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Admins delay deadline for retirement Profs

The International House and the Center for Multicultural Affairs will merge into one organization in the coming months as part of the University’s efforts to reduce costs.

Zoila Airall, assistant vice president for student affairs, announced preliminary plans for the new Global Cultures Center—as it is tentatively being called—Monday evening in a meeting with the Council of Cultural Group Presidents.

Two staff positions will be eliminated in the merger—Julian Sanchez, current director of the Center ofMulticultural Affairs, and Juanita Johnson, a staff specialist, have both been dismissed. Li Chen-Chin, who has been the director of the International House for a year, will take the helm of the new center.

“The programs and services that are already happening are not going to stop, they are going to continue,” Airall said. “But I think we have to think of creative ways to bring some of those programs together.”

She added that she hopes the new center will fit more cohesively into the University’s vision of an international education, bringing together domestic students from multicultural backgrounds and international students.

Many student leaders who work closely with the Multicultural Center and the International House said they were concerned SEE MOUSE ON PAGE 7

now have

until Jan. 30 to negotiate packages

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Fareed Zakaria, editorofNewsweek International, addresses the audience in Page Auditorium about the effects of worldwide stability and internationalization on America's position as the global economicleader.

Zakaria examines U, S. global leadership status

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It is only a matter of time before the United States is eclipsed as the socioeconomic center of the world stage, says Farced Zakaria.

Noting the rise of developing nations, Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and host of the CNN foreign-affairs show “Farced Zakaria GPS,” discussed

the United States’ future position in front of a packed audience in Page Auditorium Monday night.

Zakaria’s speech was this year’s Ambassador S. Davis Phillips Lecture, co-hosted by the Sanford School of Public Policy, the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy and the Triangle Institute

The deadline for faculty to decide whether they wish to request additional funds for their retirement packages has been extended from Dec. 14 to Jan, 30, Provost Peter Lange confirmed Monday.

Lange announced Oct. 23 that the University would create a central fund that deans can include in retirement packages of faculty who meet the Rule of 75—their age and their years of service must sum to at least 75—who commit to retiring by June 30, 2011. School of Medicine and School of Nursing faculty are not eligible for central funds.

“The deans have said that given the number of faculty and the nature of the conversations, they would like the deadline to be extended to the 30th ot January,” Lange said.

The funds would come from the operating budget and would be loaned to the deans. Schools can repay the money over five years, Lange said.

Eligible faculty who choose to retire will discuss their options with their deans to determine the details of their packages and the amount of additional funding they will

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Malfunction new medio, new athletes delays course registration ATHLETICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA: PART 1 OF 3

Editor's note: This is Part 1 ofa three-part series spo> ing the impact of social networking and new media lege athletics, particularly basketball. Today, Andy Mi writes about the effects these outlets have on current athletes. Tomorrow, The Chronicle looks into recruiting, and Thursday, the focus moves to the Duke basketball program’s response to a changing landscape.

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Early this August, Duke point guard Nolan took to the popular website Twitter.com to share the world his thoughts about returning to Durh “About to touchdown in Atlanta, and then and back on plane to Durham aka Bullcity bullshity aka durhole aka where i goto school! tr he wrote.

It was a moment of remarkable candor from one of the faces of the team—one that would

impossible in the days before the adnew media devices like Twitter and :book. It was also a statement that, better or worse, shed light onto the te of Durham-Duke relations in an [flattering way, even if it was just an

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the past, Duke men’s basketball underwent intense media trainorderto avoid controversial statelike the one above. Now, that ng means less than it used to. Free the confines of a press conferor the watchful eye of a media diand with no less than the entire met at their disposal, players like ''imith can express themselves more ,

Some juniors scheduled to register for classes Monto do so due to a technical malfunction.

Students using wireless networks other than Duke’s were prevented from logging into ACES, which underwent a redesign last year, and found they could not enroll in classes.

“We attribute postponement of this morning’s registration for juniors to an internal problem with the authentication service (the service that allows only authorized people access to certain applications), which

day morning were unable

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ontheRECORD "It is difficult to bring in new vendors in this difficult financial situation, but we will do what we think is the best for students."

—Junior Pete Schork on upcoming dining changes. See story page 5

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proposes treating raw oysters from the Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON, D.C. Glistening oysters cradled on beds of ice have provoked a political battle, with fishing industries along the Gulf Coast and their allies in Congress pitted against food safety officials in President Ba% rack Obama's administration.

The fight is over whether the government should require that Gulf Coast oysters headed for raw bars around the country first be treated to • Jr kill vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium naturally found in oysters harvested from warm waters.

Eager to deliver on their pledge to sentence studied court improve food safety, federal officials The Supreme WASHINGTON, D.C. say sanitizing oysters is a simple way to Court appeared split Monday along famil-' iar ideological lines over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide violates the Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

The court in 2005 decided that it was unconstitutional to execute juveniles who had committed murder.Now,advocates are asking the court to declare that sentencing juveniles convicted ofnon-lethal crimes to "die in prison"should also be forbidden.

Attorney Bryan Gowdy, who represents a man who was sentenced to life without parole at age 17, told the justices that his client and others imprisoned as juveniles deserve a right to prove that they have changed. .

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Torrential rains in El Salvador triggered flooding and mudslides that left at least 91 people dead across the Central American nation, officials said Sunday.

At least 60 people were reported missing, and authorities warned that the toll could rise as rescuers reached hard-hit zones that remained cut off by flood waters and landslides. About 7,000 people were evacuated and scores were plucked from flood zones by helicopter, said Interior Minister Humberto Centeno.

The impoverished nation of seven million was pelted by three days ofrain attributed to "a disturbed weather area" off the Pacific coast of El Salvador, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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save lives. But oystermen, state officials and their representatives on Capitol Hill say the federal government is overreaching and aiming to destroy a gastronomicaf delight.

Most of the raw oysters eaten in the United States carry vibrio vulnificus, but healthy consumers are unlikely to be affected by it. However, for those with diabetes, liver disease, cancer, AIDS and other chronic conditions, the infection can be deadly. About 30 cases of the infection are traced to Gulf Coast oysters annually, and half of those cases are fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Staff members from the Compton Unified School District compete in a weight-loss competition started by Tami Foy, director ofthe Compton Education Foundation. The competition mimics the 50 Million Pound Challenge and is reminiscent of NBC's hit show"The Biggest Loser."

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The case of Durham Police employee Alesha Robinson-Taylor has now been transferred to the State Bureau of Investigation for further examination.

Robinson-Taylor, formerly a secondary coordinate coordinator at the Durham Police Department, was terminated in September 2009 due to excessive overtime pay.

Jennifer Canada, Assistant Public Information Officer for the N.C. Department of Justice confirmed that the transfer took place at the request of Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline. SBI officials declined to comment on the progress of the ongoing case.

Robinson-Taylor claimed 1,837 overtime hours and earned $62,583 in overtime pay between September 2008 and August 2009.

DPD, which faced heavy criticism as a result of the scandal, has begun to take precautionary measures to avoid future overtime complications. Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield said the police department is re-evaluating its practices administering and assessing the outside employment oversight process.

“That is meant to assure that the oversteps don’t happen again,” Bonfield said.

In response to the audit released by Durham’s Audit Services Department, the police force has recendy begun to take preventative measures, according to a Sept.

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7he Great Hall was filled with vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, red velvet cupcakes and caramel apple pies as the Duke University Culinary Society hosted its first Duke Dessert Expo Monday.

Sophomore Lucy Yao, president of the culinary society, said about 60 students submitted entries and nine local restaurants sent chefs to serve as judges. Great Hall officials estimated that more than 300 people attended the event, which provided attendees with samples, coffee and music from the Duke Saxophone Quartet.

Although many students noted that the crowds were overwhelming, Yao said the turnout was what she had expected and asked chefs to prepare for the spectacle.

The Chronicle asked participants, attendees and event coordinators what drew them to the event.

—compiled by Lindsey Rupp

“I hope it’s good, I hope people enjoy it and really get to meet and

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community but with the Durham chefs, too.”

—Alice Yen, sophomore and founder ofDuke University Culinary Society

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The position as head of the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission will soon be changing hands.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced the appointment of State Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, as the new director last Wednesday.

In order to fulfill his new role on the commission, Sen. Rand will have to leave his seat in the SenTony Rand ate and resign as the senate majority leader. He has worked in elective office for more than 20 years since he was first appointed to the Senate in 1981.

“North Carolina is fortunate that Senator Rand decided to take this position,” Perdue said in a statement last week. “He, like me, cares first and foremost about protecting the public but also understands the importance of giving people a fair shot at a second chance. I don’t believe I could find a bettercandidate in the state or country to lead this commission.”

Representatives from the commission declined to comment, forwarding all questions direcdy to Rand.

Rand said he is excited about his new

“It was a lot of fun, but I didn’t expect this many people. lam going to go out with my boyfriend—or maybe my roommate [with my prize].”

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Triangle Jewish center to fill cultural void by

for the new center, taught at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 35 years before retiring in 1993. He decided to name the JCC in honor of his late wife who passed away from lung cancer in 2005.

“She would have loved this,” he said. “She was very involved in the community, even more so than I was. She would have been very excited.”Community members gathered to break ground on the $7 million JCC Oct. 18. Construction will begin within the next few weeks, once the project’s finances are settled. The center will be located on West Cornwallis Road in Durham, just opposite the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Course and only a couple miles from the heart of West Campus. The center is tentatively set to open in early 2011.

Rabbi Michael Goldman ofjewish Life at Duke wrote in an e-mail that 50 years ago, American Jews were mostly immigrants. When they came to the United States, they lost the sense of community that they had felt in their villages in Eastern Europe.

In addidon, many country clubs and other insdtudons prohibited Jews from joining their respective organizations. As a result, Jewish Community Centers were formed as places where Jews could interact with their community without dis-

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The Triangle, one of the fastJewish communities in the country, is about to get its first Jewish Community Center.

The Charlotte and Dick Levin Jewish Community Center will fill a much-needed void in the area, where there is demand for communal space to serve the region’s Jewish population, as well as a desire for sufficient office and programming space for the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation. Professor George Gopen, senior lecturing fellow in English and the School of Law, said he can see the attraction of a JCC in the .Triangle.

“A synagogue tends to be more focused on religion and ethical concerns,” he said. “A JCC can bring Jews together who do not see themselves as observandy religious but who still want to interact with other Jewish people. And it’d be nice for Jewish people to'have a place like that here.”

Sophomore Benny Maimon, the Rubenstein-Silvers Hillel religious vice president for reform, also thinks that the center will be beneficial to the community.

“It would centralize the Jewish community and form it into a more cohesive group,” Maimon said. “It will also form bonds between people that wouldn’t have been formed otherwise.”

Dick Levin, the largest donor est growing

Dick Levin is the largest donor for the new Jewish Community Center in the Triangle Area. Located on West Cornwallis Road in Durham, the $7 million center, whichbroke ground Oct. 18, is scheduled to open in early 2011. crimination

“It’s worth noting that JCCs, almost by definition, are secular institutions,” Goldman said.

“They’re not connected to any particular stream of religious Judaism, and are intended as a place where people of different stripes—some religious, others, not—can mingle.”

The project is the result of a partnership between the Federation and the Sandra E. Lerner Jewish Community Day School

PHIL 1965.01 Race Theory: Culture, Biology, and Race West Duke 100 Wednesday 3:05-5:35 taught by Robert Brandon

and Yolonda Wilson This course will be arranged thematically. We will begin by using current understanding of evolutionary biology and phylogenetic classification to trace the broad history of human migrations out of Africa But this contemporary theory and current genomic data do not settle all questions about race.

There is a history of race concepts that is relevant. So we will next turn to how biologists and anthropologists in the 19th century understood race: .

Are there racial essences?

Are races natural kinds?

Is there more than one origin of humans?

Knowing what motivated these questions and how these questions were answered will give us insight into how law and policy shaped and continues to shape cultural and racial identity for many. This will also allow us to make meaningful comparisons and contrasts between biological conceptions of race versus "folk," or "ordinary"conceptions of race. We will conclude the course with an examination of the interplay between race, culture, and biology. This course will be pitched to those who have some background in Philosophy. The coursework will consist of papers rather than examinations.

in Durham. The two groups created the Partnership for a Jewish Center to oversee the project, and the Jewish Federation will take over the center once it is completed. The new JCC will be constructed next to the Lerner School and the Judea Reform Synagogue, creating a unique campus for Jewish life.

The new building will include a gymnasium, an outdoor pool, offices, gallery space for exhibits, conference rooms, a kitchen,

a health and fitness center, teen and senior lounges and arts and crafts rooms Three years of fundraising has produced $7.25 million from 540 donors. The Partnership needs to raise another $250,000 in order to complete their fundraising campaign. Including the addition of a preschool wing to the Lerner School, which has already been completed, the cost of the entire SEE JEWISH CENTER ON PAGE 6

Are you interested in becoming Catholic?

We invite all who are interested in exploring the Catholic faith to come to Christian Initiation discussions (RCIA). Come meet some faithful Catholics who love the Lord and would consider it a privilege to get to know you. The Catholic Center at Duke University will soon begin a set of sessions to share with others the truths of the Catholic faith and the fellowship of our church fafnily.

We invite you to learn what Catholics believe in an open and welcoming environment. These sessions are also opportunities for you to ask those perplexing and difficult questions you may have about the Church.

Sessions are always held on Thursdays from 7 to B:3opm.

The first session will be on Thursday, October 22 from 7:00-8:30pm in the Falcone-Arena House off of East Campus (address 402 N. Buchanan Btvd.).

Feel free to come any night.

Please give us a call if you have questions or would like further information at 680-2521, or email us at catherine.preston@duke.edu

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At the DUSDAC meeting Mom lay, members discuss a new DukeCard feature, which would automatically recharge a student's food points if the balance is low.

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Students may soon see changes to their dining plans, although details are unclear.

The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee is working closely with Duke Student Government to cut the |2 million dining deficit while minimizing the impacts to students, said sophomore Pete Schork, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services.

“We really don’t want to see the dining experience go through any negative changes—that’s our stance,” Schork said.

“An open forum for students is premature, though, and not many decisions [have been] made.”

Schork noted that dining is an impor-

part of student life on campus, and would like to see few negative changes to the current model.

Administrators will likely decide on the changes to dining within the next month, he added.

“It is difficult to bring in new vendors in this difficult financial situation, but we will do what we think is the best for students,” Schork said.

Over the last few months, there have been rumors of Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs shutting down, but Schork said he declined to comment on the issue to avoid mere speculation. tant

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members discussed progress on implementing a new DukeCard system for food points that would automatically recharge points to an account if the balance is running low.

“The DukeCard Office already has a full system of transferring Flex to Food when it runs low,” said DUSDAC member Mark Elstein, a junior. “Only terms and conditions are being worked upon.” .

Because a student’s full balance of food points does not roll over at the end of semester, students would want to keep their balances as low as possible to avoid wasted points, Elstein said. He added that the new program would save students a lot of work because they would no longer have to add points manually.

position and that he has always been interested in working in the criminal justice system.

“I should be working on the commission sometime between now and the first of the year, but we haven’t worked out all the details yet,” Rand said. He added that he would be meeting with the current head, Charles Mann, some time next week to discuss the final details for the transition.

Chrissy Pearson, Perdue’s press secretary, noted that Mann chose to retire to a part-time position and was not removed by the governor out of dissatisfaction.

“I have a lot of respect for [Mann] and what he has done as the head of this Commission,” Rand said.

The Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission oversees the process of determining which legal offenders are eligible to be released and the conditions for their post-release supervision.

“I want to make sure that the general public is protected,” Rand said. “Those kinds of things concern me greatly.”

Rand said he does not yet have specific changes in mind for the commission, but will see what he thinks should be done when the time comes.

Rand was Perdue’s first choice and she is very pleased that he accepted the position, Pearson said.

“Gov. Perdue believes that Rand is one of the state’s toughest leaders and believes he will bring that to the board,” Pearson said, adding that his toughness is needed in the position Monday.

Pearson noted that public safety is one of the governor’s top issues and Rand can bring a new way of looking at improving public safety. She added that Rand has supported the Governor’s initiatives to reform the probate and parole system.

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ACES from page 1 prevented some users outside the Duke network—people off campus—from authenticating to ACES,” Klara Jelinkova, assistant vice president of shared services and infrastructure, wrote in an e-mail. “[The Office of Information Technology] has implemented a permanent workaround to alleviate this problem; the root cause is under investigation.”

OIT was immediately notified of the problem. Juniors scheduled to register then received an email from OIT about five minutes before the registration window opened, informing them of the issue, junior Ben Xie said.

“I woke up at 6:45 [a.m.] and I couldn’t log on,” Xie said. “But then I got an e-mail 10 minutes later, so it was just ten minutes of trying to figure out what to do.”

As a result of the malfunction, registration windows for all unregistered students have been pushed back

one day, including those for students at the School of Law and the Fuqua School of Business.

Students were informed of the postponement in an email at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday.

“Our philosophy has always been that if a portion of the students eligible for a particular window are unable to access registration because of some system or network issues, then we will delay registration so no one receives an unfair advantage in accessing classes because of technical issues,” University Registrar Bruce Cunningham wrote in an e-mail.

The delay is a slight inconvenience to students who were unable to register in their scheduled window.

“It’s kind of a pain thatI have to wake up at 7 a.m. again, but I have to register,” Xie said.

Cunningham said he first became aware of problems with the authentication service late Sunday afternoon, but was informed that they had been resolved along with other server issues. He added that the University continued to receive questions from off-campus stu-

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dents who could not access ACES, particularly students who are studying abroad.

“The problem was with people coming in from the outside. We first recognized this with people in Europe—the only fair thing to do was postpone,” said Steve O’Donnell, OlT’s senior communications strategist.

Junior Garni Parrish, who is studying abroad in Sydney, said when she tried to log into ACES, she received an error message that read “This page cannot be loaded.”

“Around two hours before registration, a lot of students know who are currently abroad were guessing that it was I a problem for anyone not in the U. 5.,” Parrish wrote in an e-mail. “I didn’t officially know it was a technical difficulty until I got an e-mail from the Registrar about five minutes before scheduled registration.”

Smooth registration would certainly make things easier for everyone, Parrish added.

“I feel inconvenienced,” she said. “My parents probably feel more inconvenienced since I woke them up at 6:30 a.m. to register me.”

JEWISH CENTER from page 4 project is between $9 and $lO million.

Partnership co-Chair Bryna Rapp said membership to all JCCs across the country has always been open to everyone, Jewish and non-Jewish. Centers in the Southeast typically have between 20 and 40 percent non-Jewish members, she said.

No specific plans have been made forany kind of a partnership between Jewish Life at Duke and the new Levin JCC, but many at Duke are excited about the opportunities that the new center will bring.

Rebecca Simons, director for Jewish Life at Duke, wrote in an e-mail that the Freeman Center will continue to be the primary religious institution in students’ lives but that she anticipates working together with the center.

“The Freeman Center for Jewish Life will remain a home away from home for all Duke students and will continue to provide innovative and engaging programs and services on campus,” she said. “Jewish Life at Duke is always looking to partner and co-sponsor programs and initiatives that are mutually beneficial and of interest to those involved. We look forward to working with the new JCC.”

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graduate student whose Swagger Pie won her a $5O gift certificate to the Washington Duke Inn “It’s exciting for us, it’s always nice to see people having a good time in our place and hopefully it’ll be good, for business, too.

It’ll get people to think about the-Great Hall, get our name out there—plus I love desserts.”

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“I just love baking, I aspire to The sweets served at the Dessert Expo Monday night were submitted by 60 students and be a cake decorator some day. I judgedby nine chefs from local restaurants. More than 300 students attended the event. feel it’s the best canvas to express ten;.,. It gives students an opportunimy creativity. I find working unlooks like she didn’t need us.” der pressure to be the most rety to express theirskills and passions —Kim Hanauer, Alumni warding. I made [my pie] in an that might not otherwise get seen Association director hour and 15 minutes between except by family or friends.” work and physics lab.”

—Nicole Queathem, junior “It’s in a good location—all I —Tammy Lin, senior had to do was walk out of Kilgo “I came out to support [senior [Quadrangle.] It’s really good “As soon as I saw something inConnie Chai] because you never food, but they may have gotten volving baking I got excited because know how many people are gomore people than they expected.” it’s not something you see very of- ing to come out to an event, but it —Stephen Zhu, sophomore

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sworn personnel in excess of 240 hours and that all such time is ap-

Germaine Brewington, Durham audit services director.

“Beginning on November 1, 2009, the Police Department will monitor, on a quarterly basis, nonexempt employees’ compensatory time to ensure that sworn personnel are not accumulating in excess of 480 hours and non-

wrote in the memo.

propriately documented,” Lopez He noted that DPD will

create

guidelines for its payroll department’s Standard Operating Procedures by Oct. 30 so its employees are provided with clear procedures for reporting overtime and any irregularities, “regardless of

signature authority.”

Despite the new employment evaluations, the police force is doing little to rebuild any level of damaged trust within the Durham community.

“While we recognize that there was some negative impact on the public’s trust [of DPD], there aren’t specific actions being taken [to improve it],” Bonfeild said.

“It’s more of an ongoing process—it’s about doing the right thing.”

about how a single body would accomplish the distinct missions of both centers with a smaller staff.

“From my understanding, the [Multicultural Center] focuses on minorities in the United States and helps facilitate interaction between cultural groups on campus, whereas the International House serves international students and works with them on a more individual level,” said Asian Students Association President Michelle Fang, a senior. “With the merger, two different populations with very different needs are being forced to share the same niche.”

International Association President Alexis Rosenblum, a senior, said she was particularly worried about what the merger would mean for international students, who are reliant on the resources provided by the International House.

“The International House, at its inception, was meant to be a home away from home and a place people felt comfortable going. I just hope that in having to do these other things, that comfortable feeling isn’t lost,” she said. “It remains to be seen how this will work out in reality instead of the nebulous plan they have right now.”

A steering committee of six students from the Council of Cultural Group Presidents and the staff of the new center will work on articulating the vision

of the Global Cultures Center in the coming weeks, Airall said.

She noted that no decisions have been made regarding where the new center will be located.

Student leaders said they were not included in the decision-making process about the merger.

“It probably would have been nice if we had been consulted on this before but they made the decision that they needed to,” said Duke Hillel President Scott Gorlick, a junior.

Others, however, said they were optimistic about the potential of the new center.

“There will be one central location for students to engage in cultural programming,” said Mi Gente co-President Catalina Blanco, a senior.

The merger comes as part of a broader effort within the Office ofStudent Affairs to streamline services and cut staff in line with the University’s goal of cutting $125 million from its annual budget.

“We are fortunate that our planning efforts over the past two years have enabled us to consider changes that address our financial obligations while maintaining and even enhancing our services,” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote in an e-mail to student affairs staff.

Residence Life and Housing Services will also undergo reorganization within the academic year and reduce its staff, Airall said.

Lindsey Ruff) contributed to this story.

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Zakaria, best-selling author of “The Post-American World,” began his speech by describing how the nation’s economic situation has changed greatly over the past year, noting that most people initially predicted another depression. He added that an economic collapse as drastic as the Great Depression would be unlikely today.

“We don’t really understand that we are living in a world with deep and powerful roots of stability,” he said.

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Zakaria said the biggest effect of the collapse of the wall and of the Soviet Union was a marked decrease in the number of people who died as a result of war.

“We have an extraordinary reality of political stability,” he remarked.

Zakaria also discussed the importance ofeconomic stability, noting that the current recession will deprive many people of future earnings. He said that although the number of countries plagued by hyperinflation in 1979 was an astounding 79, the only country with hyperinflation

today is Zimbabwe In addition, he described the technological revolution as the third greatest stabilizing factor in today’s world.

“The great revolutionary technology of 1989 was the fax machine,” Zakaria said.

“This was before computers and iPods. It was a very different world.”

Technolog}' has created a seamless and integrated world system, he said, adding that dozens of countries have learned to thrive through technology.

Another result of this technological and economic stability is a decrease in the number of people living in poverty. In fact, the number of people who have risen out of poverty in the last 75 years is approximately 400 million, Zakaria said.w For the rest of the speech, Zakaria focused on the rise of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the economic and political spheres, observing that the United States no longer has the biggest gambling center nor the largest mall in the world.

“We’ve lost shopping and gambling.

What is left for the American people,” he said, eliciting laughter from the audience.

Describing what the rise of these countries might mean for the United States, Zakaria compared the nation’s current position to one that was held by

Great Britain in the 19205, when everyone looked to London as the economic and political world giant. But eventually, the United States and Germany surpassed Great Britain in industrial power, he said.

Zakaria said he does not believe this will necessarily happen to the United States.

“I tend to be an optimist,” he said. “We are not Great Britain. We are still vibrant in our economy and society.”

But Zakaria noted that the United States will have to make changes in its investments. While the nation has spent nearly a trillion dollars in Iraq, it has not spent enough money on science and education, Zakaria said.

“We are an enormously rich country, but we have to prioritize,” he said.

Zakaria ended the talk by identifying America’s greatest challenge; reinvigorating its political and economic dynamics.

“My greatest fear is that 200 years from now, a historian will say that the U.S. has globalized the world —it has just forgotten to globalize itself,” he said.

The audience responded positively taZakaria’s advice on America’s grand strategy.

“I thought it was a superb talk,” said Provost Peter Lange. “It showed both great and moderate insight.”

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Tara Campbell’s palms were sweating, Kay Anne Gummersall was more tense than she had been in four years and head coach Robbie Church spent all day nervously checking his phone.

With only eight wins in the regular season and an eighth-place finish in their conference, the Blue Devils (8-8-4) had

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reason to worry heading into the NCAA tournament selection show. But when all was said and done, Duke received its seventh consecutive national postseason berth. Eight ACC.teams made it into the 64-team field, led by No. 1 seeds North Carolina and Florida State.

“This is the happiest I’ve ever been,” Church said. “It hasn’t been an easy sea50n.... We finally found out who we were,

found the right formation and found the right combination of players.”

The Blue Devils were placed in the Tar Heels’ regional—which was announced third offour—leaving the team anxiously waidng through the selection of the first 32 teams, When Duke’s regional was announced, the ESPNU news feed malfunctioned and showed a bracket with no team names before finally revealing the Blue Devils.

“When it popped up on the screen and the names weren’t there, I couldn’t even believe it. I felt like I was in a movie,” Campbell said. “Then when the name popped up I wanted to cry, I was so excited.”

Duke will travel to Columbia, S.C. to play its first round match Friday against Rutgers. Seniors Elisabeth Redmond and Sara Murphy have both played on club teams with numerous players on the Scarlet Knights, lending the team extra familiarity with its first opponent.

Should the Blue Devils beat Rutgers, they would face the winner ofNo. 2 South Carolina and Davidson. Duke has been placed in the same subregional as the Gamecocks for the past three years and played South Carolina in the first round of the 2007 tournament. The two teams played to a 1-1 tie and the Blue Devils advanced on penalty kicks.

The rest of the regional includes three other ACC squads: North Carolina, No. 3 Wake Forest and No. 4 Maryland. Duke lost to the Tar Heels and Terrapins this year, but battled to a scoreless tie against the Demon Deacons.

Despite the difficulty of the draw, the Blue Devils are excited to play another day, and have reason to be optimistic.

Duke has advanced to the national quarterfinals each of the last two seasons, even after a similar eight-win campaign in 2007.

“We’ve made it to the Elite Eight the past two years and I think that we definitely want more and definitely can achieve that,” said Gummersall, a senior.

“Everybody’s going to be really excited.

It’s nice knowing, just practicing these next few days, that we’re definitely practicing towards something.”

It's the holiday sporting season So it’s November, and it’s still 70 degrees in That’s pretty cool. Unfortunately, you probably know that idle talk about weather is a sign that someone has nothing to say, which, in this case, is pretty much true.

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Thanksgiving.

I’ll keep the metaphor alive and say that this little interlude reminds me of a post-Halloween pumpkin, which is about as much of an eyesore as city streets a few hours after snowfall. Some people love pumpkins —pumpkin seeds! pumpkin pancakes! pumpkin spice chai latte with shots of pumpkin espresso!— but I don’t feel too strongly about pumpkins. Except, have you ever seen pumpkins a few days into November? They start to rot. Then they get all gnarled out. And then, in fairy tales, they turn into magical vessels to unite the damsel in distress with her Prince Charming.

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NEW MEDIA from page 1 openly than ever before—and to an audience larger than ever imagined. It’s enough a coaching staff on its toes.

“Throughout the years, we’ve always sat down with the guys about how to talk to the media,” associate head coach Chris Collins said. “There’s no question that the rise of Twitter and Facebook has added another addition to that.... We just want our guys now to be careful about what they say on it.” to keep

Players on Twitter Currently, seven men’s basketball players have accounts-with Twitter, a site whose default setting allows anyone in the world see your updates. None of the seven Blue Devils have opted to lock their profiles, which would let only approved people view their tweets. It all makes for a combustible situation, especially if the players feel they can “say a lot more on Twitter than... in person,” as Smith said Oct. 15.

“I think that having [Twitter] accounts [is] very dangerous,” said Seth Davis, a Sports Illustrated writer and CBS college basketball analyst. “If I were a coach, I might have a rule against it.

Kids don’t always know better... and now [what they say or do] can be all over the Internet.”

Smith (username: ©NdotSmitty) is the most prolific of the seven players on the site, having tweeted 815 times since opening his account. Newcomer Seth Curry (@sdotcurry) takes the honor of most followers among his teammates: 4,605 friends, family, and strangers monitor his shout-outs to his brother, Stephen, comments on the Yankees’ play in the World Series and other day-to-day

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observations about his practice schedule and classes. Rounding out the group are Casey Peters, Lance Thomas, Steve Johnson, Ryan Kelly and Jon Scheyer. All of them have tweeted before (Thomas is apparently a huge “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” fan), but none can match Curry or Smith’s prolific totals and casual tone.

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Sometimes, though,- that privacy is just an illusion. That was the case earlier this year with University ofKansas sophomore basketball player Tyshawn Taylor, who dislocated his thumb in a fight with Jayhawk football players, then took to Facebook to express his side of the situation.

He used racial slurs, and what had started as a private, in-school matter quickly became a national story.

Duke, no players created a media Taylor did. i like it could happen. athletic departnt has no policy on whether team members can have Facebook profiles.

“The [pages] e not monitored,” iOllins said. “We al'W them to do it, we trust them, keep an eye on it �ecomes a problem istraction. But right trust our guys.” years after the inof the Duke La. its now-infamous ology in Ryan Mcless than vigilant so:ould leave the Blue circus ofits own. »r one, is worried md whether the athly exposed online, lay for Duke—you’re ju’re still entitled to pi iguK some privacy, though, and you may not be

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doing anything wrong [in pictures online], but there still may be repercussions.”

The Irving Effect Kyrie Irving, Duke’s point guard of the future and fifth-ranked player in his class

by Scout.com, committed to the Blue Devils Oct. 22.

Whatis normally the beginning of something big—committing to play for such a well-known school—was for him the culmination of months of hype, both deserved and self-generated. Irving had kept his fans continuously updated on his recruiting process through his Twitter account.

It is one of the best and most recent examples of amateur athletes using the tools of social media to their advantage. The blue-chip prospect bypassed traditional media to tell his side of the story, on his terms, continuing to use Twitter to bait Duke, Kentucky and Indiana fans right up until the decision was made.

When it came time for him to make his pick, Irving was conscious of at least one of the downsides of finally picking a school.

“Announcement tmrw on espnu...let’s get this stuff over with.. .alot of you may be surprised and disappointed..so I expect to lose alot of-followers it’s cool though lol,” he tweeted Oct. 21.

Irving’s tweets, and Smith’s as well, are at the forefront of a new age of how college athletes get their word out. It’s a different time, but different doesn’t necessarily mean bad, at least to Paul Levinson.

“By and large, more information is better. If you’re in any kind of public sphere, the more the public sees of you and can flesh you out as a person, the more they can follow you and be devoted to you.- It humanizes the athlete.

“If he can do it in an intelligent way, it s worthwhile.” ...

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COHEN from page 9 Anyway, right now, the basketball season is pretty much a pumpkin on Nov. JO.

It’s a visceral reminder of Halloween (Countdown to Craziness) and a portent of Christmas wreaths and Chanukah menorahs (the NIT and Gonzaga in the Garden).

Soon, the holidays wifi drown out these short afternoons of Daylight Savings Time, just as marquee nonconference gamesjvill wipe our memories of Friday night games against UNC-Greensboro.

In the meantime, what can we do to pass the time?

Lots of things! Tweet. Do homework. Devise ways to get good tenting spots. Watch football. Catch up on Mad Men. Go to Shooters.

Wait.

Watch football? Like, Duke Football?

Actually, even though it’s November, that doesn’t sound too bad.

At most schools this time ofyear, the frenzy around college football is just beginning to peak. Here, it’s already an afterthought. Our sporting attention focuses squarely on the hardwood. This season, though, is an anomaly. People are starting to talk about football. If it weren’t for the biblical downpours that accompanied home games this year, students might have even found the student section.

Silly as that sounds, these are fundamental changes to Duke’s football culture, which, for years, was more worthy of conversation than what transpired on the field. In 2007, administrators even took a page from Don Draper and tried to re-brand football games as the Gameday at Duke Experience. (There’s a reason you haven’t heard that since.)

And at least for me—someone tasked with reflecting the campus conversation about sports —there's no basketball trend worth discussing ahead of a football season still in the balance, albeit precariously.

After all, there won’t be a meaningful game in Cameron Indoor Stadium until the middle of January. The lineup of heavyweights that will come through Cameron before ACC play: UNC-Greensboro, Coastal Carolina, Charlotte/ Elon, Radford, St. John’s, Gardner-Webb, Long Beach State and Pennsylvania. It’s not that those teams might not beat Duke—remember Jimmy Baron, anyone?—but it’s hard to get all psyched up about jumping up and down forRadford when Saturday’s football game in Wallace Wade Stadium decides the leader of the Coastal Division. That’s right: Even after the disheartening loss Saturday, Duke still has a shot not only at a bowl bid, but also at a conference title.

The basketball team might be a pumpkin waiting to transform into a carriage, but in these doldrums, what happens in Wally Wade is most worthy of the sports side of our brains. It’s football that will carry us sports fans through these dog days of autumn —and maybe a bit further, too. There are a few dates in December, when the holiday lights are out in full force, that I can think of nothing I’d rather do than enjoy one last Gameday at Duke Experience.

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Moss earns ACC honor Senior Rachael Moss was named ACC Co-Player of the Week Monday for her performance in Duke’s two matches over the weekend. The Blue Devils dropped a tight five-setter to No. 16 Florida Stale Friday, hut bounced back to sweep Miami Sunday.

Both contests were on the road for Duke.

Moss recorded 32 kills combined against the Florida schools, including 22 against the Seminoles alone. Against the Hurricanes, Moss registered the 1,600th kill of her career, making her only the fourth Blue Devil in history to reach that milestone.

The senior leads Duke this season with 279 kills, and she was also named to theACC All-District first team earlier in the week.

Rowers do well at Head'of the Hooch The Blue Devil rowing team finished in the top five at six out of 10 races at the Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga, Tenn. In the Championship 8+ race, Duke took fifth place out of 33 entrieswith a time of 14:36.3. Duke’s No. 1 boat ofKathy Smithwick, Laurel Sisler, Alex Japhet,Lesley King, Emily Theys, Caroline Fox, Brianna Briede, Stephanie Rosser and coxswain Justine Hong reached the fin-

ish line just five seconds behind fourth-place finisher Texas-Austin.

D’Agostino shows at North America Cup Freshman Emily D’Agostino captured a tie for third place in the women’s U-20 epee competition at the North America Cup. D’Agostino outfought 118 other participants to finish on the medal stand.

Duke’s two other female fencers who entered the event, Lily Shepkrd and Keara Mageras, finished 68th and 73rd, respectively.

On the men’s side, Jonathan Parker set the bar for Duke with a 24th place finish, and Nathaniel DeLucia ended up in 49th.

Dudziak, Tejada place in Salem Blue Devil wrestlers Konrad Dudziak and Voris Tejada finished in the top three in their respective weight classes at the Hokie Open in Salem, Va. Dudziak, a senior, won four straight matches to earn the championship at the heavyweight level. Dudziak is the secondranked wrestler in the country in his class.

Tejada, also a senior, fell at the semifinal hurdle in the 174-Ib. division.

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The process should be led Compared to theold model, the proposed by-law actually inby an elected Special Secrecreases DSG’s tary independent influence from DSG, the byeditorial . law should specify on the final selection, giving it a majority a role for the Inter-community Council in selecting its of the vote. DSG members ocrepresentatives for the Young cupy six of the 18 spots on the Nominating Committee and Trustee Nominating Committee and it should ensure will select the six at-large comthat at-large members of the mittee members. Therefore, Nominating Committee are DSG would hold sway over twonot chosen by DSG. thirds of the Nominating ComBut most importantly, the mittee’s 50 percent vote, in adfinal selection of the Young dition to the Senate’s own 50 Trustee should be made joint- percent. This is problematic.

Although DSG is not ly by the Nominating Committee and a student body monolithic and in general election in which juniors and does not vote as a block, givseniors are eligible to vote. ing it a monopoly over the Under the flawed proposal Young Trustee vote over-emsubmitted last week, the DSG phasizes DSG’s policy-making

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be put to a general student body election with juniors and seniors participating. Juniors and seniors are most likely to know the candidates first-hand and have a deeper knowledge of the University. Plus, their broad perspective would complement the Nominating Committee’s detailed knowledge of the candidates. Combining the two viewpoints would provide a complete picture of the finalists and select the best student for Young Trustee.

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perspective and consolidates too much power in the hands of a Senate that is composed mostly of underclassmen. It also discourages those outside of the organization from bothering to run for YT. A better selection mechanism could increase widespread ownership over the process by incorporating a vote front the Nominating Committee and a general election.

The Nominating Committee deserves half of the vote in the final selection of the Young Trustee. Its members representatives from DSG, ICC and at-large members—have diverse perspectives, and they have spent time getting to know the candidates, vetting their applications and asking pointed questions.

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everywhere. It can be worn in any season can Anyone pull it off. No, not it’s not underwear.... It’s the übiquitous Duke (although, gear come to think of it, probably true for underwear too). anna sadler Collegiate clothi’m not being that ing is some of the way, but... most unfashionable apparel I’ve ever laid eyes on (and yes, worn), but it does do what every designer these days dreams of their styles doing: Duke gear is the ultimate transitional clothing. It goes from morning to meeting, from lunch to library, from plaza to party and from studying to sleep. It reminds you where you are and where you belong.

Not surprisingly, you can walk through Perkins and Bostock and find plenty of studious Blue Devils snuggled up in a Duke hoodie or relaxing in some comfy sweatpants (and in Lilly too—obvi, freshmen are rocking their Duke gear hardcore). What’s so ridiculous, in the good way, about our clothing, is that it makes appearances in the most unexpected facets of Duke life. Oh, the party is themed “repping your city?” Technically, I live in Durham, so I’ll wear my Duke stuff. Wait, we have to dress up as a member of our favorite sports team? I freakin’ love Duke football! Are you guys going to the thug life party? Good thing I have over-sized Duke basketball shorts.

Duke gear travels to frat sections. It has been to Devine’s. It has even braved Shooters. And with the new School House clothing line (read: trendy, chic, eco-something and designed by a Duke grad), it might even make it to the runway.

This flexibility both facilitates our laziness and puts some much-needed mystery into our lives.

When someone steps out for class in their t-shirt and Duke shorts, people can’t be sure if that same outfit made an appearance at the rager last night, if an alarm didn’t go off and the “clothes” are actually pajamas, or if that person just has a lot of school spirit.

No matter the context, Blue Devil pride is always a good thing. Our dedication to this University has made our colors immediately recognizable and has created an association with greatness. But, what’s with the new rainbow of T-shirts? Last time I checked, (which was about 10 seconds ago just to be extra sure), our school colors are still officially white and Duke blue. There is no mention of any

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be considered legitimate means of selecting student representatives.

Any argument that students would be apathetic or uninformed'-about the election is similarly off the mark. Young Trustee candidates don’t run on a platform of issues, so there is nothing for voters to be informed about beside their impression of how the candidate carries themselves and how well the candidates works with others—key attributes for success on the Board of Trustees.

And increasing student participation will heighten enthusiasm for the selection process and balance out any conflict or bias on the Nominating Committee.

To have any shot at reform, the DSG Senate must incorporate ajunior-senior student body election into the YT selection process.

not pink neons on Wikipedia—and Wikipedia would know if there had been a change.

As far as I know, Sweet Briar College and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are the only institutions/ organizations that actually have a legitimate reason for sporting hot pink and lime green. And though it’s nice to stand out, what about when you decide to support your team at a sporting event in your new blindingly bright shirt? Those at home watching the Cameron Crazies will only be able to think, “Who is that Care Bear in the middle?” Don’t get me wrong, I love a good pinkgreen combo, but I wouldn’t be silly enough to wear it in Cameron.

Do you buy the adorable designs and cutesy colors to be trendy? Who decided the word Duke would for some reason look better in polka dots anyway? Guys, it’s still a sweatshirt! It can’t be trendy—it is a shapeless piece of cotton. And just because the sweatpants are brightly colored does not mean they no longer make your butt look flat. Own them, wear them, whatever, but don’t be fooled into thinkihg they are any more stylish than the blue, white, gray and navy versions.

In addition to absurd colors' and stylized scripts, it seems the Duke Store has over the last few years expanded the types of products it offers. Gear no longer just includes the typical hat, T-shirt and sweatshirt. These days you can dress your baby for all occasions, support your team in the office and pretty much have the Duke logo surrounding you at all times (literally, they make clocks). It is heartwarming to think that people constantly want to be reminded of and let others know about their university, but are Duke shower shoes really necessary to do that? I don’t need a Duke flip-flop to help me remember where I am bathing: The hair in the drain and the terrible water pressure are pretty good signals. And by printing Blue Devils on boxers, Duke has even expanded their ad space to men’s rears. Like I said, it’s everywhere.

I wear my fair share of unflattering athletic apparel, but I don’t pretend to be at the height of fashion. You may be repping Duke by name with your fancy clothes, but in the crowd you just look like you’re at the wrong school. Save the turquoise for a Jacksonville Jaguars game.

You knew what Duke’s colors were before you got here so just accept the neutrals. And if you really need to have Duke close to your heart at every second, get a sick chest tat. Just please not

in pink.

Anna Sadler is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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Future Young Trustee Nominating Committee complex ranking systems driven by mathematical formuMember X: lae, our society has displayed a profound ability to value Congratulations on your acceptance into one of everything from corporations to college football teams. our University’s most select committees! Your position is Our own University has even developed a complex quanone of the utmost importance, and the responsibility of titative system to evaluate its student living groups and reforming a flawed Young Trustee selection process rests dole out housing assignments accordingly. When I say the largely upon your shoulders. You no doubt Residential Group Assessment Committee are aware of some of the critical issues Speis one of the most respected committees cial Secretary for the Young Trustee selecon campus, I am more stating a fact than tion process Amanda Turner raised in her an opinion. presentation of “The Young Trustee ProIt is with this principle in mind that I cess Report” to DSG last Wednesday. Turnwish to answer Turner’s suggestion that er’s concerns mostly hinge on the fact that Duke Student Government “talk to more the pool of applications for Young Trustee people” and submit my own recommenben brostoff dations for selecting a new Young Trustis, at best, a small one largely dominated by those with impressive leadership credenee. Turner has identified five broad areas bro’s stuff tials. It is Turner’s position that “there is a in which candidates should be especially need to fix the perception that positional adept, and I have used those areas cited in the report to construct a numerical ranking system leadership is all one needs to run for Young Trustee successfully.” I am sure you, like me, agree with Turner on for a potential Young Trustee. Each area would be this point. weighted 20 percent under my proposed system. The Amending these problems will be contingent on the candidate who accumulates the highest score on the creation and eventual adoption of innovative solutions. scoring sheet below would assume the title of Young In the “Future Suggestions” portion of Turner’s report, Trustee. I hope you will find my evaluation methods she emphasizes the-need to “talk to more people” about satisfactory. reform of the YT process and, consequently, I feel it perWith warm regards, tinent to answer her call by talking back. Absent from the discussion of YT reform has been the inclusion of strictly Benjamin M. Brostoff quantitative criteria in the selection process. As currently constituted, candidates are evaluated on the basis of the Please award the candidate 1 or 0 points for the criteria listed below: committee’s subjective opinions garnered from applications and interviews. There has been little to no imposi“Evidence they are able to think broadly about the University.” tion of quantitative tools of evaluation. Namely, the committee has largely overlooked the powers of numerical Realizes that outside ofBYU, pretty much every colrepresentation as it relates to selecting a suitable Young lege student in the world likes sports, drinking AND learnTrustee. ing!

The gains of quantitatively oriented evaluation tools (if male) Can come to grips with the fact that the are relatively easy to find in modern contexts. Using smoking hot girl on the plaza the other day was visiting

from UNC OR (if female) Understands that Jimmy from Spanish class has no real interest in Spanish; he does, however, have a real interest in fulfilling his T-Reqs and working at Goldman Sachs Went abroad and “for the first time had an epiphany about the role of a Duke education in the modern world” (has this line memorized for convenient use) “Able to articulate a world view about issues with a breadth of understanding.”

Has a poster that says “There are sober kids in India” in his/her dorm room Able to use the word “globalization” and cite that time Thomas Friedman came to campus Knows that Duke Engage exists, but also knows that mindless bureaucracy exists “Ability to speak up in intimidating situations while recognizing when and how to do so.”

Knows when to frat hard and when not to frat hard “Demonstrated commitment to making Duke a better place and helping further its mission.”

Attends Tailgate After graduation, returns calls from Duke Annual Fund asking for contributions by politely making small talk with freshman employee but then feigning shock at misplacement of credit card Wears Duke T-shirt off campus “An active interest in continuing to learn about the University and how it works.”

Spends at least three seconds looking at mail from University before absentmindedly glancing at Blackberry Watches basketball games after graduation Calls Career Center from time to time for advice on

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Behind the counter is 20, I am 21 and John is 22. We are all industry and radio. Growing up in Atlanta until the age of 12, he developed an immense love for the city that makes young students with more things in common than we might have imagined. But sometimes it him want to go back, at least in his long-term plans. Currently, he attends North Carolina Central is hard to realize our similarities when University and is pursuing a degree in the counter and the cash register are bemass communication. Apart from his job tween us on a stressful Tuesday morning studies, John works at a music studio and in Trinity Cafe. with his friends in Durham and performs Our short conversations during my once in a while. In fact, he and a friend regular visits to get a daily dose of cafwere the musicians who opened Purple’s feine, howeyer, have made us closely to activism concert in September. friends.

Talking acquainted—even andrea patino John and Tiffany are extremely busy John and Tiffany has given me new inall the time—just as anyone who works sights into what it means to be a Duke numb part time at Trinity Cafe would be. The what it means to employee—particularly two of them applied for the job twice, be a young employee and a student at the and the reason why they didn’t get it the first time was same time For one thing it is not easy. To balance a part-time because they weren’t enrolled at any educational institution. They said that one of the conditions to get job and full-time enrollment in an educational instione is ora tution is difficult to handle, yet possible if part-time position at Trinity Cafe is to be a student.

And they both told me they really appreciate this retell a they Tiffany, time, with one’s so me. ganized quirement, because it is away to encourage young peoDurham native, is enrolled at Durham Technical Comple to study—as it was for them—and for students who munity College in the licensed practical nursing program in order to become a nurse, and later a midwife, have a hard time finding part-time positions to make as she has always wanted. She tells me that above all, some extra money.

When I asked them how they found their job so far— she wants to work with babies or little children and to make the most of what she considers to be her best Tiffany just started this semester and John started a year quality: “I’m a caring person; no matter who it is, I care ago, though he has been working at Duke since he was 16—they both said they like it a lot. “Of course you deal about them.”

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said. For Tiffany, the only negative aspect is that people perceive her to be older: “They tell me ‘thank you Ma’am,’” she says to me while laughing, ‘'and I hate it.

I’m only 20!”

And it is exactly Tiffany’s remark on perception that triggered my interest in writing this column. I was curious to hear how young employees perceive Duke’s student body, and how they feel they are perceived by their customers, who are mainly students. To be honest, I was expecting a little bit more drama or tension, but I gladly discovered that the overall dynamics between students and young workers—at least in John’s and Tiffany’s experiences—have been rather smooth and that they have really enjoyed the experience. As Tiffany described while laughirtg, “every day is funny.”

I was also pleasantly surprised to find that we have a great amount of common interests that I would not have otherwise known unless I had taken the time to talk to them after their shifts. As young students, we are all constantly thinking about our homework, sleeping enough, having fun and most importantly, about our futures, how to achieve the things we desire most and keeping in. mind the people that we care about the most.

All in all, these wants are the same on both sides of the counter.

Andrea Patino is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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