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Panel agrees potti investigation on volatility Potti affair continues to unravel of US politics by Ciaran O’Connor THE CHRONICLE

Don’t read too much into this fall’s midterm elections results. That was the consensus among the distinguished panel gathered Saturday at the Sanford School of Public Policy to discuss the midterms and their coverage by the media. John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent; John Harris, editor-in-chief of Politico; and Sunshine Hillygus, associate professor of political science, took turns analyzing the Republican Party’s extraordinary resurgence, breaking down the GOP’s net gain of more than 60 House seats and its broader implications in an uncertain political landscape. Although the panelists differed somewhat on their assessment of the elections’ greater significance, they agreed that in a highly polarized political climate fueled by a media prone to sweeping pronouncements, the nation must keep the results in perspective. “There’s a great volatility in the American electorate right now,” King said. “As we discuss what just happened, I would not pour any cement—there’s a restiveness in the country.” Harris described the electorate as “chronically disaffected” with a political discourse that, shaped by an increasingly sensationalistic press, has come to resemble a “freak show.” As such, he said, the American people’s political allegiance is

Cancer researcher resigns, accepts blame for mistakes

Nevins requests retraction of key genomics research paper

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The Duke cancer researcher who has been under investigation for research misconduct since this summer has resigned. Dr. Anil Potti stepped down from his positions at Duke’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and the School of Medicine Friday and took sole responsibility for the problems in his research, IGSP Director Huntington Willard said. Potti had been on paid administrative leave since July. “This is obviously a very regrettable series of events at all kinds of levels,” Willard said in an interview with The Chronicle Friday. Potti’s resignation comes after the termination of three clinical trials based on his research and the questioning of

A Duke researcher is in the process of retracting a foundational cancer genomics paper, signaling a lack of confidence in some of its findings. Dr. Joseph Nevins is requesting the retraction as part of an ongoing review of experiments conducted by Dr. Anil Potti, the cancer researcher under investigation for research misconduct who resigned Friday. Potti was a principal author of the paper, which describes ways of using genomic information to predict how individuals would respond to cancer-fighting drugs. “This process has been initiated due to concerns about the reproducibility of reported predictors, and

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Bistro seeks increased customer base DUHS faces new suit over reviews of 2004 incident by Ray Koh

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Devil’s Bistro, which opened this Spring, is looking to establish itself not only as an eatery but as a social destination on Central Campus.

Despite meeting its early goals, Devil’s Bistro is hoping to increase its revenue and attract more customers. The new Central Campus vendor, operated by Bon Appétit Management Company, opened in April and offers students a wide variety of meal options. After its first full semester of operation, however, the Bistro is looking to attract a larger customer base. “Our primary target customers were Central Campus residents, and so far the feedback has been great,” said Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst. “We projected around 200 customers per day and that’s how it’s doing right now.” He noted, however, that Dining had conservative estimates of revenue and customers for the eatery when it opened. Even though West Campus residents account for

New cries have arisen in response to the accidental use of hydraulic-fluid-tainted surgical instruments on DUHS patients in late 2004. A group of 14 patients is suing Duke University Health System because they believe that studies Duke conducted to determine the level of harm caused by the mistake were flawed. For two months in late 2004, physicians at Duke Raleigh and Durham Regional hospitals used surgical

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“You can maintain that normal, well-adjusted people appreciate Harry Potter.”

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“[On Duke Women’s Basketball’s game against Western Kentucky:] Duke gave up a few easy baskets, but the real story may be that this is the coming out party for the Blue Devils’ top recruit Chelsea Gray. Gray has seen limited action early in the season due to a foot injury, but she subbed in early and has made a quick impact. First, she drove hard to the basket for a nice layup, then nailed a three.’” — From The Chronicle’s Sports Blog sports.chronicleblogs.com

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GREYMOUTH, New Zealand — Families and friends of 29 men trapped in a coal mine on New Zealand’s West Coast are pushing for the start of a rescue operation three days after an explosion at the pit. Rescue teams late were waiting for air quality to improve enough to enter the Pike River Coal Co. mine about 30 miles north of Greymouth on the nation’s South Island. No contact has been made with the men since an explosion cut communications at around 3:50 p.m. local time Nov. 19. “The longer they are there, what are their chances?” said Shayne Gregg, proprietor of the Ikamatua Hotel. “Everyone sort of knows it’s not going to be good.” Thoughts have turned to a blast at the Strongman coal mine, also near Greymouth, in 1967 that killed 19 men. In 1896 an explosion at a mine near the town of Brunner killed 65.

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instruments that were mistakenly cleaned with hydraulic elevator fluid to operate on their patients. During the fall of that year, an Automatic Elevator Co. employee had drained hydraulic fluid from a Duke Raleigh elevator into empty buckets labeled as detergent for surgical instruments. Employees from Cardinal Health 200, Inc. took the containers and transported them back for use as cleaning fluid at Duke Raleigh, as well as Durham Regional, Duke Hospital and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. However, Duke Raleigh and Durham Regional were the only ones to use the fluid. After the mistake was recognized following complaints from doctors and nurses of greasy instruments, Duke conducted studies to determine how toxic the instruments were and if patients developed any new health problems as a result of the exposure. From these studies, Duke claims that little to no harm was done to the patients. According to the toxicology report, after standard sterilization routines only traces of hydraulic fluid remained on the tools before surgeries were conducted. Of the 3,648 exposed to the fluid, numerous patients claimed to have suffered health problems with multiple lawsuits following. Patients have alleged that Duke concealed and misrepresented information that would have ultimately helped them receive care for the health problems they suffered as a result of the exposure. Patients have also claimed that Duke attempted to cover up the incident by not reporting it and by destroying evidence. The new lawsuit asserts that at least 1,000 patients tracked during the study had not been exposed to the fluid, thus potentially down-playing the negative side effects of exposure. They patients also claim that some of the instruments provided by Duke for the toxicology tests were clean, including some dated before the elevator fluid mixup, skewing the results to show less contamination. The lawsuit involving these patients is one of several against DUHS, with some cases settling without trial. Doug Stokke, assistant vice president of communications for DUHS, said he could not comment on active litigation.

largely up for grabs in each midterm. The panel agreed that it is unsurprising that the Democrats, as the party in power, lost big at the polls. Still, Harris believes that President Barack Obama fundamentally misread the American electorate in pushing an aggressive domestic agenda in a recession. Obama, he argued, incorrectly interpreted the 2008 election results as a sign that the ideological center of the country had shifted to the degree that his “unique personality” John King could transcend the “freak show.” This panel was invited to the University for the Zeidman Colloquium, a seminar dedicated to examining the interaction of politics and press. The colloquium was established in honor of John Zeidman, a politically-active Duke student who died of encephalitis in China in 1982. The afternoon’s discussion was moderated by Phil Bennett, the Eugene C. Patterson professor of the practice of journalism and public policy. Facing questions from both Bennett John Harris and the audience, the panel heavily criticized the media for giving in to incentives that increase profit but undermine journalistic integrity and quality. “[It’s] publicity and money,” Harris said, noting that extremism—within both the media and the political system—is too often rewarded with both. He cited Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during Obama’s speech to Congress outlining the health care reform bill—in which Wilson interrupted the president by shouting, “You lie!”—as a prime example of the power of these Sunshine Hillygus toxic incentives. Before the incident, Wilson was a little-known congressman from South Carolina. Afterward, he gained international media attention and his campaign coffers swelled with donations from in-

dignant conservatives across the country. The media too, Harris said, stands to gain revenue by playing up such outrageous, eye-catching content. As the sole academic on the panel, Hillygus relayed some of her own work analyzing the influence of money in an election that saw unprecedented levels of outside campaign contributions. Although many feared that the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission—which held that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in elections—would fundamentally alter the election landscape, Hillygus tempered those assertions. “The spending by outside groups was fairly even between the two parties and [the majority of the money] was spent in races that were already saturated,” she said. “It is unlikely that [the money] had a tremendous influence.”

“There’s a great volatility in the American electorate right now... I would not pour any cement — there’s a restiveness in the country.” —John King, CNN chief national correspondent Instead, Hillygus said, the primary indicators in predicting the results of midterm elections continue to be the state of the economy, the president’s approval rating and the number of seats held by the majority. Looking forward to 2012, the panel agreed that Obama’s chances of re-election hinge more on the health of the economy than any other factor. The discussion took place in Sanford’s Fleishman Commons, which was packed with both professors and students. “I thought it was interesting seeing three people from three different backgrounds and their different takes,” sophomore Jordan Leonard said. “They get their information from different sources, so it was interesting to hear what they agreed on.”

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bistro from page 1 half of the Devil’s Bistro’s customers, the Bistro still aims to attract more students who do not live on Central, Wulforst said. Central residents comprise 35 percent of the eatery’s customers and East Campus students make up the rest, Wulforst said. Brian Fried, a sophomore and Central resident, said many students on West still do not know that the Bistro exists, and even if they do, they are not eager to make the commute. In addition, Central residents leave to study at the library or meet with friends on West for meals, he added. Fried said he has always had a good experience at the Bistro, adding that unlike many other eateries on West, it has a restaurant feel where students can actually sit down and have a nice dinner. “I like the Bistro a lot, it offers delicious food and a great atmosphere where I would go there for a date or with a group of friends,” Fried said. In attempt to reach out to upperclassmen on West and freshmen on East, the Devil’s Bistro will add more programming for the Spring, Wulforst said, in-

cluding live music at least twice a month, wine and food tastings and cooking demonstrations. He added that he hopes more students will come to Central even though parking and transportation are not easy. Senior Tina Siadak, a member of Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee responsible for the Bistro, said cooking demonstrations would be a great idea, since students with kitchen access would be interested, adding that it would be difficult to guarantee a large audience for live bands and DJs. Devil’s Bistro has also been working with Duke University Union to schedule student bands at the Bistro, Bon Appétit Marketing Manager Sarah McGowan wrote in an e-mail. The Bistro will host its first karaoke night Dec. 3, which McGowan said she hopes will become a staple event. Siadak noted the Bistro aims to be recognized as of a social destination, as well as a sit-down restaurant. “Our ultimate goal is to make [Devil’s Bistro] a Duke community space as opposed to opening to the general public,” Wulforst said. “We want to cater the students of Duke.”

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Students celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pauli Murray Friday on Main West Quadrangle, painting a mural of the Durham native in honor of her life as a lawyer, poet and civil rights activist.

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Duke dominated Colgate in all aspects of the game Friday night, outrebounding and outshooting the Raiders en route to the 52-point win. Guards Nolan Smith and Kyrie Irving each tallied nine assists in the game.

Ryan Kelly earns his starting nod by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

Ryan Kelly wasted no time making his presence felt on both ends of the court Friday night. Within the first 20 seconds of Duke’s contest against Colgate, Kelly had already converted an alley-oop dunk from freshman Kyrie Irving and drawn a charge on the Raiders’ Yaw Gyawu. The Blue Devils’ 110-58 drubbing of Colgate marked Kelly’s second career start, as well as a breakout Game performance from the Analysis sophomore. “I just knew that I had to bring energy from the start,” Kelly said. “I knew that if I brought energy to the team, good things would happen, and they did tonight.” Kelly’s stat line showed his impressive effort. He matched his career highs with nine points, five rebounds and two steals. He added two blocks and shot a career-best 3-of-4 from the field. But the box score didn’t completely demonstrate Kelly’s impact. He also played physical defense while limiting his fouls in a game in which both Plumlee brothers fouled out. “Ryan has just played well,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Defensively, in the second half, he made a couple of key plays. He had that steal, and then he protected the ball really well going down the court. When he’s dribbling the ball, it’s not necessarily a fast break, but it was a well-protected break.” In addition to his gritty defensive play,

Kelly also brings a different style of offense than Duke’s other big men. The Blue Devils are stocked with enough sharpshooters that Kelly—who won the McDonald’s All-American 3-Point Shootout as a high school senior—won’t ever be the first option if the team needs a three. But his 3-pointer in the second half gave him one in each game so far this season, and Duke’s opponents will See analysis on page 8

Guards rack up assists in victory by Stuart Price THE CHRONICLE

Friday night, the Blue Devils dominated Colgate in all aspects of the game. Twelve turnovers to the Raiders’ 26. Thirty-four made field goals to Colgate’s 21. And, most importantly, 110 points to the opponent’s 58. But what impressed head coach Mike Krzyzewski most about the blowout was not the lopsided final score—it was his team’s unselfish play, evidenced by

Duke’s 24 assists. Kyrie Irving and fellow guard Nolan Smith, who had more assists combined than the entire Colgate team, continuously pushed the tempo for the Blue Devils in their new fast-paced offense. Throughout the game, the duo knifed through the Raiders’ transition defense, finding both open perimeter shooters and big men crashing the basket. “I know we don’t have selfish guys,” Krzyzewski said. “If a team can learn to really like the pass, it’s still I think the most beautiful part of our game—the connecting passes. You know people like the dunk and the 3-point shot, and I do too if they’re ours, but I really like connecting passes.” These “connecting passes” facilitated a very balanced attack for Duke. Senior forward Kyle Singler led the No. 1 Blue Devils (3-0)with 18 points, despite a poor 5-of-16 shooting performance, but seven other players scored nine or more points. Colgate head coach Emmett Davis, with an undersized roster featuring only one player over 6-foot-5 averaging more than 20 minutes per game, was forced to sacrifice his transition defense in order to have more players attacking the offensive glass. Even when Duke settled for halfcourt play, however, the Raiders’ 2-3 zone defense struggled to close out on the Blue Devils’ shooters. “We just have more weapons, and once we started hitting 3’s, the points just kind of go up there real quick, and we’re sharing the ball,” Krzyzewski said. “For our two starting guards,

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Ryan Kelly turned in one of his best performances as a Blue Devil, scoring nine points and grabbing five boards.

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20 DUKE G.T. 30 Mistakes sting Blue Devils in Atlanta by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

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TOP: Sean Renfree threw for 334 yards on 30-of-41 passing Saturday, and he hit Austin Kelly in the fourth quarter for a 37-yard touchdown; BOTTOM: Cooper Helfet was Duke’s leading receiver, picking up 92 yards.

ATLANTA — Saturday afternoon’s game against Georgia Tech was the Blue Devils’ to lose. And they did, falling 30-20 at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Duke (3-8, 1-6 in the ACC) came out strong in the first half with stellar defense and a relatively successful offense, managing one touchdown and two field goals after the Yellow Jackets (6-5, 4-4) took off with an early 3-0 lead. The two teams left the field at halftime with Duke leading Georgia Tech 13-6. Coming back onto the field after the break, the Blue Devils’ offense looked promising, managing three impressive third-down conversions that brought Duke again into the red zone with eight minutes left in the third quarter. But then, much like in the previous week against Boston College, once inside the 20-yard line, the offense fell apart. Head coach David Cutcliffe MORE went with freshONLINE man Brandon Freshman linebacker Connette under center in the red Kelby Brown will undergo surgery on his zone, even after a subpar showing knee. the game before. sports.chronicleblogs. After a failed recom verse from wide receiver Donovan Varner at Georgia Tech’s 14-yard line resulted in the Blue Devils losing six yards, Connette went to the air. He couldn’t find his target, and cornerback Mario Butler picked it off, rushing 85 yards for a touchdown that gave the Yellow Jackets the lead—and the game’s momentum. “We’re not going to second-guess ourselves when we’ve got a guy open, and we’re going to look at the tapes and see what’s wrong. But I’m sure we could’ve executed better,” Cutcliffe said. “That’s on me, that was the one I was pushing on us to run because they were pressuring, and I thought we had a layup pass out there.” With that touchdown, Georgia Tech rallied back, scoring two touchdowns on the team’s next three offensive drives. The second score came through the air, as the Yellow Jackets exploited the Blue Devils’ lack of size in the secondary. “A lot of games are decided in the fourth quarter… and we just need to find the next level to finish this game because that’s two weeks in a row,” Cutcliffe said. “They really didn’t stop us offensively, we stopped ourselves.” Duke’s last scoring drive came just over two minutes into the fourth quarter on a 37-yard touchdown pass to senior Austin Kelly from sophomore quarterback Sean Renfree. The Blue Devils were presented with multiple opportunities to take the lead later in the fourth quarter but failed to capitalize by throwing incomplete passes and missing two field goals. With 10 minutes left in the game, Connette again came in for Renfree at Georgia Tech’s 16-yard line on third down. The quarterback draw resulted in a nogain, and the Blue Devils decided to go for a 34-yard field goal. Although usually incredibly consistent, Will Snyderwine missed the game-tying

field goal with nine minutes left to play, snapping his streak of 18 consecutive made field goals. Georgia Tech made little progress on the following series until a long pass on third down from its own 21-yard line led to a 79-yard touchdown score for wideout Stephen Hill to extend the lead to 30-20. “We drove the ball really well there [in the second half] at certain points, but not See football on page 5

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One week after throwing for 285 yards and no picks, Renfree goes for 334 yards and no interceptions against Georgia Tech.

320 TECH ROLLS Duke’s porous run defense was exposed by the Yellow Jackets, who rushed for 320 total yards on an average of 5.2 yards per carry.

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Blue Devils can’t pull off upset in Sweet 16 by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

After stunning national powerhouse Florida in penalty kicks in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Nov. 14, a weary Duke team flew across the country to take on Big 12 champion Oklahoma State, hoping to upset yet another conference winner on its home turf. The Blue Devils may have been feeling the wear DUKE 0 and tear of the few weeks, OK ST 2 past however, and fell to the Cowgirls 2-0 Friday in Stillwater, Okla. In front of almost 2,000 fans at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex, No. 6 Oklahoma State (20-3-2) extended Duke’s scoreless streak in the Tournament to 218 consecutive minutes. The Cowgirls’ strong defending and opportunistic offense were enough to earn a spot in the Elite Eight for the first time in program history. Despite the loss, the Blue Devils’ late season charge into the Sweet 16 may be a sign of success to come for head coach Robbie Church’s young squad. “I’m very, very proud of this team,” Church said. “I think we got some valuable experience in this Tournament for next year, and we’ve got to get better.” Duke (11-8-4) started the game looking dangerous on offense and nearly broke through thanks to the creative runs made

by freshman winger Gilda Doria. The Blue Devils took advantage of their extra midfielder in the 4-4-2 formation and stretched the Cowgirl defense, but couldn’t capitalize on their chances in front of Oklahoma State goalkeeper Adrianna Franch. The Cowgirls regrouped defensively after the early Duke surge and quickly took advantage of their superior size and strength to disrupt the Blue Devils’ rhythm on the ball. “They were bigger and stronger than us, clearly,” Church said, “and that’s part of being a younger team.” With Duke’s offense unable to sustain possession, the Cowgirls were able to pressure the Blue Devil back line and had numerous opportunities go begging. Striker Kyndall Treadwell fired a shot off the crossbar just minutes in, and Oklahoma State’s leading scorer Krista Lopez blasted a ball just over the woodwork in the 26th minute. The Cowgirls finally converted in the 37th minute when sophomore forward Megan Marchesano punished a Duke slip-up and delivered a clinical strike past a helpless Tara Campbell. Marchesano received the ball just outside the penalty area from Lopez with Blue Devil center back Ashley Rape covering, but Rape lost her footing and was unable to block the shot, which Marchesano rocketed into the top right Chelsea Pieroni/Chronicle file photo

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Duke falls in heartbreaker to South Carolina Finley sits game out again by Steven Slywka THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils’ NCAA Tournament run ended in heartbreaking fashion as they fell 1-0 in overtime against South Carolina Sunday in Columbia, S.C. With just 59 seconds remaining in the first period of extra time, freshman Bradlee Baladez scored a sudden-death goal to send the Gamecocks into the Sweet 16 and put an end to Duke’s season. In the overtime, South Carolina’s J.P. Rafferty played a ball down the right flank to Stephen Morrissey. Morrissey crossed the ball in the box, finding Baladez, who fired a shot from six yards out past a divDUKE 0 ing James Belshaw. “It’s easy to look back,” 1 USC Belshaw said. “Just some lapses in concentration cost us, but credit to South Carolina, they made hard runs and put the ball in the back of the net.” This was the second game the Blue Devils were without leading scorer Ryan Finley, who was suspended from the team indefinitely for disciplinary reasons before the Tournament began. Cole Grossman—who usually plays in the midfield—replaced him up top, but the senior captain couldn’t replicate his success against Coastal Carolina in the first round, when he scored two goals. Despite Finley’s absence, Duke had numerous scoring chances, but was unable to capitalize. In the 14th minute, Chris Tweed-Kent rifled a shot off the post. His brother Daniel Tweed-Kent collected the rebound but was stopped on the goal line by Gamecock keeper Jimmy Maurer. In the closing minutes of regulation, Chris Tweed-Kent crossed a ball in from the right, but Grossman’s header sailed narrowly over the crossbar. Blake Brettschneider, Conference USA’s player of the year, created most of the Gamecocks’ scoring chances. In the 70th minute, the senior got behind the Blue Devils’ back line and caught Belshaw in no-man’s land, but he couldn’t find the target as his shot missed just wide. In the 79th minute, Belshaw was able to tip Brettschneider’s free kick harmlessly over the bar. Regulation was marred by the physicality of both teams. The constant stoppage of play caused by the 50 total fouls and eight bookings disrupted the rhythm of

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Nick Sih is one of six players whose collegiate careers ended Sunday afternoon after Duke fell to South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament. both teams. “They’re a big, strong, physical team,” Grossman said. “I thought we battled really hard. There were a lot of yellow cards, maybe some that weren’t deserved, but a pretty evenly physical game. Both teams played hard.” The game opened up in overtime. The increased pace of the game led to scoring opportunities for both teams, but both keepers made spectacular saves to keep the game scoreless. In the first minute of overtime, Grossman found himself alone in the box, but Maurer made a diving save to deflect the ball wide right. Then, Baladez got a breakaway in the 95th minute, but Belshaw charged and forced his shot wide. However,

it was ultimately Belshaw who cracked first, as Baladez broke the tie with his strike in the 100th minute to send South Carolina to the next round. The loss officially ended the Duke careers of Grossman, Nick Sih, Matthew Thomas, Devon Bostock, Nick Tsipis and Austin McDaniel. “You’re playing for all the marbles here,” head coach John Kerr said. “It’s playoffs so it’s going to be physical. We’re trying to win the game, and we know that the first goal is crucial, so everyone’s getting after it. I thought both teams did their best, and we wish good luck to South Carolina going forward.... We played a tough game and unfortunately, we came out on the wrong end of the result.”

FOOTBALL from page 3 converting on third downs, that’s huge,” said Renfree, who completed 30-of-41 passes for 334 yards and a touchdown. “Again not being able to convert in the red zone, that hurt us.” The Blue Devils finished 5-for-13 on third-down conversions and failed to score a touchdown in their three trips into the red zone. And though the Blue Devils had 22 first downs and gained 443 yards, they were unable to come

“They really didn’t stop us offensively, we stopped ourselves.” — David Cutcliffe

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Head coach David Cutcliffe said Duke was not stopped offensively by the Yellow Jackets; instead, mistakes were to blame for the loss in Atlanta.

through when it mattered, failing to convert on important plays deep in Georgia Tech territory. The Duke defense, on the other hand, held strong the entire game, doing an effective job of containing the triple-option offense and preventing the Yellow Jackets from capitalizing on third downs. Even when Georgia Tech had the momentum swinging its way, the Blue Devils were able to force multiple fumbles and only fell short on a few pass plays because of their small size. “It’s been a lot of off-season time, and this is going to be ongoing, with Georgia Tech in our division and in our league, and we’ve had two games against Navy and Army in the last two years,” Cutcliffe said about Duke’s success defending the option. “We have a good system, our players understand it, and they’ve done a nice job of executing. What we need is more numbers to deal with, and we’re asking a lot of our defensive front. As we grow our depth, that’s going to help us even more.”

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With 14:28 left in the second half, Jasmine Thomas stole the ball at halfcourt, ran down the court and nonchalantly put it away for an easy fast-break layup. The moment embodied the Blue Devils’ success Sunday afternoon, as they repeatedly turned Western Kentucky turnovers into easy baskets on their way to an 82-55 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Hilltoppers finished the day DUKE 82 with 33 turnovers which Duke converted into 28 points, almost equiva55 lent to the team’s margin of victory. WK “Duke’s defensive pressure is something that everybody knows about,” Hilltopper head coach Mary Taylor Cowles said. “I think that it’s something they feed really well off of—it’s a very prime part of their game.” For the Blue Devils (4-0), their defense is just one aspect of the team’s game that is improving at the start of the season. As a team, Duke had 23 assists and 17 steals, both of which are season highs. In addition, the Blue Devils went 30-of-59 from the field, shooting above 50 percent for the second consecutive game. “I am very happy with 23 assists and trying to grow that number,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “I think we’ve got an excellent passing team, and I just think for us to be at the elite level, we should be in that range.” The Blue Devils initially struggled to break the game open for much of the first half as the Hilltoppers (2-3) were able to keep the game within 10 points for most of the opening period. But towards the end of the first half, Duke kicked up the defensive pressure and Western Kentucky had no answer, finishing the half with an astonishing 19 turnovers. Thomas set the aggressive tone for the Blue Devils, leading all players with 11 points and three steals in the first half. Freshman guard Chelsea Gray, who has seen limited action early in the season due to a nagging foot injury, added five first-half points, knocking down a layup and then a three on back-to-back possessions. The second half picked up right where the first one ended for Duke. The team came out with three quick steals as Western Kentucky continued its poor ball control.

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Senior Jasmine Thomas turned in another quality performance, notching 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, along with four steals and four assists. The real story of the second half, however, was the breakout performance from freshmen Haley Peters, who led all scorers with 17 points. She was efficient from the field, going 8-of-11, and she displayed her offensive versatility by scoring both under the basket and behind the arc. “She had an excellent game—I thought she was very aggressive,” McCallie said. “I think she gets better every time she hits the floor.” The freshmen were on the court for much of the second half because the comfortable lead allowed McCallie to rest the seniors. Richa Jackson scored seven points and grabbed seven boards in her 18 minutes of action while Chloé Wells had three steals.

There were also many crowd-pleasing moments throughout the game. Junior guard Shay Selby was at the center of many of them, diving into the crowd twice for loose balls. She also left fans agape after she dished a beautiful no-look pass to Peters under the basket. Ultimately, the win leaves the Blue Devils with a strong beginning of the season as they head into their first extended road trip, beginning Wednesday at Pittsburgh. For now, though, Duke is pleased with the versatility it displayed through the first four games. “We have so many people who can create different passes,” senior center Krystal Thomas said. “We’re all trying to work on the different elements of our game [and] trying to find each other.”

w. soccer from page 4 corner of the goal to make it 1-0. “It seems like every year you have one area that you’re concerned with,” Church said. “We’ve given up a number of goals from the top of the box…. Give [Marchesano] credit too, she hammered it.” Oklahoma State doubled its advantage in the 62nd minute with another brilliant play that left Campbell

“They were bigger and stronger than us, clearly... and that’s part of being a younger team.” — Robbie Church

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Duke returns a solid group for the next season, including Mollie Pathman, Laura Weinberg, Tara Campbell and Kaitlyn Kerr [pictured].

unable to make a save. The Cowgirls’ midfielder Kristen Kelley’s cross into the box found the feet of Lopez just six yards out, and the forward made no mistakes with the finish, easily slipping it by the Duke goalkeeper to give Oklahoma State a two-goal advantage with just a half hour left in the game. The Blue Devils made tactical changes down the stretch to try to mount a comeback, but the Cowgirls’ defense held strong in the waning minutes despite Duke’s best efforts. Despite the loss, the berth in the Sweet 16 is the Blue Devils’ third in the past four years, and the majority of a youthful Duke lineup will be returning next year with the benefit of a deep Tournament run already under its belt. “It’s going to be very competitive next year, it’s exciting where we are and the direction [of the program],” Church said.

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Senior Claire Smalzer, who has the third-most digs in Duke history, won at her final homestand at the school.

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Going into its final homestand of the season, Duke needed two wins to capture the ACC championship outright. The Blue Devils (24-5, 16-3 in the DUKE 3 ACC) got them in convincing fash0 UVA ion, clinching the with backDUKE 3 title to-back wins Fri1 V.T. day and Saturday against Virginia Tech (18-11, 9-10) and Virginia (14-15, 8-11). On Friday, excitement flowed through the air as a rowdy crowd, partly consisting of Duke Basketball fans given the chance to leave the walk-up line, filled the seats, knowing that a win would guarantee the team at least a share of the ACC title. The match on Friday began with special player introductions of seniors Becci Burling and Claire Smalzer—both of whom reached milestones this season. Burling, a middle blocker who recorded her 1,000th career kill against Miami, now ranks 18th all-time in Duke history. Smalzer recorded 14 digs in both Friday and Saturday’s matches, moving the outside hitter into third all-time in school history. “I’m extremely proud of both of these girls,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We have had some very special players come through his gym and since 1999, we have always had an outstanding team, so for them to achieve all that they have means a lot, and it is something they can hold on to forever.” The match against Virginia Tech began and ended well for the Blue Devils as they beat the Hokies in four games. In games one and two, the Blue Devils’ defense, led by libero Ali McCurdy, domi-

nated play and held Virginia Tech to a .130 hitting percentage. But the Hokies began to dictate play in game three of the match. Justine Record, an outside hitter, recorded 10 of her 19 kills in this set and led her team to a .357 hitting percentage for the set and a 25-20 win. “She is an outstanding athlete and is playing very well for them,” Nagel said. “Her fast arm swing and high vertical threw off our timing for the block, and she was able to take advantage of it. But we made some adjustments after game three that seemed to work and put her out of her element.” It wasn’t until the closing points of game four that the momentum began to shift back into Duke’s favor. Again, it was Record that kept Duke on its heels as she hit two big aces to put Virginia Tech ahead 2319. But the Blue Devils went on a 6-0 run to close the match, the last five points served by defensive specialist Nailah Waterfield. “After game two, I think [Virginia Tech] felt a sense of urgency to come back at us strong,” said junior middle blocker Amanda Robertson, who led Duke in hitting percentage Friday. “But we came back strong and ended the match in a great run.” The momentum that the Blue Devils had at the end of Friday’s match carried straight to the conclusion of Saturday’s match against Virginia. Again led by its defense, Duke recorded 61 total digs—22 from McCurdy— and held Virginia to a hitting percentage of .088 to win the match in straight sets and clinch the ACC championship as well as a berth in the NCAA Tournament. “We are still expecting big things from this team,” Nagel said. “This championship is something that no one can take away from this team, but it’s going to be exciting to see how far we can go once the Tournament begins.”

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Before Miles Plumlee fouled out in only 24 minutes of play, the junior scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.

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The Blue Devils set the tone for the game from the very beginning. After Duke wins the tip, Kyrie Irving finds Ryan Kelly for a thunderous alley-oop slam.

13:57 LEFT IN 1ST HALF DUKE 21, COLGATE 10

ANALYSIS from page 2 eventually need to start accounting for his shooting in their defensive schemes. That should open up driving lanes for guards and room in the post for other big men. Still, Kelly doesn’t hold any illusions that his future will be anywhere other than the block. He attributes much of his improvement—and corresponding increase

No. 1 Duke 110, Colgate 58 Colgate (0-3) No. 1 Duke (3-0) Colgate min fg 3-pt ft r a Rolls 23 0-8 0-2 2-2 2 3 Venezia 31 3-10 2-5 0-0 1 1 Melville 15 2-3 0-0 2-3 4 1 Brandenburg 16 0-4 0-0 3-4 4 0 Gyawu 28 4-14 1-1 0-0 6 2 Pascale 15 3-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 Hoban 15 3-7 0-2 1-1 5 1 Johnson 19 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 Moore 20 1-5 0-3 4-5 3 1 Bogdanovic 17 0-4 0-1 2-2 8 0 James 5 1-3 0-0 0-1 0 0 TEAM 5 Totals 200 18-64 5-19 13-21 36 6 Blocks — Pearson (2), Ward (2), Janiszewski, Troupe FG % — 1st Half: 24.2, 2nd Half: 32.3, Game: 28.1

to get 18 assists in a game like this is really very, very good.” Leading the 3-point attack for Duke was sophomore guard Andre Dawkins. The shooting guard scored 16 points on 3-of-5 3-point shooting and added three steals off the bench. He showed off how far his game has progressed in a short amount of time. With Duke leading 14-8 with 15:02 remaining in the first half, Dawkins stole the ball off a Colgate (0-3) inbounds pass, stormed toward the basket and threw down a thunderous slam. A minute later, the reserve guard swished a 3-point shot, pushing the Blue Devils’ lead to 21-10. The Raiders’ Davis was immediately forced to call a timeout. “We feel like we’re one of the better perimeters in the country,” Dawkins said. “Each guy coming off the bench, we don’t look at ourselves as bench players. We’re just basketball players. We come in and we know that we have to keep the energy level and level of play up.” Although Duke’s offensive attack has averaged 95 points through the team’s first three games, the Blue Devils’ defense has been arguably more impressive. Against Colgate, Duke held the Raiders to 30.9-percent shooting and forced 26 turnovers. While the Blue Devils at times used a 2-3 zone, they continued to lean primarily on their highpressure, man-to-man defense and collected 13 steals. “Our pace has been fast,” Singler said. “I think that is the main thing that has been wearing teams down. Our pace, our defense, our pressure. Kyrie does a great job of pressuring the ball and pushing the ball.” After facing three overmatched opponents, Duke’s schedule gets considerably tougher. The Blue Devils face Marquette at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo. Then on Tuesday, they will face either No. 3 Kansas State or No. 11 Gonzaga. “Not disregarding the other teams we played, but now we’re getting into the meat and the heart of the season,” Singler said. “This is when it kind of starts picking up. When you’ve got to pay attention to more detail about teams. It’s going to just put us in a better position.” Despite the increased level of competition, Krzyzewski stressed that his focus early in the season remains on the improvement and maturation of his team. “[We] head off to Kansas City where we will play two real tough opponents,” Krzyzewski said. “We are just trying to get better. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we are working. We’re working hard.”

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in playing time—to the muscle he added over the summer, which he believes has made him better able to play through contact under the basket. His ability to play both in the paint and further away means that Kelly should see playing time in games against strong opponents, which he didn’t get to do much last year. “Defensively and rebounding [gaining weight] helped a lot,” Kelly said. “To be able to take the banging of the bigger bodies has really made a difference.” Although Krzyzewski has been adamant that his starting lineup isn’t set, it seems like the willingness and ability to play defense always plays a crucial role in how much playing time Duke players

receive. Especially given that Miles Plumlee—who Kelly first replaced in the starting lineup against Miami of Ohio—has struggled with foul trouble as of late, it will be difficult to keep Kelly out of the starting lineup against the major conference opponents that loom on the Blue Devils’ schedule. Kelly, though, isn’t concerning himself with playing time. “I’ll do whatever coach asks of me, if it’s in the starting lineup or if it’s coming off the bench,” Kelly said. “I know that I’m going to have an important role on this team, and whatever Coach asks me to do, I’ll do it.” After Kelly’s solid performance Friday, he will likely have plenty more opportunities to contribute.

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With 15:02 left in the first half, Andre Dawkins steals the ball off an inbounds pass and puts it down for a slam dunk. Just one minute later, he hits a 3-pointer that pushes the Blue Devils’ lead to 11.

13:58 LEFT IN SECOND HALF DUKE 71, COLGATE 32

With the game already in the bag, Seth Curry hits a 3-pointer that sends Cameron into a tizzy. The shot capped a 24-3 Duke run.

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s a Democrat whose politics are undeni- the Brookings Institution wrote that unelected ably liberal on social issues, I lamented the regulators will decide “almost everything” about outcome of the midterm elections. But as how the organization works. an entrepreneur with two software start-ups unThis is highly dangerous to innovation, der my belt, I couldn’t help but celebrate—and which depends on clear and transparent rules. more than a little. As the fall campaigns wore on, The more complexity, the more incumbents I had found myself listening closely to the tea are favored. They have the capital to participarty, nursing the hope that its pate in complicated regulatory message would push both major proceedings. They can hire highparties to change the way they morris panner priced lobbyists to present facts in do business. a light most favorable to them. The To understand my motiva- the washington post more incumbents are favored, the tion, pick up the November harder it is for new companies to issue of Washingtonian magazine. The annual gain traction. Salary Survey notes on page 81 that top trade For a preview of what a complex regulatory association leaders (industry lobbyists) make process looks like, consider our tax system. multimillion-dollar salaries to “keep tabs on The World Bank ranks the United States 62nd what the federal government was doing or in the world in terms of how easy it is to pay might do.” taxes—and with a 16,000-page tax code, this These outsize earnings are symptomatic of a is no surprise. In 2009 and 2010, Capital Tax disease that is slowly killing the American econ- Partners, a leading lobbyist representing Goldomy. We are creating so much regulation—over man Sachs, Apple and others, earned about tax policy, health care, financial activity—that $20 million in fees, according to the Center for smart people have figured out that they can get Responsive Politics. rich faster and more easily by manipulating rules So, what is to be done? on behalf of existing corporations than by creatFrom an entrepreneur’s perspective, we need ing net new activity and wealth. Gamesmanship a national campaign to create transparency in pays better than entrepreneurship. our legislation and a national moratorium on the It is always hard to start a business. It is espe- creation of commissions, regulators and czars. It cially hard to start an innovative business, one that is time for Congress to do the hard job of saying will foster a new technology or business method. what lawmakers mean in clear and easy-to-underIncumbent players in a market have an inherent stand language. advantage: Momentum counts for a lot, and it It is also fair to hold our leaders to a standard takes tremendous effort to get customers comfort- of transparency. We should reject bills that are able with a new product—or even to hear about it thousands of pages or that delegate vast authority in the first place. to unelected regulators. Given the difficulty of starting a company Entrepreneurs are in an unusual situation. from scratch, and how economic activity is gener- We are staunchly pro-business, believing that ated today, you can start to see why, if you were a new ideas properly implemented can change the rational market actor, you would be trying to get world. a piece of the government action. Yet we are hardly represented by the busiThe combined expenditures of federal, state ness lobbying interests in Washington. Like and local government are rapidly taking over our most Americans, I recoil at the fact that the economy. At the beginning of President Barack man who runs the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Obama’s term, government spending made up earns about $3.9 million a year. He doesn’t rep35 percent of gross domestic product. Now, it is resent me. up to almost 45 percent, which puts us seventh The next two years will be a critical time to see among advanced economies. whether all the promises of a more transparent And the Obama administration’s new regula- America are realized. If not, maybe it is time to tory initiatives make this considerably worse in create an entrepreneurs party, where wealth and subtle ways. value creation are prized above rule manipulation The two largest pieces of legislation enacted and influence peddling. in the past two years—health care and financial reform—are very vague. Take the new ConsumThe writer is chief executive of TownFlier, a software er Financial Protection Bureau. It has a broad company dedicated to improving digital communication mandate to protect us from financial abuse, but and collaboration. This column originally ran in The when it comes to the actual implementation, Washington Post.

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Gossip broetry: a valediction forbidding Lokos

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t was denial, at first. Then anger. Then fear. Fear that at any moment it might cost me as much as $10 to get drunk, instead of the usual $5.40 that could once buy me eight Lokos at BP in a simpler, freer time. It was fear of the uncertain future, fear of the “what next?” Could they ban fun and merriment of any kind? Could they ban Christmas? Halloween? The Superbowl? Sure, I had sufficient business acumen and knowledge monday, monday enough of the political system to foresee the effective ban on gossip bro Four Lokos, and yes, I’ll make exorbitant profits when I sell my 30-case stockpile for five dollars a Loko on LDOC—but that isn’t the point, is it? The point is that there is something very wrong with this world that we’re living in, and in my abject disconsolation I turned to the great poetry of the past to help me make sense of things. In my seemingly endless perusal of the renowned anthologies, I came across two poems in particular whose beautiful language and topical relevance truly spoke to me. The first piece was a poetic statement made after the HoLokoaust of 2010, which was the systematic execution of millions of Lokos across the country. It appears in its original text below: First They Came… First they came for clove cigarettes, and I didn’t speak up because I didn’t roll spliffs and I wasn’t a major stockholder in HM Sampoerna Tobacco (on the books, at least). Then they came for indoor smoking, and I didn’t speak up because Shooters II let me do it anyway. Then they came for Tailgate, and I didn’t speak up because I, like many of you, did not believe that people with degrees in education could actually have the authority to tell me what to do. Then they came for Four Lokos, and I didn’t speak up because I was wayyy too Loko. Then they came for me. And I was standing 50 feet away from the nearest building smoking mentholated cigarettes and drinking unflavored and decaffeinated malt liquor without wearing a costume on a Saturday morning before a football game, and no one was left to speak up for me. The next poem is a sonnet that is inscribed at the base of Fratue of Inebriety as a shining welcome to all those fun drinks that have been cast out and vilified by society. It appears in its original text below: The New Brolossus A lot like the hazing frat brother of greek fame, With sleeveless limbs cast wide and beer in hand; Here at our pre-sloshed, Tailgates shall stand A mighty sister with a drink, whose can Is the imprisoned blackout, and her name Four Loko. From her 23.5 oz-can Glows campus-wide welcome; her bloodshot eyes command The Quikshop-fridged stupor for which 2 dollars pay. “Keep, Family Fare, your Queernoff Ice!” cries she With slurring lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled Lokos yearning for caffeine, The wretched refuse of your now-banned store. Send these, the drinks of the homeless, legality-lost to me, I lift my Loko beside the Shooters floor!” Rest in peace, Four Lokos. We hardly knew you. Look for Gossip Bro’s Four Loko Pop stand, coming soon to the Bryan Center Plaza!

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Harry Potter sucks

really dislike Harry Potter. Really, really. Such is the war of tastes in which we engage, and How much do I dislike this scrawny wizard-boy its seemingly petty battleground belies just how seriand his accompanying cast of tedious characters? ously we take it. So what if I judge your taste in books? Enough to declare it publicly. Enough to have gotten Pretension has been happening for centuries, claims into more than enough philosophiMark Greif in a recently published New cal scraps about J.K. Rowling’s darling York Times essay. “Taste is not stable and book series over the last few years. peaceful,” wrote Greif, “but a means Enough to write an entire colof strategy and competition.” His essay umn about it right after the release relates this tradition of social snobbery of the much-anticipated seventh to the phenomenon of the “hipster” laHarry Potter film? Maybe only half bel so casually tossed around by young of one. adults nowadays. My reasons for my Potter aversion The term “hipster” pokes fun at shining li are deep-seated and inexhaustible. the put-on pretensions associated with Some are levelheaded concerns, for taste—the “hipster” is someone who jusall too human instance: the substitution of litertifies his own sense of superiority with ary classics in young adult reading his finer sense in art, literature, music. lists by fun-but-insubstantial books. Others—the His arrogance is fed by his delusion of sophisticated majority, in fact—are pedantic and involve pointing taste. But stripped of his elitism, a hipster is the emout the clichés and adverbs of Rowling’s pedestrian peror who finally realizes the sad truth about his writing style. Imagine, perhaps, a general attack on “new clothes.” genre fiction. After all, fantasy novels are hardly real And yet, don’t we—as Darwinian creatures bent Literature. on securing a position on the social ladder, with our “But Harry Potter’s great,” a theoretical fan ob- own self-images at stake—need a basis of comparijects. “You’re just a snobby English major with a stick son by which to bolster ourselves? And if taste isn’t stuck up your literary—” a good enough rationalization of superiority, what “I’m not pretentious,” I counter. “I just have bet- is? Surely not race, gender, age, sexuality, nationality, ter taste.” economic status or any of the other categories we’re This is a non-argument, I know. In fact, the irony now too enlightened to mistake as indicative. of this statement serves only to further prove the acIt seems to me that these pretensions of taste are cusation to be correct. The accusation being: I’m a a twenty-first-century, first-world manner of channelliterary elitist. ing our innate aggression and competitive urges. We I more than fess up to this classification, if you must get a leg up and rationalize our own positions really insist on couching it in those terms. I find cer- in society. We’ve been cured of dangerous instincts tain types of fiction more compelling, more insight- and violent tactics. Now, inoculated of tribal warfare, ful and more illuminating than the page-turners de- racial subjugation and gratuitous disenfranchisesigned to be consumed overnight. ment, a little snobbery is relatively harmless. Don’t pretend you’re not judging too. When I Call me an elitist if you want. You can disagree say that I don’t like Harry Potter, Rowling fans ac- with my line of thought and conclude that I’ve miscuse me of a multitude of flaws: lack of imagination, appropriated Darwinism and butchered sociological dullness, complacency, blahblahblah. What kind of a concepts, or perhaps scoff at my overbroad generalmisanthrope doesn’t like magic spells and sorcery? izations. You can maintain that normal, well-adjusted So it goes: I judge you, you judge me. Literary people appreciate Harry Potter. taste and Harry Potter are only the tip of the proverGo ahead—everyone needs something to ridicule. bially huge chunk of ice floating in the ocean. Let’s And if my something is a gaggle of college students talk about clothing, or cars, or preferred drink at a dressed in wizard capes wielding plastic costumecoffee shop (or whether or not you’re the type to go shop wands at the midnight showing of a fantasy to coffee shops in the first place). Let’s talk about flick, then so be it. I stand by my literary elitism. In music, one of the most intellectually charged top- turn, you can judge my pretension. ics ever to face socially anxious college students. Try Let the mutual mockery continue. your hardest to like the right obscure bands without looking like you tried too hard—the state of your Shining Li is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every soul is at jeopardy here, you know. other Monday.

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Greek theater

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The Inter-Greek Council hosted its annual stroll show, in which chapters from all four greek councils on campus paired up to perform synchronized dance routines, in Page Auditorium Saturday.

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Four campus fraternities and sororities competed in a cook-off on Main West Quadrangle Saturday. The event, which featured raffles, food and a concert, benefited the Ronald McDonald House of Durham.

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a number of key papers he authored. In stepping down, Potti held himself accountable for the flawed research. “It has been a difficult time, as you might imagine,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Chronicle Friday. Potti did not answer specific questions regarding his resignation, though he said an e-mail Willard sent to IGSP staff “summarized things well.” “[Potti] accepted full responsibility for a series of anomalies in data handling, analysis and management that have come under scrutiny in the past months,” Willard wrote in the e-mail. Had Potti remained at Duke, he would have faced sanctions contingent on the outcome of the research misconduct investigation including removal from the tenure track, said Dr. Michael Cuffe, DUHS vice president for medical affairs. Willard, who was in contact with Potti as he drafted his letter of resignation, said the decision “wasn’t a real surprise.” “I think his sense was that he could make the situation a little clearer by taking responsibility for what had happened and allowing people to begin to focus on the future,” Willard told The Chronicle. “He came to a realization that he wasn’t going to be a part of that future. Once he reached that conclusion, then resigning was the obvious thing to do.” Potti’s resignation is not an admission of research misconduct, Willard noted, which would require that Potti made the errors intentionally or recklessly. Both the Institute of Medicine review of Potti’s work and the Duke research misconduct investigation will continue. Officials at IOM and Duke said the investigations will not be affected by Potti’s resignation. “We still have a lot of work to do as a university and as a medical center to bring this investigation around research misconduct and the other elements forward, whether he’s here or not,” Cuffe said. “Our focus is on the patients, it’s on the review of this foundational science and any retractions that are necessary.” Cuffe noted that some of the grants that supported Potti’s research may need to be repaid. Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said ACS is still investigating whether Potti fraudulently obtained a $729,000 grant from the society. The ACS has requested that Duke release information from its review of Potti’s credentials, which he allegedly embellished on applications for funding. On his application to ACS, Potti falsely claimed to be a Rhodes Scholar. Brawley said the University will not be prevented from receiving future funding from ACS assuming that it adequately resolves the issue. “If Duke behaves the way I expect Duke to behave, it will not affect our relationship,” he said. “But as I said before, it is really up to Duke to look into this and really make it right.” Sonia Havele contributed reporting.

their possible effect on the overall conclusions in this paper,” according to a Friday Duke Medicine news release. Nevins’s decision to withdraw the paper comes three years after outside researchers first raised questions about it. At the time, Potti and Nevins both defended their work. Nevins did not respond to a request for comment Friday. The paper, titled “Genomic signatures to guide the use of chemotherapeutics,” was published in the journal Nature Medicine in October 2006. The paper seemed to help answer long-standing questions in oncology concerning how doctors should choose cancer treatments for their patients. It has since been cited by 334 other articles, according to Google Scholar. Checking Potti’s work Huntington Willard, director of Duke’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, said he hopes the retraction of this influential paper will not impede progress in cancer genomics research. “My hope is that this will, in the fullness of time, be seen as a very modest setback, that the field will continue to thrive and move forward,” he said. “The concept behind the science is completely solid, and no one is really challenging that.” The retraction is the second Nevins has requested as he reviews Potti’s research. Nevins, Barbara Levine professor of breast cancer genomics and director of the Center for Applied Genomics and Technology, was Potti’s mentor at IGSP and is listed as a co-author on much of his research, including the Nature Medicine paper. Last week the Journal of Clinical Oncology retracted a paper based on Potti’s research at Nevins’s request. Willard said several researchers at IGSP are reviewing Potti’s work, but it is too soon to say whether other papers will need to be retracted. He said they are paying particular attention to papers whose conclusions have been disputed and to research related to ongoing experiments at IGSP. “We’ll go back as far as we have to and as deeply as we need to to get a good sense of what the state of the science really is,” he said. “If we find other papers that need to be retracted, then those will be retracted. If we find papers where everyone stands by the data, then we or others will make that clear.” “These trials should not have been done” The consequences of the first two retractions are already being felt.

Three clinical trials that were based on the retracted papers were terminated earlier this month. The trials were suspended in July, when allegations that Potti falsified portions of his resume led to scrutiny of his work. Dr. Michael Cuffe, Duke University Health System vice president for medical affairs, said he does not think patients in the trials were harmed because all received high quality cancer treatment. “In retrospect, these trials should not have been done,” he said. “Given that they were based on his science, I think that the best that we can say right now is that we’re thankful that the therapies were either standard of care, widely used or widely accepted.” Cuffe said the doctors responsible for the trials were instructed to inform patients about the research problems. He said he told the physicians to discuss other cancer treatments the patients might want to pursue. Digging deeper Some researchers had raised questions about the Nature Medicine paper for several years. In 2007, three University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center biostatisticians wrote in a letter to Nature Medicine that they could not reproduce the paper’s original findings. “The idea of using... cell lines to predict patient response to chemotherapy is exciting,” they wrote. “Our analysis, however, suggests that it did not work here.” In fall 2009, the MD Anderson biostatisticians published an article in Annals of Applied Statistics further criticizing the research and saying that clinical trials based on it should be halted. After the publication of this paper, the National Cancer Institute contacted Duke to express concern about the clinical trials. The trials were then suspended and the research underlying them reviewed. Ultimately, a committee appointed by Duke’s Institutional Review Board approved re-opening the trials to patients. “The deeper issues of data provenance and the deeper work that Dr. Nevins is evaluating now were not in the scope of that review,” Cuffe said. “They were simply not addressed at that depth and level. That’s why, and this is difficult work, we’re so deliberately looking at the science right now.” But one of the MD Anderson researchers, Keith Baggerly, believes the trials should never have been restarted. “We don’t think Duke needed to do any further deep investigation to find these problems,” he said. “They knew enough in November or December of last year that the decision to restart the trials in January was wrong.”