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Monday, September 13, 2010
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 13
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48 DUKE
WAKE 54
ELEVENTH HOUR DEFEAT
by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE
by Scott Rich THE CHRONICLE
WINSTON-SALEM — For 30 minutes Saturday, Duke’s offense ran like a welloiled machine. Then, almost inexplicably, it broke down. After scoring 35 points and amassing 326 yards in the first half, the Blue Devil offense sputtered after halftime, allowing Wake Forest to claim a 54-48 victory in what was the second highest-scoring game in ACC history. “We didn’t come out at halftime like we should’ve and you could definitely see it out there,” senior Austin Kelly said. “I felt like our execution and our focus wasn’t there in the second half for the offense.” Duke’s second-half yardage was less than half of what it accounted for in the first. While quarterback Sean Renfree had only two incompletions in the first half—both of which were bobbled balls that led to interceptions—he had 14 in the second. Running back Desmond Scott rushed for 108 yards in the first half, including a 63-yard touchdown scamper, but averaged only 3.5 yards on his four carries in the last 30 minutes. However, the Blue Devils’ second-half struggles would have been inconsequential had it not been for the defense’s poor performance throughout the contest. It allowed the Demon Deacons 500 total yards and eight touchdowns and was consistently gutted both through the air and on the ground. Big plays were the major problem for the unit, as it allowed four touchowns of more than 20 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown on a trick play that had wide receiver Marshall Williams hitting a wideopen Chris Givens for the score. “Defensively you simply need to tackle better to begin with,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “And the consistency it takes to not give up huge plays, those are all correctable things, but they’re not being done. And that falls back in my lap.” Duke was able to remain within striking distance throughout the entire game thanks to its own proficiency making big plays. Indeed, the Blue Devils nearly pulled off a miracle when, down 13 with less than two minutes to go, Renfree hit Vernon for a 51-yard touchdown pass on a well executed hitch-and-go on the first play of the drive. See football on page 5
Target funds new library for local school, Page 3
DSG pres. vetoes Senate DCR ruling
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Receiver Conner Vernon had eight receptions for 181 yards, but Duke still lost 54-48 to Wake Forest.
Duke Muslims celebrate Eid as national debate rages by Ciaran O’Connor THE CHRONICLE
Fueled by the fierce backlash against a proposed Muslim community center in Manhattan, anti-Islam sentiment is on the rise throughout the country. At Duke, though, Muslims feel they are able to practice and raise awareness of their faith in an environment they describe as generally tolerant and accepting. Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr, commemorating the end of Ramadan’s month-long fast, Friday amidst some anti-Muslim rhetoric linked in part to the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “It definitely is troublesome,” Ahmad Jitan, a junior and president of the Muslim Students Association, said of the Islamophobia portrayed in the news. “But,” he added, “Duke’s student population is accepting.”
MSA Vice President Nabil Enayet, a junior, said Duke’s student body is generally curious about Islam and eager to understand what the religion is all about. Abdullah Antepli, Duke’s Muslim chaplain, dedicated an hour Friday to just that—conducting an online office hours session in which he spoke with Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells about Islam and took questions from audience members via Twitter and Facebook. In the segment, which is available online, Antepli explained Islam’s core values and combated some common misconceptions about the religion. “Many assumptions [about Islam] are not based on accurate information,” Antepli said during the session. “Nobody uses the Quran like See muslim on page 4
Nine years later, Duke remembers, Page 3
After the Duke Student Government Senate’s decision to defund and move toward de-chartering the Duke College Republicans, DSG President Mike Lefevre vetoed both pieces of legislation this weekend. Lefevre, a senior, vetoed the group’s defunding Friday afternoon and extended his veto Sunday night to block the potential dechartering of the organization, which would have been determined by the Student Organization Finance Committee. Lefevre’s veto came after he received letters of resignation from DCR Chair Carter Boyle and Vice Chair Travis Rapp, both seniors. “It didn’t make sense to veto one and not the other,” Lefevre said. “Students involved in this mess will no longer be leading the organization.... It’s really unjust to the club if we punish them for something that happened last year, [when] the people who did that faced the repercussions.” DCR will hold an election in the next few weeks to select a new chair. No current members of the DCR executive board will be able to run for the position—a decision made by the College Republicans, Lefevre said. After meeting with SOFC Chair Max Tabachnik, Lefevre extended his veto to prevent the organization’s de-chartering. Tabachnik, a senior, proposed that SOFC govern the next College Republicans See veto on page 4
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DSG President Mike Lefevre vetoed this weekend the Senate’s decisions last week to defund and move toward de-chartering Duke College Republicans
ONTHERECORD
“What I cannot deal with is the inability to communicate in a technologically advanced world.”
—Sophomore Antonio Segalini in “Filed away for later use.” See column page 6