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The end of the school year did not signal the end of a troubled room assignment process on West Campus. Residence Life and Housing Services discovered in mid-July that three rooms in Crowell Quadrangle had been doublebooked, forcing two pairs of students to relocate elsewhere on West. “I remember it very clearly, because I was quite upset,” said sophomore Christine Contreras, one of the students who was asked to move. “It was around the end of July that I received a message on my answering machine saying that housing had made a terrible mistake and they hadn’t realized until just now and I needed to call immediately.” She was told that in a review of housing assignments, RLHS had discovered that three rooms had been assigned both to members of the Wellness Living Learning Community and several unaffiliated

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This Saturday, administrators hope students will congregate on Main West Quadrangle for the football team’s march to Wallace Wade Stadium—but they know they’ll probably do so in Spice Girls garb and gorilla suits. The Department of Athletics and University administrators are kicking off the first football game of the season with a host ofalternatives to the student-led revelry that has traditionally taken place in the Blue Zone. Although parking lot festivities will not be prohibited, free food, “inflatable games,” and a disc jockey will be provided to foster a celebration that is more supportive of the football program, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said. But some students doubt their beloved pre-kickoff bacchanalia could be replicated in plain view of the Duke Chapel. “God watching me shotgun beers might be a small deterrent,” senior Jackie Dickey said. “I’m going to be in the Blue Zone drinking.” Students and administrators have long disagreed over the appropriate prelude to a game in Wallace Wade. The University divorced itself from Tailgate in 2006, and Moneta spoke out against the de facto student tradition in a guest column in The Chronicle last September, citing concerns about

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No changes to Tailgate will occur this year,officials said.But theAthletics Department and otheradmins—including headfootball coach David Cutcliffe—have pushed for alternatives to Tailgate across campus.

safety and cleanup. Last year, administrators agreed to provide security and portable toilets for the celebration on the condition that students behave re-

sponsibly. Administrators will offer the same support for Tailgate this year, but they “fantasize” about a game-day scenario in which new offerings on Main West lure students from the parking lot, Moneta said.

Head football coach David Cutcliffe had a hand in planning the festivities on Main West, Moneta noted. The coach does not want students to abandon the Blue Zone Tailgate but hopes they will make their way to Wallace Wade a half hour prior to the game, said Gerald Harrison, assistant director of athletics for football development. SEE TAILGATE ON PAGE 6

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More than 5 percent of Duke undergraduate students spent their summers traveling across the nation and the world on the University’s tab. But DukeEngage —a civic engagement program for undergraduates —officially launched this past summer with a broader vision than just a cheaper study abroad. With 365 students participating in Duke Engage this past summer and the program’s potential growing with each year, the community service venture is becoming a more prominent part of the Duke experience. “We’re going to increase our capacity about 10 percent this year to go up to 400 students,” said Eric Mlyn, director of DukeEngage and director of the

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Duke Center for Civic Engagement. “[But] our first priority is to build quality programs. There’s no shortage of Duke students who want to do DukeEngage.” Although the programs located internationally were the most popular this summer, 90 students completed individual projects and one-quarter of all participants chose to stay domestic. “People get one chance to do DukeEngage and it’s not always easy to convince students to stay in the United States,” Mlyn said. “We had about 30 [students] in the Durham program, as well as close to 40 students who completed individual projects in Durham.” Participants are chosen through a selective application process. DukeEngage staff rejected individual applicants who they felt were unprepared or who were unclear in their proposals, Mlyn said, and there SEE DUKEENGAGE ON PAGE 7

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Russia formally recognized the MOSCOW breakaway Georgianterritories at the heartof its war with Georgia on Tuesday, drawing immediate condemnation from the West as the United States dispatched a military ship bearing aid to a port city still patrolled by Russian troops. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was unapologetic about his decision and said he did not fear a Cold War. He said Georgia forced Russia's hand by launching an attack targeting South Ossetia Aug. 7 in an apparent bid to seize control of the breakaway region. In response, Russian tanks and troops drove deep into the U.S. ally's territory in a five-day war that Moscow saw as a justified response to a military threat in its backyard.

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ATLANTA An electronic communication failure Tuesday at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in Georgia that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. was causing hundreds of flight delays around the country. An FAA Web site that tracks airport status showed delays at some three dozen major airports across the country. The site advised passengers to "check your departure airport to see if your flight may be affected." FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen in Atlanta said there were no safety issues and officials were still able to speak to pilots on planes on the ground and in the air. She said she did not know exactly how many flights were being affected, but she said it was in the hundreds. She added that officials might not have total figures until Wednesday. Bergen said that in a 24-hour period the FAA processes more than 300,000 flight plans in the U.S.

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in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle class while poverty held steady. The numbers represent a scorecard on President Bush's stewardship of the economy at the kitchen-table level. But they only went as far as the end of last year, before the current economic downturn started gathering force. While the overall poverty rate held steady at 12.5 percent, poverty did rise among some groups. Latinos, children and the foreign-born—demographic categories that overlap considerably-experienced significant increases. And while the number of uninsured dropped to 45.7 million, down from 47 million in 2006, it was largely because more people were covered through government programs.

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With less than 70 days left until the general election, the stakes are high for both candidates as they wrangle over a newly crowned swing state; North Carolina. “It’s a must win for the [Sen. John] McCain campaign. Republicans in today’s politics look to the South as an essential base of their national coalition,” said Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “But the burden is on [Sen. Barack] Obama to change the dynamics of this state. All McCain has to do is maintain the status quo.” No Democrat has been able to take the state’s 15 electoral votes since former presidentJimmy Carter defeated then-incumbent president Gerald Ford in 1976 in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Neither party had aggressively campaigned in North Carolina since 1992 when former president George Bush narrowly defeated former president Bill Clinton in the state. In 2004, President George W. Bush trounced Sen. John Kerry by 12 percentage points in the state. Political pundits and representatives for both campaigns, however, acknowledged that this year will be different. “This is going to be a competitive election cycle. We were under no illusions going into it that it wasn’t,” said Brent Woodcox, communications director for the North Carolina Republican Party. “But it has been 1976 since the Democrats won, and we think we’re going to continue that trend.” The changing demographics of the state—with increasing numbers of black residents and blue-collar workers—make a

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Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks at the Democratic NationalConvention on behalf ofher formerrival Sen. Barack Obama—who is campaigning actively in North Carolina. Democratic North Carolina less far-fetched than it once may have seemed. An August poll by SurveyUSA found McCain leading Obama by four points, 49 percent to 45 percent. The same survey conducted in May found McCain ahead by eight points. But polls thathave gotten more press than SurveyUSA, like Rasmussen and Public Policy Polling, have been less conclusive regarding such a trend, showing McCain increasing his lead in the state in recent months. “North Carolina is not going to be a cake walk, and we are marshalling our volunteer efforts toward a win in North Carolina,” said Paul Cox, deputy communications director for the North Carolina Obama campaign. SEE CAMPAIGNS ON PAGE 6

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Just days into the semester—as the University has garnered attention for its affiliation with die Amethyst Initiative—Tom Szigethy, recendy appointed Duke’s first associate dean and director of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevendon Center, is beginning to take an internal look at instances of alcohol and substance abuse. Szigethy, former director of Alcohol and Other Drug Services at the University of Connecticut, will consult students, faculty and interest groups on issues surrounding substance use at the University. “His role is not to be just another programmer—it’s not just to throw three more things out there,” said Vice President for StudentAffairs Larry Moneta. “His role is to step away from the fray ofinterventions and step back and collectively look at we do.” These programs, however, are unlike

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Thanks to the Duke University Union, students may be able to enjoy their Loop burgers with a side of student musician or a cappella group on the West Campus Plaza. One new initiative that DUU discussed at its first meeting of the year is Plaza Entertainment—an effort to bring talent and discussion to the Plaza spearheaded by seniors Bryant Moquist and Brett Aresco. Because Plaza space tends to be underutilized, the goal is to create an area for regular campus entertainment, said Executive Vice President Moquist. He said potential options include student musicians, sports or political talk shows and a cappella groups. “For now, it might just be a couple days of the week to start out with, but eventually we hope to have entertainment out there whenever it’s sunny and nice, especially during

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In other business: The Duke Coffeehouse, located on East Campus, is currently closed for renovation. When construction ends Oct. 15, the completed interior will have a bigger counter, a more compact sound booth and new wall murals, said DUU members. A re-launch party will be held mid-October, Goonewardene confirmed.

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TAILGATE from page-1 Cutcliffe said at his weekly media luncheon Tuesday that he is familiar with Tailgate culture and understands students want to see a winning product inside Wallace Wade. “We have a responsibility to campus life that we take seriously to football,” said Cutcliffe, who added that he would be willing to meet with selective living group leaders to talk about Tailgate. “It’s respect. Fm not going to disrespect anything that happens on this campus. And if Tailgate becomes a disrespect to what we’re doing in football, I’m not going to like it. And I’m going to be willing to tell any group that I don’t like it, face to face, eyeball to eyeball. I can’t take it any more serious than that.” Some students said though they might make game attendance more of a priority, an improved record from the team—rather than new programming—would motivate them most. “It gets a little disheartening when you watch your team lose over and over again,” junior Greg Rivers said. ‘You start to lose faith.” Sophomore Michelle Crow said the advent of night games introduces exciting social opportunities for students who participate in the game-day festivities. Rather than sleeping off their inebriation with an afternoon nap, students could treat Tailgate as a communal pregame, Crow suggested. Regardless of how the new offerings alter the tailgate landscape, Rivers said he hopes Dukies will remain united in their quest to forget Saturday afternoons. “The premise behind Tailgate is a really great one,” he said. “It’s everyone at Duke on common footing, just hanging out with everyone else. There are no booths, no roped barriers, no divided sections. It’s just a mob of people. It’s a total cross-section of Duke.”

Although administrators do not plan to change the Blue Zone Tailgate, otherfestivities for thefootballgame will be held on campus Saturday.

CAMPAIGNS from page 3 “2008 is not like 2004. Bush did win this state but the vast majority are fed up with his policies. McCain is offering up the same policies. We have a real opening here to succeed in North Carolina.” Further evidence of the unusually intense fight being waged can been seen in the considerable resources both candidates have poured into the state. Obama has set up 15 offices in the state, with another seven slated to open within the coming weeks. Republicans have similarly opened nine joint “Victory Offices” in North Carolina to coordinate the campaigns of McCain, N.C. Senator Elizabeth Dole and gubernatorial hopeful Pat McCrory. Their efforts have resulted in nearly 20,000 new voters added to the Republican voter roll, compared to the 160,000 new Democrats registered for the cycle, representatives for the Obama campaign said. Further, the Obama campaign has spent $2 million on television advertisements in North Carolina during June and July, one of 18 states it has targeted for such advertising. On the other hand, the McCain campaign has aired national ads during the Olympic Games but has thus far not targeted the N.C. television market specifically. Guillory said no matter what the outcomes of this year’s races are, contentious elections will most likely be the norm in North Carolina in the years to come. “The state now has a two-party system thatit did not have in the time of the solidly Democratic South [until the 1960’5j,” he said. “We’re going to remain a competitive state in the next presidential elections even if Obama does win this year.”

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DUKEENGAGE from page 1 was considerable competition for acceptance into international programs with limited capacities. He added that programs offering intemship-like experiences were those highest in demand. The most popular site was Dublin, Ireland, where participants worked with refugees and migrants in various nongovernmental organizations, he said. Mlyn added that the Dublin program had high demand because it was in a desirable location, presented no language barrier and was led by a well-known professor, Suzanne Shanahan, associate director of the Kenan Institute of Ethics and an assistant professor of sociology. Senior Katie Noto, a former Chronicle staff member, said being in Ireland was a draw in itself but that she also liked working with refugees who came from developing countries. “It was an interesting contrast because we got to live in a really nice city, but we got to work with a really diverse group of people,” Noto said. Out of the 32 applicants to Dublin, only eight—four seniors, three juniors and one sophomore—were chosen. Shanahan said the selection process was only loosely based on seniority. “We were looking for people who had a vision of what [community service] was,” Shanahan said. “[One student] said she thought this was going to change her life and be a transformative experience. We also wanted an interesting mix of people thatseemed like it would cohere together.” For DukeEngage’s future, Mlyn said he hopes to rein in the desirability of international programs and do more to promote national ones. “We don’t need to look very far for communities in need and for projects that Duke students can get involved in,” he said.

ALCOHOL from page 3 more conventional rehabilitation procedures. Szigethy’s plans incorporate community involvement, social relationships and sometimes, monetary incentives linked to education. Many members of the Duke community are also taking part in the effort. “For the most part, there are a lot of entities happening, but no cohesive thread,” he said. “That’s where this office comes into play—by putting together the pieces through health education with student involvement, policies, residential life and faculty running classes around alcohol and substances.” During his four years at the University of Connecticut, Szigethy implemented many creative substance abuse programs that he said he plans to bring to Duke as well. He started a forum for the university to discuss topics surrounding substance use and launched programs that encouraged students to think about drinking. One such program is centered around community engagement and social activism, a model that Szigethy said would be a better fit for Duke than his former institution because of the University’s emphasis on social engagement. The plan would require students toy commit to reducing their alcohol intake by a self-designated amount Students would then use the amount ofmoney they would have spent on alcohol to sponsor charities or special interest groups. Szigethy said that after students choose to whom they would donate, they would continue communication with the recipientand build a relationship to “personalize the drinking.” “People begin using [alcohol] with the chance ofmaking friends quickly,” he said. “If it becomes a priority, relationships begin to fall apart. With this, if someone’s drinking an obscene amount, you can ask, ‘How much are you taking away from these people that could use the help because you chose to get obliterated tonight?’ It brings the relationship back to social activisrti.” Szigethy also created a discount card that includes information aboutall the signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning. Students can receive discounts on purchases at participating retailers while improving their ability to identify alcohol poisoning by having the information on hand. Szigethy said his goal at Duke is to promote moderate drinking instead of high-risk consumption and identify the causes of students’ decisions. Research has shown that a student-centered and student-driven approach has decreased risky drinking by presenting a stronger relationship between students and their university, Szigethy noted. “Tom is a nationally renowned expert in the arts and sciences of alcohol use and substance abuse,” Moneta said. “He will bring a more scientific approach to the unique challenges of Duke and will help us through interventions that will be more likely to be effective. We’ll have a real data-driven, public-health-focused agenda to provide a safer campus for our students.”

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HOUSING from page 1 forced to move in the end, said Jen Frank, program coordinator at RLHS in charge of room assignments. They were offered altentative housing on West, with Contreras and her roommate moving to Kilgo Quadrangle and another pair—both Chronicle staff members —moving to Wannamaker

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“The students who had not been booked were seniors,” she said. “We don’t check for seniors, because they’re not required to live on campus.” Frank said the switch to a new online Room Fix caused many problems this year. “This is my fifth year [in this job] and that’s the first time that I’m aware of where there was double booking,” she said. “To some degree that’s because we were deal-

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forced to live on Central Campus for the ing with a new process.” The closing of Few Quadrangle for first time in years. It had been University renovations this semester displaced five policy that all sophomores would live on selective living groups to elsewhere on West, a policy that has been temporarily West, and RLHS suspended. officials said they Frank added “I can’t believe they made that she hoped miscalculated the a huge mistake like that.... demand for housstudents’ faith ould m ing on West, The fact that they didn’treal- notRIrbeHS shaken During the room selection process, ize this earlier is what really and that they it emerged that would under shocked me. me snucKea there would be too stand the dif few rooms to acChristine Contreras, Acuities of adcommodate all risjusting to the sophomore online selection ing sophomores. system. On the final day of RoomPix in April, it “Really, what was discovered that nearly 60 sophomore happened this year is we obviously made women were without housing. a mistake in our projections,” she said. “I As a result, several sophomores were would hope that students still have confi-

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sun began its slow descent over the corner ofWally Wade and Duke players emerged from a tunnel with fireworks blazing and fans—that’s right, more than half the stadium was full—cheering, I talked myself into Duke Football. “We may not be good,” I thought, “but maybe we’ll be competitive. The ACC isn’t that good this year. And after all, the BCS did add that fifth game this season.” Three minutes into the 2006 season, hope had made a swifter departure from the sidelines than Bobby Petrino. On the second play from scrimmage, Jomar Wright fumbled a swing pass from Marcus Jones, Richmond recovered, and the Spiders were on their way to a 13-0 shutout win. And so itis that I approach the David Cutcliffe era with some trepidation. By now you’ve heard extensively about Cutcliffe’s credentials. He was over .500 at Ole Miss, and he turned Tee Martin into a championship-winning quarterback. He mentored the Mannings! There’s even talk on campus that the Blue Devils’ football __

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Legacy Fund, about the New York games. Duke takes the floor with Davidson for the 13th straight year, although this year’s game will likely have more hype than those of years past. The Wildcats, led by shooting guard Stephen Curry, went to the Elite 8 last year and found themselves one 3-pointer away from a Final Four berth. This year’s game is scheduled for Jan. 7, the first time since 1991 the teams will meet after the new year with students on campus, and it will air on ESPN. “We’ve always treated it [like a big game] in our world, but it was just dependent on availability,” Cragg said of the change. “ESPN definitely had an interest in the game, so that played a factor in it.” The Blue Devils continue their series with John Thompson Ill’s Georgetown after a contractually scheduled gap last season. The Hoyas will come Jan. 17 to Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Non-conference games with Purdue, Xavier, Davidson and Georgetown complement the typical league slate on Duke’s schedule, released by the Atlantic Coast Conference Tuesday. The Blue Devils will also partake in the annual Coaches vs. Cancer tournament whose semifinals are in Madison Square Garden—two of four potential Duke games in the New York City area. Duke plays Xavier at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. Dec. 20 in a game that could have been a Sweet 16 matchup in last year’s NCAA Tournament if the second-seededBlue Devils had not lost in the second round to West Virginia. Duke rounds out its Northeast tour with a reprisal of its series with St. John’s in the Garden Feb. 19. “It’s amazing. That’s our ‘bowl game,’ if you will,” said Mike Cragg, senior associ-

Duke has non-conference challenges with Purdue as part of the ACC/Big 10 Challenge Dec. 2 and in Ann Arbor, Mich, for a continuation of a series with Michigan Dec. 6. Mike Krzyzewski’s squad, which returns everyone but DeMarcus Nelson and transfer Taylor King, opens ACC play at home against Virginia Tech Jan. 4. North Carolina treks down Tobacco Road Feb. 11 for a 9 p.m. tip, and the Blue Devils will return to Chapel Hill March 8 for a 4 p.m. start. Seniors Jordan Davidson, Dave McClure and Greg Paulus will be honored at Duke’s last home game against FloridaState March 4. The Blue-White game is slated for Homecoming Oct. 18, followed by two exhibition games. The Blue Devils open the season with three consecutive home games, starting with Delaware Nov. 10. All games will be televised this year, including 18 on an ESPN affiliate.

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This summer, David Cutcliffe did his best impression of a door-todoor salesman, yapping away at potential recruits—fans, not players. The first-year head coach crisscrossed the Southeast on the inaugural Duke Athletics Tour, visiting nine cities from Atlanta and Knoxville, Tenn. to more local venues in Raleigh and Durham. At each stop, Cutcliffe held a pep rally of sorts to promote his new team. “Obviously, just ramping up what we are doing for football was the main reason for [the tour],” said Bart Smith, director of athletic promotions The idea was spearheaded by Mark Carter, the director of the newly created Gridiron Society, an offshoot of the Iron Dukes. He had previously run an athletic promotions tour when he was at Tennessee with Cutcliffe, the former Volunteer offensive coordinator. Cutciiffe himself had a central role in the planning stages—he had experience doing similar events with his previous coach-

ingjobs at Ole Miss and in Knoxville. In retrospect, everyone involved was pleased with the community response, and, as expected, the Raleigh and Durham stops attracted the biggest crowds. “The turnout was great,” Smith said. “The lowest turnout was probably about 150 people and then upwards to about 300-350 people.” In addition to raising excitement and awareness, the tour also had financial motivations. Duke Athletics officials sold season ticket packages, hoping to capitalize on Blue Devil fans’ newfound hopes and excitements. The mere announcement of the new regime coming to town sparked modest season ticket sales in the tour’s various locations, but the real windfall came after Cutcliffe spoke. On the early leg of the tour, Duke sold 52 season tickets in Charlotte, N.C., 50 in Atlanta, 44 in Greensboro, N.C., 32 in Wilson, N.C., 65 in Wilmington, N.C. and 22 in Knoxville. Smith said the tour will be back next year, and plans are in SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 10

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BRITTON from page 9 wins may exceed their seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004 (when 2 wins No. 1 seed). But a lot of those credentials have been colored by what has happened after the fact. It’s probably safe to assume the Mannings would have become pretty good quarterbacks even without Cutcliffe’s mentoring, and it’s not like Ole Miss hadn’t gone to bowl games the two seasons prior to Cutcliffe’s hiring. (Props on the Tee Martin thing, though. No arguing around that.) Most people believe Cutcliffe’s experiences in Oxford, Miss., coaching a lessthan-heralded team in a major conference, will ease the transition to Duke. But Cutcliffe wasn’t inheriting a perennial loser in the Rebels in 1998. In fact, they were 25-20 the previous four seasons, and their coach hadn’t been fired. Tommy Tuberville went to Auburn, where he’d turn the Tigers into national contenders on a yearly basis. Duke, on the other hand? Well, the Blue Devils are 4-42 the last four seasons, including a whopping one conference win. Aligning the two contexts would be akin to comparing, well, Tuberville and Ted Roof. The point is that Cutcliffe has a much larger mountain to climb, and he’s doing so with the added weight of Duke’s recruiting limitations. And I’m not talking solely academics. There’s the worst stadium in the ACC in Wally Wade (something tells me recruits have yet to be wooed by the renovated female restrooms), low-level training facilities and, oh yeah, the utter lack of a fan base (playing at Virginia Tech means the Blue Devils will miss out on the largest crowd of the season, usually clad in maroon and orange). >

All this may make a Herculean task more Sisyphean for a coach whose ability to recruit was called into question at Ole Miss. To be sure, Cutcliffe has made changes and promises, including, from what I hear, instituting a daily gathering of the players colloquially referred to as practice. (Hearing players talk about Cutcliffe’s overhaul of the team’s practice regimen leads me to believe that Roof ran his team like my old Little League baseball coaches: “OK guys, now our next game is Saturday at 1 p.m. That means you should be here by 12:30... in uniform.”) He also shifted the student section to behind Duke’s bench and, more importantly, to the shade. Cutcliffe’s even using the word “postseason” to refer to something besides banquets or workouts. The schedule is purportedly easier, including an opener against James Madison and home games with Northwestern and Navy (a Congressional Bowl preview?). But hope and momentum will last only as long as Duke’s undefeated season. And don’t look past JMU, who lost to Division I-AA Appalachian State by a single point last season. (And every fifth-grader can tell you that if JMU lost to App. State by one, and App. State beat Michigan by two, well then, JMU can beat Michigan. It’s called the transitive property.) Yes, Cutcliffe is an improvement over Roof. So is Rich Kotite. The question remains, though: is Cutcliffe the kind ofcoach whose presence can overhaul a

program? Logic points to a renaissance of sorts at Wally Wade: three—maybe four—wins in 2008. But Duke Football hasn’t been a paragon of logic the last two decades. The only thing that’s made much sense is the graduation rate.

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along. “We will probably stick closely with the Southeast, with the focus being people that we want to buy season tickets and can come to games,” Smith said. “We do want to look at adding some additional places, but we do want to stick in the surrounding states.” If Cutcliffe and the rest of the athletic

department can convince 22 people to make the five-hour drive from Knoxville and 50 to make the seven-hour drive from AUanta, logic says that the local fans will, in fact, come out to support Duke Football if it really has that new-and-improved look everyone is hoping for. Cutcliffe certainly expects it will, “It’s the dawn of a new day,” he said to a radio station in Knoxville. “By gosh, we’re going to win some football games. You wait and see.”

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That’s the number Giulinani. It is said to have of unsettled cases filed stipulated that over the against the University course offour years, Giuliani would pay $200,000 in tuin recent months. This time the plaintiff is ition and fees, and in return the University would provide the son offormer New York education, mayor Rudy editorial housing, a Giuliani, senior Andre spot on the Giuliani, which is generatgolf team and lifetime access to the golf program’s training media attention. Last month Giuliani ing facilities. Giuliani’s counsel, Bob fded suit against the UniEkstrand, that Law ’93, argues complaining versity, he was unfairly dismissed that by cutting Giuliani from the men’s golf team and terfrom the men’s golf team last school year. minating his access to the In short, his case is tenuprogram’s facilities, head ous at best, vindictive at coach O.D. Vincent—and, by connection, the Univerworst and, on its face, without merit in any court of sity —violated this contract. The central argument of law. The complaint hinges the case—the contract beon an alleged “Contract” tween Duke and Giuliani—is between the University and undeveloped and unclear.

It receives only a brief mention and a cursory explanation in the beginning of the complaint, yet it dominates the body of the claim. This shaky concept of a contract is further belied by the fact that no formal, written contract was signed by either party in this case. Giuliani’s argument also targets the conduct of Vincent. The complaint brands Vincent’s actions in cutting Giuliani from the team as erratic, unfairand outside of the realm ofhis coaching authority. This is simply not the case. Vincent was clearly acting within his jurisdiction when he decided to reduce the number of players on the roster from 13 to six. Since Giuliani had never been one of the best six golfers on the

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What’s more, Giuliani was disciplined for such disrespectful conduct as breaking the head off of a golf club, disrespecting a playing partner and throwing an apple at a teammate’s head. This behavior provided further justification for Vincent’s decision to cut Giuliani. While the merits of the case appear to favor the University, Duke’s reaction to Giuliani’s complaint was suspicious. When Giuliani approached then-interim Director of Athletics Chris Kennedy regarding his troubles with Vincent, Kennedy began an internal investi-

Congratulations!

You are lucky enough to have the honor of reading my very first column for The Chronicle. You’ll probably be telling your kids about this someday. You maybe asking yourself why itis that I am only now gracing these pages with my presence. After all, I am a senior. Where have I been for the last three years? john schneider Well, I have an excuse—l’ve been way guard your ears! too busy offering sophisticated critiques of The Chronicle’s columnists in the form of sarcastic comments to whomever happened to be around at the time. My hands were full. Before I joined this selective brethren ofChronicle columnists, I was one of those students who read these back pages before class and almost always ended up wondering why I had bothered. Usually my complaints fell under a set of universal and predetermined objections:The columns that were supposed to be funny never made me laugh, “slice of Duke life” columns seemed pointless and meandering. If the column was overtly political it usually seemed like some neophyte auditioning for ajob at The Weekly Standard or The Buffington Post; ifitwas about DukeStudent Government—I mean, who cares about Duke Student Government? Even the “anti-column” column, where the student writes about how he has nothing to write about (which I suppose is whatthis is beginning to sound like) was hackneyed. Plus, it seemed incredibly arrogant to want to write a column. It meant that you thought you had enough worthwhile opinions to fill a semester’s worth of print Who did these people think they were? Never mindthat it seemed like most columnists ran out of ideas by the thirdweek ofschool. Howcould I write a column? I’d be a hypocrite. I’d become a part of the problem. Eventually, though, I realized something: Writing a column may not seem hard, but it certainly isn’t as easy as criticizing one. And the challenge isn’t really in developing an opinion for several hundred words

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gation into the matter, but his work was stopped in its tracks by University Counsel Pam Bernard. It is also odd that the University is now refusing Giuliani lifetime access to its golf training facilities, especially because that privilege was promised to him by late men’s golf coach Rod Myers. In the interest of reconciliation, this would not be an undue burden on the Uni-

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That Giuliani deserves financial compensation for any alleged suffering and damages associated with his dismissal from the golf team, however, is wrong. The University must rigorously defend itself against this unclear, vague and rather peculiar lawsuit.

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(this isn’t a middle school writing contest), but rather it’s coming up with an idea that you have enough confidence in to publicly endorse. After all, this is college, and in college few things are less acceptable than actually having an idea. The problem isn’t really in the columnists, but the feet that the enthusiasm and conviction required to actually want to write a column are almost universally despised characteristics. The kids who want to write columns in college are like the kids who sal in the front in high school or who actually read the book in middle school. Now, obviously I never wanted to associate with those kids before (trust me, I’m cool. I mean, look at those sunglasses!), but unless you are willing to define yourself purely negatively you have to eventually admit thatyou care about something. It’s obviously easier and more acceptable to say what you don’tlike than itis to saywhatyou do, but it’s awfully limiting. Just as sitting in the back means you often get overlooked even when you have something to say and not reading the book means that you miss the chance to actually enjoy it, simply criticizing the opinions ofothers puts you in an awfully precarious position when you actually have one ofyour own. After all, if you hate Fall Out Boy then you can enjoy an air of comfortable condescension to everyone who does, but it doesn’t necessarily mean thatwhat’s on your iPod is anybetter. This week, in addition to being the week of my first column (seriously guys, save this issue), is also the first week of college for the Class of 2012. Freshmen face in addition to innumerable iterations of ice-breaking inquiries—the same issue that columnists face. It may even be worse for freshmen. After all, even if this column stinks (which it doesn’t) I doubt my friends would cut off contact with me. On the other hand, freshmen are meeting new people and making new friends, and they desperately want to seem cool. It may be tempting to Ml into the same trap that caught me for the last three years and simply react to the thoughts of others. But it’s a lot more interesting and a lot gutsier to actually say what you think. Trust me, I write a column. —

John Schneider is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

CORRECTION In yesterday’s Series on Politics, DukeVotes, the headlines of the columns were mistakenly reversed. The headlinefor the column by Trinity sophomore Benjamin Bergmann for the Duke Democrats should read, “Changing the culture ofWashington,” and the headlinefor the column by Trinity junior Natalie Figuereo for the Duke College Republicans should read, “Wasteful government spending.” The Chronicle regrets the error.

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Gwen Gettliffe

That’s change we can believe in

ordinarily hate to talk politics, but there’s something very out of the ordinary going on right now.

These past few weeks, I’ve felt an overwhelming rush of hope. Hope for a better tomorrow. Hope for a new dawn. Hope for another nebulous adjective and synonym for the future. A future in which the tidal wave of enduring change erodes all the injustice and divisions that have plagued (IcUlliy IGWIII the citizens of Duke Uniimmaculate versily lor the past eight misconception years. What we need now is change. Change from the way things have been going before. Change from the entrenched businessas-usual politics of our president’s office. Out with the old, in with the new. My fellow Blue Devils, that change is upon us. The new ACES is here. The new ACES is a symbol. A symbol of a new era of hope and believing and believing in hope and hoping for change and changing our beliefs... and change. Change from horizontal graphic schedules to vertical ones. Change from convenient access to information about courses to an intricate web of unintelligible, intuition-defying links. Change from quickly browsing through enroll-able classes to searching through a system that lists graduate and undergraduate classes side-by-side. That’s change we can believe in. The new ACES is a registration system for the middle class. The old system reified inequity by allowing people to access their bursar’s account with ease. This led to economic stratification because people knew how to access their financial aid information. Those days are over, ushering in a new, changed era of equality and freedom. Freedom from anxiety over whether you can pay the bills. You now have no idea how to find the bills, solving once and for all the age-old problem of personal debt. The new ACES is a registration system for the future. I am proud to know my children can live in a world where course enrollment is only a ten-step process. The day will come where every prospective student will know the simple “Self Service Enrollment Enrollment: Add Classes Find Classes Select Subject Search Add to Bookbag Proceed to step 2 of 3 Confirm Classes Finish Enrolling” combination. This future begins with the hopes and dreams of the class of 2012, who bravely endured the trials and tribulations of the old enrollment process before their glorious liberation. These students waited patiently for change they could believe in, and I salute them for their patience. The new ACES is a registration system that’s tough on terror. The old system created a fantasy world of simple major declaration that left us unprepared for unexpected contingencies. In a post-9/11 world, life is full of “what-if” questions. We need to answer those questions, and only the new ACES takes a valid first step —just like a Magic Eight ball. The new ACES will not sugar-coat your contingency plans by suggesting that you can simply choose your courses without generating a three-page report. The world of tomorrow is a world of change, and the new ACES is leading the way. But we will not idly rest on our laurels while there is still suffering in the world. We’re working to solve the housing crisis by forcing you to join a selective living group in order to live on West Campus. We’re bolstering our campus security by sending you a strongly-worded text message (please note: you still have to sign up to be protected by this campus, even though your number is already listed and managed by Duke on the Duke website). We’re curtailing the ever-worsening food crisis by bringing you yet another mediocre Chinese fast-food ,

DNA of average Duke students (left) versus members of the Class of 2012 (right). Sororities hope new technology will aid in finally determining the real ",Best Damn Pledge Class".

The No. 1 reason why UNC sucks

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average Duke student has many reasons to feel poorly disposed towards his Tar Heel neighbors: their uncomfortably competitive basketball team, their lackluster shade of blue and the fact that Tyler Hansbrough killed a man in cold blood in 2004 (no, I can’t prove that) But to me there’s a far more compelling reason to be disappointed in our rivals, and it has nothing to do with james tager the students at UNC, at all, but everything to do suburban subversive with UNC’s administration. The number one reason that UNO sucks: They eat their own young. Let me explain. This past May, UNO students staged a two-week sit-in in one of the campus buildings. They were protesting UNO Chancellor James Moeser’s decision not to endorse the Designated Suppliers Program, which is designed to make sure that university apparel isn’t made in sweatshops. The sit-in was broken up when the chancellor ordered the UNC police to arrest the protesters. Five of the protesters were convicted this month in Chapel Hill District Court, for “failure to

disperse.”

So let me recap: The UNC administration, instead of supporting its student’s activism and high ethical standards, had them arrested. They pressed charges, even after the sit-in was over. Why? To send a message to other students not to threaten the approximately $3 million per year that UNC makes from selling Tar Heellicensed clothes? Universities are supposed to demonstrate to their students the importance of principles over profit. In a shameful betrayal, Chancellor Moeser instead decided to sacrifice his own students so that the college would still be able to exploit sweatshop conditions for those producing their clothes. It’s worth pointing out that Duke, along with 43 other schools, has adopted the DSP. In fact, Duke was at the forefront of the anti-sweatshop movement on university campuses. In 1999, Duke students had a sitin to protest sweatshop policies, as well. What did the Duke administration do? They agreed to an anti-sweatshop code of conduct! Duke’s record for supporting studentactivism isn’t perfect. In 1968, student protesters sat in the Allen Building to protest Duke’s racial inequality. Then-President Douglas Knight sent the police in to break up the protests. But that was forty years ago, and history has remembered the students, not the administration, as the heroes.

Chancellor Moeser hasn’t learned that lesson, it seems. In fact, Moeser’s tenure as Chancellor ended this June, meaning that his legacy will be tainted by his dictatorial disregard for the welfare of his wards. Perhaps he believes that history and the UNC student body will vindicate him, for arresting his own students and, worse yet, going on to prosecute them. The actions of UNC’s administration make a mockery of any university’s ideals. These were motivated, ethically aware students, who werer determined to use their education for noble ends, who dared to hold their University to a high moral standard. Any Duke professor would have been proud to have them in his or her class. I would have been proud to take a class with them. Of course, in the whirlwind of righteous indignation surrounding the students’ arrests, it’s easy to forget what started this whole ordeal in the first place. These students were working for an end to UNO’s profiting from sweatshop labor. There are some who argue that UNC’s punishment of its protesters is more symbolic than actual; that the protesters received little more than an elaborate slap on the wrist. But if that’s the case, what do the administration’s actions symbolize? That UNO refuses to end its participation in a sweatshop system, even if its students and faculty find it to be morally repulsive. The UNC administration has refused to take a principled stand against sweatshop labor, and have crushed peaceful dissent and meaningful student activism on their campus, in one blow. Our disgust at Chancellor Moeser’s actions should have nothing to do with the Duke-UNC rivalry, and everything to do with right for students to meaningfully impact the decisions of their own university. UNC has a lot of wellmeaning students and faculty, who happen to wear the wrong shade ofblue. But it’s Chancellor Moeser’s twin decisions to refuse adopting the DSP, and to sacrifice his own students, that are truly embarrassing for UNC. We should hold them to account, not because they’re our rivals, but because they are our neighbors and our fellow students and faculty. Go to Hell, Carolina! But first, stop sacrificing your students, who merely had the courage to stand up for what is right, and to hold their University to the same high standards that any University expects of its students. Maybe Tar Heel basketball will do well this year. But that doesn’t erase the stain of a University administration that has selfishly attacked those they should be

supporting.

James Tager is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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That’s change we can believe in.

Danny Lewin is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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