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Struggling Cable 13 seeks to modernize by

Chelsea Allison THE CHRONICLE

Buried under a greenhouse behind the Bryan Center, roughly 40 students meet each Sunday to discuss how to resurrect the University’s student television station. Their efforts have been years in the malting, but in the next eight weeks, the organization will revamp its digs, planning to renovate the studio to improve broadcast quality and attract more viewers, said Cable 13 President Orcun Unlu, a senior. Station leaders also said they plan to finalize a contract with dark PowellAudiovisualTechnologies and Systems within the week Student interest Visitors to the studio pass a case

offive Telly Awards for “excellence in college broadcasting” —the most recent one from 2000. But several students interviewed by The Chronicle said they did not tune in to the station often, and when they did, they found it wanting. “I saw one show—it was like a mock game show,” said junior Lisa Myers. “It was entertaining because my friend was on it, but I thought the student production was pretty poorly done.” Unlu said that according to an informal survey conducted by Cable 13 members last year on the West Campus Plaza, thestation has increased its viewership during his SEE CABLE 13 ON PAGE

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Rock bands Boys Like Girls (top) and Augustana (bottom left) set a raucous tone in Page Auditoriumfor two hours Saturday night with heavy riffs that evoked a variety of rock styles from classic to punk to alternative rock.

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Shuchi Parikh THE CHRONICLE

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Cable 13will undergorenovations in the coming months, which members ofthe studentrun television station hope will improve broadcast quality and increase viewership.

Consider it a standing ovation. Rock bands Augustana and Boys Like Girls had a sold-out crowd on its feet for a nearly two-and-a-half hour show in Page Auditorium Saturday night. With cell phones high in the air, students joined in falsettos and rocked to the crescendos at the double-headlined concert. “It built up really well with Augustana playing first with a slightly mellow tone and Boys Like Girls playing with really

Goonewardene to serve as DUU head BY SHREYA RAO THE CHRONICLE

Duke University Union officials announced Sunday that junior Chamindra Goonewardene will be the next president of Duke’s largest student organization. Outgoing President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said Goonewardene stood out for excelling in his current Goonewardene position as chair of the

Union’s Major Attractions committee “It’s the first time in a while we’ve had a programming director step up,” Donnelly said, adding that she was impressed by Goonewardene’s leadership and dedication to the Union during the past year. “[He will] do a great job in helping the Union provide what the students want and programming toward the general student

body.”

Each year, DUU solicits applications from the student body and its administrative board. The University Union Board —a SEE DUU ON PAGE 4

high energy,” said junior Chamindra Goonewardene, chair of Duke University Union’s Major Attractions committee, which organized the show. The two performances featured a variety of styles within the genre, from classic to punk to alternative rock. But at least one person there said the concert may have been too lively for the venue. “I’ve got a problem with these seats,” Boys Like Girls lead singer Martin Johnson confessed. “I feel like I’m playing a f— talent show. I want to

see you guys moving.” Security concerns prevented students from dancing in the aisles during the performances. Goonewardene said, however, Page’s acoustics advantages outweighed the auditorium’s space limitations. “It definitely was a constraint,” he said. “But considering our options, we did pretty well.” DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said a “safe section” allowing dancing could have better accommodated the SEE CONCERT ON PAGE 12


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