- with their legislative decisions, not me. In August oped on college campuses. For instance, Uganda I get to return and complain about the backwardcelebrated its 100th anniversary of independence ness of North Carolina politics. The people of other from Britain last year, and their president, Yoweri nations have the same fundamental capacities for Museveni, took this occasion of public celebration thought and morality as Americans; there’s no reato dedicate Uganda to God, stating the nation’s son to look down, to say, “Oh you poor backwards desire to “be known … as a nation whose founda- people. If only you knew what religious coexistence tions are firmly rooted in righteousness and jus- was like!” I’m excited to meet the people of Uganda, tice to fulfill what the Bible says in Psalm 33:12: the people who don’t find their customs and beliefs Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” an oddity, but rather the norm, and the people who This comes as the Ugandan government con- are at home in a place I will surely feel out of place tinues to uphold strict and severe criminal pros- in. I’m excited to arrive in my summer home. ecution of individuals engaging in homosexual behavior. “Aggravated homosexuality,” or homoLydia Thurman is a Trinity sophomore. This is her sexual acts committed by parents, authority fig- final column of the semester. You can follow Lydia on ures, those infected with HIV or repeat offenders Twitter @ThurmanLydia.

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What’s wrong with Bitcoin?

n the past several weeks, the world watched as what more than 10 times that of Bitcoin’s daily energy costs looked like a bubble in Bitcoin inflated past $50, for mining, and that’s not even taking into account the $100 and even $200 before plunging back down. environmental costs of the physical waste generated In the wake of it all, lots of questions have arisen sur- in producing paper money. (Indeed, an even more rounding the virtual currency, and disagreement is nuanced point, put forward by Tyler Watts and Lukas widespread among economists and traders alike. Snyder of Ball State University, uses historical evidence Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist to point out that fiat money volatility has driven gold inand an editorialist for The New York Times, has been vestment on par with the monetary gold production of critical of Bitcoin for at least the past sevthe gold standard years, suggesting that eral years. “My first reaction to Bitcoin a switch to a fiat money system does little was to say, what’s new,” Krugman joked to undermine the resource cost of gold on his blog in September of 2011. “We mining anyway. I suspect that, in the fuhave lots of ways of making payments ture, the same may be true of Bitcoin.) electronically.” Aside from caricaturing It would still be valid, of course, to arthe virtual currency, Krugman has also gue that the high cost of a paper money argued that it would suffer from the same system is justified because it is somehow problems as a traditional gold standard. preferable to a hard or virtual currency, chris bassil “Bitcoin has created its own private gold but that would be a different point. So human action standard world,” he wrote in the same for a supporter of paper money to critipost, “in which the money supply is fixed cize Bitcoin simply because it costs us rather than subject to increase via the printing press.” something to produce has to be seen, then, as at least More recently, however, Krugman leveled a new charge a little bit unfair. against Bitcoin. “One thing I haven’t seen emphasized,” (As a brief aside, Bitcoin is also criticized as an avhe said on his blog last week, “is the extent to which the enue for shady transactions. “The main use of Bitcoin whole concept of having to ‘mine’ Bitcoins by expend- so far,” Krugman testifies, “has been for online versions ing real resources amounts to a drastic regression.” of those dark-alley exchanges, with Bitcoins traded for Bitcoins are “mined” by a network of powerful com- narcotics and other illegal items.” But unless drug dealputers that use complex algorithms to solve a series of ers have started taking checks and credit cards, this, complicated equations. “The idea,” writes Bloomberg’s again, is equally true of paper money.) Mark Gimein, “is to keep the supply of Bitcoins from “It’s very peculiar,” added Krugman in a recent edimultiplying too quickly. Bitcoin mining, like mining of torial, poking fun at the fact that libertarians, who tend precious metals, is supposed to be arduous. By design, to oppose state manipulation of the paper money supthe more miners there are, the more processing power ply, also tend to support Bitcoin and other alternative is required to mint new coins.” In one 24-hour peri- currencies. “Bitcoins are in a sense the ultimate fiat od last week, Bitcoin miners used $147,000 of energy, currency,” the Nobel laureate in economics continenough to power half a Large Hadron Collider, just to ued, “Bitcoins derive their value … from a self-fulfillrun their computers. ing prophecy, the belief that other people will accept Krugman and Gimein feel not only that this pro- them as payment.” All currencies, of course, are mental cess is wasteful, but also that it recapitulates the fol- constructs, abstract models that we use to facilitate exlies of the gold standard. Gold mining is a blunder change and overcome the incongruity of our immediin which “basically useless ore is mined and refined ate individual desires; that can be no criticism of Bitat great cost, then sent to sit idle in the basements of coin or paper money. But what Krugman is overlooking central banks,” Krugman wrote in August 2011. “One is that Bitcoin and gold, abstract though their values of the strangest aspects of the Bitcoin frenzy is that the might be, are not subject to the supply and interest Bitcoin economy replicates some of the most archaic rate manipulation that libertarians tend to oppose in features of the gold standard,” agrees Gimein. “Real- the same ways that unbacked paper euros and dollar world mining of precious metals for currency was a bills are. It is the artificial suppression of the interest resource-hungry and value-destroying process. Bitcoin rate, some free market economists and libertarians mining is too.” argue, that promotes economic recessions by leading At first, this resource-based case against Bitcoin (and entrepreneurs to embark on more long-term projects precious metals) seems convincing. It is true, after all, than we have resources to complete, and I suspect they that both require us to use resources that could have would argue that this misallocation of resources is far been directed to other wants, needs and goods. Upon more costly to society than the $147,000 it costs us to further inspection, however, the Krugman-Gimein case mine Bitcoins for a day. against Bitcoin begins to fall apart. In the end, there are plenty of criticisms to be made First of all, costs of production are not unique to of Bitcoin. The fact that it, like every other thing on Bitcoin. A paper money system—like a virtual currency the planet, is subject to the reality of opportunity cost system, a precious metals system, or any other thing is probably not one. that we as human beings create—requires an input of time, labor and raw materials before it can come into Chris Bassil, Trinity ’12, is currently working in Boston, existence. In fact, our paper money system costs us Mass. This is his final column of the semester. You can follow $848 million in 2008 alone, or $2,323,288 a day. That’s Chris on Twitter @HamsterdamEcon.

lettertotheeditor How Should I React? As soon as I read the headline, “Deadly Blasts Hit Boston Marathon,” my first reaction was: “Please, God, do not let it be a Muslim who did this.” This reaction has followed every attack or shooting that has occurred in the United States since 9/11, and I guarantee I’m not the only Muslim who reacts this way. Today, three died and more than a hundred were injured in explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. In Islam, we have a phrase we say when we hear of someone’s passing: “To Him we belong, and to Him we shall return.” I join millions of people across the country in praying for the victims of yet another horrible attack on innocents. Not 10 hours after hearing the news, my friend asked me a “hypothetical” question: “If I were to tell you that the man being held for these attacks was a Muslim, how would you react?” How would I react?

For the past 12 years, I’ve been harassed in some of the most demeaning ways. I cannot walk down a street in rural North Carolina without receiving death glares, as if I am some kind of monster. I cannot stop to pray in public without having the word terrorist yelled at me. I cannot go through airport security without being “randomly selected” and having my hijab checked for bomb dust. I cannot hear of an incident such as this without the heart wrenching fear that someone will ask how “my people” could commit such an evil act. How would I react? There is no answer to this question. For now, I pray it isn’t true. If it is, and the man is Muslim, I pray that people across the country accept that he is not representative of the world’s Muslim population, and that they come to be more understanding of minorities, in a society that has not quite reached a point of acceptance. Noura von Briesen Pratt ‘16

Oh, the places I’ve been!

h, the places I’ve been! The squeaky clean tables of Perkins, the gleaming floors of Cameron, The sweaty walls of Shooters, the sweatier walls of Wilson, I must say, at times, these places have filled me with woe, But there will never be a time when I am ready to go. With my head full of mischief and my heart full of blue, I arrived on East Campus, sony rao ready to start things anew. getting buckets My parents pulled me since 1991 aside and said, “College is a dangerous place. It’s time to grow up, to make sure you’re safe.” And safely did I wander through these four years. But most of it’s blurry because of the beer. I made a bucket list of ways to grow up before you leave, and you’ve probably had enough! Of course, you’re not that naïve! Wait! There’s one thing left to say that I probably should, The last item on this list is to never lose your childhood. It’s a strange thing to say, given the things we’re told. From the first day, we try to fit the mold. With our brains full of careers and our bags full of books, we worry about performance, we worry about looks. When the employment stats come in, we fill our planners with meetings; sometimes there’s no time for fun, and barely time for eating. And as we leaf through many books, so fast we break the seams, We forget the books of our past, where we sketched out our dreams. At times the suit feels so stuffy, and the heels feel so high, The pressure gets so heavy; all we want to do is cry. It’s in moments like these you should remember why you came; and no, it wasn’t merely because of the name. It’s because of the kids who needed to discover who they are; sadly, you probably thought you could find it at a bar. I thought so, too, until I took a great plunge. I traveled far and learned much; I felt like a sponge. I learned how to serve others, I learned how to be (blue) devilish, I went from philosophy to Spanish to chemistry to English. I wish I had a GPS, because at times I felt so lost. They tell you to experiment, they don’t tell you the cost. And then I remembered books that as a little girl, I read. I remembered all the things that they so beautifully said. It hit me so suddenly, out of the blue. Writing is what I like, so writing I’ll do. The right map isn’t in the emails your parents send, nor is it there in the notes of your friends. It’s found at that moment, near the brink of defeat. You’ll know why you’re different when the old and new “you” meet. I don’t promise things will suddenly get clear, but you’ll see who you are, and what you hold dear. Now looking back, I don’t remember too much; not the tests nor the papers, not even the grades and such. But I remember the nights that seemed to never end: dancing and singing and laughing with friends, looking at the shot clock right before every game, not knowing if we’d win but knowing the pride would feel the same, flying a kite in the gardens just like I was five, counting the days down until LDOC would finally arrive. I started by wondering how I’d get through four years, and now, looking back it’s hard to fight back the tears. So if you have time, and you feel like you’re drowning, remember the big picture, don’t waste muscles frowning. Whether you’re an Emilia or a Mike, a Saher or a Susan, a surgical doctor, a sly politician, You’ll do many things, they’ll probably be great. You may fall sometimes, you may get irate. And then you’ll wonder when you suddenly grew up, when you exchanged a shot glass for a tiny tea cup. Somehow you’ll discover, after all the places you’ve been, That college was best ‘cause you kept the child within. One day, glancing at photos on an old dusty, shelf, You’ll see that here you found magic, when you found yourself. Sony Rao is a Trinity senior. This is her final column of the semester. You can follow Sony on Twitter @sony_rao.

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W. TENNIS from page 7 Friday but fell to No. 10 Miami 4-0 Sunday. The Tarheels swept through Florida last weekend, picking up 5-2 wins against both Florida State and Miami. The Blue Devils are led by Hanna Mar, who boasts a 7-5 singles record in dual matches this season. The junior currently ranks No. 25 in the nation in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. Duke also has three other players ranked in the poll, including sophomore Ester Goldfeld, senior Mary Clayton and junior

GIERYN from page 7 My question is: in the long run, will Cutcliffe and his staff be able to translate the Mannings’ experience at Duke into growth of the program? It’s neat that two of the NFL’s best quarterbacks like to come do their offseason tuning up here on campus, and the star quarterbacks were willing to allow a minimal amount of media access to their workouts in order to give the Blue Devils some positive press. Plus, the departed seniors from Duke’s roster get the benefit of working out with two of the best quarterbacks around as they prepare for the NFL Draft later this month. But neither of those things provide a direct impact to Duke’s future, and Peyton said last week he wasn’t here shaking recruits hands. So it will be up to the coaching staff to find a way to spin the Mannings’ faith in Cutcliffe into a benefit which actually helps move the Duke program closer to national relevance. Last year, recruiting analyst Dave Hooker told The Chronicle that “it’s only a matter of time” before Cutcliffe’s

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Marianne Jodoin at 56th, 101st and 107th, respectively. “It has definitely been a new experience for [Mar] playing at the number one spot,” Ashworth said. “She makes you hit that extra ball and plays every point like it’s the last point. She runs down balls and doesn’t just give anyone a point which wears on an opponent.... She will stay on the court for hours if she has to.” The Tarheels have five players included in the ITA rankings, highlighted by No. 7 Gina Suarez-Malaguit. She is 12-4 on the season at the number one singles position

and 6-1 in ACC play. North Carolina will celebrate senior day Wednesday when it takes on Duke. The Blue Devils and the Tarheels have a 73-match history and Duke has the edge with a 43-30 record. “[Playing North Carolina] is always an emotional match,” Ashworth said. “It’s always going to be a dog fight because we are so familiar with each other and each others’ players. The longer we can make the match last, the better.” Wednesday’s matchup against North Carolina marks one of the Blue Devils’ last

contests before the ACC tournament next weekend. After taking on the Tarheels, Duke will travel to Maryland and Boston College this weekend. “We just have to make sure that we are staying disciplined,” Ashworth said. “In the matches that have gotten away from us, we have tried to be better than we need to be. If we can be ourselves, that’s all we can ask for. That goes for tomorrow and the last two this weekend.... We have great leadership and the girls all believe in each other and believe in themselves. We need to come out and give 100 percent effort Wednesday.”

association with the Manning brothers entices a great quarterback to come to Duke. But it’s been five recruiting classes now for Cutcliffe, and while he has recruited admirably in a Southern high-school football landscape dominated by the SEC powers, he has yet to land a truly elite recruit who might take the program to the next level. In fact, most of the quarterbacks Cutcliffe has landed have been anti-Mannings. The likes of Anthony Boone, Brandon Connette and Thomas Sirk are more mobile, dual-threat quarterbacks than prolific pocket passers who can pick apart a defense with their arms, as the Mannings did. This is not to say that Cutcliffe can only coach statuesque signal callers, but the greatest success stories of his coaching career have been elite passers. Cutcliffe might already have his eye on a couple of men for the job, as he landed three-star quarterback Parker Boehme in the class of 2013 and has already made an offer to Arizona highschool star Kyle Allen, who is currently ranked No. 1 overall in the class of 2014 by Scout.com. Both Boehme and Allen have reputations as pocket passers rather than runners.

Allen must be one of at least a few developing quarterbacks out there who would consider the chance to join a program on the rise, where they can compete for a job right away rather than waiting behind their older predecessors at a more elite football school. To put Duke over the top, though, Cutcliffe would have to sell these recruits that the expertise he provided to the Mannings can benefit the next Cutcliffe quarterback as well. The Mannings’ praises for Cutcliffe were sincere and impressive, as they called him a great coach, teacher and friend when they were on campus last week, but it remains to be seen whether press clippings can compete with the sort of on-campus experience that recruits will have when they visit schools with richer gridiron traditions and more vibrant football cultures. If Cutcliffe and his staff can succeed in convincing a prospect that they can do for him what Cutcliffe did for the Mannings, perhaps there will be a story in which the spotlight is on Duke, while two of the most talented and likable NFL players applaud from behind the curtain.

BASEBALL from page 7 Lumpa finished the game with two hits and three walks in six at bats. His hit streak is now at 10 games, which has fueled Duke’s recent offensive success. “I’ve just been seeing the ball well lately and I’ve had a good offensive approach,” Lumpa said. “I’ve been working with the coaches and I’ve really benefited from the rest of the team hitting the ball well.” On the other side of the ball, Matuella earned the win after giving up only one earned run in 5.2 innings pitched. The Blue Devils’ bullpen was nearly perfect in relief of the freshman, with the trio of Andrew Istler, Remy Janco and Sarkis Ohanian giving up only one hit and no runs or walks to close out the game. “That was as good an outing as [our bullpen] has had all year,” Pollard said. “They came in and were really aggressive with their deliveries. We pitched well, we played good defense and guys had some really good approaches at the plate. It was a really good bounce-back game in all three phases.”

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