The Chronicle T h e i n d e p e n d e n t d a i ly at D u k e U n i v e r s i t y
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 45
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Gen. Shinseki rededicates Soak it in: Duke takes 2nd ACC win war memorial
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by Harrison Comfort The chronicle
Nasty weather usually forces teams to revert to a more run-oriented offense due to the difficulty of throwing and catching a wet ball in strong winds. But even flood warnings and heavy rain were not enough to ground the Duke offense Saturday against Maryland at Wallace Wade Stadium. This weekend, the Blue Devils (4-3, 2-1 in the ACC) narrowly defeated the conference rival Terrapins, 17-13, in a cascade of rain as Duke won consecutive conference games for the first time since 1994. That same year was also the last time that Duke defeated the Terrapins (2-6, 1-3), and ironically enough, the last season that the Blue Devils reached a bowl game. And despite the rain, Duke did not shift away from its strengths in the passing game. In fact, the Blue Devils prepared throughout the week to deal with the harsh conditions. “I love to throw the ball when it’s wet,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “I like it when we know where we are going and they don’t. I think coverage gets difficult. We work a wet ball drill every week and make sure we get wet weather work.” Luckily for Cutcliffe’s squad, that extra work paid dividends Saturday. Senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis continued
by Fontasha Powell The chronicle
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See FOOTBALL on page 9
Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis played efficiently despite the weather to bolster the Blue Devils’ bowl hopes.
NC State Fair ends on high note by Julia Love and Rachna Reddy The chronicle
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The annual North Carolina State Fair, which started Oct. 15, attracted many attendees to the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The event, featuring amusement park rides and fried Southern cuisine, ended Sunday night.
Toddlers in wagon-beds with powdered sugar on their lips, boyfriends with stuffed pink tigers won for their dates, snow cones, cotton candy, rubber-duck-yellow corn-on-the-cob, pig races, wallabies, machines zipping, rotating, lighting-up as riders shriek with terror and delight. The place is so crowded that parents have to hoist their children on their shoulders so they can take it all in. It is the scene at the annual North Carolina State Fair on its final night Sunday. More than 800,000 visitors attended the Raleigh fairgrounds during its 10-day run, starting Oct. 15. At “Cowgirl Heaven,” a popular family attraction, six ponies, their bridles linked to steel poles, walked in circles with children on their backs. Sarah Barnes, a blond five-year-old with pink socks and a rainbow headband, waited her turn, her hand in her mother’s. “She’s been here every year of her life, since she was in my tummy,” said Karen Stevens, Sarah’s mother. “She looks forward to it every year.” Sarah, too shy to speak aloud, puts her head on her mother’s shoulder and whispers that she likes the ponies because they are cute, and she hopes to ride the brown and white one.
ONTHERECORD
“We are entering a new paradigm, analogous to the industrial revolution.”
—USDA Director Richard Swenson on ecosystem services. See story page 3
See State Fair on page 3
Women’s Golf: It’s in the hole! Blue Devils come from behind to win NCAA Preview in Wilmington, PAGE 7
Family, friends and those wishing to honor the memories of Duke’s fallen soldiers gathered with white roses and fond memories for the University’s rededication of its war memorial Friday morning beside the Chapel. After two Duke alumni, Matthew Lynch, Trinity ’01 and James Regan, Trinity ’02, were killed in Iraq in 2004, the University decided to update the memorial by adding the names of 54 fallen soldiers. This included all former students killed in combat since World War II. U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Grad ’76 and a retired four-star general who is a Vietnam War veteran, delivered the keynote address. “Each name is a profound statement of love, patriotism and loyalty,” Shinseki said in his speech. “May Duke University find a way to make this memorial central and important for future generations of students and faculty. May the University remind all that our freedom was purchased by scholars like these who gave their tomorrows for our todays.” President Richard Brodhead said in an interview that the deaths of two former students in Iraq raised the question of updating the memorial. But he added that the rededication took some time to organize because the University had to make sure the list of the fallen was as comprehensive as possible. “We felt that this was a good time to make clear that the memorial from World War II extends forward through time,” Brodhead said. See Memorial on page 4
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Evan Bick, an Iraq War veteran who recently returned from active duty, pays respects to his uncle, Charles Bick, Trinity ‘80, at the war memorial rededication ceremony Friday.
Duke big men key victory in exhibition, Page 6