october 13, 2009 issue

Williams campaigns on campus

Hospital bans visitors under 18

Panhel pulls out of Derby Days

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Durham mayoral candidate Steven Williams speaks at a campaign event Monday night. Williams criticized Mayor Bill Bell on his approach to the lacrosse case.

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by Julius JonesThe chronicle

Durham mayoral candidate Steven Wil-liams held an informal town hall meeting with approximately 20 students Monday night.

Williams, who is a registered republican, was invited to campus by the Duke college republicans. During his remarks, Williams was often critical of incumbent Mayor Bill Bell, who he will face in the nov. 3 general election. one of his sharpest critiques of Bell came when Williams was asked about the mayors handling of the Duke lacrosse case. Williams said Bell failed to keep the city united as false rape allegations were leveled against three members of the mens team in March 2006.

When you are in a position where youre an introvert, and you are in a posi-tion where you are supposed to lead peo-ple, its not going to work, Williams said. [Bell] could have handled the situation much better. The issues in court, they can handle themselves, but in terms of the in-stitutions, his job was to bring everyone to-gether, and he didnt do that.

Williamss criticism of Bell resonated with many in the room who felt the mayor

by Joanna LichterThe chronicle

Dukes Derby Days may soon be numbered. in a decision that was months, if not years, in the making,

presidents of all nine on-campus sororities voted last month to withdraw from the event, as stated in a letter written by the Pan-hellenic Association to Sigma chi fraternity.

Derby Days is Sigma chis week-long annual event to raise money for various national charities that in previous years culmi-nated in the lip Sync contesta competition among sororities to win over the hearts of the judging Derby Daddies through sug-gestive dance steps and lip motions on the elevated plaza stage.

We cannot in good faith ask our women to participate in an event that, in our opinion, mars the reputation of the Greek com-munity and detracts from the positive experience we work hard to cultivate for our members, the sorority presidents wrote.

in response to past complaints from sororities, the fraternity has restructured the event, said senior Andrew Bevan, Sigma chi president. in 2007, the fraternity moved lip Sync from Shoot-ers ii to the West campus Plaza to provide a more controlled environment for the event, he said. Although the absence of the

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Unanimous decision comes after years of controversy for the fundraising event

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The Panhellenic Association voted to withdraw from Sigma Chis annual Derby Days event after complaints from sorority members.

Childrens high risk to H1N1 virus prompts policy change, debate

by Jingwen HuThe chronicle

innai, Zakiya and ruhai Pettiways father was stabbed in the back and chest Saturday, but his children could not visit him because they were under the age of 18.

The Duke University health Sys-tem recently changed its visitor policy so that only immediate adult family members and designated caregivers are allowed to see patients. The restric-tion, which raises the minimum age of visitors from 13 to 18, aims to limit the spread of the h1n1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.

like the seasonal influenza virus, swine flu is spread from close contact with infected individuals when they cough or sneeze. A person can also be infected if he touches something that has the virus and then touches his nose or mouth. An infected person may spread the virus from one day before symptoms appear to a week afterward.

Tammy outlaw, the Pettiways mother, said she understands the poli-cy aims to protect patients and visitors from swine flu, but she also believes

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Program aims to curb local dropout rateby Allison Schulhof

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This summer, Duke hopes to attack youth violence and delinquent behaviorbefore it has a chance to begin.

The Universitys office of Durham and regional Affairs released Attacking the Dropout rate in Durham Public Schools: considerations in Program and research Designs, an analysis addressing the drop-out rate within DPS, said Phail Wynn, vice president for Durham and regional af-fairs.

This analysis, released Aug. 28, outlines three ways Duke could implement a sum-mer enrichment program within DPS to curb the number of disconnected youths in Durham. The University has been try-ing to determine its role in addressing the systemic issues involved with local gang and youth violence, Wynn said. The program would encourage academic re-engagement among at-risk students and their families.

i think [starting an enrichment pro-gram] is the best plan available to help reduce the number of students not suc-cessfully completing high school and be-coming disconnected, Wynn said. Dis-connection does lead to socially deviant behaviors. it is not just a matter of helping the students regain their confidence and catch up academically, but also it is a way to find ways to get their parents involved and engaged.

The Duke analysis is based on a study by robert Balfanz, a research scientist at the center for Social organization of Schools at Johns hopkins University. Bal-fanz concluded that students in high pov-erty school districts who get off-track be-tween middle school and high school have

a graduation rate of 20 percent or lower. Balfanz identified four indicators that can predict which students are likely to drop outattendance below 80 percent, unsat-isfactory behavior and failure in math and english courses. According to the study, about 40 percent of eventual drop outs could be identified by the sixth grade.

if there are ways in which we can use existing data to identify students at the end of sixth grade who are most likely to drop out or become disconnected, then logically the most effective and efficient utilization of resources would be to tar-get resources and intervention strategies at those students that we have identified, Wynn said.

Wynn will meet with DPS Superinten-dent carl harris and School Board chair Minnie Forte-Brown this week to request access to data to start identifying students

exhibiting the indicators. Wynn will also propose a pilot project

for summer 2010, in which Duke would design an enrichment program to provide academic remediation and life skills train-ing to at-risk youths. Wynn said he hopes to include a follow-up component, that will allow student volunteers to serve as mentors and tutors to continue the prog-ress made during the summer.

he added, however, that these are only possible plans and nothing will be final-ized until he has DPS support and access to student data.

Junior Will Passo, Duke Student Gov-ernment vice president for Durham and regional affairs, said he hopes students will use this opportunity as another way to get engaged in the Durham community.

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CorreCTion an oct. 12 story referrals rise for alcohol, plagiarism gave an incorrect portrayal of student conduct statistics involving Greek students. The number of Greek student re-ferrals rose from 108 to 116, but these cases were not necessarily Greek-related and did not involve the Greek student Conduct Board. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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Dr. Michael Merson has been a man on the move in the past few years. After serv-ing as dean of public health at Yale Univer-sity for a decade, he became the founding director of the Duke Global health insti-tute in 2006.

now, Merson has yet another notch to add to his belt. he was tapped to join the commission on Smart Global health Policy in April and is now working with the high-level bipartisan group to advise the govern-ment on global health policy.

The commission was launched by the

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that kids with parents in the intensive care Unit or the Step Down Unit should be al-lowed to visit so kids can sleep at night knowing their parents are okay.

The Step Down Unit admits patients who are ill enough to be moved off of the general medical and surgical floor but not so ill as to be admitted into the icU.

Dr. cameron Wolfe, an attending physi-cian in the division of infectious diseases at the School of Medicine, said he sympathiz-es with outlaws frustration. even though there have been no official complaints about the policy as of Monday afternoon, Wolfe said he believes that in cases where the patient is in critical condition, chil-dren of that patient may be allowed to visit. Wolfe added that the staff in each hospital

unit has the autonomy to allow flexibility in the visitor policy for special cases.

Wolfe said the hospital would consider removing the policy if we clearly see the number of cases dropping off, but noted that, as of now, it is impossible to give an estimate of when that might occur.

he noted that the hospital admits about 15 to 20 cases of swine flu a day, some of which are referrals from other regional hospitals. in addition, Dukes clinics and emergency Department treat other infect-ed patients who are not ill enough to be admitted. Wolfe noted that young children and pregnant women are especially suscep-tible to swine flu, though it is unclear why the former group is at risk.

one reason may be that they are less likely to have run into similar viruses be-fore, Wolfe said.

on the other hand, those older than 65,

who used to be identified as high risk, are at lower risk of contracting swine flu. This may be because older people were exposed to a similar flu virus in the 1970s and therefore have more immunity, Wolfe said.

But for the most part, swine flu is not dissimilar to any regular flu, he said, noting that most people recover without medical care.

robin Gaines, a health unit coordinator for the Step Down Unit, said she has had to deal with a lot of anger stemming from the policy.

The Pettiway children, who had been sitting in the waiting room for an hour, said they were mad they could not see their fa-ther. Their mother is the only family mem-ber who has been allowed to visit him.

conspicuous stop signs are posted on the outdoor hospital walkway, the lobby, the ele-vator and the entrance of each floor. Visitors

below the age limit are restricted to the lobby and not supposed to come up to the floors, but theyre doing it anyway, Gaines said.

Although most visitors understand the policy, others ignore it, Gaines said.

even though theyve seen the reports on TV they still feel like its okay [for their kids to visit] if the sick person is a mother or a grandparent, she said.

Bert collins said his brother, who has diabetes, has come to Duke hospital three times in the past in hopes of getting a transplant and finally underwent surgery Thursday to replace his liver, pancreas and kidney.

But collins said his 11 and 12-year-old nephews have not seen their father since. he said his brothers family understands the reason behind the policy, but its been hard on the kids they talk to him on the phone.

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A lot of the time Duke students dont realize there is a Durham beyond Duke, he said. There is a greater community out there and there are still some problems that we face.

leslie Baylor-newpher, a sixth and seventh grade guidance counselor at Brogden Middle School in Durham, said it is a good idea to use Balfanzs four indicators to identify students in need of targeted in-tervention. She added, however, that the success of an enrichment program would depend on other, more practical elements.

it really depends on if it is free or not, because that would be a major inhibitor, and if transportation was available, she said. Those two things would make or break a summer enrichment program.

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Shooters ii ambiance induced some positive changes, Panhel leaders felt such steps were inadequate.

We acknowledge that efforts were made after last spring to improve the event, but we feel that they have not been substantial enough to merit our participa-tion, the letter continued.

Sue Wasiolek, dean of students and assistant vice president for student affairs, said that although she trusts Sigma chis charitable intentions, she believes Panhel acted appropriately in leaving the event.

over the years, i have heard a number of sorority women express some dismay in participating in some as-pects of Derby Days, particularly lip Sync, she said. i really cant say how widespread that sentiment has been, but having heard of it and heard about it, my sense was that there were a number of women who felt that way.

But not all members of the Greek community agree. last fall, junior heather Wiese, member of Alpha Phi sorority, participated in lip Sync. She said the event promoted a competitive environment and acted as a fun bonding experience for her pledge class. Although Alpha Phis costumes were initially relatively modestshorts over black leggings with colored tank topsrain turned the girls shirts partially transparent, making the outfits more inappropriate than intended, she said.

This year, Sigma chi is looking to introduce more changes to Derby Days, which has been postponed in-definitely. in addition to increased fund-raising for the Duke childrens hospital, the fraternity is aiming to address prior concerns by completely reforming the event, said Bevan.

There has been some miscommunication and misunderstanding between us and the sororities in the past, and a good deal of that responsibility lies with us, he said. We are reevaluating the event and are using all the feedback we have gotten.

in the meantime, Duke students will have to wait and see how Derby Days plays out in the future. Bevans noted, however, that ideally the fraternity hopes to con-tinue lip Sync.

Still, Wasiolek said she expects to see changes from past years.

My understanding is that the sororities participa-tion in Derby Days, whether at Duke or any other in-stitution, is a fairly critical component, Wasiolek said. ill be interested to see how Sigma chi responds to the sororities not being involved.

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has not always reached out to the Duke community. The fact that [Williams] is here so early in the cam-

paign, whereas Bill Bell has not even responded to the same invitation we gave to Steven Williams shows that he is at least interested in getting students involved, said junior Justin robinette, chair of the Duke college re-publicans. The first step to getting us to volunteer out in the community is to come and ask us.

Williams also criticized Bell for what he said was the mayors failure to substantially reduce crime dur-ing his eight-year tenure. Williams said his plan to reduce crime would be two-foldincreasing pay for police officers to ensure Durham was able to recruit the best candidates for the job and increasing fund-ing for community centers that would keep high-risk youth out of trouble.

Youve got to get to the root of the problem, he said. Weve taken the money away from the community centers and then put them on shoe-string budgets. We fuel the crimes and the gangs in the community when we throw them out onto the streets.

he noted that keeping Durham safe would also en-courage more student involvement in the community. instead of providing economic incentives, Williams said the city must attract students to put their energy and re-sources into community service.

Students who attended the event said Williams seemed to be both knowledgeable and honest, although they could not gauge his chances of victory come nov. 3.

its interesting that he is a republican, but i dont think he and his campaign manager are going to be overtly advertising the fact that he is a republican, said sophomore charlie Sullivan. i think it works to his ad-vantage that it is a nonpartisan election.

When questioned by a student as to how he would pay for some of his new projects and what items he would cut from the budget, Williams declined to give specifics.

To know what i would cut i would have to be in the position to make the cuts, to know where the fluff is, Williams said. But what we do know is that there is a lot of fluff.

Another student asked Williams his thoughts on the tensions between students and residents in the Trinity heights neighborhood off east campus. Williams said that if he were a member of city council, he would op-pose noise ordinances targeted at students who party off campus.

Williams added when pressed that ultimately, people who decide to make their home near a college campus should expect some noise when students partied.

its almost like living on a golf course. Sooner or lat-er, when youre living down by the 16th hole, your house is going to be hit by a ball, he said.

WilliAMS from page 1D.c.-based center for Strategic and international Stud-ies, a think tank, with the purpose of bringing togeth-er experts from both the government and the private sector to discuss global health issues for the upcoming year. it consists of 26 members, including former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury robert rubin, exxon Mobil President and chief executive officer rex Tillerson and rockefeller Foundation President Judith rodin, as well as several members of congress.

The major goal of the commission is to determine the best use for the $63 billion that the obama admin-istration has allocated to combat global diseases, Mer-son said. Members are currently working on a report that must be presented to the State Department by the end of the year, which will focus on how the aid will be distributed.

We are looking for a wider health agenda that tries to strengthen global health systems, Merson said.

The commission will also be evaluating the Presidents emergency Plan for AiDS relief, a program that was creat-ed by former President George W. Bush in 2003 and reau-thorized in 2008 with the purpose of treating and prevent-ing hiV/AiDS, tuberculosis and malaria in 15 high-risk countries, Merson said.

We want to build on the great work that has been done on hiV/AiDS and malaria over the last two administrations and develop an approach that is more comprehensive with measurable impacts, said helena Gayle, co-chair of the commission and chief executive officer of cAre USA.

The commission will also address the question of includ-ing other initiativessuch as maternal health programs and long-term methods to prevent flu pandemicsin U.S. global health efforts, Gayle said. She noted, however, that the commission realizes that there will be problems with funding these programs as a result of the current econom-ic environment.

however, improving global health is in all of our best interests in a much more globalized world, and we will all benefit from having more equity in health status through-out the world, Gayle said.

in August, the commission traveled to Kenya to look at how U.S. funds were aiding the treatment of hiV/AiDS, Merson said.

The group visited nyanza Province, where much of the population lives on less than $1 a day, to determine what ac-tions must be taken to improve the regions health clinics.

We are striving to highlight the most pressing global health issues that the administration will face, along with what we see as the most effective ways of addressing these issues and tackling some of the worlds most persistent health crises, said Debora Spar, a member of the commis-sion and president of Barnard college.

locally, the commission is holding public consultations around the country to get people involved in global health issues. Members recently held a health session in research Triangle Park Sept. 21 where they discussed the impor-tance of sustaining global health to increase the productiv-ity of the economy and lessen the threat of the h1n1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu.

Spar added that the commission will be facing many challenges in determining the top priorities to place on the agenda for global health care.

We also face the reality that the U.S. government is just one playeralbeit a major playerin this realm, and thus any real solutions will demand cooperation and joint effort across a wide and varied range of actors, she said.

Merson, for his part, said his experience on the com-mission has been valuable.

Being a member of the commission has been very in-teresting, he said. i have had the opportunity to partici-pate in a high level panel with people who have a signifi-cant amount of experience working with government.

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In his wood-paneled office, David Cut-cliffe has a collection of keepsakes thats begging to grow. Theres the enlarged photo of the fervent student section that watched Duke open Cutcliffes tenure with a 31-7 win over James Madison last year, and there are game balls from that victory and his first conference win, a 31-3 shellacking of Virginia last September. Theres a scrapbook

of press clippings from the early months of his tenure, and theres a laminated copy of the speech he gave his play-ers before the final game of his first seasona cross between benedic-tion, poem and pep talk.

The mementos arent completely representative of his time at Duke, though. There was nothing particularly inspi-rational about the 13 games between the Blue Devils last two ACC wins, and for Cutcliffe, space on his shelves is precious. The decora-tions arent there for aesthetic purposes, even if league victories look as pretty in pictures as they do on the scoreboard. Theyre there because Cutcliffe wants them there for inspira-tion, and thats why a ball from Dukes win Saturday over N.C. State will soon nestle its way into a certain corner office on the fourth floor of the Yoh Football Center.

Football isnt democratic, and not all wins are created equal. Some are better than others. Saturdays was the best in the last two years.

I dont know what a signature win is. I think theyre all pretty neat myself, Cutcliffe said Sunday. On occasion, on a tough day, its important to remember past successes. I think it energizes you. A lot of people have themes in their office, and I like to think of successthats kind of my theme.

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last year, Dukes season ended abruptly in the first round of the NCAA tournament, as the Blue Dev-ils were upset by UNC-greensboro 2-0 at Koskinen Stadium. Tonight at 7 p.m. in Koskinen, the No. 9 Blue Devils look for vengeance against

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are reeling af-ter suffering tough defeats last week. Duke (7-4) fell to Da-vidson and N.C. State, while UNC-greens -

boro (3-6-3) is looking to shake off losses to Wake Forest and College of Charleston. Despite his teams recent struggles, however, junior de-fender Christian Ibeagha believes in his teams new game plan.

Its a brand new mentality, brand new approach to the game, Ibeagha said. If we come with that brand new approach, we should come away with a win on Tuesday.

The Spartans are led by forward Thomas Campbell, who paces the team with seven points. he will be flanked on the attack by Matt Foxx and e.J. OKeefe, who have account-ed for two goals each.

The games key matchup, how-ever, figures to be between Dukes at-tack and the Spartan defense. UNC-greensboro has given up a whopping 20 goals on the year, including seven in its last three games, while the Blue Devils were only able to find the back of the net once last week.

In fact, Dukes success thus far has been defined by the consistency of its de-fense. And while the offense has shown flashes of brilliancehighlighted by a win over defending national champion Maryland two weeks agoit has strug-gled to sustain the effort. Tonights game presents a chance for the Blue Devils to find chemistry between their midfielders and their forwards before they head back into ACC play.

We have an opportunity to get back to winning ways, Duke head coach John Kerr said. This is a chance to get back to the same kind of level we played against Maryland.

The Spartans shaky defense presents a chance for the Blue Devils to experiment with different game plans for the rest of

this season. With a crucial regular-season matchup against No. 6 Wake Forest com-ing up and postseason play fast approach-ing, Duke must find its rhythm quickly.

last years loss will serve the Blue Devils well tonight, as they know not to underestimate the Spartans ability. While UNC-greensboro has not yet be-gun to match its performance from last season, the Blue Devils know firsthand how dangerous the Spartans are. Duke returns 17 players from last years team, and Ibeagha asserts that the squad is much improved.

Weve come a long way from last sea-son. Ibeagha said. We watched tape of the way our team played last year and this year, and its night and day.


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Rush:

Lewis had his best day in a Blue Devil uniform and one of the most remarkable games in school history. The senior quarter-back completed a school record 40 passes and tallied personal bests of 459 yards and five touchdowns. He also broke Dukes school record for career touchdown passes. Sophomore Donovan Varner caught seven passes for a career-best 154 yards and freshman Conner Vernon had 86 yards on 10 catches, the most of his young career.

Pass:

The Blue Devils rushing game was anemic, as the team totaled only 43 yards on 35 carries for a disappointing 1.2 yard average. Senior Thaddeus Lewis scored Dukes lone rushing touchdown late in the first quarter, which was just one of his six touchdowns on the day. Though the running game was virtually nonexistent for the Blue Devils, Lewiss stellar play and a potent aerial attack more than made up for the inability to run the ball against N.C. State.

Overall Grade:

B+ DEFENSERush:

Duke snapped a 20-game ACC losing streak Saturday by beating N.C. State and its 49 points were the Blue Devils highest output in an ACC game since 1994. The Blue Devils scored touchdowns on their first three drives and posted 502 yards of offense, the first time this season that the team eclipsed the 500-yard barrier.

Pass:

Although the Blue Devils by no means shut down N.C. States strong rushing attack, the Wolfpack has averaged 136 yards on the ground per game this yearroughly their output Saturday. The defense allowed the Wolfpack to rush for 142 yards on 23 carries for an impressive 6.2 yards per carry average. N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson and running back Toney Baker each rushed for touchdowns, but they were stopped on the ground in key fourth-quarter situations.

Overall Grade:

Xs & Os:

Duke did not allow N.C. State to score in the fourth quarter and the defense forced four turnovers, including two on special teams. Defensive back Butler was a standout in the secondary, managing a tackle for a loss, sack, pass deflection and the game-sealing interception with just seconds remaining.

Xs & Os:

The Blue Devils played well against the Wolfpacks passing game, allowing Wilson to throw for only 172 yards on 15-of-27 passing and one touchdown. Dukes defense pressured Wilson for the last 35 minutes of the game, sacking him four times. The defensive backfield made some big plays down the stretch with Leon Wright and Lee Butler each grabbing interceptions on the Wolfpacks final two possessions to surpress any sort of comeback effort.

Highest marks: QB Thaddeus LewisHead coach David Cutcliffe said it best after Lewis record-breaking per-formance Saturday: I will probably upset a couple of my former quarter-backs, but I believe that is the finest game that I have had a quarterback have in college.

After two solid rushing efforts against N.C. Central and Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils could not develop any sort of rhythm on the ground against N.C. State, even though Lewis and his receivers made up for the deficiency. by Harrison Comfort

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Its never been much of a Duke Football themenot in the last 20 years, at leastand precedent is pesky at a place where foot-ball simply isnt an aspect of campus culture. At Duke, football coaches are responsible for more than drawing Xs and Os during the week and executing them on Saturdays. They have to make sure people are there to watch, hardly a concern at hotbeds like Tennessee, Notre Dame and Ole Miss, Cutcliffes last three stops. When Cutcliffe taught a coaching strategy class at Ole Miss, he moved the starting time to the wee hours of the morning and promised the packed room he would fail students if they werent on time. Nobody ever came late again.

here, students get to class early and stay late. They get to Wallace Wade

Stadium late and leave early, if they even bother coming at all.

Usually, itd be hard to fault anyone who opted for a post-Tailgate nap. The Blue Devils were a bad football teamthe worst, sometimesand whats more, they were a boring football team. Theyre not anymore, and incompetence is no longer an excuse for apathy.

Weve got to put a product on the field that they enjoy watching play, Cutcliffe told me a few weeks into his job, when his office was not his own, but simply a stale shadow of Ted roofs abode. What comes first, the egg or the chicken? Weve got to have people in the stands to create a little atmosphere for the players; weve got to have the players cre-ate a product on the field that gets people in the stands. This is their school. I want this to be the students football team, and I think

theyll enjoy the heck out of it.eighteen games later, the Blue Devils

are 7-11. Not good, but not bad. Certainly not the worst. Tennessee is 8-10 in the same time frame, and for comparisons sake, roof started 4-14 and Carl Franks 3-15. That is, the product on the field isnt what it used to be, and if Saturdays 49-28 win over N.C. State isnt worthy of kickstarting the rest of the season, then Im Thaddeus lewis. (Im not!)

entering an open date and heading into matchups with three of the ACCs most mid-dling teams, the Blue Devils couldnt have picked a better opportunity to finally put together the type of performance most ex-pected out of them in their season opener. One game isnt definitiveremember rich-mond, anyone?but it is indicative. Duke is better than it was at this time last year, and

Duke is better than it was six weeks ago.When Cutcliffe walked into the visitors

media room on the field level of Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, clutching a can of Diet Coke and sporting a cautious smile, he mentioned that the win warranted special recognition. It merited a game ball in his office, the space that looks nothing like it did the first time I saw the room nearly four years ago, when it belonged to roof. About 18 months later, there I was again, staring through the head coachs window into the stadium. Somehow, everything looked different. The office was bigger and the desk had been moved and, of course, the guy sitting behind it finally exuded the confidence that comes with winning.

After Saturday, lots of other parts of Duke Football look different, as well. The next time I look, maybe the student section will, too.

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Christopher Columbus was not an American, but he might as well have been.His story reads like that of a 19th century Gilded Age business aficio-nado. Guy manages to procure massive funding for a proj-ect for which he is, at best, tenuously qualified. Guy then spends majority of money wastefully and engenders the resentment of an entire group of people. Finally, guy somehow returns home a success with an impressive legacy for something he did not do (Columbuss discovery of America is the 1492 equivalent to Al Gores invention of the In-ternet). Columbus embodies the American dream in its (im)purest form: For that he is more than deserving of a holiday in his name.

Apparently, the students of Brown University do not share my sentiments about the great should-be-American explorer. To our thankless Brown breth-ren, Columbus is merely a ruthless abuser of Native Americans undeserving of historical recognition. Last April, students pressured the faculty and ad-ministration into ditching Columbus Day weekend completely, replacing it with the creatively named Fall Weekend. While the rest of the country was ap-preciating a man who played a role of sizable pro-portions in American and world history, Brown was denouncing him as a heartless imperialist. If youre not sickened to the point of Aristocrat-induced vom-it, you clearly have not been paying attention.

All Fox News-induced sarcasm aside, Browns de-cision still should be condemned because it reeks of hypocrisy. If the school is going to nix Columbus Day, then it is necessarily obligated to strike out Vet-erans Day and Presidents Day, seeing as our armed forces and a slew of presidents are just as responsible for Native American suffering as Columbus. In addi-tion, Brown continues to accept Amherst College as a legitimate institution of higher learning, despite the fact that that institutions namesake, Lord Jeffrey Amherst, led a vicious war against Native Americans via spreading smallpox-infected blankets through their communities. Brown also has no official policy on Washington Redskins jerseys (although I would be surprised if anyone had the heart to wear one at this point). The students who find Columbus so disreputable seem to have no qualms with Andrew Jackson, Manifest Destiny or the National Football League.

Even if we are to recognize the renaming of a national holiday as a commendable form of social

protest, that doesnt mean such a renaming is at all effective in accomplishing anything. Unlike students of yesteryear who had a discernible im-pact on something, such as those who demanded divestiture during the Apartheid in South Africa, Brown students are doing nothing except wasting everyones time. Instead of leading to a meaning-ful discourse on a subject of current value, like healthcare, Browns anti-Columbus movement has instead led to extended debates on fifteenth-centu-ry history. Thank god for higher learning.

Its easy to accuse our Rhode Island friends of uninformed babbling until we take a look in the mirror. Suffice to say that the new Tailgate has sat at the forefront of student concerns since August, with Duke Student Government again doing their best to pour kerosene on a destructive fire. The debate has revolved around such important buzz-words as student-freedom and tradition, while the reality is were arguing about Busch Light in a can versus Busch Light in a solo cup. We are fight-ing to preserve the modern day equivalent of T.S. Eliots wasteland. Brown doesnt look too shabby after the realization kicks in that Dukes main stu-dent versus administration battle centers around trashing a parking lot.

What Duke and Brown students are fighting for, however, is at some basic level less important than why theyre fighting. The cold reality here is that college is a four-year blink of the eye, and attacking the institution at its margins is more effective than head-on. Columbus Day and Tailgate are winnable (albeit incredibly stupid) issues, and for that reason they dictate collective student consciousness more so than undergraduate research, the development of new majors, graduate-undergraduate interaction or any of the stuff you once read about in The Fiske Guide to Colleges. We only care about the issues that tangibly affect our lives in the here and now.

Its not as though we approach life any differ-ently outside of college. Im completely willing to spend several hours tweaking my fantasy lineup for next Sunday, but you couldnt pay me to sit through a preachy lecture on saving the environ-ment. Why? Because Im able to witness the enor-mous payoffs of playing Rashard Mendelhall over Brandon Jacobs in one week, whereas buying solar panels might not pay off for ten years. The small, inconsequential aspects of life are the ones where we have the best chance of winning, precisely be-cause our opponents rarely care enough to offer extreme resistance. Its a wonder anyone ever does anything ambitious, like searching for the Western route to the Orient.

Ben Brostoff is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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The emergence of Web sites such as CourseHero.com, a user-generated da-tabase of notes and study materials for college courses nationwide, is a problem that our University and the larger higher edu-cation community needs to address sooner rather than later.

Though test banks shared among friends or members of Greek organization have been a reality at colleges for quite some time, the new model created by sites such as Course Heroin which users pay a monthly fee or contribute their own class material in order to view a huge collection of course documentsmagnifies what is already a widespread and

troubling practice.The sharing of notes and

tests is not evenly spread across departments, but it does affect all of them. Analyz-

ing an already graded essay complete with

a professors markings can be just as helpful in getting a good grade as knowing the so-lution to a math problem that is on the final every year.

More importantly, shared course materials also raise questions concerning intel-lectual honesty and copy-right law.

Access to old tests and quizzes gives certain students an unfair advantage, and in a vast majority of cases, is used to circumvent hard work and serious engage-ment with course material.

This goes against the spirit of academic integrity that should be the cornerstone of higher education.

Furthermore, in the realm of academics, and in research especially, divulging syllabi, lecture notes or tests to the general public can be damaging to the intellec-tual property and copyright privileges of the instructors. And in a climate of dwin-dling research funding, sites like Course Hero should raise even more eyebrows if they can make money off of course materials produced by professors.

In the short term, simple steps such as adding copy-right markings to course materials or requesting Web sites that host protected files to remove the content

might be good avenues for professors and universities to stop collusion and pro-tect copyright.

But it is not realistic to expect professors to take the initiative to register for online sharing sites and reg-ulate their content. Given the ease with which students can share information in the digital age, universities must begin to formulate long-term solutions to address the very real and persistent problem of shared course material.

Designing courses and curricula that change from year to year, when possible, is one option. This not only keeps classes fresh and inter-esting for students but ren-ders materials from earlier years much less valuable to online black markets.

In classes that cover the same slate of information each semesterlike pre-med and economics introductory coursesdepartments could maintain sample test ques-tion banks that would give all students equal access to pre-paratory material and simul-taneously allow professors to proactively control the use of their copyrighted material.

At Duke, one would hope that the sharing of course material among friends or through Web sites like Course Hero is the excep-tion and not the rule. In real-ity, however, students do use these types of tools.

Our University should take the lead in addressing this issue to protect the intel-lectual community it works so hard to foster.

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If you havent read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehren-reich, I suggest you do. Nickel and Dimed, my cultural anthropology reading last week, has made me (and all my classmates, I hope) thoroughly think about the concept of class. The book is the account of an undercov-er journalist, who in 1998 to 2000 investigated the ways in which the American working class gets by with the minimum wage. And she does so by working these kinds of jobs herself.

Of course the book raises many questions regarding working conditions, salaries and the quality of life of many Americans. On the other hand, it also brings up questions about the status of the writer herself and especially interesting, the ways in which she is able to move from the upper-middle class to the working class and back, as if no boundaries existed between the two.

But the boundaries do existat least most of the time. Clear-ly, Ehrenreichs class mobility is allowed under exceptional con-ditions as a journalist that most of us (from either side of the border) wouldnt have. Nevertheless, her experience makes me think of the different ways in which I have experienced the no-tion of class in my life and how unique each has been.

I grew up and lived in Bogot, Colombia, until I was 17 years old. The notion of class is particularly strong in Bogot (and I want to clarify that living in Bogot is a completely different ex-perience from living in rural Colombia). I would dare to say that class is a concept that shapes social life in Bogot in a very strong way; more so than gender or race (which might be surprising given the countrys strong tradition of sexism and racism).

But class is the unbreakable barrier; even physically it is hard to cross it. Because of the citys stretched geography, the more wealthy inhabitants from the North rarely (if at all) commute to the most Southern region where poverty is striking. The same is true for those who live in the South. As a result not only is there little social mobility, but there is a mental and physical separation between classes that has filled the minds of each with stereotypes and fears. So, chances are that, unless you look for one, you wont have a friend from a different class than your own.

In 2005 I moved to Flekke, Norway, a country which couldnt be more different from Colombia and where all the ideas I had grown up with had to be reevaluated. My host mother in Norway, Helga, was part of the cleaning staff in my high school. I remember how surprised I was by how different her lifestyle and working conditions were from anything I had ever seen. She had a beautiful house, a car, traveled around Europe regularly and was an active member of the local com-munity as a folk musician. And there was no difference whatso-ever between her and anyone else because of her job.

Certainly, the radical difference in wages must have an im-pact on the way in which others understand these types of jobs: a Colombian cleaning staff member can earn less than $2 an hourthis being a well-paid jobwhereas a Norwegian em-ployee gets minimum a payment of $17 an hour. Now, some-one would say, that this is logical given that Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world to live in today. But I argue that their great working conditions are nothing else but a projection of how Norwegians perceive their working class, creating a community where boundaries between classes are arguably invisible. In fact, Id add, that the idea of class itself is rather blurred in the Norwegians minds.

For my experience in the United States I can only really talk about what I have seen and experienced here at Duke and its surroundings (and from what Ive read in Ehren-reichs book). And so far I am still trying to discover how is it that we, on a college campus, understand the idea of class. The student body seems to be a rather homogeneous group. This could mean that students of different classes can easily come together in a college setting like Duke, or that there is little class diversity on our campus. Regarding employeeskitchen and cleaning staffthings are obvi-ously different, with the great majority of the employees be-ing Hispanic immigrants or black.

On the other hand, the University seems to be aware of this notion, with financial aid for students and benefits for em-ployees encouraging integration despite economic or social backgrounds. I would like, however, to open a conversation about the ways in which we experience the notion of class on campus. So if you have anything to contribute, be my guest.

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

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I dont call boys, boys call me. Thats what she replied when he told her to hit him up some time. Three years ago, my sis-ter Cate, Trinity 09, had an epiphany and turned her newfound wisdom into a simple phrase that has changed mil-lions of lives (maybe not millions, but at least two). She re-fused to be the chaser. She decided to either be the chased or to be nothing at all. Was she just being lazy? No. She was bravely blazing a treacherous new trail.

Why at Duke (and likely at many comparable insti-tutions of higher learning) do girls have to do all the romantic work? Its just ridiculous. When it is time to go out, we are expected to find out where our (hope-fully) future boy-toy will be. It then becomes our mis-sion to show up there looking sexy as hell and sweep him off his feet with frat-tastic drinking abilities. Im sorry (not really), but what ever happened to court-ship, people? I think its amusing that the negative fe-male stereotypes fade away when guys get lazywom-en are suddenly trusted with control. But I digress

Dont be afraid to assert yourself, ladies. Contrary to popular belief, guys actually do like a girl with an opinion, a little sass and an IQat least for the long term. Junk in the trunk doesnt hurt either, but my mom always told me that confidence is sexy. I recommend thinking back through your escapades and thoroughly analyzing your tactics. This goes for dudes too. Nobody likes desperation. Neither my sister nor I have ever successfully reeled in a man by filling his voicemail inbox. If we can change our ways, you can too (because were both absurdly awk-ward). Disclaimer: The strategy I propose is not the most effective in securing a one night stand, so if youre just looking for a quick d-floor seduction, by all means call away.

But to back up what Im telling you, heres a little more about how my sisters epic night went down: homegirl (homegirl being my sister) decided to see and be seen at Devines one weekend night. The small crowd meant that this boy (lets call him John) felt more at ease hitting on my sisterless people to watch him potentially get denied, I guess. I respect that.

Now, as most of us know, Devines has been the site of many a lasting love connection, so it is not shock-ing that Cate got up the (liquid) courage to sit next to John. She wanted to make it a little easier for him to get his game on. After some deep intellectual dis-cussion, John said, Let me give you my number. Say what?! Rewind. This dude had no qualms about mak-ing it perfectly clear how opposed to effort he was. So my sister, being the feisty hottie that she is, immediately and without a second thought (or a first inhibitionbazam!) responded, I dont call boys, boys call me.

Now this may sound just too off-the-wall for some of you girls (which it shouldnt), but just hold up a second. Expectedly, John was taken aback and said, as he chuckled, Did you really just say that? I cant believe you just said that. In relaying this story to me the other night (random side note: I sketchily make my important phone calls in the Bostock stair-well using secret coded words), Cate laughed as she remembered how John seemed shocked and acted like her assertion was a total turn-off. But, surprise, surprise, Mr. Cool called Cate the very next day and they ended up dating for a few months shortly thereafter. You have to agree, that totally gives my point some serious credibility.

You see people, you can get what (or who) you want and still keep the upper hand. Be talked about in a good way. The silly boys around here might pre-tend like they dont like it, but obviously, having to dial your number (heaven forbid!) wont deter them if they really want your body (and mind, of course).

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

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letterstotheeditorCampus Councils rationale for smoking restrictions

Two weeks ago, Campus Council addressed the lack of smoking restrictions on the East and West campuses. This conversation, while triggered by a recent incident where a student in Edens Quadrangle suffered a very serious asthmatic reaction to secondhand smoke, has much larger implications for the Duke community.

The new guidelines that Campus Council advocates were developed with an eye towards both current policies at peer institutions and medical data provided by Healthy Devils.

Campus Council advocates limiting smoking to cer-tain designated areas for the following reasons:

a. A students residential experience extends beyond the confines of his or her dorm room. Subjecting any student, but especially those with life threatening medi-cal conditions, to any level of secondhand smoke is an unacceptable compromise.

b. Implementing such a policy is in line with broader trends at Duke, throughout the State of North Carolina, and on university campuses across the country:

c. The entire Duke Medical Center campus became tobacco free in July 2007.

d. As of January 2, 2010 smoking will be banned in most public places in North Carolina

e. Nineteen states have enacted comprehensive smoke-free legislation prohibiting smoking in all work-places, restaurants, and bars.

f. Even a 25-foot policy allows for the potential for smoke to enter into both individual window AC units and centralized AC intake locations.

Campus Council is pushing for the implementation of this policy not with the intent of ostracizing smokers, but rather to limit the effect that secondhand smoke has on others. It should be noted that it is neither within Campus Councils purview, nor is it in any way the aim of the coun-cil to dictate students choices when it comes to smoking.

Stephen TemplePresident, Campus Council

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Joe College Days alcohol policy dampened the moodAlthough Joe College Day this past Saturday was an

overall success, I was shocked and disappointed that open containers were not allowed on the Main West Quad. It mystified me that on every other day, we can sit out on main quad, relaxing with a drink, but on Joe College Day, one of the most ideal days of the year to do this, we couldnt.

Instead, those over 21 were penned into a tiny area (with what looked like the same picket fences that were used for Pets on the Quad), and forced to stay there while they drank. As a 21-year-old senior, I appreciated the free beer, but the beer garden separated 21-year-olds from our underage friends and kept us far from the music.

Though the new regulation was probably intended to discourage underage drinking, what really hap-pened was that those who were underage just went off the main quad to drink. Seniors, in turn, drank quicker, so they could return to underage friends and the music. The new alcohol regulations made Saturdays drinking hurried and clandestine rather than open, relaxed and connected with enjoying the concerts.

I am not promoting a drunken bacchanalia on the main quad, but the mood of Joe College Day was negatively affected by the new regulations. The quad was emptier than its been for past Joe Col-lege daysover and over again, I watched groups of people coming to hang out, but leaving as soon as they were told they could not drink on the quad. The new policy was also a surprise for most stu-dents, as there was little communication about it in advance of the event.

I hope that these new rules, which were established without feedback from the general student body, will not be continued for events to come.

Tracy GoldTrinity 10


All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 8pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (White = Richard White Auditorium, East Campus.)

ArtsDUKE arts.duke.edu Screen Society

for tickets & info919-684-4444

dukeperformances.org

don byron new gospel quintet

feat. rev. kelly andrewsFriday, October 16 8 pm Hayti Heritage Center

anonymous 4Saturday, October 17 8 pm Duke Chapel

murray perahia Tuesday, October 20 8 pm Page

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EventsWednesday, October 14MUSIC. Jazz at the Mary Lou with Professor John Brown and his house band. 9:30pm. Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. Free.

Thursday, October 15 TALK. 2009 WOLA - Duke Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. Award-winner Ambassador Heraldo Muoz discusses The Dictators Shadow. 5pm. Perkins Library Biddle Rare Book Room. Free.

TALK. An Evening with A.S. Byatt. Award-winning author of Possession and Angels and Insects reads from her new novel. 7:30pm. Perkins Library Gothic Reading Room. Free.

Friday, October 16MUSIC. Rare Music: Sounds of the African Diaspo-ra: Instruments from West Africa to Cuba with The Elements of Percussion. Bradley Simmons, director.4 pm. Perkins Library Rare Book Room. Free.

MUSIC/TALK. Manuscript Chantilly 564 and Ars Subtilior. Anne Stone (Queens College, CUNY). Part of the Duke Festival for Medieval and Renaissance Music.4 pm. Room 101 Biddle Music Building. Free.

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Immerse yourself in the sounds of Spanish ages gone by! The interdepartmental Duke Festival for Medieval and Renaissance Music (October 16 18) presents the best vocal and instru-mental music from medieval Spain, offering a weekend of lectures, sounds and even a masterclass by vocal phe-nomenon Anonymous 4.

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Sunday, October 18Duke University

Medieval and Renaissance Music Fest

10/19 The Beaches of Agns Agns Varda, 2008. French Film Series. To mark her 80th birthday, filmmaker Agns Varda reminisces about her life and her films, cataloging the moments, the meetings and the events that forged her existence. If you could open people up, she says, You would find land-scapes. Me, if someone opened me up, you would find beaches.

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MUSIC. In the Chamber of the Harpers: Late Me-dieval Music from the Iberian Peninsula. Trefoil: Drew Minter, Mark Rimple and Marcia Young. Part of the Duke Festival for Medieval and Renaissance Music. 8 pm. Nelson Music Room.. $15 gen./$12 seniors & students/Duke students free.

Sunday, October 18MUSIC. Vocal Music Masterclass with Anony-mous 4. Part of the Duke Festival for Medieval and Renaissance Music. 12 pm. Nelson Music Room. Free.

Monday, October 19 MUSIC/TALK. Conversation with pianist Murray Perahia. 5 pm. Nelson Music Room. Free.

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