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The theaters of Durham are alive once again with the pitter-patter of dancing feet. The American Dance Festival begins its 78th season today with an impressive performance lineup of more than a dozen acclaimed leaders in modern dance. ADF, which was founded in 1934 and moved to Duke University in 1977, also includes a robust six-week dancing school and awards for excellence in choreography and dance teaching. This summer marks the last season for ADF Director Charles Reinhart, who will retire at the end of this season after 43 years as director. “[Reinhart] is an extraordinary visionary in terms of identifying talented artists and sticking by the talented artists he wants to nurture and develop,” said ADF co-Director Jodee Nimerichter, who is slated to assume the role of director when Reinhart steps down. “He has helped move modern dance onto the international map.” Since its founding, the festival has played an integral role in the development of modern dance, she said. “I think ADF’s history is pretty synonymous with the history of modern dance,” Nimerichter said. “So much of what is created and premiered at the festival—and, for the last
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A tornado that struck the Shaw University campus April 16 destroyed much of the school’s infrastructure, causing the university to cancel classes for the remainder of the semester. SEE STORY PAGE 3.
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Fifty-four members of the Class of 2015 will come to campus in August with the honor of having received one of Duke’s coveted merit scholarships. These students have been awarded one of the seven individual merit scholarship pronews grams Duke offers. Of the seven, only five met analysis or exceeded their target acceptance yield for the Class of 2015, as two slightly missed their goal. The Angier B. Duke program will enroll 15 freshmen this Fall, the University Scholars Program will enroll eight, the Alumni Endowed Scholars will enroll one, the Trinity Scholarships will enroll four and the Robertson Scholars Program—which has students at both Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—will enroll 14 Duke scholars, said Melissa Malouf, director of the office of undergraduate scholars and fellows. These programs were the five that achieved their target yield. Malouf said she does not think the financial component of merit scholarships specifically draws students to Duke as opposed to peer institutions. “I think that Duke’s scholarship programs do better, overall, in competing against these schools for top applicants not because of the financial package,” Malouf SEE MERIT ON PAGE 5
Activists storm House, arrested during rally by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE
Three gay rights activists stormed the N.C. House of Representatives last Thursday chanting “liberty and justice for all”— only to be immediately arrested and detained by the police. The trio, which included openly gay former U.S Senate candidate Jim Neal, a Democrat, was participating in the “Rally in Raleigh for Equality” event that day— along with roughly 200 other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists. The event was held to protest Senate Bill 106, titled “Defense of Marriage,” which would ban private businesses from offering domestic partners insurance benefits, as well as create other legal restrictions for the
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gay community. Rally in Raleigh was organized by the national LGBT rights organization GetEQUAL. Neal and Mary Counce and Angel Chandler, the N.C. state organizer for GetEQUAL, was arrested at the rally. Chandler said the decision to disrupt the legislative chamber that day was not planned by the organization, but quickly agreed upon by the three members of the group. “We are a fairly new organization and we wanted a movement that would utilize civil disobedience to affect change,” she said. “That is the only way that we can gain civil rights.... This was a perfect SEE ARRESTS ON PAGE 5
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Shaw reconstruction on Dubay remembered track for Fall semester as a ‘diehard Dukie’ by Kelly Scurry THE CHRONICLE
Nearly two months after a devastating tornado destroyed much of the Shaw University campus, the school is working hard to return to full operation. A tornado struck the Raleigh area April 16, causing massive damage to Shaw, the South’s oldest historically black university located in downtown Raleigh. Without facilities to provide food or lodging for its students, Shaw’s president Irma McClaurin cancelled classes for the rest of the Spring—with only eight days of classes and a week of final exams left. Shaw is, however, currently open for its summer session and will return to full operation by the end of July, university administrators said. They added that the university has also overcome an expected drop in summer and Fall enrollment. “We anticipated an impact on the summer school, however there was [just] a trivial drop in registration for the summer,” said Mack Ward, chief of staff for the Shaw University president. Mack added that application and enrollment rates for the university have not shifted dramatically from 2010 to 2011, noting that Shaw is “on track” for Fall enrollment. Most of the students enrolled in summer courses are commuting to the campus, said Sherri Fillingham, interim director for strategic communication and marketing, because many of the dormitories damaged by the tornado have not yet reopened. Students in need of housing are using the dormitories at
the nearby St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, Fillingham added. At the time of the tornado, McClaurin said administrators remained hopeful that the campus would be fully reconstructed by Fall 2011. Students were similarly hopeful, though also unsure. “The first initial shock of when it happened, we weren’t sure if we were going to have classes for the summer or the Fall, and if so, would they be online?” said rising junior Cassandra Burney. And though Shaw’s reconstruction is now near completion, the university will still face several challenges. This Fall, Shaw will use a modular cafeteria and receive temporary roofing and windows for the dormitories, said rising sophomore Vaughn Carrington. Every university within a 40-mile radius has contributed to the clean-up and rebuilding effort at Shaw, Fillingham said. Duke’s Black Student Alliance organized a fundraiser with Panda Express that would donate 20 percent of its profits over two days to Shaw. Additionally, North Carolina Central University donated the proceeds from its annual Chancellor’s Concert to Shaw. Financial contributions for the rebuilding efforts have also come from alumni. Walter Heaggans, who graduated from Shaw in 1998, said he hopes that this renewed interest from alumni and other donors may raise awareness of the university’s needs beyond the reconstruction of SEE SHAW ON PAGE 5
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Even a month after the tornado, the interior of the Willie E. Gary student center remains in disarray.
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When hurrying between classes, many students and faculty would take a detour to the Sanford Deli to grab lunch or a snack— but mainly to see Roger. His sincerity and infectious wit made him a memorable presence on campus until he passed away last week. Roger Dubay, 50, was found dead in his DurRoger Dubay ham home June 1. It appears that the death was from natural causes, and there were no signs of foul play, said Kammie Michael, public information officer for the Durham Police Department. The police found Dubay after receiving a phone call from Steve Eller, director of operations for Alpine Bagels, which owns the Sanford Deli. Eller went to Dubay’s home to check on him when he did not report for work May 31. Dubay never missed a day of work in five years, Eller said. Eller added that an autopsy was performed Thursday, but he does not know the results. Dubay suffered from diabetes, but it is unclear if that contributed to his death. Originally from Spring Lake, N.C., Dubay was general manager of Sanford Deli, the public policy-themed eatery at the Sanford School of Public Policy, for the past seven years. He also worked part
time as a leasing agent at Pinnacle Ridge Apartments. Prior to that, he managed several other sandwich shops in North Carolina. Despite his avid support of the Dallas Cowboys, Dubay was as big of a Duke fan as any student. “He lived and breathed Duke—he was a diehard Dukie, that’s for sure,” Eller said. “His house [is] full of Duke memorabilia, stuff that had been signed for him by students.” Many students considered Dubay a staple at Sanford. He always took the time to personally greet each customer. “Even if he didn’t know you by name, he would look at your DukeCard before he swiped it and would address you,” said George Pearkes, a senior. “You really notice he’s catching the details. He always made an effort to have some kind of personal relationship with the customer. Roger was the classic definition of a people person.” Braveen Ragunanthan, a senior, said he saw Dubay on a weekly basis and considered him one of his best friends. “My friendship with Roger really made Duke my home away from home,” Ragunanthan said. “A lot of people say they can’t imagine Sanford without Roger, but I can’t even fathom Duke without Roger. He is irreplaceable.” Dubay found satisfaction in working toward his goals. Senior Philippe Clary wrote in an email that his fondest memory SEE DUBAY ON PAGE 5
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Seeing others succeed may hinder personal success, study shows by Julia Ni THE CHRONICLE
Studying with a highly-motivated friend may not be as inspiring as many students may think, according to a recent study. Funded by grants from Idaho State University’s WE LEAD program and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, a team of researchers—including one from Duke—has found that watching others complete their goals may impact individual goal pursuit. “[The results of the study] attest to the idea that things that are going on around us that we’re not aware of can actually undermine our behavior,” said Kathleen McCulloch, assistant professor in experimental psychology at Idaho State University. “Watching somebody else accomplish your goal could lead you to be unmotivated.” She added that the study builds on the ideas of goal contagion, or the idea that goals, too, can be contagious. The study—which involved more than 300 individuals—had two main components, said Grainne Fitzsimons, an associate professor in the Fuqua School of Business. In the first experiment, individuals worked on an attention task on a computer before completing an anagram. While completing the first task, the first group of observers saw an embedded video on a screen displaying a pair of hands completing the same anagram, a second group never saw the hands complete the task and a third group did not watch a video. Those who watched the hands successfully finish the anagram were 72 percent correct in completing their own identical task while those who did not see the hands complete the task were 77.2 percent correct, McCulloch said. The participants who never viewed the embedded video scored an average of 78.6 percent.
“What we saw in the people who watched the hands complete the task [was that] they didn’t work as hard when they were given a chance to do the task themselves,” Fitzsimons said. The second experiment involved individuals reading a story about a character searching for his manager, and the research subjects were then given a word completion task and had to fill in letters to form a word. Participants who read the story without being interrupted filled in letters that formed fewer words related to the story than did those who were interrupted and never finished the ending, in which the manager was found. “We were interested in showing more cognitive evidence that the goal was actually being inhibited,” Fitzsimons said. Words chosen by participants often reflected what was most accessible in their minds, Fitzsimons said, meaning that the results indicated that only those who read the incomplete story—in which the goal was still ongoing—had picked up the character’s goal of finding his manager. The researchers noted that the study has implications in both the workplace and in interpersonal relationships. “Often, people substitute talking for action,” McCulloch said. “If given [positive] feedback, some people might become vicariously satisfied even though they haven’t done anything at all.” Many students agreed that social environments may affect goal pursuit, but some expressed skepticism at the study’s results. “Some people are less influenced by their environments, [but] others may be affected more positively or negatively,” said sophomore Esther Lho. Ciera Price, also a sophomore, said that as “an extremely competitive person”, seeing other people succeed would only motivate her to achieve her own goals.
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ADF from page 1 34 years, in Durham, North Carolina— goes on to tour the world. Durhamites are often the first to see... works we’ve commissioned [that] go on to form part of the great repertory of the field.” This year’s festival is home to eight world premieres and five U.S. premieres, Corin Kane, ADF marketing and communications coordinator, wrote in an email. Six of the eight world premieres were commissioned by ADF. Performances by renowned modern groups include Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pilobolus and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Kane said sponsoring these performances fulfills ADF’s duty to the art form. “One of the ADF’s missions is to contribute to the rich history of modern dance by both commission[ing] the reconstruction of old classics, and by commission[ing] world premieres by both new and groundbreaking artists and by the masters of the art form,” Kane said. Accompanying the festival, the intensive six-week school attracted more than 300 students this year, Nimerichter said. The students, mostly college-age dancers, come from around the world to attend three two-hour classes per day for four days a week. Duke awards college credit for the classes that offer instruction in styles from contemporary to ballet. Jason Fowler, a recent graduate from Texas Christian University and modern dance major, is returning for his second summer at ADF. He said he was struck by the “unique spirit” among ADF dancers. “Everyone is there to dance—everyone takes it seriously,” Fowler said. “But it isn’t competitive or cutthroat as one might expect. You find that everyone is really supportive of each other and even the most beautiful, experienced dancers you see are hard at work perfecting personal goals. Being competitive or jealous or proud is just a waste of time that could be spent on self-discovery.”
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SHAW from page 3 the campus. “Maybe even some other things that are on the plate [for consideration] can now be [addressed] because alumni have stepped up,” Heaggans said. Gaddis Faulcon, dean of the College of Graduate and Professional studies, also noted that the university’s academic programs, will not be affected given the damage to Shaw’s infrastructure. “Despite the physical damage, the quality of Shaw’s academics remains undiminished,” Faulcon said.
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said. “[I think they do better] because of the tight-knit academic communities they can be part of within the larger and exciting community of Duke.” The Reginaldo Howard Scholarship will enroll four freshmen—barely missing its target of five students. Similarly, the Benjamin N. Duke scholarship program missed its target of 10 with a class size of eight students. Don Taylor, director of the B.N. Duke scholarship program and assistant professor of public policy, said he is unsure of why the program’s yield varied from the upward trend of the past few years, which enrolled 12 and 14 students for the classes of 2013 and 2014, respectively. “Trying to land on the number 10 is not easy, since it is a relatively small number, and a few decisions one way or another can have a large percentage effect,” Taylor said. Some of the students who turned down the B.N. scholarship this year headed to peer institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Taylor added. The B.N., which awards scholarships to students from North and South Carolina, competes with not just other schools but also with other merit scholarships programs like the Park Scholarship at North Carolina State University and the Morehead-Cain scholarship program at UNC.
“The last few years, our yield success was out of the ordinary,” Taylor said. “You cannot expect to get 15 out of 16 offers over long periods of time with students that have this many great options.” Senior John Deans, a B.N. Duke scholar and a member of the B.N. Duke selection committee, said this year’s class of scholars was a very successful one. He said the selection weekend held in March—when B.N. finalists interview with the committee—is informal and emphasizes the importance of the scholarship program’s core four values of community, empathy, intentionality and imagination. Each year, the program’s yield depends upon the individual students who are finalists for the program, Deans said. “It’s tough to say [why this year differed from others, but] you get different kids every year with different interests,” he added. “For some people, depending on their financial situation, a full ride is more or less important. There are some people who are going to win the scholarship and their financial situation is [such] that they’ll pay to go to Harvard, MIT or Princeton.” He also noted that the size of the class does not matter as much as the quality of the students that ultimately become B.N. Duke scholars. “The kids are so accomplished and have so many options that vary year to year,” Deans said.
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ARRESTS from page 1 opportunity to use direct action, so we walked into the legislative building and gathered in the door and we starting chanting.” Junior Peter Kuo witnessed the three members enter the chambers of the N.C. General Assembly. Kuo, an intern for Conservation Trust for North Carolina—an environmental lobbying group—said the disruption and arrests happened very quickly, but added that the officials in charge dealt with the issue in a respectful manner. “As [the trio] ran in, the sergeant at arms that keeps order in the chambers tried to stop them from rushing and then forcibly took them out,” he said. “They dealt with it well, though—they didn’t drag them out of there or anything. There are pretty strict rules and you can’t do something like that during a legislative session.” The House was not discussing “Defense of Marriage” that day. Chandler noted that important issues like gay rights demand the presence of a powerful message before the bill reaches the floor. “Actions like this can’t wait for the moment when the bill is being discussed,” she said. “The message is that we
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DUBAY from page 3 of the restauranteur was the day Dubay said he bought his own house. “I could tell he genuinely felt like the greatest man alive, but humbly told me about his accomplishment,” Clary said. “After years of sincerely working hard, he had achieved his dream—the American dream. He told me that day, ‘You know man, it’s good to work for your goals, but always enjoy working to get there.’” Dana Weiner, Trinity ’11, said Dubay helped her maintain perspective when she was struggling to sort out her
post-graduation plans. For Dubay, some things were more important than status. “Roger looked at me and told me about his brother’s prestigious job, and then about his own satisfaction with his career,” Weiner wrote in an email. “Roger was telling me that as long as I loved what I was doing, the title by my name was irrelevant. And that really stuck with me, because Roger was one of the few who practiced what he preached.” Dubay is survived by his sister and two brothers. A memorial service was held last night at Pinnacle Ridge Apartments. Another service will likely be held for the Duke community in the next few weeks.
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Jon Scheyer doesn’t believe in regret. But when the former Blue Devil star watches the NBA playoffs, he can’t help but think how close he was to being a member of the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat and competing for an NBA title. “Maybe if the eye injury didn’t happen, I felt like I was going to be with the Heat this season,” Scheyer said last week at the ninth annual K Academy. “But I think things happen for a reason.” It’s been nearly eleven months since Scheyer experienced that career-threatening injury to his optic nerve, along with a retinal tear, that derailed his chances of making an NBA roster for the 2010-11 season. Now, instead of being in Dallas for the NBA Finals, Scheyer can only reflect on the past year, a period he describes as the “hardest time of my life.” Throughout his basketball career, Scheyer had never experienced an injury that significantly affected his ability to stay on the court. In four years at Duke, Scheyer played in every single one of the team’s 144 games. After July 14, though, when he got hit in the eye during an NBA summer league game in Las Vegas, Scheyer didn’t suit up again until Feb. 22. The 223-day break in action gave Scheyer’s eye time to heal. Immediately after the injury, Scheyer had to refrain from moving his head excessively for two months, forcing the star guard to remain still for long stretches of time. Nearly a year later, the eye is healthy but the vision hasn’t come back. “The vision never changed—the vision is still what it was when it got injured,” Scheyer said. “The top half of my [right] eye, I don’t see, but really it has no effect.... It really doesn’t affect me when I play. “If a plane is coming in from far away, I can’t see, but fortunately you don’t need to see that on a basketball court,” he added, laughing. The time off also afforded Scheyer the opportunity to learn more about the impact of eye-related injuries on athletes. Scheyer recalled one instance this past year when he was watching a Baylor women’s basketball game, and Melissa Jones—a senior captain for the Lady Bears— suffered a hit to the head and slowly started to lose her vision over the next couple of possessions. It turned out that Jones had also endured damage to her optic nerve, which had swollen to the point that she could not see out of her right eye. Jones had to play with diminished vision for the rest of the season. When Scheyer was waiting for his own eye to heal, he received a special house call in Chicago from Dr. Terry Kim, Chief Ophthalmologist for Duke men’s basketball. Dr. Kim kept in touch with Scheyer throughout his recovery, inspiring the former Blue Devil to work with Dr. Kim and Duke Sports Medicine to spread awareness about these types of injuries. “That’s really special to be a part of,” Scheyer said about his partnership with Kim. “There’s a great need for what Dr. Kim has to do, basically like a sports medical eye center. It would just be great to know other people out there that have injuries that are trying to make it through. “Having this eye injury has opened up a lot of things for me,” Scheyer said, his hands still fidgeting with the SEE SCHEYER ON PAGE 7
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Sophomore Brinson Paolini earned honorable mention All-America honors after finishing T-13 in individual stroke play.
Duke’s modus operandi this spring has been final round dominance. So it was no surprise that a last-day comeback in stroke play propelled the Blue Devils to the match play segment of the NCAA Championships last weekend at the Karsten Creek course in Stillwater, Okla. After upsetting top-seeded UCLA in the quarterfinals, though, Duke fell in the semifinals to Georgia 3-2 to end its season. “We outlasted some teams in the stroke play portion by getting a lot of pars when others didn’t, but when it came to [Georgia] they just made a couple of extra birdies on us,” head coach Jamie Green said. “I don’t think we played poorly at any point. They just played better.” The Blue Devils very nearly doomed themselves on the very first hole of the tournament’s stroke play, shooting a combined nine-over on the 477-yard, par-four tenth. Duke only conceded six more shots on the day, however, salvaging the round to finish the first day tied for 18th place. After a solid second round put the Blue Devils in a tie for 12th place and within shouting distance of the eighthplace finish necessary to qualify for the match-play portion of the tournament, they were faced once again with that daunting tenth hole to begin the final round. Duke, though, viewed it as a challenge to overcome. “The guys went into that day really licking their chops,” Green said. “[On that hole] I stood in the fairway and watched ball after ball after ball from our guys, who on the first two days had struggled with that tee-shot, hit the fairway. “That’s when I knew it was on. I said, ‘These guys are going to get this done.’” All five Blue Devils bogeyed that hole, but on a windy day it was simply enough to not put up the double and triple bogeys that plagued them on day one. That accomplishment fueled Duke, and led by freshman Austin Cody’s even-par performance and Julian Suri’s birdie on the final hole, it posted the lowest team score for the day and squeaked into match play, earning eighth place by a single stroke. SEE M. GOLF ON PAGE 7
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Ex-Blue Devil commits suicide Tom Emma, the captain of the 1983 Duke men’s basketball team, died on Tuesday morning after jumping off the roof of the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan. New York police recovered Emma’s body just before 11:30 a.m. on a second-floor landing of the Jumeirah Essex House next door. Emma, 49, did not leave a suicide note but police said relatives told them that Emma had been depressed. “The Duke basketball family is deeply saddened to hear of the tragic passing of Tom Emma,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. “He was a good man and fine representative of Duke University. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. He will be missed.” The 6-foot-2, 185-pound guard played four years for the Blue Devils, averaging 8.3 points and 2.9 assists per game in his senior season. He was drafted 210th overall by the Chicago Bulls in 1983 but never played in an NBA game. “I can’t believe it,” Johnny Dawkins, head basketball coach at Stanford, and Emma’s former teammate, told the New York Daily News on Tuesday. “He was a great guy,” Dawkins said. “I have nothing but respect for him as a competitor. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”
Emma was one of most highly-regarded high school basketball players to ever come out of Long Island. He attended Manhasset (N.Y.) High, where he broke the school scoring record with 1,983 points, eclipsing the mark set years earlier by Hall of Fame football player Jim Brown. Bill Foster was Duke’s head coach when Emma arrived in 1980, though he left shortly after the Blue Devils advanced to the Elite 8 that season. Duke advanced to the NIT in new coach Mike Krzyzewski’s first campaign, but struggled to sub-.500 seasons in Emma’s junior and senior years. Emma graduated from Duke with a dual degree in history and economics before earning a master’s degree in real estate and development from Columbia. He had been working since 1991 as the founder and president of Power Performance, Inc., a company dedicated to helping young athletes achieve their strength and conditioning goals. He also wrote a series of books about athletic training, including “A Basketball Player’s Comprehensive Guide to Strength Training” and “The Ultimate Shooter’s Improvement Handbook.” —from staff reports
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“There’s patience, and then there’s patience.” Those were the words of head coach Dan Brooks, describing the maturation of his sophomore star player, Lindy Duncan. She’s learning the latter, he said. “You think you’ve been patient and you don’t realize what patience is,” Brooks said. “If you’re dedicated, you keep getting better and better and better at keeping hope alive, no matter what’s going on in your game, no matter what misfortune you run into.... We give up in this game in ways that we don’t even realize we’re giving up that are not apparent to anybody else. We’re just a little knocked down, a little beaten up by every little mishap.” He’s proud of the way that Duncan didn’t let some of the mishaps interfere with her play at the NCAA Championship, where she placed eighth on May 21. But it’s clear that coaching and playing golf both involve getting a little knocked down, since Duncan was the lone bright spot for a squad that missed competing for the NCAA title as a team for the first time in 13 years. Asked about the NCAA Central regional where the Blue Devils played for a berth in the national championship tournament, he said, simply, “That wasn’t a fun experience.” What did the team need to do better to make nationals? “Well,” he said, somewhat wearily, “We needed to play better golf.” The team opened the Central regional tied for fifth, with a 14-over par first day, led by freshman Laetitia Beck, who finished a windy first day tied for third overall at even par. Day two at Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. tripped the Blue Devils up, though, as the team needed 26 shots over par to get through the round, falling all the way back to 13th place, six shots back of the top-eight finish needed to advance to the national championship. The team score of 314 was the highest total for any Duke team in a regional round since 1997, not coincidentally also the last year the team didn’t qualify for nationals. Duncan’s par effort on the second day led the team and brought her into a tie for fifth, just three shots off the leader. They glimpsed a chance at an NCAA berth, as good early play on day three earned them a place in the top eight. The team was three-under-par through the first five holes and reached the turn at one-over par. But then, the weather intervened. A weather delay of over two hours pushed back Duke’s final nine holes, and when they returned to the course, it was the play, rather than the weather, that could be described as stormy. Bogeys on the back nine cost the Blue Devils eight strokes, and their spot in the NCAA championship, as they finished ninth, four shots back of eighth-place Wake Forest. According to both Duncan and Brooks, the team’s poor performance at the regional tournament was the symptom of a season-long struggle to focus. “At Duke, especially, we just don’t have a lot of time to have non-quality practicing,” Duncan said. “We have too much to do...and when we get to practice it has to be extremely high quality. And I just felt like all year long the quality wasn’t there.” The silver lining, though, was Duncan, who carded a three-over 75 to finish tied for sixth and win one of two individual spots at the national championship for players whose teams did not qualify. Duncan traveled to College Station, Texas for the NCAA Championship, held at the 6,260-yard Traditions Club. She struggled out of the gate in her first two rounds, but fought back to even par on the first day, and to what would have been even par were it not for a difficult two-stroke penalty in Friday’s second round. After marking her ball on the green, it moved slightly, and she agreed with her playing partners to replace the ball. But because she had not addressed the ball, she was meant to play the ball as it lay, and moving it meant a two-stroke penalty. Although she turned in a strong round, she was falling back relative to the competition, dropping from tenth back to just inside the top 20. Her third day, though, saw her open with five straight pars, including two up-and-downs, before registering birdies on No. 6, No. 8 and No. 10. Her only bogey came on the 13th hole, to leave her at two-under-par for the day and move her into fifth place. She considers her final day a quality round even though her one-over-par 73 dropped her back to an eighth-place finish. Starting on the back nine, she didn’t hit the green
goggles that have now become a part of his regular uniform. “I had never realized how significant eye diseases and injuries were. It has a great effect on people.” Even though he was eventually cut from the Heat roster while still recovering from the injury, Scheyer still had a chance to compete for a title this past year. He joined the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA DLeague midseason, starting 19 of the team’s final 24 games—including all eight playoff contests—as the Vipers advanced to the D-League finals, eventually losing 2-1 in the championship series. The point guard averaged more than 13 points in just over 33 minutes of action per game, and credited his stint with the Vipers as an opportunity to improve multiple facets of his game, namely his defense. After playing in a system at Duke that heavilyemphasized help defense, the isolation-heavy nature of the professional game forced Scheyer to improve his one-on-one defense. “I’ve learned a ton in this last year,” he said. “I feel really confident. I feel I’m a better player.” Scheyer may not have a chance to show off his improved game anytime soon, though. With the current NBA collective bargaining agreement set to expire at the end of this season, he once again faces uncertainty regarding his playing future. He wants to continue to pursue his dream of playing in the NBA, and will attend as many mini-camps as possible if and when a new CBA is agreed upon. For now, he’s just focused on staying in shape, and watching the finals like any other basketball fan, with as little thought as possible to what could have been.
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Sophomore Lindy Duncan finished eighth at the NCAA championships after the Blue Devils failed to qualify as a team. in regulation on any of her first eight holes, but went upand-down seven times and birdied the par-five 18th to make the turn at even par. Mud and sand led to a double bogey on No. 1, but she followed that up with a birdie on the par-three second hole. Two more birdies and a bogey the rest of the way left her with a total of 289 for the fourday tournament, eight strokes back of the leader. “The final 18 was not my best ball-striking,” she said. “I kind of hit it all over the place.... But I played very scrappy and got a lot of tough up-and-downs… So I didn’t hit the ball that great, which happens, but I wound up with probably a better score than I actually played.” Overall, the sophomore from Ft. Lauderdale was pleased with the effort. “My game is starting to really come together,” she said, and though both coach and player would rather have been playing for a team championship rather than just an individual one, they agreed that the one-on-one time was beneficial. “When the team is there,” Brooks said, “a lot of times the No. 1 player—they’re usually a little more self-sufficient, and I sometimes will not watch them as much as the others, because I feel like I can just let them go and they’re going to get us a number, and I’m going to go and support the rest of the team.” Duke hadn’t missed the national championship since 1997, but Dan Brooks and his team roared back two years later to win the national title in 1999. Brooks is confident that this group can rebound as well. “You certainly haven’t seen the best golf from this team,” he said. After all, there’s patience and then there’s patience, and sometimes you need the second kind.
“I just can’t say enough about their performance on the back nine,” Green said of his team. “You can try to not look at the scoreboard, but the guys knew and I think to some degree they wanted to know.” Duke’s reward after that comeback was a date with the top-seeded Bruins. Entering the match UCLA was a perfect 5-0 in match play for the season. The Blue Devils, though, shared the same perfect record and were fueled by their stellar performances over the last two rounds. Duke came out firing, as Tim Gornik sprinted out to a 4-up lead through five holes. Gornik eventually won his match 6-and-5, scoring the Blue Devils the first point in the match. Then, Gornik did some actual sprinting. “When [Tim] finished his match, he went backward to watch Brinson [Paolini]. And our assistant coach Jon Whithaus looked at him and said, ‘We already know you won. Go tell your teammates up front that you won,’” Green said. “So he put his bag on one of the scorer’s carts and literally sprinted down the fairway on the 14th hole so he could get to his teammates, who were still trying to win their matches.” That energy spread to his teammates and spurred Duke to a 3-1-1 victory that, in reality, wasn’t even that close—the Blue Devils’ lone loss came when, after they had secured the victory, Paolini’s match was called although he was down only one hole with three remaining. “They came out to Brinson on the 16th green and told him he didn’t have to play anymore. Brinson’s reaction was, ‘Why?’” Green said. “I think if he had finished that match we probably wouldn’t have lost any, but who knows.” Duke’s energy may have finally given out, though, in their semifinal loss to Georgia—a match that was tight throughout but saw the Bulldogs convert on their opportunities. The Blue Devils, though, lose only one senior, Wes Roach, entering next season, and know that the experience of their NCAA Tournament run this year should pay dividends in the future. “They have something that they can say, we’ve done that, we’ve been there, and we probably know what it’s going to take to get that much better,” Green said. “That experience they get, especially when younger, could turn around and really be helpful for us in years to come.”
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For most Duke students, their stay in Durham has a four-year time limit. Senior year ends and the boys and girls in gowns blow Durham a big fat goodbye kiss before they hit the road. The Lucky Strike smokestack tower recedes in the rearview mirror, and they don’t look back. The migration begins in the weeks after the words of the commencement speaker stop echoing in the heads of the cap-wearers: the graduated class packs its futons into rented U-Hauls and leaves behind its Durham digs, moving on to jobs in trendy hubs of culture and commerce. The farther these fresh alums get from the Bull City, the more expansive the Duke Diaspora becomes. But what about those who stay? The RaleighDurham area is the third most likely place for alumni to end up, behind only New York and Washington, D.C., according to an exit survey of the Class of 2009. Chris O’Neill, Trinity ’95, who is the assistant director of regional programs for the Duke Alumni Association and the coordinator of the Duke Club of the Triangle, noted that in the past 10 years he’s seen an
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Let me take this opportunity to come out be just as spectacular. The semifinals of the event of the closet. Or, in this case, the dictionary. ran throughout the day, whittling more than 200 You see, I’m a devotee of the written and spo- competitors down to 13. The competition was ken word, a lover of semantics and the lexeme. cutthroat, but eventually Sukanya Roy—an eighth I enjoy using words like “obfuscate” in order grader from the Scranton, Pa., area—emerged as victor, correctly spelling “cymotricto, well, obfuscate people. My life hous,” which means “wavy hair.” goal is to become a seasoned, arindu ramesh Her winnings are valued at around dent sesquipedalian, but never to the point of logorrhea. hookedoninformation $40,000. Not too shabby. Let’s take a closer look at the fiStill, amid all the esoteric nal 10 words the participants had to word-worship, one truth glares at me with the force of the YouTube dramatic spell, from the 10th to the winning word: lekane, chipmunk. If I were quizzed on these words I panguingue, Jugendstil, galoubet, naumkeag, so adore, I doubt I would be able to spell half hooroosh, orgeat, sorites, periscii and finally, cycorrectly. However, I’m not worried. My orthog- motrichous. Yikes. Recognize any of these? Think you can raphy matters to me about as much as watching the next “Twilight” movie (that is to say, not spell any of them correctly? If you can’t, it’s OK. Apparently, Microsoft Word can’t define or spell very much). I’m not alone here. We live in a world where them either; none of the words pass Word’s spellcorrect spelling, though commendable, seems checker. For my part, it’s ironic that the only almost trivial. This is a world where we shorten thought that came to my mind, after hearing each our thoughts to acronyms—LOL, OMG, STFU. word, wasn’t even a word—just a simple, unadulThis is a world we spell incorrectly—on pur- terated “WTF?” It would seem that these 10 words pose. Some of us start our online chats with an veer into abstraction as much as “good morninqq.” effervescent “hai gaise!!!” rather than the same I tried an example—when I searched for “lekane” expression spelled correctly. Some of us change in Google, I was asked if I had, in fact, meant “althe letter “g” in words to “q” or “qq.” A Twitter kane”. Fairly certain “lekane” did not signify a user tweeted a particularly fine example of this saturated hydrocarbon containing no rings or pi phenomenon: “Omq im so freakinqq bored :/ bonds, I turned to Wordnik, the only free online somebody text me somethinqq sweet ((: qood dictionary containing the word (note: Merriammorninqq beautiful babies.” The effect of this Webster demands pay now; my heart is broken). impeccable g to qq transition, lackadaisical yet A “lekane” is “a covered pottery vessel in the form sparkling, is almost as fantastic as my other fa- of a tureen, with two handles, sometimes used as a vorite linguistic movement, the “ex” to “sex” basket or box.” Cool! Actually, for all its attempts revolution, which is both sexcellent and sex- to hide from online dictionaries, masquerading as hilarating. alkane, lekane was spelled correctly in competiFaced with the increasing prevalence of in- tion. In fact, out of those 10 ridiculous words that ternet-speak, we shorten, embellish and adapt put my sesquipedalian aspirations to shame, only our language, trying to increase its efficiency three were spelled incorrectly: “Jugendstil,” “gathrough space and time. As a result, the spoken loubet” and “sorites.” and written word veer into abstraction. Meaning Yet Sukanya Roy managed to spell all of them and effect become more important than words correctly, furthering a streak of Indian-American themselves, and proper spelling—god forbid— spelling bee winners (props to the motherland) ceases to be a fixed property of a word. Spell- to nine since 1999, when Nupur Lala won with ing becomes a sort of finishing touch, one that “logorrhea” (the only word here which I can spell we can play with or simply ignore—and correct correctly). Roy did what no one else at the bee spelling is no longer necessary. could do, and what most of the English-speaking Yet last week I was reminded that spelling population of this world (myself included) could correctly was not a lost art, at least to a group never do—spelled every word thrown at her corof intelligent, devoted kids, all 14 years old or rectly, on purpose. In the end, glowing, gloriously younger. The 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee victorious, she could only say one thing about how finals took place last Thursday, June 2. In case she felt—“It’s hard to find the words.” She could, you were watching game two of the NBA Finals however, probably spell them. For Sukanya Roy, (sports conflict!), where the Dallas Mavericks, led the lost art of spelling correctly proved to be the by Dirk Nowitzki, made a spectacular 22-5 run in best thing in the world—not lost at all. the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat, you might have missed it, although it happened to Indu Ramesh is a Trinity junior.
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Here’s to Durham’s best Behind the bar at 9th Street’s Dain’s Place, you’ll notice a small wooden square crudely cut during the owner’s junior high shop class. Against the unfinished and roughly hued wood, “Dain’s Place” is burned in hand-carved letters. Dain, the owner, who has wanted to own a restaurant for his entire life, doesn’t remember exactly when that vision solidified into a bar. When Dain did open his bar, however, luck was on his side: The first week he was open, George’s Garage—now closed across the street— was forced to close its injosh brewer credibly popular lunch durham calling buffet because of tax issues. The majority of the customers surprised by the padlocks on the door walked across the street to Dain’s for a great burger and a beer. Next, during a large ice storm, Dain—living nearby and used to winter weather—opened up unlike every other bar in town. Word got around and people from all around walked to Dain’s—the only time the bar has had a line out the door. Needless to say, profits were good. On top of constant accolades for its burgers and beer selection, complex.com’s “City Guide” ranked Dain’s Place the 10th best college bar in America. Yet Dain shrugs it off, almost embarrassed: “I wouldn’t say we’re a college bar. We’re just a bar right by Duke.” Indeed, Dain’s is not a college bar, but within beer culture it holds a quite academic place—Dain’s is like an annotated bibliography and should be treated and respected like one. Upon encountering a new field of study be it physics, Marxism or beer (I do find the three pair well together, if you’re ever interested), annotated bibliographies provide a road map. From these compilations—understanding the danger of established canons—your study launches with selfdirection and the passion of intellectual pursuit. In this way Dain’s serves as a launching pad. Yes, the bar is cool. Everyone’s nice and the walls are covered with Dain’s assorted family heirlooms from growlers to an airplane propeller. The most important quality, however, is that the bartenders are not only knowledgeable and passionate about beer, they—as professors—can instruct even the most annoying frat flop about the world of beer. We as North Carolinians are quite lucky; North Carolina has a very solid brewery scene. Because this is a column with a word limit, I will only briefly point to the three breweries located in Durham knowing that the state’s best breweries lie outside of town but—as is my point—find out yourself! The most promising and unique brewery in town—Fullsteam Brewery—pushes the local food
movement into the beer sphere with the “Apothecary” series’ local and heirloom ingredients. Though retaining those classic tastes in the “Workers’ Compensation” line, the brewery is making good on its stated commitment to develop a “distinctly Southern beer style that celebrates the culinary and agricultural heritage of the South.” Additionally, for the past 10 years or so, Triangle Brewery Company has been establishing itself as a regional brewery of interest. Finally, Bull City Burger and Brewery—the newcomer on the fermenting block—incorporates the tradition of the gastropub into Durham’s culinary scene. Both the Pro Bono Publico Porter and Jack Tar Stout quench the thirst and still leave room for one of the best burgers I have ever eaten. Now that you know the departments in town, use Dain’s like your independent study advisor. The professors you’re working with know their subject well and happen to have a beautiful critical anthology chilling on tap or in bottles behind them. Go to Dain’s and ask what Durham Breweries they have. Talk to the bartender about each beer’s taste, and if it’s on tap, ask for a sip before deciding. Once you have learned the local breweries from this controlled “undergraduate” environment, go to the breweries themselves. Talk with the brewers about their craft, their passions, expectations and intentions with their beer. Then go by Sam’s Quik Shop—a great library— to find some homework. Finally, go back to Dain’s. Either expand into breweries in the Triangle or North Carolina at large or apply your new knowledge in a more educated critique of the beers you already know. Whatever you do, recognize the beers for their quality and the bartenders for their knowledge and profession—in both meanings of the word. Dain has always maintained that his bar should feel like “going over to a friend’s house and drinking their parents’ beer in the basement.” Always supportive, Dain’s father said the bar has “esprit de corps.” Beyond all of this, Dain is—despite his large and somewhat intimidating beard, inescapably—a Peter Pan figure whose childlike excitement derives from and constantly translates a reality fashioned upon his childhood dreams. Like Sam Malone from Cheers—who Dain grew up idolizing—Dain has always found his celebrity in the regulars who recognize the man behind the beard. In the end, it’s just the Cheers’ theme song: We—beers and patrons—all just want a place “where everybody knows your name.” Josh Brewer is a Trinity senior.
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Down with polls In a 2008 interview, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was confronted with the following statistic: According to public opinion polls, two-thirds of Americans do not believe the war in Iraq is worth fighting. To this, Cheney simply replied, “So?” As you can imagine, Cheney’s glib response was not received well. The interview set off a storm of how-dare-he’s among Republicans and Democrats maggie lafalce alike, with bloggers and pundits denouncing Cheney for southern highlander his seeming indifference in the face of public opinion. It is understandable why people got upset. We learn the mantra “for the people, by the people” from an early age, and this rightly emboldens us to demand elected officials to have a certain respect for the opinions of the American public. This power of the people is part of what makes our democracy exceptional. In the age of Google, however, the 24-hour news cycle and the ubiquitous public opinion poll, the public’s inconsistent demands are often a greater hindrance to the productivity of democracy than a guiding hand in its function. You don’t hear it often these days, but I think I’m going to have to side with Dick on this one. Cheney was chastised in part for failing to acknowledge the public opinion poll as an influencing factor in his administration’s policy. But I think that his controversial stand is better understood when one considers the current state of the public opinion poll in America. Polling is intended to gauge the public’s opinion on a given issue, typically by calling a random sample of Americans in their homes and asking them how they feel about a particular topic. In theory, polling is a useful tool for gathering statistically sound data from a large and diverse population. But these days opinion polls seem to be everywhere, barraging the public from every media outlet. With polls measuring everything from how good of a husband Bill is to how Hillary looked in that red pantsuit, from whether or not Osama is still alive to whether or not Elvis is still alive, poll results frequently seem to add more noise to the news. Since polls measure the opinion of a largely uninformed public, their great volume only circulates public ignorance and propagates fear mongering. With the advent of the 24-hour news cycle, a new formula for the news emerged. Every 15 minutes or so, a brief update of the news is broadcast, and networks must scramble to fill the space in between in order to keep viewers watching. As a result, the very definition of news has changed. It has come to include updates on politicians’ Twitter accounts, synopses of popular YouTube videos and reports on the whereabouts of reality television stars. The basic broadcast presented by a journalist has been replaced by sparkling news personalities with themed, discussion-based segments and more editorializing than reporting now seems to take place. In order to satisfy the bottomless pit of cable news, the results of opinion polls are exhaustively regurgitated in discussion, analyzed to the last degree to determine their significance for the next election. The amount of attention focused on opinion polling in the media, as well as the sheer number of polls out there, allow polls to be public tools of scrutiny for politicians. As a result, there is an ever-growing pressure on elected officials to conform to sometimes fleeting fluctuations in public opinion. In all the commotion we fail to consider how much influence opinion polls should really have on policy decisions. Overall, we have a situation in which the opinion poll is weighted disproportionately as a factor in policymaking decisions. Short election cycles exaggerate the perceived usefulness of polls; terms of office are short enough that elected officials spend half their time gearing up for the next election. Coverage for the 2012 elections is going strong already, and we’ve been hearing about Sarah Palin’s potential presidential bid since before the 2008 election concluded. The ubiquity of polls and the importance they are granted in the media encourage elected officials to focus more on short-term fluctuations in public opinion and less on producing long-term successful strategies for our country. In this light, Cheney’s reply doesn’t seem to be such a, well, dickish brush off of the American people. Instead, it is a necessary reminder that our opinions don’t need to form the core of the government’s policy decisions. Our opinion is expressed freely, and equally, when we cast our ballot on Election Day or when we donate to a candidate’s campaign. Beyond that, we must cede the locus of control in exchange for a productive democracy. Maggie LaFalce is a Trinity junior.
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