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Transfer orientation Duke returns to practice new and improved by
Meg Bourdellon THE CHRONICLE
The “Double Dimes” were not the only students
starting
orientation two weeks ago today. Transfer students had their own, busy week of orientation activities, ranging from a welcome dinner to campus tours led by Transfer Advisory Counselors. They also joined first-years at events designed for all new students, such as convocatio This fall’s entation was it has ever be< said Sue Wasi of students an> vice presiden dent affairs. Years of ments, expan, additions haw the program, olek expla She added th: decision to elude exchange students for the first time recent in “
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years—was a major, positive change. “The feedback that we’ve received from transfer students in the past is that they really didn’t think their orientation to the University was adequate,” Wasiolek said. “We really took that feedback to heart.” Students among the roughly 30 who participated in the orientation activities said they were pleased with the experience. an’t think of to
complain
Pete Kiehart, a transferred University this is just really el wanted.” \e noted that ’s transfer orition was supeto the freshi orientation r had experi:d at their former universities. They described the social activ'ties and the SEE TRANSFERS ON PAGE
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Head coach John Danowski, who was hired July 21, speaks to his team after its morning practice at the West Campus turffields Monday. by
Diana Ni
THE CHRONICLE
Five months after their 2006 season was cut short in the wake of the controversy surrounding a March 13 party, the Blue Devils were finally back on the field Monday with a new coach and an
inspirational phrase
to
guide
them this year. Led by head coach John Danowski, Duke opened practice early in the morning at the turf fields behind Koskinen Stadium
in front of 25 media members—a rare sight for a fall practice. Amid eager cheers of “Yeah Duke!” the 45 players rallied under their motto: “Succisa Virescit.” The phrase, Latin for “Cut it down, and it will grow back stronger,” was inspired by the official motto of the Delbarton School. Reade Seligmann, one of the three indicted players in the ongoing criminal case, graduated from Delbarton in 2004 and
three current members of the squad—Fred Krom, Ned Grotty and Ryan McFadyen —are also Delbarton alums. “Everyone’s motivated for the new season,” said co-captain Ed Douglas, who along with Matt Danowski was elected team captain last week. “We’ve got a lot of work to do. We have some rust to shake off.” Both captains declined to SEE M. LAX ON PAGE 12
Gaming Focus boots up University re examines approach to security
derstanding of interactive media and its effect on modem society. “Make no mistake about it, this is a chalStudents in the Game2Know Focus proacademic program with high stanfreshman lenging gram have everything a college could want—spacious rooms in Bell Tower dards and rigorous requirements,” wrote Dormitory, sleek video iPods and classes Richard Lucic, associate professor of the Computer Science department and direcdedicated to the art ofvideo gaming. tor of the ISIS curriculum, in an e-mail. Science the Information Proposed by During the semester, Game2Know parInformation Studies Department, the will learn how to create a Javashow students that ticipants pilot program aims to video, dissect the mathematical entertainbased mere is more than “gaming” ment. Professors said they hope SEE FOCUS ON PAGE 5 Game2Know will give students a better unQinyun Wang THE CHRONICLE
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Saidi Chen
THE CHRONICLE
Administrators are looking at Duke’s security needs from a broader perspective, with an eye toward implementing changes in campus access, officer deployment and technology resources throughout the academic year. Since he was hired in January, Aaron Graves, associate vice president for campus safety and security, has been charged with examining Duke’s safety needs and outlining a multifaceted plan for improvements. “I’m basically looking and learning,” Graves said. “It has been avery I don’t want to say difficult—but it has been a very challenging process because when you look at the physical security of Duke University, it has —
unique challenges.”
University officials said they hope security will be viewed as a community responsibility, not just the purview of The ISIS Department is trying to use the Game2KnowFocus program as a feeder for its
undergraduate certificate.
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The University is trying to find the correct balance between Duke Police and hired security contractors.