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LGBT Center name change Panel discusses N.C. politics, Moral Monday aims to increase inclusivity by Emma Baccellieri THE CHRONICLE
A panel of students, faculty and community members gathered Tuesday to discuss recent state legislation that has been at the center of the Moral Monday protests. The conversation, titled Human Rights in North Carolina: Moral Monday, featured four panelists, all of whom attended protests throughout the summer. The Moral Monday protests—which began in May—were organized in response to policies enacted by the Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly. “We didn’t think we were going to sway the state legislators to change their votes. They are hardened in their convictions,” said panelist William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of history and former dean of the faculty of Arts and Science. “We were trying to change the minds of people—people in this room, people all across the state— who care about the history that’s
being attacked.” The panelists decried a number of the legislature’s acts—including the repeal of the Racial Justice Act, the decision not to expand Medicaid with federal funds, budget cuts to public education and anti-abortion measures. Although they were critical of the legislation, each of the panelists described the protests as powerful and inspiring. “My racial guilt and class privilege led me to feel increasingly like, ‘I can’t just sit here,’” said panelist Susan Thorne, associate professor of women’s studies. “And it was one of the most positive experiences of my life, getting arrested.” Panelist Rev. Curtis Gatewood, a coordinator for the NAACP, discussed the legislature’s use of religion to support its actions, which he feels is inappropriate. “I am very disturbed at how the See PANEL, page 6
Duke peddles old bikes by Linda Yu THE CHRONICLE
After moving from home to home, dozens of displaced bicycles from the Duke Bikes Program are up for sale. Duke recently disbanded its bike loaner program due to a lack of space, p funding and interest. ntere r st. But so some om mee sstutu-tu dents are already dy look lookk- iin ing ng fo for or ways to bring it back.. were The bikes w the housed below West Union Building until renovavations began, and d then temporarrily moved to thee Arts Annex off o f Campus Drive. Beersity Center Activities cause the University and Events hass decided to stop payycl cles es th tthe he 65 65 b ikkes will ing for the bicycles, bikes be sold Friday at the annex for about $100 or less. “It was a combination of a not ideally organized bike program that lacked oversight and the fact that the UCAE wasn’t willing to fund it because of
lack of demand,” said sophomore Lavanya Sunder, Duke Student Government vice president for services. Sunder has been trying to form an ad hoc student committee to reform the bikes program. “There was a larger g interest than I expected,” expected e ,” sshe h said he said. d “I thought it w uld bee a com wo mmittee of maybe seven would committee p ople, butt almost 50 stupe people, dent n s ex xpresss interest.” dents expressed Sophomore Andrew Diao, w o reached out to Sunder, said wh who he was w a frequent ue us user of Duke b bi bikes. Diao, who a arrived to the in interview on his o own bike, said the program was der-p u n der-publicized and way so he had h trouble findout of the way, ing it the first time. Sunder outlined her vision for a new program where there would be multiple stations around campus instead of just See BIKES, page 6
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The LGBT Center goes through both a name and location change. It is now located on the top floor of the Bryan Center.
by Julian Spector THE CHRONICLE
The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life has changed its name to appeal more broadly to the campus community. The center reopened as the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity when it moved from on the lower floor of the West Union Building to a location near the main entrance of the Bryan Center this summer. The new name was chosen to welcome in those who identify with other labels than those in the original acronym, said the center’s director, Jamie Long. “A big thing for me is that the center be very inclusive of students who would like to be connected to this space, that any student could see this space as a resource to explore their identity,” Long
said. The shift clarifies that all are welcome at the center, including straight allies, who may not have felt included in the previous name, Long added. But the new name also reflects a proliferation of sexual and gender identities. In recent years an increasing number of Duke students have expressed identities beyond the LGBT label, said senior Jacob Tobia, who served as copresident of Blue Devils United, the student arm of the center, last year. Students have moved beyond the previous labels to identify as intersex, queer, demisexual and others. Expanding the title of the space will be liberating for students who find that sexual or gender labels do not fully describe them, Tobia See CSGD, page 12
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NC politics soundoff The state of North Carolina’s political situation has encountered controversy since the start of last summer. Many of these political changes have direct effects on students, such as the voter ID law signed Aug. 12. In order to determine how the student body feels about the government’s actions, The Chronicle’s Tony Shan and Linda Yu sat down with Duke students to discuss North Carolina politics. “We are spending less on education than we were four years ago, we are making a marked effort to disenfranchise certain voters that lean one way—and that’s a clear misuse of the power the state legislature is supposed to have.”—junior William Overton, Winston-Salem, N.C. “I think the new gun laws are a bit too free. On one hand, people have a lot more freedom. But on the other hand it puts the public in danger.” —Thomas Liu, Trinity ‘13, Chapel Hill, N.C. “So [the new voter ID law] basically makes the process more difficult for out of state students. As an out of state student, I feel like it’s wrong that I can’t partake in the process down here.” —junior Fantasia Jacobs. “In some ways it’s good, in some ways it’s bad. If there’s something you don’t like, you can have your right to speak by voting.” —Jasmin Burnett, A.B.P employee “I just don’t know the whole picture…I don’t think it’s fair, but I don’t know enough to form a solid opinion.” – senior Andrew Chio. “Concerning voter ID laws, there’s the good in addition to the bad because there’s going to be a lot of voter fraud going on. Last year during elections, I was thinking how easy it would be for an international student to vote for a President here, and that definitely should not be happening. But there will also be minorities that will be underrepresented because they don’t have these IDs, so if they’re going to create this voter ID law but not make it easier for somebody to gain an ID lawfully, then it’s a bad idea.” - senior David Wang. “It’s just politics as usual. If Republicans are controlling things they’ll pass these laws but if Democrats were to get control they’re going to go ahead and repeal it. All these things are more controversial now than they will be upon implementation. That’s just the way the political dialogue works—it operates on these little catch phrases.” - senior Rebecca Li. “Honestly, I’m a bit ambivalent [about the voter laws] – if I can go back home to vote, then I’m fine.” - sophomore In-Young Jo. “I don’t really think too much about it, this isn’t my permanent home so the voter laws don’t really affect me too much.” - sophomore April Pun “At this point it’s almost embarrassing for me to say I’m a North Carolinian. Governor McCrory and the general assembly have taken what was for years the most progressive Southern state and turned it into a punch line on late-night television. It’s ridiculous.” - sophomore Tom Vosburgh.
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Manning sentence sets Crude oil prices discipline precedent reach 18-month high by Elizabeth Djinis THE CHRONICLE
For many members of the Duke community, the verdict in the Bradley Manning case did not come as a surprise. Manning, a former United States intelligence analyst for the military, was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison for handing over classified government information to WikiLeaks. In 2010, Manning released confidential military files regarding actions taken by the U.S. army in Iraq and Afghanistan. Manning was charged with 22 different offenses, the most serious of which was violation of the Espionage Act and aiding the enemy, a crime generally given the death penalty. Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of the 22 charges and was found guilty of 17 but was acquitted of aiding the enemy. His sentence must be approved by Major General Jeffery S. Buchanan, commanding general of the Military District of Washington D.C., before it is official. Scott Silliman, professor of the practice of law, noted the intrinsic differences between a crime tried in a civilian court and one conducted under martial law. In a federal court, a judge can choose the most important charge for a trial whereas in a military court the judge is mandated to bring all possible charges against the defendant, Silliman said. In addition, a military jury is not comprised of random civilians but rather
made up of college-educated members of the military. Silliman said the fact that Manning’s trial took place in a military court had a definite impact on the length of his sentence. “A court martial is one of a series of tools to enforce discipline,” Silliman said. “If [I commit] an offense, everyone on the base ought to look at me and say there’s a real penalty to commiting
“In sentencing Bradley Manning, the military judge meant to send a signal.” SCOTT SILLIMAN PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF LAW AT DUKE LAW SCHOOL
a crime like that. In sentencing Bradley Manning, the military judge meant to send a signal.” Ken Rogerson, a lecturer in public policy, also noted that Manning’s sentencing was more extreme than it might have been in a civilian court given the crime. “Was that particular punishment given because he was in the military?” Rogerson said. “Absolutely. The fact he was in the military does not make [the sentence] more acceptable or unacceptable, it makes it more understandable. See NSA, page 12
by Steven Mufson THE WASHINGTON POST
Crude oil prices jumped nearly 3 percent to an 18-month high on Tuesday, capping an increase of about 20 percent over the past two months as a result of scattered supply disruptions and rising anxiety about war and political instability in the Middle East. The growing likelihood of a U.S.-led military response to reports of Syrian use of chemical weapons rattled markets, analysts said. The price of the U.S. benchmark crude oil, West Texas Intermediate, on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed at $109.01 a barrel for October delivery, up $3.09 from the day before and up from less than $95 in late June. Syria, whose oil output has shriveled to fewer than 50,000 barrels a day from 350,000 in March, is insignificant in the 90 billion-barrel-a-day global oil market. Although it once exported about 150,000 barrels a day, Syria has been barred from selling oil internationally since sanctions took effect in 2011. But Syria’s conflict threatens to spread. It has pitted Saudi Arabianbacked Sunni rebels against the Iranian-backed Shiite regime of President Bashar Assad, an unusually open conflict between proxies of the two leading Persian Gulf powers. Syria’s civil war is also inflaming strife in Iraq, where violence has reached the highest level in five years. Sunni insurgents have repeat-
edly bombed and disrupted export pipelines from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, putting a dent in the output of OPEC’s second-largest oil producer. The Syrian conflict also could undermine nascent hopes among the Western powers of negotiating a deal over Iran’s nuclear program. Such a deal would lead to an easing of international sanctions that have reduced Iran’s oil exports. “The increasing likelihood of some form of limited US led military action in Syria is compounding concerns about the stability of the world’s key oil producing region and will likely exert upward pressure on prices until the nature of the possible military intervention becomes apparent,” oil analysts at Barclays said in a note to clients. “But the bigger risk for the oil market is the potential for the Syrian conflict to spread to neighboring producing countries and imperil regional output.” Oil prices are hovering near historic highs, squeezing economic recovery in Europe and swelling the financial power of leading members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, including Saudi Arabia. The sovereign wealth funds of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait have climbed to more than $2 trillion, up $420 billion over the past two years, according to industry newsletter Petroleum Argus. See CRUDE OIL, page 6
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THE JOSIAH CHARLES TRENT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUND is pleased to announce our spring 2013 grant recipients. Peter Klopfer and Andrew Krystal, Department of Biology and Department of Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology: “Does Torpor Enhance Sexual Function?” Nirmish Shah, Department of Hematology: “Assessment of Erectile Function and Biomarkers in Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease and Priaprism”
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Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Genome Ethics, Law and Policy: “Genomics Research and Justice in Africa: Building Capacity to Ensure Fair Access to Genomics Technologies and Applications” Denise Corner, Writing Program: “Duke-Ronald McDonald House of Durham (RMHD) Family Story Project” Patricia Tirrell, Department of Economics: “Educational Documentation and Illustration Resources for Animal Assisted Intervention”
Frances Hasso, Women’s Studies: “Gendered and other Spatializations of ‘Thawrat al-Lulu’ (Arabic translation: ‘Pearl Revolution’) in Bahrain” research project Gilbert Merkx, Department of Sociology: “Bringing to campus a social documentary photographer who works on issues of social justice with her national population for show, major talk and visits to departments outside of the arts, in particular social and environmental sciences.” Leela Prasad, Department of Religion: “Moved by Gandhi,”a documentary film Ann Marie Rasmussen, Department of Germanic Languages: “Inviting four scholars from Germany and the United Kingdom to present work and participate in the Interdisciplinary Symposium: New Directions in the Study of Medieval Masculinities.”
The Trent Foundation makes grants in the $3,000-$5,000 range to Duke faculty and staff for projects related to human sexual function, medical history, medical ethics and humanities, and international studies. The next deadline is October 11, 2013. For more information, please contact Kristin Anderson at kristin.anderson@dev.duke.edu or visit our website dukeforward.duke.edu/foundation-funding/trent
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The Medical Wrap-up Med School accepts largest class in 20 years from Durham enact typical medical situations for students.
by Anthony Hagouel THE CHRONICLE
The School of Medicine recently welcomed a class of 113 students to campus—the largest the school has seen in two decades. Only one out of the accepted 114 students refused Duke’s offer to attend, said Brenda Armstrong, associate dean of medical education and director of admissions at the School of Medicine. The new class represents 32 states, with the majority of students coming from North Carolina and California. Further, 52 students were from minority backgrounds. The class had a mean age of 24—indicating that nearly all students took a gap year—and 98 percent of the class had research experience. The extremely high retention rate of accepted students this year reflected Duke’s innovative plans for medical education, said Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System. He cited increased participation in programs such as the Primary Care Leadership track and the newly opened education center as major attractions for students, among other factors. Although the class is much larger than the 101 students who accepted Duke’s offer last year, administrators are confident that the quality of education will not be affected because of the newly opened Trent Semans Health Education Center. “It’s still totally manageable,” said Dzau. “With a new learning center, we’re able to accommodate more educational activities.” Located in the heart of the medical campus, the center has six floors, each designed to provide a unique educational experience ranging from ILLUSTRATION BY RITA LO/THE CHRONICLE group-based problem solving rooms Of thw 114 students admitted, only one declined to join the School of Medicine’s Class of 2017 to simulation labs, where paid actors
“I have phenomenal classmates who I’ll be spending the next several years with.” DRAKE EDWARDS A NEW STUDENT IN THE MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAN
Although the 12 person increase in class size from last year was unexpected, Dzau explained that its timing coincided perfectly with plans to eventually increase the class size to 125 over the next few years. “Duke has always had a relatively small class, we like it that way,” Dzau said. “We don’t want to massively expand it because it gives the students a lot of attention and the kind of experience that they want.” Drake Edwards, a new student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, said that the faculty and students at Duke were the most passionate and caring people out of all the schools he applied to. “I have phenomenal classmates who I’ll be spending the next several years with,” Edwards said. “The Trent Semans Center is also by far the best medical school building I was at.”
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The Medical Wrap-up Study suggests mobile apps show calorie info by Lucy Hicks THE CHRONICLE
A recent Duke study found that listing nutritional information in a mobile format could help encourage healthy eating. Although many restaurants list calorie information on their venues, the study suggests that putting such information on websites and mobile apps may be more successful in preventing overeating. The study, funded by the Duke Obesity Prevention Program, surveyed websites of the top 100 U.S. chain restaurants to determine the availability of calorie information on each site. Although 82 percent of the restaurants provided calorie information online, only 25 percent of these websites were available in a mobile format, which may limit consumers from accessing nutritional information when they’re on the go. “It’s important for people trying to lose weight to evaluate calories before they enter restaurant in the first place,” said lead author Gary Bennett, director of undergraduate studies at the Duke Global Health Institute. When people have already entered a store, calorie information might not be a deterrent to eating unhealthy foods, Bennett said. Creating a stronger mobile presence could therefore lead to healthier dieting. Although calorie information is more widely available on the Internet, increasing access to calorie information via mobile devices could also aid economically disadvantaged populations who are more likely to access the internet through their mobile devices, Bennett said, who explained that smartphone data plans are less expensive than broadband and sometimes a preferred option for these families. Formatting calorie information for mobile websites could potentially benefit the general population as well. “We suspect that for many consumers they might be interested in checking the caloric information when they are outside of their house and they are considering restaurants to choose from,” Bennett added. Inconsistencies in nutritional presenta-
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tion across menus can also impact consumer behavior. Restaurants themselves determine which menu options are deemed healthy, which does not take into consideration the varying health needs of different people. For example, an overweight but otherwise healthy person would consider a low-calorie meal healthy, but consumers with additional health concerns may not fit this mentality, said Elisabetta Politi, nutrition director at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. “When it’s really left up to the industry to make decisions about what foods are healthful, the variability makes it difficult for consumers to make purchasing decisions,” Bennett said. Additionally, the study found that less than half of the surveyed companies presented a separate section identifying healthier menu options. “There are so many different parameters to judge healthy options,” Politi wrote in a Tuesday email. “Are you overweight but healthy and you need to lose weight? Calories are most important. Do you have diabetes? Carbohydrate content of the food is as important as calorie information.” Politi said a healthy option at any chain would be a meal under 600 calories with less than six grams of fat, 800mg of sodium and 45-60 grams of carbohydrates. Implementing a universal format to compare foods in these restaurant chains could definitely help consumers make more informed and health decisions, said co-author Doryi Steinberg, a postdoctorial associate at the Duke Global Health institute. “More and more Americans are eating outside of the home, so working with restaurants to figure out how we can help consumers choose healthier options is really important,” Steinberg said. “Potentially offering them that information on mobile websites and on websites before they get to the restaurant could be really helpful for planning purposes.”
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CRIDE OIL from page 3 Saudi Arabia, for most of the past century considered one of the pillars of American oil diplomacy, has recently defied the United States over Egypt, pledging to make up for whatever aid the United States withdraws from the new military regime. If the United States relies less on Saudi Arabia because of rising domestic production, Saudi Arabia relies less on American markets for its oil, although it still buys overwhelmingly U.S.-made military equipment. This summer’s run-up in crude-oil prices flies in the face of widespread optimism about oil supplies in the United States, where domestic production has surged as a result of shale drilling. Yet global oil supplies remain somewhat tight in large part because of disruptions in Iraq and Libya. In Iraq, persistent attacks on the pipeline from Kirkuk to Ceyhan sliced about 290,000 barrels a day off Iraqi exports, according to the Energy Information Administration. In Libya, labor protests at several oil production facilities cut production to 1 million barrels a day in July, down from 1.5 million barrels a day in April. It has now slumped to 200,000 barrels a day, according to a Bloomberg News report. In Nigeria, crude exports were reduced during July and August because of work on key pipelines. Further disruptions in Yemen, Sudan and South Sudan have trimmed global oil output. But Greg Priddy, global oil director at the Eurasia Group consulting firm, expects that the run-up in oil prices may be temporary. He expects a limited attack on Syria and notes that the summer peak oil consumption period is ending
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and that demand eases during the fall. Moreover, he added in an email, Saudi Arabia has increased its oil production to 9.8 million barrels a day in an effort to moderate prices. The kingdom added 150,000 barrels a day to calm markets after the Egyptian military toppled the elected president Mohammed Morsi. One factor driving up the price of the West Texas Intermediate benchmark has been the addition or reversal of pipelines to alleviate the bottleneck in Cushing, Okla., where the price is set. Oil flowing to Cushing from Canada, North Dakota and other areas can now be transported more easily to the Gulf Coast, where there are more buyers. But the price of the more widely used international benchmark called Brent crude also jumped on Tuesday, to $113.95 a barrel. It has risen sharply since late June.
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BIKES from page 6 bikes at the Arts Annex. “We’ve found companies to make that program at Duke,” she said. “But we need funding to make that happen.” A new program not only needs funding, but an office to oversee it, space to store the bikes, mechanics to maintain the fleet and someone to manage checking the bikes in and out, said David Pittman, Director of Student Activities at UCAE. “It sounds easy but it’s not,” he said. Diao said having a robust bike program would make getting around Duke easier. “What a lot of people don’t realize is that it’s so much faster to bike as compared to taking the bus,” Diao said. Especially during busy times, such as before popular class times, it is difficult to even get on a bus. Diao said that by the end of his freshman year, it only took him around eight minutes to bike from East Campus to West. That semester, he only rode the bus three times. Sunder argued that because the majority of Duke students live on campus, having a bikes program would help decrease the University’s carbon footprint. Many students unnecessarily drive from campus to campus, she added. “Duke has this thing where they want to be carbon neutral by 2024,” she said. “We focus a lot by being green and sustainable, and a successful biking program is part of that.” As for Diao, in addition to getting to
The Chronicle class, he said that having a bike has really opened up a world of urban exploration for him. “You’re not stuck at Duke,” he said. “You can go out and see the town and even go to places that aren’t as accessible by car.” The bikes will be sold on a firstcome, first-serve basis at the Arts Annex on Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Cutcliffe discusses new season by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE
As Duke prepares to open its 2013 season Saturday against N.C. Central, The Chronicle’s Daniel Carp sat down for an exclusive interview with Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe to discuss his program’s growth during the last six years, its bowl run in 2012 and goals for this season. The Chronicle: Last season was a monumental one for the Duke football program. What is the biggest difference you see in your team from last year to this year? David Cutcliffe: This team expects to win. It’s going to be interesting to see how we handle that. I don’t think we had a team that knew they were going to win like this one has. And I don’t want to discourage that, it’s a great thing, but we have to learn to back it up. TC: Last year the DAVID CUTCLIFFE big question was can Duke head coach your team make a bowl game? Now we know they can. This year, your players have taken on the mindset that they are going to do it. What do you think the 2012 season has done for the program in terms of its winning mentality? DC: I think there’s no question that they believe in themselves—they’re confident. But they’re also hungry. Not winning that bowl See CUTCLIFFE, page 9
Hard work for hardware Tricia Liston and Alexis Jones finish summer with gold medals by Nick Martin THE CHRONICLE
After months of grueling two-a-days, win-or-go-home pressure and facing the challenge of playing overseas with new teammates, Duke guards Tricia Liston and Alexis Jones came away from their respective U.S. teams atop the podium. Jones played in the FIBA U19 World Championship team while Liston represented the United States in the World University Games, with both playing on teams that were given less than two months to prepare for international play. “After three days of two-a-days we finally started clicking a little bit better,” Liston said. “But it probably wasn’t until we left training camp and had a full week of practice and scrimmages that we really started to come together.” During the Games, Liston averaged 8.2 points per contest and led the team with a 42.9 shooting percentage from behind the arc, something she has become wellknown for in her time at Duke. Liston currently boasts an impressive 44.8 career shooting percentage from downtown, making her a lethal weapon for the Blue Devils. She has also managed to work on attacking the basket more, allowing her more space on the floor. Liston has improved in nearly every offensive category each of her three years at Duke, which makes it frustrating when the Blue Devils constantly get denied a trip to the Final Four. After seeing her Duke team lose in the Elite Eight three years in a row, getting to win it all in Russia was a very rewarding experience for Liston. “It was a proud moment, it was happy, it was everything,” Liston said. “My parents were there too, so I got to share it with
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SeniorTricia Liston and sophomore Alexis Jones pose with the gold medals they earned in international competition during the summer.
them. It was just really exciting. It was a once-in-a-lifetime feeling.” In the 2012 Olympics, the United States defeated France in the gold medal game. Jones’ USA U19 World Championship Team followed suit, holding the French team to eight points in the second half and taking home the gold. Jones managed to pour in nine points, three assists and three steals en route to the championship. For the tournament, she averaged similar numbers, with 10 points, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals, ranking fourth overall in assists. She also managed to start all nine contests the team played in the tournament. As if the pressure of playing at the international level was not enough, the coaching staff for both teams gave their players a very clear message from the beginning—it was gold medal or bust. “They had it set in our minds that the USA team doesn’t lose,” Liston said. “Gold medals, all day. Even at try-outs they mentioned it. They said ‘We expect gold, nothing less.’” Although the mentality was tough, taking the podium was a moment neither player will forget anytime soon. Jones is more or less a veteran of the podium, with this medal being her third over the short span of her career. Stepping atop the podium had added significance for Liston, who had never played for USA Basketball before the World University Games. “I’ve only seen [the medal ceremony] on TV, with Olympics,” Liston said. “It was crazy. You stand up on the podium and
everyone’s standing and cheering. They made a huge performance out of it.” Both players were able to walk away from the experience with more than a gold medal. Liston, one of five seniors returning to the Blue Devils, used the time to surround herself with fellow leaders of top-tier programs and observe how different leadership tactics were successful outside of Duke. “From conversations with other people and the leaders on their team, you can kind of see it from a different perspective,” Liston said. “See how they do things, how you do things and maybe see how you can do things better.” Jones also used the time to hone in on her leadership skills. After being a quiet presence on the court this past season in terms of leadership, being vocal was one of the largest facets of her game she used the Worlds to develop. She also used the summer as a chance to slow down the game for herself, as she was fresh off her first season of college basketball. “This year, I’m trying to be more vocal on the court and learn from our seniors that are there this year,” Jones said. “I’m getting better at seeing the floor really well and getting my teammates open by giving them better passes rather than just throwing the ball away.” With five returning seniors and the second-ranked recruiting class in the nation, both Jones and Liston are confident they See MEDALISTS, page 9
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Duke releases depth chart for season opener by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE
With its season-opener against N.C. Central just five days away, Duke released its first depth chart of the 2013 regular season Tuesday. It appears the Blue Devils’ lineup for opening day could be laden with young talent, as six true freshmen were listed on the team’s opening depth chart. “I see us being able to try to play a lot of people early,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We’re going to go in possibly looking to play 60 or so people.” Cutcliffe added that he has yet to make decisions regarding which first-year players would redshirt, but speculated that between five and seven rookies could see the field for Duke this season. It appears that the majority of the true freshmen who see the field for the Blue Devils this season will do so in the defensive backfield. Redshirt senior cornerback Ross Cockrell is the lone returning fulltime starter in Duke’s secondary. Despite serious competition from younger competitors, redshirt senior Garett Patterson is listed as the starter at the other corner spot. But the remaining three cornerbacks on the Blue Devils’ depth chart have yet to see a collegiate snap. Redshirt freshman DeVon Edwards and freshmen Breon Borders
and Bryon Fields are listed behind Cockrell and Patterson. “I feel better about our secondary,” Cutcliffe said. “That was the first thing I brought up about concerns, because I think that’s going really well for us.” Absent from Duke’s two-deep depth chart was Evrett Edwards, who enrolled early and participated in spring practice with the Blue Devils in 2013. Edwards, who was the most highly-touted of Duke’s incoming freshman, was listed as the Blue Devils’ third cornerback on its original preseason depth chart. Newcomer Chris Holmes is listed behind redshirt sophomore Jeremy Cash at the strike safety position, with freshman Deondre Singleton occupying the spot on the depth chart behind bandit safety Dwayne Norman. Duke also listed two freshmen on the depth chart at the wide receiver position. Johnell Barnes will play behind sophomore Max McCaffrey, and senior Brandon Braxton and Ryan Smith will line up in the slot behind redshirt junior Isaac Blakeney. In addition to revealing the starters for the Blue Devils’ matchup with the Eagles,
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Redshirt senior Garett Patterson (right) will have his first chance to start this season.
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After spending a year at safety, senior Brandon Braxton has moved back to wide receiver.
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Duke’s depth chart also provided a deeper look into the evolution of the team throughout training camp. Returning to the offensive side of the ball after a year spent at safety, Braxton entered training camp as a backup but will split the starting job at Duke’s left receiver slot with McCaffrey. Quarterback Anthony Boone said that Braxton’s promotion was a testament to the hard work he put in relearning his old position during the summer. “He’s doing a great job,” Boone said. “He’s working his butt off, he’s running extra routes and when he’s tired, he’s going hard.” It also appeared that Duke could be changing the way it utilizes its slot receivers. After 5-foot-9 Desmond Scott reeled in 66 passes during an effective senior season, the Blue Devils appeared to be headed in a different direction when it listed the 6-foot-6 Blakeney as the team’s new starter in the slot with 6-foot-7 Erich Schneider slated as his backup on the preseason depth chart. But with Smith, who measures just 5-foot-7, listed directly behind Blakeney on the depth chart, it appears that Duke is no longer married to the idea of a big target in the slot. “You have to know your receiver as a quarterback,” Boone said. “You have to know who you’re throwing to. So there’s no excuse to miss a guy like [Smith]. He makes a lot of tough catches and a lot of tough plays because it’s tough to see him.” The other big difference from the preseason is at the running back position. Senior Juwan Thompson remains atop the depth chart, but will split the starting nod with sophomore Jela Duncan, who was the team’s
leading rusher last season. Josh Snead, who was listed at second on Duke’s first preseason depth chart, will split the second-string job with sophomore Shaquille Powell. But with all four running backs expecting to see carries for the Blue Devils this season, Thompson said he tries not to worry about the depth chart’s order. When Duke takes the field for the first time Saturday, whoever plays the best will receive the most carries. “We just look at the depth chart as this guy is going to start it off and we’re going to continue from there,” Thompson said. “We’re going to be there with each other throughout and push each other until the end. It’s going to be us three or four rotating and we’re just going to make plays.”
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game when we were the best team on the field, it left a bad feeling in their gut, so they have something left to prove. TC: On the defensive side of the ball, the biggest question mark was a secondary that allowed nearly 50 points per game in the last five games of last year. Ross Cockrell comes back as a preseason All-ACC selection. How important is he to this unit’s success? DC: Ross is an extra coach, literally. His work during the summer, when we can’t work with them and the freshmen, he’s gotten us three, four or five freshmen who can help us in the secondary this year.... I think systematically we are better defensively right now. TC: You took over a Duke team that had won two games in its previous three seasons.
Now you’re on the precipice of being an ACC contender. What is it like for you to look back on that? DC: What I love the most about it is that there are so many people involved. From the administration in the Allen Building, to the administration in athletics, to some players that have come and gone, to some coaches that have come and gone, to some coaches that have been there the whole time, to this wonderful support staff that I get to work with. Regardless of if it’s in the equipment room, or the weight room, or the training room, or academic support, this has been, in all my years, the most rewarding journey that I’ve had. TC: What do you think has been the biggest surprise for you over the course of the spring and summer when looking at this 2013 Duke team? DC: I think how grown the leadership and the quality of leaders we have. I enjoy conversing with this team. I feel like it’s a partnership with this team. They’re really a mature football team and I’m going to enjoy that every day, because not every team has that personality. You can watch an extended version of this exclusive interview with David Cutcliffe at dukestudentbroadcasting.com.
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After leading Duke in rushing yards last season, sophomore Jela Duncan has jumped up the Blue Devils’ first depth chart of the 2013 season.
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Securing the area, no hysteria News of the robbery between Bostock and Perkins libraries this past Sunday has quickly spread across campus, alarming administrators and students alike. Their concern is understandable, as the location and time of the crime call into question the security of the entire campus. Although administrators and the Duke University Police Department should act to prevent future robberies, we caution against reactionary measures that either unnecessarily restrict campus activity or fail to directly address the problem at hand. The nature of Sunday’s armed robbery sets it apart from previous robberies and break-ins at Duke. It occurred in an area near the heart of West Campus frequented by students, and the perpetrator managed to bring a concealed weapon onto campus. Given that a general sense of safety is essential to the activities of Duke’s students and faculty, the University has a responsibility to effectively address the issue of campus security. Any measures the University takes, however, should not sacrifice campus activity or relations with the surrounding community. The administration’s proposal to close roads
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Editorial could exacerbate security problems by forcing students who are off campus late at night to park farther away from their dorms. Furthermore, closing down roads around campus fuels unwarranted hysteria about the incident and reinforces the myth that Durham is crime-ridden and dangerous, a falsehood that has continually undermined town-andgown relations. We still do not know who the armed robber was, and we should not make assumptions about his background or origins. Moreover, walling off Duke from Durham risks further alienating the surrounding community and deters students from enjoying Durham’s vibrant cultural and historical resources, many of which are underused by students.
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Duke’s administration should instead focus on maintaining, and possibly increasing, high levels of security officers on all three campuses. Deterring criminals to come onto campus in the first place is critical for preventing, rather than just reacting to, crime. The administration should also work to improve officers’ ability to prevent crime. This can be done by increasing the ratio of DUPD officers to non-police security guards. DUPD officers are authorized to carry weapons and make arrests, unlike security officers who typically cannot do either. Finally, the administration should widely publicize its current security efforts, such as educating students on where security officers are stationed and the security services provided to students. Even as we question the wisdom of the latest proposal, we applaud the administration for how seriously it has reacted to last Sunday’s incident and similar crimes. First and foremost, we want students to be safe, but, in ensuring their safety ,we should not needlessly sacrifice relations with Durham or student’s ability to enjoy the community around them.
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n the midst of burgeoning Orwellian fears this summer, Anthony Weiner played an important role. At the end of May, late-night talk show hosts and comedians were presented with a bottomless well of hot dog humor when Weiner announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City. When The Guardian published the first exclusive based on Edward Snowden’s leak at the beginning of June, Weiner’s campaign continued to provide comic relief. In July, Edward Snowden took refuge in the international arrivals terminal of the Moscow airport, and the Obama administration scrambled to justify its surveillance programs to its own citizens and the rest of the world. In the meantime, more inappropriate pictures of Weiner surfaced, and he reaffirmed his continuing commitment to his mayoral campaign. In the midst of serving as a source of comedic relief, Weinergate has also prompted some commentators to critique the actions of the women in his life, particularly his wife Huma Abedin and his ‘sexting’ partner Syndey Leathers. Many question Abedin’s decision to stand by her husband as more and more evidence of his past indiscretions is revealed. Others wonder why Leathers, a 23 year old student who recently starred in a pornographic parody of her relationship with Weiner, is able to reap the benefits of the affair as Weiner suffers in the polls. But there is an important difference between the mayoral candidate and these women: The people of New York have not been asked to trust either his wife or his former online mistress with political power. There is no double standard here. Voters can reasonably expect their elected representatives to maintain the same moral integrity they advertised as part of their platform. However, an ordinary citizen such as Leathers is under no such obligation. Her only obligation is to abide by the laws. Although her online affair with Weiner may have been morally reprehensible, and although it may seem unfair to Weiner’s supporters that Leathers has been able to profit so richly, the reality is that she did not break the law nor breach her duty to New York. In fact, one of the accomplishments of feminism today is the ability of women to take pride in their sexuality. The mythical bra-burning bonfires of the 1960s do not epitomize feminism. Rather, a principle aim of contemporary feminism is women’s liberation in a corporeal sense. It is the ability of a woman to use the fact of her womanhood to the extent and in the way that she chooses, as long as that use does not violate some legal or professional duty she owes. Sydney Leathers chose to leverage her body as a means to first establish a relationship with former representative Weiner, and now she has used that relationship to create a name for herself. Huma Abedin, Weiner’s wife, chose to leverage her sexual liberty in the opposite direction, by choosing
to stay with her husband despite his indiscretions. Both equally exercise body politics. Despite my use of female pronouns, this liberation
Joline Doedens WAIT A MINUTE is not limited to women. Men have simply historically had greater sexual freedom and therefore have fewer shackles to shed. The key thing to remember is that the way one uses one’s body has implications beyond the dance floor and the bedroom. Sydney Leathers, for example, has chosen to publicly profit from her relationship with Weiner, but she will also be branded as one of Weiner’s online mistresses. The sexual harassment scandal of San Diego mayor Bob Filner and his recent resignation further demonstrate that men have to play by the same rules as women and accept the consequences of their sexual liberty. Perhaps Filner’s behavior is more despicable because it occurred in face-to-face interactions with women, and because his sexual advances appear to have been unsolicited. Nevertheless, the sheer volume of the calls for Filner’s resignation and the effort to collect sufficient signatures to recall the mayor demonstrate that Filner breached a duty he owed to the people of San Diego. Even if Filner’s ability to make sound policy decisions for San Diego was not affected by his alleged extracurricular habit of harassing women, he was still deemed unfit for office by public opinion. As soon as the Democratic National Committee called on him to resign, he entered an intensive behavioral therapy program. After completing the therapy regimen earlier than expected, he responded to the recall effort by refusing to acknowledge the harassment allegations. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi derisively told reports not to identify Filner as her “former colleague.” One day in the hopefully not-too-distant future, women will be equal to or surpass men in elected office. When that day comes, there is a chance that a female politician will forget the extent of the duty she owes their constituents, and she will send an inappropriate photograph or sexually harass an employee or a colleague. If and when this happens, she will be just as culpable. There is not now and should not be a double standard when it comes to such behavior by political officials. There is only the responsibility to serve. Joline Doedens is a second-year law student. Her column runs every other Wednesday. Send Joline a message @jydoedens.
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new study from Duke University has found that college is the best four years of your life, and afterwards everything just goes to s**t. Duke’s research programs, famed for their groundbreaking studies that being crossfaded can impair learning and that black students try less than white students, have now begun expanding their focus beyond the college years in order to delve into research of the full lifespan. Using a complex algorithm that combines life satisfaction measures such as hours per day spent smiling artificially, time weekly spent in libraries, alcohol consumption and other measures described in the methods as “important number-y stuff,” Duke’s top sociological researchers found that college students are, on average, at least 69 percent happier than all other age groups. “At first I was shocked when I heard our outcome,” commented Duke researcher Dr. Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen. “But then I started to think back on college. Like, do you remember when it was allowed—hell, ENCOURAGED—to drink five nights a week, and no one was all concerned for your safety or mental health or that s**t? College was AWESOME! I can almost taste the stale beer and diverse on-campus dining options …” During this point in the interview, Dr. Werbenjagermanjensen starred off into space, muttering something about the good ole days, making further questioning impossible. Within college student populations, freshmen and seniors were found to have the highest overall happiness scores. Sophomores fell behind due to students’ realization that schools typically do not care about non-first year students, causing a reaction similar to that of a preschool child whose parents have a new baby. This response has been deemed the “sophomore slump,” largely to distinguish it from pouting. Junior year happiness was the lowest of the college years, with multiple factors leading to disillusionment, such as the division between abroad and non-abroad students, a stagnant still-under-21 social scene and the realization that “hookup culture” really means “three years of bad sex.” In qualitative interviews, researchers commented that juniors were a “bore”, “unbearable to talk to” and “dear Jesus talk about over-sharing seriously I do not care this much about your problems.” Tapes of the interviews were found to consist mostly of the phrase “campus just isn’t ours anymore,” long-winded complaint followed by immediate redaction and declaration that everything is “totally fine” and muffled tears just loud enough to garner pity. Within the senior class, happiness was most correlated with feelings of extreme pressure to get the most out a final year. “This is the last year of the best years of my life,” said senior Lorenzo von Matterhorn, who at the time of the interview, was
at Devine’s while simultaneously signing up for a cooking class and publishing semi-true skills on Linked In. “I mean, I’m currently still jobless and have no life plan, but I’m going to make sure I go out at least four nights a week so I don’t miss anything. But it’s got to be amazing. I mean it’s going to be amazing. Yeah.” Freshmen, who rated the highest life satisfaction of all, were found to be happy and enthusiastic about almost everything. In interviews, every other word was
Lillie Reed WUMBOLOGY “awesome” and everything in their life was reportedly going “great!” Although interviewers observed that their smiles were closer to grimaces at this point from holding them for so long and that they seemed to be particularly twitchy, this is attributable to a supreme level of happiness the human body cannot fully tolerate. The study is not without its critics. Dr. Carlos Danger, a middle-aged chemistry professor at Duke, claims life only gets better after college. “I have a stable job, a loving wife and two great kids. I don’t really see what all the college hype is about,” Dr. Danger reported, in a saddening state of denial about his miserable existence. However, recent Duke graduate Gracie Loufreebush was unsurprised by the results. “Oh, college? Best four years of your life. No question.” While trying to describe why college had been such a great time, Loufreebush indicated that she didn’t really remember why it was so great, but it was, and that the whole experience had been a “blur.” “I was in the library a lot. And out a lot. I guess I drank a lot too …” When asked whether she kept in touch with any of her friends from college, Loufreebush stated, “Oh, hell no. I hate those people.” Okay kitties, satire out. College is frequently declared the unparalleled “best” time of our lives. What no one tells us is that at college, things will not be perfect, and in fact, they can be pretty hard. But the fact of the matter is that everyone has struggled and does struggle. So Dukies—particularly freshmen—remember this: College can be amazing, but that doesn’t mean you have to be happy all the time. Let yourself be unhappy sometimes, and rely on others in those instances, because they’ve been there too. Perhaps if we’re honest with ourselves and others, we can make this the best time of our lives after all. Lillie Reed is a Trinity senior. Her column is part of the weekly Socialites feature and runs every other Wednesday.
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n Thursday morning, Sept. 15, 2011, I began my day with my daily prayers of thanks; my mantra was “thank you God for smiling down upon my children and keeping them happy, healthy, safe and successful in their eyes.” Little did I know what horrific news would come my way in the next 30 minutes—my youngest child, my son, Matthew, a wonderful 21 year old Duke senior, was dead. As I write this, I realize that approximately half of the current student body was not at Duke when our family’s devastating tragedy occurred almost two years ago. Let me briefly share with you some of the facts about the accident as best as we have been able to reconstruct. By all accounts, Matthew had been at a popular Durham bar and visited with many people at the bar over the course of that evening; he talked with friends—for some, it was the first time that semester that he had encountered them. He played beer pong, danced a bit and had GUEST COLUMN some one-on-one conversations with people in a quiet area. He was reported to be happy and in a really good mood. We still don’t know how he returned to the home that he shared with another person as none of the taxi logs in Durham have record of providing transportation to his address. The dozens of people that I have spoken to, who were at the bar that evening, all responded that my son and the driver of the car did not spend any time together at the bar. Apparently, after returning to their new home, they left in his roommate’s car. Upon returning from wherever they had been, the car, driven by his roommate, struck a series of four trees on Academy Road and then rolled over twice landing in a deep, swampy ravine. The investigating officer described it to me as a “horrific accident.” The black box in the car recorded the speed at impact was 70 miles per hour in an area with a clearly posted speed limit of 35. Both the driver and my son had to be extricated from the vehicle; the driver was released from the emergency room with minor injuries after a few hours and my son was pronounced dead at the scene. Both were wearing seat belts. The driver’s blood alcohol concentration was 0.28; more than three times the legal limit. The driver eventually was expelled from the University; he finally pleaded guilty to charges of death by motor vehicle and was sentenced to five months in jail followed by five years of supervised probation. He is not allowed to consume alcohol for five years, must complete 300 hours of community service and is responsible for payment of restitution. He has also lost his driver’s license in North Carolina for the rest of his life. While you may think that sounds like a harsh sentence, the impact of my son’s death on the driver will never begin to come remotely close to the devastation my family feels each and every waking hour. Our world has been turned upside down and inside out. We struggle to make sense of a world that is so very unfair. Much less the consequences of senseless death on my family, think of the consequences for my dead son. He has been deprived of so very much. I assure you with confidence that Matthew never gave any thought to having a pre-mature death certainly not at 21. Just a month prior to his death, he commented that he hoped he had the same genes as his octogenarian grandfather. I can also guarantee that he would never have wanted to invoke such excruciating emotional pain on his parents, older sister and brother, other family members and his dear friends. Please don’t read this commentary and say, “this would never happen to me,” because it could happen to anyone at the University. Matthew would have said exactly the same thing. I’d like you to take a few minutes to pause and think about how your death would impact your family and friends: Can you imagine your family making your funeral arrangements? Can you imagine your family going to the cargo area at the airport to meet you arriving in a white cardboard box with your name written on it with a marker? Can you imagine your family traveling to Durham to walk into what had been your room, pack your belongings, make shipping arrangements and leave Durham in your vehicle? Can you imagine your family going to the bookstore to return your unused books? Can you imagine your family attending your high school class’s five year reunion to dedicate a bench in your memory? Can you imagine how your family would get through your birthday, the holidays and other special events? Can you imagine your family going to the site where their loved one died? Can you imagine your family facing the person who killed their beloved son and brother? I thank you from the bottom of my broken heart for taking a few minutes to consider the consequences of your death, because it could happen to you—please be safe. As you begin this academic year, I wish you much happiness and great success. My morning mantra has forever changed.
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It is very possible that if there was a message to the court, the message was to the soldiers.” Rogerson compared Manning’s leak to that of the Pentagon Papers in the early 1970’s which discussed the Vietnam War. He added that the Papers were substantially less classified than the information Manning leaked because the Vietnam War had already ended. Rogerson also mentioned that Manning’s trial has sparked discussion about government transparency and how much information should be accessible to the public, especially given the ubiquity of the Internet. “We are a free and open country,” Rogerson said. “We have bylaws in government which are supposed to make information accessible and there are exceptions to that. When things are accessible, you have to protect them as well.” Junior Adrienne Harreveld, a former
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intern for the State Department and columnist for The Chronicle, noted the contradictory needs for both classified information and for the public to be aware of government doings. “I do realize that to explore our national security there is information that needs to remain classified, but…there needs to be a way for the United States to be held accountable for some of its heinous actions,” Harreveld said. Silliman said that, although the Internet may alter the nation’s accessibility to information, it does not change the illegality of Manning’s actions. “The problem was he didn’t have the authority to make that decision,” Silliman said. “Somebody at a much higher level was going to declassify that information. That’s why he violated the law.”
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