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Monday’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake outside of Christchurch, New Zealand caused at least 75 fatalities and severely damaged the city’s central business district. Because of the ruined infrastructure, several Duke students from New Zealand relied on on Facebook for news of their families back home. by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE
A devastating earthquake in New Zealand is hitting home for some Duke students. Monday in New Zealand an earthquake destroyed several buildings and resulted in at least 75 fatalities in Christchurch, according to the country’s Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management. The
epicenter of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred 10 kilometers from the city, which is New Zealand’s second largest. The most recent major quake, which occurred in September 2010, measured a 7.1 but caused less damage and no casualties. Some of the worst damage was sustained in the city’s central business district, where several buildings collapsed. The area was
promptly evacuated and a national state of emergency declared. Although rescue workers continue to seek out trapped individuals, authorities expect the death toll to rise. For some Duke students from New Zealand, the earthquake has highlighted the emotional difficulties of living so far See earthquake on page 5
Nicholas school Perdue vetoes budget bill, first graduate lived life of new legislature to the ‘very fullest’ by Michael Shammas
by Julian Spector
Gov. Bev Perdue’s relationship with the newly-elected North Carolina legislature is off to a rocky start. Perdue gave her first veto of legislation proposed by the new GOP-dominated General Assembly Tuesday, arguing that it would stifle job creation. The Republican-sponsored bill—”The Balanced Budget Act of 2011”—was intended to help close an estimated $2.4 billion budget deficit, but Perdue says it would substantially reduce the state’s ability to create more jobs by reducing the amount of money dedicated toward attracting industry. “The bill in its current form forces a one-time cash grab from funds that are intended to create jobs and spur economic
Recent Nicholas School graduate Chris Beauvais, a generous friend and hiking enthusiast, passed away Saturday morning at age 29 due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Beauvais, who studied as an undergraduate at Brevard College, graduated in Fall 2010 from the Nicholas School of the Environment with two degrees: a master of environmental management and a master of forestry. After completing his studies, Beauvais launched an environmental consulting business that quickly took on contacts, said his father, Dan Beauvais. “[Chris was] someone who lived his life to the very fullest,” Amy Morsch, a close friend who first met Chris at their Nicholas School orientation in the Fall of 2008, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.
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A legal settlement Tuesday brought Duke another step closer to tying up the last pieces of the lacrosse case. Duke and a subsidiary of the insurance company American International Group Inc. have settled a 2008 lawsuit Duke brought to recover expenses related to claims from the 2006 incident. AIG and Duke mutually agreed to dismiss the suit, Bloomberg News reported. The terms of the settlement between Duke and National Union Fire Insurance Co., the AIG subsidiary, have not been disclosed. In 2008, a lawyer for AIG said the company offered Duke $5 million to end the case, Bloomberg News reported. In an interview, Michael Schoenfeld, Duke’s vice president for public affairs and government relations, declined to comment. A spokesman for AIG declined to comment to Bloomberg News. Duke filed the suit in November 2008 after the AIG subsidiary that was insuring Duke refused to cover the costs of confidential settlements with the three wrongly indicted lacrosse players and with former men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler. Duke said the company had breached See suit on page 5
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“I have run into many good people who just didn’t know the laws and appreciated someone explaining them.”
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About 20 students have applied for Duke INtense Global, a new program that will give students the opportunity to split their academic year between Durham and a foreign country. DIG—which extended its application deadline from Jan. 30 to Feb. 15—offers students a unique opportunity to fuse the traditional Duke classroom experience with civic engagement abroad in either India or Russia. “In each case, you’re not just doing a study abroad and then coming back,” said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education. “You’re really having a curricular path that weaves in and out of the globe and connects broadly across your old curriculum.” Each of the programs is looking to accept five to eight applicants and will engage students with the cultural and linguistic issues surrounding their countries. Program representatives primarily targeted freshmen, although students of different age years applied to DIG. “The advertising [for DIG] came out later than we had originally planned,” said professor Edna Andrews, who proposed the program. “We wanted to allow students who were interested in applying to have a little more time.” Nowicki said DIG was looking to attract students who wanted a unique experience that more thoroughly integrates the abroad experience into the undergraduate curriculum. “Like a good entrepreneurial startup, we’ll see if it’s successful,” Nowicki said. “If it is, great, and if it isn’t, we’ll try the next thing.” Andrews said DIG adopted a simple publicity See DIG on page 5
Durham resident Bill Anderson is fighting crime and he is doing it with nothing more than a video camera. Anderson has shot more than 30 videos of alleged drug dealers, illegal vendors and trespassers breaking the law in plain sight. Using his website, billtv.net, to spread the word, Anderson hopes to pressure the Durham Police Department to crack down on wrongdoers. “I think my website will help Durham recognize the problem and allow citizens to assist by recognizing violations and reporting them to authorities,” said Anderson, who co-leads Durham District 2’s division of Partners Against Crime, a community organization that seeks to promote collaboration between residents and police. Although the crimes he seeks to prevent are generally minor, Anderson said their consequences are farreaching, noting that illegal vendors take away business from locals and make government less efficient by failing to pay taxes. “Vending without a permit and trespass[ing] are pretty minor charges, and most of the subjects are doing both,” he said. “[But vendors like] the folks who rented vans to sell flowers on Valentine’s Day [whom I filmed] are taking dollars out of town and competing unfairly against local florists who pay rent, taxes and contribute to the local economy.” Anderson said many of the alleged criminals he has filmed are not from Durham but instead come to the Bull City from elsewhere to take advantage of lax law enforcement of “minor laws.” Many of the videos on his website feature subjects who quickly become angry once confronted. Still, Anderson remains calm and insists he is only trying to enforce the laws while the alleged criminals shout profanity and accusations. “I don’t hope for confrontation—just communication and hopefully compliance with local laws,” he said. “I have run into many good people who just didn’t know the laws and appreciated someone explaining them.”
Public Information Officer Kammie Michael wrote in an e-mail that DPD is aware of Anderson and is taking his efforts seriously. “Police commanders have been in contact with Mr. Anderson,” she wrote. “Deputy Chief [Steve] Mihaich spoke at the PAC 2 meeting and Durham Businesses Against Crime meetings where Mr. Anderson discussed his videos.” In a Feb. 13 article in The Durham News, Mihaich said a lack of resources forces DPD to pick its battles. “My priority is violent crime and property crime,” he told TDN. “I wish I had the resources to be able to [enforce civil infractions] on a daily basis. I don’t.” See anderson on page 6
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A day at the pool is nothing special for most kids, but for a child undergoing long-term medical treatment, it can make all the difference. Since its Jan. 30 launch, the Duke Pediatric Aquatic Life Skills program has been providing such children with the opportunity to learn how to swim every Sunday at the pool in Brodie Recreation Center on East Campus. “What I love most about the program is that no one asks questions about why the children are there. The children, parents and instructors alike all know that the kids are there because of a hospital recommendation, but when 4 [o’clock] on Sunday hits, they’re there to learn to swim and have fun,” sophomore Corinne Merriman wrote in an e-mail. Merriman is one of 22 volunteer instructors currently involved with the program, which has an average attendance of six to eight children each Sunday. In order to participate in swimming lessons, the children must receive medical approval from their health care provider at Duke Children’s Hospital. Program Director Vinayak Nikam, a junior, said he was inspired to start Duke PALS by his best friend’s little sister, who, while struggling with leukemia, turned to swimming to cope with her condition. “I saw [the therapeutic values of swimming] firsthand and decided that I would bring this kind of benefit to the kids at Duke Children’s [Hospital],” Nikam wrote in an e-mail. “It’s been quite a journey, but seeing the kids come every day with a smile
on their faces and leaving feeling better is definitely an inspiration to keep going.” When creating the program, Nikam collaborated with both Duke Children’s Hospital and the University’s recreation department. However, before the program was approved, he faced several challenges regarding liability issues and making sure the kids were comfortable and safe during swimming sessions, Nikam said. “These kids are restricted in so many ways—having a serious disease like cancer can be physically and mentally draining, especially for an 8-year old,” he wrote. “But our program gives them the opportunity to be themselves, in a fun environment.” Volunteers, a majority of whom have a swimming background, must apply to the program and undergo both hospital volunteer training and PALS instructor training before conducting swimming lessons. “I have had a lot of experience in the water as a swimmer, lifeguard and swim instructor,” wrote sophomore Connor Lennard, another volunteer instructor, in an e-mail. “For me, PALS is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference sharing what I love. If I can influence one kid to be hooked on swimming like I was, that would be the best reward.” In addition to students, recreation administrators have also expressed their appreciation for Duke PALS. “I think [Duke PALS] is awesome. I think it has great potential,” said Felicia Tittle, managing director of Duke Campus Recreation. “[It is] what recreation is about; it’s about being inclusive, and I think that’s exactly what this program is doing.”
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A new laser technology developed at Duke may now more easily and accurately identify skin cancer. To reduce excessive health care costs and the number of false diagnoses of melanoma—the deadliest form of skin cancer—the laser tool uses multiphoton technology to differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue. Rather than slicing and cutting out possibly dangerous moles, the laser identifies their chemicals and structure. “An analogy we like to use is taking a black and white picture and adding color,” said Thomas Matthews, a graduate student and co-author of “Pump-Probe Imaging Differentiates Melanoma From Melanocytic Nevi,” which appeared in Wednesday’s Science Translational Medicine. “We add chemical contrast or information to structural imagery. This allows doctors to access for the first time new information about melanoma in the skin.” When looking at the same slide, two pathologists will disagree one in seven times about whether or not a mole is cancerous, said Warren Warren, director of Duke’s Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging and a co-author of the paper. Since these disagreements are generally resolved by deciding that the mole in question is cancerous, about 10,000 to 20,000 patients in the United States are falsely diagnosed with melanoma each year, he said. To the naked eye, normal moles and melanoma look very similar, making it dif-
ficult to determine which type a patient has, Warren said. As a result, doctors typically abide by the motto “when in doubt, cut it out,” he added. “[Doctors are using] the technology of the 17th century—what they do is look at a mole and look under the magnifying class,” Warren said. Building a laser is a feasible project because it is less invasive than the traditional method, said Mary Jane Simpson, a graduate student and co-author on the paper. Patients want to be able to go to the doctor, get scanned and know what is wrong with them, she explained. The National Institute of Health Challenge Grant has provided $1 million in funding for the research, Warren said, adding that the grant is extremely difficult to be selected for as it is awarded to only 2 percent of those who apply. “There are a lot of people who ask questions about the stimulus money and what [it actually bought],” Warren said. “This million dollar grant could save many, many millions of dollars of health care costs.” In the short term, using the laser would be more expensive for the patient than traditional methods, Simpson noted. If a false positive for melanoma is prevented, however, the patient would avoid all of the costs associated with treatment. The laser would also be economically feasible for large dermatology departments such as Duke’s, where one laser could be used See laser on page 6
You are invited to hear a presentation by David Hinson, National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), US Department of Commerce
on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 1:30 PM in the RJR Auditorium of the Fuqua School of Business. Hinson was appointed by President Barack Obama to head the federal agency with the mission to actively promote the growth and competiveness of minority business enterprises (MBEs). (http://www.mbda.gov/main/people/david-hinson)
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from home. Senior Natalie Crimp, a native of Christchurch, received a Facebook message from her uncle saying that her family is safe, though she could not reach her family Tuesday due to damaged infrastructure. “It’s the most gut-wrenching thing to watch the news reports and see all of these places that I love in rubble,” Crimp wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. “I just saw a video where rescue crews were pulling a body out of what used to be my high school. Being on the other side of the world, not being able to see my family right now, it’s indescribably painful and frustrating.” Junior Ollie Wilson is also a native of New Zealand and used Facebook to contact friends in the affected region. Wilson noted that the relevance of the Internet in the tragedy’s aftermath, pointing out that Google set up a website that people can use to either locate or report missing friends and family. Freshman Angela Zhou, originally from Auckland, said even though New Zealand is located on a fault line, large quakes have been infrequent in her lifetime. Zhou remembers being taught as a child what to do in the event of an earthquake, but said that it was not a major concern. “The country does do a fair bit,” Zhou said. “But it’s not a hugely pressing, inyour-face preparedness thing.” Like much of the United States’ West Coast, New Zealand is on a plate boundary, Alan Boudreau, director of graduate studies in earth and ocean sciences, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. Boudreau was in Auckland when the quake struck. “This is where the large plates that make up the outer layer of the earth meet and move relative to each other,” Boudreau said. “Thus it is prone to frequent and sometimes devastating earthquakes, as is California.” Although the earthquake was moderate in magnitude, Paul Baker, professor of earth and ocean sciences, said the quake’s proximity to the surface worsened its effects on Christchurch and surrounding regions. “It was a very shallow earthquake, about five kilometers below the surface,” said Baker. “Think of when you throw a pebble in a pond and the little waves move away from the impact—the energy of those waves is much less as the waves move farther away from the impact.”
“Chris gave us an example of humanity that will not soon be forgotten, and that is an amazing gift.” Chris’ father echoed Morsch’s sentiments, noting the overwhelming response on Chris’s Facebook page. When Chris’ father and mother, Sue, began searching for photographs to include in the funeral slide show, they posted on Chris’s Facebook page asking his friends to post photos of him. Chris Beauvais Three-hundred photographs came pouring in. “He just had a huge network of friends and an infectious smile,” Dan said. “The support from his Duke family and his extended family and friends has just been outstanding.” Daniel Richter, Chris’ advisor and mentor as well as a professor of soils and forest ecology, reflected on the many memories he and Chris shared. “We loved to hike and he loved to ask me to go hiking, specifically ‘to get into trouble.’ Usually this meant getting rained upon or having to walk
suit from page 1 its contract by not covering Duke’s expenses. “National Union’s actions in adjusting and denying the underlying claims were willful, wanton, malicious, without justification or excuse and taken in bad faith to further National Union’s own improper objectives and with the conscious intent to injure Duke,” the suit reads. In a 2009 filing, National Union said it refused to pay for the settlements because they were reached without the company’s knowledge, which constituted a violation of the insurance company’s contract with the University. Duke settled with the athletes—
across hill slopes too steep to walk on,” Richter wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. Richter oversaw the completion of Chris’s masters project, “An Analysis of Post-Clearcut Coast Woody Debris in Intensively Managed Forests.” He will deliver a eulogy at Beauvais’ funeral, which will be held at the Duke Chapel on Friday at 2 p.m. “[People] should know that he gave the best hugs, and had an ease about him; they should know that he was going crazy during the first half of the Duke-UNC game this year; that he worked harder than he played—and he played damn hard; that he was as generous to a stranger as he was to a friend,” Morsch said. Chris lived in Durham with his sister Elizabeth, Nursing ’04 and a neonatal nurse practitioner at the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. The funeral will be streamed live on the Nicholas School website, and a bonfire will take place on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the Duke Forest as “an opportunity for friends and family to share memories and stories,” according to the school’s website. Dan described the time since his son’s death as “bittersweet.” “There have been lots of tears, but it is wonderful to reflect on his life,” he said. Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and Dave Evans, all Trinity ’06—in June 2007. The University also reached a settlement with Pressler, who was pushed to resign during the lacrosse case, in spring 2007. He later sued Duke for slander and a confidential settlement was reached in that case as well. The lawsuits all stem from the aftermath of a March 2006 party held by members of the men’s lacrosse team. Crystal Mangum, an exotic dancer hired to perform at the party, accused three lacrosse players of raping her at the event. The University canceled the team’s season after the allegations were made. All charges against the players were ultimately dismissed, and the prosecutor on the case was disbarred and jailed for a day.
dig from page 3 strategy, which primarily involved running an advertisement in The Chronicle and emailing students in Duke’s focus programs to encourage them to apply. Freshman Minshu Deng, who applied to Duke INtense in Russia, said she believes the simple nature of DIG’s marketing strategy served to attract students who are truly interested in the program. “It’s not very common for a student to get this opportunity to be immersed in language learning,” she said. “It’s quite literally a one-ofa-kind opportunity.” Students in the Russian program will begin the Fall semester at Duke before studying in Russia for three to four weeks at St. Petersburg University. In the Spring, students will study at Duke, but will return to St. Petersburg with DukeEngage in the summer. Freshman Yvette Vasquez, who applied to DIG in India, said she was encouraged to apply by Leela Prasad, associate professor of religion and faculty director of the Duke Center for Civic Engagement, who will lead the program. Although she was not planning to study abroad until her junior year, Vasquez said she was eager to take advantage of the new opportunity. “If this came right to my doorstep, it would be really foolish for me not to apply,” Vasquez said. Students in DIG’s India program will start the Fall semester and conclude the Spring semester in Durham but will live in Hyderabad, India for sixteen weeks in between. In India, students will study at the University of Hyderabad and the International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad. Students will also work with underprivileged children, engage with community media projects in Indian villages and travel throughout the country. Although many students are unaware of DIG, Nowicki believes it will become popular within the next few years if the pilot program is successful. “A similar thing happened with DukeEngage,” Nowicki said. “The first year of DukeEngage, everybody was saying, ‘What was that?’ It only takes a couple of years before all of a sudden students know about it and they’re excited about it.” Andrews is also optimistic about DIG’s potential to revolutionize the abroad experience and provide students with a new outlet. “We have a good pool of applicants and I’m sorry we wont be able to take them all,” she said. “We’re off to a good start.”
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According to the article, DPD investigated a few of the vendors who Anderson said he believed were dealing drugs and uncovered no evidence to support the claim. Sophomore Charles West said he does not think Durham suffers from more crime than other cities. “I think Durham faces the same social ills that plague most urban areas,” he said. “Generally, the Durham police do their job in helping curb crime and I also think that [the] Duke police are genuinely concerned about the students.” Despite the hard work that goes into producing his videos, Anderson said he feels it is his duty to continue documenting minor crimes—which he says no one else is trying to stop—with his video camera in order to persuade DPD and Durham residents to take them more seriously. Anderson has posted at the top of his website a quote from Edmund Burke that he says encapsulates his philosophy of morality: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
development,” Perdue said in a statement. “That’s not the right move for North Carolina, where jobs simply must be our No. 1 priority.” The governor stressed during her “State of the State” address Feb. 14 that job creation must remain a priority. As a result, her exercise of veto power did not come as a surprise to Republicans, who insist that raising taxes in order to reduce the deficit—a solution Perdue has previously discussed—will harm the private sector. “[Perdue’s] solution [to the budget Bev Perdue crisis] is to raise taxes that destroy private sector jobs,” Republican state Sen. Phil Berger, who represents Guilford and Rockingham counties, wrote in an e-mail. “Senate Republicans refuse to reach further into North Carolinians’ pockets.” Berger, the Senate’s president pro tempore, confirmed
Tuesday that the legislature would not attempt to override the veto, which would prove difficult as they would need three-fifths of the votes in both the House and the Senate. And because the initial vote was split along party lines, it is unlikely that Republicans would be able to reach across the aisle to garner support. Instead, the legislature pushed for a new bill giving Perdue greater power to determine what cuts should be made. Democrats have already made it clear that they will continue to support Perdue’s decision to veto the bill. “I voted against [the bill] and will vote to sustain [Perdue’s] veto if given the opportunity because our state needs to continue to actively recruit new businesses,” state Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Chatham, Moore and Orange and the House minority leader, wrote in an e-mail. “[The proposal of] this bill shut down economic development in the state because of the uncertainty it added to the process, and the governor was right to veto it.” Hackney, who served as the Speaker of the House when the Democrats were in power, said Republican lawmakers are out of touch with North Carolinians. “North Carolina continues to grow and prosper relative to other states because we have taken a moderate approach that supports business and education,” he said. “We are veering away from this model under our new leadership, which appears to be more interested in social policies than sound budgeting.” Berger noted that the GOP is responsible for balancing the budget as the party in power and questioned Perdue’s intentions in a statement released Tuesday. “If Gov. Perdue’s veto is truly about jobs as she says, then why would she keep unused extra tax money in these special funds she controls instead of using it to protect teachers’ jobs or to avoid a job destroying tax increase on the private sector?” he asked. Although the veto drew outrage from some Republicans, its use is not unprecedented. Perdue’s predecessor, Democrat Mike Easley, vetoed nine bills during his governorship and in 2009, Perdue blocked a bill that would have expanded the list of documents General Assembly members could keep confidential.
laser from page 4 for many patients, Simpson said. Before being approved by the Federal Drug Administration and released into the market, this product will still need to undergo many more trials, Warren said. The lab is currently improving their slides and working with mice studies. The medical laser uses less power than a laser pointer—there is no reason it should be dangerous for patients, Warren said. When the laser is ready, it could influence more than just the diagnosis of melanoma. “Some people are trying to push it right into the clinic, and, on the other end, people are trying to learn more about the basic science,” Warren said. “What can this tell me about the biochemistry of the mole? This could lead to preventions or cures.”
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theSANDBOX. I look at myself in the mirror several times every single day, sometimes for embarrassing lengths of time. At any given moment, I could give you a fairly accurate physical inventory of myself: current shade of undereye circles (eggplant, obscured by concealer), number of blemishes (undisclosed, and similarly concealed), areas of recent weight gain (thighs) and hair status (winter-static chic). I suspect that most people have a similarly acute awareness of their physicality. You might not be as unapologetically vain as I am, but you can’t avoid looking at yourself every time you wash your face or change your clothes. We could all distinguish our current selves from ourselves four years ago. And it’s fairly obvious when it’s time for a physical overhaul. It’s harder to perceive changes when it comes to the internal values that define us, that determine how we act and what we say, We fall into patterns— shuffling between work, classes, meetings, basketball games, parties—without considering the type of life these activities comprise. Even if you’re completely satisfied with and engaged in
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editor’s note. your myriad pursuits, you might not have clear sense of the motivations behind them or where you ultimately want them to lead. Looking at your Google calendar isn’t quite like looking in the mirror. (You can cut the previous sentence if this is too long) When we consider our day-to-day routines, it’s easy to get caught up in one fragmented aspect that is most pressing at the time. We might never determine what we really value and how can we reflect that in our lives. In a somewhat desperate attempt to do just those two things, I took an online “life values inventory” at (you guessed it) www.lifevaluesinventory.org. It wasn’t exactly a revelation that I value “achievement” and “privacy” over “concern for the environment” or “belonging.” But it was surprising to see I’m not acting on a significant number of things I believe in. So the next time you’re in front of the mirror, taming a stray hair or agonizing between shirt A or shirt B, direct a little of that mental energy inward. You might find that the person staring back at you isn’t as familiar as you thought. —Eliza French
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After a two-year upswing in the quality and tenor of summer reading, 2011 will mark a step backwards for Duke freshmen. Next year’s new breed—and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s as well—will be reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. On its own, the work doesn’t sink to the dreadful quality of 2006 selection My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Piccoult, or the borderline-unreadable The Best of Enemies in my first summer, 2007. But its choosing is most egregious when seen in comparison to the opportunities provided by the other finalists, and by the selection committee’s demonstration of an astonishingly short institutional memory. Eating Animals is most notable for how unimpressive and safe a choice it provides. Much like how Foer’s fiction apes and samples the techniques of more thoughtful and skilled writers, his first foray into nonfiction is a trivial and uncreative effort. Foer is not a bad writer, by any means, and I know a number of people who like him considerably, people whose opinions I respect. But I find him cloying and pedantic, and these traits, sometimes buried in the playful pastiche of his fiction, come screaming out in Eating Animals. Still, this is the smaller issue regarding the selection. The bigger: Foer spoke at Duke last year in Griffith Theater. Hosted by Duke’s literary magazine The Archive, the event was given a great deal of play and his speaking engagement was packed full with students. The idea that he needs to make a return appearance so soon, even if it would be mainly for the benefit of new Duke and UNC students, speaks to a shallow intellectual curiosity at our school. In comparison, two other finalists for the summer reading selection outclass Foer’s
book in both quality and relevance, and though these writers have made appearances at Duke in the last couple years as well, theirs were far less publicized and attended. If the committee hoped to stay with nonfiction, then Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks would’ve been the better pick. Skloot’s book has been praised as a near-perfect example of reporting and longform journalism, and for a school so heavily centered on its medical and biomedical community, the story’s subject of stem cells and contemporary science is perfectly suited. As for fiction, Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker deals with one of the most pressing human-rights issues of our time, and one that receives heavy focus in the Duke community: Haiti. Danticat is a tremendously skilled writer, and her work, including The Dew Breaker, provides a spotlight for an issue that isn’t going away any time soon. To select Danticat’s book would have demonstrated a pleasant and refreshing instance of the right hand knowing what the left hand is up to, but unfortunately, the cognitive dissonance that often seems to separate one part of this university from another prevailed again. By no means is the plight of animals an unimportant subject. But at a school that can at times feel like a number of separate parts struggling to form a whole, these other two options would have afforded a thematic consistency that seems to be the purpose of a summer reading book in the first place. Again, there are plenty of worse choices out there then Eating Animals, but I was finally getting accustomed to the summer reading selection representing the better. —Kevin Lincoln
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In the Heights Duke alum Anthem turns descends on from banking to rapping DPAC by Ross Green THE CHRONICLE
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If you think going past 96th Street in Manhattan is foreign territory, you still haven’t gone north enough. Welcome to 181st Street, home of Washington Heights and the setting for Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, currently running at the Durham Performing Arts Center. The high-energy play is as dynamic as the many nationalities represented and as colorful as the characters’ wardrobes. The production effortlessly translates from the streets to the stage. The musical follows the interwoven lives of several generations of immigrants living on a block in upper Manhattan. From the widowed grandma who served as everyone’s abuela to the local piraguero pushing his cart of shaved ice, the heavily Hispanic neighborhood never has a dull moment. The main storyline revolves around the town darling Nina (Genny Lis Padilla) after she returns home from her first year at Stanford University. Rather than sharing about all her accomplishments, Nina must break the unfortunate news to family and friends that she lost her scholarship and consequently dropped out of school. A series of unexpected events—including a winning lottery ticket—force the neighborhood to reevaluate their values and consider what it means to call the Heights home. The staging of the play, which features musical numbers flowing flawlessly from one to the next, perfectly reflects the spirit of New York. Constant movement keeps fastpaced rhythm alive. One highlight includes a 10-minute number that begins at a club, where multiple stories run simultaneously. Halfway through, a rolling blackout hits and the cast members pull out their cell phones for light (an amusing gesture), but the sequence continues as the actors sing and dance their way into the street without pause. Drawing on the vibrant urban landscape and vernacular, the play succeeds in addressing social commentary without being overtly political. Rap forms the foundation for some of the most engaging songs of the play, while salsa and reggaeton are the crux for social interaction in the streets and clubs. Several older characters reminisce about their homeland, sharing their own stories of immigration. Several characters seek to leave the Heights in pursuit of a greater American dream, but even that desire is questioned as the play progresses. Spanish is not infrequent in the play, but even non-native speakers can appreciate the added flavor that lends a sense of authenticity to the scenes. The actors deliver engaging performances, as each actor establishes distinct personalities for their characters. Joseph Morales gave an impressive portrayal of Usnavi, performing his raps in an articulate, spoken-word manner. Padilla and her love interest, Benny (Nicholas Christopher), have great on-stage chemistry, but other cast members overshadow Padilla vocally. Sonny (Chris Chatman), Usnavi’s cousin, is a surprising highlight who offers perfect amounts of comic relief. In the Heights is a rich portrayal of a neighborhood that encapsulates many modern anxieties, asking questions about one’s identity and place in society. But don’t forget—home is always where the heart is.
The beginning of Trinity ’07 alumnus Anteneh “Anthem” Addisu’s narrative sounds familiar: Duke graduate leaves behind the Gothic wonderland for a lucrative position on the sales and trading floor of one of America’s biggest banks. But Addisu soon flipped the script, taking a sharp left turn off Wall Street to pursue his longtime ambition of working as a recording rap artist. It was, in the parlance of his former profession, an extremely high-risk investment. Addisu’s burgeoning career in hip-hop, however, stands as evidence that his gamble is paying off. After shopping his demos around the New York area, Addisu found a willing collaborator in longtime 50 Cent associate DJ Whoo Kid, who will host Addisu’s upcoming Manhattan Music mixtape. Of course, to hear Addisu tell it, there was never any real alternative. “I actually tried to renege on my job offer after senior year, because I wanted to go straight into rapping,” he said. In a twist as fortuitous as the rest of Addisu’s story, he had initially planned to live with former Duke basketball player Shavlik Randolph, at the time a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, and begin recording and performing
full time. “I ended up taking the [sales and trading] job to help out at home,” Addisu said. “I moved to New York and got caught up in that lifestyle—I wasn’t making any music at first.” Gradually, though, the itch to record returned, and in the summer of 2008, Addisu approached his professional mentor, who he refers to as D.G., about leaving banking to start a rap career. “D.G. told me I was an idiot, trying to be a recording artist without actually having any recordings,” Addisu said. “But we made a deal—he agreed to finance my demo, and if it sucked, I would keep the job.” Addisu, who records and performs as Anthem, was predictably raw, but showed enough talent to keep D.G. on board with his new venture. Stylistically, Anthem specializes in highly referential, whip-smart lyricism delivered via an enunciative, rapid-fire flow. For the next nine months, Addisu essentially held two jobs: selling financial instruments by day, writing and recording on nights and weekends. By the summer of 2009, Anthem was ready to leave Wall Street and begin a fulltime rap career. Mere months earlier, Lydia Simmons, Trinity ’09, had See anthem on page 8
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Disney has bought and produced this same story hundreds of times. Unless you’re a tween who hasn’t yet been drowned by these tales of highschool drama, you might as well stay at home and watch the Disney Channel. I Am Number Four tells the story of a race of nine elite aliens, called Loriens, who are forced to flee their world. They make a new home on Earth, where the Mogadorians, an evil race intent on conquering the planet, attempt to hunt them down. The catch is, each Lorien posesses a charm that only allows them to be killed in a specific order. At the beginning of the film, we see the slaughter of Number Three, and Number Four, known as John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), is on the run with his protector Henri (Timothy Olyphant). Having just moved to the small town of Paradise, Ohio, he encounters the alien equivalent of teenage growing pains through the requisite new-kid high-school experience: getting in trouble with the quarterback by stealing his girl Sarah (Dianna Agron), befriending an unpopular nerd and rebelling against his guardian. The Mogadorians inevitably track him to Paradise, which leads to a massive special-effects showdown—showing the touch of producer Michael Bay—before John is forced to leave to continue hiding and fighting elsewhere. There is nothing original or noteworthy about this film. The story is trite, the performances are thoroughly mediocre and the overall experience lacks anything memorable. To add to these problems, I Am Number Four does not work as a standalone; it is clearly meant as part of a series, lacking a complete and nicely concluded story. Unlike in other Disney franchises like Pirates of the Carribbean, the ending pretends to tie up a potentially interesting tale. But, unlike in watching Pirates, I didn’t find myself caring what happens next. —Andrew O’Rourke
director D.J. Caruso & actor Alex Pettyfer I Am Number Four, a film based on the novel by Pittacus Lore, tells the story of a small group of aliens sent to Earth to protect it from invasion by another evil alien race. Recess’ Andrew O’Rourke participated in a conference call with director D.J. Caruso and lead actors Alex Pettyfer and Dianna Agron. What were your creative inspirations for this film? Caruso: Well, I really felt that there was this wonderful Rebel Without A Cause, disenfranchised-youth element of the human story and this sort of Close Encounter-y Starman element of this love story of this alien falling in love. Then you did have this real kinetic action element of these guys using the powers, which kind of harkens back to the Superman ele-
ment where basically you have this hero [who] is unaware or not really sure about his past and powers. Ultimately, unlike the Superman story, our character, John, really decides and becomes a warrior by the end of the move once he and Number Six team up. Are there plans for simply a sequel, a whole trilogy or more, and how much work has been done on future chapters of the series? Caruso: I had read the manuscript for book one and saw the outline for book number two and I know there’s a series of, I believe, five or six books that are ultimately planned. But, as far as the film goes, if we’re fortunate enough to have some success, I know that is something everyone’s been [saying]—we’d love to follow it up. The second book is called The Powers of Six. What was the deciding factor in making this novel into a movie? Caruso: DreamWorks had bought the book for Michael [Bay] to direct, and then he got bogged down on Transformers 3, so I was fortunate to be someone that they considered to direct this. The interesting aspect about this is we were out there making the movie before
the book even came out. So, unlike some of the other successful book franchises where you already have this following, we [didn’t] really have a following. [To Agron] Your characters in both Glee and I Am Number Four begin as a stereotypical cheerleader and/or popular girl before developing somewhat of a social conscience. How did you identify yourself during your high school career, and have you ever felt the pressures of being placed on a pedestal like Quinn or Sarah? Agron: I was a well-liked kid because I was nice to people and I didn’t particularly lie in one type of group or clique. You know, I was on the yearbook and I was in honors classes in school because it was really important to me. I love to learn and I didn’t have a group of people that I wouldn’t speak to. So in some ways, you could say that that might be a popular kid, but it didn’t feel the way that it’s depicted in movies. It wasn’t like I was walking down hallways cool, strutting my stuff and some high heels with a light shining on me. I felt very normal and at the same time I was trying to explore what I really liked and what I was most passionate about. So, I always kind of felt awk-
ward, but I still feel awkward, which I think is wonderful. [To Pettyfer] When you first read the script for I Am Number Four, did you really connect with Number Four and in what ways can you relate to him? Pettyfer: I did and I didn’t. When I read the script, I went in for the audition, and I bailed on it. I didn’t even read any lines. I just told D. J. and everyone in the room, “I can’t play this part.” Because he’s such a vulnerable character, you want to root for him, and I didn’t feel like anyone would root for me to play this guy. This guy has been given this essential power to save what he now calls home, Earth, and I just didn’t feel like I could make that believable. It was D. J., the director, who convinced me I could. At a certain point, [everyone has] to choose what they want to do, and I think my choice was either between school or trying to follow something [unattainable], you know, but I love acting.
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For a band with such a strong distaste for the musical press, Radiohead seem to inevitably attract its spotlight. Just like with 2007’s In Rainbows, this year’s The King Of Limbs was announced less than a week before release—and then promptly leaked a day early by the band themselves. Thankfully, like its predecessor, this album manages to stand as a musical statement of its own, apart from the suffocating scrutiny and hype that inevitably accompany any Radiohead album, much less one so unconventionally released. Perhaps taking a cue from the work of producers like Flying Lotus—who toured with frontman Thom Yorke in early 2010—many of these tracks are anchored by jazztinged electronic beats. Yet the first half contains no real surprises—it’s a concise, perhaps unnecessary summary of the latest chapter in the band’s long career, using heavily processed guitars more to create soundscapes than to write rock songs.
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But it’s the bleaker second half that truly shines, with Yorke’s haunting lyrics and vocal delivery. “Lotus Flower,” the album’s first single, is a glacial, churning vehicle for a searing vocal line, while “Codex” and “Give Up the Ghost” are entirely unexpected—the former an understated piano ballad, the latter a crooning, folk-influenced tune with a quiet guitar part lifted straight from the campfire (replete with woodsy field recordings). But the last piece, “Separator,” is truly the album’s highlight, with bravura performances from all five members and bright, dueling guitar lines that belie gut-wrenching lyrics. Uniting the two seemingly disparate halves is the album’s heavy emphasis on the rhythm section, with tightly coiled, waltzing bass- and drumlines that punctuate Radiohead’s newfound emphasis on percussive elements. And as always, Yorke’s menacing, sarcasm-laden falsetto stitches these tracks together. Nowhere is this biting edge more apparent than the repetition of one of the album’s closing lyrics: “If you think this is over, you’re wrong.” Considering the brevity of The King Of Limbs, we can only wish. —Jeff Shi
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Smooth, cool, mild and sweet, Underneath the Pine goes down like a strawberry smoothie and sticks with you about as long. Toro y Moi, the project of multiinstrumentalist Chaz Bundick, does get points for his fluid navigation of an impressively wide range of beats, ranging from groovy throwbacks to outer-space territory. This skillful blending of synthesized sounds is accompanied by Bundick’s soft voice swells. But vague, muffled lyrics— “It’s hard where you’re leaving”—fail to hold the listener’s attention nearly as well as the album’s disturbing cover art. There’s a fine line between chill(wave) and detached, and Toro Y Moi has over-
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stepped it. Where first album Causers of This had a few subtle yet riveting tracks like “Blessa” and “Talamak,” Underneath the Pine lacks energy. At points when Bundick allows certain riffs or vocals to stand out, the effect tends to fall short of expectation. The instrumental “Divina” features beautiful layering of piano and strings, but lacks dynammism, melody and any recognizable emotional depth. The minor-key melancholy never settles in on a concrete subject, and the whole track feels distant. The end result is a pleasant yet forgettable haze of melodies, an emotional retreat from the debut album. To call Underneath the Pine a lemon, though, would not be quite accurate, as Toro y Moi has been cruising the whole time. In the end, though, you have to admit it is a pretty nice ride. —Maggie Love
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anthem from page 3 started her own music blog, Sunset in the Rearview, almost on a whim. “When I started, I didn’t really have any goals for the blog,” Simmons said. “It was really just a method of procrastination during finals.” A mutual friend of Addisu’s approached Simmons with one of Anthem’s new tracks, entitled “Dear Duke.” The six-minute, soul-sampling jam packs in a multitude of references to the University, from campus life (boozing on East Campus) to successful alumni (he shouts out, among others, Board of Trustee members John Mack, Trinity ’68, and David Rubenstein, Trinity ’70). Simmons posted it exclusively on Sunset soon thereafter. And though both Addisu and Simmons consider “Dear Duke” to be a relative oddity in Anthem’s repertoire, the track had a considerable impact on both. “That day [when I posted “Dear Duke”] I got a big spike in traffic,” Simmons said. “That was when I thought, ‘Maybe I should think of this as a business, rather than a
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hobby.’” Addisu, meanwhile, received a message the day after the song was posted from a new fan: President Richard Brodhead. “I shout out President Brodhead in the song,” Addisu said. “I got an e-mail from him asking me, ‘Are you Anthem?’” Simmons and Addisu’s relationship, which began with “Dear Duke,” (the two had not met as undergraduates) comes full circle Thursday night at Durham’s Motorco Music Hall, where Simmons is sponsoring a concert where Anthem will perform, along with hip-hop up-andcomer Hoody Allen. Simmons is quick to note Anthem’s development since “Dear Duke” dropped almost two years ago. “I really feel like [Anthem] is a huge, growing talent,” she said. “He comes up with punch lines that… you just can’t believe.” Anthem will open for Hoodie Allen at 8 p.m. Feb. 24 at Motorco Music Hall. Tickets are available online at www.motorcomusic.com or at the door.
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Presented by Duke Performances, this weekend marks the Abbey Theatre of Ireland’s first-ever performance in North Carolina and first U.S. tour in more than 10 years. A small cast of three actors—two female leads and one male— will perform Irish playwright Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus. “It is a remarkable piece of theater,” Director of Duke Performances Aaron Greenwald wrote in an e-mail. “[Terminus] is thoroughly engaged in a contemporary vernacular but manages... to be deeply and uncompromisingly moving.” The play begins with an unadorned set, the three actors standing under spotlights. The simple visuals contrast with the characters’ lives, which are spiraling out of control. Unnamed, the characters are referred to in the script as A, B and C. A is a middle-aged mother burdened with regrets; B is a lonely young woman unlucky in love; and C has sold his soul to the devil for a beautiful singing voice. The three characters direct their monologues in blank verse to the audience without interacting directly with one another on the stage. As the play progresses, their stories reveal deep and surprising connections. Initially, the world of Terminus may not seem relatable. The play features relentless violence and supernatural elements, such as a demon lover. But the personal crises of the characters form the heart of the production and drive the emotional connection with the audience. One defining characteristic of the play is O’Rowe’s unique take on language, mixing graphic violence with an almost poetic lyricism. For example, A says near the beginning: “And this is boding bad indeed/see her fume and seethe/while I sway and bleed/and decide that I dearly need/to be elsewhere.” The offbeat rhyme scheme creates a natural cadence as the actors share their stories. The stories in Terminus feature several disturbing topics, such as rape, disfigurement and humiliation, described in vivid detail to aid in character development. For instance, “A” puts herself in violent situations to atone for past wrongdoings, and C commits murders out of his own self-hate and inability to deal with a society in which he does not fit. Irish actress Olwen Fouere, who has worked with the Abbey Theatre in the past, wrote in an e-mail that she decided to perform the character of A because of her deep respect for O’Rowe. “I have been a fan of Mark O’Rowe’s work for many years,” Fouere said. “I was drawn to… the form of the language we speak, with its rhyme and action and imagery.” Indeed, the script contains unusual language and even stranger events. The theme of the Duke Performance schedule this year is the “weirdness” seen in most important American art, Greenwald said. “I think that this play contains some of that weirdness, in that it manages to be both common and uncommon, solidly earthbound and mind-blowingly metaphysical,” he said. Terminus will take place Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. at The Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham. Tickets are available at www.carolinatheatre.org. O’Rowe will also give a lecture Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Nelson Music Room on Duke’s East Campus.
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Four freshman pitchers held the Eagles to just two runs, and a seven-run third inning helped the Blue Devils dismantle cross-town rival North Carolina Central 11-2 Wednesday afternoon at Durham Athletic Park. After undergoing elbow surDUKE 11 gery last fall, Duke freshman Dillon Haviland returned to 2 NCC the diamond in his first career start for Duke. He took advantage of the opportunity, throwing two scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out one. “My focus today was just getting ahead of batters, throwing strikes, keeping it low in the zone and not trying to do more than I had to,” Haviland said. “Let my defense make the plays and try to be as efficient as possible.” Duke (4-1) took advantage of walks and a hit batter to score three runs in the first two innings off Eagles starter Douglas Dalley, and then exploded for seven runs in the third behind patient at-bats and clutch hitting. After Jordan Betts reached on an error and Dennis O’Grady was hit by a pitch, Matt Berezo stroked a double down the left field line to score Betts. O’Grady crossed home after Anthony D’Alessando slapped a base hit to left field. “I thought we did a really nice job early,” head coach Sean McNally said. “We were patient early, trying to get a good pitch to hit…. We’ve done this a couple times this year with two outs—it just seems to gets contagious. We put our best swings together and ran the See baseball on page 10
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Great players make great plays on the biggest stage, or so goes the old adage. While a national championship wasn’t at stake last night, Kyle Singler’s return to form certainly has Duke fans thinking the senior might have another chance to add to his Final Four resume. In the No. 1 Blue Devils’ biggest nonconference game of the spring, Singler led Duke past No. 24 Temple (21-6) 78-61 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. “He was just not to be denied,” Owls’ head coach Fran Dunphy said. “Kyle played a sensational game,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He’s been an amazing player.” The senior had 28 points and six rebounds on the night—his highest total since putting up 30 in NovemMORE ber against Oregon—and he scored one-third of his team’s ONLINE points. Singler’s renewed presence was crucial on a night Why Coach K will that saw Nolan Smith struggle never do a halftime to hit shots. Smith didn’t take interview: sports.chronicleblogs. over the game in the manner in which his teammates have com grown accustomed, scoring 15 points on 5-of-17 shooting and dishing out four assists. Luckily, his co-captain was there to pick up the slack. “[Singler’s] going to do what he has to do for us to win,” Mason Plumlee said. “If it’s working, he’s not going to change. Then again, if we need points or somebody to step up, he’s right there . . . he’s the one person you can depend on defensively and offensively every game.” The first half, though, was all about defense. Duke (26-2) shot just 37 percent from the field, slightly worse than Temple’s 44-percent clip. The Owls’ starting forwards, Lavoy Allen and Rahlir Jefferson, controlled the inside, opening up the paint for 20 of the team’s 24 points in the opening period. Allen finished the night with the game’s only double-double, 17 points and 13 rebounds. Jefferson added 11 points and five rebounds of his own. With their jumpers not falling, and the referees calling a tight game, the Blue Devils turned to a drive-heavy offense in order to get to the free throw line. The adjustment paid off, as their seven-point halftime lead came entirely from the charity stripe, where they made 8-of-9 compared to Temple’s 1-of-5. “We wish we could start games better,” Smith said. “We want to start to come out attacking earlier and play with the energy that we want to play with for a whole game. But we come in at halftime and make the correct adjustments.” After shooting 3-of-8 in the first half, Singler exploded in the second. Ditching his reliance on a deep jump shot, he started Duke’s 10-2 run to open the period with a jumper in the paint. The senior then scored the rest of his points in the paint, and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Working to the 6-foot-8 forward’s benefit was the three-guard lineup employed by Dunphy, which meant Singler had at least three inches on any of his defenders. Making matters worse See m. basketball on page 9
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After several straight poor offensive performances, Singler exploded for 28 points on 10-of-19 shooting to lead Duke to a 78-61 win.
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Pealing out of the locker room and into the secondhalf, the Blue Devils proved why they are in the driver’s seat to repeat as national champions: They know how to close big games. Dictating tempo to end the first half and begin the second, Duke Game bullied an overmatched Owls squad. Analysis Throwing down dunks, knocking down threes and exerting their height advantage, the Blue Devils continued the second-half precedent they set against North Carolina two weeks ago. “Two big parts for us have been the very end of the first half and the beginning of the second,” sophomore Ryan Kelly said. “It’s important to end the half strong, go in with some confidence, and then also to start a half strong and get into the other team’s head a little See analysis on page 9
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As a program, Duke’s men’s and women’s teams have never before collectively earned a spot in the top half of the ACC. But later this week, they hope to set a new record by changing that. With athletes ACC showing strong perIndoors formances in both THURSDAY-SATURDAY the running and field events, direcBlacksburg, Va. tor of track and field Norm Ogilvie feels confident in both teams’ abilities to accomplish this goal at the ACC Indoor Championships. “We are coming in off of two of our best meets,” Ogilvie said. “And all segments [of the team] are contributing.” In previous years, the Blue Devils have had most of their successes in the distance events, but according to Ogilvie, this has started to change. Throughout the season, school records have been set on the track, including the women’s mile and the men’s 5k, and in multiple field events like the pole vault. In addition, athletes have set several personal records, and shown improvement in events such as the hurdles and sprints. Certain Duke athletes have also been able to earn a top ranking in addition to breaking records. Kate Van Buskirk, whose mile time of 4:35.83 at the Armory Invitational was enough
to earn her a top spot and qualify her for the NCAA Indoor Championships, has been named ACC Performer of the Week twice this season. Other athletes who have shown improvement and set school records include seniors Bo Waggoner and Josh Lund, who set new records in the 5k and 3k races, respectively. Freshmen Tanner Anderson and Michael Krone have made Duke the only school in the ACC with two freshmen jumping over seven feet, and they are ranked second and fourth in the conference, respectively. Ranked third in the ACC and ninth in the country in the pole vault, senior Amy Fryt has also had an impressive season, and joins Van Buskirk in being an ACC Performer of the Week this season. “We’ve had a tremendous season until this point with all of the personal records set,” Ogilvie said. “We’re in a great mood coming in [to the ACC meet].” The successes experienced by the Blue Devils at their last meet, the Virginia Tech Challenge, as well as earlier in the year at the Hokie Invitational, are especially promising since the ACC Indoor Championships will be hosted in Blacksburg this year. The meet will start today, when sophomore Curtis Beach and freshman Miray Seward compete in the multi-event decathlon and heptathlon, and continue throughout the week, with the last finals finishing Saturday.
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Tonight, Jasmine Thomas will look for her seventh win in her seventh game played in Virginia.
It’s said that home is where the heart is, and for Jasmine Thomas, home is also where the wins are. In her Duke career, the star guard has played six games in her home state of Virginia, and has brought her team back to Durham victorious all six times. She’ll visit the Old Dominion one more time before she graduates, though, as the Blue Devils travel to Charlottesville—about 100 miles from Thomas’ hometown of Fairfax—tonight to take on Virginia at 7 p.m. Thomas will have the distinction in this game of being the only player on either team to average double digits in the scoring column this season. The No. 9 Blue Devils (24-3, 10-2 in the ACC) are on the verge of finishing their second season in a row with only one double-digit scorer, with last year representing the first campaign since 1981-82 in which Duke boasted only one player with over 10 points per game. But what both of these teams lack in star power, they make up for in depth. The Blue Devils are the only team in the ACC, the top 25 and their own school See w. basketball on page 10
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bit. We’ve done that really well these last few games.” Using the momentum of a last-second three by sophomore Seth Curry to end the half, the Blue Devils came out with a new fire under them in the second. Turning the tables on the Owls, who managed to set a slower pace in the first half, Duke began to set the rhythm of the game with slightly faster offense. Pushing the ball more and running the break, the Blue Devils took advantage of easy layup opportunities. On top of changing the tempo of the game, the Blue Devils managed to finally find their feet in the paint. Sophomore Mason Plumlee took control of the boards with eight rebounds in the second, paralleling his nine second-half rebounds against N.C. State and five against North Carolina. Adding to the strong board play by Plumlee was his incredible sequence of scores. Slamming home two powerful dunks on consecutive possessions midway through the half, Plumlee brought Cameron to its feet and broke the hearts of the Temple faithful. “Mason really started rebounding in the second half,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Sometimes it takes you a while [to think], ‘What can I do against these guys?’ Thank goodness he can do that.” Duke also impressed in the second half by the variety of ways it put points on the board. Typically relying on
for the Owls, guards Juan Fernandez and Aaron Brown could only play limited minutes because of early foul trouble. “[Singler] was impossible to defend,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s had some of those shots in the last two weeks, and I think he’s been taking them like a jump shooter. Tonight he took them with more physicality, much more force and finished.” The Blue Devils’ run to start the second half was also highlighted by Mason Plumlee, whose ferocious dunks on consecutive possessions put the crowd in a frenzy. After a defensive shift left him alone in the post at the 13-minute mark, his turnaround slam extended the Duke lead to 14 points. When he stole the ball near mid-
“They ran it down our throats a couple of times on some easy run outs. And then Kyle Singler... he was terrific tonight.” — Temple’s Fran Dunphy high numbers coming from behind the arc, Duke successfully displayed its ability to put the ball on the floor and get to the basket. Driving hard around Owl defenders and feeding the ball down low to the Plumlee brothers and Kelly, the Blue Devils showed last night that they were more than just a perimeter scoring team. “They ran it down our throats a couple of times on some easy run outs,” Temple head coach Fran Dunphy said. “And then Kyle Singler… he was terrific tonight. He had a couple really hard drives to the rim that just were not to be denied.” A final area that went relatively unnoticed, but was nonetheless important for Duke in the second half, was the team’s ability to remain calm in the presence of strict referees. Following a three-minute stretch in the first period in which nine fouls were called between both teams, the Blue Devils played relatively clean defense to open the second. Aside from a tough streak for freshman Tyler Thornton, in which he received three fouls in three minutes midway through the half, no Duke player registered more than two fouls in the second period. Moving forward into ACC and NCAA tournament play, the Blue Devils will need to expand their second half play into the first if they are to make their way back to the title game. As Kelly reiterated, it’s about playing strong for 40 minutes. “[Playing good in the second half is] a good thing and a bad thing, because we need to do it from the jump,” Kelly said. “If you can expand that to the entire game, then you’re going to be a tough team to beat.”
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court on the ensuing defensive possession, the sophomore streaked down the middle to catch a perfect alleyoop pass from Seth Curry, sending the ball home with both hands. The sophomore finished the night with six points and 13 rebounds. Plumlee’s alley-oop was just two of Duke’s 18 points off Temple’s 12 turnovers, while the Blue Devils gave up just six points on turnovers. Capitalizing on the turnovers allowed Duke to go on several second-half runs, as did improved defensive rebounding. “I thought our defensive rebounding in the second half led to some runs,” Krzyzewski said. “We got a double-digit lead because we rebounded the ball three or four times straight and got a fast break on it.” The Owls were unable to cut the lead to single digits from that point on, and the Blue Devils cruised to their 35th straight home win.
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w. basketball from page 8 history to have 11 players averaging double-digit minutes per game. Head coach Joanne P. McCallie has kept the entirety of her deep roster involved in the game action throughout the season, diluting some of the individual scoring totals. It hasn’t affected the team’s scoring overall, though, as its 70.2 points per game are nearly identical to last season’s 70.5. Four Blue Devils average over 8.5 points per game, and seven contribute more than five points per contest. But Duke will be missing one of those top scorers tonight as the team’s thirdleading scorer, freshman Chelsea Gray, recovers from an ankle injury sustained Sunday against Virginia Tech. McCallie says her rehab is going well.
“She’s very fortunate that it’s not addition to Shine’s 9.8 points per game, more than just an ankle sprain,” McCal- freshman guard Ataira Franklin has come lie said. on strong lately, scoring double digits in McCallie credited Virginia (15-13, 4-8) her last six games—including a doublefor its similarly balanced lineup. She said double last week against Maryland— the Cavaliers’ and averaging most dangerous 12.5 points in assets are “the “She’s very fortunate that it’s ACC play. The value of their c o n f e r e n c e ’s not more than just an ankle bench, the versaleading 3-point tility of their playshooter was recsprain.” ers, and their exognized as ACC — Joanne P. McCallie on rookie of the ceptional hustle and fight.” last week. Chelsea Gray’s injury week “On any Junior guard given night, a Ariana Moorer different player also chips in 9.3 can step up for them,” she said. points per game to round out the CavaThe Cavaliers’ leading scorer, junior liers’ top three. forward Chelsea Shine, sits two-tenths of Where Virginia doesn’t have as much a point shy of the double-digit mark. In depth, though, is inside. The tallest
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player in the Cavaliers’ regular rotation is 6-foot-3 sophomore center Simone Egwu. After Krystal Thomas, the ACC’s leading rebounder in conference play, set a career high in rebounds Sunday, she and fellow center Allison Vernerey could have another field day in Charlottesville. McCallie said the Blue Devils will be continuing to work on getting the ball into the post. “We always want to play inside out, regardless of who the opponent is,” she said. That’ll be one of many things Duke plans to work on against the Cavaliers as it approaches postseason play. “It’s a lot of re-tooling of things,” McCallie said. “Making things sharper, more detail work, more specifics about passing and execution, defensive stops, really harping on the little things that make the difference.” one run while striking out two. “I think this year more than any other year freshman pitchers are going to have a much bigger role,” Haviland said. “We’re going to have to step up and this is just a good game to get experience for us. We’re going to be asked to do a lot this year, and the more innings we throw the better chance we have of succeeding.” After the third inning, North Carolina Central (0-4) pitchers Brandon Oatis and Jasper Jones kept the Blue Devils in check. Oatis pitched four innings, only surrendering one run while striking out six Blue Devils. Jones closed out the last two innings, also only giving up one hit and no runs. “[The Eagles] have gotten better every year,” McNally said. “It’s a great thing for Duke and Durham for us to be downtown, we love playing at the old park. It gave us an opportunity to get some guys some muchneeded experience.”
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House model off to good start After months of speculation This outline for the reconand discussion, the mystery struction of housing at Duke surrounding the new house is promising. model is starting to make more In a guest column featured sense, shedding light on the in The Chronicle, Associate upcoming transition. Dean for Residence Life Joe The basic Gonzalez and outline of the Associate Dean editorial house model, for Undergradscheduled to take effect in uate Education Donna Lisker, Fall 2012, was explained co-chairs of the House Model in yesterday’s Chronicle. Committee, note that the shift There will be approximately to the house model will “pro70 houses, divided between mote equity and increase comWest and Central Campuses. munity.” This community will Fraternities and Selective Liv- likely resemble and extend the ing Groups will become their spirit seen in East Campus dorown houses, and unaffiliated mitories, while also mimicking students will be randomly the relationships forged in seassigned to houses during a lective living groups and greek process following their fresh- organizations. This spirit of man year. Students will then community is currently lacklive in that house for the next ing in the quad model, where three years, creating a multi- independent students have class environment. relatively little interaction out-
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houses, it will be up to them to create a distinct house personality. Each house will receive funds for programming and will have relative autonomy in deciding what to do with this money. Creative and successful house events, intramural sports teams and house themes—all initiated by student residents—will be influential in making these randomly assigned houses true living communities rather than disconnected groups. There are some aspects of the house model that may cause controversy. Blocks will be cut in half from the current maximum of 12 students to only six. While some have criticized this move, we feel that it will prompt students to create friendships outside of their block.
The random assignment of houses has also drawn some criticism, as it is possible for students to be placed in a block that they do not want to live in. However, random assignment eliminates the confusion and frustration often felt during the RoomPix lottery process. Furthermore, barring any extenuating circumstances, we believe that students should live in the same house for all three years. This will aid the facilitation of a multi-class community among houses. Ultimately, the current house model proposal is another step in the right direction. We applaud the potential it has to form a more meaningful living community at Duke.
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Slam poet Mayda Del Valle minced no words when speech? Would you feel comfortable crossing them she took Reynolds Auditorium by storm last week: over to the opposite situation? (The first word in each “And I’m speaking in tongues / blending proper with pair is Germanic and the second is Latinate.) street talk / everyday meets academic / bastardizing The deliberate choice of certain derived vocabuone language / creating new ones.” lary is informed by our social surHer first piece that night, the freroundings. We speak in certain ways netically melodious “Tongue Tactics,” to impress certain people. Most sowas a send-up of the social dichotomy cially aware native English speakers between “high-class” and “low-class” can suss out when to use different Spanish. Others can have their haughty vocabulary. What identity are we attongues, she spat, but leave her the pastempting to embody? Are we Del sionate, earthy, real street talk. Valle or Obama? Is it possible to be Although the poem was about Span- sandeep prasanna both? ish, the English she used was “street” as Suppose we can describe our well. And it was mesmerizing. The pas- hooked on phonetics academic life, mostly confined to sion, simplicity and attitude of her lanclassrooms and professors’ offices, guage made it fantastically engaging. It just wouldn’t as our “Latinate” identity, and our social life, passionhave been the same if it were delivered as a staid ate and street, as “Germanic.” We use different social speech. “vocabularies” throughout our day, with different And yet, almost 300 miles north, President Obama people and in different locations. When we cross over and his speech writers are collaborating to enchant these vocabularies—acting informal in a presentaaudiences, too. Although Obama is no slam poet, tion, or speaking stiltedly at a section party—the efwith his refined English, his words are poetic in a to- fect is jarring: not necessarily always bad, but always tally different way. noticeable. Do their different styles resonate with different asIt’s not that we owe a particular allegiance to either pects of our identity? vocabulary: After all, we do work hard (Latinate) and English-speaking societies delineate high- and low- play hard (Germanic). But for many of us, the “work class speech in many ways. For example, your accent, hard, play hard” mantra implies a strict dichotomy. especially in Britain and the U.S., can give others inThe truth is that even though Latinate and Gerformation about your socioeconomic background. manic vocabularies share a complex, stratified and Non-standard grammar might lead others to stereo- sometimes dichotomous history, modern English typed conclusions about your education or neighbor- wouldn’t work without constant interplay between the hood. two. We cross over our lexicons constantly. Just look at Vocabulary choice, too, has been a marker of so- this column, for example—I oscillate between “big” cioeconomic status in English for at least the last mil- and “small” words, between Latinate and Germanic lennium. When the Normans invaded the British Isles vocabularies. in 1066, they brought their language, a Latin-derived So what if we saw more crossovers between work Romance tongue related to French. For well over a and play? What if we brought the same vigor we apply century, Norman-speaking people formed most of to our co-curricular activities and weekend parties into the ruling class in Britain. Their language, and all of the classroom? And what if we brought more intellecthe Latinate words it carried, became known as high- tual dialogues onto the quad? Latinate and Germanic class speech. Later, as the Normans assimilated into English words don’t have to be used separately, maybe the local Briton culture, the English language that we can bring the best of both worlds together—“work emerged was stratified between Latinate vocabulary and play hard.” (high-class) and native Germanic vocabulary (neutral English, because it has absorbed the ideas and or low-class). mannerisms of so many different social strata and The distinction persists today. Latin-derived vo- geographic variations, is one of the most expressive cabulary is perceived to be more intelligent and elo- languages in the world. Both Del Valle and Obama quent, whereas Germanic words are seen as earthier, can exist in the same linguistic sphere. English’s herisimpler and unpretentious. It’s incredible how the so- tage and character gives it power. cial atmosphere of southern Britain nearly 1,000 years Duke, too, has all the materials for becoming the ago is still determining our performance of language English of universities: a vibrant social scene, a worldand identity today. class academic culture and a socioeconomically, ethThink about the dichotomous connotations of nically, linguistically and ideologically diverse commuthese pairs: ask/inquire; do/execute; begin/com- nity. What’s Duke’s language going to be like? mence; drink/imbibe; speak/converse; lie/repose; small/diminutive. Which would you use in daily conSandeep Prasanna is a Trinity senior. His column runs versation, and which might you use in an essay or a every other Thursday.
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Bold in the bedroom My favourite [sic] Canadian Prime Minister, “did get some guidance from how other instituPierre Elliott Trudeau, said “There’s no place tions approach this.” for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” Gonzalez doesn’t “expect demand to exConsidering Duke adminceed availability, but because istration as the “state,” and stuit’s the first year it’s hard to dents as the “nation,” Trudeau’s predict.” There are some unmaxim should ring true for the knowns. However, there are roll-out of Duke’s new gendersome educated guesses we can neutral housing policy. make. The first is that we’re But, so far, it hasn’t. Even not going to see a stampede of with a new policy that is an imcouples, whether of different provement of the status quo, samantha lachman genders or the same, choosing RLHS is still self-conscious of to cohabitate. Gonzalez and I the perceived “controversies” my favourite things agreed that it’s a good idea for that could arise from the poliRLHS to “discourage students cy’s initial implementation, such as angry par- who are romantically involved from pursuing ent phone calls and rabid, sex-crazed couples. this.” Adults should be able to make their own So what are the elements of this policy? decisions... but (in my opinion) living (officialOne is that groups selecting three-bedroom ly) together as undergraduates is an unwise de(four-person) apartments on Central Cam- cision. Having this policy isn’t going to increase pus “are limited to a block consisting of one the amount of sex Duke students have... and same gender roommate pair and one mixed even if it does, who cares? gender pair.” I asked Joe Gonzalez, associate In our interview, Gonzalez used phrases like dean for residential life, about this clause, and “best attempt,” “intial trepidation,” “safe side” he answered “I’d have to ask someone else, as and “comfort level,” to describe the rationale I think about it, you could have two and two.” behind certain elements of this policy. I underYou COULD have two and two, as one gender stand RLHS’ reasoning that “there are some could get the two singles in those apartments who are very uncomfortable with [the policy].” and the other gender could share the double. But expecting that this “pilot approach” will Or you could be risky, and let the students work lead to bad trends rather than good freedoms it out for themselves. is negating it from the start. If you predicate Another element is that if “someone moves the policy on the assumption that there will be out of a gender-neutral apartment, the gender- “controversial elements,” then it’s doomed to neutral grouping of students is dissolved and be viewed as a giant experiment rather an opthe apartment changes back to single-gender tion that should exist. housing,” which may require “one or all of the Senior Michelle Sohn, who worked with the remaining apartment-mates to move to differ- administration in moving towards this policy, ent rooms or apartments.” Gonzalez explained said in an e-mail, “If we’re so worried about couthat RLHS is trying to write a “policy for the ples living together then perhaps we should just what-ifs, so they’re already covered.” Conceiv- put everyone in singles and have a curfew.” She ably, there could be still two of one gender and added, “I’m happy that they worked hard to get one of the other remaining after one moves this done, but perhaps our administrators think out, but Gonzalez says “for the first year... we’re too much in terms of ‘worst-case scenarios.’” taking a conservative approach for how we can There are students who would like this manage the community.” on Duke’s other two campuses. Freshman I might sound whiny, but I’m not alone. Jacob Tobia is in the process of forming (DSSophomore Erin Sweeney jokingly noted that GNing) a new student group called Duke RLHS’ thought-process must have been: “The Students for Gender Neutrality. He is living only... people who would want this are three in Round Table section next year, where he girls and their gay best friend, right? [T]his is a “can’t formally room with a girl, even though two-birds-with-one-stone deal. We stop sorority everyone in my section is OK with it, because girls AND their gay best friends from complain- Round Table is on West.” ing about their lack of housing.” These gender issues will be pervasive until The University of Pennsylvania led the way we stop dictating how to be gender neutral and in establishing a gender-neutral policy in 2005. feel confident in leaving it up to students. The Yale and Columbia became the last Ivy League policy is a start. But it could have been, as Sohn schools to implement for this year and next says, “bolder.” year, respectively. Indeed, Yalies actually gathered for a “sleep-in” in 2009 to protest a delay in Samantha Lachman is a Trinity sophomore. Her making the policy decision. Gonzalez says Duke column runs every other Thursday.
The reality behind eating disorders For most of us, the experience of our need is the core component that strengthbodies is background noise. We don’t pay ens true intimacy in relationships. When much attention to the feeling of our back we are not able to show our vulnerability on a chair, or the position in relationships, we are left of our limbs in space—our with the feeling that our reguest column lationships brains just have more urare superficial gent matters to think about. in nature and may even Rather, we become aware of our bodies feel “alone” though we are surrounded by when it is important to us for do so: when others. It is at this point that the relationour stomachs growl, when we are in pain. ship with food risks becoming a substitute For those with eating disorders, the body for our relationship with people. perpetually commands attention, distractThis is not to say that the individual ing from ongoing events—making it dif- with the eating disorder does not have to ficult to concentrate on an ongoing con- make some changes to improve health versation or get fully sensually immersed in and minimize the negative impact of an intimate encounter. As a result, people symptoms on brain function. But it is not struggling with disordered eating are so simply a matter of “just eating” or “not trapped in their focus on their bodies they throwing up”: It’s about trusting that our cannot really be with the people in their true selves are more likely to lead to the lives. So, individuals with eating disorders life we value than the idealized notions so are profoundly lonely. often promoted. Sometimes this means What makes eating disorders lonelier life has storms. Riding through these is that few understand the experience. storms is part of life. It’s also part of the Eating disorders cannot be solely about process of recovery—of remembering the appearance concerns. Thinking so trivi- complete self. Riding through this storm alizes these disorders to such an extreme is not only about befriending oneself, it is that those with these disorders go under- about tackling the loneliness by allowing ground, afraid to confide to even their others to know of one’s flaws. closest friends for fear they be regarded as So how does “Duke” contribute to these superficial or shallow. A study investigating issues? Well, “Duke” doesn’t. We do. When how eating disorders are covered in the we settle for superficial relationships, deny media revealed that 48 percent of stories our need for connection and bonds, triviabout eating disorders can be found in the alize creativity, banish our imperfections entertainment sections—a grossly mistak- and emotional needs or choose academic en portrayal of these severe mental illness- pursuits over deeper conversations... we es. What is covered in the media is usually are creating a community that is essentialreflecting and informing the communities ly “starving” for true intimacy. How many in which we live, and Duke is not immune of us are willing to push against the social to this. Students at Duke, with its emphasis norms that promote loneliness and feed on idealized notions of success, often com- our sense of disconnection from ourselves plain how difficult it is to be themselves. and others? How many of us are willing to When you cannot be yourself, in all of your take the focus off food, weight or dieting nuanced intricacy, loneliness is inevitable. and address the real issues fueling disorThe question then becomes, why is this dered eating? nuanced concept of selfhood not developing in some Duke students? Well, one posGary Glass, Ph.D. is the assistant director for sibility is that as a culture we have forgotten outreach and developmental programming for the capacity to embrace all aspects of the Counseling and Psychological Services. Paula self—to embrace both weakness and our Scataloni is the senior coordinator for eating areas of vulnerability. And, social norms disorder treatment and social work training at (i.e. to be strong, independent, driven, Counseling and Psychological Services. Nancy non-vulnerable, etc), dictate that it is taboo Zucker, Ph. D., is the assistant professor of psyto acknowledge our areas of vulnerability chiatry and behavioral sciences for the Duke Inor imperfections with others, that it is ta- stitute for Brain Sciences. Feb. 20-26 is National boo to be truly authentic. Which is ironic Eating Disorder Awareness Week, sponsored by since expressing vulnerability in times of the National Eating Disorders Association.
My circle is your circle A few days ago, a friend and I maneuvered our way Economics? Not interested in that either, I’m sorry to disaparound an auditorium in Fuqua, searching for seats in our point you.” unusually large, 500-person lecture. We looked across the Many of the pressures to find the right group of friends and room and saw a mutual friend speaking with to be the “right amount of Indian” were intertwo strangers. Of course she knows them, nal, mostly stemming from my personal strugmy friend commented. Our friend is Indian, gle to reconcile my cultural upbringing with my as were the two strangers. Ergo, they must American values. Other pressures were rooted know each other. in a desire to defy the self-segregating norm Halt with the flawless logic, please. I am Inthat friends had warned me about before comdian, so by definition, shouldn’t I know all three ing to Duke. I didn’t want to be seen as part of as well? Of course not, my friend explained: I a stereotypical minority group. I wanted to be am not a part of the Indian circle. bhumi purohit seen as an individual. I hadn’t put serious thought into my social I worked hard to cultivate a social circle that got privilege? circle all year. My circle simply consists of my made me feel comfortable with all aspects of friends, some of whom happen to be Indian. my identity—not merely my most phenotypiMy friend’s comment, however, made me think back to my first cally obvious one. Still, to others, I am not part of the “South two years at Duke, when I was constantly aware of my ethnicity. Asian clique,” which is a negative reflection on my ethnic auBack then, it seemed that no matter what I did, everything was thenticity. In order to prove I am authentically Indian, I should a reflection on my cultural identity as a South Asian. be visibly part of the South Asian social scene. If I had dinner with a group of South Asian friends, I was Self-segregate or not, it’s a catch-22. self-segregating. If I had dinner with a group of diverse friends, Now imagine my friend had been talking to two strangers I was white-washed. If I studied in the library, I was being a typi- and all three were white. Would they be part of a circle? Would cal, nerdy Indian. they be self-segregating? Would they be ethnically authentic? Then, there was always the question of my major. “No, Or would they simply be three people who happened to know I’m not pre-med, nor an engineer, thank you. What’s that? each other? Throw in something simple like the people being
ethnic or racial minorities, and bam!—it magically becomes self-segregation. I, however, cannot simply be friends with a group of people who ethnically identify as I do without self segregating. Instead, it is my responsibility, and that of any other individual who identifies as an ethnic minority, to actively seek out a diverse social network. The obligation to build multicultural friend groups lies on minorities. But shouldn’t diverse interactions—whether diversity is defined as racial, ethnic, or something else—be facilitated by everyone? Shouldn’t the onus of seeking new perspectives and friendships be equitably distributed? So to recap, no, I don’t know everyone who is Indian. And no, the Asians aren’t always studying together in the Link. Black students aren’t always sitting at the same table at the Marketplace, either. Look further than these seemingly exclusive circles: We are in a fantastically diverse community and individuals are getting to know individuals. I am not bound to be part of any one group, nor is it my responsibility to prove to others that I am a minority who values diversity. Our four years here are too short to limit ourselves to any exclusive circles. That would just be square. Bhumi Purohit is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Thursday.
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