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Ninth Street businesses lost electricity for an hour Tuesday morning, forcing some stores to close their doors during that time. Shop owners were just beginning to open their stores when, at around 11:00 a.m., the power suddenly went out. Most of the small businesses do not have generators to maintain their power and calls were immediately made to Duke Energy, the street’s electricity provider. The company told owners the power would not return until 2 p.m., but at 12 p.m. it abruptly came back. “It messed up everything,” said Antonio Rios, co-owner of Blue Corn Cafe. “We couldn’t do anything. We just opened the doors and waited until the electricity came back.” This is not the first time Ninth Street has had its electricity cut off, and it is certainly not for the longest period of time. Rios cited a particular incident in the past year that had the restaurant lose electricity from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Blue Corn Café was obligated to refrain from serving dinner that night and was not reimbursed for its lost business in any way by Duke Energy, Rios added. Another popular Ninth Street eatery, Francesca’s Dessert Cafe, could not offer some of its services during the powerless hour but was able to serve hot teas, pastries and other items that did not need constant electricity to stay fresh, said Al Belmouloug, an employee. For other businesses, the outage did not have as big of an impact. Both The Regulator—a bookstore—and Vaguely Reminiscent—a fashion boutique—experienced the outage almost immediately after opening but were able to keep their doors open to the public throughout the period. Losing power did make financial transactions more difficult, noted Tom Campbell, the Regulator’s co-owner. Without electricity, Campbell resorted to using an old credit card machine the store had saved. Karen Merowchek, a Vaguely Reminiscent employee, said the outage encouraged customers to use cash in paying for their purchases. “We can’t run credit cards if the power is out so we said we can write down your credit card number and just charge you later,” Merowcheck said. “But the See POWER OUTAGE, page 6
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A crime scene investigator documents evidence at CCB Plaza, where the shooting occurred. by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE
A police officer fatally shot an apparently suicidal man in Downtown Durham Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses said the man drove into CCB Plaza and held a gun to his head when the Durham police were called. When officers arrived at 4:19 p.m., the man was outside of his car, wielding the gun near the large bull statue on Corcoran St. Officers negotiated with the man for approximately an hour. He then turned the gun at the police officers, prompting one officer to shoot him in the torso. Police have not yet released the name of
the victim, who died soon after he was transported to the hospital. Jackie Wilson, who arrived at the scene after recognizing the man in the news reports, said the victim was a friend he worked with at a local lighting manufacturing company. “We were supposed to go f---ing fishing tomorrow,” Wilson said with tears in his eyes. Wilson said he had not noticed any signs that his friend was suicidal. He added that he wished the police officer had not targeted the man’s torso, a vulnerable area. “They could have shot him in the foot or the leg or something,” he said. Taufiki Lee, a pastor at A More Excellent
Way Temple, said he was in the church, which is several feet away from the plaza, when he heard the gun shot go off. He noted that Corcoran St., Parrish St., East Chapel Hill St., Foster St. and Rigsby Ave., among others, were all taped off following the shooting. At 7 p.m., all the blocks leading into CCB Plaza were still closed off. Multiple police cars blocked the entry points to the plaza, and crime scene investigators were photographing the evidence near the bull statue. A black Dodge was parked near the bull statue with its lights on. Wilson said the car See SHOOTING, page 6
Raleigh police to implement DWI checkpoints by Hailey Cunningham THE CHRONICLE
Drinkers in downtown Raleigh will soon face a greater chance of enforcement if they drive while intoxicated. In October, the Raleigh Police Department will receive a $525,700 grant to set up a Driving While Intoxicated squad—a group of police officers intended to apprehend drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. “Even though we [already] make a large number of arrests, the number of wrecks is slowly increasing,” said police Lt. Timothy Tomczak. “We wanted another tool in our toolbox to help attack this problem.” The squad was created to curb driving
after drinking, Tomczak said. Tomczak helped to develop a federal grant proposal that brought in the necessary funds and said that the squad will further decrease the number of wrecks caused by impaired drivers. Although Durham has yet to put its own DWI squad in place, checkpoints are periodically set up around the city. “Our officers who are patrolling the campus are attentive to driving that may indicate a driver is under the influence,” Duke Chief of Police John Dailey wrote in an email Monday. “The risk of injury or death is just too great.” Tomczak noted any district, including a smaller one like Durham, would benefit
from DWI squads. He said that Raleigh has been watching other cities that use squads and has learned from their example. “There are benefits to be gained by any jurisdiction [implementing] DWI squads,” Tomczak said. “If it worked for other programs, it was very likely that if we instituted something similar, we would also see the benefits.” Some students also cited the benefits of DWI squads in Durham. “I worry about other cars on the road at 11 p.m.,” senior Amanda Young said. “Because I live off-campus, I drive a lot more past 11 p.m., and [DWI squads] would See DWI, page 6
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Researchers develop method of measuring mining damage by Gautam Hathi THE CHRONICLE
A new method developed in collaboration with the Nicholas School of the Environment allows researchers to quantify the environmental damage of mountaintop removal coal mining. Using satellite imagery and coal production data from a 20 year period, a team—including Emily Bernhardt, associate professor of biogeochemistry— calculated the environmental damage made per ton of coal removed through mountaintop mining. The study found that every year mountaintop coal removal produces hundreds of miles of polluted streams and prevents thousands of years of carbon sequestration. “The most basic part of this is that we’ve managed to mine a huge area… and we before now haven’t really known how much coal is produced per unit area of [environmental] disturbance,” said coauthor Brian Lutz, assistant professor of biogeochemistry at Kent State University. Co-Author William Schlesinger, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and former dean of the Nicholas School, said the environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining were already known to be severe, as evidenced by the tremendous toll the process takes on the landscape. “If you want to alarm yourself, go to Google Earth and move…your cursor over any part of eastern Kentucky or Eastern Virginia and click down a couple levels and you’ll see these incredible scars,” Schlesinger said. “You can’t miss them.”
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The study will provide hard data on the impact that mining will have on the local environment. “With this paper we can actually begin to put things in common units,” Bernhardt said. “For every ton of coal you pull out of that landscape, here’s how much land you’re likely to disturb, here’s how much stream pollution you’re likely to cause…here’s how much forest carbon sequestration you’re likely to lose.” She added that the coal industry often cites positive economic statistics on the impact of mining each ton of coal. “You can use [this new information] to counter that,” Benhardt said. The large scale impacts of mountaintop removal mining are especially concerning given that the process only provides a small percentage of total U.S. coal usage, Schlesinger said. “We would be able to produce plenty of coal without surface coal mining,” Bernhardt said. “The question is if we were to actually incorporate these environmental externalities and if people other than the…future people of West Virginia were paying those costs, would it still be cheap?” According to the Associated Press, Patriot Coal Corporation—one of the largest coal corporations in the eastern half of the country—has already agreed to cease mountaintop removal mining for economic and environmental reasons. The three authors agreed that almost See COAL, page 6
Fix My Campus targets food trucks, efficient recycling by Audree Steinberg THE CHRONICLE
Fix My Campus is working on multiple projects, such as bringing more food trucks to the on-campus dining line-up. Created January 2013, the program is a subdivision of Duke Student Government that works to increase communication between students and DSG. The service allows students to send their suggestions and opinions via Facebook or text message to a designated phone number. “I want to get food trucks on Central and or West as soon as humanly possible. If within the next two weeks is possible, then that’s what it’s going to be,” said sophomore Lavanya Sunder, DSG vice president for services and director of Fix My Campus. Currently, Fix My Campus is working on a variety of projects that focus on waste. Many students have noticed that particular trashcans are overflowing, so Fix My Campus is working to redesign trash-pickup patterns and increase the number of trash cans on West Campus, Sunder noted. Additionally, many students on Central Campus did not receive recycling bins this year. The bins need to be requested, and Fix My Campus is working to let students know how to do this. Dining is another key issue on the Fix My Campus agenda, Sunder said. Students have submitted numerous dining suggestions—especially after construction has left the West Union closed for renovations—and Fix My Campus will forward these requests to Duke Dining Committee. The group is also working on creating more vegetarian dining options.
The team is also working with the Office of Information Technology to have Transloc, Duke’s bus-tracking app, displayed on the Bryan Center monitors. Sunder said that Fix My Campus is trying to accomplish this within the month. She added that another goal is to put signs on the Central bus stops to differentiate between eastbound and westbound buses. Another goal for the year is improving communication between the Office of Parking and Transportation and students, Sunder said. Many students do not know where to park and as a result their cars are being towed. The group is also working on changes in the Bryan Center—including installing blinds for the office meeting rooms, which would improve privacy for students and staff. According to its Facebook page, last year, Fix My Campus met with Duke University Police Department and successfully improved lighting around campus and achieved an increased police presence. The team also paired with Durham Rescue Mission to donate leftover food from Au Bon Pain. The Fix My Campus team meets weekly to discuss every idea that is submitted by students—aside from the occasional spam. “A lot of people complained that DSG only focuses on internal issues and I don’t think that’s true…but there’s not really a two-way conversation between DSG and the students,” Sunder said. The system often diverts requests to specific departments, mainly OIT and the Office of Housing, Dining and Residential Life, said project manager Betty Chen, a freshman. The See FIX MY CAMPUS, page 6
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Chef’s Chatter celebrates National Mushroom Month by Jen Chen THE CHRONICLE
This month, Duke Dining is having fun with fungus. In celebration of National Mushroom Month, a Duke Dining discussion series gave students the opportunity to sample a variety of flavored mushrooms and chat with the chefs who prepared the dishes. The discussion series, dubbed Chef’s Chatter, takes place once a month, each time with a specific topic, said Kirsten Marinko, marketing research specialist of Duke Dining Services. A Duke Dining chef experiments with different mushroom-based recipes in honor of National Mushroom Month. “We started the series as a way to engage students in an educational process with food while meeting our chefs and operations staff,” Marinko wrote in an email on Monday. Joseph Dawe, director of retail and executive chef for Duke Dining, said that he likes working with mushrooms because they have both nutritional value and a rich, savory taste. “When people talk about food, mushrooms are one of those things that they call umami,” Dawe said. “It’s a really Asian term, and it’s a buzzword that has run forever in the past 10 years or so. You can’t really describe the umami flavor, but it makes your mouth feel wonderful about the mix of flavors that you taste.” Mushroom tasting was held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday at the Penn Pavilion, and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Marketplace. The sampling table featured three distinct dishes: portobello mushrooms with hummus and feta cheese, mushroom risotto with peas and grilled chicken with mushroom vinaigrette. Dawe said that he has enjoyed the process of preparing for this event and that he appreciates events such as this where he can interact with students. Some students at the Pavilion said they enjoyed the opportunity to sample the delicacies. “I’m not that big a fan of mushrooms, but these are actually quite good,” sophomore Sarah Wall said. Sophomore Lily Zheng also said she liked the mushroom dishes and that her personal favorite was the risotto. Duke Dining annually hosts a large number of themed events. Dawe said that he looks forward to the upcoming Oktoberfest, which will feature a selection of food items such as apples and sausages. “Over the past year we have delivered over 60 special events from small range ‘National Grilled Cheese Day’ to large-scale events such as our upcoming Fall Festival on Sept. 26 where we bring the State Fair to Duke,” Marinko said. These dining-related special events may not be well known within the student population. Wall and Zheng both said they did not hear about the mushroom tasting in advance, but happened to be in the Pavilion at the same time. They also both said they were not aware of similar events that had occurred before. “It was definitely a pleasant surprise,” Wall remarked. Marinko said that Duke Dining strives to enhance the community aspect of dining by engaging students with their peers. Marinko said the new West Union will contain a teaching kitchen with cooking pods where students can have a hands-on culinary learning experience. The teaching kitchen will also have a live feed to provide access to viewers from home. “The series will help teach students the fundamentals of cooking and the basics of culinary arts,” Marinko said.
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The Duke University Health System’s recent shift to using electronic medical records promises a future of streamlined health care, but the new system’s implementation has created several hurdles for patients and providers alike. Over the past summer, the hospital completely revamped the organization of its online databases by introducing Maestro Care, a new medical records technology designed to unify the various branches of DUHS, consolidate records and improve the quality of patient communication. Many health care providers at the hospital have seen immediate beneficial results of the switch, made in response to federal requirements, but there are still some problems with switching over records and scheduling patients, particularly in Duke Student Health. Maestro Care does not currently include an online scheduling system for Student Health, making it more difficult for students to make appointments, said Jean Hanson, associate director for clinical support services and outreach at Duke Student Health. The new system also has multiple steps for registration, which requires more paperwork. Moreover, Maestro Care does not have the ability to track immunization records for incoming students and volunteers, and it has been incapable so far of transferring all the old student health files into its new database. All of these problems have contributed to much longer waiting times in the clinic. “With the [old] system we were using, about 60 percent of the appointments that were made each day were done online,” Hanson said. “Since the students can’t do that [now], they’re having to call in and we can’t answer the phones fast enough.” Maestro Care is an interactive program which can process suggestions from its users to improve efficiency. The new system
also uses the Duke MyChart—a more effective way for patients to view healthcare documents and communicate with doctors online. Maestro Care was introduced in response to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which will start penalizing hospitals who do not switch to digital records by 2015. Director of Student Health Dr. John Vaughn said he hopes that by the end of the semester, students will once again be able to make appointments online and have access to MyChart. For the time being, Vaughn is urging students to bear with the changes being made. Vaughn noted that because the changes to Student Health came at the end of DUHS’ switch to Maestro, many of their services have been slowed down. “It’s definitely frustrating for us but it could also be frustrating for students,” Vaughn said. “I would just ask students to be patient with us for now and realize in the long run that it’s going to be a good thing.” Outside of Student Health, DUHS is seeing other issues with Maestro. As with any software overhaul, there are still some issues with adjustment, wrote Dr. Lisa Nadler, a family medicine physician who was involved in the implementation of Maestro Care at Duke, in an email. Maestro Care has yet to go live in Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital, meaning many resources for implementation have been concentrated at those locations. Due to limited funding and time, it has been a struggle to answer requests for changes in the system. “There are currently 3,300 tickets in the queue of things that people want and need optimized,” Nadler said. “We are in the process of prioritizing these and will chip [these] away over time with
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A group of researchers in the Levine Science Research Center are studying the effects of environmental toxins on mitochondria. While the group engages in observations and experiments, they “battle the forces of evil in a never-ending quest for environmental justice,” according to its website. Each member of the Meyer Lab has a superhero alter-ego and nickname to match. “My lab is an environmental toxicology lab,” said Joel Meyer, who goes by Super-enviro-man. “We study the effects of pollutants—mostly chemicals, in general—on health by studying their effects on C. elegans which are small nematode worms. A large portion of the lab works on looking at the effects of chemicals that cause DNA damage on the mitochondria.” Mitochondria, often dubbed the “powerhouse of the cell,” have their own genomes. They are versatile organelles that are able to work together to heal and provide for each other, said Claudia Gonzalez, a PhD candidate in integrated toxicology and environmental health who goes by MitoMaga. By studying the mitochondria in C. elegans, the Meyer Lab aims to answer questions about the timing of mitochondrial fusion and separation and its subsequent influence on cell damage removal. “The other thing we’re especially interested in is the fact that the same environmental exposure doesn’t cause the same effect in different people which is in part due to genetics,” Meyer said. “What we are interested in is not just ‘What is the effect of this environmental exposure?’ but ‘What are the effects of this exposure in different genetic backgrounds?’”
He cited lung cancer as an example, noting that some individuals who smoke never acquire the disease, likely as a result of genetics. The implications of the lab’s research extend past existing knowledge about mitochondria. “People in the lab before [us] have discovered that mitochondrial damage does not remain permanently—we don’t quite know how,” Gonzalez said. “That has never really been addressed before.” There are networks in the mitochondria that are tubular and allow two mitochondria to come together, forming into one, and then split apart, said John Rooney, a third year graduate student in integrated toxicology and environmental health. “They’re dynamic, and we think they’re recycled,” said Rooney, whose alter-ego is called Worm Hunter. The mitochondrial ability to fuse, split and re-fuse allows them to share abilities and resources, Gonzalez said. “If one is ruining things for [the other mitochondria], it gets targeted for removal,” she said. Meyer added that the worms used are genetically alterable, which allows for the investigation of specific, relevant genetic components. Environmental exposures can have great effects on human health, Meyer said, adding that a surprisingly large percentage of human diseases are caused at least partially by environmental causes. “The better we understand those, the better we can respond to them and the better we can prevent them by figuring out the ways in which to clean up the environment,” Meyer said.
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The Chronicle: What did you do when you first got to Duke? Phi Bohan: We were moving in when we first got here. I met my roommate on the first day, who arrived around the time I did. We had a week of orientation, where we got to know all our classmates. During O-week we also had a camping trip to the lake, which was fun. TC: What were you thinking while you were in your first class, either before or after the professor came in? PB: I remember feeling it was a mistake, like, I don’t belong here at all, and someone will just tap on my shoulder and ask, “What are you doing here?” I think it was just because Duke is such a great school and that I’m surrounded by people who are all so amazing. I still remember calling up all my friends and telling them the good news immediately after I got admitted. But as soon as the professor walked in and started the lecture, I sort of got into the mode and everything was just awesome.” TC: Has the work met your expectations? PB: The reality is probably a little bit easier than what I expected. Although we have been dealing with some intense biochemistry work, I kind of expected it to be even a little more difficult. But my answer might change next week, when I know we are going to start something really tough.”
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make me feel more secure.” However, furthering this surveillance has received a reserved review from other students. Freshman Kathleen Axlerod said she would appreciate more police interference as long as it did not greatly inconvenience students. “Not only are you endangering yourself and the other passengers in the car, but also everyone else driving, walking, biking... along the road [by drunk driving],” Axlerod said. “I would have no problem with [DWI squads], as long as it wasn’t too big of an inconvenience.” Tomczak said the benefits of Raleigh’s DWI squad will outweigh the inconvenience. He said the checkpoints in particular will not only find intoxicated drivers but will also provide an opportunity to praise those making good choices. “It’s not only catching the bad guys, but also reminding the people who are doing the right thing that we appreciate it and that it could be them on the side of the road, being arrested, if they had made the poor decision of drinking and driving,” he said.
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all other methods of extraction for coal and other fossil fuels have lower environmental impacts than mountaintop removal mining. “In mountaintop mining you have a lot of destruction per unit coal relative to what you might be producing relative to other types of coal mining,” Bernhardt said. Lutz noted that the approach taken by this study also opens the door to comparisons between different methods of extraction of various fossil fuels, including coal and natural gas obtained through fracking. Each competing method of fuel extraction will have different environmental impacts, so comparisons will be essential, he added. “Increasingly we’re going to need information that allows us to compare across energy types so that we can make decisions about what types of fuel we’re going to produce based on their relative environmental impacts,” Lutz said. “Being able to do this for coal is a first step.”
belonged to his friend. David Jackson, a Durham resident, was outside Dame’s Chicken and Waffles when he heard the shot fired. He noted that a “hysterical woman” tried to run to the man’s aid, but was stopped by the police. “I suspect she was someone who knew him,” he said. There were snipers on the rooftops of the Marriott Hotel as police negotiated with the man in CCB Plaza, said Durham resident Rob Mariani, who was bartending at Alley Twenty Six on E. Chapel Hill St. at the time of the incident. “They’ve been saying it’s an attempted suicide by cop,” Mariani said of the victim’s choice to turn the gun on police. The Parlour—an ice cream store in CCB plaza—tweeted that the man was taken away in an ambulance on oxygen. The man was pronounced dead a short time after arriving at the hospital, according to the police statement. The Parlour closed for the rest of the day due to the incident. “Friends, events of this afternoon were a bit traumatizing so we’re closed tonight,” the Parlour tweeted Tuesday afternoon. Durham police officers at the scene of the crime declined to comment on the incident or deferred comment to the watch commander. Watch Commander Daniel Edwards also declined to comment. According to a statement from Durham police, the shooting is being investigated by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation. The incident is also being investigated by the Durham Police Department’s Professional Standards Division and Criminal Investigations Division, which is the standard procedure in any shooting involving an officer. The officer who fired the shot was placed on administrative leave with pay, which is also standard procedure for this type of incident, according to the statement. Julian Spector contributed reporting.
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An ode to the ‘Big Uglies’ They are unappreciated, underrated and for the most part, unknown to the majority of football fans. They battle against the most physically imposing athletes in the country. They are silent, unyielding and serve as the foundation upon which all football success is built. They are the “big uglies.” They are offensive linemen. Duke head coach David Cutcliffe, in his Tuesday press conference, praised redshirt senior Perry Simmons for registering his 3,000th career snap played Saturday in the game against Georgia Tech. If Cutcliffe had not broached the subject, Simmons’ accomplishment would have gone unnoticed by the press and Blue Devil fans alike. Everybody knows the name of the starting quarterback, the fast-as-lighting running back, the jumps-out-of-the-gym wide receiver and the hits-like-a-wrecking-ball linebacker. But few people, even those who call themselves true fans, could name their team’s entire offensive line. Some might not even be able to list just one of the lineman that protects their prized quarterback or running back. Offensive linemen don’t even have true statistics. In media reports and on post game stat sheets, the O-line numbers are mysteriously missing. Quarterbacks get a numerical rating every game based on different performance factors; shouldn’t offensive linemen receive similar treatment? Someone could theoretically rate offensive linemen in a similar manner and assign each one a rating after every game to help evaluate their performance. Then maybe fans would start taking more of an interest in their team’s front five. Offensive linemen could become draft-able in fantasy football and start receiving the same attention as quarterbacks and wide receivers. But this probably won’t happen. Instead, offensive linemen will continue to be remembered by a less-glamorous, but equally important, statistic than those of their offensive counterparts—number of snaps played. The 2013 Duke football media guide holds every recorded statistic for every Blue Devil listed on the game-day roster, more than 100 players. But the only real statistic for offensive linemen is the number of career snaps played. In a way, this encapsulates much of the offensive lineman’s nature. His success is judged by his ability to endure— no recognition of big plays, just acknowledgment for standing his ground between the pylons. So to go along with with the most unappreciated men on the gridiron, we also have
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It took freshman Brody Huitema 23 shots to find the back of the net, but when he finally hit, he made sure to make his goals count, scoring two in Duke’s comeback victory.
Duke landed in its second consecutive overtime contest Tuesday after a second-half comeback, but this time, after an excruciating draw against Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils were poised to deliver a victory. With only 50 seconds remaining in the first overtime period Duke 3 against Davidson, two DC 2 of Duke’s youngest players, freshmen Seo-In Kim and Brody Huitema, paired together for the golden goal. The speedy Kim sprinted down the left wing and crossed the ball in to Huitema, who touched it home for the game-winner and his second goal of the game, giving the Blue Devils a 3-2 win at Alumni Stadium in Davidson, N.C. on Tuesday night. “The belief was there,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “Guys weren’t happy with just getting a tie.” Huitema had six shots in the game and was denied earlier in the overtime period by a save from Davidson goalkeeper Matt Pacifici. But after two draws on the season, relief was the first thing Huitema felt after his game-winning goal, he said. See M. SOCCER page 8
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Last year’s NCAA tournament loss to Penn State in the quarterfinals marked the end of an era for the Duke program, as Tara Campbell had played her last game in goal for the Blue Devils. Head coach Robbie Church knew that replacing the four-year starter would not be easy, but felt confident in Ali Kershner and Meghan Thomas, the two goalkeeper waiting in the wings. Eight games into the 2013 campaign, Kershner has emerged as a force in net for the Blue Devils. The redshirt sophomore has recorded three shutouts in her first six collegiate starts, allowing just five goals against some of the nation’s toughest competition. “We thought we were going to score some goals, but with such a young back line and a new goalkeeper, we thought we might give up some goals,” Church said. “It’s almost been the reverse. [Kershner] has been very solid against one of the toughest schedules in the country.” The process of replacing Campbell and three starting defenders from last year’s squad began last spring. Per NCAA rules, teams are allowed to
play five spring games, but are not allowed to fly to compete. The Blue Devils faced some tough competition in the spring, squaring off with ACC foes North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech in addition to Florida, Elon and UNC Greensboro. “It’s either you swim or you sink. We threw both [goalkeepers] in the pool,” Church said. “We’re lucky to be in an area where there’s such great soccer all around us. We knew we had to get our goalkeepers as many quality games as we possibly could, and they both performed really well.” Kershner and Thomas entered spring practice and summer training both jockeying for position as Campbell’s successor. Both players have shown marked improvement under their new goalkeeper coach Steve Springthorpe. Duke hired Springthorpe as an assistant coach in February, and after spending four years as the head coach at N.C. State, he stepped right in to the spring training, having an immediate impact on the goalkeeping duo. “At a time where we were transitioning, we got this new coach who had never See W. SOCCER page 8
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Redshirt sophomore Ali Kershner has proven herself in goal so far this year, registering three shutouts in six starts.
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seen us before, so it was like a fresh start,” Kershner said. “When he came here in the spring, he pushed us more than we had ever been pushed before. He gave us the confidence that we were good enough to replace Tara.” Church opted to rotate his goalkeepers at the beginning of the year, but Kershner has carried the bulk of the workload of late. He said Kershner has become more of a leader as her comfort level in net has increased. “Your goalkeeper is always a leader, no matter what year she is,” Church said.
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The addition of former N.C. State head coach Steve Springthorpe has helped Kershner develop into a top goalie.
“She’s always a leader because of the position she plays. I’ve seen confidence in her, especially after she makes that first save, you see a real presence come about her.” Case in point—Kershner’s penalty kick save late in the first half against Miami energized a Duke team that had struggled to score all season long. The Blue Devils came out of the locker room and tallied three goals in the second half. “We really dominated that game, but we hadn’t scored a goal,” Church said. “All the momentum could’ve switched if they’d scored that goal. It was a huge save.” Springthorpe’s focus on footwork, tactical strategy and film study has paid off for the Palo Alto, Calif. native. “She’s a good shot-blocker... [and] at practice and in the games we’ve played, she hasn’t been giving up a lot of rebounds,” said Springthorpe. “She’s pretty good at 5-foot-10 at reading the ball in the air and coming out and challenging. She can also strike a long ball for us, which allows us to relieve some pressure late in the game.” As Duke continues to face highly-ranked opponents in ACC play, Kershner said the experience playing quality teams in the spring and the non-conference portion of the Blue Devils’ schedule has helped accelerate the learning process. “When you play in the ACC, you’re playing the best teams in the country every weekend,” Kershner said. “Playing a tough non-conference [schedule] is essential because we’re playing games that we have to win by one goal, and that translates directly to the ACC because there aren’t going to be any blowouts.”
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“Somehow the ball just got through, and I had the empty net to just touch it in,” he said. Despite winning 12 of their last 15 matchups with the Wildcats, the Blue Devils (3-1-2) trailed 2-0 for most of the game to a tough, previously undefeated Davidson team (4-1-1). Davidson forward Valeriy Sviderskiy broke the scoreless tie in the 28th minute with the first of his two goals on the day. “Davidson is a well-coached team and incredibly disciplined,” Kerr said. “Their game plan was excellent to attack us early and try to get a lead and get some momentum.” The Duke squad could not convert on scoring opportunities in the first half, shooting 10 times to the Wildcats’ five to no avail. Sviderskiy found the back of the net again in the 48th minute, putting the Blue Devils in an even deeper hole. But Duke wasn’t ready to give up against its instate foe yet. “We had to really dig deep and find some rhythm of play,” Kerr said.
Finally, in the 67th minute, Huitema found the back of the net off a header from a corner kick taken by Kim, the duo’s first goal and assist of the night. The tally was the first of the season for the Canadian freshman, even though he had held a team-high 19 shots entering the contest. “We had corner kick after corner kick, and finally we converted off one with a great cross from Seo-In,” Kerr said. “That gave us a lifeline.” The Blue Devils remained resilient, dominating possession and outshooting Davidson 10-4 in the second half. They eventually finished the game with 22 shots and 10 corner kicks. Junior midfielder Nick Palodichuk delivered a game-tying goal in the 87th minute off a through ball from sophomore Zach Mathers. Duke would carry this momentum into its third overtime game of the year, until Huitema ended the game in the 99th minute. “We felt confident that if we moved the ball quickly and attacked the space that was given to us, we would be successful [in overtime],” Kerr said.
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the most underrated statistic. I say underrated because people do not treat career snaps for linemen like they treat similar statistics in other sports. For instance, baseball fans dubbed Cal Ripken Jr. the “Iron Man” after he broke Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,131 consecutive starts, and Ripken didn’t even have 300-plus pound defensive ends trying to run him over every game. Even for football players, the career snaps statistic does not serve as the most prominent accolade for longevity. Instead this title goes to, of course, the quarterback. Everyone knows that Brett Favre has the most consecutive starts for a quarterback in NFL history. Finding out which NFL offensive lineman
has the most career snaps is a much more daunting task. But that is, unfortunately, the nature of the game. All that’s left to do is try and give credit where it is due—to the brave men who subject themselves to vicious trench warfare anywhere from 50 to 80 snaps per game. Let’s start with Duke. In 40 starts over a four-year career, Simmons has been on the field more than any other player on the Blue Devils’ roster, amassing a total of 3,012 career snaps. Left guard Dave Harding ranks second among the offensive linemen in terms of career snaps—the redshirt senior has amassed 2,467 in his five years at Duke. That’s more than double the amount of snaps played by quarterbacks Anthony Boone and Brandon Connette combined.
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Right guard Laken Tomlinson has 2,164 career snaps to his credit. That’s more than Juwan Thompson, Josh Snead and Jela Duncan—the Blue Devils’ three most-experienced tailbacks—combined. Next in line comes left tackle Takoby Cofield with 1,443 snaps. Just a redshirt junior, Cofield should be on pace to pass the 3,000-mark if he can remain injury-free over the next two years. With just 330 career snaps, center Matt Skura rounds out the unit. Although relatively inexperienced, the redshirt sophomore has plenty of time left in his career to join the likes of his fellow linemen in the 2,000 or 3,000-plus range. The on-field experience of all five of Duke’s starting offensive linemen is a testament to their success, and the improvement of the Blue Devils’ ground game in the past two seasons points to the skill and hard work of the big guys up front. Last year, Duke averaged 125.2 yards per game rushing, the highest total by a Blue Devil squad since 2005. This year, Duke is averaging 187.3 yards on the ground through its first three games. So to all the offensive lineman who toil week after week, crash against defensive lineman snap after snap but rarely receive credit rightfully deserved—thank you.
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Right guard Laken Tomlinson, shown here lining up in front of quarterback Brandon Connette, has 2,164 career snaps.
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With more than 3,000 career snaps played, redshirt senior Perry Simmons has helped the Blue Devil rushing game to improve greatly each of the last two seasons.
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run to relieve stress. I’ve been going outside periodically since high school to burn steam and forget about whatever it is that’s been bothering me. There’s something about the feeling of sweat on my skin and the total exhaustion that comes from finishing a long run that clears my mind like nothing else. The first semester of my sophomore year at Duke was a particularly stressful time for me. One day in October, I was running up Erwin Road near the hospital, and I felt myself nearing the end of my endurance. I decided to stop. It’s never a great feeling to cut a workout short, but every runner has those days. Yet, just as I was stopping, an elderly man, who was walking in the opposite direction, quipped at me, “Keep going young man!” It was as if my own grandfather was encouraging me onwards. I couldn’t bear the thought of stopping in front of this man who could barely walk, so I kept going. I ran to Flowers Drive and then kept running until I was back at my dorm. Now, whenever things get tough, I can’t help but think of that moment. Well-timed encouragement can do wonders. So here is some unsolicited advice for you new freshmen and really for anyone who’s reading. You’re at Duke for a reason. You have already demonstrated talent and drive, but don’t let it stop there. Whatever you do, don’t rest on the laurels of your high school achievements. This is college and, frankly, that stuff doesn’t matter much anymore. It’s time for new endeavors and new accomplishments, even if these things seem incredibly difficult. If my time at Duke has taught me anything, it’s that hard work and determination can see you through the most daunting of tasks. Freshmen, your classmates and friends will soon tell you (if they haven’t already) that it’s OK to do worse than you did in high school. That it’s alright for someone who was the valedictorian to slip a little. The pond has gotten much bigger, and not everyone can be a big fish. Multiple times, during Blue Devil Days last year, I heard upperclassmen preaching this gospel to pre-frosh who barely even knew what a syllabus was. To some degree, this is true, but it should never become an excuse for complacency and laziness. Yes, Duke is hard and there are incredibly bright people here, but don’t confuse that intelligence with a strong work ethic. I’m blessed to be friends with some pretty intelligent people, and the ones who do the best academically are invariably the hardest working. Conversely, I know absolutely brilliant
people at Duke who have squandered their potential in a variety of ways. The temptations of college can prove too much for some people.
Colin Scott THE VIEW FROM CARR Whether you are on scholarship or your parents are floating the check, paying for college is no joke and you owe it to the people who have sacrificed for you to see that you get the most out of the experience. More importantly, you owe it to yourself. As a senior, I can assure you that college does end, and you will be required to leave. You’ll also have to be comfortable looking back, years from now, at how you spent your time at Duke. I realize that, after O-week and the wholesome debauchery that is your first set of section parties, this will sound a lot like chastisement. It’s not. I was a freshman too, and I went through the same set of experiences that you all have with varying degrees of success. Having done that, I know what’s going to happen next. You’ll get your first set of midterms back and be upset about the result. Those of you in chemistry and math classes will probably be very upset. Your reaction shouldn’t be to blame it on the curve or the intelligence of your peers. You should be proud of the latter and grateful for the former. Instead, you should take that first set of grades as a challenge. What worked in high school is probably not going to do the trick in college. It’s a different ballgame now, but that doesn’t mean you should just call it quits. By virtue of being here, you have already demonstrated that you have the talent necessary to succeed; the Duke Admissions Office doesn’t accept people with the assumption that they will fill out the bottom half of the class. That doesn’t mean everyone is going to graduate with honors, but it does mean we should all give it our best shot. Work hard in class, and, outside of it, do what you need to lead a balanced life. So, keep going young men and women, and don’t stop short of fulfilling your full potential, because you’ve already made it here. Colin Scott is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.
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y father spent a month of my childhood bedridden after back surgery, and from his boredom sprang a passion for infomercials. As a result, the Sawicki house contains two Magic Bullets (the kitchen tool, not the vibrator), a George Foreman grill, a Shake Weight and a rather advanced telescope. We also own the Wai Lana Yoga video set.
Chelsea Sawicki NAMASTE Y’ALL Wai Lana is a svelte Asian woman who instructs you to “clench the buttocks firmly” while meditating in pretzel-like positions for a long time. As an eight-year-old trying to follow Wai’s poses, I giggled and became bored within five minutes. Where is the workout? Why all the hype? Yoga, yogis and Lululemon-clad soccer moms eventually became my favorite mockery targets. Fast-forward 13 years and I’m summering in Mumbai, renting a room from a yoga-crazed grandma. Her propaganda is immediate: “Your neck must hurt from that long flight, do some yoga! It’s great exercise, helps you connect with yourself, and it’s Indian.” My response: “I’ll join that fancy gym down the street, I know myself too well and my twicedaily commuter train journeys already provide an overdose of Indian culture. Yoga will serve me no purpose!” Her relentless nagging, however, is irritating and eventually obliges me. Perhaps if I go once it will appease her? It’s the big day and I arrive at the yoga studio. I am instantly scolded for my inappropriate top—one of those saggy neon tanks I bought from some sorority. I guess I should just wear a turtleneck next time? Hmm. Time to meet my fellow yogis. They consist of 12 women and two men who reek of masala and mothballs. I am the youngest by at least 40 years and likely the only one with original hip joints. Surely I should’ve joined a more advanced class, right? Wrong. 20 minutes later, I’m hanging upsidedown from a rope and grunting with sweat stinging my eyes. I regret not wearing a stronger deodorant. My elderly classmates, however, lack both perspiration and humiliation. They resemble a herd of inverted Saint Bernards peacefully humming “om shanti om” with their wrinkled jowls swaying in the artificial breeze. After another hour of adult acrobatics, I’m embarrassingly exhausted. But it’s a gratifying pain, like the morning after an ab workout or flossing when it’s been a while—the primary difference being that my chakras are now aligned (or something like that). It’s great.
Now that I am one with myself, I realize that myself is craving a mango lassi. I get one, but not before I kick myself for wasting so many years mocking yoga. I was such an unenlightened fool! I wonder if Lululemon is having a sale… My new hobby (and an abundance of frequent flier miles) eventually leads me to Thailand, alone, with nothing but a giant backpack full of stuff and my newfound sense of self. What’s a girl to do? Pre-yoga Chelsea would have tipsily sunbathed and flirted with Scandinavian tourists, but current Chelsea? She did precisely the same thing, only at a hippy-dippy wellness resort! Now this is no ordinary resort. The women are all French, 29 and simultaneously on a juice fast and hallucinogen trip. The men wear skirts and each meal (which is vegan, duh) comes with a shot of wheatgrass juice. Did I mention I’m a carnivorous American? Granted, this place was awesome – prime people watching, yummy food (if I ate at the meat place down the beach) and free yoga classes. There was also an “energy-healing center.” Yes, I rolled my eyes, but then an attractive yoga teacher hosted a workshop called “understanding your true desires.” Well lolz, but I went for his godly presence and free food. “Understanding your true desires” involved confusing chants and discussing everyone’s likes and dislikes. What did I learn from this? I truly hate peanut butter and Mitt Romney, but should be more open to mayonnaise and Taylor Swift. What’s the difference? I hate that I hate peanut butter—I’ve actively tried to like it many times—and it still makes me gag. The same goes for Romney, minus me trying to like him and hating that I hate him. But mayonnaise, Taylor Swift? My unreasonable vendettas are rooted in one bad sandwich and several annoyingly perky songs. My hot teacher then revealed his life motto: Try everything twice. You can have a bad experience your first time with anything, be it Republicanism, condiments or country music. How do you know you truly hate it? Try it again! And then my epiphany: You beautiful man, you’re a genius. I hated yoga and now it’s amazing! Wait, oh my God, so many of my favorites once disgusted me. Sushi! Whiskey! The South! I’m just happy I had the guts to give them a second chance. So, Dukies, I challenge you. What is something you hate? Open up your mind, your taste buds, whatever; try it again. I know it’s easy for me to shut out potentials because I enjoy b---hing about them, and that’s bad! So go out and try things while we’re still young and resilient. Hopefully you’ll find something awesome. Now if you’ll excuse me, yoga beckons. Chelsea Sawicki is a Trinity senior. Her column is part of the weekly Socialites feature and runs every other Wednesday. Send Chelsea a message on Twitter @ ChelsTweetzz.
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r. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” and Arudhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things” are the only two books I’ve ever reread. Interestingly enough, the two books are polar opposites in terms of the stories they convey. I read Roy’s book first, as a first semester senior in high school, during the most difficult moment of my life. Shortly thereafter, I read Seuss’ book as an acknowledgement of the four years I was about to experience. Both texts really characterized the struggles I was living at the time but approached adversity very differently. “The God of Small Things” spoke to the part of me that was loathing inequality. Roy’s idea, “Nothing mattered much. Nothing much mattered. And the less
Nourhan Elsayed A WORLD UNVEILED it mattered the less it mattered. It was never important enough,” embodied every frustration that was plaguing me at the time. By stark contrast, Dr. Seuss’ declaration, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go,” inspired me— and reminded me—that, with enough passion and persistence, I could work to help build societies where equity and equality are synonymous. In coming to Duke, I aspired to have those two books prime my path. I told myself that I would take advantage of all the resources here so that, one day, I would be able to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves. I wanted, in the words of Seuss “to go,” so that those living the reality of Roy’s words would have the chance to live in Seuss’ world. Despite the fact that quotes from both of the books are pinned to my desktop, I rarely think about these two texts. After a long period of absence, the books reappeared in my life this week. A recent conversation with family members in Egypt brought back the worlds of Seuss and Roy. Ziad, a cousin my age, laughed at my questions about his schooling and sarcastically asked, “Why would school matter if I know that I will never escape the poverty of Egypt?” In his world, “nothing much mattered,” and if we applied Seuss’ message, there would be nowhere for him to go. I had grown too accustomed to the world of Seuss in my Duke bubble of physics problems and forgot about the struggles of those in another reality, where “nothing mattered much.” Unfortunately, in the caste system that Roy writes about, as well as the social structures in Egypt, Burma and Syria, the people do not “matter.” In our society, however, I—and every other Duke student—“matter.” Our passions and our desires are relevant, and there are people on this campus who are paid to ensure that we know we matter. Nonetheless, in Ziad’s world, nothing matters. He cannot educate himself since the economic turmoil in Egypt means that the last two years of high school cost more, on a weekly basis, than the monthly income of most Egyptian families. He cannot secure a job, because—well, no one can. In the grand scheme of the unrest in the Middle East, Ziad is just one of the millions of adolescents who don’t matter. And the truth is, as much as I want to, I can’t help him “matter.” So, this week, as I read my neuroscience textbook and learned about topics such as convergence, I started to care more than I ever had before. I started to care because I know Ziad and others like him would give their lives to worry about neuroscience and calculus. Instead, they are worrying about how best to attain food and work towards a non-existent future. This week, I realized that my calculus problem set, sleep deprivation and burnt bagel from Au Bou Pain are all irrelevant. This week, what mattered were the places I would go to make sure that people like Ziad would “matter.” Nourhan Elsayed is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Wednesday.
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