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CHARLOTTE— With Duke riding high on an eight-game winning streak, the Blue Devils crashed back down to Earth hard against topranked Florida State in the ACC championship game. With a solid first half performance from the defense, the Blue Devils failed to do what they had done all season—turn opportunities into points. The offense could not find an answer for the Seminole defense and blew early opportunities en route to a 45-7 loss. “You are going to have to make plays when they present themselves,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We’re not going to beat a lot of people when we complete 50 percent of our passes. That’s not always just the quarterback. In a game like this, any given opportunity to make a play, you’d better make it.” It did not seem like this would be the case, as Florida State drove deep into Duke

The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded President Richard Brodhead with the 2013 Academic Leadership Award. Awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to university presidents, Brodhead is among four individuals chosen for this year’s award. Brodhead served on the corporation’s board of trustees from 2004 to 2012. The other recipients are Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University; John Hennessy, president of Stanford University; and Beverly Tatum, president of Spelman College. “I’m very pleased,” Brodhead said. “The award is certainly to Duke as much as to myself. It recognizes things that we have been doing here that are good paradigms for where Duke has been in the lead.” Established in 2005, the award honors

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Moving on from a matchup with this year’s presumptive Heisman Trophy frontrunner, the Blue Devils will square off with last year’s Heisman winner. No. 22 Duke will face No. 20 Texas A&M in this year’s Chick-fil-A Bowl at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The contest is set for Dec. 31, 2013 at 8 p.m. The Blue CHRONICLE GRAPHIC BY SOPHIA PALENBERG

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Local Catholics see change in LDOC Committee priorities with Pope Francis finalizing offers to artists by Georgia parke THE CHRONICLE

Changes in the Vatican’s goals during Pope Francis’ first months are calling for Catholics worldwide to evaluate their priorities, including at Duke. Since his papacy began on March 13, Francis has exhibited multiple departures from the practices of his predecessors, such as wearing simpler vestments with little ornamentation, living outside of the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace and allegedly leaving the Vatican at night to minster to the homeless. At the end of November, Francis released an extensive proclamation— called the Evangelii Gaudium—outlining many of his goals for the Catholic Church, including a decentralization of power in the church. Director of the Duke Catholic Center Michael Martin explained that this implies the pope wants to involve countries’ bishop conferences in having more authority inside the church, reducing the amount of sovereignty carried by the Vatican. “What he is trying to say is… to make sure those lines of communication are open so he can hear what is going on around the world, and not be as isolated from those voices,” Martin said. The call for decentralization is part of a larger effort by the pope to reach out to the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world. Paul Griffiths, Warren Professor of Catholic theology, noted that the pope has made specific changes to his own practices and operations—such as his dress and daily activities—but noted that more importantly, he is also instilling a new mindset worldwide. “He seems to be trying to change the priorities of the Church,” Griffiths said. “He’s trying to make [his top priority] into care for the poor and welcoming attitudes for everybody rather than judgment and opposition.” Griffiths pointed to the debate over Amendment One—a 2012 North Caro-

lina statute that changed the state’s constitutional definition of marriage to be between one man and one woman. Catholics and Catholic organizations around the state acted in support of the amendment, he said. Griffiths noted that in the wake of Francis’ papacy, Catholics may shift their energies to focus on advocating for the poor, for example, rather than fighting against other ideologies. Although N.C. Catholics’ position on LGBTQ issues and others that are similarly controversial—such as immigration—may not have changed, Griffiths emphasized that the ideology Francis is teaching will encourage other Catholics to approach issues with acceptance and compassion. “Local bishops will be active about different things,” he said. “There will be changes, but when they happen and how they happen are much harder to say.” Catherine Preston, campus minister for faith formation at the Catholic Center, summarized Francis’ perspective as one that emphasizes mercy and the human experience, more so than that of his predecessors. “We understand Christ is both human and divine, and we have to make sure we talk about both those things together,” she said. “Pope Francis has a heart and gift in articulating Jesus close to us in our humanity.” Preston noted the Center has changed its curriculum to include what Francis has been focusing on, including reviewing his interviews and documents, holding Skype sessions with people in Rome and altering the content of the teaching sessions held on campus for Catholic students. “It has certainly affected the things we think about,” she said. “Pope Francis is speaking about and people are very interested in social justice. We adjusted See POPE, page 4

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While students finish cramming for their Fall finals, the LDOC Committee of the Duke University Union is busy organizing this year’s Last Day Of Classes event. Set for April 23, the festivities will provide students with a more diverse range of musical performances than in the past, said sophomore Evan Reilly, co-chair of the LDOC Committee. The committee is in the process of making offers to performers and performer options have been finalized, but nothing has been set. “I’m really excited about this year’s music options,” said junior Kenny Johnson, LDOC Committee’s co-chair. “There is a variety of different genres for a diverse range of students.” The committee recently released a survey on their Twitter account to col-

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lect students’ preferences for musical performances. Reilly said the responses helped to influence many of the committee’s decisions. Johnson noted that the responses revealed no overwhelming support for any single genre. This year’s event will feature three to four performers as opposed to last year’s six. He added that scheduling so many acts on a single stage last year proved difficult, and having fewer acts will enable students to take better advantage of the daytime opportunities. “A lot of people also overlook what goes on during the day,” Johnson said. “There is a breakfast, the K-ville barbeque and many other daytime events to look forward to besides the musical performances.” Despite the challenges of construction and the closing of West Union,

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23andMe suspends genetic Costly trips keep some tests in compliance with FDA on campus over breaks A recent rift between the Food and Drug Administration and a private genomics company has sparked a debate about whether or not non-medical companies should offer customers a health analysis. 23andMe is a private company that analyzes DNA for genetic markers of disease, providing customers with a wide range of genetic information—such as propensity for disease, and data about their ancestry and genealogical roots— for a fee. The company has recently come under the scrutiny of the FDA for providing health assessment information, such as relative risk for Alzheimer’s or other diseases, without clearance from the FDA. The FDA issued a cease and desist letter in late November, and the company has since agreed to stop providing any interpretive information beyond raw genetic data. Genomics experts at Duke diverge on whether or not 23andMe overstepped its boundaries, but see the value in getting genomics information out in the public sphere. The FDA is concerned because 23andMe was providing medical information even though they are not approved to practice medicine, said Huntington Willard, director of the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. “23andMe is trying to have the best of both ways—to say they are not practicing medicine and then everything they write

makes it seems like they are practicing medicine,” he said. Willard said what 23andMe does ends up resembling a diagnosis. “Both as a customer and as a knowledgeable customer, I think they had crossed the line,” Willard said. Willard explained that he understands the importance of the data provided by 23andMe but believes that the nature of the information might induce customers into thinking that the information has direct medical value. “There’s value in that in terms of engaging the population, getting people more knowledgeable and getting people more comfortable with the concept that we all have bad variants in our genome,” Willard said. “But getting people to think that that has real medical importance at this stage in the game is probably premature.” But the 23andMe information is in no way meant to give a diagnosis, said Nita Farahany, director of science and society and the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. “It is not intended for or designed to be a diagnostic test and genetic predisposition information doesn’t diagnose you with a condition. All it does is give you some probabilistic information that might guide you down different paths,” Farahany concluded. But like Willard, Farahany believes that the company is helping in the See 23ANDME, page 4

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After dorms close Dec. 16, some students stay behind with no way of going home for the holidays. For the past nine years, these students have had the option of applying to stay in vacancies on Central Campus. This housing option costs $270, regardless of the length of a student’s stay. Tough financial situations lead to an increase in students opting for this extended stay, said Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez. This year, 47 students applied for winter housing, of whom 44 are internation-

al students and three are students on financial aid, said M.J. Williams, director of housing assignments and planning. Last year 55 students applied for winter housing, Gonzalez said. “I am not going back home over break because the plane tickets are so expensive,” said freshman Yiran Zhu, an international student from China. “It’s not worth it if I’m only going to be home for two weeks.” For many international students, going home over break can mean a $2,000 plane ticket and an 18-hour flight. Some See BREAKS, page 4

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choose to stay at a friend’s house or visit a relative to save the expense. Others who do not have these options choose to stay on campus. “If students can’t go home or if they can’t visit a friend or a relative in the U.S. then they can apply for winter break housing,” said Annette Moore, program coordinator at the International House. Gonzalez noted that there are usually some empty apartments on Central Campus that are not going to be used until Spring when students come back from study abroad programs. These apartments are made available to international students who have signed up for winter housing through the International House. “Historically we try to limit what we do to the international students,” Gonzalez said. “Occasionally, we do have requests from students who are not international.” The decision of whether non-international students can use winter housing is made at the Office of Hous-

ing Assignments. This year, winter housing will accommodate three financial aid students who cannot afford to go home. Students’ financial aid packages pay for their stay, Williams said. Gonzalez noted that this year, there are fewer apartments available due to the decrease in vacancies on Central. “It’s a tighter fit now to accommodate the demand from students,” he said, noting that the number of students who applied for winter housing this year and last year are dramatically higher than in previous years. “But we are doing the best we can and all the ones that requested [winter housing] are accommodated.” Winter break housing is only available on Central because residence halls on East and West Campus are not staffed over break, and housing tries to avoid having students in communities without staff, Gonzalez added. Limited service on campus is open to students who stay over break, but the International House will be open for most of the break for students who need resources.

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“It’s not that we house them and forget about them,” Williams said. “The International House connects them to resources to make sure that they have what they need.” The International House organizes a trip to Target for students to purchase groceries and caters a holiday dinner. But standard bus service and dining services are limited over the break. “Everything is limited and that’s why we encourage them to go home or go visit a friend,” Moore said. “But it’s nice that there is that option if there is no way for them to go home, that they open up apartments on Central. A lot of them cook together and form a little community.”

23ANDME from page 3 liberalization of scientific data. They have improved access to personal genomic information and helped educate people about the significance of their genetic data in relation to their health. She added that the information might help people make good decisions about their health. “If you find out you have a significant predisposition to deep-vein thrombosis you might want to wear something like supportive socks when you take long flights across the country,” Farahany said. The FDA might be taking this step because they believe the general public do not have the tools to properly understand the information provided by 23andMe without proper medical consultation, Farahany said. “Some people are what we call health exceptionalists. [They believe that people] can’t understand what it means, that they are not qualified to receive that kind of probabilistic genetic information that the company 23andMe is providing,” she said. She feels, however, that the test 23andMe proposes is not any different from other similar devices people use to track their health. “[It] is just a test tube you spit into and send back and get some information about yourself from,” she said. “From my perspective, this isn’t that different than [fitness] trackers and other types of health trackers that people get real useful data about.” The test might have significance for some people, said Biqi Zhang, a senior who took the test. She noted that even though she has fun comparing her results for things like ancestry, hair color or earwax type with her friends, she also sees the gravity of learning that someone might be at risk for an incurable disease. “Having this sort of data is certainly not silly for some, especially those with family history, who may end up discovering that they have increased risk of developing an incurable disease, like Alzheimer’s,” she wrote in an email Sunday. “23andMe does offer consumers potentially life-changing information, so one does have to be informed before purchasing an account.”

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a bit of our teaching because of that.” Martin also noted that the Catholic Center does programming that concretely addresses social justice issues and also hosts informal conversations on the pope’s relevance. He emphasized that the section of the Evangelii Gaudium on economics is also relevant, especially in the United States. In the document, Francis criticized capitalism and the concept of “trickle-down economics” as benefiting a few and neglecting masses. “Take the current models of economics and bring to those models the values, the human person and the dignity of the human,” Martin said is the core of Francis’ argument. “There’s some folks saying it’s socialist. I don’t think that’s the case at all.” Martin said that the most important issues for Catholics in different countries vary from economics to more social issues. The general mindset and universal values the pope is articulating, though, reaches all Catholics globally. “They say politics is local—well, you can say religion is local. We’re part of something much bigger,” Martin said. “The challenge is how we respond to [Francis] 1,000 miles away.”

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university presidents who are resourceful administrators and managers and who also exhibit an avid interest in the liberal arts, according to a press release from the Carnegie Corporation. Other criteria that were prioritized include commitment to excellence and access, curricular innovation, reform of K-12 education, global engagement and the promotion of strong connections with local communities. As a part of the honor, the chosen individuals’ institutions receive a $500,000 grant to be spent at the honorees’ discretion to promote their academic priorities. Brodhead said he is not yet sure how the money will be used at Duke. “The Carnegie award is probably the most significant single award that goes specifically to college presidents,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. “If you look at the list of people who have received it in the past, it’s people who have made a significant contribution not only at their own institutions, but within the field and society.” The press release highlighted several initiatives that marked Brodhead as a candidate for the award, such as Duke’s commitment to providing knowledge in service to society and to strengthening interdisciplinarity, liberal arts and international engagement. “None of [these things] is something that you do it and it’s done like putting in a new carpet,” Brodhead said. “They are long-term, transformative aspirations of the University.” He noted that the recent expansion of degree programs is an example of the transitive nature of interdisciplinarity.

Examples include master’s programs in bioethics and science policy and economics and computation. “A year ago, interdisciplinarity at Duke did not mean these degrees and now it does—just one more manifestation of something that continues to grow,” Brodhead said. Brodhead noted that the new master’s program in historical and cultural visualization is his favorite of the new degrees. “Ten years ago, you wouldn’t have thought to put those four words together,” he said. Specific examples of achievements noted in the Carnegie Corporation’s release included the creation of DukeEngage as well as the Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, which oversees the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership and the Duke Community Service Center, among other initiatives. Another cited achievement was the Financial Aid Initiative from 2005 to 2008 and the ongoing Duke Forward campaign. “[The Financial Aid Initiative] was based on the premise that Duke has a great financial aid policy but we didn’t have the permanent means of support underneath it, so I made the case that the day may come when this policy is hard to maintain,” Brodhead said. “We raised the $300 million just before the economic downturn. If we had not done that, we would have had a very hard time.” He added that the initiative also helped broadcast the University’s commitment to increasing access, which had not been emphasized previously and “trained” alumni to prioritize financial aid when donating. Schoenfeld noted that some of the largest gifts to the University since the

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2005 campaign have been specified for financial aid. The Academic Leadership Award was created in 2005. Nominations are solicited from past winners and leaders of national higher education institutions. The Carnegie Corporation of New York was created in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie to promote international peace, the advancement of education and higher knowledge and the strength of the United States’ democracy.

In response to a recent LDOC Twitter post about a potential Miley Cyrus performance, Johnson said not to take the rumors too seriously. “Our media manager likes to stir things up,” he said. DUU President Lynn Vandendriessche said that the LDOC committee has prioritized making this year’s event one that all Duke students can enjoy together. She added that the committee is taking action to make sure that the line-up represents many musical genres and appeals to the interests of the student body as a whole. from page 2 “I am really looking forward to LDOC,” Vandendriessche wrote in an Reilly said the LDOC committee is ad- email Sunday. “The committee is on justing its plans to ensure students can track to make this year both fun and move freely between classes and LDOC safer for students.” festivities. The event will not differ dramatically from previous years, Reilly said. Students can expect the same additional dining options such as food trucks and possibly other caterers. In comparison to previous years, however, this year’s committee plans to emphasize a philanthropy aspect of the event. “We are currently exploring our philanthropic options,” Reilly said. “By partnering with charities and raising money from things such as selling t-shirts, we are planning on expanding the visibility of our philanthropic efforts.” The committee is also working to revamp its marketing campaign and social media presence as the event gets closer. Reilly said the line-up is not set to be announced until February or March, but the hype is already building as rumors circulate. “I can’t disclose anything specific, but I can tell you it won’t be Nickelback,” Johnson said.

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ChArloTTe—Duke could only manage to keep Florida State off the scoreboard for one quarter. As the game wore on, the Seminoles’ athletes began to break through the Blue Devils defense and show why Florida State is the no. 1 team in the country, a participant in the BCS national championship game and the home of the presumptive heisman trophy winner. But for four quarters Saturday at Bank of America Stadium, it was Duke that played a more physical football game. “You can throw it and be skilled, but you got to be physical and you got to be nasty,” Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said. “You got to play the game clean, but this is a

man’s game and you have to be that way and we like to practice that way and we like to play that way and Duke did, too. My hat’s off. They had some great hits, clean hits.” The Blue Devils were matched up against a Seminole team that was bigger, faster and— given the game’s 45-7 final score—more talented on both sides of the football. But it was the Duke defense that set the tone early with its aggressive play. The Blue Devil pass rush was able to put pressure on heisman Trophy frontrunner Jameis Winston early, forcing the redshirt freshman into some hurried throws thanks to Duke’s confusing blitz schemes. “We were one of the first teams to just come after them, just fully come out blitzing on them almost every down,” Duke redshirt senior defensive end Kenny Anunike said. “That kind of shocked them i think, because a lot of teams have been just sitting back on their heels and just playing, but that was our gameplan—just to come after them from the jump, hit them in the mouth and that’s exactly what we were doing.” in the game’s opening minutes, true fresh-

man Deondre Singleton and redshirt freshman DeVon edwards laid big hits on Florida State wide receivers rashad Greene—a firstteam All-ACC selection—and 6-foot-5 target Kelvin Benjamin, who scored two touchdowns against the Blue Devils. As Duke’s young defensive stars played without fear, the Blue Devils held the Seminoles scoreless in the first quarter for the first time all season. ironically, it was the Florida State defense that led to Duke’s unraveling on the defensive side of the ball. After allowing the Blue Devils to march into field goal range on a long first-quarter drive, the Seminoles clamped down defensively and forced Duke into five consecutive three-andouts in the second period. Forcing the Blue Devil defense to stay on the field for 10:28 in the second quarter, Florida State was able to wear Duke down and seize control of the game. “it was the way we wanted it to start,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “i thought our gameplan was really, really good, and it just—the wear and tear of the game ended up getting the best of us.”

The game became more lopsided in the second half, and although the Blue Devils continued to get their shots in, Florida State’s athletes took their toll on the Duke offense. offensive tackle Perry Simmons was carted off to the locker room in the third quarter with a knee injury. The redshirt senior made the 50th start of his career in the ACC championship game and had started every game during his four-year career, but will miss the final game of his collegiate career after suffering a torn ACl and MCl. Sophomore running back Shaquille Powell and redshirt junior quarterback Brandon Connette left the game with injuries as well. The Blue Devils continued their physical play on defense throughout the fourth quarter, even when trailing 45-0—but this aggression may come back to bite Duke in its upcoming bowl matchup with Texas A&M . Sophomore safety Dwayne norman was called for a targeting penalty in the fourth quarter of the contest, which got See big hits, page 9

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After securing the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament from the ACC, Duke was rewarded with the opportunity to host the first two rounds of the tournament. But after beating the College of Charleston Friday on their home floor, the Blue Devils were unable to punch a ticket to the Sweet 16. No. 14 Duke saw CHAR 1 its season come DUKE 3 to an abrupt end, falling in straight AMER 3 sets to American DUKE 0 Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It was the second consecutive straight-set victory for the underdogs from the Patriot League after knocking off Georgia Friday night. “This team has had an incredible year,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. “I know that we’re all extremely disappointed that we didn’t play our absolute best tonight, but American University played great defense. They did an excellent job controlling the ball, getting the ball to their hitters that they wanted.” A trio of Eagle attackers led the way for American (34-2). Junior Kristyna Lindovska tallied 13 kills, senior Juliana Crum added 11 kills to go with 21 digs and junior Kelly McCaddin had 10. McCaddin, who is 6-foot-6, also had seven blocks, helping to neutralize the Duke offensive attack. The Blue Devils were held to a .110 hitting percentage, well below their season average of .246. Sophomore Emily Sklar and junior Jeme Obeime each recorded 11 kills to lead Duke—Sklar also picked up 13 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. Elizabeth Campbell added nine kills for Duke (28-5). American led the first set from start to finish, overcoming a late Duke rally to win, 25-23. The Blue Devils had to rally again in the second set, going up 21-18 before the Eagles responded with a run of their own, tying the score at 23-23 and going on to win, 26-24.

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An upstart American squad upset Duke in straight sets at Cameron Indoor Stadium to knock Duke out of the NCAA tournament.

“Both the first two sets were very tight, and I think we made too many errors,” Nagel said. “We had moments where we were flowing and communicating and controlling the ball like we’d like to, but then we’d have some stints there that we needed to get a side out a little bit sooner in order to get back some momentum on our side.” Down two sets to none, Duke came out strong in the third set but were unable to make it hold up. The Blue Devils started the set on a 9-2 run, but a dominant 15-1 response from American gave the Eagles a commanding 17-10 lead. Although Duke would make a dent in that advantage, it could not register enough stops to ground the Eagle attack, and American finished out the third set, 25-22. Duke will return the bulk of its roster next year but will lose its two captains— middle blocker Chelsea Cook and libero Ali McCurdy—to graduation. McCurdy, the ACC’s all-time leader in digs, picked up 24 more Saturday, pushing her final career mark to 2,538.

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territory on its second series of the game. But as run ning back Devonta Freeman weaved his way through the defense toward the end zone, redshirt senior corner Ross Cockrell knocked the ball out of his hands—Freeman’s first fumble all season—allowing Jeremy Cash to dive on the ball and swing the momentum back in the Blue Devils’ favor. “That kind of shocked them I think,” Blue Devil defensive end Kenny Anunike said. “Because a lot of teams have been sitting back on their heels and just playing, but that was our game plan just to come after them from the jump, hit them in the mouth and that’s exactly what we were doing.” Duke’s offense seemed to be running on all cylinders, as it drove down to the Seminole 33-yard line. On first-and-10, Boone found sophomore running back Jela Duncan wide open on the left sideline and lofted the ball his way, only for it to slip through his hands and go incomplete. After a three-yard completion to receiver Johnell Barnes, Duke faced thirdand-seven. Boone dropped back and tried to squeeze the ball into a tight window to Barnes, but the pass was a step behind him and Barnes could not hang on to the ball. This brought out kicker Ross Martin, who has been a huge part of Duke’s eight-game winning streak, with go-ahead field goals at Virginia Tech and North Carolina. But Saturday’s contest would not feature a Duke lead, as Martin’s 48-yard attempt sailed wide right, squandering the chance to draw first blood and giving the Seminoles the ball. “It’s one of those things where you’ve got to answer early, try to get some momentum,” Boone said. “Because a team like that, they have a great defense, they can put people away, and they have a quick offense that can score at will. So you’ve just got to get points where you can and try to catch a rhythm and we missed the points.” The next letdown for the Blue Devils came after a Kelvin Benjamin touchdown put the Seminoles up 7-0 with 12:36 left in the second quarter. After Duke and Florida State posted consecutive threeand-outs, the Seminoles, who had negated receiver and punt returner Jamison Crowder thus far in the game, finally gave up a big play. On the punt return from

Duke’s 23-yard line, Crowder cut left and turned upfield, taking the ball 40 yards to Florida State’s 37-yard line and giving the Blue Devils their best starting position of the day. After picking up four yards in two plays, Boone dropped back on third-andsix and forced a ball into double coverage looking for a blanketed Crowder. Seminole cornerback Lamarcus Joyner picked off the pass at the 22-yard line to erase any chance Duke had of scoring. The Seminoles would go on to score via a Karlos Williams nine-yard touchdown run and push the lead to 14-0. “It’s frustrating,” Crowder said. “We knew going into the game that we were going against the best defense in the nation. So they came out and played well and did what they had to do, and we just didn’t execute well on offense.” Duke got the ball back via a Breon Borders interception—his first of two on the day—but could do nothing with it and ended up punting the ball away after contemplating going for it on fourthand-3 from Florida State’s 43-yard line. The Seminoles would kick a field goal to go into halftime with a 17-0 lead and all the momentum. The second half would just be a worse version of the second quarter for the Blue Devils. After the defense forced a Seminole punt, Duke’s offense had one more shot to put the Blue Devils back in the game. But Seminole linebacker Telvin Smith registered a sack and then picked off Boone on back-to-back plays to lead to another Winston touchdown pass—his second of three on the day—to put the game out of reach with a 24-0 lead. Florida State would go on to win 45-7, with Duke’s lone score—a 5-yard Josh Snead run—coming with 1:01 left in the game. Though the Blue Devils were unable to answer Saturday, they are sure to have a short memory, as the team will need to get back to work on preparing for their Chick-fil-A Bowl matchup against Johnny Manziel and No. 20 Texas A&M. “We’ve got a bowl game to prepare for,” Cutcliffe said. “We’ll find out where that is, and that’s about it. It’s one of those games you are going to look at the tape closely to evaluate a little more closely what we need to do better.”

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ithin weeks of his inauguration, former University president J. Deryl Hart established the position of the provost and appointed to it political science professor R. Taylor Cole. Cole, who had taught at Duke since 1935, said that the perspective with which he would preside as provost is “forward leaning,” that the University would be guaranteed a “bright future” under his leadership. Many would hold the position of provost after Cole resigned nine years later, but none would effectively guarantee the University a “bright future” to the extent that Provost Peter Lange has. When former president Nan Keohane appointed Lange to the provostship in 1999, she knew she was making the right choice. “He’s a leader,” Keohane said of Lange, “but he’s also a ‘people person,’ and those who have worked with him most closely recently are most enthusiastic about the prospect of continuing to do so.” Lange, who had before served as a faculty member, vice provost for academic and international affairs, chair of the political science department and chair of the Trinity College curriculum review committee, undoubtedly had the experience necessary for the job. Judith Ruderman, then vice provost for academic services, likely agreed with the president’s appointment. “What I’m confident about from his experience in this office and his experience in general,” Ruderman opined, “is that Peter will change the way things get done around here.” Sure enough, Ruderman was right. “Our first job,” Lange explained after his appointment, “must be to establish a clear set of academic priorities.” As provost, Lange sought to establish these priorities through the introduction of two five-year strategic plans, “Building on Excellence” in 2001, and “Making a Difference” in 2006. Outlined in these plans was a particular emphasis on interdisciplinarity, civic engagement and internationalism, among other long-term themes. Lange’s thorough and consistent strategies eventually resulted in the establishment of the University’s signature interdisciplinary centers and institutes, including, but not limited to, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, the Global Health Institute and the Social Science Research Institute. As if that was not enough, initiatives such as the Focus program and Bass Connections, initially designed to provide students with opportunities for interdisciplinary research within themes such as Global Health and Education and Human Development, are continuing to develop under Lange’s leadership. Thus, it ought not to register a surprise that many, including President Brodhead, have lauded Lange for his emphasis on interdisciplinarity. “The deans at Duke work together in a way that they don’t work together at any other university I can name,”

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Brodhead recently opined. “That doesn’t happen by accident. It’s been the result of endless work by the Provost to make people realize that the parts work

Mousa Alshanteer you don’t say? best when they’re parts of a whole.” Interdisciplinarity was not the only priority Lange would fulfill during his tenure. Within recent years, the Provost has helped ensure that the University would become renowned for its persistent focus on civic engagement. Duke Engage, the Office of Service Learning and the Center for Civic Engagement, all byproducts of Lange’s strategic plans, have enabled thousands of students to serve local, national and international communities. Lange has also laid the groundwork for the University to increase its engagement with the international community through the implementation of study abroad programs and immersions and physical campus expansions. Initiatives such as DukeImmerse, the establishment of the Office of Global Strategy and Programs and the University’s ongoing ventures in Kunshan are partly the result of Lange’s emphasis on such international engagement. Most importantly, Lange was one of the most instrumental administrators during the Campaign for Duke, which ended in 2003, the Financial Aid Initiative, which ended in 2008, and the ongoing Duke Forward campaign, all three of which have helped improve the University’s infrastructure, affordability, diversity and ability to continually implement novel initiatives and hire and retain exceptional faculty members. Though issues regarding academic freedom at Duke Kunshan University and ongoing efforts to increase the University’s role in online education have garnered him some criticism, Lange has unquestionably left his successor big shoes to fill. Unlike any of the provosts who had preceded him, Lange has made an impact where it matters most: the students and the faculty. Now, after 15 years, Lange is resigning from his position, as the longest serving provost in the University’s history, with the knowledge that all of his goals have been fulfilled. Michael Schoenfeld, vice provost for government affairs and public relations, summarized the impact of Lange’s tenure rather well. “Duke is what it is today because of the work of a lot of people,” he explained. “But at the top of that list is Peter Lange.” Mousa Alshanteer is a Trinity sophomore and the editorial page managing editor. His regular column is part of the weekly Editor’s Note feature. This is his final column of the semester. Send Mousa a message on Twitter @MousaAlshanteer.

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A matter of life and death

xam week is a great time to think about death. As wide-eyed freshmen forswear human contact and move into Perkins study rooms, I wonder: What will happen after I die? Not in the religious-spiritual-metaphysical sense—rather, what will they say at my memorial service? Will the service be short and perfunctory, or will they raise a toast to a life well lived? Three years ago this month, my grandfather’s

Andrew Kragie elevator pitch family and friends gathered to honor a life well lived. My Grandpa Herb graduated from college and earned a master’s degree—so he passed exams, like I hope to do this week. But when he died, his obituary didn’t mention his GPA. No one quoted from his midterm essays at the memorial service. Instead his obituary promised that his loved ones “will carry on his joyful spirit and unshakeable commitment to family.” His legacy was not grades, degrees or credentials. It was joy and family. For instance, my grandfather taught us grandboys how to be family men. He treasured his four siblings for all of his 81 years. During college, he lived with his sister and helped raise his beloved nieces. He made sure that our extended family gathered every summer for raucous family reunions—you really reinforce the ties that bind when you’re bound together for a three-legged race! In his last years, Grandpa talked with his brother Ken every week. Men don’t often talk on the phone, so that really says something. Grandpa was so close with his siblings that I actually believed one of his favorite stories. Food was tight in the Great Depression years, he reminded us. Sometimes there wasn’t much for breakfast. So each morning his mother cooked the one piece of bacon that the family could spare and tied it with a length of twine, like a hook on a fishing line. She lined up her five children from oldest to youngest and moved down the line, dipping the bacon into each child’s mouth to give them a taste before reeling it in and moving to the next child. It’s embarrassing to admit that I believed this story until a few years ago—birds do this, not humans!—but I’m not too ashamed. I think the story’s credibility stems from my grandpa’s love for his siblings. Grandpa instilled that sense of family in each of his five grandboys, with one difference—we get our own slices of bacon now. In “Shower the People,” James Taylor sings

that you should “shower the people you love with love.” Grandpa excelled at sharing love as a father and a grandfather. He had a particular style of fatherhood; skeptics might call it spoiling, but I prefer the term “doting.” The day after he died, my aunt shared a story from her childhood. Every week or so, my grandmother would spend a much-deserved evening out with her bridge club. And when the cat’s away, the mice will play—and Grandpa Herb was quite the mouse. After my grandma left, my mom and aunt raced down to the den and encountered a sight for sore eyes: a veritable feast of pretzels and Pepsi! Grandpa’s two girls spent those evenings munching happily, watching cartoons and basking in their dad’s love. If Herb spoiled his children, imagine how he treated his grandchildren! I’ll never forget the many hours we spent in his workshop, toiling away on little woodworking projects. We shared endless cups of Arizona Iced Tea and never tired of watching “Walker, Texas Ranger” with him and my grandma. Once we were old enough—about 5!—he treated us to covert sessions with his BB rifle. Oh, the adrenaline rush of shooting at a soda can from behind my grandmother’s flowers. Herb died on a Monday after two weeks in hospital and hospice. The Saturday before he passed, I wrote in my journal that he was “radiating love.” As his body weakened, he seemed to drift between two places. He was there in the hospital with us. But he also spent time somewhere else, somewhere we couldn’t join him. And from that place he brought back love, overwhelming waves of love that emanated from his hospital bed and gently crashed against all those around him—his wife who held his hand, his daughters who stroked his hair, his grandsons who dabbed his lips with water in those last days. You couldn’t enter his room without feeling bright rays pierce your soul. I cried, but not quite out of sorrow. I cried because there is nothing else you can do in response to that kind of all-consuming love. You must simply hold it while you can and remember it forevermore. If I could talk with my grandpa this exam week, I think he would tell me to hit the books. But he would remind me that loving my family and friends matters so much more than studying for finals. That doesn’t make exams easy, but it does remind me that grades will not define my legacy. So I raise my glass to toast a good man; he passed on three years ago, but his love endures. And I raise my glass to toast the only things that are truly a matter of life and death—our lives, and our deaths.

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Andrew Kragie is a Trinity junior. This is his final column of the semester.

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The long walk continues

ast year I had the opportunity to travel to South Africa as part of the DukeImmerse Freedom Struggles program, which studied the history of the civil rights movement in the United States and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Our first official outing of the program was visiting Constitution Hill, the site for the highest court in the country. After arriving at the location, I immediately was overcome by the power of those involved in the anti-apartheid struggle. The location, which was formerly a prison for some of the country’s most renowned political activists including Mahatma Gandhi, Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela, now represents a place for solidarity and democracy.

Adrienne Harreveld as if Constitution Hill epitomized South Africa’s progress and potential, as well as the accomplishments of the late Nelson Mandela. Walking around I saw legal text written in all of South Africa’s official languages, I saw a collection of paintings with the subject of optimism done by people suffering with HIV, I saw banners championing the country’s commitment to wealth redistribution, health-equality, marriage-equality, and other progressive policies. I was left inspired by the amount of hope that came with overthrowing the oppressive apartheid regime. The sacrifices of Walter Sisulu, Steven Biko, Emma Mashinini, Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, and all of the others who committed themselves to ending apartheid have created a country of infinite potential. I quickly realized, however, Mandela’s long walk to freedom did not end with his election in 1994, nor did it end with his death. I returned from Constitution Hill to a neighborhood where houses were surrounded by chain-link fences, barbed wire and personal security guards lined the sidewalks. The second day of our trip we heard the news of a Mozambican man in South Africa being handcuffed to the back of a van and dragged throughout the streets by a police officer. Each day, we were confronted with information of other cases of xenophobic violence, a refugee crisis, the AIDS epidemic and poverty. In many ways, the myth of Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle has left both the United States and the South African government to bask in the successes of the movement and refrain from confronting some of the horrors of the aftermath of apartheid. In a country where 6.1 million people were infected with HIV in 2012, there is a serious lack of government responsibility. Former President Thabo Mbeki was quoted saying “personally, I don’t know anyone who has died of AIDS.” South Africa’s current President and African National Congress member Jacob Zuma “showered to prevent HIV” after unprotected sexual intercourse with an HIV-positive woman. In 2012, the protests of mine workers in the Marikana region resulted in the death of 44 people and the injury of 78 people. This was the most violent use of lethal force from South African security forces toward civilians since the apartheid-era Sharpeville massacre where 69 people were killed after protesting the policy which required non-whites to carry passbooks whenever travelling outside of designated home areas. South Africa has been ambiguous toward addressing the over 5 million Zimbabwean refugees in the country. And although these problems exist, South Africa is largely a one-party dominant state. The ANC, the party that ended apartheid, has remained in control. Perhaps the death of Mandela will lead the country to introspection. Now that a man who was known throughout the world for his unfailing commitments to ending inequality and oppression has passed, South Africa will look for its inspiration from within. Mandela’s legacy is in the people of South Africa: its children, its union workers, its freedom fighters. It is not solely housed within the ANC. It is time for the United States to reflect as well. With Mandela’s passing, it is evident that the United States has forgotten its own relationship with apartheid and Mandela. We ignore that Mandela was on the U.S. terrorist list until 2008 or that it wasn’t until 14 years after the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid bill was introduced that it was finally passed. The United States has made its own myth of the anti-apartheid struggle, quoting Mandela’s quips on freedom, praising his role as a statesman and his commitments to fight injustice. We laud him for his sacrifices and his defiance. But there are aspects of Mandela we brush over. We rarely talk about Mandela’s commitment to armed resistance. We fail to mention Mandela’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and the existence of an Israeli apartheid state. So in this time of mourning and remembrance, let us not forget what Mandela has accomplished for South Africa and global justice. But additionally, let us not allow Mandela’s life remain as mere legacy. Mandela did not take his long walk alone. He did so with the partnership and support of millions of freedom fighters. As we strive toward freedom and justice throughout the world, this walk will continue the same way. With Mandela’s inspiration, let us all, as South Africans and Americans, remember apartheids still exist and aren’t always black and white. Let us not be critical of how political protests take shape. Let us not be so quick to classify those making immeasurable sacrifices for freedom as terrorists. We can be touched and inspired by the end of apartheid and the face of a free South Africa, but we cannot be content with the world Mandela left behind. To quote the man himself: “I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.” Adrienne Harreveld is a Trinity senior. This is her final column of the semester. Send Adrienne a message on Twitter @AdrienneLiege.

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