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Employee robbed on Erwin road

Wale, Posner draw crowd despite rain

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A hospital employee was robbed Thursday night near Parking Garage II on Erwin Road, Duke Police said. As the female employee walked from the garage to the hospital, she spotted a man walking with a limp and went to help him, said Assistant Chief Gloria Graham of the Duke University Police Department. When she reached the man, he produced a weapon and stole cash, some medical equipment and a $1,000 wedding band from the woman, according to the police report. DUPD does not know what kind of weapon was used in the attack because the woman did not see it. After robbing the woman, the man ran off, heading east on Erwin Road, the report states. After the employee reported the attack at 10:45 p.m., Duke police searched for the attacker but could not find him, Graham said. The suspect’s description was also shared with the Durham Police Department. In addition to walking with a limp, the police report describes the attacker as a 5-foot-9-inch black man of medium build with short hair and ingrown facial hair. He was wearing a black sweatsuit, a ski

The future of rap was on East Campus Friday night. With him came inclement conditions but the general attitude seemed to be encapsulated by the response of one student when asked how long he was willing to wait for Wale: “Forever.” The concert, featuring opener J.Cole and an unannounced appearance from senior Mike Posner, was sponsored by the Duke University Union. It was slated to begin at 7 p.m. but was delayed about half an hour due to rain. Once underway, however, the festivities saw a consistently growing crowd that peaked as Wale—widely recognized as one of the three most up-and-coming national hip-hop artists— closed with his singles: “W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.,” “Nike Boots” and “Chillin.” Though this concert took place on the first Friday of classes rather than orientation, this marks the second year in a row that DUU has held an August concert on East Campus. Last year’s show starred Illinois band the Hush Sound. Both years saw rain delays, and DUU Major Attractions Director Liz Turner, a senior, said whether the budding tradition would continue is uncertain. J.Cole opened to a small, somewhat sub-

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Popular hip-hop artist Wale performs on the East Campus Main Quadrangle Friday night. The second annual concert, sponsored by the Duke University Union, opened with Fayetteville, N.C.-native J. Cole after a half-hour rain delay. Senior Mike Posner also made an unexpected appearance at the event.

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A night out with... Duke university police

Police duties require alertness and ‘thick skin,’ officers say by Lindsey Rupp The chronicle

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Members of the Duke University Police Department are paid by the University, but also have police jurisdiction throughout the City of Durham.

David Dyson works long hours. A Duke University Police Officer for five years, Dyson works 12-hour shifts on a rotating schedule that ensures days, nights and weekends are all covered. Saturday, Dyson had the night shift: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. It’s a fair rotation, but hard on the sleep schedule and the girlfriends, he said. “In a Squad, we’re a good group of guys,” Dyson said. “If I worked for some of the other squads, I would have walked to Raleigh or Durham [Police Departments]... or a larger organization that would give me some more opportunities. But I work with a good group of guys, we all back each other up, we all pull our weight, we’re all there for each other—that’s what makes the 12 hours go by.” Dyson sits in his police car, patrolling from the hospital to just past Shooters II. He listens to radio feeds from the Duke University Police Department and the DPD, with his iPod on shuffle in the background. It’s a slow night, and the first call he gets is a student who was thrown from his moped around 10 p.m. and is being treated by Emergency Medical Services. Saturday on campus, Dyson also responded to a fire alarm in Craven House C and a report of naked students

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running around in Edens Quadrangle. And he had to break up a section party. “Most of us drank before we were 21, so as long as you’re not causing any problems, we’re not going to ruin your night,” Dyson said. “People get into trouble because they’re doing stupid things while they’re intoxicated.” One thing that would force Dyson to end a party is a a noise complaint, like the one he responded to at 12:40 a.m. at Kappa Alpha Order fraternity’s section in Craven House A. He and several other officers had to empty the halls and the rooms of noisy students. As officers cleared the section, several students complained that their off-campus party had been shut down due to a noise complaint earlier that night and they now had nowhere to go. Others yelled obscenities at the officers from outside. After the party cleared, the officers joked about the incident, like they frequently did about previous calls they had been involved in. Dyson said all of the officers use humor to get them through their shifts or through difficult incidents. Officers have to learn not to take insults and obscenities personally. He said they “have to leave it at work.”

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Japan’s Democratic party wins historic election toKyo — Breaking a half-century hammerlock of one-party rule in japan, the opposition democratic party won a crushing election victory on sunday with pledges to revive the country’s stalled economy and to steer a foreign-policy course less dependent on the united states. But it was pent-up voter anger, not campaign promises, that halted 54 years of near-continuous dominance by the liberal democratic party (ldp). the party had become a profoundly unpopular, but

deeply entrenched, governing force that so feared it would be swept from power that it had put off a national election for nearly three years. in a record landslide on a rainy day, voters awarded 308 seats in the powerful 480seat lower house of parliament to a slightly left-of-center opposition party formed by disaffected ldp veterans. it is led by yukio hatoyama, 62, a stanford-trained engineer who will probably be chosen prime minister in mid-september.

Obama pushes healthcare Wildfires spreading rapidly reform one stop at a time los angeles — the fire in southern california’s angeles national forest tripled in size saturday, spreading rapidly to the east and west and prompting the evacuation of at least 4,000 homes in a broad swath of los angeles’ foothill neighborhoods as temperatures reached triple digits and flames drew closer to homes. three to five homes in rural Big tujunga canyon were lost, authorities said. three civilians were airlifted out for medical attention after being burned in the Big tujunga canyon area, said Bruce Quintelier, fire information officer for angeles national forest. no additional details were available. he said the fire north of los angeles was moving in all directions: “it’s moved over to altadena, southeast of where it started; it’s moved north, east and southwest.”

Washington — president obama’s supporters hope to recapture the energy of last year’s triumphant election campaign in a bid to regain control of the health-care debate, planning more than 2,000 house parties, rallies and town hall meetings across the country over the next two weeks. the initiative began Wednesday with a rally at a labor hall in phoenix that featured the obama sunrise logo and placards that became fixtures of the 2008 presidential campaign. organizing for america, a nationwide group of obama supporters run by the democratic national committee, also brought along a colorful bus featuring the slogan,“health insurance reform now: let’s get it done.” the vehicle is on an 11-city tour advocating for health-care reform.

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Members of Duke Habitat for Humanity draw in the crowd at the annual Student Activities Fair on East Campus Friday afternoon. More than 270 campus organizations were represented at the fair.

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Engineering Student Government President Ankit Prasad (right) announced a $2 increase to the engineering student dues in order to adequately fund its groups and activities at ESG’s first meeting Sunday night.

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Hoping to compensate for funding cuts from the Pratt School of Engineering, Engineering Student Government has raised student dues and reevaluated monetary policies. For the first time in more than 15 years, ESG will increase student dues from $25 to $27, ESG executive president Ankit Prasad, a senior, said at the group’s first meeting of the year Sunday night. “We are squeezed very tight this year, and student groups have been as well,” Prasad said. To adequately fund campus organizations, ESG will increase funds for student groups from $7,000 to $9,000. Prasad said

ESG’s annual fund is $51,000. ESG will continue to organize E-socials, weekly events hosted by different student groups and companies. At the meeting, members discussed whether ESG should choose and purchase its own food for the events. In the past, the groups hosting the E-socials have typically bought food with ESG funding. “If we buy the food, it will be there, even if [student groups] forget,” Prasad said, adding that this system will also ensure that the funds are used accordingly. Members agreed to distribute checklists—in addition to funding applications— to student groups to evaluate the necessary See ESG on page 5

Gov. Bev Perdue signed Senate Bill 943 Thursday, increasing tax incentives for motion picture studios, television networks and independent film companies looking to use North Carolina for their next project. For many public officials and those involved in the film industry in the state, the bill—which will raise the tax incentive up to 25 percent—is seen as a means to create jobs for North Carolina residents in a difficult economic climate. “This legislation will help grow our $91 million motion picture industry, preserve and create thousands of jobs and increase investments in yet another emerging economic cluster,” Perdue said in a statement Thursday. “Providing a strong foundation for North Carolina’s film industry is essential as we work to build a strong and sustainable economy through increased diversification.” Since 2007, North Carolina has had a film tax incentive of 15 percent. Although that was considered a competitive rate at the time, other states soon raised their incentives, said Aaron

Syrett, director of the North Carolina Film Office, the agency that works with film companies to lure their projects to the state. “After that incentive, 2007 was the busiest time in the history of the North Carolina [film production] history,” he said, adding that there was a 40 percent decrease in 2008 as more states increased their film tax incentives. “What this [new] incentive does... is put us on a level playing field with other states.” The bill allows for production companies with more than $250,000 of qualifying expenses to receive a 25 percent tax rebate. Qualifying expenses include payroll taxes for North Carolina residents employed in the making of the movie and services contracted from local businesses. In order to qualify for the tax incentive program, the production companies must provide the name and a detailed description of the production, as well as a detailed accounting of all qualifying expenses. For Duke, the new incentives will continue to help the University attract

CORRECTION An Aug. 28 article, “SOFC charters 30 new groups,” incorrectly stated that the Korean Undergraduate Students Association received SOFC funds for the first time this year. KUSA actually received funds last year. In addition, the article incorrectly identified David Hu. Hu is a junior. The Chronicle regrets the errors.

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film projects. The University has hosted many television shows and feature films including “Privileged,” “The handmaid’s Tale,” “The Program” and “Dawson’s creek.” Although there are no plans or negotiations to bring another project to campus, Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, said the University is always looking for new projects to host. “We’re certainly open to ideas and look forward to seeing if there are projects that we could do,” he said. With the new incentive for producers to choose Duke and its surrounding area as filming locations, students may benefit to gain experience in the entertainment industry, Schoenfeld added. Vanessa Vincent, a senior in the Film/Video/ Digital program, said she would welcome the opportunity to work on projects close to campus. Although she has been able to find work in the entertainment business in her hometown of new York city without personal connections, Vincent said she would greatly benefit from more opportunities near Duke. “i wouldn’t be able to get out to [los Angeles], which is considered the mecca of the film industry,” she said. “it’s either new York or here in north carolina because there’s really no place in between.” Schoenfeld said that a lot of thought goes into which projects are allowed on campus and each option must ultimately serve to enhance the University’s image. “We are very picky about these types of things,” he said. “The buildings here at Duke say as much about Duke as the University itself, so we are very particular and very deliberate about the type of projects we allow to take place on campus.”

“if i’m telling you to leave and you’re swearing at me up and down and telling me things about my mother that i didn’t know, but you’re leaving, then alright,” Dyson said. “You have to have pretty thick skin.” But as a DUPD officer, Dyson does more than deal with students slinging obscenities. Although he is paid by the University, Dyson has police jurisdiction throughout the city of Durham. But Dyson said that for practical purposes, patrol officers generally stop at Duke Street. “That doesn’t mean you can stand on the other side of Duke Street and laugh at me, because i’m going to walk right over,” he added. Forty minutes after ending the KA party, Dyson stopped his cruiser on Main Street across from east campus to perform a background check on a 46-year-old black male who had been loitering on a bench. The check revealed that the man was homeless and usually seen in Wake county. it also showed he had been convicted of robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree rape. Dyson and several other officers spoke with the man and requested that he move on. Dyson said, however, that because the man was not on University property and had not committed a crime, there was little DUPD or DPD could do other than keep an eye out for him around Durham. “i do make the world a better place every day,” he said. “i may not have ended their problems, but i kept the peace for tonight. And hopefully some people [i interact with] will consider that maybe they have a drinking problem.” Although he could not take action against the man loitering near east or solve a later dispute between a man and woman on Main Street, Dyson would soon

run into a challenge. “i’m a little bit of an adrenaline junkie,” he said. “i wanted [a job] with a little adrenaline, but not a lot of adrenaline.” At 3:50 a.m. Sunday behind the BP gas station at the corner of ninth and Main Streets, Dyson encountered a homeless man who had a warrant for petty larceny. The 40-year-old black man, elton Keith henderson, was wearing jeans, a black undershirt, a black baseball hat and nike Jordan shoes. he was eating a burrito, and was intoxicated but cooperative when Dyson searched him for weapons and drugs. Dyson put henderson in handcuffs while he verified the warrant, and henderson soon became belligerent. he made homicidal statements as he was loaded into the back of the patrol car. “i’m going to hell, i’m taking as many with me as i can,” henderson said as he was driven to the Durham county Jail, a little more than a mile away. “i am god, i am going to kill. They can’t stop me, never stop me, y’all going to die the day i die.” Because henderson had a criminal record, Dyson said he knew not to take his threats seriously—henderson was trying to be admitted to the psychiatric ward instead of going to jail, Dyson said. Dyson led henderson into the waiting room to see the magistrate and fill out the necessary paperwork for his arrest. At 4:44 a.m., henderson was incarcerated and given a $500 bond by the magistrate. Although this was not Dyson’s first arrest or even his most difficult offender, DUPD officer g. Smith said every officer has to be alert when making an arrest because people’s behavior can change in an instant. “i don’t think there’s any such thing as having it be automatic,” Smith said. “Dyson gets butterflies in his stomach [when making an arrest]. i would, anyone would. You always do, no matter who it is, even if it’s a 90-year-old female.”

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Wale from page 1 dued audience that included Duke, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as well as community members. The Fayetteville, N.C. native was recently signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label and is featured on the New York artist’s upcoming record Blueprint 3. The crowd included a number of students visibly excited to see J.Cole at Duke. “My friend knows him, so that’s why I decided to come,” said N.C. State sophomore and Fayetteville resident Taylor Creedon. “I’m here mainly for him.” His weather-addled performance also managed to draw enthusiasm. “I have his whole CD, I’ve been listening to it all summer,” said freshman Teddy Okechukwu. “He was tight and I knew all the lyrics, so it was easy to go along with [the show].” Turner also spoke highly of J.Cole’s effort, noting that she does not think the rain inhibited the performances. She estimated that by the end of the evening, a crowd of “several hundred” turned up for the concert. “I actually think it pumped them up a bit, especially with J.Cole,” Turner said. “I think he was excited to see that many people out in spite of the rain.” Turner stressed the importance of technology in executing the event successfully. DUU

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posted frequent updates on its Twitter account with information about the status of the show and confirmations that it was still on. J. Cole expressed satisfaction with his performance, despite an initially lethargic audience. “It went great, but started slow because of the rain,” he said. “Midway through my set the crowd showed up.” Following J.Cole, Wale came on alongside the Washington, D.C. go-go band UCB, a No. 30 Duke basketball jersey draped over his head. Wale’s set lasted more than an hour and included faithful executions of songs from his past mixtapes as well as looser, more improvisational efforts by the band. A highlight of the performance was when Wale chose three girls from the crowd and serenaded them onstage. Another instance saw him take a camcorder from a student in the crowd and film the audience and his band during their performance of “W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.” Throughout, he peppered in banter promoting Duke basketball, often drawing loud and appreciative cheers. Toward the end of the performance, Wale was joined on stage by Posner, a fellow musician under manager Elitaste, Inc. Posner was featured on Wale’s most recent mixtape, Back to the Feature, and the two combined with the band for renditions of Posner’s music, receiving support from students singing along in the audience.

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hat and white shoes. “We have some characteristics that are pretty easily identifiable,” Graham said. “We feel pretty confident that if that individual is in the community, we would be able to stop him and identify him.” This is the second incident in recent weeks in which a black man with a limp has been described as the suspect in an armed robbery, but there is not enough information to determine if the two cases are connected, Graham said. An armed man with a limp robbed a Duke senior Aug. 8 near East Campus and then shot the student when he fought back. A DukeAlert describing the Thursday night incident was e-mailed to all Duke students, faculty and staff Friday morning in accordance with the Clery Act. The act requires that police inform the university community in a timely manner of crimes that may represent an ongoing threat.

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UConn to Young Blue Devils drop 2 in Classic visit Duke Jan. 18 Duke and the ACC announced the Blue Devils’ 2009-2010 schedule Friday, and the slate of games is highlighted by a date in Cameron Indoor Stadium with the defending national champions. Connecticut travels to Durham for a high-profile matchup against Duke Jan. 18, in the middle of the ACC season. The Huskies went 39-0 last season and reached the Final Four unchallenged. There, they defeated Stanford by 19 and Louisville by 22 to earn the national title. The game with UConn will be shown on ESPN2. The Blue Devils will have four games total to air on national television. Duke’s other marquee nonconference game is a West Coast trip to Palo Alto, Calif. to face Stanford Dec. 15. The Blue Devils beat the Cardinal at home last season, 56-52, in one of their biggest victories of the season. In other non-ACC competition, Duke plays at Maine-- one of head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s former teams-- and hosts power conference teams Ohio State and USC in Cameron. The Blue Devils will also take part in the Caribbean Challenge in Cancun over Thanksgiving weekend. In the ACC, meanwhile, Duke faces a typically challenging calendar that includes home-and-home series with both Maryland and North Carolina. But the Blue Devils won’t have to travel to Tallahassee, where they collapsed late in the game in a loss to Florida State last season. —from staff reports

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Senior midfielder Elisabeth Redmond assisted on a Duke goal Sunday, but the Blue Devils fell 3-2 to Central Florida on a late goal in the Carolina Classic. by Jeff Scholl THE CHRONICLE

Just when it seemed the Blue Devils had battled back from the brink of defeat to tie the game up with UCF in the closing minutes, the Golden Knights struck again and came out on by a head. UNCG 1 topNo. 11 Duke (1DUKE 0 2) fell 3-2 to UCF (2-1) in the Caro3 lina Classic SunUCF day in Chapel Hill DUKE 2 after Stacie Hubbard’s game-winning header goal ended the Blue Devils’ attempt at a comeback. Substitute Lynnea Pappas tied the score at two with a little over five minutes remaining when she collected a loose ball at the edge of the goal box and fired a shot to the top left corner of the goal. But less than two minutes later, Hubbard beat Duke’s defense on a corner kick, heading the ball against the bottom of the crossbar and into the net. Head coach Robbie Church said the game-winning goal was partly a result of not having all of the players needed on the field to properly defend the set piece. “We worked so hard to tie the game up,” he said. “We just didn’t get a good lineup back on the field.... We changed our formation so many different ways to go offensively and I didn’t get the defensive players that I needed to get back inside and that’s my fault.” The Blue Devil back four also showed its inexperience earlier in the game, as it had some difficulty adjusting to a tactical change by the Golden Knights at halftime. Central Florida dropped one of its forwards down into the midfield and ex-

ploited open space on the sidelines. Making matters worse, freshman Nicole Lipp, who has emerged as a leader of the young defense, suffered a concussion after 25 minutes of play and did not return. This comes to a team that is already missing four defenders who are out for the year. There is no word yet on the extent of the injury. “Nicole Lipp’s injury was huge because she’s been one of our top players all year as a back,” Church said. “When she went out, it really made us play some more inexperienced players, and we’re already inexperienced back there.” Although Duke held a 1-0 lead at the start of the second half, the momentum shifted completely less than three minutes into the period when UCF’s Nicolette Radovcic got loose on the right side of the field and sent a low cross to Courtney Whidden, who beat Duke goalkeeper Tara Campbell for the score. In the 76th minute, the Golden Knights scored again in similar fashion as Yvonne George carried the ball up the left sideline and launched a shot on goal. Campbell responded with an excellent block, but she could not secure the loose ball and Whidden tapped in the rebound for her second score of the day. Before UCF’s tactical change, though, Duke found some space in midfield and capitalized to take a first-half lead. The Blue Devils dominated possession during the first half and outshot Central Florida 11-2. In the 30th minute they scored behind a perfect through ball from Elisabeth Redmond to KayAnne Gummersall. Gummersall took a few dribbles at the top of box before playing a ball across the front of the goal to Cody Newman, who buried the ball in the net with a one-timer.

“We played a great first half and we showed signs and glimpses of what we can be during the year,” Church said. “But we’re different—we’re different with injuries. Injuries in the course of the game have taken away from some of us, and some young players have to get on the field and play.” But Gummersall, one of the Blue Devils’ top offensive threats, was stymied throughout most of the game, mustering only one shot on goal in the contest as her midfield teammates struggled to play her the ball. She posted identical statistics in Duke’s 1-0 loss to UNC Greensboro (12) during the opening round of the Classic. That game played out in a manner almost completely opposite to the Central Florida tilt, as the Blue Devils took the first eight shots of the second half. Despite a barrage of 22 shot attempts for the contest, Duke could not get the best of the Spartan defense, and Greensboro’s goal in the 24th minute was enough to secure victory. Even though the Blue Devils managed to do against the Golden Knights what they could not against the Spartans— battle back and score in the late stages of the game—their lack of veteran players on the back line ultimately proved costly. Duke, however, knows there is still plenty of time to build composure and learn from challenging situations like Central Florida’s last-minute corner kick. “I think we played tough,” Gummersall said. “Obviously we had a few mistakes and they cost us the game. I think that we’re a very good team, we’re a young team, right now we’re injured, but those aren’t excuses. We’re going to come back and we know that we have to fight back.”

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Early in the first overtime period of Sunday’s final of the Champions Challenge, senior defenseman Lauren Miller was one-on-one in a penalty stroke situation with Michigan State goalie Elissa Unger. Knowing what an important spot she was in, the senior responded by beating Unger and lifting the No. 10 Blue Devils (2-0) to a 3-2 win over the eighth-ranked Spartans. “This was a really big game for us. It was personal for us to show that we have worked so hard,” Miller said. “To have the game riding on that L’VILLE 0 stroke, it’s an honor to be a captain and step up there. I had all DUKE 3 that on my mind and just wanted to do it for the girls.” The game-winning penalty 2 MSU stroke was set up when sophoDUKE 3 more midfielder Tara Jennings burst through Michigan State’s back line only to be denied near the top of the scoring area by a sliding Unger. A fight for the loose ball ensued, and Rhian Jones was able to get a shot off that was blocked by a Michigan State violation in the circle that set up the penalty stroke. The overtime goal was Miller’s third in two games--she scored two of Duke’s goals in Saturday’s 3-0 win over No. 13 Louisville (1-2). Starting off the season with consecutive wins and a tournament victory is a terrific start for a young Blue Devil team that hadn’t won their opener since Miller’s freshman year. “I know we were ranked sixth in the ACC preseason, but if you look at our youth, that’s where I’d expect to be ranked,” head coach Beth Bozman. “I expect this team to do something this year.” Although Bozman picked up her 100th win as head coach at Duke with the victory, that accomplishment looked anything but certain in the first half. The period was marred by sloppy passing and several turnovers in Duke’s own zone that gave the Spartans easy scoring opportunities. In the game’s third minute, Michigan State (1-1) capitalized on one of those chances when Jantine Steinmetz flipped one into the top corner of the cage. The Blue Devil offense started out sluggishly and was unable to get a shot on goal until 15 minutes into the action. While the play would pick up through the end of the half, the Blue Devils entered the locker room down a score, but the coaching staff was pleased with the way the team reverted back to the game plan in overcoming the slow start. “The second half of the first half we really played our game but just couldn’t get the ball in,” Bozman said. “We

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penetrated the circle and knew that if we stuck to the game plan we would be able to pull this game off.” Yet things got worse before they got better when Steinmetz opened the second half by slipping a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal, putting the Spartans up, 2-0. From that point on, however, the scoring would be all Duke. Just six minutes later, junior tri-captain Sarah Schoffstall took a pass from Miller and converted it into the first Blue Devil score. The team would build on this momentum and knot the game at 2-2 just minutes later when forward Susan Ferger turned a Jennings pass into the gametying goal that would force overtime, in large part due to the stellar play of netminder Samantha Nelson. Nelson recorded four saves on the day, several of which occurred in tough one-on-one situations with a

A start to a new season brought good experience and tough challenges for the Blue Devils, as they took two of three matches at the InnTower Invitational. The event brought together Wisconsin, South Dakota, Ohio and Duke in a two-day tournament in Madison, Wisc. Duke (2-1) DUKE 15 started off strong Friday night with a 3-2 win against the host 8 Badgers (1-2) and some imUNC pressive play from their more DUKE 3 experienced players. Junior 0 middle blocker Becci Burling SD led the team with a career-high DUKE 0 11 blocks while senior Rachael Moss and sophomore Sophia OHIO 3 Dunworth each had 16 kills against Wisconsin. The Blue Devils then defeated South Dakota (0-2) before falling to Ohio in the tournament finale. Kellie Catanach and Moss both made the all-tournament team. “It was a great weekend for us,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “Playing in the Big 10 in Madison was a wonderful experience for our team. To be able to pull out a strong win our first match of the season while we’re figuring out our identity was tremendous. Our team came through and held in mentally and chugged away to make things happen.” After a strong performance against the Badgers, the Blue Devils played South Dakota in a match that gave the freshman some quality playing time and Nagel the opportunity to see her new recruits in action. In the 3-0 win, freshman Megan Hendrickson hammered down 12 kills and finished with a .375 hitting percentage—an impressive statistic in just her second collegiate match. “I was really proud of the team and how we did in all the matches,” Moss said. “The freshman really stepped up and fit in really well with the chemistry of the team. It was very competitive and we worked really well together and that was great to see.” “Against South Dakota, we maintained our level throughout the match,” Nagel said. “We were able to get a lot of freshman in and I was excited that the entire team could get experience to help grow. Sometimes you change one person and everything goes away but not this

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The mental aspect of running is Duke’s focus this fall. “We can be physically fit, but we need the mental preparedness and knowing the dynamic that we’re training for,” head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “We have to train athletes who are used to winning every race they’ve competed in, [or] at least being in the top five, top ten. We’ve got to teach these kids how to run excited, how to run motivated, when they’re in the middle in 110th place and try to move up 10 or 20 spots.” This year’s freshman class fits Jermyn’s description perfectly. Ashley Brasovan won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in high school, and Madeline Morgan won the Nike Cross Country Nationals. Jermyn hopes to teach them how to stay hungry when they’re not in the lead, but in the middle of the pack. Brasovan, Morgan and other underclassmen are poised to contribute early on in their careers. They might not lead every race, but Jermyn has high expectations for his youngsters in practice. “We need everybody to challenge each other the way they’re going to be challenged when we’re racing the best teams in the country at the ACCs, regionals and nationals,” Jermyn said. “We’ve got to create some of those intense, competitive moments in practice. I think some of our freshmen, more than other years, aren’t going to be shy of sticking in their nose and being top one or two in any workout-- I think that’s going to be an exciting element.” Sophomore Carly Seymour will take a leadership role among the Blue Devils this fall, but recognizes the difficulty for a freshmen to enter the environment of NCAA cross country at a competitive level. Seymour finished in the mid-20s at the ACC Championships and NCAA Southeast Regional last year.

F. HOCKEY from page 7 Spartan on a breakaway. In front of Nelson, the rest of the defense came up big, even helping to hold Michigan State scoreless during overtime’s first 11 minutes with Jennings sidelined after receiving a yellow card. “Samantha was excellent this weekend,” Bozman said. “I can’t tell you how hard she’s worked since last November for moments like these.” Still, without Miller’s game-deciding penalty stroke, the Blue Devils wouldn’t be heading to Philadelphia next weekend to take on Drexel with a 2-0 mark in the standings or tournament hardware back in their locker room.

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Head coach Kevin Jermyn is emphasizing mental preparation to his freshman-laden squad this year. “Last year was a little difficult, getting adjusted to the new team setting and the new school setting,” said Seymour. “Everything was different. Coming in and doing well was great; I was really happy with that, but it was a little bit of a challenge. I’m very excited this year to have more freshmen come in, to have more challenging practices, and to have them push me a little harder.” Beside helping the freshmen class acclimate to a higher level of intensity, Seymour hopes to shine individually this fall. “Overall, I just want to do better than I did last year,” Seymour said. “I’m more focused toward the championship races, so hopefully I’ll do better at ACCs and Region-

als and be a top contender at Nationals.” Jermyn is confident that mental toughness will make the difference for the younger runners, Seymour included. “Our sport is a lot about suffering, and focus, and in a lot of workouts that’s going to be the goal of the day. But there’s no way we can do that every day without sustaining some overstress injury, so it’s definitely a balanced approach. Last year, we erred perhaps on the side of overtraining.... This year we’re worried more about training to get fit, [and preparing] what I think is the most important muscle, the one in between your two ears in your head.”

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role for an autonomous ICC. Important institutional knowledge was overlooked, and the primary stakeholders directly impacted by the plan—campus leaders that serve on the ICC—were, for the most part, left out. Former vice presidents for the Intercommunity Council were never contacted, and only a handful of current ICC members were asked to comment on the proposal before it was formally introduced last week. The most troubling aspect of the proposal, however, is the fact that it simply cuts ICC loose without providing the necessary leadership and structure for the body to survive effectively on its own. Without these

vital components, it is likely that the ICC—an organization whose members are already busy running their own organizations—will simply continue its fall into irrelevance. Despite its faults and the hasty process that produced it, this proposal could still have legs to stand on. If ICC members are widely consulted and treated as valuable contributors, and if ICC members in conjunction with DSG leaders can articulate a vision and viable structure for a new, independent ICC, then the proposal would merit serious consideration. With a likely Sept. 14 vote two weeks away, DSG still has the time to make it work.

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the proposal passes the DSG Senate this week, then it will appear as a referendum in a Sept. 14 student body vote. Reform of ICC is certainly welcome, but so far, the proposal seems a bit rushed and underdeveloped. DSG election by-law stipulates that a referendum can only be voted upon during the Fall or Spring Elections, and given the relatively early date of the Fall election—just three weeks into the school year—it is easy to understand why the proposal is being passed through the Senate so quickly. Timing concerns aside, this proposal is a bit disconcerting. DSG failed to consult with key stakeholders, and it has yet to formulate a viable

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week ago, I flew out of Medellin, Colombia and arrived at Duke, where I found myself adjusting to the sight of white people in khaki shorts and summer dresses speaking in heavily-accented Southern English. After having spent two months in Medellin for DukeEngage with a stipend greater than the average Medellin citizen’s yearly income, I wondered if I had really sue li accomplished anyouter spaces thing or even made a difference. DukeEngage’s model, as listed on their Web site, is to “challenge yourself” and to “change your world.” But can a group of six Duke students really change the world in eight weeks? Living in upper-middle-class apartments with host moms that doted on and overfed us, were we really challenged? Maybe. Although I was not adjusting to the lack of electricity or running water like those in other programs, the value of DukeEngage as a cultivator of personal growth and cultural understanding should not be overlooked. It is easy to build a house; it is not so easy to change someone’s way of thinking about the world. Sometimes, change in the world means first, change from within, often times equally important but overshadowed by more tangible, measurable progress. The citizens of Medellin showed me that there are people who will take you into your homes with no questions asked. Despite not having as many resources as we do here, they never complained about what they lacked. One of the most remarkable people that I met was a musician named Jake who had been falsely accused of being a commander in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia during a military operation to expel paramilitary and guerilla groups in one of the most isolated neighborhoods of Medellin. He was jailed for four months. When the officials released him, Jake, undeterred, returned to his hometown and started his own TV show. He invited us to appear on his show in a studio about the size and the dinginess of a small apartment on Central Campus. In one room was a sound mixer with a boxy computer reminiscent of the ’80s and the only camera used was delivered daily by a man on motorcycle. Despite lack of high-tech equipment, Jake was never anything but optimistic, gracious and kind. He loved the Disney Channel, called me Brenda Song and Wendy Wu “Kung Fu” (seeing as there are no Asians in Colombia, I became somewhat of a spec-

tacle) and what he longed for most in life was to go to the U.S., namely, to be where I am today. It never occurred to me that someone’s dream was to live the life that I have. I was lucky enough to realize this summer just how many opportunities we have in a) this time period and b) in this country. Although I am not religious in any way, I cannot help but feel blessed to be a Duke student in the year 2009. When I told a good friend about what great fortune I felt I had, he said to me, “Use it to the benefit of other people.” Although some feel that they must give back by bestowing wealth, talent or knowledge, I believe that having gratitude itself is a way of doing good in the world, or at the very least, is the first step. From the generosity of the Medellin people, you would never know that half the city makes less than or close to $500 a month. On one of the last days in Medellin, we shared a feast with members of a low-income community. Upon leaving, one of the men handed out assorted earrings and necklaces from a round, tin box as a parting gift. From the way that they were packaged in the small, plastic bags, I could tell that he was giving away part of his earnings, as he probably normally sold the jewelry. I lamented that I had not brought a gift to give him in return, to which he replied that the greatest gift was me simply visiting him today. Why is it that in Medellin, a city that suffers from a high degree of poverty, social inequality and a violent past, the people exude such warmth and benevolence? Although the weather in the City of Eternal Spring, the beautiful women and the gorgeous 360-degree view of the mountains figure into this sense of pride and well-being, these external factors cannot measure up to factors within. More than anything, I believe that gratitude, especially, gratitude for strangers and loved ones alike, contributes to this happiness. As part of our service, we created documentaries for the community, but in the end, I knew it was I who was indebted to them. These are the lessons that DukeEngage has taught me and Medellin has made me remember. They are small truths that all of us know but every once in a while need a little reminding: Be grateful for what you have and be good to others. Sue Li is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Monday.

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tanley Fish spent the ’90s at Duke as one of the most famous—and vocal—English professors in the world. One uncontroversial fact about Fish is that this experience allows him to comment ably on universities from his perch as a semi-retired columnist for The New York Times. Entertainingly enough, a good many of the anecdotes Fish deploys when writing about higher education are either admittedly about his time at Duke or almost certainly referring to our connor southard dear University. In his latdead poet est column, Fish discusses a certain school’s “composition program.” The program had, at the time, 104 class sections per semester, sections which covered “everything under the sun” and were taught by graduate students. If Professor Fish wasn’t actually talking about Duke’s Writing 20 program, he might as well have been. Fish investigated the unnamed school’s writing program because his graduate students who were teaching the courses, “couldn’t write a clean English sentence. They could manage for about six words.” We’ll leave aside the fact that Fish’s jab probably reminds most of us of the author of the last Xeroxed handout we were told to study carefully. What matters is that Fish reached a heady conclusion very quickly: After reviewing a number of

lesson plans, Fish “came to the conclusion that unless writing courses focus exclusively on writing, they are a sham, and [he] advised to insist that all courses listed as courses in composition teach grammar and rhetoric and nothing else.” Nothing else. Sorry, students of Writing 20’s “Listening to the Wire,” not even Omar makes the cut. In the abstract, the idea that writing courses should teach “grammar and rhetoric and nothing else” sounds reasonable enough. We students would be handed an invaluable, easy-todigest nugget from on high. It’s not clear where exactly we’d get it from—a manual or manual-like curriculum, I’m sure. Like everyone else, I could be a better writer than I am. There’s no good reason that my oh-so expensive university education shouldn’t help me farther along that path. Too bad Fish seems to think that such a welldelineated, composition booklet-strewn “path” to becoming a better writer actually exists. I’ll concede that freshman composition classes don’t exist to create literary geniuses. Happily, “genius-level” writing, or whatever you want to call it, has nothing to do with what we’re talking about. What Fish is talking about, what Duke’s Writing 20 program sets out to do and what we could all use a dose of is the process of learning to write capably and interestingly. To that end, I’ll take a page from poet Richard Hugo, shrug and offer that the best way to learn to write has little to do with either composition booklets or the specific esotericism of a Writing 20 class exclusively on ticks. Hugo happened to be talking about learning to write poetry, but neither Fish nor anyone in Duke’s writing program argues with his funda-

DUMC’s kid sister Health care seems to be the hot-button issue du jour, and, if you can get past the dispute over who is killing whose grandmother, you’ll see that Duke is involved in the broader debate. Most notably of late, with the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, people across the nation are reflecting on the Senator’s surgery at Duke University Medical Center. As you may recall, on May 17 of last year, Kennedy was hospitalized after a seizure. The doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital diagnosed him with an inoperable malignant glioma in his brain; in other words, he was shortly i am charlotte to join Leonardo Disimmons Caprio and the ranks monday, monday of “The Departed” Boston civil servants. But never leave to Bostonians what can be done by wicked smaht North Carolinians, Kennedy decided, and he hiked over to our little-university-thatcould. Thanks to the extremely capable hands and mind of Dr. Allan Friedman, famed Duke neuro-oncologist, Kennedy left the operating table “[feeling] like a million bucks.” That we mourn his death as late as now is a testament to the strength of Duke Medicine. That’s just how we roll. Quality health services are to DUMC as quality milkshakes are to Cookout. In addition to outstanding specialties like neurooncology and Peanut Butter Fudge (respectively), superiority is simply intrinsic to every part of the institution. Ranked tenth in the U.S. News and World Report “America’s Best Hospitals: the 2009-2010 Honor Roll,” DUMC ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation in cancer, geriatric care, gynecology, heart and heart surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, respiratory disorders and urology. So, if you have a problem with your heart, eyes, bones, lungs, urinary tract or vagina; or you’re old; or you have cancer—any type of cancer—DUMC is a place worth the price of your plane ticket (and then some) to visit. It gives me pause to know that the quality care of an elite hospital, with doctors exceptional enough to treat American royalty when others say treatment is impossible, does not spill over to its kid sibling, the Duke Student Health Center. I am not here to knock Student Health. We students can complain all we like, but until we re-

member that Student Health is a special, full-service clinic devoted exclusively to 6,000 people in a city of more than 200,000, and our alternative is to join the general population in waiting lines at real hospitals and clinics, our complaints are just D-U-M-B. But given that the University has already deemed it beneficial to have Student Health, let’s go the distance and provide some after-hours resources. Granted, I always try my best to fall ill only between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. on weekends, but sometimes it’s just not in the cards. So let’s say I do come down with a bad case of the ol’ swine flu, or an allergic reaction, or a sprained ankle when Student Health is closed. I tried to simulate this experience by calling, as is proper, (919) 684-WELL at the outrageous hour of 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. I was greeted with a message informing me that because I had missed the lengthy two hours and 45 minutes Student Health stayed open, I should stay on the line to access “nurse advice and limited urgent care services.” Upon doing so, I was treated to another sampling of the recorded message. And then another. Seeking an alternative, I hit up http://healthydevil. studentaffairs.duke.edu, which reiterated that I was S.O.L. (the same non-medical diagnosis Mass General gave to Kennedy—UrbanDictionary it if necessary). I tried again yesterday night, this time treated to a new recording that actually referred me to the aforementioned nurse advice hotline, but at times a caller might find herself caught in the Mobius Strip of that unhelpful recorded message and its online doppelganger. The remaining options include toughing it out, which is highly unpleasant, or moseying on down to the emergency room at the hospital. And if you have a non-life-threatening emergency in the emergency room, may the Lord have mercy on your soul as you wade through the sometimes 12- to 24-hour triage process. As we wait in paranoid anticipation for H1N1 to take hold, I can only hope that you all do your darndest to not contract the disease after 5 p.m. or 11:45 a.m. on weekends. If you feel unable to do so, shoot an e-mail to Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health, and let him know he’s doing such a good job that you’d like more of his services. Charlotte Simmons wants to emphasize her point by reminding you that any diseases contracted on the Shooters dfloor will become readily apparent only after Student Health hours. So care about this.

mental precept: The best way to learn to write is to write. Hugo makes this declaration in his book of lectures on writing poetry, “The Triggering Town,” a book that is well known for the demystifying and reassuring earthiness with which it approaches the writing of poetry. The working class poet asserted that writing was a better way to learn to write than reading alone. To the extent that Writing 20 actually assigns papers, it gets students writing, which may not make them into young Stanley Fishes (who often needs someone to W20 some brevity into him), but does make strides in teaching a complex subject in one short semester. I admit to having hated Writing 20 at the time—apologies to my wonderful instructor. It was a matter of practicality; I have taken and will take a dozen more writing-intensive courses. But my personal problems with the program have nothing to do with the inherent conceit in Fish’s assertion: The idea that someone (probably Fish) has written a universally suitable book about rhetoric and composition, a semester’s study of which will make up for a poverty of writing ability and do so infinitely better than a justifiably entertaining freshman composition course on a great HBO series. All due respect to Strunkt and White, but a writing manual doth not a writer make. Let me watch “The Wire,” compose a few essays and, if I’m really serious about getting better, keep writing. Connor Southard is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Monday.

letterstotheeditor Gregory’s comment on rape policy offensive The Chronicle’s Aug. 28 article, “Rape policy mandates reporting,” on the improved University rape reporting policy was captivating and informative. It was important to notify the campus of the changes, which hopefully encourage a more proactive antisexual assault culture. However, Women’s Center Director Ada Gregory’s comment suggesting that Duke (male) students are the “cream of the crop” of sex offenders is ludicrous and thoughtless. I feel that high IQ has nothing to do with rape. In my opinion—and I feel this sentiment would be echoed—the intent to rape suggests a lack of intelligence, judgment and respect. Gregory’s assertion is offensive to the vast majority of males at Duke who are not interested in using their “cunning” for the purpose of rape. We are all against rape and sexual assault. Hopefully Gregory is aware of that and will abstain from offensive blanket statements in the future. Jake Stanley, Trinity ’12 Comment on rape policy not aimed at all students I applaud The Chronicle for writing about Duke’s revision to the sexual misconduct policy Aug. 28, “Rape policy mandates reporting.” The University is taking a proactive stance to ensure the safety of the community and that certainly deserves attention from the student body. However, a quote attributed to me—“The higher IQ, the more manipulative they are, the more cunning they are... imagine the sex offenders we have here at Duke—cream of the crop”—was neither accurate in the context of our conversation nor did it reflect my views, and could in fact harm our efforts to address the problem of sexual misconduct. The difficulty in detecting and investigating sexual assault cases, particularly acquaintance rapes, which are often committed by undetected rapists who use manipulation and coercion, has been shown by the research of David Lisak, a University of Massachusetts at Boston clinical psychologist, and others. The investigations of these crimes can be further complicated by offenders who may also be categorized as antisocial or sociopathic, who are of above-average intelligence and can be highly manipulative and coercive, not only with victims but in the investigation process. Universities gather a lot of people with above average intelligence, so it stands to reason that campuses might see more of these kinds of individuals than the general population. My comments about this complex issue were selectively edited and taken out of context to imply that all Duke students fit this pattern, which is emphatically not the case. To be clear, the only policy change is the requirement that Duke employees and students acting for the university (such as RAs and FACs) are obligated to report to the Office of Student Conduct incidents of sexual misconduct when they become aware of them. This has long been a legal requirement when employees report sexual misconduct and is now extended to students. I hope this issue does not detract from the important dialogues that are occurring across the campus. Ada Gregory, Women’s Center director

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VOLLEYBALL from page 7 weekend—we were making changes without a lapse.” Finishing off the tournament with a match that the Blue Devils knew would be a challenge, Duke fell to Ohio, 3-0. The Bobcats, an experienced team that returned virtually every starter from last season, came out aggressively against the Blue Devils and stayed on the attack throughout the entire match. Although Nagel saw moments of intensity from her team, she said Duke needs to stay forceful more consistently if it is going to be successful against other top competitors. Looking forward to its next match, Duke travels to Georgia Sept. 4 to compete in the Georgia Dawgs Invitational with the host Bulldogs, South Alabama and Tennessee State. Moss and the Blue Devils are anxious for yet another opportunity to test their play in an out-of-conference setting. “We can see ourselves peaking pretty soon,” Moss said. “We can only go forward from here. We are getting better each day in practice. The vibe was very positive this weekend and any mistakes we made we can’t wait to try and fix.”

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Senior Rachael Moss had 16 kills in Duke’s win against Wisconsin Friday.

The last game of Duke’s preseason showed promise, but also highlighted some of the team’s flaws. The Blue Devils’ 4-0 rout of Greensboro College Saturday night started slowly and finished late with offensive fireworks. But issues that will need to be worked out in the coming weeks— such as a refusal to work through the midfield and poor ball possession—were seen. Still, though, the Division-III Pride were noticably outmatched. Duke gained an opportunity to prepare for the regular season and give some players time on the field. “It was a tune up for our GBORO 0 game on Tuesday,” Kerr said. DUKE 4 “It was a last effort to get the speed of play up and going.” Three second-half goals displayed the Blue Devils’ ability to finish, albeit not in the cleanest fashion. Freshman forward Ryan Finley commenced the offensive surge with his breakaway goal in the 49th minute, followed closely by sophomore transfer Ryan Ruffing’s finish two minutes later. However, those goals were the outcome of shoddy Greensboro defense, rather than sparkling Duke offense. Kerr was satisfied by the performance, but realizes it has room for improvement. “We weren’t as sharp as we need to be for Tuesday,” Kerr said. “If we approach Tuesday’s game like this we might have more problems.” Perhaps the biggest gain from the exhibition was the display of new talent. Along with Finley and Ruffing, freshmen goalkeeper James Belishaw showed his ability to play at the college level. Kerr mentioned his “world-class” save in the first half as the standout moment of the game. Especially given the strong performances by the new players, the Blue Devils have a lot to look forward to in the season opener Tuesday.

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Head coach John Kerr said his team had much room for improvement after his side’s 4-0 win against Greensboro College Saturday.