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With election season in full swing, Duke professors and administrators are showing the money to their top picks for the next U.S. president. Faculty members and administrators financially support Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama over Republican nominee John McCain by more than 7-to-l, according to 2008 records from the Federal Election Commission, which governs and tracks all political contributions at the national level. According to Gallup polls of the general public, Obama can claim 48 percent of support and McCain 42 percent. But polling among people with a postgraduate education shows 57 percent supporting Obama, with only 37 percent supporting McCain. Michael Munger, chair of the department of political science and Libertarian candidate for North Carolina governor, said he was shocked by the margin. “I would have thought it would have been greater,” he said. “If anything, the 7-1 ratio underrepresents the extent to which Duke faculty lend to lean toward the left”

Since Duke Student Government announced its proposed student activities fee increase last week, student leaders are examining the scope and importance of the policy and its timeline for consideration. “The student activities fee . our single biggest responsibility,” said DSG President Jordan Giordano, a senior. “It’s bigger than lobbying, bigger than [the Student Organization Finance Committee], bigger than anything else we analysis DSG have ever done\This is honesdy the only thing we have actual control over.” The DSG Executive Board submitted the proposal in the form of a letter to the student body in The Chronicle Tuesday, asking students to approve a referendum SepL 15 that will increase thestudent activities fee over the course of two years. Giordano noted that in order for the increase to go into effect, it will need to be put before the Board ofTrustees at their next meeting, making a September referendum the only feasible option. If thereferendumpasses, the fee—currently $222 per year—will increase by SSO to $272 for the 2009-2010 academic year, and then another SSO to $322 for the 2010-2011 academic year. In the past week, some campus leaders have expressed concern over the time frame they have until the referendum to debate and discuss issues surrounding an increase. After speaking to a former leader of North Carolina State University’s Student Union, Duke University Union President Chamindra Goonewardene, a senior, said he discovered that a similar initiative there took almost three years of planning. “It’s not about [DUU] getting more money,” he said. “I just don’t think it’s well-thoughtout, and I don’t think two weeks is an acceptable time period for a proposal of this nature to be talked about and to be voted upon.” DSG plans to use the money from the increase to fund a rapidly growing number of student groups as well as three major initiatives: ZipCars car-rental service and a bus-tracking system—an estimated $150,000 and SBO,OOO up front for the first year, respectively—and a

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BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S.—key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace. The 275-member legislature failed last month to approve a law providing for provincial elections thisfall after Kurds objected to a power-sharing arrangement for the oil-rich area around Kirkuk, which they want to incorporate into their selfruled region in the north. U.N. and Iraqi election officials warn the balloting cannot be held this year unless parliament approves the measure.

Today at Duke... French and Francophone Film Series:"Cultures" Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater, 8 p.m. "Lili and the Baobab," Lili, a 33-year-old French photographer, accepts an assignment to photograph the remote village of Agnam.

NEW YORK Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has agreed to sit down 1 with ABC's Charles Gibson later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago. ABC would not release any details about where and when Gibson would question Palin; a McCain-Palin adviser had said earlier Sunday that the interview was expected to take place later this week in Alaska. The interview with Palin was confirmed Friday, ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said.

GEN EVA —The most powerful atom-smasherever built comes online Wednesday, eagerly anticipated by scientists worldwide who have awaited this moment for two decades. The multibillion-dollarLarge Hadron Collider will explore the tiniest particles and come ever closer to re-enacting the big bang, the theory that a colossal explosion created the universe. The machine at CERN,the European Organization for Nuclear Research, promises scientists a closerlook atthe makeup of matter,filling in gaps inknowledge or possibly reshaping theories. The first beams of protons will befired around the 17-miletunnel to test the controlling strength ofthe world's largest superconducting magnets. It will still be about a month before beams traveling in opposite directions are brought together in collisions that some skeptics fear could create micro "black holes"and endanger the planet ~

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Tropical Storm Hanna blew through the East Coast this weekend, but left Duke relatively high and dry. Administrators took extra precautions to ensure the safety of those on campus. Numerous e-mails were sent to the student body to help them prepare for the storm, and the furniture from the West Campus Plaza was removed for fear of high winds. When the storm actually hit campus, some students thought administrators had overstated its potency. But others appreciated the better-safe-than-sorry ap-

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Students in the School ofLaw can now enjoy a convenient breakfast or lunch that’s not only good for them, but good for the environment as well. The Refectory, Duke’s award-winning “green” cafe, opened its second location on campus two weeks ago in the first floor of the Law School Building. The location celebrates its grand opening today after a test run with a limited menu. The unveiling of an expanded menu cannot come soon enough for some law students who sought more dining choices during the trial. The Refectory, opened by Bon Vivant Catering in January 2006, has been a favorite eatery for students and staff alike, and Manager Laura

proach. “I think they were trying to prepare us for the worst because hurricanes are unpredictable,” sophomore Krista Kucheman said. “We are lucky we missed it” In particular, the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C. was threatened by the storm, and the campus was evacuated Friday. Although some faculty opted to stay in the area, students were instructed to find transportation to Durham. Students were given the option of either staying on Central Campus or with a friend, and they were cleared to return to Beaufort

Hall said rising interest in environmental and health issues contributed to its popularity. “I think this is one of the fastest-growing areas right now,” she said. “Everything that we have, people know where it came from [and] they also know what’s in it” Though the new location will preserve some old favorites, a grill and deep fryer in the new kitchen will give the Refectory a greater range of options, Hall said. “The biggest thing is we have more cooking equipment here,” she explained. “The Divinity School [location] started as a small sandwich shop, and nobody really thought there would be demand for it to go to an extensive cafe as it has.”

the exception of a few fallen shingles. But in Durham, T.S. Hanna did not seem to deter students from going out over the weekend. Students left the safety of their dorms en masse for parties thrown by fraternities Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon along with selective living group Maxwell House held on West

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University officials are discussing efforts to redesign the East Campus trafficcircle by implementing a clockwise traffic flow, moving the bus stop across the street and adding bicycle pathways.

Plans in place to make East pedestrian friendly by

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In an effort to better integrate Duke and Durham, plans are in the works to make East Campus more friendly to pcdestrians, .bicycle riders and other commuters.

New designs were presented last Spring the Board of Trustees, but as of now no major renovations have begun. Plans to connect Broad Street and East Campus, however, are under way, Campus Landto

scape Architect Mark Hough said, although a timeline for completion has not yet been set. Officials also hope to change the flow of the East traffic circle to a more convcntional clockwise direction, relocating the bus stop to the opposite side of the circle and creating more pedestrian and bicycle pathways along with more storage areas for bicycles SEE PEDESTRIAN ON PAGE 6

devoted to travel, writing and self-discovery. Armed with only a backpack full of belongings, La Cerva embarked on a selfguided journey that took her all the way to the peaks ofMachu Picchu. “It definitely made me feel like I could do anything,” La Cerva said. “No one knew where I was or was helping me. I didn’t have a cell phone all year—sometimes I would e-mail home but I got so used to not using technology. It was somewhat of a more pure existence.” Sophomore Emily Hadden spent her extra year at the School ofAmerican Ballet in New York, where she had danced during high school. The year helped Emily decide that she did not want to pursue a career in dance, and she arrived at Duke confident in her academic future. “It definitely made me appreciate school a lot more,” Hadden said. “I was excited to go back and leant. I didn’t really have a normalkid’s life because my entire day was focused on dancing, so it was refreshing to come to Duke. I think the year off was the best thing I could do for myself.” Sophomore Greg Johnston also had a positive gap year experience and said he would recommend that other students consider taking a year off as well. Johnston graduated high school at 16 and was encouraged by his parents to take off a year and catch up in age with his peer group. Rather than flipping through a textbook for an Art History course at Duke, Johnston studied Art History through a British program in Italy and examined the Old Masters first-hand. Johnston said British pre-college programs are easier to find because taking a year off is a common practice in Great Britain. In

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the months after the program Johnston traveled around Europe to visit the new friends he had made. “For me it was definitely a growing-up sort of thing—l felt more prepared for life on my own,” Johnson said. “It was definitely a tough transition to school, but, in away, after having so much fun I was ready to come back.” Greg also said his experience inspired him to major in Art History in addition to Economics, whic h he would probably not have considered before his travels. Though gap year participants said they had varying degrees of difficulty adjusting to Duke, all mentioned that they fell a bit more independent than their peers. Some also said venturing to countries without drinking ages took away the thrill from many typical freshman-year rites of passage. After a year of travel and service that included a four-month stint helping impoverished villages in Africa, junior Lucy McKinstry, a member ofThe Chronicle’s independent Editorial Board, said she had trouble transitioning to the food selection on campus. “There’s definitely a shock when you come from eating beans and rice to something called food points,” McKinstry said. Nonetheless, each of the students interviewed said they have acclimated successfully and are confident that their gap year factored into shaping their identity.

“The significance of the year off is about the hours that you spend in physical labor or whatever,” McKinstry' said. “It’s all about the fact that you arc challenging yourself and getting out of your comfort zone and how that experience makes you grow—and you come into Duke with a different outlook and increased awareness.” not

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DONATIONS from page 1 Although there may be many who do not contribute financially to political campaigns, Duke faculty gives more than the general public, Munger said. According to studies he has performed, one out of 100 people in the general public—even less in some elections—contribute financially. Despite faculty and administrators favoring Democrats, both parties have notable support at the University. Execudve Vice President Tallman Trask contributed $l,OOO in May to Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole, who is seeking reelecdon this November. Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor for academic affairs, contributed $5OO to Obama in July. David Levi, dean

donated $750 to Obama because he liked his policies and what he represents. When it comes to politics, Bayer counts himself among the more active of Duke’s faculty members. He added that political acdvism is a mixed bag at Duke. “I think there are some [politically active] people and we talk about politics a lot, and some people don’t really seem to have much interest at all,” he said. Munger himself donated $l,OOO to the Libertarian National Committee and another $l,OOO to Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr. He was the only faculty member to donate to theLibertarian Party or a Libertarian candidate at the national level, though Munger said many Duke faculty and staff have donated to his campaign for governor and to the Libertarian Party ofNorth Carolina.

of the School of law, gave $2,300 to Obama in January and then gave $l,OOO to McCain in April. “During the primary season, when there were several contending candidates in each party, I decided to give to the two candidates, one from each party, that I most hoped would win their parties’ respective nominations and be on the final ballot in November, with one of them becoming president,” Levi said. Yet some notable University figures were absent. The last time Provost Peter Lange made a political contribudon at the nationallevel was in 2004 to Rep. David Price, D-N.C. And according to FEC records online, President Richard Brodhead has never contributed at the national level. Associate professor of economics Patrick Bayer said he

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The renovations are intended not only benefit Duke students but also Durham residents, Vice President for Campus Services Kernel Dawkins said. “A portion of the land is used on a regular basis by Durham neighbors, and improvements of pathways and pathway lighting will benefit neighbors,” Hough wrote in an e-mail. “East Campus is much more entrenched in the fabric of Durham. Duke and its neighbors will inevitably become better integrated.” The pathway behind Bell Tower will be paved, and lighting, greenery and furniture will be added to the area, Hough said. Other changes to East include replacing older, “severely distressed” trees with younger ones and adding more greenery overall. Hough said the renovations are part of the University Master Plan 2000, which includes developing Duke into a “walkable campus with a logical circulation

Bursar’s statements, the student activities fee was $398 a year in 2006 before it was split into the student activities fee and the student services fee in 2007. In two years, the total of both fees has increased to $454, approximately a 14 percent difference. If the referendum passes, the total fees will increase by an additional 22 percent by the 2010-2011 academic year. The Chronicle reported in March 2006 that thestudentactivities fee took a 45 percent jump in the 2006-2007 schoolyear to account for an administrative fee increase of $lOO proposed by the Office of StudentAffairs. In past years, Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs Larry Moneta granted a number of student requests 1 for additional funding out of a discretionary budget that he manages. But former SOFC Chair Alex Crable, a senior, said he thinks DSC did not initially ask Moneta for the money because the amount is beyond the scope of what they have received in the past. Even after contacting University administrators like Provost Peter Lange and Steve Nowicki, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education, DSG had little luck acquiring additional funding, said Black Student Alliance President Brandon Roane, a senior. Moneta said his discretionary’ budget is small and is only tapped into for newT and creative ideas or extenuating circumstances. “It’s not a lot of money in my budget, but a little stationary money that can support and is reserved for a great startup idea and critical need,” he said. “But the funding I have is limited—it’s not a specific sum that’s for student funding.” In 2006, at DSG’s request, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask granted $15,000 to fund bartenders, decreasing the price

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of University-funded beer by more than 50 percent at the “wave of a hand,” said former DSG president Elliott Wolf, Trinity ’OB. “Jordan and [Executive Vice President Sunny Kantha] haven’t developed a good enough relationship with administrators for die hand-waving,” he said. “They’re falling back and trying to tax the students, even though the time would be spent a hell of a lot better to try and convince administrators with gobs and gobs of money.” Wolf said he did not consider increasing the fee during his term because administrators were able to grant funding. Trask did not respond to a request for comment. “The key fallback position for students is, ‘We have no money. You two-billiondollar University should fund it because a big part ofyour mission is supporting us,’” Wolf said. “If DSG down the road decides it cannot be funded to pass [funding] on

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system.” “No cost estimates for the projects have been made because they have not yet begun,” Dawkins said. “It is too early to decide the costs since the plans are still in a

conceptual stage.” Many students said the plans would facilitate moving around Duke’s campus. “I’m not opposed,” freshman Meagan Brewer said. “It makes things easier for students and Durham residents alike." Kevin Davis, author of the “Bull City Rising” blog concerning Durham issues, said the renovations would indeed help Duke better unite with the city. “It’s very good to see Duke seek the improvement of East Campus lands, and a good step towards Joining the Durham community and Duke,” he said.

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The John Kerr era hadn’t quite gotten off to the start Duke had hoped. A return to Koskinen Stadium was all it took to fix that. Facing a familiar foe certainly didn’t hurt, either. 1 UJ =\ The Blue Devils DUKE > 3 rebounded from a winless opening end be£ ng f Kerrs former Harvard squad 3-1 for DUKE Kerr’s first win as Duke’s head coach in a driving rain Friday. Duke then captured the Duke Classic with a 3-0 victory over American (2-2) Sunday. “It feels great,” Kerr said of his first win. “It was very strange [Friday], for my first home game here at Duke to play Harvard.... I’m glad it’s over and we’re on the right side of the result.” The play of forwards Kyle Bethql and Mike Grella was one of the biggest reasons the Blue Devils (2-2) picked up their first win of the season against the Crimson (1-1). Grella, the. senior preseason All-American, set up the match’s first goal, feeding a ball toward the net that seemed to be corralled on the right side by Harvard goalkeeper Joseph Alexander. Midfielder Josh Bienenfeld, however, poked the ball loose from Alexander and dribbled it into a wide open net to put Duke on the board in the 20th minute. “The goalie had his hands on it, and I thought the ball slid out of bounds,” Bienenfeld said. “I saw the ball leave his hands, so I Just took iv Sometimes you’ve got to take those kind of goals.” Grella tacked on another tally less than three minutes later, knocking in a rebound from 15 yards out. Michael Fucito pulled the Crimson within /

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Duke followed up its 3-1 win over Harvard Friday with a dominant 3-0 victory over American Sunday.

NOTES: Senior cocaptain defender Pavelid Castenada was named MVP of the tournament for his efforts leading a stalwart Duke defensive unit that allowed just one goal all weekend.

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Playing against Duke in Koskinen Stadium is usually a difficult enough task for visiting teams. But what about when the Blue Devils’ head coach knows your team better than your own coach? That was the case Friday for Harvard, which suffered a 3-1 loss in its first game of the year. Of the 16 players who appeared in the game for the Crimson, 14 of them were signed by new Duke head coach John Kerr. Playing against his former coach was particularly uncomfortable for Harvard co-captain Michael Fucito, who scored his team’s lone goal. Fucito was recruited by Kerr in 2003 and began his collegiate career in 2004, but then sat out the 2005 season for unspecified reasons. Including his recruitment and five years in the program, Fucito played under Kerr’s watchful eye for almost six years, a spell of time almost unheard of in college athletics.

After the game, though, Fucito was clearly more concerned with earning new coach Jamie Clark’s respect than reminiscing about Kerr. “Tonight, we wanted to prove something to our new coach and show Kerr what he left behind," Fucito said. During the game, Clark saw things he liked about his players’ performance, but the game was clearly strange for him, as well. Clark said his team’s tactics and formation had remained virtually unchanged from Kerr’s squads, and he understood the excitement and nervousness his players were feeling while taking on their former coach. Fortunately for Harvard, the rest of their opponents this season won’t know nearly as much about them as Duke did. When asked if he was looking forward to playing teams that didn’t have such a detailed scouting report on the Crimson, Fucito just gave a disappointed smile. “Yeah, that would be nice,” he said

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deflected corner kick and curled GAME a 15-yard strike past Duke goalkeeper Cassidy Powers to give The number of Notre Dame the goals Notre Dame lead for good. scored in the secFour minutes ond half. Duke had later, fellow allowed only one midfielder Regoal all season. becca Mendoza pumped in a tally from the left edge of the box off a through ball from forward Michelle Weisenhoffer. Suddenly, a game in which the Blue Devils appeared to have a real chance of winning had now swung dramatically in the direction of Notre Dame, and Duke never recovered. “Notre Dame is the most physical team we’ve played,” Church said. “They made it very difficult for us to find a rhythm of play out there.” Senior midfielder Lorraine Quinn netted Duke’s lone goal in the 60th minute, elevating above several Notre Dame defenders and heading a comer kick from midfielder Jane Alukonis into the top left comer of the net. After Quinn’s pinpoint header, however, the Blue Devils failed to muster another serious scoring opportunity, as the Fighting Irish maintained possession in Duke’s half for most of the rest of the game. Although the teams combined to post ™

CHAPEL HILL Different place, different time, different weather—same result. On a sweltering Sunday afternoon at the Carolina Classic in Chapel Hill, the No. 12 Blue Devils dropped a 3-1 decision to No. 5 Notre Dame, once again falling to the team that beat them 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament on a frigid Indiana night last November. sDUKE Fresh off a mo-

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After Saturday’s 24-20 loss to Northlights of Wallace Wade Stadium, senior middle linebacker Michael Tauiliili walked into Yoh Football Center to face the media wearing a black undershirt with block-letter print; “Together Sustain The Strain.” If ever there were a slogan for a back-andforth game marked by missed opportunities by both teams or the attitude exuded for four quarters by a Duke football team on the rise, sustaining the strain together might be it The Blue Devils (1-1) doubled Northwestern’s first-down total, racked up 144 more yards on offense and built up almost a 19-minuteadvantage in time ofpossession on the night. But when the clock wound down to zero, Duke was still four points short of the Wildcats (2-0) and the energy that had permeated the Blue Devil sideline for nearly 60 minutes vanished faster than the smoke from the post-game fireworks. And although Duke could not beat Northwestern as it did last September in Evanston, HI., those sidelines told the real story: that the Blue Devils of 2008 are a completely different—and better—team than the one that eked out one victory in 2007. Even after trailing 17-10 at the half, Duke never seemed to act as if it was out of the game. “The thing you couldn’t sense from where you guys were—[and what] is probably the most frustrating thing for me—is that our energy on the field in the second half, it was phenomenal,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “To come back out of that tunnel, down, not having played as well as we could play. Our energy on the sideline, our focus,

do now.” The end of Saturday’s game stood in stark contrast to its beginning. Duke came out firing on a 72-yard touchdown opening drive over 11 plays and just more than five minutes, led by Harris, who ran for 28 yards and a two-yard scoring punch-in. The Blue Devils would end the first half, however, by letting Northwestern put up a 35yard field goal as time expired, creating an uphill battle for the second. Both Cutdiffe and Northwestern’s head coach Pat Fitzgerald talked of die importance of small details and how they decided Saturday’s contest. Fitzgerald even went as far to say that his Wildcats were “lucky to escape [Durham] with a win.” And in a tired but optimisdc tone, Cutcliffe said something after the game that hasn’t been uttered around Wallace Wade in quite some time. “We’ve got to justkeep doin’ what we’re doin’,” he said. “Keep doin’ what we’re doin’.” Together, sustain the strain NOTES:

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our enthusiasm, was phenomenal.” The Blue Devils had two great chances on their final two possessions to wrestle the win from the Wildcats. But a solid defensive stand in the Northwestern red zone at the eight-minute mark of the fourth quarter on one drive and a holding call against Duke’s Cameron Goldberg that negated what would have been a Clifford Harris touchdown on the next drive ended any chance of winning. Harris highlighted a solid Blue Devil running game, amassing 86 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. With running back Jay Hollingsworth and quarterbacks Thaddeus Lewis and Zack Asack, Duke was able to pound the ball in for 178 yards on the ground. Meanwhile, Northwestern’s standout running back Tyrell Sutton was held to 72 yards on 16 carries, although Wildcats’ quarterback CJ. Bacher said after the game that Sutton’s touches were limited in the second half because ofcramps. “We played very well in the trenches: we ran the football, we defended the run,” Cutcliffe said. “I would have liked to have gotten more pressure on their quarterback. I think he’s susceptible to that at times. We didn’t hit him enough.” Bacher was contained by the Duke defense to a 14-for-31, 226-yard effort and never seemed to find his groove. But while he threw no touchdowns, he also was never pressured into turning the ball over. Tauiliili cited the play of the Northwestern offensive line for giving its quarterback enough time to get rid of the football. “What it came down to was making a few crucial plays at the end of the game to win,” Tauiliili said. “That’s what we’re learning to

After the game, head coach David Cutcliffe acknowledged that Northwestern was a good team, but said he believed his Blue Devils were a better squad.

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Frustration That was the word being thrown around after Duke’s heartbreaking 24-20 loss to Northwestern Saturday, a game which head coach David Cutcliffe believed his team should have won. “It’s not time to hang your head, but it is time to be frustrated. That was a frustrating loss,” CutclifFe said, Game reciting his post-game message to his Blue Devil team. Analysis “[Northwestern is] a solid, good football team. I think we are a better football team. “We did so many things right but finish. This is really a nightmare to see this—to not just quite get over the hump.” It was the Blue Devils’ failure to execute and capitalize on big plays on both sides of the ball—and a few glaring gaffes—which caused the most aggravation and cost them the victory over the Wildcats, in a contest which Duke statistically dominated. For the second straight week, the Blue Devils moved the ball effectively throughout the contest. They ate up a monstrous proportion of the clock, managing to run 91 plays —31 more than Northwestern —on their way to holding the ball for nearly 20 more minutes than the Wildcats. In total, Duke’s 28 first downs doubled Northwestern’s mark in that category. And led by Clifford Harris’ 87 rushing yards, the Blue Devils could hardly be stopped on the ground, gaining 101 more rushing yards than its opponent and highly touted running back Tyrell Sutton, who managed only 72 yards. But the gaudy offensive numbers should have amounted to more than 20 points. The Blue Devils had trouble capping off drives and a few offensive mishaps were repre-

sentative of that After all, Thaddeus Lewis finished 24-for-42 with 256 yards passing and no interceptions-but the junior quarterback didn’t find a receiver in the end zone, either. Backup quarterback ZackAsack put together a beautiful 16-play, 87-yard drive that spanned nearly eight minutes of the second quarter. But on third-and-1 from the 3-yard line, Harris was stuffed on a dive up the middle, forcing the Blue Devils to setde for a field goal. Later in the game, Duke had trouble capital-

“Northwestern is a solid, good football team. I think we are a

better football team.” David Cutcliffe, Duke head coach izing on magnificent field position when it mattered most. After a punt return by Leon Wright gave Duke the ball at the Wildcats’ 29-yard line, the Blue Devils were given one last chance to win the game. But a holding penalty against senior offensive lineman Cameron Goldberg on Duke’s final drive nullified a fourth-down touchdown strike from Lewis to Harris—a play which would have given the team a lead with less than two minutes to go. While the offense flowed well but left points on the field, the defense stood strong but proved porous on critical plays. The Blue Devils had trouble pressuring an SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 6

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already-shaky CJ. Bacher, who was 14-for-31 on the night, as the Wildcats avoiding yielding a single sack. This inability to reach the quarterback proved most consequential about four mininto the fourth quarter while Duke was on its way to stymieing another Northwestern attack —this time, it came after Duke had taken a 20-17 lead minutes earlier. The Blue Devils had put their opponent in a third-and-10 situation—the Wildcats only converted 4of-13 third-down plays—and the Duke faithful rose to its feet, urging a defensive stand. Duke used man-to-man coverage and sent everyone else on a “zero blitz.” But no one touched Bacher, who zinged a 45-yard pass to wideout Eric Peterman, who was utes

The long strike quieted the crowd and shifted the momentum. And worse for Duke, the drive would result in the gamewinning score. And after the game, when the frustration seemed to boil over on the field, it was still fleeting in the locker room. “We believed all the way through the end,” senior linebacker Michael Tauiliili said. “The enthusiasm was there, being conditioned was there—that was not a problem at all. But what it came down to was just making a fewcrucial plays at the end of the game to win it “You can only imagine how frustrating it is to do all that hard work and to come up short at the end. But the one thing I can guarantee you is that there are a lot of lessons to be learned... once we get over those negative things, we’ll be quite all right.”

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Duke enjoys confidence boost with win over lowa by

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In its doubleheader last weekend, No. 12 Duke split two games against top opponents. But after back-to-back wins over ranked opponents this weekend, the Blue Devils look poised to make a strong run this season in ACC play. Duke defeated No. 15 American duke (2-2) Saturday 3-1, \<l NjAiwjcp MiviEn. / and then secured its marquee win of the pyKE \2 J season, upsetting No. 5 lowa Sunday, 2-1, at Grant Field in lowa City, lowa. Sophomore Susan Ferger led the young Blue Devils (3-1) with a goal in each of the games, including the tying goal in the victory over lowa. She also added the game winner with less than 10 minutes left in the game off an assist from Ashley Pultorak. “Ferger was key to us running the type of presses we wanted to today,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “She had an exceptional weekend.” The uplifting victory was important for Duke, especially considering that lowa (2-2) recendy ended defending national champion North Carolina’s 25-game winning streak last weekend. Beating a team of lowa’s caliber could prove vital for the Blue Devils when they

face off with teams from the ACC, traditionally considered the most competitive conference in the country. “[The win showed us] that we can compete at the highest level,” Bozman said. “This was a huge confidence boost for us. The team made believers out of themselves.” Early in the game, though, the outcome looked in doubt. lowa star Caitlyn McCurdy scored 23 minutes in to give the Hawkeyes the early lead. “We had control in the beginning of the first half, but we made a defensive error, and they scored,” Bozman said. “lowa did what lowa is good at, which is gaining momentum... we had a lot of unforced errors.” The team, however, was able to settle down at halftime and shut down the Hawkeyes after the break, limiting them to three shots in that period. The Duke defense has been solid in this young season, never giving up more than two goals in a game. The Blue Devils’ defensive prowess and early success is encouraging given their youth. Duke lost five starters from last season, replacing four of them with freshmen—and the learning curve is only natural, Bozman said. “Every game we’ve gotten a little better,” Bozman said. “Today we really came together.” The Blue Devils will look to use their momentum from this weekend’s victories as they transition to ACC play, beginning this Saturday at Wake Forest. -

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Moss-led Duke takes 9th straight home tourney by

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For five straight plays, the Blue Devils attempted to set up junior Rachael Moss for one of her signature game-ending spikes. But each time the go-to finisher smacked the ball over the net, a Georgia player was there, diving and digging to keep the Bulldogs’ comeback hopes alive. But when the |f=S UGA ball finally dropped 2 Georgia’s side, 3 Moss screamed fiZ

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nally,” with a mix of relief and frustration evident on her face. The Blue Devils (4-2) rallied back to defeat the Bulldogs 3-2 Saturday in the team’s final match of the Duke Invitational in Cameron Indoor Stadium. On Friday, the Blue Devils topped both Seton Hall and Colgate 3-1. With the win, Duke extended its home winning streak to 27 matches and has won nine consecutive Duke Invitationals. “I was trying to bomb the crap out of that ball and they were just scrappy and got it up,” Moss said. “It took a chip away from me because I’m used to being the finisher and I was just like ‘What the hell is going on?’ So that’s when that path went off because I was obsessed with winning, and then I got really pissed, like a good mad. But when [Kellie Catanach] finally set me, it kind of accumulated and I had to grunt on the last ball because it was so frustrating." On the opening day of action, Duke was

hardly challenged, winning both matches in convincing fashion thanks *to strong showings from the team’s attack at the net

and blocking. But Saturday, the Blue Devils’ dominance disappeared, as the team was quickly down 2-0 at the break. “We got too confident and a little overconfident, we got complacent and expected to win and they snuck back in,” Moss said. “I think we changed our game plan up a little bit, decided to serve tougher and go after them a little bit more and control the game instead of being on the defensive end more. We knew we were going to win when we came back out and we made it happen.” After holding a two-point lead for the majority of the first game, Duke failed to put away Georgia (5-2) after committing errors serving and attacking. The Bulldogs fought back from the near defeat at 24-22 to win 26-24. The loss shook up the Blue Devils, who failed to gain any momentum in the second match, falling 25-19. Any semblance of a defeated Duke team was erased in the opening minutes of the third game, however, as the Blue Devils shot out to an early 5-0 lead. The brush with defeat was enough for the once-ratded Duke team to take control on the defensive end of the court, with senior Jourdan Norman blocking two attacks in each game. Once the Blue Devils erased the early two-game deficit, the final game was theirs to lose. With the home crowd anxious for the team to pull out the comeback, the pieces finally fell into place for Duke. Even when the Bulldogs snuck back into the game after being down 14-8, the Blue Devils never faltered, shaking off a few errors to prepare for the next play.

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Duke rallied back from down two games in its 3-2 victory over Georgia to win itsninth straight Duke Invitational. Moss led the attack with 20 kills, totaling a team-best 49 for the weekend to capture toumament MVP honors. Norman recorded -23 blocks in the Invitational, good enough to also be named to the all-toumament team. Although the undefeated home record and continuing the Duke Invitational run were important for the team, head coach Jolene Nagel said the best result of the final win was the lesson learned in balding

against defeat, “This was a huge win for us as far as being down 2-0, being able to come back, being able to keep our heads about us, stay aggressive and just dig in and work,” Nagel said. “It gives us confidence to know we can be in that situation and come back and do that. We are a new team. That was mentally taxing on us and that will really pay benefits down the road.”

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HANNA from page 3 Campus Friday night “I think the brunt of the storm arrived late enough that it did not affect attendance,” said Maxwell House President Owen Gehrett, a senior. “[lt was fortunate because] people on the fence could come [to our

“I do not think Tailgate’s attendance was affected in any way....The only liquid coming from the

sky was beer.” Erica Jain, sophomore

party].”

But as the storm picked up, residence coordinators called the gatherings to a close to ensure that party-goers from Central and East Campuses returned to their dormitories safely. By Saturday afternoon, the sky was clear and typical gameday festivities resumed on campus. Kickoff for the football game against Northwestern University went on as schedtded, as did Tailgate.

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The Refectory opens its second branch in the School of Law today with its full menu after two weeks with trial offerings. Compared to its counterpart in the Divinity School, the location has a deepfryer and a grill, which will allow it to offer more options.

REFECTORY from page 3 The law school location will differentiate itself from the original Refectory by cooking foods on the new grill, whereas the Divinity School restaurant focuses on roasting and baking, Hall said. One new dish that the restaurant plans to sene is a Law School Surger-and-fries special. The one-thirdpound patty, made from local sustainable beef, will sit side-by-side with fresh-cooked fries made from locally grown potatoes. Other new items in-

dude grilled chicken sandwiches and Phillv cheesesteaks. Stan Kalminsky, a second-year law student, said he enjoyed the food at the new location and praised the restaurant’s commitment to using green and organic ingredients. “I pretend that it's somewhat healthy—it’s fresh,” said Liz Marsh, a second-year law student She added, however, that the meals were a bit pricey for her budget As with the original Refectory, staffers at this location hope to minimize waste. The lack of a dishwasher in the new location

forced a switch from reusable to disposable cudery, but Hall is still looking for ways to keep the trash cans empty. The cafe serves its food in reusable plastic baskets rather than on disposable plates. It will also sell reusable coffee cups that gamer the owner a permanent discount. Hall said she hopes to make further progress in the future. Despite high demand, Hall said there are no plans for further expansion. “Two is enough for right now,” she said.

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T.S. Hanna caused an evacuation of the Duke MarineLab in Beaufort N.C. Friday.

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“I do not think Tailgate’s attendance was affected in any way," sophomore Erica Jain said. “The only liquid coming from the sky was beer.” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said he was not aware of any serious damage reported on campus due to the storpi, although a few fallen branches had to be cleared. Haiti, however, fared much worse. The island’s death toll stands at nearly 500. Along the coast, T.S. Hanna caused power outages, car accidents, road closures and isolated flooding in some areas, but no lives were lost as of Sunday evening. Those along the eastern seaboard can’t rest just yet. Citizens must now brace themselves for Hurricane Ike, a Category 3 hurricane that killed at least 37 in Haiti and is now making its way to American shores. Although Ike does not appear to be headed for the Carolina coast, it is expected to gain momentum before it strikes anywhere between Texas and Florida.

The schedule is as follows: Throughout the week, organizations will be tabling on the plaza during the afternoon to provide information on poverty in different areas in addition to their own volunteer opportunities.

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enforcement of lofting regulations almost entirely relies on resident assistants who are themselves students. Then again, most Campus Council pressing fiditorifll right now is the provides a channel for student opinion about University’s lofting policy. Given its wide-ranging effects, this residential issues such as loftpolicy should solicit student ining policy. So if RLHS wants to put, be reasonably transparent hear student concerns, it’s only and, most importandy, make a too easy to ask. bit of sense. Unfortunately for That’s what RLHS did two the student body, Residence years ago, when it requested Life and Housing Service’s that Campus Council pronew lofting policy meets none pose policies about the fuof these requirements. ture of lofting on campus. To an almost unparalleled Campus Council responded degree, student opinion is es- admirably, with well-resential in the formulation of searched proposals for how lofting policy. Students have to maintain safe studenthands-on experience with the built lofts on campus. Then, function and form of room over the summer, in the abfurniture, as no University adsence of further discussion ministrator does. Moreover, with Campus Council, RLHS

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announced its own rules on lofts. No student could build his or her own loft on campus students would either not loft or would purchase their lofts from designated outside vendors. The policy is now in effect on East Campus and will take total effect on West Campus next year. There is no Justification for soliciting good student ideas and then tossing them into a bureaucratic black hole. Good student ideas, in addition, should not be replaced with policies that are as muddled and self-defeating as this new one is. IfRLHS truly wants students to sleep in safe lofts, then its own standards don’t serve that purpose. RLHS has stressed the need for safe and standardized lofts. —

But of the two vendors authorized to lease student lofts, one does not offer safety railings with its lofts, and neither is a big enough improvement over student designs to be reassuring. What’s more, both vendors sell lofts that are more expensive than a self-built loft Both also sell unwieldy, stubby lofts that take up far more space in a room than a creative student design would. For many students, building a loft demands creativity, which results in room layouts that improve the living experience. For every student, building a loft demands care, because no student wants to sleep in a bed that might collapse in the middle of the night By and large, in fact student lofts are well-built and they last RLHS,

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rise for the honorable Chairman. Sit down! Are you crazy?! Don’t you know there are hurricanes coming? Jesus, (pronounced hey-ZEUS) don’t you people know anything about safety? Actually, come to think of it, a hurricane could be a good Now, thing. now, before you bite my head off for being insensitive (yeah, I’m looking at m chairman ofthe bored red sto the large jaw), monday, monday consider all of the ways in which a little hurricane every now and then could really put some things at Duke into perspective. First, it would put the drought even further from everyone’s mind. Ahh yes, the drought. Remember those days of “Stage 4” or “Stage 5” or “Code Blue” or “Red 41, red 41, set, hike” during the drought last year? Remember the administration assuring us that everything would be fine as long as we installed hand sanitizers in each bathroom and everyone took Evian showers (like every good Duke student should anyway)? The fish were jumpin’ and the cotton was high.... yeah, those were the days.... Sorry, I got lost for a second there. My point is, since Raleigh sold all its water to Aquafina© or Aquafresca® or Aquafuqua™ or something, it seems like this area is always in a drought. Thus, despite the tremendous pain-in-the-tush it would be for Dukies to walk on those glorified puddlecatchers that line the quad during torrential rains, the hurricane would bring major benefits to all the beautiful flora and fauna of Durham. What flora and fauna, you ask? I think there are some fine specimens of both on the Cosmic staircase. You should totes check ’em out. In addition to helping with our perpetual shortage of H2O, the hurricane would give Duke students some serious perspective on the concept of “the outdoors.” The way I see it, a lot of people here don’t like to go outside. They give alllll sorts of excuses for why they can’t go play in the sunshine on a beautiful day. “I have class,” “I’m not dressed up enough,” “Edens is too far,” “I’m in Pratt,” “I have a hernia,” “What are you doing in my room?” Etc. If you ask me, these people need to lighten up (for the record, I was in your room because I thought I had

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by the way, has not pointed to any failure of a student loft as the reason for its new policy. Admittedly, there are certain dangers involved in letting students construct their own lofts, but Campus Council addressed every one in its work and still formulated a plan that kept student-built lofts. The worst aspect of this arbitrary RLHS policy is that, together with the new East Campus Sleep Hours policy, it is part of a trend. RLHS seems to have a bad habit of forcing unnecessary changes in student life without regard for student opinion and practice. This way of doing things is unreasonable and unsustainable. We urge RLHS to reverse this policy while it still can and to take this whole episode as a lesson in how not to operate.

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left a pair of pants in there. Sorry for the misunderstanding). But with a hurricane on the horizon, instead of reusing these dred excuses, students would surely focus on really important conversadon, such as, Hey man, wanna go outside and throw the Frisbee? Nah, my allergies have left my face more swollen than Kanye’s ego. I think you 're making a big mistake... Why? Cause it could hurricane ANY MINUTE NOW. Touche. See? How touching. Two friends just making some time to enjoy the nice Carolina weather. Couldn’t have written it better myself. The moral of the story is, why not have a hurricane come through? Now, let me make very clear that I do not wish any devastation of any kind upon people or property, as that is no laughing matter. However, with Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike and whatever other alphabetically relevant weather patterns on the way, it seems that what we’re talking about is more along the lines of some wind and rain. Big freakin’ deal. I saw more damage at the Golden Corral on John Goodman’s birthday. A LOT more. ...

Now, now, before you bite my head off for being insensitive... consider all of the ways in which a little hurricane every now and then could really put some things at Duke into perspective. If this hurricane gets out of control, please burn all copies of this column. Please disregard any of these words if anyone is injured during or after or while swimming naked in a pool of Busch at Tailgate. If no serious damage occurs, though, please heed my fresh and insightful opinion on what I hope becomes a natural non-disaster. And for goodness’ sake, go out and play on the quad. Before it’s too late. Meeting adjourned THE CHAIRMAN is holed up in the new Perkins Link in mler lo “weather the storm. With plenty of HD'TVs. ”

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left the developed world behind. But this isn’t a poverty-a-thon. The same probIt’s usually the first question Egyptians lems that afflict Cairo, affect Mumbai, Lagos and f f ask once Egyptians figure out that I’m not a toura whole host of other developing metropolises. There are lots of poor people in lots of places. ist. They’re curious as to why But this isn’t about them; it’s about us—an American about you and about me. It’s about recalibrating our collective sense of self. would want to live in Cairo. I always used to think of myself as middleclass American, and two years of being at My answer to Duke and seeing lots of other people who also study—is sometimes met thought of themselves as middle-class Americans, but who in fact had much more than my tion but usually yousef abugharbieh family solidified my feeling that I was somebcwildennenL where on the middle of the totem pole. Maybe th b street toward the top, but definitely middle-ish. A mend of mine actually Wrong. I’m filthy rich and you probably are too—at had a cabbie get angry at him when he said he came to Egypt to learn Arabic. least in a global sense. But this isn’t a guilt trip; instead, it’s the preWhy would you ever leave the U.S. to come here? amble to the answer to one of the most basic Are you crazy? Many Egyptians, particularly poorer ones and important political questions about the for whom the concept of study abroad is an Third World: if so many people in the Middle unfathomable luxury, are dumbfounded by the East hate America so much, why are they still idea of willingly leaving the States, even temlining up for immigration visas? Everyone wants to be comfortable enough porarily. Because in their minds, the United States to lead a dignified life—no matter what their is the land of opportunity, the streets are still religion or language—and they know America is one of the few countries where that’s possible paved with gold. Once, I tried to tell an Egyptian that in America that we have social probfor the average citizen. lems too. But only a few lines into my we-haveI’ve had coundess conversations with taxi drivpoverty-too-diatribe he pointed out how utterly .ers, fruit vendors and waiters in which they’ve told ridiculous I was being. me—with a sort of subdued glee—that all empires The scale is incomparable. eventually fell, and that America’s time will soon According to Al-Ahram—one of Egypt’s come. But often those same people will ask me, right most widely circulated newspapers—nearly 60 after they’ve told me America’s doomed, how they percent of Greater Cairo residents live in one can get a visa. The irony is remarkable. of the city’s ashwaiyyal, or slums. It’s a bizarre mixture ofadmiration and envy Some quick math: 0.6 times 15 million (a that fuels this peculiar form of resentment conservative estimate) 9 million. To be fair, though, many people in Egypt demThat’s nine million people living in shanonstrate a remarkable ability to separate the fortytowns, many of whom don’t have access to eign policy actions of the U.S. government and clean drinking water, toilet facilities or paved the character of ordinary Americans—a sort of roads. Forced out of school in order to provide “hate the sin, not the sinner” mentality. resources for their families, these slum dwellers We can only hope that remains true. get forced into menial, dead-end jobs. They’re the people, like the enraged taxi driver who are Yousef Abugharbieh is a Trinity junior. His colrightfully incredulous at Westerners who have umn runs every other Monday.

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Enough is enough Sex! Vagina! Penis! Is there a semester quota for female columnists who are obsessed with making broad and false generalizations about sex and relationships at Duke? Now would be a good time to remember Ridley Scott’s wise words: “Sex is boring unless you’re doing it” Let’s be clear here, and get ready for a shocker (no, no, not The Shocker) —Sex and the City is fiction). Just because you’ve seen every episode, cried when Mr. Big abandoned Carrie at the alter and have taken the Facebook quiz to find out which character you are doesn’t mean you’re part of their world. Not even if you trade in your fins for... what do you call them? Oh, feet (C’mon Ariel.) This type of writing serves to spread these ridiculous stereotypes by reducing women’s desires to posting “In a Relationship” on Facebook. Like, omg! What an achievement! Megna Raksit, this isn’t directed at you, but rather at the discourse that takes a personal decision to

hook-up and blames it on society. If you wantto hook-up, go ahead, have fun! But don’t blame it on “Duke Culture” because you’re afraid of being labeled a “slut” (Please note, this is in no way a judgment of what people choose to do or not to do. My whole point is that it’s yourchoice. So I’d really prefer if we could stop writing about this as if it were a collective decision-making process—like the high school pregnancy pact Now thatwould be a column!) If anyone’s looking for a column topic, some off the top of my head are: “What would Sarah Palin do?” “Could student government be anymore ineffective?” “Or ACES for Dummies (read: The entire student body).” Current and future columnists, I’m begging you, unless you’ve got something new to say on the subject (and the chances of that are extremely slim), just don’t Please. It hurts. And you’re killing trees. Which hurts them too. Sophie Lehman Trinity ’O9

Chinese trustee makes Duke more diversified, globalized

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I am a first-year student at the Fuqua School of Business. Before arriving at Duke, I worked with The China Daily, an English-language newspaper based in Beijing. After reading the jeff pan on Sept. 1 column by Kristin Butler and Ed Rickguest commentary ards, which was entitled “Chinese Trustee carries 100 much baggage,” and the responses to it, I feel compelled to share some of my ideas and hopefully contribute to the ongoing discussion. Two months into the Duke MBA program, I have been surprised by the fervent interest about my country both inside; and outside of the classrooms. Like Buder and Rickards, people at Duke—professors and students alike—have shown tremendous“admiration for the Chinese people, their culture and their achievements.” I am excited about the high level of international awareness here, and convinced that we will all benefit and learn from it. The fact that Fuqua has one of the largest portion of international studentbodies among top American business schools says a lot about Duke’s incredible vision concerning globalization; I believe this vision will truly make Duke unique in the future. Nonetheless, I have also been surprised by the lack of understanding about the Middle Kingdom despite the great amount of attention that has been paid to China. In the last four decades, China has been enjoying the second highest GDP growth rate in the world, second only to Botswana dur•ng the same period. This essential social and economic improvement lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, easily making this social change one of the most prominent happenings in the course of human history. Bom in the early 1980 in China’s remote Shaanxi Province, which is also Trustee Gao Xiqing’s hometown, I vividly recollect that meat was a luxury in my childhood, while now a. lot of people back at

home are interested in the newest American medicines to lose weight, even though there is a glaring regional development disparity between the coast and the west of the country. Of course, problems still abound. But those problems are inevitable throes of the birth of a new country. I am by no means endorsing that the problems in China should be tolerated, but I do call for a bit more patience from Buder and Rickards, before they jump tp the conclusion that the tyrannical Chinese government is evil and hopeless, and Duke shall not endorse a “creature of that government, born of it, beholden to it and now begetdng of it.” It’s intriguing that Buder and Rickards mentioned “oppressed ethnic minorities” in China. From what I have seen, being an ethnic minority usually implies access to preferable public policies, such as extra points in the entrance exam to college in China. I urge Buder and Rickards to talk to some of the “oppressed ethnic minorities” before shedding their sympathy. As far as I know, there are a number ofManchurian and Mongolian Chinese in the Fuqua community. Please talk to them, Kristin and Ed. I would love to introduce them to you. By the same token, I strongly encourage you to travel to China, and you will probably find it’s a country that is very different from what you see on CNN. It is much too convenient to stereotype and label things that we don’t understand. Now that Gao is working for the tyranny, he must be doing no good, even though his decisions might benefit the welfare of a mass of people in China and possibly contribute to a steady and prosperous world economy. I am not sure whetherButler and Rickards comprehend the beneficial work that Gao is also doing. In an extreme analogy, this is comparable to people labeling Oskar Schindler a “creature of Nazism” because they did not understand what he was actually trying to accomplish. I am curious how Butler and Rickards would react if some foreign students labeled them as advocates of war (because America seems-to have developed a penchant for this in the past

few years) merely based on the fact that they are Americans. I don’tknow Gao personally, but according to Scott Savitt, Trinity ’B5, who has been a longtime friend of Gao, this gendeman is “one of the most honest, ethical human beings I have ever had the privilege of knowing.” Chances are an honest man is going to do something good for the people rather than harm. The late Chinese politician Deng Xiaoping once noted, “Whether it’s a black cat or a white cat doesn’t matter, it’s a good cat as long as it catches mice.” This famous line greatly liberalized Chinese people from ideological bondage, and inspired the country towards a more practical approach to life. At the end of day, we all need better food, shelterand lives. Somehow, the word “communism” has evolved into a derogative term, and everything communist is necessarily bad. For sure, there are a great number of problems stemming from it. But this does not mean that the people who workunder it, regardless of the cause, are “highly inappropriate” to elevate to the Duke Board ofTrustees. This simplistic approach neglects the fact that the Chinese government, for all its wrongdoings, should also be given credit for the huge social and economic improvement in the past few decades in China. I think one important reason for the achievements is the abandonment of ideological biases that were typical during the Cold War. Furthermore, any person who has recently visited China would probably hesitate to call the economic and social system in the country communist. I think Duke has made an important stride in electing Gao as a Trustee of the Board in the increasingly globalized world. The Board has made a brilliant decision to embrace change and communicate. In addidon, I want to express my gratitude to Butler and Rickards, who pointed out a range of problems in my country. Without people like them, progress can be very difficult in China.

JeffPan

is afirst-year student at theFuqua School of Business.

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