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The Chronicle
Earn their stripes The football team looks for its first ACC win this weekend when it hosts the Clemson Tigers. See page 13
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Service honors benefactor’s life � Community members will gather at 1 p.m. in the Chapel to remember the contributions of Edmund Pratt, engineering school benefactor. By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
Two months after his death, the University community will gather this afternoon to celebrate the life of Edmund Pratt, Engineering ’47. A memorial ceremony, which will take place in the Chapel at 1 p.m., was a final wish of Pratt, the engineering school’s namesake and the former chair and CEO of Pfizer Inc., said Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering Kristina Johnson. Johnson, President Nan Keohane, Board of Trustee member Peter Nicholas and Pratt senior Kyle Smith will speak in honor of Pratt, who died Sept. 5 at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. “It’s appropriate that it is in the Chapel that he loved so much Johnson said. “When he first came to Duke, he said he looked up at the Chapel and literally thought he’d gone to heaven The entire University and Durham community is invited to celebrate the life of the man who in 1999 gave $35 million to the School of Engineering—one of the largest gifts in the University’s history, second only to Duke’s 1924 $4O million gift that would be worth about $4BO million today. “I hope the whole community comes, because he served not just the School ofEngineering but the University as a whole,” Johnson said. “He really wanted to make people happy, and he helped Duke grow.” The University regularly holds similar ceremonies for particularly distinguished alumni, trustees or ”
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Men’s soccer hosts No. 1 Wake By MIKE COREY The Chronicle
Edgar Allen Poe himself could not have thought up a better story line for Halloween weekend: Demon Deacons vs. Blue Devils. The tell-tale signs all point to a memorable contest, as undefeated Wake Forest (11-0-4, 3-02 in the ACC) comes into the contest with a lofty No. 1 national ranking. Duke has already recorded two conference upsets this season in front of raucous home crowds, over then-No. 2 Clemson and North Carolina. The support will be imperative once again if Duke is to upset its intrastate rivals and roll into the postseason with plenty of momentum. The game has huge implications for both squads, as a win would ensure at least a share of the ACC title for either team. A Duke victory coupled with a Maryland loss to Virginia would make the Blue Devils (10-5-1, 3-2) the co-conference champs. And if Virginia wins and Duke loses, the Demon Deacons will own the title outright “It’s a very big game,” co-captain Scott Noble said. “It’s a big time position for the ACC tournament in a couple weeks, and then confidence, as well, going into the post season.” Duke has been playing some of its best soccer incirip (nsiue
as of late, despite splitting a pair of games this past weekend. This can be attributed to improved team health and an acclimation to a new defensive scheme. Adam Guren and Matt Ahumada have spearheaded the defensive efforts all year, and will be pivotal Friday against a Wake Forest offense that scored a whopping 10 goals in its most recent game. The Demon Deacons’ biggest threat, All-American Jeremiah White, has a modest seven goals and three assists in 2002. “The way we’re going to approach it is that just make sure they don’t get any balls through, or anything over the top, because the guy [White] is real quick, he’s a fast player, he likes to run onto the ball,” Guren said. “I think the way we’ll set up is play more defensively we’ll just play deeper so there won’t be any easy balls through. There’s not going to be a lot of space behind us, so just keep him in front of us.” Wake Forest’s attack is similar to that of North Carolina, who Duke beat earlier this season at Koskinen Stadium, .Against the Tar Heels,, defender Mark Mattem led a flawless defensive effort as Duke successfully shat down, Ndrih Carolina’s quick offensive players,. But m head, coach John Rennie attests, the Blue Devils will
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