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After loss to Alabama, Duke takes on Army by Dan Ahrens THE CHRONICLE

Though the schedule says that Duke will play Army Saturday, the Blue Devils will really battle two opponents. In addition to the Black Knights, Duke’s players will face the challenge of overcoming the remnants of the 62-13 drubbing they received at the hands of No. 1 Alabama last weekend. “We played against the number one team,” freshman Josh Snead said. “They dominated us in all phases of the game, but we feel like with some of the stuff we did we improved a little bit.” Snead and the rest of the Blue Devils (1-2) will get a chance to show that improvement in Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Snead in particular has built some nice momentum for the game, after running for 83 yards, at an average of nearly six yards a carry, against the Crimson Tide. “With my great offensive line we prepared really well to run the ball,” Snead said. “I did a great job of seeing where the cuts were and how to handle certain movements in the line that I can prepare for the rest of the season.” Against Army (2-1), running the ball will be a huge key to success. Snead, Desmond Scott and the rest of Duke’s stable of backs will need to be effective in order to keep the Black Knights’ run-option offense off the field. Army’s unique scheme could make that difficult, however. The Black Knights favor the Bear-flex defense, an aggressive scheme aimed at stopping the run game. See army on page 12

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Last year, Duke beat Army 35-19 in West Point. Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in Wallace Wade, the Blue Devils will try to take down the Golden Knights again.

War and Peace Columbia prof. gives a lecture on analyzing war after the fact, PAGE 3

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Members of improv comedy show “Whose Line Is It Anyway” perform in Page Auditorium Thursday in an event hosted by Duke University Union.

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Admins present formal financial update by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

Top administrators expressed confidence Thursday that the University will be able to eliminate its remaining $40 million budget deficit in the next two years. Provost Peter Lange and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask provided faculty members with an update on the University’s financial climate at the first Academic Council meeting of the Fall semester. Most of the presentation re-emphasized information President Richard Brodhead sent by e-mail to faculty and staff Wednesday regarding the state of the endowment and budget deficit. The administrators reported that the endowment saw a 13.2 percent return for fiscal year 2009-2010, which

ended June 30, and that the University still has to cut about $40 million. “It is important that it is a better outcome than we anticipated because all of the budget cuts that we anticipate are based on projections,” Lange said regarding the positive endowment return. Donations to the University increased by 15 percent from last year to $345 million, which Lange called a “partial recovery of fund-raising.” Most giving, however, came from oneyear cash returns and not long-term pledges, Lange added. Since implementing budget reforms last year, the University has reduced its annual budget by about $60 million, See council on page 5

Atwater sentenced to life in prison The man who admitted to killing former UNC student body president Eve Carson was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Demario Atwater, 24, pleaded guilty in April to five federal charges including kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death. Atwater’s plea allowed him to avoid the death penalty at the federal level. Along with Laurence Lovette, Atwater is accused Demario Atwater of kidnapping and murdering the 22-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student in March 2008. In addition to being sentenced to life in prison, Atwater was ordered

to pay more than $212,000 in restitution if he is ever released. Federal District Court Judge James Beatty, though, noted that such a release is highly unlikely, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported. Atwater and Lovette, 19, allegedly kidnapped Carson from her Chapel Hill home early in the morning of March 5, 2008. Investigators say the two men commandeered Carson’s SUV and forced her to withdraw $1,400 from several ATMs. Police say the two men then shot her five times and dumped her body at the intersection of Hillcrest Circle and Hillcrest Road in Chapel Hill. At his sentencing, Atwater looked directly at Carson’s parents, who were seated in the front row of the Winston-Salem courtroom, and apol-

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ogized, according to The (Raleigh) News & Observer. “I’m sorry for everything that’s happened,” he said, according to the paper. “No matter what the court did today it would be far from anything I should receive.” The Carsons declined to speak, the paper reported. Lovette, Atwater’s alleged accomplice, is being charged with murder, kidnapping and robbery in Orange County. He will not face the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of Carson’s death. He is also accused of robbing and murdering Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato at Mahato’s off-campus apartment in Durham in January 2008. Lovette faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for both killings. —from staff reports

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Jervis talks difficulties of post-war analyses by Anna Koelsch THE CHRONICLE

With the Iraq war in the end stages, Columbia professor Robert Jervis provided insight into the conflict and the pitfalls of analyzing war itself. Jervis, the Adlai E. Stevenson professor of International Politics at Columbia University, shared findings from his recent book “Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War” in a speech at the School of Law Thursday. The speech focused on the complicated

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Columbia professor Robert Jarvis discusses his experiences writing about war Thursday.

task of writing about a war after its conclusion. Jervis said it is clear that the Iraq war has been a failure because many “postmortems” have already been written about the conflict. “We almost never do postmortems on successes,” he said. “We want causation. We need to compare failures and successes.” Jervis said writing about war after the fact is problematic because authors must rely on sources who struggle to recall what they thought in a moment of great stress. The accounts are also often written with the expectation of finding the “silver bullet,” he said. Jervis said he realized just how touchy postmortems are when he was interviewing analysts about went wrong in Iran. “They were on edge and nervous,” he said. “I then realized that while I have tenure, they don’t and could get fired for what I say.” Jervis said that of the major questions about the Iraq war, only a fraction could be answered by intelligence reports. Intelligence produced papers predicting that reconstruction “was going to be hard” and eventually concluded that there were not necessarily connections between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda, he said. But intelligence failed to answer questions about the status of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programs and whether the situation would deteriorate if Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons, Jervis noted. Yet although former President George W. Bush was widely blamed for the lag in intelligence, Jervis conceded that it probably was not his fault. Jervis said the intelligence community

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Alan Kyerematen, former Ghanian ambassador to the United States, spoke in Teer Building Thursday at a roundtable discussion hosted by Engineers Without Borders. was largely passive while Bush was deciding to go to war. “I suspect that part of the reason why is that they knew it was hopeless,” he said. “Regardless, it’s totally unacceptable.” Erin Daniel, a staff assistant at the Law School, said Jervis was selected to speak by the Center for International and Comparative Law because his book was a “hot topic.” Nan Yang, an exchange student from Peking University who is now at Duke Law,

said she was glad she attended the speech. “I don’t come from the United States and am interested in learning about the different perspectives on international affairs,” she said. “I wanted to have an idea of how other people see the Iraq war.” Despite the solemn subject matter, Jervis kept the tone light. “I’d never heard students laugh so loud at a lunchtime lecture,” said Cassie Webster, a third-year law student.

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Career Center sees success with first-year outreach efforts by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

Some freshmen are heading to the Career Center just weeks into their time at Duke to start planning for their future. This past year, one of the center’s main goals was to help freshmen become aware all their services and demonstrate the importance of experimentation when considering a professional career, Teri Mills, an assistant director for the Career Center, wrote in an e-mail. The center has seen a 33 percent increase in freshman turnout at its events that it attributes to new efforts to reach first-year students, the Associated Press reported Sept. 12. “We don’t want to push students to decide on a specific course of action, we want them to fully engage in the exploration process,” Mills said. “The process of exploration is powerful in helping students understand themselves in order to make informed and appropriate decisions.”

New initiatives include the “four plus model,” which provides assistance for students starting their freshman year through four years after graduation, and LAUNCH, a 6-session series that intends to equip students with a better understanding of opportunities at Duke. Other programs include the First-Year Internships initiative, which is designed to help first-year students gain experience in professional settings, and First Year Fridays, where freshman can get their resumes reviewed and ask quick questions without having to schedule an appointment. Although elevated unemployment rates are a challenge facing college graduates, Mills said first-year students cite other reasons for reaching out to the Career Center. “First-year students want information on how to navigate the new world they have just entered,” she noted. “They often come to us for information on specific programs they

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council from page 1 largely through employee attrition and the elimination of some non-salary expenses. To date, the University has eliminated the equivalent of around 392 positions—mostly from central administrative units—since last year and has saved about $32.3 million in scaling back non-salary expenses, Trask said. He added that the number of positions eliminated will be the equivalent of 400 to 425 “when all settles out.” There is some good news for faculty members, however. Administrators have plans to make a modest salary increase in the next fiscal year, according to Brodhead’s Wednesday e-mail. But this year individual schools will face tight budgets, with a flat annual spending distribution from the long-term pool. And as faculty members leave the University, many of their positions will not be refilled—especially in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Lange said Trinity will need to see an attrition of 20 to 30 positions—which is less than 5 percent of its current 645 regular rank faculty members.

tended an open house at the Career Center in order to get an “early start” on his career path. “I have a few ideas in mind, but I figure these guys are professionals,” he said. Freshman Marianna Jordan agreed that it is important to explore one’s post-graduate opportunities sooner rather than later. “I think the mindset in America in 2010 is that it’s best to start thinking about careers and post-grad opportunities once you enter college,” Jordan wrote in an e-mail, adding that she plans to attend Career Center events in the near future. “Had we not encountered the recession, the stress on the Arts and Sciences budget due to the size of the faculty would have been substantial,” Lange said. “But with the downturn of the economy... it became worse.” Because of the large faculty size, Lange said the University will have to launch fewer faculty searches this year. Last year Duke conducted 58 searches, whereas this year it will run about 50. “The principal reason that number is going down is because we will be running fewer searches in Arts and Sciences,” Lange said. Trinity has seen an average of 3 percent annual faculty growth since the 2005-2006 academic year—the secondhighest annual growth rate behind the Sanford School of Public Policy, which Lange noted has grown significantly because it transitioned from an institute to a school in July 2009. Trask added that administrators plan to start an eProcurement program in January to automate the way the University purchases equipment and other “stuff.” The University currently spends $650 million per year on such expenditures, Trask said, adding that reducing that cost with eProcurement programming by

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In lieu of their meeting Thursday, Campus Council members hosted an East Campus bridge paint for Homecoming with Relay for Life. The event included music and free food for attendees. 5 percent would save the University $30 million per year. In accordance with other Duke Administrative Reform Team initiatives that strive to find excesses in the budget, the University is close to eliminating paper from the payroll process, Trask said. “We are convinced there is still enough room to say that we can get the $40 million out of the budget,” he said. In other business: Council members voted to change the Academic Council election by allowing the election committee to either list all faculty members eligible to serve on the council or list the subset of faculty members who express that they want to serve.

“Our hope is to collect the names of those that are interested and make that the nominating ballot,” said Chair Craig Henriquez, professor of biomedical engineering. “But we did not want to tie the hands of future Academic Council chairs... if it gets to the point where nobody chooses to self nominate, we are going to have a problem, so we like the flexibility.” Henriquez also discussed some of the topics the Council will address throughout the year. The Council is expected to approach issues such as Duke’s global strategy, the face of Undergraduate Education, salary equity and faculty diversity. The Council may also discuss a June report from the Knight Commission, which called for college athletics reform in light of increasing athletic spending.

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Failure to convert dooms Blue Devils by Andrew Beaton THE CHRONICLE

Again, Duke got its shots off against its opponent. And, again, it found difficulty converting the attempts into goals. This time, though, the Blue Devils’ failure to convert WAKE 2 cost them. In its first ACC match of DUKE 1 the season, No. 14 Duke fell to Wake Forest 2-1 at Koskinen Stadium Thursday night. Although Duke (6-2-2, 0-1-0 in the ACC) controlled much of the possession early in the game, it was the Demon Deacons (7-30, 1-0-0) who struck first, with forward Rachel Nuzzolese putting away a 20-yard free kick from just outside the box in the 25th minute. The kick was from an unusual position—right outside the box nearly adjacent to the goal line—and in their confusion, the Duke defenders failed to make a wall, leaving an easy line to the goal. “We set up like a corner and it’s not a corner,” head coach Robbie Church said in frustration. “It’s a mistake. When you make a mistake in this league, it’s going to cost

you a goal.” The Demon Deacons had another free kick opportunity just outside the box with under a minute left in the first half after freshman defender Ashley Rape was called for a foul, but were unable to convert. The Blue Devils came out with a renewed sense of purpose in the second half, which culminated in freshman Laura Weinberg’s breakaway goal in the 62nd minute. Freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Kerr weaved a perfect through-ball between two Demon Deacon defenders, and Weinberg was able to put it past freshman Wake Forest goalie Aubrey Bledsoe into the bottom right corner of the net. Weinberg now leads Duke with five goals on the season, while Kerr is tied with freshman forward Gilda Doria for the assists lead at three. The Blue Devils were only able to remain even for a short while, however, as Nuzzolese put away her second free kick of the game in the 68th minute, this time from 23 yards away. The foul was on a controversial call that drew the ire of Duke fans, when tracy huang/The Chronicle

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19 total fouls were called and two yellow cards were given in last night’s physical game, a 2-1 loss for Duke.

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ACC play resumes today No. 1 North Carolina heads to Jack Katz by Danny Vinik THE CHRONICLE

After a successful trip to Wilmington, N.C., the Blue Devils return to ACC play tonight against Boston College at 7 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium. No. 11 Duke (3-12, 0-1-1 in the ACC) is coming off its first No. 10 road game of the BC season, a 1-0 victory vs. over UNC-WilmingNo. 11 ton Tuesday night. Duke As has been the case for most of the FRIDAY, 7 p.m. young season, sophKoskinen Stadium

omore Ryan Finley led the way in the win, scoring the team’s lone goal and launching a team-high four shots. Finley, the NCAA’s leading goal-scorer, now has 73 percent of the Blue Devils’ goals for the year. While Finley does carry much of Duke’s offensive load, head coach John Kerr is not worried. “He’s the deepest guy [on the field], that’s for sure,” Kerr said. “We’re not overly concerned at this stage. If Ryan is the only scorer in the next five games, I’ll be concerned.” Nevertheless, the coach is still looking See m. soccer on page 11

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Senior midfielder Cole Grossman will try to help Duke avoid going winless in its first three ACC home games.

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Defending NCAA champions. A No. 1 national ranking. An unblemished record this season. And only eight miles away from Duke. Top-ranked North Carolina may boast a bevy of accolades, but the No. 13 Blue Devils will look to cement their own status as one of the best teams in the No. 1 country Saturday at UNC 1 p.m. when the rivs. val Tar Heels make No. 13 the short trip to Jack Duke Katz Stadium. “I think we’re one SATURDAY, 1 p.m. Jack Katz Stadium of the top teams in the country, too,” head coach Beth Rich. Bozman said. “I don’t think that results vs. show it, but I think we No. 13 are. We played them Duke well in the spring, we played them well in SUNDAY, 1 p.m. preseason.... I think Jack Katz Stadium it’s going to be a real strong game for both teams.” Duke (4-4, 0-1 in the ACC) has yet to concede more than three goals in a single game this season, while North Carolina (7-0, 1-0) has averaged just under five goals per game.

The Blue Devils will look to set the pace and can take advantage of their familiarity with the Tar Heels’ style of play. Although Duke wants to dictate the flow of the game and put pressure on North Carolina, the Blue Devils may need to rely on their tough defense even more than usual Saturday. Susan Ferger, the team’s leading scorer with three goals this year, broke her thumb last weekend and most likely will not see the field against the Tar Heels. Duke will call upon its young talent to fill the void, including freshman Emmie Le Marchand and sophomore Mary Nielsen, who have combined for four scores this season. “The freshmen and the sophomores have had to acclimate real quickly, and I think they have,” Bozman said. “The greater their strides, the greater success we’re going to see.” If the team’s underclassmen continue to contribute­—and if Duke makes the most of its offensive chances this weekend and beyond­—Bozman believes the Blue Devils can elevate their play to an elite level. “We feel like we’re a work in progress... and we’re inches away from greatness,” she said. “We’ve just been emphasizing how close we are, how we just need to get that little extra inch and the whole outcome of the games are just going to be very different for us.” Duke rounds out the weekend slate against Richmond Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Fresh off their win at Wake Forest two weeks ago, the Blue Devils are in for some tough competition this weekend as the men’s team heads to the Roy Griak Invitational while the women’s team will split and participate in both the Roy Griak and William & Mary Invitationals. Each team looks to accomplish separate goals—the men will try to work towards qualifying for nationals, and the women set out to gain a feel for the competition at these big meets. On the men’s side, the competition at Roy Griak has increased significantly since last year, with seven nationally ranked teams, including No. 19 Duke, competing. As it heads into the first major meet of the season, head coach Norm Ogilvie said that despite the strength of the field, the Blue Devils will look for a win to move towards qualifying for Nationals in November. To make it there, the team either needs a top two finish in the NCAA Southeast Regional in mid-November or must accumulate enough points by beating ranked teams—which will be in ample supply at the Roy Griak Invitational. “We need to finish fast and together, with a couple guys finishing in the top five to win,” Ogilvie said. “We’ve been training harder, and we’ve had five weeks so far, and it’s our first time to go all-out.” The results from Wake Forest back up that statement as the top five Duke men finished one second apart, with senior Bo Waggoner in the back, despite him typically being the Blue Devils’ frontrunner. “Our real weakness was not having an outstanding

frontrunner [in the past]—[we’re] looking to improve that,” Ogilvie said. “Also, Duke is currently ranked 19th, so we’re going to see where we stand this weekend.” Senior Josh Lund was optimistic about the upcoming meet, even with the increased level of competition. “I know we will all be very disappointed if we don’t finish in the top four,” Lund said. “We believe we can win this.” For women’s head coach Kevin Jermyn, team goals for this weekend’s meets are completely different. His team, he said, will not think about qualifying for Nationals this week. Instead, Jermyn is so confident in his team that he sees the meets as a way to gain experience for Nationals. 11 women are heading to the William & Mary Invitational with seven more joining the men at Roy Griak, but according to Jermyn the decision was not made based on performance so far. “We are trying not to make coaching decisions until November when we pick the top seven to compete at Nationals,” Jermyn said. “We are not thinking about using this meet to qualify for Nationals at all, we are looking more to prepare as individuals here and looking to automatically qualify at Regionals. We try to make this the best experience for every runner... and one of our top seniors Emily Schwitzer is actually from that area so we wanted to give her a chance to run on her home turf.” The eager outlook shared by both teams, albeit for different reasons, was best summed up by Lund. “We are in the best shape of our lives and I am excited to see what we can do,” he said.

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Senior Bo Waggoner finished fifth against Wake Forest last week.

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Playing back-to-back road games against top ACC opponents Georgia Tech and Clemson this weekend, Duke will need to capitalize on its defense and work on strong communication if it hopes to come away with two more conference victories. The Blue Devils (9-2, 1-0 in the ACC) will first face the Yellow Jackets (7-5, 0-1) in Atlanta Friday night at 7 p.m. before heading up to face the Tigers (10-2, 1-0) in South Carolina Sunday evening. “Georgia Tech has a very physical team, a very talented team, and we’re going to have to play our best in order to

be successful down there,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “They have solid services, so it’s tough to get them out of system, and they put up a solid block and take good defense around it, so they’re just always coming back at you. We have to be able to communicate and control the ball in order to put the ball away on them.” The Yellow Jackets were picked to finish third in the ACC and boast one of the top setters in the conference, senior Mary Ashley Tippins, who averages 10.27 assists per match while boasting a .321 hitting percentage. They also have the ACC’s top blocker, junior Asia Stawicka, who has posted 58 blocks so far this season. After playing Georgia Tech, Duke faces a team similar

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to itself, Clemson. The Tigers are a young group, mostly made up of freshmen and sophomores, yet they lead the league in defense by holding opponents to a .135 hitting percentage. Clemson also has accumulated an ACC-leading 127 blocks. “The main part of their team is G. Tech freshmen and sophomores, but they vs. don’t play like freshmen and sophomores,” Nagel said. “They’re very Duke talented and were ranked very high in the ACC last year in blocking, 7 p.m. and the entire team is ranked pretty FRIDAY, Atlanta, Ga. high nationally in blocking right now. They have a blend of scrappy players and very physical players, Clemson and they do really well together, so it’s going to be a fight.” vs. In addition to playing two tough Duke away matches, Duke must also adjust to playing in a different environment where the facilities are smaller and SUNDAY, 6 p.m. the stands are closer to the court. Clemson, S.C. Both schools garner large crowds for volleyball games, and it’ll be a lot different from “playing in the comfy confines of Cameron,” as Nagel said. However, the Blue Devils have two key advantages this weekend—they have junior middle blocker Amanda Robertson, who was named ACC Player of the Week and posted a double-double Friday against Wake Forest, and they are one of the top defensive teams in the conference, holding opponents to a .137 hitting percentage, the second-lowest in the ACC. “We try to concentrate on defense, and we work very hard at it,” Nagel said. “We have some nice sized players, but we have to get on the floor as well and dig some balls, so that’s something we are working very hard at and very diligently at every day in practice.” Following this weekend’s road stint, Duke returns to Durham for a four-game homestand against Maryland and Boston College Oct. 1-2 and North Carolina and N.C. State Oct. 8-9.

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m. soccer from page 7 for other players to get more involved on the score sheet. “We definitely need more production from Cole [Grossman], from Temi [Molinar], from Chris Tweed-Kent, and from [Rob] Dolot,” Kerr said. “We need more production from them on the offensive end.” The key question that remains for the Blue Devils is where sophomore Andrew Wenger will line up tonight. Wenger started the year at forward alongside Finley, but a knee injury to freshman Sebastien Ibeagha forced Kerr to move Wenger to the backline. Although Ibeagha returned on Tuesday, his older brother, senior Christian Ibeagha, went down with an injury himself. For tonight’s match, Kerr said that Wenger will likely start at center back alongside the younger Ibeagha. With Wenger in the back, Finley and company will have to be in top form, as the Eagles have allowed just three goals this season and zero on the road. No. 10 Boston College (4-0-2, 0-01) defeated the Blue Devils in both of last year’s meetings—2-0 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and 1-0 in the ACC tournament.

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“They’re stingy. They work really hard for each other,” Kerr said. “They’re organized and they get players behind the ball quickly so it makes it more difficult for us to break them down, but we’ve developed a game plan to counteract that and give us some more opportunities going forward.” If Duke finds a way to get past the Eagles’ defense, it will have to deal with one of the top goalies in the country who always brings his ‘A’-game against Kerr’s squad. Sophomore Justin Luthy had three saves in Boston College’s first win last year, then shut out the Blue Devils in extra time in the ACC tournament. “Their goalie last year had the game of his life against us, and hopefully that won’t happen again,” Kerr said. Duke is in much need of an ACC victory after starting the year with a comeback draw against Virginia and a heartbreaking loss to UNC. With just one ACC home game remaining after tonight’s contest, Kerr stressed the importance of this match in relation to his team’s goal of reaching the top of the conference standings. “It’s a critical game for us,” Kerr said. “We don’t want to go winless in our first three ACC home games.”

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Head coach John Kerr thinks Andrew Wenger will start at center back.

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Senior Jared Pinsky will team with freshman Chris Mengel in doubles play. Duke Tennis heads to Charlottesville After capturing five of six overall championships at the Duke Fab Four Invite last weekend, Duke will send four players to Charlottesville, Va., to compete in the UVA Ranked Plus One Invitational starting today at the Snyder Tennis Center. Seniors Reid Carleton and Jared Pinsky and freshmen Chris Mengel and Fred Saba will all participate in both the singles and doubles sections of the competition. Carleton, who usually teams up with sophomore Henrique Cunha to form the No.1 doubles team in the nation, will play with Saba while Pinsky will compete with Mengal. In the singles competition, both Carleton, Mengal and Saba look to build on their singles titles from last weekend. Carleton looked particularly impressive at the Fab Four Invite, defeating Simon Childs of Lousiville 6-0, 6-1 in the section C finals. He now plays Arkansas’s Matt Hogan today at 2:00 p.m. Familiar ground awaits Blue Devils The Blue Devils return to an old stomping ground this weekend as they travel to Franklin, Tenn., to tee off at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship this weekend. Duke won the 54-hole tournament, which is hosted at the 6,281-yard, par 72 Vanderbilt Legends Club, three straight years from 2004 to 2006. Duke’s team lineup will consist of senior Kim Donovan, sophomores Lindy Duncan and Courtney Ellenbogen and freshman Laetitia Beck and Alejandra Cangrejo. Meanwhile, sophomore Stacey Kim will get her first taste of competition this fall as she competes in the individual tournament. The Blue Devils, who are coming off a fourth-place finish at the recent NCAA Fall Preview in Bryan, Texas, will need to play to their potential as they will face a very competitive field. Duke’s 17 competitors at the course include Alabama, Auburn, Arizona State and Southern California, all of which finished in the top-10 last year. Sophomore Lindy Duncan, who is coming off a career best five-under-par, fourth-place finish at the Fall Preview, looks to provide a steady presence for the youthful Blue Devils. After the Mason Rudolph Championship, Duke will participate in the Tar Heel Invitational at Finley Golf Course Oct. 8-10.

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w. soccer from page 7 freshman midfielder Natasha Anasi got her feet tangled with the Wake Forest forward. “It’s not like I can get mad at my team for working hard and getting stuck in a tackle,” sophomore goalie Tara Campbell said of the penalties leading up to the free kicks. “[But] it’s frustrating that [Wake Forest was] able to convert two of them.” The Blue Devils had plenty of opportunities throughout the rest of the second half—with 15 shots overall— but ultimately they were unable to convert when they needed to. The Demon Deacons on the other hand only had five shots, but were able to execute on two of them. “You have to be able to throw out passes and finish chances because they’re not going to be plentiful,” Weinberg said. Overall, the game was very physical, with 11 fouls on Wake Forest and eight on Duke. A player on both teams received a yellow card, with senior midfielder Bianca D’Agostino receiving one in the 66th minute for the Demon Deacons while Anasi received hers in the 71st minute. With more ACC competition on the horizon, notably No. 8 Maryland on Sunday, the team knows what it needs to focus on. “We did some really nice things, but we didn’t execute the final ball,” Church said. “And then we gave up two really soft goals, and you can’t do that in ACC play.”

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Kaitlyn Kerr weaved a pass through Wake Forest defenders in the game’s 62nd minute to find Laura Weinberg, who scored Duke’s only goal.

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enth most yards of any FBS team. While the yards themselves are damaging enough, the mental and physical drains that “Their defensive scheme is very difficult,” head come with extended time on the field are even more debilicoach David Cutcliffe said. “Everyone talks about the tating. Throw in the expected high temperature of 95 deoption offense—and it does require a lot of work to get grees, and the Blue Devil defense will have its hands full. ready for—but it requires a lot of work to get ready for The toughest part of it all may be handling the their defense.... They have been very successful insti- emotional toll of the confidence-draining defeat on tuting this unusual defensive scheme, and not a lot of Saturday. people do it.” “All athletes get mad,” While Army’s defense will challenge Snead said. “Especially if the Blue Devils’ running attack, Duke’s you’ve got the winning, “We’ve learned we need to defense could be in for a long day. The competitive nature you’re tackle better, swarm the ball going to get upset when Blue Devils have given up an average of 58 points the past two Saturdays, and better, get our assignments you lose ballgames.” have especially struggled against the run. To help counteract The defense has examined itself, and it is right. We need to do the little any distractions, Cutclooking for specific things to build from didn’t give the team things that we can control.” liffe despite its recent difficulties. much time to dwell on “There’s a lot of positives,” senior line— Abraham Kromah their struggles. backer Abraham Kromah said. “We’ve “We had to put it behind learned we need to tackle better, swarm us real quickly,” Snead said. the ball better, get our assignments right. “We had to come out the We need to do the little things that we can control.” next day and practice. Coach told us that we just got domiIf the Blue Devils haven’t learned their lesson, Army’s nated in all phases of the game, and that this week we need running backs will be there to teach them. to come out and prepare and try to make a statement.” So far this season, the Black Knights have dominated the Recovering from the past two weeks and clawing back ground, averaging over 280 yards rushing per game, the sev- to .500 would be a great start.

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Duke Bikes still rolling Students looking to avoid a point that students had been cramped bus now have more turned away daily. opportunities to get around There are multiple benvia bicycle, thanks to the Of- efits to the increased bike fice of Student Activities and usage OSAF’s program is inFacilities’expansion of the tended to stimulate. Students Duke Bikes proriding bikes to gram. In adding and from cameditorial 50 new bikes to pus are not usits stock of bicycles available ing cars, helping to decrease for rent to the Duke commu- congestion on and around nity, OSAF has met students’ the University’s main arterdemand for another way to ies. Substituting motor vehiget around. cles helps eliminate pollution Originally conceived as a and emissions, an important way to provide bicycles free step towards achieving camof charge to students for up pus sustainability initiatives. to a month, the success of the Convenience is another Duke Bikes program is the important factor. Especially for result of the enthusiastic par- students who need to navigate ticipation of the student body. across the University’s different The decision to add new bikes campuses, the rhythms of a bus was in response to student de- schedule may not be conducive mand, which had outstripped to timely arrivals. Even for stuthe supply of bikes to the dents who have cars, the cam-

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pus’ byzantine parking rules make the prospect of getting to class on time much more difficult. The ease of transportation by bicycle combined with the presence of bike racks across campus provides for a useful alternative for students on a tight schedule. Encouraging and facilitating bicycle use can help connect parts of campus that have traditionally felt isolated, such as Central Campus. The University acted wisely in expanding bus service to Central. Making bicycle transportation safer and more convenient should help promote more unity among Duke’s three campuses. Recently, the City of Durham was commended for its “bike-friendliness” by the League of American Bicyclists.

This honor highlights both the safety of Durham’s streets for cyclists and its easily accessible trails, such as the American Tobacco Trail. Students who may not be inspired to venture into Durham by foot or bus now have added incentive to experience the city by traversing its streets and paths on two wheels. Within the confines of campus, the miles of natural trails found in the Duke Forest provide a beautiful setting for students to take their newly rented OSAF bikes for a ride. Duke students are fortunate to enjoy a beautiful climate and a lush North Carolina geography almost year-round, and bicycles provide another way to take advantage of the natural wonders of the state.

Among the multitude of budget challenges currently facing the University, stimulating bicycle use is probably not among the most pressing. But simple steps can be taken to improve the University’s accessibility and safety for cyclists. Relatively easy, cost-efficient steps include adding more bike racks, maintaining existing bicycle paths and ensuring that paths in between campuses are well-lit and secure. And as more new projects are undertaken, the University should keep the interests of bicyclists in mind. OSAF’s decision to expand the bikes program is a timely response to student demand. Ensuring cyclists are comfortable on campus dovetails with the University’s commitments to sustainability and wellness.

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ast week the City of Durham issued a press resurfacing, was one of the roads on campus that release announcing its recognition as a bi- needed the most attention. Duke missed an opcycle friendly community by the League portunity when it returned parking to the sides of of American Bicyclists. Durham was awarded a the road at the completion of the project. Instead bronze-level recognition, the lowest of safe, separated, well surfaced of four levels recognized by LoAB. bike lanes on one of the only roads Chapel Hill also received a bronzecrossing the main campus east to level recognition. Close by Carrboro west, bicyclists must continue to bested both college towns, achievcontend with traffic and car doors ing a silver rating. Several other opening into their lane of travel. North Carolina cities also received This is just one example. There awards. will be plenty more opportunities This publication picked up on as roads feeding campus and other liz bloomhardt popular destinations for living, the story this week, and Tuesday’s edition of Towerview magazine had working and dining in the city come green devil a one-page spread on just how hip up for repair. The recent publicathe bicycle commuting trend is for tion of the Durham Bike Map, while the fall. In true magazine style, the short blurb was useful, is also a telling reminder of the piecemeal accompanied by a shopping list to aid interested nature of existing bike-friendly infrastructure. It’s a trend-followers in getting in on the act. situation that won’t change overnight, but it needs I hope bicycling is more than a fall trend, but to remain a priority. I also applaud all of the publicity this healthy and In the mean time, a new Duke DIY video on the fun form of transportation is getting! bicycling page of Duke’s Parking and TransportaI’ve covered biking and alternative transpor- tion website features Academic Dean of Trinity tation in this column before, specifically my ex- College Norman Keul, a regular bike commuter. periences attempting to commute on my bike Keul made a list of the pros and cons of commutdespite a travel distance of about 9 miles (fairly ing by bicycle. The pros won and he says never average for the Duke population as a whole) on looked back. some fairly busy roads. Over the summer I was There are also perks. For instance, if you regapproached by several fellow students with sto- ister as a bike commuter you can be eligible for a ries about their own attempts and experiences, limited number of parking day passes—for those inspired by the column. I also spoke with regular days when the pressed suit really needs to shine or bike commuters. there’s a hurricane in the forecast. The consensus: there is still a lot of room for More education and awareness of services availimprovement both at Duke and in Durham, al- able on campus is also necessary. For example: though the city and University are constantly mak- Where are the showers? Do I have access to them? ing incremental changes. Is there a safe place to leave my bike? Or covered It’s sometimes difficult to separate what hap- bike storage? Do other people commute by bike? pens in Durham from what happens at Duke, as Recent efforts by the Parking and Transportain the case with two recent paving projects that tion office in conjunction with the Office of Susintersect campus. The most recent, the resurfac- tainability are starting to answer these questions ing of Anderson Street that runs through Central and build a community of bicycle commuters. As Campus, was completed by the City. The smooth an example, during national bike to work week, black tarmac was still awaiting markings as of this the Office of Sustainability held a reception for writing, but the project is reported to dispense bike commuters that was reportedly well attended with the parking spaces that lined the street in and initiated a positive dialogue. The momentum favor of bicycle lanes. Score one for alternative generated by such events needs to be maintained transportation, and one for Durham. The mindset at all levels of the Duke community. that made this possible is the mindset that has the Finally, no piece on bicycling at Duke would be potential to carry Durham toward being an even complete without mentioning the Duke Bikes promore bike friendly city. gram. It’s awesome. Find it, use it. Contrast this positive change with the resurfacRide safe out there, stay off the sidewalks and ing of Towerview Drive on campus over the sum- remember: Always wear a helmet. mer. One of the concerns of cyclists the world over is the quality of the pavement on which they ride. Liz Bloomhardt is a fourth-year graduate student in What may be a mindless bump to a car can send mechanical engineering. Her column runs every other a cyclist over the handlebars. Towerview, prior to Friday.

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he honking began first as a series of peevish, stac- pointed. The city was more afflicted with the peculiarly cato beeps, then finally a sustained, angry drone. Northwestern variant of urban blight than I had expectThe grandmotherly type at the wheel of the huge ed, but Portland was nothing if not serious about bicycle sedan right directly behind me was going ballistic. This commuting, and the bicycle is a legitimate means of translittle drama unfolded last spring at the intersection portation for a significant proportion of its citizens. of Towerview and Science, where I was Riding a bike to work out there just poised on my bike in the left turn lane, seems to make sense and is supported obeying the traffic signal, preparing to by the city’s traffic engineering, with the proceed first down then up the hill towide spread installation of dedicated bike wards the School of Engineering and lanes and “bike boxes” at intersections. then make my way over to my office in There is a robust advocacy for cycling to Davison. be found in the city’s Bicycle TransportaGesticulating and raving, Grandtion Alliance. mother finally had enough of the cyclist The end result of all this is a pervasion thomas sporn impeding her progress and proceeded of bicycle commuting and the requisite table for one to clear the intersection of my presence, financial and social commitment into using the front end of her car as a bullPortland’s culture and infrastructure dozer, then darting past the oncoming traffic, turned to a degree that I have not seen equaled in any other left down Science. American city. A bellman at my hotel told me he had I had quickly unclipped before I ended up under not been in an automobile in over ten years. I never got her wheels, and found myself somewhere in the cross- the impression that Portland’s bike commuters were afwalk. I shook my head in amazement. Was the driver fecting a pose or trying to make a statement (which I somehow not aware this was Bike to Work Week? would argue is the least valid reason to ride one’s bike Well of course she wasn’t, nor was the majority of the to work). For many out that way, there just seems to be sentient members of the campus at the time, I daresay. no good reason not to. To assign a period of phony, hollow observance to a So should the greater Duke community be urged particular cause célèbre has become a durable way of to commute to work by bicycle? Not as circumstances paying lip service and preaching to various choirs; to dictate in the here and now. Too many of us have stoseem concerned and engaged, rather than to be. And ries, from the scary close encounter to the near-death so it goes with events like Bike to Work Week. experience. As for myself, it is a combination of conveAs a cyclist and daily bike commuter, I am struck nience, foolhardiness and a compulsive need to ride by the disconnect between the exhortations to ride to several thousand miles a year that keeps me commutwork, and the significant risks and obstacles to doing ing on my bike to work. so, at least for those who work at the Medical Center. But save for a select and lucky few living in close My commute is fraught with hazards, heavy traffic, dan- proximity to the campus, the venture is far too dangerous intersections, debris-strewn inner lanes and ag- gerous, the thoroughfares too inhospitable. Durham gressive motorists. If my own experiences, the letters is not Portland, it is not Boulder, Colorado, it is not to the editors of local newspapers, the rants of radio even Carrboro. Most of the time, that is a good thing. personalities and a review of death and injury statistics But Durham’s central roads and traffic flow present are at all telling, the regional antipathy held towards very real impediments to safe biwwcycle travel, and cyclists is staggering. too many motorists regard cyclists as potential hood The mindset is, yes bicyclists are legally entitled to and grill ornaments. their share of road, but I find these a stupid set of laws, As campus and medical center construction intherefore I am entitled to flout them. There is no safety creases, bringing about added congestion, I don’t see in numbers either, as fellow cyclists on campus are just any of this improving. I hope one day the culture may as apt to be clutching a latte in hand, iPod in place and change, and the institutions around these parts will either riding the wrong way or quelling the foot traffic finally get serious about alternate forms of transporon the sidewalk. tation and implement the necessary funding and sysAfter surviving the trek through Durham, one’s ar- tem-wide changes to get more commuters out of their rival on campus is no guarantee of safety, as its streets automobiles. But until then, we’ll have to settle for are generally in poor repair (although there have been Bike to Work Week. patchy, but major improvements of late), clogged with I suppose that’s a start. buses, delivery trucks and randomly intersected with the Brownian motion of meandering pedestrians. Dr. Thomas Sporn is an associate professor in the DepartI visited Portland, Oregon last year. I was a bit disap- ment of Pathology. His column runs every other Friday.

lettertotheeditor Clarification on Editorial Board coverage of Mlyn I write to thank The Chronicle for its coverage of Eric Mlyn’s reappointment as the Executive Director of DukeEngage. Your article and editorial bring important attention to a program that has become a hallmark of Duke’s commitment to using knowledge in service to society. I do want to clarify one point in yesterday’s editorial. DukeEngage is an autonomous program and as such, Dr. Mlyn reports directly to Provost Peter Lange and to me. DukeEngage and Dr. Mlyn collaborate closely with Dr. Leela Prasad, the faculty director of the Duke Center for Civic Engagement, whose broader mission is to strategically connect and leverage civic engagement initiatives across the University. We now have in place both the personnel and structures to cement Duke’s role as a national leader in making civic engagement a truly integral part of its educational mission. Steve Nowicki Dean and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Duke parking problem A serious flaw in Duke’s parking system was brought to my attention when I received a ticket to-

day; there is no way that a student can park on both East and West without breaking the rules! Take myself, for example. I am an undergrad senior who lives off campus and away from any bus lines. It is my understanding that the only sort of parking pass that I can apply for is the Blue Zone. How can there actually be nowhere that I’m allowed park on East campus when half of my classes are over there? Am I really expected to park in the Blue Zone, walk 10 minutes to the bus stop, wait for the bus, ride to East and then ride back? That’s at least 40 minutes of my time for every class period I have on East! Freshmen with cars face nearly the same ordeal (to be fair, there is a visitor’s parking lot near the Bryan Center), albeit in reverse. My ideal solution would be to have on each campus a convenient short-term parking area where any Duke student would be able to park for three hours or so for free. This would provide a great deal more flexibility for all students going to class, and would be relatively easy to implement. For now though, I think I’ll just take my chances with a ticket and park on East. Robby Kelley Trinity ’11

Bipolar man gets naked, wins money

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ack in February, a man named Seth Brigham went before the City Council of Boulder, Colorado in an attempt to protest a trend in heavier policing of public nudity. Brigham’s rationale was that the city, known to some for its “progressive” counterculture, annually hosts events such as the Naked Pumpkin Run and the Naked Bike Ride. He feared that restrictions on attractions like these would damage not only the local population but the tourism industry as well, as many peochris bassil ple apparently flock to Bouljust a minute der to see men like Brigham participate in various forms of exercise without their clothes on. In order to emphasize his point, Brigham appeared in front of the council wearing nothing but his boxer shorts, and was promptly barred from speaking and escorted from the building. Fortunately for Brigham, this constituted a breach in his civil liberties; specifically, his First Amendment right to freedom of speech and his Fourth Amendment right to protection from unlawful arrest. Rather than deal with the financial implications of a trial (not to mention the inherent risk in bringing to court a man with an inclination toward nudity in state institutions), the city of Boulder opted instead to pay Brigham a sum of $10,000 in exchange for his agreement not to seek further legal action. But even the settlement sum is replete with its own strange twist in this story. After his lawyer’s fee, Brigham found himself $6,000 richer, a not insignificant sum that someone in his position would most likely feel better about having around in the event of a rainy day. Unfortunately, according to Brigham, holding on to a sum of that size would void the long-term disability compensation he receives for his bipolar disorder (presumably he would be “earning” too much at that point to be eligible for the benefits, which he will continue to need even after these winnings dry up). In order to retain his right to the disability compensation, he will be forced to spend the money almost immediately. He says that he has considered putting it toward a collection of boxer shorts for any member of the council who agrees to wear them (and only them) to future meetings but, predictably, none have stepped forward so far. Now that Brigham’s “too soon” boxer joke has bitten the dust, he has allegedly gotten serious and decided to spend the money on a scooter instead. Although it’s a little surprising that he’s not putting it directly toward the organization of another landmark nudity event, a quick Google search shows that Boulder does not yet have a Naked Scooter Race, and it’s conceivable that Brigham might simply be in the early stages of putting together just such a game-changer based on his previous naked antics. Of course, this becomes a little less certain in light of the fact that Brigham himself has never participated in any of the public nudity for which he so boldly bared his civil liberties, but by now this story is probably so far past reality’s point of no return that it is of little to no consequence anyway. On the other side of the coin, the Boulder City Council has taken measures to ensure that something like this never happens again. First of all, they have taken steps toward instituting new legislation, to the dismay of Brigham, that would prevent citizens from speaking at meetings for longer than two minutes when there is a queue of 15 or more waiting (part of what led to Brigham’s arrest was his refusal to yield the microphone). The city has also continued its vendetta against public nudity, with its next plot to ban it in the town hall setting. So it seems in the end that Brigham may have done more harm than good. After all, before he launched his pro-nudity campaign, a bipolar man could stand in front of the city council without his pants on and walk away with $6,000 or a new scooter, depending on which day you asked him. Now, such a stand is quickly becoming grounds for arrest. Going forward from here, it looks like you really won’t be able to fight City Hall. But maybe the outcome isn’t the point. Perhaps it’s the chase that keeps men like Brigham, self-proclaimed “activists” (his quotation marks, not mine; they appear with such persistence on his blog that you’d almost be fooled into reading all of this as some kind of joke) doing what they do. And if that’s the case, then it’s only a matter of time until Brigham is back at it, considering by his count he has already harangued Boulder on over 60 separate occasions. This time, though, when Brigham fought the law, he won. Chris Bassil is a Trinity junior. His column runs every Friday.

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