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A dominant defensive effort in the second half coupled with senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis' career day led to Duke's first ACC road win and first win over a Big Four opponent since November 22,2003.
RALEIGH The Blue Devils went into Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday with the odds stacked against them. N.C. State had beaten them 11 times in a row. They hadn’t won in Raleigh since 1984. They hadn’t beaten a Big Four opponent since 2003, which was also the last time they won an ACC game on the road. That all changed when senior quarterback ThaddeusLewis put together his best game in a Duke uniform—and indeed, one of the best performances in school history. In leading Duke to a 42-28 win over N.C. State, Lewis finished 40-of-50 in the air for a career-high 459 yards. He threw for five touchdowns and ran for one, tying a school record for total touchdowns, and his 40 completions also broke a Duke mark. In the process, he also shattered the school record for career touchdowns. He was, in short, brilliant. “I will say this, and I’ll probably upset a couple of my former quarterbacks, but I believe that was the finest game I’ve had a quarterback have in college,” said head coach David Cutcliffe, who famously coached the Manning brothers. “You talk about being in a zone—he was in a zone.” “I’m not sure what I can say about Thad,” said senior wide receiver Austin Kelly, who caught a touchdown. “Fortyof-50? We do that in practice against the air. I wouldn’t say that was a shock. SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 10
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The West Campus Plaza was a colorful sight Friday. Rainbow-hued balloons swayed gently in the breeze amid a throng of people wearing red, green, blue, purple and orange “Love=Love” shirts. It was Coming Out Day at Duke, an annual University event in observation of National Coming Out Day Oct. 11. The purpose was to raise awareness of and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. “The mission of this event is to give out information to all students on the Duke campus about coming out, the importance of coming out, the experience of students coming out, and what it means to live openly,” said Janie Long, director of the Center for LGBT Life. Coming Out Day was away to increase awareness of the LGBT community, said sophomore Manny Hidalgo, communications chair for Blue Devils United. The multi-colored “Love=Love” T-shirts that were given out are an integral part of the push for greater visibility, Hidalgo said. He noted that the shirts frame the issue in a new context and send the message in a new way that has been a big hit for the past couple years. Sophomore Kartik Pawar heard about Coming Out Day
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from friends and dropped by the Plaza to pick up a shirt. “Even though the shirts are free, they really do promote support in the University,” Pawar said. “Just wearing it around, people get used to seeing it and the mentality shifts so that people become more accepting.” More promising than the number of students and staff picking up shirts was that many people took their interest a step further, asking for more resources and talking to members of the LGBT community, said Chris Purcell, program coordinator for the Center for LGBT Life. “That’s a good sign—when people are not just getting shirts but are stopping to learn more,” he said. This event took place two weeks after the East Campus bridge incident, in which homophobic slurs were written across a rainbow that was painted for the Sept. 26 North Carolina Pride Festival and Parade. The slurs drew campus-wide attention to the daily challenges the LGBT community faces, Purcell said. “For the LGBT people on campus, they hear and see much worse things in the residence halls than what was written on the bridge,” he said. “But that doesn’t get much attention at all.” Hidalgo said the LGBT community is turning the bridge
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