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Policy changes Flu claims 21 lives in North Carolina reduce public counsel by Jen Chen
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A new policy in North Carolina keeps some defendants out of jail at the expense of their right to public counsel. Under the Appropriations Act of 2013, a number of Class 1 and 2 misdemeanors were reclassified into the less serious Class 3—a change that is expected to reduce state expenses. The bill also states that unless more than three prior convictions have been made, a defendant of a Class 3 misdemeanor can only be charged with a fine for misdemeanors committed on or after Dec. 1, 2013. Response from the legal community has noted that increased leniency in punishments means defendants with financial hardship can no longer receive legal counsel appointed by the state when faced with a Class 3 misdemeanor charge. “The constitution mandates that the state provide legal counsel to defendants who may potentially receive prison sentence who cannot otherwise afford it,” said James Coleman, John S. Bradway professor of law and co-director of Wrongful Convictions Clinic. “Now that these defendants cannot go to jail, they also lose this See policy page 6
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Durham county health officials are urging the public to practice clean living habits in anticipation of a busy flu season. The flu has claimed 21 lives in North Carolina so far this season, with the first confirmed cases early last December. The victims include a disproportionately large number of adults ages 25-
45. Health officials are attributing the trend to the prevalence of the H1N1 strain of the disease, which affects a younger portion of the population than other strains. “There were 59 flu deaths [in 2013],” said Kirsti Clifford, press assistant at the North Carolina department of health and human services. “Flu season varies from year to year. It peaks in February or January, and we are on an upward
trend right now.” Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke Hospital, wrote in an email Thursday that the strain affects a younger segment of the population because the human body has not developed a strong immunity to it. “Even people who have no obvious See flu page 12
Arts and Sciences proposal could alter Duke grad requirement by Emma Baccellieri The Chronicle
If passed, a new proposal will increase the amount of Duke courses students must take to graduate. The proposal, which was presented to the Arts and Sciences Council at their Thursday meeting, would require students to take 24 Duke courses in order
to graduate. Under the current policy, 17 of a student’s 34 credits must be taught by Duke faculty—the other 17 may come from transfer courses, study abroad courses, Advanced Placement credit or interinstitutional credit. The proposal aims to increase the number of required Duke courses, as well as to create a policy regarding online courses
for credit. “It’s not how many non-Duke courses should students be allowed to take, but really, how many Duke courses constitute a Duke degree? ” said Suzanne Shanahan, chair of the Curriculum Committee and acting director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics. “What we want to do is set a floor, not a ceiling.”
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Most pressing issues affecting North Carolina A slew of over 40 new laws enacted over a summer legislative session have been rolling into effect since December. Take a look at a few of the most pressing issues affecting North Carolinians now, compiled by The Chronicle’s Local/National staff, and see more coverage about the state’s misdemeanor classification on page 1. The Wildlife Poacher Reward Fund was established in 2013, offering a monetary reward to people who provide information resulting in the arrest of poachers and people who destroy wildlife to the Wildlife resources Commission. The issue applies to Duke Forest but so far is not a major issue, as the forest has seen limited incidents of poaching and wildlife destruction. “We do keep our ears to the ground… for reports of unauthorized access or hunting,” said Judson edeburn, Duke Forest research Manager, in an email Wednesday. “neighbors to the Forest, recreational users, researchers, and the hunters we use for our deer herd reduction program, occasionally hear or see something unusual that is
in an effort to reduce police officers’ risk of communicable diseases, arrested persons carrying sharp drug paraphernalia are exempt from being charged with the possession if they inform the officer about the needles before being searched.
Two new laws aim to protect children and toddlers from crimes. Caylee’s law—named after the highly publicized Caylee Anthony case—now makes not reporting a missing child or child abuse resulting in serious injury both felonies. Kilah’s law, which is a result of a Union County child who was abused and killed by her stepfather, makes the maximum sentence for child abuse 33 years in prison and solidifies child abuse convictions in criminal records.
in response to protests made by the Westboro Baptist Church at funerals around the country, now in north Carolina the laws for protesting at funerals are much stricter. Protests must now be 500 feet from the ceremonial site and cannot take place two hours before or after the funeral. The respect our Fallen heroes law puts tighter definitions on what qualifies as public disturbances, such as seizing buildings and provoking violent retaliation.
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october laws expanded the number of places that registered gun users are allowed to carry concealed weapons. “We planned for, assessed and communicated about [the law] last fall,” said Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanagh in an email Thursday. however, December also saw the advent of a new law making it illegal to discharge a firearm in an enclosed space while intending to incite fear. The law is a result of an incident at a Walmart in Kernersville, after which the shooter was charged with a misdemeanor.
new laws protecting schools and school buses from harm also appeared at the end of 2013. now, drivers who pass the “SToP” sign on stopped school buses will face harsher fines and penalties, the revenue from which can be used for video cameras for buses. Schools can also work with law enforcement to have volunteers acting as security oficers on their campuses.
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retained in the new building and additional staff will be hired for the new radiology unit, the pharmacy and alternative services such as acupuncture and massage therapy, Wasiolek said. “We will start talking with them next about space needs, how many offices and counseling rooms we need, and the design will start from there,” Wasiolek said.
Most of the current facilities are in need of updating, so the new building will provide contemporary spaces for clinics, labs, treatment rooms and the pharmacy, Moneta said. no decision has been made on how the spaces currently housing student health, CAPS, the Wellness Center and case management will be used after the offices move to the new location.
The Board of Trustees will decide upon the location of the new Student health and Wellness Center in the next few months. The new building will bring together Student health, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Wellness Center and case management office, all currently located in different areas on campus. Additional services will include a pharmacy, a radiology unit, acupuncture and massage therapy, said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students. Construction will begin Spring 2015 and is estimated to be completed in 2016. “right now we are in this phase that i will call site identification and confirmation,” Wasiolek said. “We are looking at various options of where this building could be.” Wasiolek said the sites under review include several few locations along Towerview road, one location on Science Drive and another in the athletics area. The most probable site is located by the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center and Cameron Stadium on Towerview road, said Director of Student health John Vaughn. he added that relevant University officials are likely to have a meeting next Monday to discuss the optimal location for the new building. The building is now projected to be approximately 75,000 square feet, and the size will be reevaluated in the next few months. The estimated cost is $30 BRIANNA SIRACUSE/THE CHRONICLE million, she added. Current staff in the offices will be The Board of Trustees has yet to decide of the location of the new Student Health and Wellness Center.
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The building will be near student residences on West Campus and be accessible to graduate and professional students. The location is also intended to enable effective partnerships with recreation and athletics, Duke Dining and other campus entities that want to collaborate with student health and care, wrote Vice President of Student Affairs larry Moneta in an email Thursday. The new building will bring together centers currently scattered throughout the Duke South Clinic, Flowers and Crowell buildings. Wasiolek said the new building will enable the health and wellness agencies on campus to take a more centralized and integrative approach to student health care. “The coordination of health care is really challenged by the various locations,” she said. “All of us can communicate electronically and virtually, which is not really an optimal way to provide an integrative approach to someone’s health care.” Wasiolek noted that the architect selected to design the new health and wellness center, a Durham firm called Duda Paine Architects, also designed the Trent Semans Center and the Center for integrative Medicine on campus. She added that administrators hope the new building will feel welcoming. “When people walk in the building, we want them to feel as though they have entered a place that will promote the healing process,” she said. “We want the building to have a strong element of convenience for the students, and we want to make sure that the location acknowledges the need for privacy.”
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Chris Christie’s future uncertain amid traffic scandal by dan balz
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Two months after winning reelection in a landslide, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has hit the low point of his political career. Two months after being touted as the nominal frontrunner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, his prospects for claiming the White House are clouded by controversy. The fall came quickly for the brash governor. His self-made reputation for blunt talk, and his seeming enthusiasm for confrontation with anyone who disagreed with him, always has been part asset and part liability. The worry for Christie now is that the scandal over a massive traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge ordered by his own people will tip the scales decisively in the direction of liability. The governor is on the defensive because of a petty act of vengeance by those aides, who apparently decided to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., for refusing to endorse Christie’s bid for reelection. The damning language that crystallized the crisis Wednesday is now writ memorably into the political lexicon: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.” That was the exact message emailed by Christie’s deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, to David Wildstein, a longtime Christie friend and one of the governor’s two top appointees at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “Got it,” Wildstein emailed back. None of the emails released Wednesday touched Christie directly. The governor’s first response, in a written statement eight hours or so after the first stories appeared, was to claim that this was the first he had learned about what his aide and associates had done. Christie will answer questions directly at a news conference Thursday morning, a session that is likely to be far different in tone from his earlier
public discussions of the bridge controversy. When the issue first arose, Christie was dismissive and defiant, mocking reporters for suggesting that his administration had any role in the traffic mess that ensued when the lanes were shut down. The challenge for Christie now is that he may be forced to play against type. He has put himself forward as the man in charge, the decisive governor and no-nonsense former prosecutor. On Wednesday, he portrayed himself as the outraged victim of those who work for him, deceived by underlings. But he was not apologetic. Christie promised to hold those responsible accountable, which is the minimum necessary. What more does he owe those New Jersey citizens whose lives were disrupted by an act of political retribution? The question is whether he can be both tough and believably contrite — a posture for which he is not well known. As with all political scandals, broad conclusions in the opening hours are risky. The controversy has touched off a fevered round of speculation about just how seriously this could complicate Christie’s hopes of winning either the GOP nomination or a general election. Among those watching closely, both Republicans and Democrats, two thoughts have emerged. If there is anything that ties Christie directly to what happened, the controversy likely will be fatal to his future political aspirations. That’s pretty obvious. If not, the issue is whether this becomes a moment that fades rather quickly in public consciousness or that leaves lasting doubts about Christie’s character and temperament. A Republican strategist with close ties to the party’s establishment wing, where Christie has been strongest, said Thursday morning that the controversy is causing some reassessment of Christie the politician and potential presidential candidate. The reasons are twofold. First, the instinct to punish Fort Lee Mayor
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Mark Sokolish reflected bush league thinking. Christie did not need the mayor’s endorsement to win reelection. And he had other Democrats backing him. Republicans cannot stomach the idea of a 2016 campaign with a nominee who isn’t politically competent and adept. Christie and his team had earned a reputation for competence. Now that’s called into question. Second, Christie’s statement Wednesday perpetuated the image of an angry politician, not an apologetic one who felt remorse or regret for the disruption caused by the actions of those in his administration. That too was a cause for concern within the party establishment — that Christie somehow misjudged what was needed in the immediate aftermath of the damning emails. For Christie, there will be plenty of time for apologies, starting with his first public appearance Thursday. Whether they are ultimately seen as a genuine change in his otherwise
aggressive posture or merely a shortterm strategy to get through this controversy is the more important question. From here on, anything that reinforces the image of a belligerent politician will be all the more problematic for him. He opened his press conference with that apology, to the people of New Jersey and to Democratic legislators. Christie said he was “embarrassed and humiliated” by the conduct of some members of his team. He added that what was done was “completely unacceptable and showed a lack of respect” for the role of government “and the people we’re entrusted to serve.” He said he would go to Fort Lee to apologize personally to the mayor. He also announced two important personnel moves. He fired Kelly, the author of the most damaging email. He also announced that he had ordered Bill Stepien, one of his closest advisers, See christie page 12
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Jobless claims decrease to lowest level in a month by Lorraine Woellert Bloomberg news
WASHINGTON — Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest in a month as improvements in the economy prompted employers to retain workers. Jobless claims declined by 15,000 to 330,000 in the period ended Jan. 4, the Labor Department reported Thursday in Washington. The median forecast of 47 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected 335,000. The data can be volatile after the holidays as temporary workers are dismissed, a Labor Department spokesman said as the report was released to the press. Employers are probably becoming more confident the economy will pick up as consumer spending improves and fiscal policy becomes less restrictive after lawmakers agreed on ways to limit budget cuts slated for this year. A report Friday is projected to show that the employment gain for 2013 was the biggest in eight years. “The labor market is continuing to strengthen as we go into 2014,” said Kevin Cummins, an economist at UBS Securities in Stamford, Conn., who accurately forecast the drop in claims. “We should continue to see the unemployment rate go lower.” Estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from 305,000 to 355,000. The Labor Department revised the prior week’s claims to 345,000 from a previously reported 339,000. No states were estimated last week, according to the report. Companies typically let go of temporary staff af-
ter the holidays, which means claims may see-saw through January, the Labor Department spokesman said. The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, dropped to 349,000 from 358,750. The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits climbed by 50,000 to 2.87 million in the week ended Dec. 28. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 2.2 percent, where it’s been since early December, today’s report showed. Twenty-nine states and territories reported an increase in claims, while 24 reported a decrease. State data are reported with a one-week lag.
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Lawmakers in Washington are debating whether to extend federal emergency payments for the longterm unemployed. That aid expired Dec. 28, ending unemployment benefits to about 1.3 million job-seekers. A measure to extend the program for three months cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Jan. 6. The federal program started in
2008 and at one point provided a total of as many as 99 weeks of benefits. At the end of 2013 the maximum was 73 weeks, including 26 weeks of standard state-funded benefits. First-time claims for unemployment insurance reflect weekly firings and typically drop before job growth picks up. Employers added an average 188,550 jobs per month last year through November, beating 2012’s monthly tally of 182,750. Wednesday, a report from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, N.J., showed companies added 238,000 workers in December, the biggest increase since November 2012. A Labor Department report tomorrow may show total payrolls rose by 196,000 last month, according to a Bloomberg survey median. That would bring the total for the year to 2.27 million, the most since 2005. Job gains and other signs of economic growth prompted the Federal Reserve to begin reducing its monthly bond purchases to $75 billion this month from $85 billion. At the central bank’s December meeting, some members of the Federal Open Market Committee “expressed the view that the criterion of substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market was likely to be met in the coming year if the economy evolved as expected,” meeting minutes showed yesterday. The rosier outlook has some companies hiring. Drugstore operator CVS Caremark Corp., based in Woonsocket, R.I., hired 1,000 nurse practitioners last year as it expanded
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international campus. The proposal would continue to allow students to use up to two pre-matriculation courses, two non-study abroad transfer courses and 10 study-abroad transfer courses to count for credit towards graduating. But the proposal would change the number of credits a student could use from the interinstitutional agreement between Duke and the University of North Carolina system. Currently, students may take one course each semester at UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina Central University or North Carolina State University, so long as the course is not being offered at Duke in the same academic year. The proposal aims to limit the number of credits a student may earn from this agreement to four.
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constitutional right.” Before the reclassification, Class 3 misdemeanors could result in a short-term prison sentence—a suspended sentence— that would be exercised if the defendant failed to meet the stated conditions of fines and community service, said John Rubin, Albert Coates Professor of public law and government at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since these defendants could simply avoid going to jail by complying with the conditions of the suspended sentence, active imprisonment rarely took place for Class 3 misdemeanors. The reclassification has thus not resulted in significant differences in punishments, he added. According to the bill, one of the goals for introducing the reclassification is to
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The proposal also creates an avenue for students to receive credit for online courses. It would allow students to take one online course each semester, whether it is a Duke course or a course from another accredited university. The concept of online courses for credit was raised by the Council last Spring, when the University signed a contract with Internet education provider 2U. The Council voted down a proposal to accept online classes for credit, though many members said at the time that they took issue with the nature of the already-signed contract rather than with the concept of online courses themselves. “It’s an issue of pedagogy and course delivery format, it’s not a question of having to have separate standards for approval,” said Ingeborg Walther, associate dean of curriculum and course development, referring to the conversation surrounding accepting online classes for credit.
Although a number of faculty members expressed support for the ideas in the proposal, some raised concerns. “My sense is that students try to manage financially through using AP credits, going on study abroad that’s cheaper than Duke requirements or taking summer classes at home,” said Diane Nelson, associate professor of cultural anthropology. Shanahan acknowledged that the committee had not spent much time considering financial ramifications of the proposal. Lee Willard, associate vice provost for undergraduate education and senior associate dean for academic planning, asked how the proposal might affect graduating with honors. “The important thing here is not to focus on extreme outliers,” said Charles Becker, associate chair of the economics department, noting that very few students take high num-
bers of courses from non-Duke professors. “To have the rules of the curriculum determined by a few outliers would be a mistake.” For the proposal to become policy, a vote by the Council is required. The Council will discuss the proposal again at its February meeting, chairman Thomas Robisheaux said. “You can see when you open this box how many interesting things come out,” Robisheaux noted.
save $2 million from North Carolina’s government budget as it reduces the amount of legal counsel the state provides. Removing access to public counsel for the affected crimes may lead to a higher number of defendants pleading guilty to charges that they might not have been guilty of or could have been reduced or dismissed, Coleman said. Lawyers can often reach a plea agreement for the defendants and help avoid conviction, he said. Moreover, lawyers can negotiate with prosecutors who can sometimes dismiss the charge. For certain misdemeanors—for example driving with a revoked license—legal counsel can be fairly effective in reducing the number of convictions, Rubin said. Pleading guilty to a charge leaves defendants with a criminal record that will have negative consequences in the future, Coleman said.
People with criminal records are subject to consequences such as losing professional licenses, losing access to public benefits and losing public houses, said Daryl Atkinson, a staff attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. In addition, criminal records create a domino effect that can potentially result in more subsequent convictions, he added. “What people often don’t see are the invisible consequences,” Atkinson said. “When people have a criminal record, they are kicked into the alternative universe of second class citizenship, in which it just becomes much harder to live a decent life.” Because a large number of defendants are impoverished and cannot afford legal counsel, the reclassification will be more harmful to citizens in poverty, particularly black residents, Atkinson added. A number of other initiatives have been made in North Carolina that may hurt the
poor, said Carol Spruill, senior lecturing fellow at the School of Law. “[North Carolina] is one of the states that refused to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act plan that meant federal funds were lost for 500,000 to 600,000 North Carolinians to be insured and have access to health care,” Spruill wrote in an email Wednesday. North Carolina could improve the situation for citizens in poverty by decriminalizing misdemeanors in general, Atkinson said. Currently, one in six citizens in North Carolina over the age of 16 has a criminal record, Atkinson said. North Ca;srolina is one of only two states in the U.S that tries 16- and 17-year olds as adults. “We must shrink the criminal system,” he said. “We have too many crimes and too many people labeled criminals and that really shouldn’t be the case.”
In other business The council unanimously voted to approve a major for Brazilian and Global Portuguese Studies within the Romance Studies department. The department currently offers a number of Portuguese language and literature classes, but the creation of a major will introduce several new courses. No additional funding will be needed.
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Blue Devils trounce Orange by Amrith Ramkumar THE CHRONICLE
The Blue Devils used a masterful second-half defensive performance to overcome a sluggish start and notch their second consecutive road win to kick off conference play. No. 3 Duke beat Syracuse 86-53 Thursday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., led by senior guard Tricia Liston, who led all scorers with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, and grabbed eight rebounds. “Tricia just keeps us steady, keeps the team steady,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It’s important that we put the pieces together with strong glue, and Tricia is one of those players.” The Blue Devils erased an early 13-4 deficit and cruised to victory by sharing the basketball and covering Syracuse’s shooters. After hitting five of their first eight 3-pointers, the Orange went ice cold from the field, shooting just 27.9 percent for the game, scoring only 19 points in the second half and making just three of their final 30 3-point attempts. As Syracuse suffered through its drought, Duke shot 55.9 percent from the field and accumulated 27 assists against the Orange zone to pull away in the second half. “It was a great, great team game—a terrific second half for our team,” McCallie
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said. “[I was] really excited that we could play well together and also defend extremely well, particularly in the second half.” The Blue Devils (15-1, 2-0 in the ACC)
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Coming off back-to-back 27-point games, redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood will lead Duke into a matchup with Clemson.
Duke came away from its loss to Notre Dame with several lessons. Every possession is coveted on the road. ACC teams will get up from a punch and throw one of their own. Winning No. 16 a road conference Duke game takes a total vs. Clemson team effort. The No. 16 Blue Devils will try to use SATURDAY, 2 p.m. these lessons as a recLittlejohn Coliseum ipe for success Saturday at 2 p.m., when Duke heads back onto the road to face Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum. Playing their first road game since an upset loss in South Bend Jan. 4, the Blue See M. BASKETBALL, page 8
Fresh from its South Florida winter training trip, Duke will return to competition Saturday against South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. The Blue Devils have opened the Spring semester with a dual meet against the Gamecocks for each of the last five Duke seasons. This year, South Carolina posvs. es tough competiSouth Carolina tion for Duke on both sides, but the SATURDAY, 2 p.m. talented Blue Devil Carolina Natatorium freshmen look to lead the women’s team to its first win against the Gamecocks since 2011. “I see the women being extremely competitive,” head coach Dan Colella said. “The score is going to go back and forth the whole meet, down to the last
relay, which is always exciting.” On the women’s side, South Carolina’s strongest events are the distance freestyles, 200-yard backstroke and 400-yard individual medley, with junior Victoria Mitchell and senior Abby Galbreath posting the team’s season top times in each. To secure a win, the Blue Devils must capitalize on the Gamecock’s weaknesses in sprint freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly in both individual and relay events. Duke earned five NCAA “B” standard times in these events last semester—freshman Maddie Rusch’s 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly, senior Christine Wixted’s 100- and 200-yard breastrokes and senior Lauren Weaver’s 50-yard freestyle. Led by redshirt freshman Kevin Leithold, South Carolina’s men’s team See SWIMMING, page 8
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closed 2013 ranked No. 25 by College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Leithold boasts South Carolina’s top times this year in many events, including the 100- and 200-yard freestyles, 100-yard breaststroke and butterfly and 200-yard individual medley. At the Virginia Tech Invitational in November, he recorded the 11th-fastest time in the nation this season in the 100-yard breaststroke at 53.57 seconds. His teammates have posted seven other times that rank in the top 100. “For the men, it’s an opportunity to swim a top-25 team, and they have improved considerably over the last couple years,” Colella said. “We definitely have the ability to race competitively, and we are going to go in with the attitude that we are going to give them everything they can handle.” Duke’s strongest events on the men side will be senior Nick McCrory’s 1-meter and 3-meter diving. In December, McCrory finished second in the 3-meter competition at the USA Diving Winter National Championships behind his Olympic 10-meter synchronized diving partner, David Boudia of Purdue. With a total score of 1,434.25 after three rounds of dives, he earned a spot on the United States’ 2014 FINA World Cup team. Without racing since November, the Blue Devils have logged thousands of yards in practice and are ready to return to competition. The swimmers trained for these dual meets in January and early February for a week after finals in Islamorada, Fla. The dedication his athletes showed in December excited Colella for the upcoming meets. “For as long as I can remember, this was probably one of the most productive training camps I’ve been a part of,” he said. “With this whole team, the attitude has been absolutely terrific. We were extremely pleased.” After a successful Nike Cup Invitational, Duke looks to pick up right where they left off. They will train at peak yardage for the next month, through home dual meets against conference opponents Virginia and North Carolina, before tapering for the ACC Championships at the end of February.
Devils are still learning the keys to winning in the ACC’s most hostile environments. “We just didn’t play well, plain and simple, and Notre Dame played better,” Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel said. “And even with that, we were still in a position where we had a chance to win the game. If anything, I think it shows our guys is just how tough wins are in this league, especially on the road.” Most road wins will also require a solid performance from a team’s superstar. Playing the first ACC game and first true road game of his career, Jabari Parker looked like a freshman against the Fighting Irish, finishing with seven points—his first single-digit scoring performance in a Duke uniform—on 2-of-10 shooting. He was better Tuesday against Georgia Tech but still finished 4-of-12 from the field. “The big thing is moving on,” Capel said. “He’s a kid who has been through adversity with the game before. Last year as a senior in high school he was coming off of a serious injury and his first couple games back, he didn’t play well. He took some time and got himself completely healthy, got himself in better shape, and he came back and finished the year very strong.... We have no doubts that he’ll be fine.” Through his first 12 games, Parker was shooting a blistering 51.9 percent from the field. But in the last three contests, he’s just 11-for-35, or 31.4 percent. The best medicine for a struggling shooter is often times just to see the ball go in the basket early in a game. But Capel said Duke (12-3, 1-1 in the ACC) won’t adjust the play-calling up to get Parker some easy, open shots early—they do that already. “That is the regular flow of the offense, is to try and get him involved early and to get opportunities for him,” Capel said. “He’s a guy with versatility that you can do a lot for. He’s a huge impact on what we do, so it’s not going to be anything done that we’ve done differently. In any game this year, him and Rodney are our guys offensively that we go to.” If Parker is to break out of his recent funk Saturday, it will have to come against a stingy Clemson defense. The Tigers (10-4, 1-1) rank first in the nation in points per game allowed, second in field-goal percentage, eighth in blocked shots and third in opposing field-goal percentage. To top it off, Clemson commits the 13th-fewest fouls in the country. “It’s a physical defense, it’s a defense that really protects the paint. Obviously, they guard the 3-point line,” Capel said. “They have good ball pressure. It’s a very good de-
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’d like to begin this series by discussing the performance of music. That is what I do as cellist of the Ciompi Quartet, and it’s what I teach at Duke. Not surprisingly, I have a high regard for the activity. Classical music is a form of magic. Without
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words, without pictures, it takes us to new worlds. It reveals aspects of life that cannot be reached in any other way. Take a chance sometime: Listen to a string quartet by Schubert or a piano concerto by Mozart! To perform music well requires three quite distinct qualities: technique, style and individuality. Technique refers to accuracy—of rhythm, of intonation, of sound. (Speed is part of technique as well. Audiences love it when a musician or a group of musicians play at top speed. But speed is not the defining feature of technique. In fact, playing fast allows a musician to get away with flaws in other areas.) A big technical issue on the cello is intonation, playing the right pitch. We don’t have frets, so our fingers have to be extremely accurate when they land on a note. Playing in tune requires constant vigilance. Rhythms must be played accurately, of course. But accuracy in rhythm means little: We have to go beyond correctness and bend the rhythm according to what the music demands at any given moment. Quality of sound on the cello has to do mainly with our bows, and here again there are an infinite number of possibilities. The variables include how hard the bow presses on the string, how fast it moves across the string and where on the string it is placed vis a vis the bridge. (This leaves out the question of the instrument itself. Cellos cost between $200 and $6,000,000. The difference in prices has to do with tone quality and antique value.) Well, so much for technique. The issue of style begins to get at the heart of the matter. Good style on the cello starts with a deep understanding of the composers whose music we play and continues with knowing how
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the state’s policies toward Palestine, rendering the protest all the more a travesty. Ultimately, the boycott amounts to a poorly executed, reckless political move. Considering the sensitivity of the Israeli-Palestinian issue, diplomacy is paramount, which makes Duke’s response all the more noteworthy. President Brodhead, along with ten other members of the American Association of Universities (AAU), cosigned a letter condemning the protest on the basis that it violates the academic freedom of Israeli scholars, as well as others who may feel pressured to comply with the protest. “[Academic freedom] is a principle that should not be abridged by political considerations,” the letter notes. Unlike the boycott, the AAU’s response productively engages the issue at hand. Realizing that, on the whole, the American Studies Association promotes the advancement of knowledge, the AAU limits its criticisms to the Association’s poor tactics without provoking the controversial underlying issue or attacking the Association at large. Not only does this effectively censure the ASA boycott, but it also addresses the oppression of academic freedom in Palestine. Perhaps the ASA can learn something from the discretion of its member institutions.
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to translate that understanding into sound. Bach requires one style, Beethoven another and Brahms a third—and these are merely three of the great composers. Examples of what constitutes style include phrasing—how to shape a group of measures; dynamics—how loud, how soft, how sudden; accentuation, lengths of notes, changes in tempos and emotional intensity. Every composer has a different language, and we have to know all of them. The third quality that makes up good playing is personality, individuality. It’s not sufficient to play accurately and to play stylistically. Performance is a collaboration between composer and player. Composers provide a text, a map, and the player must bring it to life. We have to project the music to our audience, which means that we have to project ourselves into the music. This can be the hardest lesson of all to learn. And it is something that must continue to grow, to deepen throughout our lives. All this constitutes playing music. It is what I do and what I try to teach. Duke gives academic credit to this pursuit. An hour per week in cello performance gets a student onehalf the credit of a normal academic course. I, of course, think that this undervalues the subject. What is worse, though, is that students must pay an extra fee for taking the course, and this deters some students from applying. The current cost for an hour lesson is $650 per semester, and the administration is looking to raise the cost next year. Performing is different from knowing or understanding. We can know and understand a novel or an equation. But when we play music we are part of it, actively, physically. I suppose it’s closer to doing a lab experiment. Musicians, along with actors and dancers, are sometimes referred to as re-creative artists, to distinguish us from the composer, author or choreographer. I happily accept that distinction. But I insist, for myself and for my students, that we are an essential part of the creative process, and I think we deserve full credit for it. Fred Raimi is a professor of the practice of music and a member of the Ciompi Quartet. His column is the first installment in a semester-long series of biweekly columns written by members of the humanities faculty at Duke.
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n his esteemed analysis of the post-Reconstructionera South, “Southern Politics in State and Nation,” political scientist V.O. Key labels North Carolina a “progressive plutocracy,” commending the state for its “progressive outlook and action” despite the significant political influence wielded by business elites. In their reassessment of the region, “The Transformation of Southern Politics,” Jake Bass and Dr. Walter DeVries arrive at a different conclusion. “Key’s description of North Carolina as a ‘progressive plutocracy’ was an apt one in the late 1940s,” they opine. “When one compares indices of
Mousa Alshanteer you don’t say? economic development, the level of participation and modernization of the political process [and] the relative neglect of long-standing social problems,” they continue, “what remains is a political plutocracy that lives with a progressive myth.” Though published nearly four decades ago, Bass and DeVries’ conclusion rings true to this very day, as many contemporary scholars are beginning to ask the polarizing question, ‘What is happening in North Carolina?’ For the first time since Reconstruction, the Republican Party has been elected to the governorship and to majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly, and its representatives—explain the Institute for Southern Studies’ Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis— are “not the moderate, business-minded Republicans that North Carolinians have long been accustomed to.” In the past year alone, the General Assembly has enacted legislation which, as University of South Carolina history professor Dan T. Carter believes, “reads like a wish list ripped from the fulminations of Rush Limbaugh, Ralph Reed’s right-wing Faith and Freedom Coalition and the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal.” “Is it as bad as it looks?” he asks. “My answer is always the same,” he explains. “It’s worse—a lot worse—than you think it is.” At one point in time, North Carolina was very different. A century ago, Gov. Charles Aycock, notorious for his role in the 1898 and 1900 white supremacy campaigns, came to be known as the “Education Governor” for his support of increased salaries for educators, longer school terms and the construction of one school for every day he served in office. Aycock’s tenure, according to Appalachian State history professor Karl Campbell, “marked the beginning of the Progressive Era in Tar Heel politics.” Governors Cameron Morrison and O. Max Gardner continued North Carolina’s progressive legacy by improving the quality of the state’s mental institutions, prisons and health services and reorganizing the state government so as to assume local debts for roads and public schools. Years later, Gov. Kerr Scott implemented his widely acclaimed “Go Forward” program, which included the pavement of roads between rural and urban regions of the state, increased access to electrical and phone services and expanded public health programs. Gov. Luther Hodges became renowned for his attempt to limit racial tension in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education as well as the establishment of the Research Triangle Park, while Gov. Terry Sanford consolidated the University of North Carolina system and oversaw the creation of the state’s network of community colleges. Progressivism in North Carolina once transcended political ideology and, as Carter indicates, “was an approach shared by moderate Republican governors like James Holshouser, Jr. and James Martin. Compared to most of the old Confederacy,” he continues, “the state’s leadership made North Carolina seem an oasis of moderation in a desert of reactionary politics.” Times have changed. The state’s progressive personal and corporate income taxes, first introduced by Gov. Morrison so as to account for the expenditures necessary for the state to lead the South in economic advancement, were recently
lowered and flattened, while the estate tax was repealed and the sales tax expanded to encompass currently untaxed items. The General Assembly’s own Fiscal Research Division recently found that a married couple with two children making $20,000 a year will go from receiving a $222 tax rebate to owing $40 while a similar couple making $250,000 a year will receive a $2,318 tax cut. When considering the repeal of the earned income tax credit—which was signed into law by Gov. Mike Easley so as to financially assist 907,000 low-income workers, the net effect is an increase in taxes for over 80 percent of North Carolinians. This shift will reduce the state’s revenue by more than $2 billion in the next five years, an effect which will likely impact public services in the future. The General Assembly has also refused the expansion of Medicaid coverage to over-500,000 uninsured North Carolinians—a decision which the North Carolina Justice Center reported will divert 25,000 jobs and $15 billion in federal funds from the state within three years. Governor Scott’s lengthening of unemployment benefits to 26 weeks—which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Patrick Conway contends has prevented 50,000 North Carolinians, each year, from falling into poverty—has been reduced to between 12 and 20 weeks, thereby resulting in the denial of benefits to nearly 170,000 unemployed citizens. Gov. Mel Broughton’s granting of a 10 percent pay increase to public school teachers with a master’s degree or higher and Gov. Jim Hunt’s Primary Reading Program, which assigns a teaching assistant to every classroom from kindergarten through the third grade, and Smart Start Program, which assists students who are unable to learn at their grade level, have also been eviscerated. The state’s budget for next year cuts from the rolls nearly 5,200 teachers and 4,580 teacher assistants, increases class size, freezes salary increases for educators, ends their tenure and bonuses for advanced degrees, diverts $90 million from public to private schools and reduces the amount of students eligible for the Smart Start Program by 2,400. The legislature has also significantly modified voting procedure, thus ending teenage preregistration, same-day registration, straight-ticket and out-of-precinct voting, cutting early voting by seven days and requiring that citizens provide governmentissued photo identification prior to voting—all which many have determined will disproportionately affect voters who usually cast their ballots for Democrats. New laws allow concealed weapon permit holders to bring loaded guns to schools and into restaurants, bars and parks, repealed the Racial Justice Act—an effort to prevent systematic racial bias from affecting death penalty decisions—allow for the drug testing of welfare recipients, mandate the controversial teaching to students that abortions create significant risk of premature birth in later pregnancies, effectually close all but one of the state’s abortion clinics and weaken the ability of local governments to enact environmental and public health regulations. Such legislation has led the New York Times, and many other publications, to proclaim that North Carolina has lost its reputation for being “a beacon of farsightedness in the South, an exception in a region of poor education, intolerance and tightfistedness.” Civil rights leader Julian Bond recently stated that “North Carolina has become the new Mississippi.” The Nation and The Atlantic have since compared the state to Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to eliminate collective-bargaining rights for most state employees brought crowds to the state’s capital. The comparisons work, wrote Greg Lacour in the Charlotte Magazine, “but only superficially.” “What’s happening here is far more extreme, farreaching and damaging.” “At times,” he continued, “it’s seemed as if this legislative session has produced one gigantic omnibus bill, the Back to Mayberry Act of 2013, all designed to wipe out 40 years of progress in one wrecking ball of a session.”
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Mousa Alshanteer is a Trinity sophomore and the editorial page managing editor. His biweekly column is part of the weekly Editor’s Note feature and runs on alternate Fridays. Send Mousa a message on Twitter @MousaAlshanteer.
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ollowing my last meal at The Loop, I had a debilitating case of the tummy rumblies. Not at all the best way to kick off the semester, but it happens to the best of us, I suppose. It’s pretty scary to think that one poorly crafted meal can ruin your whole day. But it’s even scarier to think that each one of our life choices holds tremendous weight on our future. My lifestyle has been far from sustainable in the past few years. Over break, my eating habits became equivalent to that of a disgruntled possum, at times plowing through 4,000-pluss calories of complete trash in a day. Taco Bell runs became more and more frequent, and my increasing appetite had to meet the needs of my ever-growing belly bulge. And this past semester, while I may not have gotten “turned up” on the daily, the few times I did were memorable
Bryan Somaiah breaking barriers experiences for everyone but me. I dig subpar photo-ops and stomach-churning hangovers as much as the next guy, but it really got me thinking. Freshman year was when things really started to go downhill, and on one fateful night during first semester, my perspective on drinking would change forever. After a rather brief pregame of downing shots with a couple of bros, we began to stumble over to the bus stop. Prior to our departure, a friend had concocted a unique blend of vodka and orange soda—it was quite delectable, but more importantly, very alcoholic. It was for the road, he began to say, as I foolishly snatched it from his clutches. Unfortunately for me, it was the final nail in the coffin. Just as I raised the bottle to the sky to take the final swig, everything went dark. I soon began to hear soft murmurs and recognizable voices. My eyes were glued shut, and I had no control of my body, yet I was teetering on the brink of consciousness—the best way I could describe it was an alcohol-induced coma. Luckily, I had friends that loved me enough to drag my limp body back to Southgate. Some might say I should have been EMS’d. Others may disagree fervently. The fact of the matter is, should the conditions have been shifted ever so slightly, I could very well have been done for. Maybe my inability to consume hard liquor, even after a year of recuperation, is my body’s way of telling me this is no good for me. The whole ordeal was one of the worst cases of alcohol poisoning I’ve weathered, but this isn’t close to being the only one. While it may be a struggle now, I know what I want for my future—so I decided to quit drinking. I’ve found more and more that my loved ones are beginning to shy away from alcohol and drug use in an effort to focus on their goals and future plans. Needless to say, I have been growing into a more future-oriented person since coming to Duke, and it’s no question that we have all come here to become something truly great. The real world isn’t fair, and I don’t think I’m ready to handle it quite yet. And from what I hear, it ain’t gonna be getting any easier. I’m beginning to feel like my time is just about up. I think of these four years to be one of the most volatile in our entire lives. But as much self-exploration as I have been doing, I have equilibrated using my own vain desires to preserve my sanity. It is a struggle I will continue to face, but at Duke I am in good hands. Best of all, life is only getting easier. So, my fellow Dukies, promise me that you’ll leave no page unturned—it could be the one that opens up the next great chapter in your life. Bryan Somaiah is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Friday. Send Bryan a message on Twitter @BSomaiahChron.
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risk factors for severe influenza can still get quite sick,” Wolfe said. “obviously this is relevant to a college campus.” Clifford said although younger people are more affected by the h1n1 strain, the disease rarely kills unless accompanied by another compromising medical condition, such as cancer or heart disease. Susan Thompson, the communicable disease program manager at the Durham County Department of Public health, said the department stresses the importance of flu vaccinations. “it’s simple to get a flu shot,” Thompson said. “There is no cost. Most students have insurance.” Wolfe, who noted that the University hospital has been especially busy with flu patients, outlined other ways to avoid getting the sickness. “handwashing and trying to minimize rubbing eyes [and the] mouth is probably more useful than we consider,” he said. “equally, if you get sick, having the decency and respect to self-isolate yourself is important.” influenza has not been the only disease on the minds of local health officials. After an outbreak of norovirus in several north Carolina counties last month, state officials issued a press release warning citizens about the disease. Typically, the ailment presents itself with intense stomach pain, cramping, diarrhea and even vomiting. Thompson said there had been no outbreak of the virus locally, though there may have been individual cases. “An outbreak is [defined as more cases] than what would normally be expected,” she said. “We have outbreaks every year.” Wolfe said that there have been no
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cases of norovirus reported at Duke hospital, but students should maintain clean habits, such as handwashing just to be safe. “norovirus can actually exist in food [and] diarrhea or vomitus for many hours, so sadly that leads to its greater infectivity,” he said. Julie henry, a spokesperson at the north Carolina DhhS, wrote in an email that state officials are hard at work spreading the word about all kinds of infectious diseases. “in addition to regular outreach through news releases and ongoing education through the state’s 85 local health departments, we just wrapped up an advertising campaign promoting immunization of all types,” she wrote. Thompson said that it was important to get the word out about infectious diseases, but a change in peoples’ behavior was much more likely when it hit close to home. “When it really gets people’s attention is when it happens to them or someone they know,” she said.
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not to put his name in nomination for republican Party chairman in new Jersey and to withdraw from his new position as a consultant to the republican governors Association, which Christie now chairs. “Actions have consequences,” he said. Thursday’s news conference will not end the scandal. There will be further investigations led by Democratic legislators in Trenton and perhaps others. The sight of Christie on the defensive will embolden his Democratic opponents to challenge him in other areas.
Christie is fortunate that the presidential campaign is well into the future and that the voters in the early primary and caucus states are paying minimal attention to any of the early maneuverings. With that in mind, republicans and Democrats who have been through presidential cycles are cautious about drawing conclusions. “This probably costs him the momentum he had in the national space and potentially complicates the finance side at the least,” said one strategist who asked not to be identified in order to offer his analysis. “if it spirals out of control, it could be ultimately very, very bad, but i don’t think we are there yet.” others shared that assessment: damaging, yes, but too soon to assume that Christie cannot recover. in fact, several said that, given his track record, they expect that he can recover. “it’s fatal only if the trail somehow leads to him,” said David Axelrod, longtime chief strategist to President Barack obama. “if he ordered the lane closures, that would be a huge problem, especially after his statements this week. otherwise, i am very, very reluctant to call it ‘fatal.’ one of the great flaws we have in our world is an impulse to judge these things in the moment as existential crises, of which, it turns out, there are very few in the annals of politics. if he deals firmly with the offender, and the trail doesn’t lead directly back to him, my bet is that this will be a, well, bump in the road.” Another Democrat who has been through several presidential campaigns said Christie’s actions over the next few days will be crucial and closely watched. Assuming he han-
dles things better going forward than he has to date, he predicted that this would be an issue, but not a dominant one, in the republican primaries. But this Democrat also predicted that the residue of the bridge scandal could linger into a general election, were Christie successful in winning his party’s nomination. The reason has to do with the importance of temperament in the assessment of voters. “in the general [election], there is a fine line between strong temperament and risky temperament,” he wrote in an email message. That points to the major challenge now facing Christie: Can he tame his volatile temperament? Can he retain the forcefulness and bluntness that has made him attractive to voters in new Jersey, and to many republicans and goP fundraisers looking toward 2016, while reassuring them that he is not a bully who relishes political conflict and retribution?
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