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Former Board Duke athletes strong on and off the field, admins say chair to lead DKU advisory group

by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

Duke leadership is at the helm of a new advisory board at Duke Kunshan University.

DKU announced Monday the creation of the Duke Kunshan University Advisory Board.

The board will advise DKU Chancellor Liu Jingnan and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Brown Bullock on a wide-range of issues—including finances and DKU’s relationship with the Chinese government and surrounding community. The group is not intended to address specific academic issues, though there is no set agenda.

The 19-member group includes Chinese and American representatives from the business, education, medicine and foreign policy sectors. Former Duke Board of Trustees Chair Richard Wagoner, Trinity ’75 and former CEO of General Motors, will lead the group.

“We will provide input on issues that DKU’s leaders think we can be most helpful on,” Wagoner wrote in an email Monday.

“Our priority is supporting the development of the school and educational opportunities for its students.”

He noted that he has had 15 years of experience working on joint venture institutions in China and that DKU was developed during his tenure on the Duke Board of Trustees.

The members were chosen over a monthslong discussion among leaders at Duke, DKU and its Chinese partners—Wuhan University and the city of Kunshan, said Provost Peter Lange, calling the board an “extremely strong list of people.” Duke and Wuhan both nominated members, but the final selection does not include a Kunshan representative.

Wagoner added that the advisory board has been part of the long-term plan for DKU, but it was only possible to establish the group after the Chinese Ministry of Education gave final approval for DKU last Fall.

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Duke students and administration remain confident about the academic performance of the University’s athletes in light of the re-

cent controversy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The academic performance of UNC’s student-athletes came under fire when academic advisor Mary Willingham released reports

indicating that a majority of the school’s athletes were reading below middle school level.

According to Willingham’s research, of the See ATHELTICS page 5

Second phase of water pipe project completed

by Annie Straneva THE CHRONICLE

Over Winter Break, Facilities Management restarted a scheduled project on Campus Drive that will eventually provide air conditioning to buildings on East Campus.

The construction over winter break was a continuation of construction that began last year, limiting traffic on Campus Drive in many areas as workers replaced water pipes, and allowed workers to install another pipe on Campus Drive from Maxwell Street to Swift Avenue.

The current construction project is happening in conjunction with the new reclamation pond near Erwin Road. Resources from the pond

will be available for use in the water chilling plant and flow to East Campus, where several residence halls are currently without air conditioning.

“Chilled water is manufactured on West Campus and is used to produce air conditioning, which I know will be a welcome addition to East Campus,” said Sarah Burdick, director of administration and special projects for Facilities Management.

Freshman Jack Grady noted that future students will appreciate Duke’s efforts to expand air conditioning options on East Campus.

“It would be so nice if we had [air conditioning] for the first few weeks of Duke before the

nights cool down,” he said. “It can be very miserable when its hot and muggy.”

During summer 2013 and winter break, stretches of Campus Drive were narrowed down to one lane. Over the summer, four temporary stoplights helped assist traffic.

Additionally, new storm drainage was implemented at the Chapel Drive roundabout in anticipation for an improvement project beginning summer 2014.

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Wage-grade employees in the federal gov’t seek pay raise

by Joe Davidson

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WASHINGTON — They are 230,000 strong, yet often seem invisible.

They back the military with critical skills, yet they are frequently forgotten.

Their collars are blue, which increasingly matches their mood.

The wage-grade employees in the federal government don’t get much notice, but this generally quiet group now is making noise.

Employees covered by the Federal Wage System continue to labor in the cold of the three-year freeze on basic pay rates that ended with the calendar year for most workers.

The 1 percent pay raise provided to their colleagues did not include wage-grade staffers.

These are the government’s blue-collar workers.

Wage-grade workers are not covered by the law that allows the president to set a pay raise amount for the much larger General Schedule employees. Generally, Wage System pay increases have been included in appropriations legislation, and that might happen this year, too.

“The administration supports extending the 1 percent pay increase to wage-grade employees and urges the Congress to include the necessary language in the final appropriations legislation,” said Beth Cobert, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.

“The pay increase is not something that can be extended administratively. It requires congressional action.”

So far, however, those in the know don’t know what’s going to happen, and that leaves the wage-grade workers nervous. The best anyone can say is that a raise could be included in legislation Congress might consider this week.

No opposition has emerged.

“We believe getting language in the omnibus spending bill is our best shot at getting WG federal workers the 1 percent adjustment in 2014 that they deserve,” said Randy L. Erwin, legislative director of the National Federation of Federal Employees, calling it “our very first priority.” “It is inexcusable for Congress to authorize a pay adjustment for white-collar federal employees but force blue-collar workers to suffer yet another year of frozen pay. This inequity must be rectified.”

For blue-collar workers, it’s about more than pay. It’s also a matter of respect.

“I have been a federal employee for 10-plus years and during that time GS and WG employees have always been separated in respect to the way they have been treated,” said Cebron E. O’Bier Jr., an electronics employee at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas. He’s also president of the NFFE local. “WG employees do not get the same respect as GS employees.”

Wage-grade workers have a range of occupations, from aircraft mechanic to high-voltage electrician to

welder. Their average pay in 2013 was $53,043, compared with $74,709 for GS staffers. Wage-graders work in more than 40 agencies, but 70 percent are employed by the Defense Department.

Rep. Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa., has introduced bills that would provide a wage-grade raise equivalent to what GS workers receive and align the boundaries used in determining the locality pay rates of the two classification systems. Currently, GS white-collar employees at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in his district are in the top-dollar New York zone, but pay for the depot’s blue-collar workers is based on Scranton wages.

Labor leaders say the difference in locality classification for workers in the same place can make a big difference, as much as $3 an hour.

“No private employer that varies pay by locality draws different boundaries for salaried and hourly workers, and the federal government should follow suit,” said J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees. “Treating salaried and hourly workers differently in this context is unfair and inefficient. Federal workers in the skilled trades commute along the same routes and face the same living costs as their salaried co-workers. It is unconscionable that, once they arrive at work, their employer pretends they are in different locations.”

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Company founded by Duke profs goes public

by Gautam Hathi THE CHRONICLE

A pharmaceutical company founded by two Duke professors is making strides in glaucoma treatment.

Aerie Pharmaceutical, which was founded in 2005 and went public in late October, is developing drugs to treat glaucoma—an eye disease that affects many older people and can lead to blindness. Dr. David Epstein, chair of Duke Medicine’s department of ophthalmology, and Eric Toone, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass professor of chemistry, conducted the original research that led to the creation of these drugs. Aerie’s IPO raised approximately $60 million Oct. 30. The money will be used to fund later stage clinical trials of Aerie’s new drugs in development.

“There’s been no new glaucoma drug of any kind for 20 years,” Epstein said. “We’re at the frontier. It’s not a me-too drug. This is something really novel.”

Epstein has been involved in glaucoma research for decades, but the idea for the drug came about when he met Toone. Together, the two researchers came up with ideas for delivering new glaucoma drugs in an eye-drop form. Epstein credits Duke’s collegial and interdisciplinary environment for facilitating the research that led to Aerie.

“The biggest lesson is the value of interdisciplinary science at Duke.” Epstein said.

“It never would have happened anywhere else except at a university where you can mix undergrads and graduate programs across different schools.”

Once Epstein and Toone had their initial ideas, they, along with biotechnology consultant Casey Kopczynski, who is now chief scientific officer at Aerie, decided to take their research and form Aerie Pharmaceuticals in order to attract the money needed to fuel further research and development.

“We got [the drugs] as far as we could get them at the University,” Toone said. “It was clear that to really start doing the [investigational new drug] studies we would need more resources, and so at that point we went to the venture capital market to look for

money.”

Aerie ran into some roadblocks in phase 1 clinical trials when experimental drugs based on the original research done by Toone and Epstein did not work as well as they had hoped. However, the company was able to come up with other glaucoma drugs based on research that it had done. Once the company got off the ground, Toone and Epstein stepped back from management roles at the company.

“Although they worked, we didn’t feel that they worked well enough to deal with generic competition,” Toone said. “So we actually abandoned the compounds that we took out of the University. But we were developing other compounds with a new class of action, a new class of compound, and those compounds have done very, very well.”

Aerie is looking to begin phase 3 clinical trials in the third quarter of 2014 with one of the experimental glaucoma drugs it has developed, Kopczynski said. The phase 3 trials, which are the final phase of clinical trials, will last about a year. If they go well Aerie can obtain Food and Drug Administration approval to bring the drugs to market.

While Kopczynski could not comment on the likelihood of the drugs’ success in the upcoming clinical trials due to Securities and Exchange Commission rules, he pointed out that Aerie’s drugs are the first completely new glaucoma drugs to advance to phase 3 trials in 20 years.

Going forward, Aerie is developing more compounds that could be used to treat glaucoma.

Epstein hopes that Aerie’s success thus far will help spur additional government funding for glaucoma research and for scientific research in general. He also hopes that Aerie’s example will encourage more interdisciplinary research at Duke.

“I think it would be wonderful because there’s tremendous unmet need,” Epstein said. “But if you could stimulate science or more further drug development that would also be very, very good.”

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other students is just a stereotype.

“Athletes bring a hard work ethic,” Belaia said. “They may not be the most intelligent, but these people have determination. A 183 athletes in revenue-generating sports admitted to UNC be- lot of the athletes don’t go pro with their sports. A lot of athletes tween 2004 and 2012, about 60 percent were reading between understand that—they care about the sport, but they also care the fourth and eighth grade reading levels and between 8 and 10 about their education.” percent were reading below a third grade level. The reports have caught attention from national media, and it has been reported from page 1 that Willingham has received death threats and hate mail.

“There is data to prove that our athletes are as strong academically as they are on the field,” said Lee Baker, dean of academic between the advisory board and the Ministry of Education, and affairs and associate vice provost of undergraduate education for the Ministry did not choose members, Lange noted.

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

The group will meet for the first time this spring in Beijing.

Willingham’s study is the most recent in a series of controver- Other advisory board members with Duke connections are: sies involving UNC’s athletic department. Last month, a UNC current Duke Board Chair David Rubenstein, Trinity ’70 and professor was indicted on charges of academic fraud for teach- co-CEO of the Carlyle Group; Board member Gao Xiqing, Law ing a “paper” course, which did not assign papers and did not ‘86 and president of the China Investment Corporation; promeet regularly, in order to help athletes meet NCAA eligibility fessor of medicine Dr. Andrew Huang, president and CEO of requirements. the Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center; Johnson & Duke’s athletic department declined to comment on the con- Johnson China Chairman Jesse Wu, Fuqua ‘82 and member of troversy at UNC. the Fuqua School of Business Board of Visitors; Fuqua Board “We will not be issuing a statement pertaining to anything going on at another institution,” wrote Jon Jackson, associate director of athletics and external affairs, in an email Monday.

Though Duke Academic Advising does not report the academic data of subgroups such as the athletic student body, many students and professors expressed the opinion that UNC’s situation does not apply to Duke.

Emily Klein, professor of geology, noted that there was little to academically distinguish athletes from the rest of her students.

Similarly, Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy and department chair, said that student athletes tended to perform better than non-athletes in his classes.

“By and large, the student athletes who have been in my classes have disproportionately been women and disproportionately done better,” Rosenberg said.

Duke athletic teams have been known for the strong academic performance of their participants. Of NCAA schools, Duke sports teams ranked No. 1 with a 98 percent graduation success rate, twelve points ahead of the graduation success rate of UNC. Of Duke’s 26 teams, nine achieved a perfect Academic Progress Rate of 1,000 for the 2011-2012 school year.

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said that the University takes both academics and athletic performance into serious consideration in the admissions process.

Coaches participate in the process by submitting a list of potential recruits to the admissions office, but whether a potential recruit is accepted or not comes down to admissions officers, Guttentag said.

“Duke is committed to success in many fields, including athletics, and we are interested in and respectful of the views of the coaches,” Guttentag wrote in an email Monday. “But as with all applicants, the final say is in the admissions office. My sense is that the communication between the admissions office and the athletic department, and the respect we have for each other, is as good as you’ll find in college athletics today.”

Kerstin Kimmel, head coach for women’s lacrosse, said that she did not put up recruits for consideration by admissions unless she knew they had a good chance of being accepted.

“At this point in my career, I don’t take kids to admissions that they’re going to say no to,” Kimmel said. “We really try to identify students who are the best lacrosse players and students and the best fit for Duke.”

Student-athletes strongly maintain that the academic standard at Duke applies across the board to all students—athletes and non-athletes.

Freshman Alex Belaia, a member of the men’s wrestling team, added that the concept of athletes as less deserving than from page 1

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“Their cumulative experience in education, business and civic life will be of great benefit to DKU, and we are grateful for their willingness to lend their expertise to this new endeavor,” President Richard Brodhead said in a statement.

DKU also has a seven-person board of directors that met for the first time in November. The campus is slated to open Fall 2014.

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Burdick added that future work will take place in the summer of 2014, and Campus Drive will be repaved from Oregon Street to Main Street.

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RASHEED’S REDEMPTION

Sulaimon’s triple seals win for Duke

by Bobby Colton THE CHRONICLE

Rasheed Sulaimon is back.

The embattled sophomore has had his ups and downs this season, but on Monday night the Houston native hit the decisive shot that gave Duke a 69-65 victory against Virginia.

“When it released my hand I knew it was going in,” Sulaimon said. “When it hit the rim I was kind of shock a little bit but the Lord was on my side.”

Faltering in the final stretch, the Blue Devils (13-4, 2-2 in the ACC) gave away an 11-point advantage. Virginia took a 13-1 run to seize a 65-64 lead with 38 seconds left when Cavalier guard Malcolm Brogdon drew a foul on Tyler Thornton and calmly sunk two free throws.

But Sulaimon would not let the game go. With 19.2 seconds remaining, Amile Jefferson found a waiting Sulaimon in the corner right in front of the Duke bench.

After a high bounce off the iron, Sulaimon’s triple splashed through the net, thrusting the Blue Devils back ahead of Virginia (12-5, 3-1) for good.

“As soon as Amile got it, I made myself available and he was looking for me as well,” Sulaimon said. “He trusted me and passed it to me, and I shot it with confidence and I just thank God that it went in.”

Sulaimon’s heroics started long before his triple. The guard carried the load in the first half with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, and finished with a season-high 21 points in just 24 minutes. He wasn’t just

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Gray to miss remainder of season All-American’s career comes to an early end

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stretch Jefferson came up with big play after big play to ensure that the home team emerged victorious.

“Amile was an animal,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “What a great game.

In the last few seconds he just willed us to win.”

With 24 seconds remaining, Jefferson

Senior point guard Chelsea Gray has played her last collegiate game for Duke.

The senior, who earned All-America honors as a sophomore and during her injury-shortened junior season, suffered a fractured kneecap in Duke’s 78-57 win against Boston College Sunday.

Gray played 16 minutes in the game, CHELSEA GRAY scoring 11 points and Senior point guard recording four steals.

“For all of us, it’s almost impossible to talk about right now,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said in a press release.

“We are just working through it as best we can and trying to support Chelsea in all ways possible. Our hearts go out to Chelsea and her family.”

The Manteca, Calif., native was averaging 10.8 points, 7.2 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game this season. Gray

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Rasheed Sulaimon’s 3-pointer in the closing seconds got a shooter’s roll and propelled Duke to a 69-65 victory against Virginia. a one-way player, either—Sulaimon came away with two steals in the contest as well.

Sulaimon was not the only sophomore to pay big dividends for Duke. His classmate, Jefferson, was just as integral—if not more—to the Blue Devil win. Like Sulaimon, Jefferson carried the load offensively in the first half, knocking down all four of his shots from the field to give him eight points in the half. Down the

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Krzyzewski takes responsibility for slide as Duke bounces back

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Mike Krzyzewski was overcome with emotion following the death of his brother Bill.

Duke hasn’t exactly been itself since the start of ACC play.

Now .500 in their conference, the Blue Devils’ two ACC wins have been nail-biters. They led Georgia Tech by only one point at halftime during their contest, and they trailed 65-64 to Virginia with 38 seconds remaining. Duke’s two losses were especially tough, as it failed to overcome Notre Dame in the last seconds of its first league game before being crushed by double-digits against Clemson one week later. Although unpredictable, these losses point to the fact that after this year’s expansion the ACC is a tougher conference than it ever has been before.

“Our conference is a lot tougher with the new additions,” senior guard Tyler Thornton said. “The teams around the conference are older, very strong, very athletic. Every game will be a battle no matter who we’re going to be playing, especially because we’re Duke, so everyone’s going to give us their best shot.”

But head coach Mike Krzyzewski points to a different reason for his team’s struggles: himself.

“We haven’t been at our best since the start of conference play, and I haven’t been at my best since Christmas,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s my responsibility. We’ve been knocked back… because sometimes things that occur that are human.”

A giant in the coaching world, Krzyzewski had a brush with his own mortality

when his brother Bill passed away Dec. 26 at the age of 71. The Blue Devils were without their coach until he rejoined them just before their contest against Notre Dame. Duke then opened conference play with a 1-2 record for the first time since 2007.

Krzyzewski, however, does not blame his team for the Blue Devils’ shortcomings—instead, he shoulders the burden.

“You could make any [assumption], like we didn’t do this and didn’t do that, but it’s on me, those first three games,” Krzyzewski said. “Everything is on me, and part of it is not seeing some things.”

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corralled the offensive rebound off of a Rodney Hood miss that set up Sulaimon’s game-winning 3-pointer. With 10 seconds left, Jefferson stole the ball from Virginia’s Joe Harris. When the clock read just four seconds, Jefferson came up with his career-best 15th rebound and was immediately fouled. The 40.9-percent free-throw shooter strode to the line and buried both free throws to ice the win and give himself his first career double-double in the process.

“That was one of the great sequences that I’ve seen and the basketball gods are good to somebody who does that,” Krzyzewski said.

Although the sophomores were nothing short of sensational, there were other contributors to the Duke win. Just two days after a shocking loss to Clemson on the road, and the memory of last season’s 73-68 loss to Virginia in Charlottesville fresh in everyone’s head, Krzyzewski made two key changes to his usual coaching strategy. The first change was the insertion of freshman Matt Jones into the starting lineup, replacing Sulaimon. The second was a hockey-style line change, in which all five players on the court were swapped out throughout both halves.

Jones didn’t do much offensively for Duke, but he was the only Blue Devil to consistently get to the free-throw line, hitting four of his team-high six attempts.

It was on defense that Jones really made his impact. Jones’ main assignment defensively was the second-leading scorer

for Virginia—Brogdon, who looked uncomfortable with Jones on him, made six shots on 13 attempts.

The full five-man swaps also seemed to pay dividends on defense. The entire Duke lineup played aggressive basketball against the likes of Harris and Akil Mitchell, who shot a combined 8-of-19 from the field.

In the two teams’ meeting last season, the duo torched the Blue Devils for 55 points on 52.3 percent shooting from the field. The additional minutes that went to guys like Jones and center Marshall Plumlee—who played 12 minutes of tough interior defense, which included a block—helped the overall team defense and took the pressure off Hood and Jabari Parker.

However, the line switches may have had negative affects on some of Duke’s shooters. Playing erratic minutes, Parker made just 3-of-11 shots. Quinn Cook finished the night 2-of-7 and Andre Dawkins was only 1-of-3. Hood overcame a slow start to finish the game shooting 5-of-12.

“It can,” Jones said in regards to the lineups swaps affecting players’ rhythm.

“With guys like me probably not because I try to bring toughness and get in where I fit in. But with [Parker] and Hood, probably so.”

With a gritty win against a very difficult ACC opponent in the books, the Blue Devils are back on track and back to .500 in conference play.

“That was a huge win for us against an outstanding team,” Krzyzewski said.

“It was a battle. It was a great battle.”

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type of intensity that had been missing early in conference play. Led by Rasheed Sulaimon’s 21 points and Amile Jefferson’s first career double-double, Duke was able to withstand a late surge by the Cavaliers to snag their second ACC victory.

“It was a battle,” Krzyzewski said. “We played with so much heart tonight, and it was our best game as far as that goes because we beat a really good team... Today we weren’t knocked back.”

In Duke’s losses to Notre Dame and Clemson, Sulaimon was essentially a non-factor, tallying only six points against the Fighting Irish and two against the Tigers. But he was resurgent against Virginia, with his most important basket coming with 19.2 seconds left in the contest. After Jefferson snagged the rebound off Rodney Hood’s missed jumper attempt, he found Sulaimon waiting in the corner, where his shot bounced off the rim and into the basket.

“As soon as Amile got the ball, I made myself available,” Sulaimon said. “He was looking for me as well. He trusted me, he passed it to me, I shot it with confidence and I thank god that it went in.”

Despite the stellar play of the sophomore duo, however, the Blue Devils’ victory was a true team effort. Krzyzewski created what were essentially two different lineups: his starters, consisting of Jefferson, Hood, Jabari Parker, Quinn Cook and Matt Jones, and a combination of five bench players, which he substituted into the game every few minutes. His platoon lineups, he said, stemmed from

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watching his team more carefully in recent practices.

“I’m not saying we’re going to platoon like that all the time, but we’re going to play more guys,” Krzyzewski said. “I’ve had to get more observant with my team.”

Redshirt sophomore Marshall Plumlee logged 12 minutes, his second-most of the season, while Jones, in his first career start, was a needed defensive presence. Even freshman Semi Ojeleye, who had previously played only one minute since Dec. 31, made the most out of his two minutes in the game, notching two rebounds.

And to Krzyzewski, the team effort on the court represents a new, team effort off the court.

“We were collectively together tonight for the first time in a couple of weeks,” he said. “My kids played their hearts out tonight, and we’re just going to keep moving on.”

As Krzyzewski dealt with his personal loss, Duke had fallen in the polls and standings. The Blue Devils will only face tougher ACC competition as their season goes on, but Duke’s victory against the Cavaliers showed Krzyzewski that his team is different than it was even two weeks ago.

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Gray holds the single-game and single-season records for assists. She is also the only player in Duke history to notch two triple-doubles during her collegiate career. Gray was just 35 assists away from becoming the program’s all-time leader.

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With Gray once again out of the lineup, primary ballhandling responsibilities will go to her partner in the backcourt, sophomore Alexis Jones. Senior Richa Jackson, who scored 17 points against Boston College and is typically the first player off the bench for the Blue Devils, is likely to slide into the starting lineup.

“It is definitely the nature of sport where different people step up, especially in the face of adversity,” McCallie said.

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By affirming the value of theology courses, we are not endorsing a particular answer to the question of God’s actuality or to the impact of that answer on the meaning of the human person. We are suggesting only the legitimacy of theological inquiry—as an engagement of the possibility of God’s existence and how such existence may inform other truth claims—and recognizing its place in a holistic humanities education.

Although Hütter makes bold claims about the importance of theology to the university curriculum, we resist addressing their substance. We mention his observations only to illustrate the usefulness of

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In the article, Hütter identifies two conceptions of truth and three conceptions of the human person. As to truth, he compares John Henry Cardinal Newman’s conception with Friederich Nietzsche’s. Newman asserts the transcendent

Editorial dimension of truth, which emanates from a god that is understood philosophically as being itself and the source of all being in the universe. For contrast, Hütter quotes Nietzsche: “[t]here exists neither spirit, nor reason, nor thinking, nor consciousness, nor soul, nor will, nor truth: all are fictions that are of no use.” Hütter continues, again returning to Nietzche’s words: knowledge is a tool of power, and, “as in the case of ‘good’ or ‘beautiful,’ the concept is to be regarded in a strict and narrow anthropocentric and biological sense.”

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Hütter also describes two competing conceptions of the person. The first is a “posthumanism” in which the human being is a highly developed animal concerned with maximizing the success of its species, primarily through technical application of the sciences. The second is a “transhumanism” in which the human person is his own arbiter of meaning, supplies his own essence and makes himself as he wants regardless of his “given” nature.

The modern university’s end is the proliferation of knowledge, at the center of which lies truth. Determining the correct conception of truth bears directly on the correct conception of the human person. One cannot approach that debate without permitting both sides a fair hearing. Few would doubt that the non-theological side has a firm foundation on the humanities landscape. We suggest only that the theological side be offered a foothold as well. Theology neither entails evangelism nor presupposes God’s actuality. Rather, it raises central questions about human existence and prompts debates about the nature of the universe, objective knowledge and ethical action—debates that promise to benefit all who engage in them.

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“Hi, I’m Muh-doo.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. I looked up to see one my best friends introducing herself to a group of people with a botched version of her own name. The soft “dha” sound so prevalent in Hindi was absent in her rendition, and it all but crucified her name.

Out of earshot, it was easy to make fun of each other for the obvious mispronunciations.

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this case true? Should I say my name like my dad says it, slightly accented but always with pride, when he introduces me to one of his business partners?

Of course, in my moments of pondering, the only sound I had made by this point was an “N.” My eyes became securely locked on the ceiling as if it held the answer to my somewhat ridiculous qualms. To innocent bystanders of my day-to-day idiosyncrasies (in this case, the first girl I spoke with at rush), I just looked like I had been asked for the answer to world peace, not my own name.

“Haha, I’m sorry, didn’t know it was that hard of a question…”

“It’s Nandita! Sorry, sorry, it’s Nandita. Nice to meet you.”

There, I tried it—saying my name correctly for once. Doing the Indian thing. Doing the thing I had tried and failed to do on numerous occasions. But this was Duke. We’re all smart.

We’re all culture... “…N-what? Sorry, you’re going to have to repeat that, I’m bad with names.”

And then I instantly remembered why saying my name phonetically “correctly” was such a bother. “N-un-dee-tha-aa.” Of course it was going to be hard for her to understand. It was seven syllables of Indian craziness pouring out of my mouth. How could I expect this innocent bystander to make any sense of it?

And that’s how I started every conversation during my freshmen year rush.

As is the beauty of rush, this was the perfect opportunity for me to experiment. I developed what seemed like a million different pronunciations of my name and tested them on what seemed like a million different people.

I was in the middle of introducing myself as “Ny-an-deet-uh” to some boy when the sound of another “odd” name grabbed my attention from a few feet away.

But, ultimately, we were both just trying to get past initial introductions as fast as possible to start a meaningful conversation.

“So…Ny-an-deet-uh?” she asked with a slight smirk.

“Muh-doo?” I questioned back.

It took but a few seconds for us to laugh at how ridiculous we sounded. While we were both Indians, always stuck saying our names the “white” way, this wasn’t what we bonded over.

What always clicked was our mutual apathy. It didn’t matter whether our new friends said our names with seven drawn-out syllables or three botched ones. What really mattered didn’t happen until after the name exchange. Would these new people ever repeat my name when calling out to me on the Quad, waking me up from a nap or singing me happy birthday?

Rush was the first time since O-week that I had to define myself to an entirely new group of people. And it was also the first time I realized that I honestly didn’t care how people said my name. As soon as I found myself laughing midconversation instead of worrying about what to say next, I knew that whether you call me Deeta, Bandits, Nanditaji, Ditties, Derta, DeetaRex or just Nandita, it doesn’t change me. I still have two left feet on the dance floor, cackle like a hyena at jokes, have more ‘90s Bollywood music than ‘N Sync on my iPod, think Texas is the best state in the country and consider my friends to be like my family.

When I stopped stressing about my puzzling name, and instead decided to attend multiple awkward open houses, “dance” at an open-mic night in front of strangers and attempt to rollerskate in costume, I ultimately ended up with a new place to call home. These new people don’t just know my name. They know me.

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It ever so slightly makes you want to pee your pants from terror.

This column offers some advice for those of you who are in the midst of the rush process.

The advice comes from a diverse set of affiliated and unaffiliated upperclassmen. I thank all the upperclassmen who contributed—you know who are. Their advice might help you figure out how to

process, meet and befriend your fellow rushees.

Don’t ignore people who can’t get you a bid.

There are few things as unappealing as a gaggle of over-eager rushees jockeying for face time like piglets crawling over each other for a spot at the feeding trough. If you branch out, you’ll seem friendlier and more genuine.

Go to a lot of rush events. Groups want members who show up to things and spend time with the community. In my living group, we’re

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he difference between being ranked 23rd and 123rd, for most teams, is astronomically large. But for Duke basketball, sitting on the edge of the rankings is about the same as teetering over the edge of the Empire State Building—the expectations are high and the room for error very little. This is uncharted territory for a team accustomed to being a power house, and the feeling of perhaps falling out of the rankings altogether is a living nightmare to any Blue Devil fan.

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choose between groups, or it might help you cope with a disappointment, or it might help shape your mindset after you join a group. Here goes.

Many people urge rushees to find the place where they “gel” with the group—they get their jokes and watch the same TV shows and go to Shooters with a similar frequency. I suggest that you think beyond which groups you “gel” with; that’s certainly a prerequisite for an enjoyable group experience, but there’s something more to consider.

Throughout life, but particularly in college, we are all “becoming.” We are becoming adults, becoming professionals, becoming the person we will eventually be. Each year in college yields personal, social and intellectual growth. The people with whom we surround ourselves help shape the course of that growth. Our communities influence the people we are becoming. That leads us to my personal piece of advice: Think about who you want to become, and think about what kind of people you want to surround yourself with.

What are your highest values—is it integrity, loyalty, kindness, faith or something else? What qualities do you admire and want to develop in yourself? If you prize intellect and curiosity, seek out a group of thoughtful people who will foster those qualities. Certainly most Duke groups are teeming with smart people. But some groups ignite more intellectual debate and spark more meandering conversations. If you want to become a strong and honest leader, seek out a group where you see role models who might cultivate your own leadership abilities. If you want to dominate cocktail party conversation like Rodney Hood dominated Georgia Tech, find a group of smooth talkers. Even if you feel determined not to be affected by your affiliation, the people who surround you will shape you.

Decide who you want to become and find a community that can help you on the journey.

That’s my two cents. But with inflation these days, it takes more than $0.02 to buy most things. So here’s more advice from some thoughtful upperclassmen. During the rush

interested in people who show potential for a high “Hersh index.” This scientifically calculated index reflects a member’s quantity of time spent in the common room. Only the best members approach Hersh Desai’s legendary 24/7 occupation of our common room during the 2012-2013 year.

Whether it was 4:00 p.m. or 4:00 a.m., you could count on Hersh. Did he sleep? Did he eat? No one knows for sure. But he had a damn high Hersh index, and you gotta respect that.

My thoughtful roommate suggested that you think of rush like the college process. You might get rejected from a few places—so try not to set your heart on a particular group. Spend time with two or three different groups so you have a few good options rather than a single option that might not work out. Heck, maybe Duke itself wasn’t your first choice school. (You might have been hoping for Harvard University—or, as we like to call it, the Duke University of the North.) But most people manage to have a good experience here regardless of whether it was initially their favorite. In the same way, you can find a sense of community even in a group that wasn’t always your first choice.

If you choose to join a living group, be sure to stay connected with friends outside that group.

Duke brims over with wonderful people who have a rich variety of experiences. If you spend most of your time with any one group, you owe your parents 50 percent of whatever tuition they pay. You’re missing out on half the value of our education by limiting your range of experiences.

Finally, a wise sophomore said that “rush and affiliation can define as much of your Duke experience as you want them to.” You don’t have to forget your freshman year friends if you don’t live together. You choose who you spend time with, and you choose the groups that will shape the person you are becoming. Don’t just think about social status or where your friends go; think about the influence that a group can have on you, for better or for worse.

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Duke basketball, currently ranked 23rd in the Associated Press poll, faces as they prepare for the University of Virginia.

Saturday’s loss to Clemson University, a loss that dropped Duke to 1-2 in ACC play, punctuated the Blue Devils’ weaknesses and reinforced the fact that this year’s team is unraveling in front of our eyes. We first saw it coming back in November, when Vermont stormed into Cameron and almost upset Jabari and company had it not been for a mere half of a second that separated Vermont’s last attempt from counting on the scoreboard.

Duke began to turn the season around, but that Vermont game spelt trouble for the team as conference play loomed ahead. This past week’s two losses to the University of Notre Dame and Clemson, both of which saw the Blue Devils squander leads after the first half, seemingly served as a dagger straight to the heart of this year’s squad. Falling out of the AP Top 10 for the first time since 2007 was brutal enough, but Duke out of the AP Top 25? That’s unheard of.

But these rankings may just be what will allow this team to recover.

Adversity, perhaps, could be the motivation this Duke basketball team needs to overcome its small stature and play with the likes of Syracuse University and the University of Arizona. The talent is there, no doubt, but after all the hype that has surrounded this team, maybe getting humbled by weaker conference opponents will spark the fire that the Blue Devils need to succeed.

Last year’s national champion, the University of Louisville, underwent a similar slump midway through last season, dropping three straight conference games in mid-January. They then went on to win 19 of 20 to claim the national title, with their one loss coming on the road at the hands of Notre Dame in a five-overtime thriller.

The 2011 National Champion University of Connecticut had an even tougher road to the title, losing nine games in conference play, including four of five leading up to their conference tournament.

They then went on an 11-game win streak that culminated with the team cutting the nets down at the end of the tournament in April.

In short, Duke’s season is not over, even though many of us on campus feel that way. It’s hard watching Duke lose to teams of lesser pedigree and those without stud freshmen players like Jabari Parker.

But this assumed invincibility is what I think is damaging this year’s team the most.

A perfect season is impossible in the bloodbath that is the new Atlantic Coast Conference, and we should expect no less than a few dings as Duke heads into the ACC tournament. If Duke were to enter in unscathed, the lack of adversity could be detrimental to a potential championship run. Who would we turn to in a moment of crisis in March if there were no previous experience in that situation?

I’d rather see Duke lose games now to Clemson and Notre Dame than to lose them later. Learn from the mistakes and move on—that is the formula for success in sports. There is still plenty of time to adjust and make improvements to what hasn’t worked up to this point.

For one, Duke is too top-heavy and needs to find a better way to distribute scoring. Jabari and Rodney Hood have combined to make 47 percent of Duke’s field goals, while Arizona’s top two leading scorers, Nick Johnson and Aaron Gordon, have combined to make just 38 percent of their team’s field goals. That statistic right there seems like a blatant issue for a team that aspires to go deep in March, and it is totally fixable.

Taking it simply, it’s January 14, not March 14, leaving Rasheed, Amile, Quinn and Andre plenty of time to find their touch and carry more of the scoring load. The question going forward is ‘when will they?’ and in what context. When two players are the only ones shouldering the scoring load, others become dependent on those two pivotal players to put the ball in the hoop—but what if the ball isn’t falling that night for Jabari or Rodney? Slumps happen to the best of players, but a team can fight through those slumps if the ever-important support players step up and hit the big shots.

All things are not lost—we just need some humility (and patience) to provide the drive that Duke needs to be the team we all think they really are.

Mark Schreiber is a Trinity freshman. His column runs every other Tuesday. Send Mark a message on Twitter @MarkSchreib.

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Civil and Human Rights Leader Former National NAACP President and CEO

Keynote Address MLK Sunday Service January 19, 2014 3:00 PM Duke Chapel Duke University

Annual MLK Film Screening “Mighty Times – The Children’s March” Winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject Documentary about the Birmingham Civil Rights March Co-produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center and HBO 6:30 – 7:30 PM, Friday, January 17, 2014 Sanford School for Public Policy, Room 04 Duke University

Duke MLK Million Meals Event

Sponsored by the Office of Durham and Regional Affairs and the MLK Commemoration Committee Monday, January 21, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm (meal packaging shifts from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) Volunteers from Duke, NCCU and the Durham Community will gather to package thousands of meals which will be distributed worldwide through the Stop Hunger Now organization. Registration required: http://tinyurl.com/ltb69dr

All events are free and open to the public For more information (919) 684-8353 or visit mlk.duke.edu