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Applications made available Thursday

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Public Policy and the Professions, said the prayer during his address at the Founder’s Day Convocation, shortly before President Richard Brodhead awarded him the University Medal for Distinguished Service.

“You, Joel Fleishman, illustrate the continued work of institution-building as much as any living Dukie,” Brodhead said before Fleishman’s speech. “It’s almost

The Board of Trustees will meet on campus this weekend for the first time since May and address the continuing challenges presented by the University’s financial situation.

During its two-day gathering, Duke’s governing body will hear updates from the Duke Administrative Reform Team on the University’s financial state and from the Duke University Management Company on Duke’s investments, said Chair and Democratic N.C. Sen. Dan Blue, Law ’73. Blue said the Board will revisit the budget at all of its meetings.

“We’ll look at it and see what progress they’ve made,” Blue said. “Having looked at it over the summer and as [former] chair of the Business and Finance Committee, I know that they’re making good progress in demonstrating reductions.... I’m confident that the administration is making progress toward reaching those goals.”

He added that the Board will also hear a proposal for an addition to Keohane Quadrangle and a review of the Campus Sustainability Committee’s Climate Action Plan.

All parts of the Friday and Saturday sessions will be closed to the public,

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DukeEngage, which debuted in 2007, was the result of almost $30 million in donations from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment. The program, currently in its third year of operation, has received dozens of program proposals and more than 1,000 applications.

But due to difficult economic times, some are worried that funding for the program from the original endowments may be insufficient—making the program an expensive initiative. DukeEngage Director Eric Mlyn confirmed that the original donations were no longer sufficiently raising money to fund the program.

“Right now, because of the economic circumstances, the endowments—the Duke Endowment and the Bill and Melinda Gates endowment—are not generating any money to pay for DukeEngage,” he said. “So the entire budget of DukeEngage is being funded by the University.”

DukeEngage operates on $4 million annually—$3 million of which was funded by the University and $1 million of which was financed by DukeEngage.

Now, the program is entirely funded by the University, Mlyn said.

“DukeEngage has become a priority of President [Richard] Brodhead and so the University has made a commitment and is honoring that commitment by funding this program very generously,” he said.

Mlyn added that he expects fundraisers will become an important contributor, suggesting that alumni may be interested in donating money to the program.

A new year for DukeEngage The DukeEngage program officially started its third year Thursday when the 2010 application and list of programs went live on the DukeEngage Web site.

The program has made a few minor changes, although the number of programs remains the same.

The list, which contains 30 programs, has three additions in China, India and Washington, D.C. The new programs replace ones in Belize, Kenya and St. Louis.

“We’re very excited about all three of the new programs,” Mlyn said. “We’ve wanted to set up a program in WashingSee DUKEEngage on page 4

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Professor Joel Fleishman (left) receives the University Medal for Distinguished Service from President Richard Brodhead (right) during the Founder’s Day Convocation in the Chapel Thursday.

Prof, trustee and alumnus honored on Founder’s Day

by Zachary Tracer The chronicle

Joel Fleishman’s booming North Carolina voice filled the Chapel with a celebratory Jewish prayer Thursday, as the former director of what is now the Sanford School of Public Policy looked back on 38 years at the University.

Fleishman, currently a professor of law and public policy and director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics,

University launches new Web site

By Emmeline Zhao The chronicle

Duke officially launched its new Web site Thursday, highlighting numerous aspects of the University.

The new duke.edu cost the University $100,000 in design and development.

The site’s development began in January. The push to update the former Web site, launched in 2006, was headed by members of Duke Web Services and the Office of Information Technology. Their goal was to create a Web-based information center on par with current technology.

A facelift from the former white background, bottom photo bar and centered search bar, the new home page features a slideshow of nine photos that focus on University themes such as global education and civic engagement.

“I think it truly represents the very dynamic nature of the University—it shows a university that has momentum and is in motion and that’s what we set out to achieve,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.

The Web site boasts approximately 800 images and 150 narratives through student videos and other multimedia, Schoenfeld said. He added that through the site’s developmental stages, the University updated a blog with redesigns and templates to gauge user feedback.

“I’m not going to predict right now how long this new site will stay in its current condition,” he said. “We did make it very flexible.”

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tration has given Congress a draft of a proposed shield law that toughens its position on controversial national security sections, according to administration sources.The law is designed to protect journalists from having to disclose their confidential sources.

Although some media sources called it a step backward that might kill the legislation, a White House official said Thursday that he expects negotiations to continue.

“It does not represent a fixed point,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he had not been authorized to speak publicly.

Media representatives who have reviewed the draft provided to them and Congress this week said the language came as a surprise, given President Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to support shield legislation.

ated with North Korea’s dictatorship, but the slogans they spelled were all about “democracy,” “reform,” “opening up” and “scientific development.”

Even as propaganda extolled the harmonious relationship between China’s ethnic groups, there were few minorities at the event. Dancers dressed in colorful headdresses and costumes appeared to be Han Chinese masquerading as ethnic minorities. Security around Beijing was extraordinarily tight because of fears of terrorism or protests by Uighurs and Tibetans.

The military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Communist Party’s rise to power was billed as the largest ever in Chinese history, but its staging followed the hackneyed formulas of parades past; there were the same formations of goosestepping soldiers, and the floats looked like they had been refurbished from the 1980s.

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BEIJING — At the end of a gala Thursday celebrating Communist China’s 60th anniversary, President Hu Jintao and his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, got down from their podium and joined hands with the dancers in Tiananmen Square.

It was a symbolic gesture designed to soften the image of a remote and authoritarian leadership that was reinforced by a military parade earlier in the day. But the day of festivities was like that­—full of contrasting images and a hodgepodge of sometimes contradictory slogans.

The People’s Liberation Army paraded the weapons of war—missiles, fighter jets, tanks—while official commentators on Chinese television and radio waxed on about the nation’s love of peace. More than 80,000 Beijing students performed stunts with colored fans and balls in anachronistic technique usually associ-

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by Ciaran O’Connor The chronicle

President Barack Obama doesn’t see foreign policy as important, at least according to John Bolton.

Bolton, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, spoke on Obama’s foreign policy at the School of Law Thursday. He was invited to the University by Duke’s chapter of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, a national organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking to reform the current American legal system. The event was co-sponsored by the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy and the International Law Society.

In his remarks, titled “Obama’s New International Order,” Bolton harshly criticized Obama, describing him as the “first post-American president.”

“He doesn’t see foreign policy as important,” Bolton said. “His naïveté is overwhelming.”

Bolton, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute—a conservative think tank—has worked in several Republican administrations. He served as the U.N. ambassador on a recess appointment from August 2005 to December 2006 under President George W. Bush. He was never confirmed by the Senate due to a Democratic filibuster.

Bolton’s speech was well attended and Duke Law 3041 was not nearly large enough to fit the hundreds of undergraduates, law students and faculty who packed in to hear the former ambassador speak. Many students were forced into a classroom next door to watch Bolton’s speech on a projector, while others watched on televisions throughout the law school.

Several students said they enjoyed Bolton’s remarks, even if they did not always agree with his views.

“I thought it was a good speech and I thought he was very entertaining and quite funny,” said Eric Lorber, a third-year Ph.D. student in Political Science and a program fellow at AGS. “Still, I was left with the question, ‘What are the prescriptions for action?’”

On Iran, Bolton criticized Obama’s emphasis on negotiation and advocated for “pre-emptive military force” that he said would set Iran’s nuclear program back “2, 3 [or] 4 years.”

“Iran’s not going to be chit chatted out of its nuclear weapons program,” he said.

Regarding North Korea, Bolton made it clear that he

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John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., speaks at the School of Law Thursday. Bolton criticized President Barack Obama’s lack of emphasis in foreign policy and said his “naïveté is overwhelming.” feels U.S.-led negotiations were similarly fruitless.

“North Korea loves committing to ending its nuclear weapons program,” Bolton said, making light of the fact that North Korea has repeatedly gone back on disarmament agreements. Still, Bolton said North Korea is a member of a “real axis of evil” along with Iran and Syria, and is not inclined to do away with its “trump card.”

Alessandro Recchia, a freshman from Paris, opposed Bolton’s views.

“It was utterly shocking to realize that the former permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nations is such a conservative political figure,” Recchia said. “It’s a relief to know that Bolton has been relieved of his function.”

Still, students like Zack Anderson, a first-year law student, appreciated Bolton’s wealth of experience.

“Obviously we had quite a large spectrum of people in there who agreed and disagreed, but the value was in hearing from somebody who’s been there a long time and knows a lot more than I do,” Anderson said.

Campus Council members supported a smoke-free residential campus in a 9-8 vote at their meeting Thursday night, following intense debate. The proposal will now go to University administrators for approval.

“Our hope is that [the resolution] would be accepted by [Residence Life and Housing Services] as well as upperlevel administrators,” Temple said.

At the counsel of Healthy Devils, Campus Council reconsidered the smoking policy on campus and called for the prohibition of smoking across all residential areas of West and East campuses, with the exception of designated smoking areas such as the parking lot southwest of Kilgo Quadrangle or the Keohane fire lane. Campus Council outlined designated areas but deferred the authority of selecting smoking areas to Residence Life and Housing Services and facilities managers, said President Stephen Temple, a junior.

“We were able to represent the large majority of the students’ voices on campus,” Temple said. “Campus Council is not trying to reduce smoking on campus, but more so is hoping to instate the policy that is best for the residential population.”

To emphasize the need for a stricter smoking policy, Temple noted an incident in which a female student in Edens Quadrangle suffered an asthma attack and was hospitalized due to second-hand smoke.

But in the case that the designated areas resolution is not attainable, Campus Council also passed a backup resolution by a 9-5 vote. The backup plan includes See council on page 5

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Trustees from page 1 though President Richard Brodhead and Blue will be available for comment after the meeting concludes, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.

Several other Trustees declined to comment Thursday.

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, Provost Peter Lange and several other administrators will update the Trustees on the University’s progress in cutting $70 million from this year’s budget as part of an effort to cut $125 million over three years.

By trimming $125 million, the University will be able to account for reductions in its revenues and still continue funding important projects, Blue said.

He added that he expects DART to present specific areas in which reductions have occurred and to discuss the “direction and outcome” of future cuts.

The University is on track to meet its budgetary goals this year, Trask said, citing the elimination of the equivalent of about 400 jobs through early retirement, vacancy management and reductions in overtime.

Duke is also planning to cut $25 million from central administration, and Trask said those savings would be made through reductions in personnel, travel spending, paper publications and mailings.

Duke Student Government President Awa Nur, a senior, is a member of the Board’s Business and Finance Committee this year. Nur said she will focus on the effects potential budget cuts could have on students and their families.

“I want to... be sure that we don’t forget the individual families of all the students,” she said. “I hope DART will be

vigilant and not put any undue burden on the individual families.”

The Board will also hear an update from DUMAC on Duke’s investments, such as the endowment, Blue said. The endowment and similar funds lost about 24.5 percent of their value during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, from a high of $6.1 billion.

The Trustees will consider the University’s spending money at this meeting as well, Blue said.

Blue said the Board will hear a report on the proposals resulting from the Climate Action Plan from Trask, Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and a senior associate dean.

Trask said the Board will decide what environmental changes it will commit to and by when, but said the costs are difficult to estimate. Becoming carbon neutral could cost the University as much as $100 million, Trask said.

Although he had not yet seen cost estimates, Blue said he does not expect the Trustees to dismiss their environmental concerns based on the budget.

“The Board recognizes its responsibility to be stewards of the environment,” he said. “It’s still a laudable goal and something we will try to reach. Time might be an issue, but it should still remain on the front burner.”

The Board could also approve studying the construction of a new residence hall in Keohane Quad.

Blue said he sees many benefits to approving Duke’s request for $75,000 to study the feasibility of a 150-bed dormitory. He added that the project could allow the University “to keep the momentum of Duke going even in tough economic times.”

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DukeEngage, which made its application available Thursday, removed Belize City, St. Louis and Kakamega, Kenya from its offerings, while adding Washington, D.C., Kolkata, India and Zhuhai, China to its lineup.

DUKEEngage from page 1 ton, D.C. for a while.”

The new program in the capital will be based on voter mobilization and will be a joint effort between DukeEngage and Rock the Vote.

Mlyn said the program cuts were due to an increase in the number of faculty proposals. The DukeEngage Student Programming and Advisory Committee opted for faculty-proposed programs to nurture faculty-student interaction.

“We had more good programs proposed to us than we could offer funding for… so the committee made a conscious decision to cut programs offered by third-party services,” he said.

Junior Becki Feinglos worked with thirdparty service program Peacework last year in Belize.

“I’m upset, all of us are,” she said. “This was the greatest experience that I have ever

had in my life. The children I worked with changed my life.... Everyone was excited because they thought another group was coming in, and I didn’t have the heart to tell them that another group wouldn’t be coming this year.”

Junior Meng Kang, who also worked with Peacework, felt similar frustration. She said the post-trip meeting did not fully consider students’ input before cutting the program.

“I was very surprised,” Kang said. “[But] it’s understandable that Duke is undergoing a budget cut. We hoped that the third party service organization Peacework would work with another university.”

Like last year, DukeEngage will maintain approximately 75 individual projects and accept around 300 students. Mlyn said DukeEngage hopefuls can expect a more rigorous application process this year. Applications for international projects are due Nov. 9 and domestic group and individual projects are due Jan. 14.

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Brodhead also awarded a University Medal to Ernest Mario, who served 18 years on the Board of Trustees. Mario, a pharmaceutical industry leader, was the first chair of the Duke University Health System.

In his speech, Fleishman described the creation and growth of the University and the evolution of the Sanford School from two rooms in the Old Chemistry building to two modern buildings at the corner of Towerview Road and Science Drive. Sanford became Duke’s 10th school July 1.

Although he touched on his own role in building the school, Fleishman spent much of his speech recognizing the contributions of many others throughout the University community, from former University presidents to his personal assistants.

“All of them not only nurtured the institution we were building together, but they gave me the professional and personal support that made it possible for me to navigate that institution,” he said.

Fleishman said he believes

Sanford’s mission dovetails with Duke’s mission of educating students to serve their communities. The public policy analysis skills that the school teaches help create “leaders with hearts to serve,” he said.

Fleishman added that Sanford was the first public policy school to focus on leadership and is also distinct from many of its peers because it combines substantive policy research and theoretical education.

“It was the hardest speech I’ve ever had to give.... I hate speaking about myself,” Fleishman said following the speech as a long stream of friends congratulated him outside the Chapel. “I’m deeply touched by the whole thing.”

Brodhead also presented the Distinguished Alumni Award to an individual with ties to Sanford, though she graduated before Duke began teaching public policy.

“Apparently some of you recognize [Judy] Woodruff,” Brodhead said, as he introduced the PBS correspondent and gave her the award.

Woodruff, Woman’s College ’68, has worked as a television journalist for CNN and NBC and has been involved in sev-

eral aspects of the University.

She also taught a class in Sanford in 2007.

Woodruff studied political science as an undergraduate and said two of her professors—David Paletz and Allan Kornberg— strongly influenced her decision to become a journalist.

“This is the place where I first envisioned journalism as a career,” Woodruff said in an interview following the ceremony.

“This is not just another award for me. It’s very personal and emotional.”

Joining Fleishman, Woodruff and the other honorees on stage was Mbaye Lo, assistant professor of the practice in Arabic. Lo, who also directs DukeEngage in Egypt, received the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award for his teaching and guidance of students both in and out of the classroom, Brodhead said.

“I never taught to get recognized,” Lo said. “To be a successful teacher, you just have to enjoy the classroom.”

Brodhead also gave a teaching award to Daniel Lew, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, who “is constantly challenging students to think for themselves,” Brodhead said.

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After intense debate, Campus Council members passed a resolution recommending a ban on smoking across all residential areas of West and East campuses Thursday.

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peer institutions’ smoking policies, Temple noted. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill currently implements a 100-foot smoke-free perimeter around residential halls, said Vice President Alex Reese, a junior.

Campus Council also proposed to restructure the Last Day of Classes committee by creating the position of a chief financial officer in conjunction with Duke University Union.

“In the past, there were more of the informal structures of the LDOC committee,” Temple said.

the prohibition of smoking within 25 feet of all residential halls as well as all walkways that are parallel and within 50 feet of the residential halls.

The backup resolution is aimed to provide a smoke-free zone for students to walk anywhere from the residential halls without someone smoking on the walkways, said Facilities and Services Chair John Pryor, a junior.

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Last season, Duke traveled to Blacksburg, Va. to play a highly favored Virginia Tech team without starting quarterback Thaddeus Lewis. And despite completing more passes to the opposition than to Blue Devil receivers, Duke somehow found itself only down four with 1:31 remaining, before eventually falling 14-3.

This season, Duke faces No. 6 Virginia Tech (3-1) under more fortuitous circumstances, as the teams will face off in the friendly confines of Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday at 12 p.m. Plus, senior captain Lewis has returned to form after throwing two touchdown passes versus N.C. Central last weekend in what was his best performance of the year.

But for the Blue Devils (2-2) to pull off one of the biggest upsets in school history, they know that the emotional boost provided from last year’s near miss against the Hokies and last week’s shellacking of the Eagles will not be enough without a solid performance on the field.

“We have to go out and execute,” Lewis said. “We know what we have to do this year, we know they’re the No. 6 team in the country, and they’re No. 6 for a reason, so we know we have to play a hardnosed football game against them.”

Executing offensively, though, will surely be more difficult against Virginia Tech than against the Eagles. The Hokies allowed only seven points last week to a potent Miami offense, and have allowed only 56 in their four games so far this season.

Additionally, Virginia Tech has become

renowned for its consistent execution under head coach Frank Beamer, especially in the kicking game, leading many to affectionately coin Virginia Tech’s special teams “Beamer Ball.”

“By far the biggest test we’ve had to this point is Virginia Tech,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Balance, balance, balance is what Virginia Tech is about.”

That balance is not only present on the defensive side of the ball, where three different players have recorded at least 30 tackles this season, but also on offense.

While the Hokies have focused on the running game behind athletic quarterback Tyrod Taylor and running back Ryan Williams, Taylor’s passing ability has improved greatly since his inconsistent sophomore season. Now the uncontested starter, Taylor has thrown for four touchdowns this year and has demonstrated his tremendous ability to run in the open field.

“He puts the ball where it needs to be and he can obviously run the ball very well,” linebacker Vincent Rey said. “He’s very effective, and the most important thing is he makes the play when they need it.”

But unlike last season, when the Blue Devils were struggling with key injuries and a three-game losing streak before facing the Hokies, Duke carries momentum from last weekend’s victory into this season’s matchup.

Playing in front of a home crowd as opposed to 66,000 Virginia Tech fans at Lane Stadium could serve to augment that energy.

“Winning always gives a team confidence,” Lewis said. “No one likes to lose.

But at the same time you don’t want to be content with winning that one game.”

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Running back Desmond Scott should be available for Duke Saturday after tweaking his hamstring this week.

The Blue Devils also might have the most confidence they have had in their running game yet this season after the emergence of Desmond Scott against N.C. Central. In his first collegiate game, the freshman rushed for 100 yards and scored his first career touchdown.

And if Scott is able to overcome a nagging injury suffered in practice this week, he may provide a spark to a sagging Blue Devil running game.

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Still, though Duke knows it can compete with the Hokies after last year’s heartbreaking loss, the Blue Devils also realize that this Virginia Tech team will not be as willing to let them stick around in the second half.

“There’s some confidence that was gained by playing in that game [last year],” Cutcliffe said. “But this is a better Virginia Tech team than that team... so we have to find a way to be a better Duke team in order to have a chance in the fourth quarter to win the game.”

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Duke faces BC, BU on road trip After posting a less-than-inspiring performance in what amounted to a 7-0 blowout loss to North Carolina last Saturday, the Blue Devils hope that a trip out of state will yield a better result. This weekend, Duke travels to Massachussets to take on conference rival Boston College (7-2, 0-2 in the ACC) Saturday at 11 a.m. while going just down the street Sunday to play Boston University (3-7) at 1 p.m.

For the Blue Devils (5-4, 0-2), who have yet to win a game in conference play, Saturday’s matchup presents a solid opportunity to gain some momentum in the top-rated conference in the nation. The Eagles, who are also winless in the ACC, find themselves in a similar situation and will look to stop No. 13 Duke from bouncing back after an embarrassing defeat.

In order to overpower the Eagles, the Blue Devils will need to execute a balanced attack and figure out how to put the ball in the cage. This will not be easy, especially since Boston College senior Kristine Stigas has already posted two shutouts this season, allowing just three goals

by Steve Kane The chronicle

Coming off a lackadaisical 2-1 victory over gritty Elon, the Blue Devils face their toughest challenge of the season tonight against No. 2 Maryland at 7:00 p.m.

Duke (6-2-0, 1-2-0 in the ACC) is 2-2 in its last four No. 2 games, which include losses to UMD North Carolina and Boston Colvs. lege and two unimpressive vicNo. 15 tories against UNC-Wilmington Duke and Elon. The showdown at Koskinen Stadium this evening, FRIDAY, 7 p.m. therefore, will be a true test of Koskinen Stadium the Blue Devils’ resilience and Chronicle file Photo

See M. Soccer on page 7

No. 2 Maryland edged Duke last September in the teams’ most recent matchup.

See F. Hockey on page 8

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M. Soccer from page 6 character. With a victory, Duke will improve its conference record to 2-2 and ensure a boost in the coaches’ poll.

However, the task will not be simple. Maryland (6-2-2, 2-0-1) is the defending national champion and returns five starters, three of whom are All-ACC caliber. In addition, the Terrapins lead the all-time series against Duke 41-21-3 and defeated the Blue Devils 1-0 in their most recent matchup last September.

Although the Terrapins have dominated the series historically, the two squads recently have been evenly matched. The past ten games between the two ACC rivals have resulted in five wins for each side. Also, Maryland lacks momentum after losing its most recent game this past Wednesday versus unranked George Mason, 2-0.

“The guys are excited, confident and

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Sophomore forward Ryan Ruffing scored the opening goal in Tuesday’s 2-1 Duke win against Elon.

not intimidated,” head coach John Kerr said of his players.

The Blue Devils have a right to feel this way. Duke is unbeaten at Koskinen thus far this season and has outshot its opponents 84-54. The Blue Devil defense has been outstanding, allowing a mere seven goals in eight games and only three at home. Duke should feel comfortable with freshman goalie James Belshaw between the posts, as the rookie sensation has posted shutouts in two of his six starts.

Offensively, the Blue Devils need big performances from their leading goal scorers, junior Cole Grossman and freshman Ryan Finley. The two have combined for eight goals this year. Duke will also rely on sophomore Ryan Ruffing. Formerly known as the “fastest kid in Massachusetts” because of his exploits as a track star in high school, Ruffing scored an early goal to give the Blue Devils a lead Tuesday versus Elon.

On Sept. 25, Maryland played North Carolina, a game that was aired on Fox Soccer Channel. The live coverage gave Kerr and his staff an opportunity to further prepare for and scout out the Terrapins. In preparation for the game tonight, the Blue Devils have been working on their corner kicks, free kicks and refining their set plays.

If Duke wants a chance to win, it needs to come out with intensity and maintain it throughout the match. The Blue Devils must control possession of the ball, avoid defensive lapses and capitalize on scoring chances. Maryland is a stout opponent, and any Blue Devil mistakes will be costly. Therefore, the Blue Devils must minimize turnovers and mental errors.

Duke is at great odds tonight against such a powerful adversary, but playing at home could induce a positive outcome.

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Sophomore Kellie Catanach and the Blue Devils hope to be 5-0 in the ACC after two weekend matches.

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Yet to drop a single game in three conference matches, Duke has proven to be the No. 1 team in the ACC as predicted in preseason polls.

The Blue Devils (13-2, 3-0 in the ACC), are preparing for two back-to-back home matches this UVa weekend against vs.

Virginia (6-8, 1-2) and Virginia Tech (11-3, 1-2), and Duke are doing so unFRIDAY, 7 p.m. der the leadership of two veteran players who have demonstrated imVa Tech pressive play early vs. on this season. Senior Rachael Moss Duke and sophomore Kellie Catanach SATURDAY, 7 p.m. have both been Cameron Indoor Stadium named ACC Players of the Week in the last month.

Moss’s recent recognition is attributed to her 20 kills, 29 digs and 46 attacks in two 3-0 wins against Boston College and Maryland. Catanach won the award the week before Moss after doling out an impressive 136 assists, four service aces and 11 kills during the team’s three matches in the

Black and Gold Challenge Sept. 18-19.

And yet, despite their individual successes, both players attribute the awards to the overall effort of their team. As head coach Jolene Nagel put it, the team nature of volleyball turns every individual accolade into praise for the entire team, as no one person can touch the ball three times and get it over.

“I feel like any ACC award is a team award because it’s a team sport and we all deserve it,” Catanach said. “We’re 3-0 and we’ve been playing really well. We’re very calm and we all really enjoy being out there together.... As a collective unit we have more experience.”

Catanach’s leadership style as a setter this season has impressed Nagel. Simultaneously supporting her teammates while expecting them to get the ball to her, Catanach exudes a quiet intensity that demands respect. Catanach exhibits a level of maturity to her coaches that only comes from experience by setting good balls for wellexecuted hits.

“Kellie does a good job of spreading out the offense and being an anchor for the team,” Moss said. “She really deserved being recognized.”

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Duke’s offense, however, should be more than up to the challenge. Leading the team’s attack are forwards Amie Survilla, who is third in the nation in scoring with 14 goals, and Susan Ferger, the team’s second leading scorer with five tallies of her own. Though Survilla has received a majority of the atten-

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tion among the forwards, and much of it rightfully earned, Ferger has played a major role in setting up scoring opportunities for her teammate.

The junior forward has four assists this season and has blossomed into her role on the penalty corners unit.

And with Ferger’s leadership and Survilla’s scoring prowess, the Blue Devils are primed for a solid effort this weekend.

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“I tend to focus on our side of the net and [on] our team,” Moss said. “I don’t focus on who we are playing but I focus on my own play and what my team is doing. If you see you need to make changes, then you can do that.”

And it’s not just Moss who has adopted this philosophy.

Catanach and sophomore middle blocker Amanda Robertson echoed Moss’s sentiments and stressed the importance of playing their best each match no matter the opponent.

With ACC play only just beginning, Duke knows that any team is capable of an upset. During the matches against the Cavaliers and the Hokies this weekend, the Blue Devils will focus on making sure one of those inevitable league upsets doesn’t happen in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“You can’t take anyone in the ACC for granted,” Robertson said.

“You have to play your best each match. We respect all of our opponents the same and we focus on maintaining our level of play. Our team chemistry is really good and this season has been going really well. I hope we can keep that up.”

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A dean’s search for meaning As the University’s first steep. To his credit, though, dean and vice provost for un- Nowicki has been persistent dergraduate education, Steve in his efforts, questions and Nowicki has had a difficult initiatives. tenure.

In his two years as dean and Created in 2007 in the wake vice provost, Nowicki has had of the lacrosse scandal and the several accomplishments. Most Campus Culture noteworthy is editorial Initiative, his pohis work with sition is designed the residential to bridge the classroom-dorm experience. Following the Proroom divide and push for a vost’s Interim Report, Nowicki comprehensive undergradu- was instrumental in developing ate experience. the vision for New Campus in The role resembles Presi- the “Uniting Old and New” redent Richard Brodhead’s port from Spring 2008. former job at Yale. But as an When the endowment— entirely new position at Duke and plans for New Campus— with a scope somewhere be- crashed and burned, he approtween student affairs and aca- priately turned his attention demics, it has proved a diffi- to making the best of existing cult one to define. facilities, namely those on CenUniversity politics and tral Campus. His work on renocomplex collegiate bureau- vating apartments and adding cratic systems are always tough a restaurant and communal to navigate, and the learn- space on Central demonstrate ing curve has no doubt been a level of understanding of stu-

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dent needs. Initiatives like EastMeets-West, House P and the extension of substance-free living are also good examples of Nowicki’s attempts to improve the residential experience.

In addition, Nowicki has been busy spearheading the Socioeconomic Diversity Initiative. Unlike previous endeavors such as the CCI, the SDI is being conducted in a more scientific, and datadriven manner that may yield small but meaningful changes to the overall undergraduate student experience. By no means is the SDI perfect or a panacea for campus culture issues, but as we opined earlier this week, its rational approach leaves us cautiously optimistic.

Despite progress on some fronts, Nowicki has been less than successful at advancing a comprehensive, academi-

cally infused vision of undergraduate life.

At times, external circumstances have pushed this agenda and other worthwhile initiatives off track. For example, after initial fruitful discussions with the Judicial Affairs task force, the work was put aside in light of pending lacrosserelated lawsuits.

Internal factors, it is reasonable to assume, have also hampered Nowicki’s work.

The various departments and areas he oversees have differing governance and administrative structures, and Nowicki seems to be tied down in separate areas, instead of acting as the bridge between them. This probably has less to do with Nowicki himself and more with the fact that his role was not clearly defined.

Although progress has been limited thus far, over-

all, the creation of Nowicki’s position is a necessary step in addressing the weaknesses of the undergraduate experience at Duke. And from a practical perspective, delegating responsibility to Nowicki places less work directly on the shoulders of Provost Peter Lange Looking forward, Nowicki would ideally move away from focusing on the day-today minutia in favor of working to craft a coherent longterm vision of the University’s undergraduate experience.

That said, such a vision would necessarily be rooted in shortterm, tangible goals.

Only time will tell if the appointment of a dean and vice provost for undergraduate education is a success, but if anyone has the skills and know-how to make it work, it is Steve Nowicki.

Plight of the well endowed

hat is the value of an endowment? Trick question: It’s not all about the Benjamins. Contributing to the Duke endowment every year are alumni that hose down its coffers with millions. But at the mike meers same time, Duke mike check University Management Company becomes more and more guarded in its preservation of endoment funds every year—and only a minor chunk of the University’s annual budget comes from the endowment. What gives?

In case the U.S. News and World Report hasn’t already indoctrinated you in the arbitrary college rankings craze, you should know that an endowment, aside from its core financial value to university programs, also serves as a status symbol of sorts. More specifically, a shrine to the university’s embarrassment of riches that, ironically, consists of effectively frozen assets. It is tantamount to that 1961 Ferrari GT that you fawn over but don’t dare graze with a shammy, let alone put into gear—for fear that its value may be ever so insignificantly undermined. Lest we offend the legacy of Cameron Frye, we must occasionally remind ourselves that the money that goes into the piggy bank doesn’t do anything until it’s eventually extracted once again.

Unfortunately, in the big bad world of finance, this is not exactly true. While an endowment is in the proverbial bank, it is still money, and money can shrink. Dramatically, in fact­—in Duke’s case, “dramatic” was a reported 24 percent of its total worth.

Which brings us to the Academic Council’s dire report on the state of University finances last Thursday. Although observers may have been ready for dialogue about the very public struggle to bridge the $125 million operating budget deficit, it’s hard to imagine, as many were thrilled to hear about the less-well-publicized depletion of our financial aid reserve funds. Duke’s financial aid reserves are critical to keeping the University’s aid commitment at the level that it is today. Most inconvenient is that this news comes at a time when financial aid considerations are of growing importance, considering a Duke education in this economic climate has the potential to literally bankrupt students and their families (the jury is still out on undergraduate moral bankruptcy).

In this light, it is especially ironic that Duke made public its intention to launch the Socioeconomic Diversity Initiative to combat the intangible

forces that inhibit “class” melange at the same time that the tangible force that makes it possible at all— yes, endowment money—is apparently gasping for air. Judging from the stereotypical non-influence of the last campus-wide report of this genre (read: the much ballyhooed Campus Culture Initiative), forgive me if I am a little more than skeptical of idealism at a time when we need cold, hard cash.

At least the administration is going about getting that money in almost any politically feasible way. In an admirable demonstration of solidarity during a time of uncertainty for all, administrators are going to tremendous lengths to avoid laying off employees outright, though admittedly at the price of making dorm clean-up on Mondays into twice the nightmare it already was.

Unfortunately, there still doesn’t seem to be an end to the financial woes in sight. In fact, seeing as a new, more gruesome number is reported in The Chronicle regarding the state of University finances seemingly every month, the idea that there will be an end at all is becoming increasingly unbelievable. Finances are an uncomfortably pressing issue that continually returns to the question of the endowment. In effect, our woes are headed toward a culminating watershed moment, an all-too-real specter of outright financial triage that will go a long way toward revealing the true financial priorities of the administration.

Round one of the questions is already upon us, and they aren’t fun. For example, what is most important: the maintenance of current standards for financial aid distribution, or the retention of salaried employees (excluding untouchable administrative bureaucracy, of course)? All the while, there are still other important questions we haven’t answered, like whether our impressive endowment statistic is more important that either of the former concerns (a no-brainer from a student perspective).

Duke’s endowment accounts for 15 percent of its annual operating budget on average. As the “Giving to Duke” Web site brazenly boasts, “Many of Duke’s peers rely on endowment to cover 30-40 percent of their operating budgets.” Under the weight of $125 million, why not us? The management of an endowment is a tricky thing—to draw upon it is undoubtedly a risky proposition considering an inconsistent revenue stream and uncertain times. But when priorities are called into question, we must determine once and for all what the endowment is worth for us.

Perhaps, in our moment of discomfort, a more enlightening clarity of financial purpose can emerge.

Until then, the bill is waiting.

Mike Meers is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Friday.

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lettertotheeditor Standard undermined in hate crime response In her e-mail sent to students Sept. 30, Zoila Airall asserted that the Community Standard was upheld by the people who painted rainbows and unicorns over the message. Although I am not writing on behalf of the Honor Council, as a member I am pleased with her direct application of the Standard to an ethical issue, but I do think the Standard was applied incorrectly in this instance.

Duke should not be proud for sending out an official e-mail endorsing this kind of hypocrisy from people who claim to advocate tolerance yet practice intolerance.

The centerpiece of the gay pride movement is tolerance. Tolerance does not mean censoring those who don’t see eye-to-eye with you. Tolerance does not mean targeting and silencing a specific group’s message just because you disagree. As Airall said, let’s celebrate our differences! A tolerant person would have

allowed the original opinion to remain intact and written a thought-out response next to it. Maybe it would have even started an actual civil discourse, can you imagine that? Tolerance means having enough confidence in your ideas and philosophies so that you are not afraid to listen to and rationally respond to counterarguments or challenges. Tolerance especially means tolerating those who are intolerant. I know it’s not easy sometimes, but you cannot pick and choose whom to tolerate. Selective tolerance is not tolerance.

For the future, keep in mind that when you act, you represent the group you belong to. We should strive to be a living examples of what our groups stand for. When we act in an uncivil and hypocritical manner, it reflects badly on the groups we represent.

Kevin Tao Pratt ’11

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T

he nude female form: What is it about a woman’s body that is so provocative? From the voluptuous to the obese, nude women have attracted attention for centuries.

British rock band Queen knew this when they caused a publicity uproar over a naked female bicycle race to promote their 1978 single, “Fat Bottomed Girls.” courtney han More recently, art pathe good life? trons proved their admiration of big women when a portrait of a nude and obese Sue Tilley sold for a record-setting $33.6 million.

Duke too, is hoping to contribute to the staggering oeuvre of paeans to the female figure by lining the walls of the corridor leading into Perkins Library with photographs of naked, overweight Hungarian and Turkish female bathers. Jennette Williams, the award-winning photographer of the collection asks, “What makes for beauty in women? How do we as a society perceive women as they age?”

Unfortunately, there’s a big difference between the success of Queen’s big girls and Duke’s naked bathers. If Williams intends to portray images of beauty and challenge traditional standards of them, then the location of her collection is disastrous because in the Perkins corridor, her photographs achieve neither goal.

Rubenesque and uncompromising, Williams’s nude bathers face thousands of unsympathetic college-aged students on a daily basis. These aren’t the art-house museum types either. Since the hallway is designed to facilitate transit between buildings, the majority of students pass by on their way to the library, and at 3 a.m. in the morning, whether focused or frazzled, most students are not open to pondering alternative illustrations of the human form.

Unfortunately, an art display is often only as good as the audience that sees and responds to it. The art extends a message, but the viewer must be receptive to receiving it. The Perkins corridor is an awful place for viewers to respond to Williams’ art because by the time they have recovered from the initial shock of seeing one of her graphic images, they will have passed through the front doors.

Indeed, instead of drawing admiration, the Perkins nude bathers cause shock and confusion. When I asked passing students to describe the display, they used the words “awkward,” “interesting” and “random.” “It’s a very public area,” senior Deepak

Srinivasan said. “We should be warned.” Freshman Winston Neville told me he was “grossed out” as he walked through the building. Other students called the display “weird” and one viewer even said that it made her want to lose weight.

Moreover, student viewers seem to misinterpret Williams’s desire to challenge how we perceive older, less conventionally attractive women. “If pictures of plump old women taking bubble baths is Duke’s latest statement against effortless perfection, I’m lost,” senior Emily Poplawski said. Several other people who walk through the hallway joke that the women are “ugly” and “fat.” Senior Amy Ehman wondered “Is [the collection] reinforcing flaws or highlighting alternative styles of beauty?”

It appears then, that instead of eliciting appreciation for beauty, the bathers trigger revulsion and instead of challenging stereotypes, they solidify them.

Truth is, it’s going to take a lot more than progressive displays of art to challenge our campus norms of beauty. As much as we try to behave like mature adults, our capacity to accept and appreciate art is not as highly evolved as that of the Center for Documentary Studies, which selected Williams’ photographs for the award-winning display. Judging from the reactions her photos are receiving, one wonders if this “reward” is actually more of a punishment.

Save your art from our judgment, Jennette, and take your beauties to the Nasher Museum, the Center for Documentary Studies, the Franklin Center or even the gallery in the Bryan Center, where people actively go to appreciate art. Let individuals who have opened their minds to personally advocate for and diffuse your work through their social circles instead of subjecting it to ridicule by people caught off guard.

In the future, Perkins Library needs to make a better match between the content of its galleries and its audience. They need to remember that art is enjoyable when the audience can understand and relate to the artist’s intended goal. That sole purpose may be to provide visual pleasure, but it can also challenge, reflect, stimulate, inspire and catalyze social change.

When viewers aren’t in the mindset to connect to the artwork, the art fails to deliver its message. Or, let students, who use the library most, take ownership of what they find on their walls. Let us choose what art we’d like to see, and chances are, we’ll be better able to gain from it.

Courtney Han is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Friday.

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t’s a Sunday morning in line at Alpine Bagels, and you have a splitting Aristocrat-induced hangover. You thought the bottle of Revive Vitamin Water and the Tabasco-heavy Good Morning Camper would alleviate the pain, but nothing seems to be working. Then, Christina Aguilera’s “Come On Over Baby” oozes from the speakers. The guy next to you starts to hum and the girls across the room tap their fingers and bounce their shoulders. You sing along, too—and suddenly, nathan freeman good night, everything is OK. This is the magic of the and good luck music at Alpine.

Since I first stepped foot into the West Campus bagel haven, I have been awed and mystified by its playlist. I’ve sort of figured the station is somehow beamed straight from Heaven—how could this amazing mix of wildly disparate artists be possible anywhere else? Seriously: Log an hour with Shazam open on your iPhone, and you’ll have the perfect mix for this Saturday’s party ready to go.

“They like it, they love the songs,” Alpine Supervisor Monte Tatum says about students, as the song segues from “Toxic” to “7 Things.” (“SSSHA!,” Miley whispers over the cash register). “It’s good music because it’s a blend.”

Yes, Monte, it is a blend. And what a blend it is! There must be some mad genius manning the boards in a hidden DJ booth up by the “Does the pope wear a funny hat?” sign, right? I mean, how could an ordinary human being choose to play “Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads after “Hey Jealousy” by the Gin Blossoms and still have the faith that everyone will hum along?

It’s gotten to the point where the playlist seems to achieve a sort of divine wish fulfillment—when a certain song comes on, the song is playing for you. Going through a rough patch in your relationship? “Complicated” blares from the speakers. Cell phone starts ringing? Cue up “Wake Up Call.” Pouring outside? Rihanna will gladly let you stand under her “Umbrella.”

The distracting brilliance of certain songs has, in the past, knocked me off my feet as I munched on my Pilgrim’s Pride. For example, I’m convinced that aspiring songwriters would be hard-pressed to find a chorus more sweeping and affecting than JoJo’s “Too Little Too Late.” The synth tones of Erasure’s “Chains of Love” wowed me at once, forcing me to run back to my dorm to find every song I could by the long-forgotten ’80s New Wave band. And after hearing Aly & AJ’s “Potential Love Song” so many times (I don’t think I’ve ever sat in Alpine without hearing it), I could write a dissertation on the snapping wooden castanets that come in on each chorus.

Steve Eller, Alpine’s director of operations, says that students “always” come up to him to say how much they love the music. “They hang out here all day just for the environment,” he tells me as “We Got The Beat” by The Go-Go’s blasts in the background. “They sit here for hours, sit in their little groups over frozen yogurt, just to listen to the music.”

So the question remains, then, exactly where is this music coming from? Monte insists there’s a satellite radio station behind all of this, but he was mum on the details. Eller says they have access to 70 different satellite radio stations and they “change it” on a regular basis. Another employee assured me that it stays on the same station. But I never got a clear answer of which station that might be.

Only one conclusion can be drawn from all of this—the playlist that controls the music at Alpine Bagels is a deep secret hidden from civilians, its source never to be released.

Yet I can’t say I’m too disappointed that no one could give me a straight answer. Finding the precise station that is used to create such a joyous mix of musical eras and genres would be sort of like finding out that Santa Claus doesn’t exist.

So I’ll keep with my original theory: The music is sprung from our own imaginations, a utopia where people of all social circles can listen to music by vastly differing artists.

I’m talking about a world where J. Lo’s “Waiting for Tonight” can ratchet up anticipation for a Friday, Aaliyah’s “Are You That Somebody” can eulogize the singer who died too young and Huey Lewis and The News can sing “The Heart of Rock & Roll” as if the ’80s never ended.

And suddenly, everything is OK. Nathan Freeman is a Trinity senior. His column runs every Friday.

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