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Captains steer Duke to 1 st big win by
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After stretching on for almost a year, the search for the first executive director of the Student Health Center is back to its first stages. Last month, the University interviewed three people on campus and offered the position to the only suitable candidate, said Jean Hanson, administrative director for Student Health. The woman, whose name was not released, considered coming to Duke, but when her current university expanded her job and increased her salary, she declined Duke’s invitation. After the preferred candidate told Duke she would not come, University officials decided they would re-start the search to find someone equally qualified. Hanson said the initial pool was “thin,” and none of the other candidates fulfilled the needs of the position. ‘There was a fair amount of interest, but we’re looking for a very high caliber person that will be immediately credible,” Hanson said. Tt’s a challenge to find somebody that understands all that’s involved, that has experience with the politics of it.” The executive director position was created last year to refocus the Student Health Center’s role within the Duke University Medical Center, where teaching and research are emphasized, and within the student community, where care and wellness are the primary concerns. As Student Health carves out its niche, the director will have to struggle with two separate administrations on the Medical Center and University sides. Historically, the demands from the two arenas have been varied, but with new leadership in both the Duke University Health System and the University, collaboration has increased. “We’ve got some kind of unified vision—and that’s new,” Hanson said. The qualifications for the executive director have not changed since the search began, and the same outside firm, Diversified Search Inc., will continue to feed candidates to Duke. The firm is known for its success in finding qualified female and minority candidates, which Caroline Nisbet, chair of the search committee, said is a goal. Because the University is hoping for an executive director with academic experience, the hiring cycle opens up at this time of year, when candidates can finish the school year before moving. SEE DIRECTOR ON PAGE 9
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Daniel Ewing drives to the basket during the second half, when Duke staved off a Michigan State surge.
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The captains played like captains as Duke fought off the relentless Spartans to win its first big game of the season. JJ. Redick and Daniel Ewing masked the lOth-ranked MSU |74 Bl ue Devils’ (4-0) 81 weakness in the DUKE frontcourt as each scored 29 points—combining for almost three quarters of the team’s total. “JJ pretty much had it in the First half,” Ewing said. “He had it rolling, and I took a couple of shots playing off him. In the second half, it was almost like we were taking turns.” Duke never surrendered the lead after halftime as the backcourt duo nailed key threes, and No. 11 Michigan State (3-1) missed sof-8 free throws in die last three minutes. Duke topped Michigan State 8174 for the second consecutive year in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge Tuesday in Cameron Indoor Stadium to win its toughest game before conference play begins. The Spartans whittled away the Blue Devils’ lead throughout the second half. With Duke clinging to a two-point advantage and just over a minute remaining, Ewing hit a pull-up three, giving his team a cushion that it would maintain with solid free-throw shoodng. ‘There were a lot of good players out on the court, but he was the most mature player out there,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said of his converted shooting guard who grew further into his point guard role Tuesday. “He had the look of a champion out on the court.” Ewing put on a one-man show in the crucial middle stretch of the second half, scoring 9 of the team’s 11 points to keep SEE MSU ON PAGE 16
GPSC discusses plans for Central Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE
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As discussions about how struct Central Campus take
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and professional students are taking steps to ensure the newly designed space accommodates an expanded graduate student population. Scott Selig, assistant vice president for capital assets, presented the current master plan for Central at Tuesday night’s Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting. While fielding questions about housing capacity and the overarching goals of the construction, he encouraged graduate students to advocate for their community during the ongoing planning process. “Everything you see in one of these, it will change,” he said as he showed off overhead drawings of the Central Campus master plan for the next 50 to 100 years. ate
“We’re generating this plan as we go along so you can really have an impact.” The primary goal of Central, Selig said, is to connect East and West Campuses by creating a transportation corridor that can accommodate both pedestrians and bicyclists. The campus will be constructed for higher population density that will allow more square footage without demolishing any existing green spaces. The general layout of the buildings features a core of apartments as well as a gath- Scott Selig ering area. A grocery store and some offices will be part of the town center, as well as some space for organizations. Committees that will recommend exacdy what should go on Central
will be formed after the Board of Trustees meeting this weekend. Currendy Central houses about 1,000 beds, about 200 of which are reserved for graduate and professional students. As the under-
graduate population expands by
200 students over the next four years, however, more beds will be needed on Central, and graduate students may be denied oncampus housing unless the number of total beds is increased. Selig said that when new apartments are constructed on
Central, graduate housing would likely be distinct from undergraduate housing “because we’ve heard loud and clear that those are two separate SEE GPSC ON PAGE 9