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The number of HINI cases at Duke is leveling off Just in time for the regular flu season to begin. Student Health reported fewer cases of the HINI virus, commonly known as swine flu, in the past couple weeks, said Sue Wasiolek, dean of students and assistant vice president for student affairs. The number of infected students peaked around Oct. 17, Jean Hanson. Student Health administradve director, said. “Student Health was averaging anywhere between 30 and 45 cases a week for the last several weeks, but last week, they had about 25 cases reported,” she said. Hanson said swine flu trends at Duke follow statewide trends. The decrease in cases could, in part, be caused by the distribution of 755 FluMist nasal spray vaccines during Student Health’s flushot clinic Oct. 7. Even after the vaccinations, Student Health is still urging students to take extra precautions throughout the year. “It’s going to be more challenging now with the beginning of the regular flu season,” Hanson said. “It’s going to be a little more confusing about who has what.” She added that students who are more SEE VIRUS ON PAGE 5

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For the first time since May, North Carolina’s unemrate increased last month. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to II percent in October, after peaking at 11.1 percent in May, according to figures released Friday by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. A year ago, North Carolina’s unemployment rate was 7 percent, while the national rate was 6.6 percent. “The job market is still Veak,” said Michael Walden, W.M. Neal Reynolds distinguished professor of economics at North Carolina State University. “The state’s unemployment rate will continue to go higher, probably peaking early next year between 11.3 and 11.6 percent.” Still, the figures released last week did include some positive indicators, Walden said. “One piece of good news in this report... is that we actually had an increase in jobs at existing businesses and an increase in jobs in factories and professional and business services,” he said. John Coleman, a professor at the Fuqua School of Business, said the trend in North Carolina’s unemployment rate indicates that job losses may persist once the recession is over—just as unemployment rose for about 1.5

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“We’ve been fairly steady,” he said. Since a year ago, North Carolina’s economy has lost 185,800 non-farm jobs, according to the ESC. The federal government’s stimulus package is projected to create 105,000jobs in the state over three years. So far, 28,073 jobs have been created in North Carolina, the fifth highest number of jobs created in any state by the stimulus. Cathy Akroyd, communications director for the

While her friends scarf down burgers and fries, junior Sarah King opts for vegan alternatives, like all-natural smoothies, pita with hummus and meatless chili. But King said she does not feel like she is missing out. She became a vegan her junior year of high school when she gave up all animal-derived foods—including eggs and dairy products. “All in all, the vegan diet can provide a lot of benefits in terms of energy and overall well being,” King said. “I also pay more attention to where my food comes from, and eat less processed foods. I’d like to try a raw diet someday too.” The number of vegetarians, vegans and other healthyeaters has been increasing nationally over 15 years of

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries. Later in the month, the American Medical Association reversed a longtime position and urged the federal government to remove marijuana from Schedule One of the Controlled Substances Act, which equates it with heroin. A few days later, advocates for easing marijuana laws left their biannual strategy conference with plans to press ahead on all fronts—state law, ballot measures, and court—in a movement that for the first time in decades appeared to be gaining ground. 'This issue is breaking out in a remarkably rapid way now," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. "Public opinion is changing very, very rapidly." The shift is widely described as generational. A Gallup poll in October found 44 percent of Americans favor full legalization of marijuana—a rise of 13 points since 2000. Gallup said that if public support continues growing at a rate of 1 to 2 percent per year,"the majority of Americans could favor legalization of the drug in as little as four years." A 53 percent majority already does so in the West, according to the survey. The finding heartens advocates collecting signatures to put the question of legalization before California voters in a 2010 initiative.

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Ismael Mangudadatu, the candidate ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—'enty-four people were found dead in for provincial governor, was not in the southern Philippines after scores of convoy at the time of the attack. He told jmen Monday kidnapped a caravan of officials that his wife, Genalyn, called him (porters accompanying, a woman en by mobile phone moments before she and her entourage were abducted. ite to file her husband's nomination She said 100 men had surrounded >ers to run for provincial governor, authe convoy, officials said. Then the line nties said. Officials called the attack a politically went dead. 'tivated massacre. Many of the victims Mangudadatu, deputy mayor of the re beheaded, their remains buried in town of Buluan and a political rival of the current governor of Maguindanao provshallow graves. The victims—at least 13 of them ince, had received death threats in recent women—reportedly included a dozen weeks, officials said. General Leonardo Espina, Philippine local journalists covering the filing that marked the start of the Philippines elecNational Police spokesperson, said Tuestion season. day that officials believe forces conTwenty-one bodies were recovered nected to the Ampatuan family, which late Monday with three more early Tueshas held power here since 2001, were day. Police are looking for more than a responsible for the carnage. dozen other victims. Elections are traditionally violent here, No group has claimed responsibility especially in the southern provinces. for the attack in a region known for deOn May 14,more than 45 million Filipicades of bloody clashes between Islamic nos will go to the polls to choose among 87,000 candidates vying for 17,000 namilitants seeking autonomy in this pretional and local positions—including dominantly Roman Catholic nation. 268 House seats. But authorities indicated that MonThe convoy was reportedly carrying day's violence on the south island of more than 40 political activists and jourMindanao might be the work of political warlords and gangs who wage war nalists riding in several vans when it was against one another with well-equipped hijacked near the town of Ampatuan, said Army Col. Jonathan Ponce, a spokesprivate armies. "This is a gruesome massacre of civilperson for the 6th Infantry Division. ians unequaled in recent history/' said The bodies were later found about Jesus Dureza, a provincial official. "There three miles away. must be a total stop to this senseless vio"Many of them (were) beheaded, including probably journalists," Ponce said. lence and carnage."

Luiz Alberto Bortolini,along with hundredsofotherfarmers in Brazil, is replanting trees as a part of an initiative to reduce deforestation.Deforestation has already fallen by 50 percent since 2006,but Brazil still remains one of the leading producers of greenhouse gases.

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A change to the Merchants on Points program next semester could certain guidelines. make both students and delivery peoIn other business: ple happier. Early next spring, Dining Services The committee heard a presenwill experiment with electronic tiptation from Refectory Owner Laura ping for two MOP restaurants, said Hall, who brought samples of the cajunior Alex Klein, Duke University fe’s new pumpkin chai tea and vegan Student Dining Advisory Committee tofu scramble for members to taste. co-Chair. Klein, The Chronicle’s on“We change our teas all the time, line editor, made the announcement and [pumpkin chai] is our flavor at DUSDAC’s Monday meeting in for fall,” Hall said. “It will be around place of Director of Dining Services probably until January.” Hall also announced that a list of Jim Wulforst, who was absent from the meeting. all of the allergens in Refectory dishes Deliverers will be equipped with is now available in the restaurant and DukeCard readers and will be able on the Dining Web site. to accept tips from students on food “I have spent thousands of dollars points, Klein said. on the software to give you an accuHe added that the two restaurants rate reading on what you’re eating,” that will participate in the test run Hall said. “We are so strict about have not yet been chosen. cross-contamination and sharing Wulforst could not be reached for utensils, and if a server doesn’t know comment Monday. something they will go get a chef—Members of the committee said there is always a chef on-site.” the new policy would benefit all parMembers also raised the issue of ties involved, including Dining, which student complaints over high prices will receive 18 percent from each at the Refectory. Hall said the prices electronic tip the same proportion are necessary to cover labor costs. Duke charges MOP eateries on sales. “It’s an interesting balance beDUSDAC members also discussed cause we have the social and envia more structured way to recommend ronmental sustainability, and you know for seven months it’s great, potential MOP restaurants. “Next semester, one of our primaand then for the other five months we struggle to support the employry goals will be to come up with a legitimate way of evaluating Merchants ees we have,” she said. “The food on Points so we can recommend to cost, it is what it is, it’s not going to change.” Dining if we really do not want a res—

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Refectory owner Laura Hall presents a review of the Refectory from the September issue of"Our State" magazine at Monday's Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee meeting. She also revealed upcoming changesto the Refectory's menu.

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LONDON —Nuclear power—long considered environmentally hazardous—is emerging as perhaps the world’s most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the backing of even some green activists who once campaigned against it. It has been 13 years since the last new nuclear power plant opened in the United States. But around the world, nations under pressure to reduce the production of climate-warming gases are turning to low-emission nuclear energy as never before. The Obama administration and leading Democrats, in an effort to win greater support for climate change legislation, are eyeing federal tax incentives and loan guarantees to fund a new crop of nuclear power plants across the United States that could eventually help drive down carbon emissions. From China to Brazil, 53 plants are now under construction worldwide, with Poland, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia seeking to build their first reactors, according to global watchdog groups and industry associations. The number of plants being built is double the total ofjust five years ago. Rather than deride the emphasis on nuclear power, some environmentalists are embracing it. Stephen Tindale typifies the shift. When a brigade of Greenpeace activists stormed a nuclear power plant on the shores of the North Sea a few years ago, scrawling “danger’ on its reactor, Tindale was their commander. Then head of the group’s British office, he remembers, he stood outside the plant just east SEE NUCLEAR ON PAGE 6

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Federal authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges against eight men Monday, accusing them of recruiting at least 20 young Somali Americans from Minnesota to join an extremist Islamic insurgency in Somalia. The newly named suspects make up one of the largest suspected terrorist networks in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, analysts said. Assistant Attorney General David Kris said the government continues to investigate the alleged recruitment, and sources indicated that FBI and grand jury inquiries are active in San Diego, Boston and Columbus, Ohio, into the disappearance abroad of dozens of Muslim Americans since 2007. The charges cap a year-long FBI investigation into the departures, most of them among men of Somali descent in their teens and 20s, to join al-Shabaab, an extremist group with ties to al-Qaeda. Al-Shabaab opposes Somalia’s weak but internationally supported government and seeks instead a fundamentalist Islamic state under sharia law. It has since attacked Ethiopian and African Union troops, targeted neighboring countries, pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladeij last year and used al-Qaeda operatives to train American recruits, U.S. officials said. The State Department listed al-Shabaab as a terrorist group last year. American officials said they worry that al-Qaeda operatives might “commission” a U.S. strike using alShabaab’s pipeline ofAmerican and European fighters, whose passports would make it easier for them to travel undetected, although they have said they see no sign yet of such a threat. Among those charged Monday was Mahamud Said Omar, a U.S. permanent resident arrested two weeks ago in the Netherlands. Omar paid for airfare and AK-47 rifles for several of the youths to join al-Shabaab, officials said Monday at a news conference in Minneapolis. U.S. officials requested the arrest and seek his

extradition Officials also announced charges against seven other men, all outside the United States and not in custody. They include Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax and Abdiweli Yassin Isse, who were formally charged Oct. 9, one day after they told a U.S. border agent that they were headed from San Diego for Tijuana, Mexico. According to an FBI affidavit, Faarax and Isse conspired to recruit and pay for six Somali American youths to go abroad in December 2007, including Shirwa Ahmed, 27, a college student from Minneapolis. He blew himself up in one of five simultaneous attacks that killed 22 U.N. aid workers and others in Somalia in October 2008, Special Agent Michael Cannizzaro wrote in the affidavit. The group included several cooperating witnesses among six other Somali Americans who pleaded guilty on related charges this year, according to court

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Faarax told the group “that he experienced true brotherhood while fighting in Somalia and that travel for jihad was the best thing that they could do,” the agent wrote. Faarax told the young men that they would get to shoot guns, and that “traveling to Somalia to fight jihad will be fun, and not to be afraid,” Cannizzaro wrote. Also charged with conspiracy to support terrorism and to kill outside the United States were Ahmed Ali Omar, Khalid Mohamud Abshir, Zakaria Maruf, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan and Mustafa Ali Salat, according to grand jury indictments that were unsealed. The men—all U.S. permanent residents who left for Somalia between December 2007 and August 2008—were also charged with firearms charges and solicitation to commit violent crime. Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism analyst at Georgetown University, noted that the charging documents mention only recruits from Minneapolis, and refer only,glancingly to al-Shabaab’s links to al-Qaida. SEE TERRORISM ON PAGE 5

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105,000 jobs.

“We can expect [the projection to be met] by the end of the three year process. That has always been the plan,” she wrote.

A little more than a quarter of the stimulus money awarded in the state has already been received, and Akroyd said most of the stimulus funds will be spent in the second year. As the stimulus money is spent, state officials urge patience. “As things turn around, people start coming back to the labor force,” Parker said. “Not everyone gets a job right away.”

TERRORISM from page 4 Court documents unsealed Monday say the group that left Minnesota in December 2007 purportedly went to training camps in southern Somalia, where they met dozens of other Somali youths from the United States and other countries. They received military-style training in using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades from Somali, Arab and Western instructors, the documents state. U.S. officials said this fall that one key trainer included Saleh Ali Nabhan, 30, a liaison to al-Qaeda in Pakistan who was wanted for his role in the 1998 attacks on two U.S. embassies in Africa. He was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid Sept. 14. In documents released Monday, U.S. officials said recruits were

purportedly “indoctrinated with antiEthiopian, anti-American, anti-Israeli and anti-Western beliefs.” One long-term concern will be what returning fighters do with their training, analysts said. “We still don’t know how deep this well is,” Hoffman said. “Initially, it was described as people going over for purely patriotic motives, but now we’re seeing there is much more of a core jihad curriculum.” Since the departures, U.S. officials have reached out to the Somali American community, estimated at up to 200,000 foreign-born residents and their relatives. Officials are concerned that decades of political strife in Somalia and a recent influx of younger, poorer immigrants could make them vulnerable to radical appeals.

RESISTANT from page 1 Dr. Daniel Sexton, director of the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, said in a Nov. 20 CDC statement that appropriate infection control procedures were practiced in the unit where the cases occurred. None of the employees working with the patients contracted the virus, he said. All four patients with the virus were in an isolated unit of one floor at Duke Hospital when they contracted the strain, the news release said. The patients were very ill with “underlying severely compromised immune systems and multiple other complex medical conditions,” the release states. The news release also said there is no reason for “hospital-wide” concern, and that despite these four cases, the number of hospitalizations for HINI in the state have declined in the past several weeks. Students should not be concerned about the drug-resistant swine flu strain, said Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health. “This shouldn’t affect student health right now, obviously we’re watching it, but we have no reported cases in the student body,” Purdy said.

VIRUS from page 1 susceptible to contracting swine flu should continue to take additional measures to protect themselves against the virus. “The majority of people who are relatively healthy will recover [from the flu], but those with underlying illnesses such as respiratory problems are at a greater risk,” Hanson said. “If [their illness] is getting worse or not getting better, we really need to see them.”

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Officials on Monday praised the cooperation they have received in their investigation ofal-Shabaab. “The sole focus of our efforts in this matter has been the criminal conduct of a small number of mainly Somali American individuals and not the broader Somali American community itself, which has consistendy expressed deep concern about this pattern of recruitment activity in support of al-Shabaab,” said Ralph Boelter, special agent in charge of the FBl’s Minneapolis field office. “The sad reality is that the vibrant Somali community here in Minneapolis has lost many of its sons to fighting in Somalia,” said U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones. “These young men have been recruited to fight in a foreign war by individuals and groups using violence against government troops and civilians.”

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pie, Duke’s vegetarian club PlanV unites healthy eaters on campus by serving nourishing meals and raising awareness about polling conducted by the Vegetarian vegetarianism. PlanV also helps smooth Resource Group. Because of the many students’ transitions from home cooked different kinds of eaters who consider foods to dining hall fare, King said. Director of Dining Services Jim Wulthemselves vegetarians, estimates for each difficult to calculate. forst said all campus eateries cater towards Many specific type are follow a traditional meatless vegetarian vegetarians in some respect by offering diet, but there are slight alterations, such as healthy options. Even so, menu choices can be limited. “pescatarians” who accept fish and “polio“Overall, Duke has a lot of good options vegetarians” who eat poultry. with great, fresh food,” said Noel Shaskan, a Three percent of U.S. adults now consider themselves vegetarian compared to senior who is a pescatarian. “But in terms of about 1 percent a decade ago, according strict vegetarian foods, there are only a few to a 2009 VRG poll of more than 2,000 places that consistently have vegetarian fare.” Duke University Student Dining Advisory people. Data from the same organization Committee co-Chair Jason Taylor, a senior, indicates that roughly one-third of vegetarians follow a vegan diet. Even meat eaters wants to see more options on campus for are choosing wholesome foods when given healthy eaters. “It’s getting better, but personally, I am the option. “What used to be thought of as ‘way out not satisfied,” Taylor said. “I want to push there’ is now very every day,” said Franca everywhere on campus to continue improvAlphin, director of Nutrition Services at ing, but relative to other college campuses, Student Health. “I think more and more we do have a better environment.” Senior Caroline Yoder, a vegetarian who people are realizing the health benefits of this way of eating. We have quite a few stuis a DUSDAC committee member, said she would like to see more menu items for vegdents at Duke that are vegetarian.” Duke is no exception—college students in ans. Because most of Duke’s vegetarian Opparticular are prime candidates for the trend, tions have cheese, it is nearly impossible to be said adjunct professor Charlie Thompson, a vegan on campus, she said. King said the lifestyle is possible, but said who is currendy teaching a cultural anthropology class on the “polidcs of food.” Young she likely would not be able to sustain her adults comprise one of the largest vegetarian eating habits without the financial support ofher parents. She added that she runs out demographic groups. “Students here have the privilege of of food points before all ofher friends. To supplement vegetarian options like higher education, which is where people become more aware of the realities of the the Refectory and the Great Hall salad food market,” Thompson said. “In contrast, bar, DUSDAC recently oversaw the addithere are many people in our country who tion of more vegan meals at the Refectoare too poor or otherwise unable to have ry, including a tofu scramble. Merchantson-points has also incorporated healthier any choice in the matter.” Although most people** associate veg- vendors such as Green Tango, a makeetarianism with wholesome living, Alphin your-own salad restaurant. In the future, warned that this scenario is not always the Taylor would like to expand Armadillo case. Some vegetarians may have deficienGrill to include more variety—maybe a cies in essendal nutrients that are best found tofu taco, he said. in meat, poultry and fish, said Alphin. She “If you want to see changes, I think the added that as long as students supplement best option is just to engage right then and their diets accordingly, vegetarianism can be there with the manager of the location,” a well-rounded option. Taylor said. “Managers really want to hear As vegetarianism expands nationally, your input. If you have a suggestion, just talk to them.” it has also evolved at Duke. For exam-

NUCLEAR from page 4 ofLondon telling TV crews all the reasons “why nuclear power was evil.” The construction of nuclear plants was banned in Britain for years after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in what was then the Soviet Union. But now the British are weighing the idea of new nuclear plants as part of the battle against climate change, and Tindale is among several environmentalists who are backing the plan. “It really is a question about the greater evil—nuclear waste or climate change,” Tindale said. “But there is no contest anymore. Climate change is the bigger threat, and nuclear is part of the answer.” A number of roadblocks may yet stall nuclear’s comeback—in particular, its expense. Two next-generadon plants under construction in Finland and France are billions of dollars over budget and seriously behind schedule, raising longer-term questions about the feasibility of new plants without major government support. Costs may be so high that energy companies find financing hard to secure even with government backing. But experts also point to a host of improvements in nuclear technology since the Chernobyl accident and the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. Most notable is an 80 percent drop in industrial accidents at the world’s 436 nuclear plants since the late 1980s, according to the World Association of Nuclear Operators.So far at least, the start of what many are calling “a new nuclear age” is unfolding with only muted opposition —nothing like the protests and plant invasions that helped define the green movement in the United States and Europe during the 1960 and 19705. As opposition recedes, even nations that had long vowed never to build another nuclear plant—such as Sweden, Belgium and Italy—have recendy done an about-face as they see the benefits of a nearly zero-emission energy

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overriding the dangers of radioactive waste disposal and nuclear proliferation. In the United States, leading environmental groups have backed climate change bills moving through Congress that envision new American nuclear plants. An Environmental Protection Agency analysis of the WaxmanMarkey bill passed by the House, for instance,* shows nuclear energy generation more than doubling in the United States by 2050 if the legislation is made law. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing applications for 22 new nuclear plants from coast to coast. To be sure, many green groups remain opposed to nuclear energy, and some, such as Greenpeace, have refused to back U.S, climate change legislation. Groups that support the bills, such as the Sierra Club, say they are doing so because the legislation would also usher in the increased use of renewable energies like wind and solar as well as billions of dollars in investment for new technologies. They do not say they think nuclear energy is the solution in and of itself. “Our base is as opposed to nuclear as ever,” said David Hamilton, director of the Global Warming and Energy* Program for the Sierra Club in Washington. “You have to recognize that nuclear is only one small part of this.” But Steve Cochran, director of the National Climate Campaign at the Environmental Defense Fund—a group that opposed new nuclear plants in the United States as recently as 2005—also described a new and evolving “pragmatic” approach coming from environmental camps. “I guess you could call it 'grudging acceptance,’ he said. “If we are really serious about dealing with climate change, we are going to have to be willing to look at a range of options and not just rule things off the table,” he said. “We may not like it, but that’s the way it is.” That position, observers say, marks a significant departure. “Because of global warming, most of the big groups have become less active on their nuclear campaign, and almost all of us are taking another look at our internal “

policies,” said Mike Childs, head of climate change issues for Friends of the Earth in Britain. “We’ve decided not to officially endorse it, in part because we feel the nuclear lobby is already strong enough. But we are also no longer focusing our energies on opposing it.” Some leading environmental figures, including former Vice President A1 Gore, remain skeptical of nudear’s promise, largely because of the high cost of building plants and the threat of proliferation, illustrated by Iran’s recent attempts to blur the lines between energy production and a weapons program. Other countries seeking to build their first nuclear plants would probably purchase fuel from secure market sources in Europe and the United States, rather than enrich their own. And experts remain cautious about the prospect of seeing so much nuclear fuel in global circulation. “I’m assuming the waste and safety problems get resolved, but cost and proliferation still loom as very serious problems” with nuclear energy, Gore told The Washington Post’s editorial board this month. “I am not anti-nuclear, but the costs of the present generation ofreactors is nearly prohibitive.” Yet for nations such as Britain home of the world’s first commercial nuclear plant —a return to nuclear is seen as essential to the goal of meeting aggressive targets for reducing carbon emissions. As reserves of natural gas from the North Sea dwindle, Britain also is betting on nuclear to help maintain a measure of energy independence. After years of resisting new plants after the Chernobyl meltdown, the government did an initial about-face in 2007, calling for a list of possible sites for reactors. This month, British officials announced plans to fast-track construction of 10 plants. They will also push for more wind and solar energy, but those technologies are still seen by many to have limitations because of problems with transmission and scale, while “clean coal” plants are years from commercial viability.

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Duke is considered one of the best teams in the nation. “We got a little upset at ourselves that we were turning the ball over and they were capitalizing on our turnovers [early in the game],” junior guard Jasmine Thomas said. “Then we went on a run, so we had to refocus and we knew that we had to make stops, and we finally got the stops we needed.” The Blue Devils’ game-changing run began when senior fprward Bridgette Mitchell recorded two steals within 35 seconds of one another. Less than two minutes later, fifth-year senior Keturah Jackson contributed her first steal of the game, and was able to capitalize with two quick points. JackFreshman Allison Vernerey had six points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes ofaction against Charlotte. son went on to finish the game with a game-high five steals, by Vignesh Nathan all series with Charlotte (1-3), and can “What I like about this game is that THE CHRONICLE boast a 6-0 record when playing at home, the defense was there,” head coach Coaches always say that defensewins games, The Blue Devils were led by senior for- Joanne P. McCallie said. “And the deand the Blue Devil defense frustrated Char- ward Joy Cheek, who sparked Duke’s offense is going to need to be there. We’re lotteinabigwayMon- fense with a double-double, scoring 12 going to need t0... build our tempo and IJMff Nddl day night in Cameron points and grabbing 13 rebounds. In addi- chemistry on offense.” IndoorStadiution, Cheek impressed everybody in CamTwo blocks and one steal later, the BWilSiiyF y> 5/| m Xstl After a slow start, eron with her impeccable defense, with Blue Devils still hadn’t given up a field No. 10 Duke (3-1) three blocks and three steals. goal- 1° fact, Duke would go on a 15-0 In the opening minutes of the game, went on the defeat the scrappy 49ers, 5744. Duke now holds a 7-3 lead in its over- Duke showed signs of laziness when it SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 8

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In the 2005-2006 season, Eric Boateng was a freshman center on Duke’s roster and Herb Sendek coached ACC foe N.C. State. Four years later, Boateng and Sendek both reside in Tempe—and the former Blue Devil big man looks to defeat his old team for a spot in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Duke (4-0) will take on Arizona State (4-0) in Madison Square Garden tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. The Blue Devils will be heavily favored against the Sun Devils, but Sendek’s squad will give Duke a look on both ends of the court that it has not faced so far this season. “They have a unique style that you don’t see every game,” associate head coach Chris Collins said. “They play a version of the Princeton of-

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fense offensively, and then on defense they play a matchup zone 100 percent of the time. They are very good at it—it’s something that they’ve done for the last couple ofyears.” On the defensive end, No. 7 Duke will need to guard against the multiple 5-point threats in Arizona State’s lineup. The Sun Devils went 18for-32 from deep in their last game against San Francisco. Arizona State has gone 38for-77, or 49.4 percent, from Sun Devils'forward Eric Boateng (pictured above in the 2005 Blue-White scrimmage) played briefly in 20 games at Duke before transferring to Arizona State in 2006. 3-point range on the season. Boateng will be Arizona ended up being two last year as seState’s prime force on the included Greg Paulus, Josh Mcßobinside. The frfoot-10 senior erts, Marty Pocius and Jamal Boykin. niors,” Collins said. “Certainly in has averaged 11.5 points Paulus now plays quarterback for today’s day and age it shows just and 8 rebounds per game -Syracuse, Mcßobertsleftfor the NBA how unpredictable college basso far this year. No current after two years despite watching his ketball is with guys leaving early, Blue Devil played alongside pro prospects steeply decline, Pocius transfers, Marty going back to plays professionally in Lithuania and Europe. It shows you kind of the Boateng during his freshBoykin—like Boateng—transfered landscape of where things are.” man season, but his recruitWith Paulus and Pocius finishing ing class’s story is as inter- after his freshman season, in his case to California. esting as it was unlikely. “It was a five-man class that SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 8 Boateng’s recruiting class

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Running together at the NCAA Championships for the first time in nine years, the men’s and women’s cross country teams finished their seasons with varied showings Monday. Racing on a speedy course at Indiana State University, the men came out with a slightly disappointing 28th finish—two worse than Duke’s 26th seed in the tournament. On the women’s end, the team came outjust as their fc seed predicted, eight overall. the first race of the In day, the Duke men ran close together. That tactic worked fairly well—at first. The Blue W/ Devils were separated by only T' Ti four seconds at the 3k split and 4 seven seconds at the sk. How- ' ever, things soon took a turn for the worse. Soon after the 5k mark, the Blue Devils’ No. 2 runner, junior Cory Nanni, had to drop out with a calf injury. More bad news soon followed as Duke’s No. 1 runner all season, junior Bo Waggoner, started to slowly drop back after the 8k mark, finishing sixth for the team and 192nd overall. With the top two men having uncharacteristically poor days, junior Josh Brewer stepped up to lead the charge. Brewer ran a personal-best 31:04, finishing 112th overall and first for the Blue Devils. Ogilvie stressed the difficulty of losing the top two runners. “It’s really tough when you lose your 1-2 combination,” Ogilvie said, “But the rest of the guys ran pretty well. It wasn’t the day we were hoping for. We thought we were capable of a top-25 finish.” On the women’s side, Duke ran a notable race to earn its first top-10 finish since 2005. Led by sophomore Gariy Seymour, the team managed to hold off perennial powerhouse Oregon by four points en route to eighth place. “Every single person ran their best race of the season,” women’s head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “They crossed the line with a smile on their faces. We started out conservative and way back in the pack, but kept our confidence and composure and moved up in the final 5K.” Seymour ran an especially impressive race, running a 20:37.5 and finishing 29th overall. This finish was good enough to earn her All-American honors. Senior Kate Van Buskirk also ran well, finishing 52nd overall with a time of 20:57, narrowly missing the All-American accolade herself. Jermyn had nothing but good things to say about the Blue Devils’ performance. “We are very proud of our team,” Jermyn said. “It was a tremendous experience for them, being such a young team, and we are very excited about where Duke Cross Country is headed in the future.” :

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M.BBALL from page 7 their playing days'at Duke last season, juniors Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith will likely lead the Blue Devils on the offensive end. Smith, after being suspended for the first two games of the season for playing in an unsanctioned summer league, has gotten off to a great start and is currently averaging 22 points and six assists per game. Singler has averaged 18.3 points per game after moving to the perimeter this season and has shot 45.5 percent from 3-point range. Should Duke defeat the Sun Devils, it will face the winner of tomorrow night’s other semifinalbetween Connecticut and LSI) Friday night at 5 p.m.

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Senior forward Bridgette Mitchell's two quick steals in the first halfallowed Duke to pull ahead of a feisty Charlotte squad Monday night.

W.BBALL from page? run in the 10 minutes that it took for the 49ers to end their scoring drought with a free throw. Duke would go on to end the halfwith a 32-23 lead. The Blue Devils came back from halftime with renewed confidence in their offens, and they started the half with an 11-2 run to build a 15-point lead. Duke was even able to build a 20-point advantage on the 49ers with only 6:50 remaining in the game. However, no matter how hard the Blue Devils tried, they were unable to deliver the finishing blow to the scrappy Charlotte squad. At the 2:50 mark, Charlotte threatened a comeback by

scoring 10 unanswered points and closing the gap to 5444. Then, Thomas connected with her only 3-pointer of the night to put the game out ofreach for the underdog 49ers. The Blue Devils’ third victory of the season was won through robust defense and excellent rebounding. However, last night’s win further exemplified Duke’s struggles offensively. The team’s two leading scorers, Cheek and Thomas, combined for 9-of-30 shooting, including a 2-of-7 performance from the 3-point line. In addition, Duke struggled from the free-throw line, only capitalizing on four of 11 attempts. “We need to focus a little more, slow down and be a lot more patient,” McCallie said. “We’ve got leam to share the ball.”

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It’s that time of the year We, as well as the rest of campus, are eagerly awaiting again—time for The Chronicle’s editorial board to catathe unveiling of her (or his) log what we are thankful for identity. Think of it as an (because like everyone else, early Christmas/Hanukkah/ we are norKwanzaa/ insert-yourmally too busy editorial holiday-here to think about such frivolous endeavors). present. Let’s just hope that So without further ado, she (or he) won’t need to be here is our list: put in the witness protection —Wii with my RC: We are program—or Pratt. —Shooters II:For picking glad that despite looming financial shortfalls and budget up the slack this semester. With the indefinite closure cuts, the all-important campus Resident Coordinators of George’s and G-Loft, stuhave the latest and greatest dents have a limited choice in video game technology. of venues in which to rage And how better to spend a out on a Friday night. Luckily, the management at the Friday evening than playing Guitar Hero 111 with the cowboy-themed dance hall used lessons they learned same person who has consisin Econ 51—when you tenly written you up? have less competition, raise —Charlotte Simmons

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Before my stint as a Chronicle columnist came an end, I knew I had to step outside of the Duke bubble. You know, so I could share some of my “real-world” wisdom. I’ve written a lot about Duke culture and needed to explore more important lessons-life lessons. I mean, life is about street cred, plain and to

simple. Money may be the root of all evil, but street cred is definitely the root of anna sadler all successes. You fm not being that won’t get into grad school, find way, but... a spouse, get approved for a loan or qualify for healthcare coverage without it. This semester, I’ve been the object of some serious hating, specifically some very harsh online comments. I won’t lie, at first these insults got to me a little bit. Then I came to the realization that 10 online comments meant that at least 10people had read my column and that at least 10 people felt strongly enough about what Td written (both negatively and positively) to take the time to compose such passionate and occasionally coherent remarks. People are absolutely right when they say, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” I’ve even developed a small following. Lesson: having haters equals mad street cred, my friends. But what is street cred? Although I think I have a ridiculous amount and consider myself an authority on the matter, I can imagine a few of you want a scholarly definition, so I’ve turned to the definitive source, Urban Dictionary, for assistance. The Web site defines it as, “Commanding a level of respect in an urban environment due to experience in or knowledge of issues affecting those environments.” Side note: Farmers can have street cred, and they ain’t urban. I bet most of you are thinking to yourselves, “Wow I definitely don’t have as much street cred as Anna does.” You’re right, you probably don’t—but I’m here to help, not hurt. Let’s first talk academics. So say you have a mi-

cro-bio exam in addition to an oral presentation and a final paper. While taking micro-bio in the first place earns you some street/hallways-in-Perkins cred, how can you spin this ridiculous assignment to impress those who don’t see the class itself as all that impressive? To look like a super smooth genius, just do the entire thing the night beforeyou have to turn it in. This is obviously risky, and there’s a catch. You have to get an A. Yes, this is extremely difficult, but that’s why you’re considered so much sweeter if you can actually pull it off. Warning: your street cred will take a serious hit if you bomb. Okay, so what if you’re after an increase in allaround sweetness? Urban Dictionary goes on to define street cred as “something mistakenly associated with committing crimes.” I totally disagree, based in large part on recent personal experiences. Breaking the law absolutely gets you street cred; however, getting caught does not. Two weekends ago, I got caught. If you ask me what happened, I’ll admit that I gota ticket. If you ask my parents what happened, they’ll tell you I am being charged with reckless driving. You see, I didn’t know this at the time, but driving at any speed above 80 miles per hour is considered reckless driving in the Commonwealth of Virginia, an infraction it classifies as a criminal misdemeanor. So now that my disregard for state legislation is on the books, I look a gajillion times less smooth. Although breaking the law ups your street cred, you have to make sure you don’t get caught Serious debt and jail time? Not cool. My Christmas/birthday list this year (my birthday happens to be Dec. 25) consists solely of car insurance payments. My record is not yet permanently stained, but it is going to take me at least as much time to regain my lost street cred as it will to get rid of the points on my driver’s license. Where I’m from, that’s three years. Managing to miraculously dominate on a final or successfully avoid the big house means you re well on your way to having some serious streetcred. I strongly advise that you hold on to this precious gift. For those ofyou still lacking street cred, it actually might not be that hard to buy—just invest in some Red Bull and a radar detector. Anna Sadler is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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of the better perks of a Thanksgiving Break tions. The disaster cannot be neatly historicized in the in Massachusetts is visiting Plimoth Plantation. manner of, say, Thanksgiving. For a mere $2B, one can visit stunningly accurate Nor can HurricaneKatrina. The causes of the massive recreations of the Maydamages sustained by New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward flower, an English village and St. Bernard Parish are still being fiercely debated in a JBsrrras constituted in 1627 and academic and now legal settings. At the heart of the dea host of other historically bate this past week was a successful lawsuit accusing the important sites. Army Corp of Engineers of improper maintenance of the Not only is the plantaMississippi River GulfOudet (better known as the “Mister tion precisely modeled Go” canal), a channel spanning 76 miles originally built after historical texts, but to increase trade. 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Plimoth Plantation is the physical manifestation of William Faulkner’s insistence that, “The past is not even past.” the Parish of St. Bernard at risk.” The federal government had previously avoided such Although, I might add, the gravity of Faulkner’s words do not seem entirely appropriate in describing a cutesy exhibilawsuits via The Flood Control Act of 1928, which grants don frequented mostly by parents with young children. it immunity against damages resulting from failures of In Faulkner’s work, the inescapability of time past offlood control. Unfortunately for Uncle Sam, Mister Go ten creates a grounds for conflict and suffering rather acted a navigation canal rather than a flood control meathan a souvenir shop. The history Faulkner gravitates sure. Obama and co. now are liable for billions in damtoward is necessarily consequential, while the history of ages. To what extent history will classify Katrina as a man Plimoth Plantation is more just intellectually curious. In made disaster? the Faulknerian world, and, it too often seems, the real Unlike Katrina, we know for a fact that Great Depresword, the past is anything but benign. The acceptance of sion II was an entirely man-made disaster, but, in the same reality necessarily is the acceptance that history is a heavy vein as 9/11 and Katrina, is not subject to historicizing burden, the weight of which can exact far more than a because of myriad legal and policy-oriented question $2B entrance fee from unsuspecting victims. marks. The last year has easily seen thousands of “who is Indeed, where history is involved, often billions are responsible?” and “how do we respond?” pieces in major at stake. The last decade says as much. Consider the publications, with enough conflicting ideas and opinionthree highest impact natural/human created disasters ated self-serving B.S. (I may have just unwittingly summed of the last 10 years; 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and As-Yet- up the RGAC controversy) to fuel several seasons of “The Unnamed Epic Recession. Countless billions will work Real World.” The current issues at stake for all three ditowards alleviating the reverberations from the cruel past sasters in their respective aftershocks are not so different: into the infinite expanse of time. This decade-old past, The difficulty of finding who is responsible forDisaster X, unlike the one played out from March to November in the ordeal of punishing the responsible and the ensuing Plimoth, is in no way clearly defined. headache of preventing it from occurring again. With regard to the three aforementioned disasters, the The guys who invented Plimoth Plantation never really past isn’t even the past in part because the past is not stathad to deal with these questions, probably because the ic. Every week seems to bring new revelations in the trifecPilgrims landed on Plymoth Rock nearly four centuries ta ofhorror. In an eerie convergence of past and present, ago, made nice with the Indians and then ate turkey. Not on Nov. 13Attorney General Eric Holder announced that exactly a disaster. No faulty security measures, no litiga9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four tion, no government negligence. This past, at face value, co-conspirators would stand trial in a Manhattan federal is not that past. courtroom, as opposed to a traditional trial by military Dig deeper though, and it appears even Plimoth commission. Six days later the North American Aerospace Plantation must reconcile its existence with modernity: Defense Command declared an official reassessment of Thanksgiving 2009 could be jeopardized by an alarming air defenses instituted in response to 9/11, citing the costPumpkin pie shortage. Cue Faulkner. liness of current measures of counter-terrorism. Ben Brostoff is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Clearly, nine years after the fact, Sept. 11 is still very much a present event with judicial and military implicaother Tuesday.

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ettertotheeditor Dear Charlotte Simmons: The primary problem behind every single one of your many, many complaints seems to be that Duke has a bustling student life. And thatbrings us to ask: Is Duke really the right place for you? Maybe at another school, you could happily avoid any interaction with your fellow students, steer clear of getting pestered for philanthropic efforts and never hear about any student performances on campus. In reality, it seems that such passionate advertising on behalf of student groups is actually a sign of a healthy, vigorous and diverse student life. That is to say, Duke students have varied interests and passions that they care about, aje heavily involved with their community and enthusiastically want to contribute to the world in a meaningful way. Honestly, shouldn’t having such an active and robust student life be something of which we are proud? Furthermore, since you have

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showed your displeasure for Tailgate and greek life in the past, shouldn’t you be happy that there are students who are planning other on-campus events and activities that have a positive impact on our community? We guarantee you: student life of this sort is not just unique to Duke. Where there are bright and motivated students, you will find a student life like ours. It is a quality of a school that should be praised, not condemned. We just walked by the Plaza. Every single swinging loveseat was free. Go sit out there in the rain and the cold by yourself—we can’t wait for all the complaints you’ll have about the weather. Danni Lin Trinity ’l2 MichelleLu Trinity ’l2

* But given the statistics, this is not a surprise. v:-: According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau, 15.4 percent of the U.S. andrea patino population is of Hispanic numb or Latino origin. That is more than 40 million people—pretty much the entire Republic ofColombia. In Durham County, the estimate is 12.3 percent. For the same area and the same year, 13.9 percent of the population speak a language other than English at home. Though this doesn’t necessarily mean that the language being spoken is Spanish, the correlation between the numbers is striking. Whatever the numbers are, the reality is that knowing how to speak Spanish today in North Carolina is a major advantage. For me, Spanish has been a key element in getting to know many of the employees I usually talk to. And even though I know many others who are not Hispanic, Spanish has facilitated the beginning of many good conversations and great friendships. Nate Uhlenberg, a 2&year-old native of Chapel Hill and a manager at The Loop, also recognizes the advantages of speaking Spanish. His initial reasons to learn the language were, however, somewhat more pragmatic. He started five years ago at the register and it took him two years to become a manager, a position that he knew, he would only get if he spoke Spanish. Today Uhlenberg is close to being fluent and even though his grammar is not perfect, he can get his points across. 1 was curious to hear about Uhlenberg’s experience. One day when I was in line to order my food, I heard him speaking in Spanish. I had been noticing for a while that other non-Hispanic employees at the Loop and the Dillo communicate in Spanish with the Hispanic employees—which makes up a great portion of the kitchen and cleaning staff in these two restaurants. And I was curious to know whether their working environments had made them learn the language or if they knew it beforehand. When I asked Nate how many years he studied Spanish, he smiled: “Spanish 1 and 2 in high school plus one semester in college,” he said. I responded that it is quite impressive that he knows the language so well, after such a shortperiod. Then he laughed again, and told me his secret “Well, I took Spanish 1 in high school, failed it and took it again. Then I took Spanish 2, failed it and took it again.” The truth is, however, that Uhlenberg has been able to practice the language and become more fluent in Spanish due to his job. When I ask him what the advantages of speaking Spanish and English at a job with numerous immigrants are, his answer goes beyond mere practicality. Uhlenberg sees himself as a bridge between those employees who don’t speak Spanish and the immigrant workers who are just now learning English. “Sometimes people think there are tensions between them, but it is a lack of understanding in terms of language that triggers some of these tensions; rather than an actual difference in thoughts or personality,” he said in mildly broken Spanish, after he paused to put his thoughts together. Listening to Uhlenberg’s experience and his use of Spanish as a tool of cultural understanding is only one example of the dramatic changes in cultural dynamics that the U.S. is undergoing. My own experience as a new comer was very eye-opening. When I first came to this country, more than a year ago, I was highly surprised by the fact that all the signs at Newark Airport in New Jersey were both in English and Spanish. I hadn’t realized the magnitude of the Hispanic migration phenomenon. It is so influential that Spanish has almost become a second official language in certain areas. And there are many questions to be raised: What are the implications for local Americans who don’t speak Spanish? For other racial communities? Or for the immigrants themselves? Go to the Loop or to the Dillo. It seems that some of these questions might be answered while you eat.

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

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