February 14, 2011 issue

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The Chronicle T h e i n d e p e n d e n t d a i ly at D u k e U n i v e r s i t y

MONday, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 96

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Price’s students recall storied writer’s ‘magic’

Cupid’s pitchfork

by Julia Love THE CHRONICLE

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A capella group The Pitchforks serenade a lucky lady at their annual Valentine’s Day concert in Page Auditorium Sunday.

men’s lacrosse

Howell dominates in opener by Sabreena Merchant THE CHRONICLE

It was the start of a new season for Duke Saturday, but it was a veteran who stole the spotlight for the young DUKE 20 Blue Devils in their SIENA 6 opening game. Senior Zach Howell set a career-high with nine points, including a career-best seven goals to lead No. 5 Duke (1-0) to a

dominating 20-6 win over Siena (0-1) at Koskinen Stadium. “It feels great,” Howell said. “It wasn’t anything I was doing in particular, just letting the offense come to me. The middies played great all day, both between the lines and on offense, so I had a lot of opportunities. That’s just kind of how it goes around here.” With the Blue Devils already up 12-3, the senior attackman put on a show after halftime. Howell scored all of Duke’s four goals

in the third quarter, consistently managing to get open and benefiting from crisp passing by a relatively inexperienced attack line. Freshman Josh Dionne scored his first career goal at the start of the fourth quarter to break Howell’s personal streak of five consecutive scores for the Blue Devils. But the senior immediately tacked on one more after picking up a ground ball before taking a See m. lax on SPORTSWRAP 7

When Duke alum Wil Weldon saw Reynolds Price in mid-December for what he did not yet know would be the last time, his former professor gave him a stern warning. “He pointed his finger at me and he said, ‘Don’t you tell anybody at Duke that I’ve been sick. I don’t want them to think I can’t teach,’” Weldon, Trinity ’96, recalled. Price’s famed class on the Gospels was cancelled only after he suffered a fatal heart attack Jan. 16. When Price returned to his alma mater more than five decades ago, he was determined to teach for as long as it would let him. Retirement was never part of his plan. Price explained his meteoric rise from literary unknown to esteemed professor and preeminent Southern writer as a journey from teacher to teacher. He was forever grateful to both the women who ran tight ships in the rural Carolina schoolhouses and literary luminaries at Duke, and he repaid the debt over a lifetime in the classroom. “I’ve just tried to be an interesting and useful teacher, someone you wake up in the middle of the night and say, ‘Gosh, remember when old Doc Price...’” he said in “Pass it On,” a newly released documentary directed by Weldon.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Anne Tyler, Women’s College ’61, met Price when he registered her for her first course as a student and his first as an instructor. In a later class, Tyler and her peers were challenged by Price to write short stories that brought his voice and author J.D. Salinger’s into harmony. “I trust we’ve all given up the attempt by now, but that doesn’t mean Reynolds hasn’t continued to have the most pervasive influence upon my work,” Tyler wrote in an e-mail Feb. 8. “I think of him every time I consider the whole lonely and mysterious craft of writing.” Price saw writing and teaching as part and parcel of his gift, said David Aers, James B. Duke Professor of English. Tyler was not the only student to graduate into friendship with Price—personal connections were a cornerstone of his teaching. “I think he saw teaching as not just imparting knowledge or information but as an engagement with a complete human being,” Aers said. The mystique of teaching When he began teaching at 25, Price had Duke under a spell. He dashed around campus with a blue coat thrown over his shoulders that students mistook for a cape, Tyler See price on page 3

Admins delay final Staff elects Tanaka as next editor decision on Cairo DukeEngage trip from Staff Reports THE CHRONICLE

Despite upheaval in Egypt, DukeEngage leadership is hopeful that its immersive summer program will proceed as planned. The International Travel Oversight Committee voted to suspend travel to the country Feb. 2 but will review the restriction Feb. 28. With the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Friday, DukeEngage administrators said they believe conditions may gradually improve, making summer travel possible. “Although transition to democracies is often messy and, in most cases, tainted with uncivil unrest, I think this is a unique opportunity for Duke students,” Mbaye Lo, leader

The staff of The Chronicle has elected junior Sanette Tanaka to serve as editor of the newspaper’s 107th volume. At a meeting Friday, Tanaka was appointed editor of The Chronicle and president of the Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., which publishes the independent studentrun daily newspaper. She currently serves as wire editor, arts editor for Recess and an associate editor for news. Tanaka will succeed junior Lindsey Rupp for a oneyear term beginning in May. As editor, she will be responsible for the newspaper’s content and lead a staff of approximately 150 student reporters, editors, photographers, layout designers and other contributors. “I’m extremely excited to serve as editor next year,” Tanaka said. “Working in journalism is what I want to do for the rest of my life, and I can’t think of a better way to spend my senior year than working with this organization that has already given me so much.” In an address to The Chronicle’s staff Friday, Tanaka said her greatest tasks next year will include better

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by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE

Blue Devils lost a close one to No. 2 Florida. SPORTSWRAP 6

Duke took its talents to South Beach and won 81-71, SPORTSWRAP 4

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Junior Sanette Tanaka was elected Friday as the editor of Volume 107 of The Chronicle. She will begin her term in May.

ONTHERECORD

“Guanxi is similar to our idea of social capital, perhaps a bit like using the term “good ol’ boy network” in America.”

­—Junior Jessica Kim in “Check, please.” See column page 7


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