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Gyms adjust hours due to financial constraints

Photographer Harvey Stein brings Harlem street life to CDSby Gary Hoffman

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in his career as a self-taught street photog-rapher, harvey Stein found that interacting and forming a connection with his subjects is the most powerful—and most fun—way of capturing the human spirit. This Friday, Sep-tember 27, Stein will come to the Center for Documentary Studies to give a talk and teach a workshop on his photography technique.

Stein explained that his passion for pho-tography began in Germany in the late “six-ties”. While in the army, he passed the time by shooting pictures and developing film. Although he tried many forms of art while he was an undergraduate at Carnegie Melon University, Stein had a natural inclination to-wards photography.

After his time in the army, Stein moved to

new York to pursue a business degree. even after receiving his degree, he kept taking pic-tures and took advantage of the wealth of in-teresting material on the streets of new York. in 1979, he decided to quit his day job and be-come a full-time street photographer. he re-marked that it “gets harder as you go on,” but only because he has continued pushing his creative boundaries to portray the personality of his subjects in unique and powerful ways.

in 2011, Stein published his book of pho-tographs entitled “Coney island: 40 Years.” it contained pictures of people in Coney island from 1970 to 2010. Stein says he was drawn to Coney island after taking pictures of a parade there. he was inspired by the impassioned ec-centricity of the people of Coney island and kept going back to try to capture it.

The release of this work caught the atten-

tion of the Duke Center for Documentary Studies, and last year they had Stein come talk about his work and offer a workshop to teach his technique. Marc Maximov, Continuing education Coordinator, remarked that the workshop was a “huge success,” and he’s ex-cited for Mr. Stein’s return this year as he pres-ents his new work, “harlem Street Portraits.”

This new book of photographs captures the lives of residents of harlem from 1990 to 2012. Stein uses many of the same techniques he used to capture Coney island. Character-istics of Stein’s work include black-and-white coloring, portrait-style and personable per-spective. he emphasized that “sometimes we get lost in the color,” and prefers black-and-white photography to give his work a gritty, down-to-earth quality. When asked why he prefers portrait photos to candid ones, Stein

remarked that he “enjoys the interactions” he makes with the people to set up the shot. he explained that these five-to-ten minute con-versations really help you to “get out of your little shell.” in talking with his subjects, Stein honors any decisions they make about how they want to be photographed. This aspect of his photography helps create a connection between the photographer and the subject, and transitively between the subject and the viewer.

When asked why he decided to shoot in harlem, Stein explained that the people were friendly and “open with their emotions.” on the street there was a bright, cheery, upbeat mood that Stein believed would be worth sharing. he looks forward to bringing this

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by Raisa ChowdhuryThe ChroniCle

Due to financial constraints, Brodie and Wilson recreation Centers have adjusted their hours.

Gym rats can no longer stretch their workout until midnight, as the two gyms are closing their doors at 11 p.m. Wilson Gym has made up for the loss in the morning, however, by opening half an hour earlier at 5:30 a.m. The weekend hours—9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sundays—remain the same. The hours were adjusted to make up for expenses due to re-cent renovations and updates, said Michael howard, managing director of recreation facilities.

“The facilities themselves need a lot of fi-

nancial attention,” howard said. “The overall [objective] is to save some dollars and invest them into the facilities.”

Some examples of non-recurring expens-es this year include buying all-new equipment for the Brodie weight room, resurfacing the Wilson basketball courts, waterproofing Wilson, repainting and redesigning spaces, renovating Carr Gym, transitioning to a new information management software system, purchasing a new television and increasing seating space, howard said.

he noted that Duke recreation and Physical education is trying its best to keep membership costs down while still funding necessary renovations.

“i personally don’t feel that now’s the time to raise fees by 100 dollars to paint a wall,”

howard said.he noted that many of the upgrades are

not that visible to users but necessary to the upkeep of the buildings.

Although he declined to provide specific figures of how much the hour changes will save and how much upgrades will cost, how-ard emphasized that increased costs, not budget cuts, were the driving force behind the changes.

howard added that the hours were also made earlier to make the job safer and more attractive for employees. having employees work past midnight to close the facility did not make sense, he added.

“if you’re closing, you’re getting out of

Students abroad reach record high

by Carleigh StiehmThe ChroniCle

More Duke students are currently study-ing abroad than ever before. But the pro-nounced disparity between the number of students who go in the Fall versus in the Spring can have complicated implications for housing and student life.

There are 505 students abroad this semes-ter, up from 471 in the Fall of 2012. An ad-ditional 20 students are studying in new York as part of the Arts and Media program for a total of 525 students in the global education program, compared to last year’s 493.

This figure surpasses the previous record of 494 students, set in Fall 2011. Although the number of students who plan to study abroad in the Spring has not yet been finalized, the total is expected to be around 70, said Aman-da Kelso, executive director of the Global education office for Undergraduates.

But such a notable asymmetry between the semesters’ numbers is not necessarily ideal, she said.

Out of balance“For years, we’ve been trying to change

the imbalance from within the Global educa-tion office,” Kelso wrote in an email Tuesday.

She added that the office has tried tactics such as starting new semester programs only in the Spring and has discussed offering ex-tra Spring excursions or developing financial

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Wilson (pictured above) and Brodie gyms now close at 11 p.m. and open at 5:30 a.m. The change was a result of non-recurring expenses, such as new equipment.

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More students are studying abroad than ever before, with 505 currently out of the coun-try. Studying abroad, however, was once not as popular as it is now. The Chronicle’s Sasha Zients sat down with Rev. Martha Ballard, T ’75 and Divinity ’78, who went on the very first Duke-sponsored study abroad trip. Ballard dis-cussed her semester abroad in Vienna in 1973 with Paul Bryan, former conductor of the Duke wind symphony. She discussed how the trip af-fected her Duke experience.

The Chronicle: Where did you study abroad and what year?

Martha Ballard: i spent the spring se-mester of 1973—my sophomore year—in Vienna, Austria.... This was before they had actual study abroad programs that you could sign up through Duke. These two faculty members sponsored us and were with us for the semester. Most people in our group were sopho-mores and juniors, but we may have had a few freshmen.

TC: Why did you decide to study abroad?MB: When i joined in the wind sym-

phony during the Fall of my sophomore year, i found out about this opportunity. i carefully calculated that i could still com-plete my major course requirements even with this time away from the campus. The Financial Aid office offered to apply my tu-ition remission to my study abroad and so i came to the conclusion that nothing was standing in my way.

TC: how was your experience?MB: it was a very growing experience.

Afterwards, i think i gained a lot of con-fidence from it. i wouldn’t say it was in-credibly easy.... even getting there was a challenge—our plane was delayed and we all had a hard time getting there. We did a concert tour in the spring and we went to many countries. We went behind the iron Curtain, and one of our members was not even allowed behind the iron Curtain at that point and had to go back to Vienna. We were a musical group that studied together and then we did a con-cert tour together. We went to hungary, and we also went to italy. All of our visas had to be in order and it was not an easy process. The travel was very tiring but very rewarding.

TC: What was the set-up of your pro-gram in Vienna?

MB: We were sponsored by an agen-cy in Vienna that arranged our concert tours and lodging. every student in our group took a cultural studies class and we toured museums and sites. We all did that as a group. We also all took a music class with Professor Bryan. We were encour-aged to go to as many operas and concerts as we could. We all took a German class based upon our level of the language. i had had German at Duke so i believe i was in the most advanced group—some were beginners. And then, a number of

us, including me, took an independent study and that was through Duke faculty back in Durham who advised us on what to focus on.

TC: how do you think your expe-rience is different from today’s study abroad programs?

MB: My daughter did study abroad at King’s College in london through Duke and she took actual classes. We were a self-contained program and the program was designed for our group. We actually had some participants outside of Duke who joined us for the semester. They were able to work out getting credit at their schools. And we actually also had a few people who weren’t in symphony but they were able to work out coursework for the semester. Most of us played in-struments but most people didn’t major in music. We did have a few people in our group who ended up being profes-sional musicians.

TC: how did your decision to study abroad affect your major and graduation requirements?

MB: Studying in Vienna didn’t particu-larly help with my major, so i had to figure out if i could complete my major and my graduation requirements on time, and i could. i would consider the classes i took in Vienna to be electives and that was true for everybody who wasn’t majoring in music.

TC: Was this the only study abroad op-tion that existed at the time?

MB: As far as i know, we were the very first trip. Professor Bryan took a number of groups after us and there may have been a few individual students before us, but we were the first official group, or so i was told at our 30-year reunion.

TC: Are you still in touch with people from your study abroad experience?

MB: last spring, some of us got to-gether with other symphony graduates to celebrate Professor Bryan’s 93rd birth-day and we had a concert for him. We bonded as a group so much that some of my closest Duke friends are from that semester.

TC: Do you have any memories you’d like to share?

MB: historically, it was a very signifi-cant time because the Vietnam War end-ed when we were there. And i recall the soldiers coming home on the news and not being treated very well, but i wasn’t home. So i missed that whole part of his-tory in that sense. Also, it’s important to remember that the iron Curtain was very restrictive and europe was a very different place then. But our experience was incredible over all. Before we went on spring tour on the 23rd of March we played a concert in Vienna, and our posters were all over town.

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Students at the University of north Carolina at Chapel hill are taking a stance for undocumented immigrants among them.

A student-led campaign—titled one State, one rate—calls for in-state tu-ition to be granted to undocumented immigrants who live in north Carolina and attend UnC. Currently, the undoc-umented students are being charged the full out-of-state tuition. in-state students living on campus are charged $23,416 for the 2013-14 academic year, compared to the out-of-state on-campus residents’ fee of $45,806

“We believe that education is a fun-damental human right,” said Boriana Mravkova, co-chair of Students United for immigrant equality, the organiza-tion at UnC leading the campaign.

one State, one rate was started by emilio Vicente and Pablo Friedmann, a current student and alumnus, respec-tively, of UnC. The campaign—which officially launched on Sept. 9—takes issue with current state law, which sup-ports the practice of charging out-of-state tuition to undocumented students at all public universities and community colleges in north Carolina.

“Many of these undocumented stu-dents were very young when they got here,” Mravkova said. “They were most likely taken across the border by their parents, and didn’t have a choice on their own.”

Georgia Campbell, a student immi-

grant who has a green card from new Zealand and attends UnC, supports the campaign because she believes in the founding principle of UnC to “teach a diverse community of students.”

“if students have resided in the state for a long time, graduated from a north Carolina high school and are academi-cally competent enough to be accepted to a competitive institution, they should be allowed to attend with in-state tuition rates,” Campbell said.

After a press conference on Sept. 17 featuring a speech by Pulitzer Prize-win-ning journalist and undocumented im-migrant Jose Antonio Vargas, a petition with nearly 900 signatures was delivered to UnC Chancellor Carol Folt’s office. Vargas, along with north Carolina Jus-tice Center, endorsed the campaign.

“We were notified by the office that our petition was received,” Mravkova said. “But a lack of further response im-plies that the chancellor is not ready to take a public stance on this campaign.”

Despite the large number of signa-tures gathered from students, faculty, staff and alumni within two weeks, Mravkova noted that many students at UnC are not very familiar with the is-sues surrounding undocumented immi-grants.

“one of the major goals of this cam-paign is to raise awareness in the general student body and let them know what it means to be undocumented students,” Mravkova said.

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by Carleigh Stiehm and Melissa ZhangThe ChroniCle

The 31 new at-large senators were sworn into office at the Wednesday night meeting of Duke Student Government.

The group—composed of representatives from all grade levels—was selected through an application process to fill openings in the Senate. Chief Justice Daniel Strunk, a senior, officiated the swearing in, reading that all sena-tors must “preserve, protect and defend” the constitution of DSG.

The executive board spent 13 hours dis-cussing the at-large applications over the week-end, President Stefani Jones, a senior, said.

“i am really excited about having the whole Senate together,” said executive Vice Presi-dent nikolai Doytchinov, a junior.

he added that there were more than 55 applicants, and those who were accepted are extremely qualified.

new members of the Student organization Finance Committee and the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee were also accepted into their new position by unani-mous consent.

Junior Derek rhodes, vice president for Durham and regional affairs, announced that this week is “Durham Save the Arts Week.” he encouraged all students to attend the events that are going on throughout the city.

Sophomore lavanya Sunder, vice president for services, announced that the Food Factory on Central Campus is now officially serving breakfast.

The final Game Day event of the year is tak-ing place this Saturday as part of homecoming Weekend, senior leilani Doktor, vice president of social culture, announced.

The Senate approved $3,750 from its pro-gramming fund to cover an event hosted by the Duke Culture initiative—a speech and follow-up discussion lead by Ted Bunch.

Bunch is the co-author of “A Call to Men,” and will discuss the issues of gender violence on and beyond campus nov. 15, said junior Joyce lau, chair of the Student organization Finance Committee.

Senior Jacob Tobia, vice president for eq-uity and outreach, said that there will be a vote on the Dukeopen Campaign at the oct. 4-5 Board of Trustees meeting. Dukeopen is a stu-dent coalition that aims to increase the trans-parency of the University’s endowment.

The Senate voted to recognize the group The Black Men’s Union. The group has unof-ficially existed for over a year, lau said.

She added that the group discusses the spe-cific issues of being black men on campus.

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incentives to make Spring enrollments more attractive.

Such efforts, she noted, are not likely to have a huge impact.

“What we really need is a campus-wide ap-proach to solving the imbalance, because a culture has grown up around the assumption that a good portion of the junior class will be abroad each Fall,” Kelso wrote. “For instance, departments avoid offering core junior classes in the Fall, rush is in the Spring, most intern-ship assistance is geared towards students be-ing on campus in the Spring.”

Many students say that the decision to go abroad in the Fall instead of the Spring is a result of simply following the campus norm.

“i think that most Duke students choose to just go in the Fall because the idea on campus is that you just go in your junior Fall rather than for the whole year or the Spring,” said senior leilani Doktor, who studied abroad in Paris in the Fall of her junior year. “Students feel a lot of pull back to Duke, and that might have to do with sports culture and basketball, but it also just may be that Duke social culture is really appealing.”

of the 505 students abroad this semester, 97 percent are juniors, Kelso said. The most popular destinations are Madrid, london, Sydney and Paris.

The disparity between students abroad in the Fall and Spring is not a problem that is unique to Duke, Kelso noted, adding that most schools experience an imbalance that is the reverse of Duke’s, with more students studying abroad in the Spring.

“Some of the northern schools tell me it’s because of weather—that students would rather spend the spring semester abroad than brave the snow of ithaca, for instance,” Kelso wrote. “Whatever the reasons over time, like Duke, most schools with a study abroad imbal-

ance have a culture that has built up around having so many students away during a particu-lar semester, so the trend is hard to break.”

even though a record number of students are going abroad, nearly two-thirds of the class chooses to stay on campus.

Senior nazia Tabassum said that many factors influenced her decision not to study abroad as a junior.

“i was also a little frightened of being away in a foreign country without my family or friends—it is already scary enough to be liv-ing away from my home for college, so living in a foreign country for a whole semester was nerve-wracking,” Tabassum said.

She added that, as an electrical and com-puter engineering student, she was worried that she would not be able to complete all of the required courses in time to graduate if she studied abroad.

Cultural shiftsBut choosing to stay on campus can have a

social impact as well as an academic one.“Perhaps one of the most difficult issues to

address is the social issue—students don’t want to go a whole year without seeing friends and that happens when students are coming and going at different times,” Kelso wrote. “if we want to solve the imbalance we need to look at how to shift culture—student culture and Uni-versity culture—in a way that students still get to participate in study abroad in Fall or Spring without feeling that they’ll miss out on a key part of the Duke undergraduate experience.”

For many juniors, the result of staying on campus is “almost a left-behind feeling,” said Dean for residential life Joe Gonzalez.

The influence on social culture is felt not only when students are away but also when they return, Tabassum noted.

“Duke culture is definitely impacted by abroad trends—in a positive and sometimes negative way,” she said. “Certain people tend to think that just because they have gone abroad

for one semester that they have seen the entire world—they tend to quote their experience as if it can explain all of the world’s issues.”

others, she noted, use the experience to truly open their eyes to life outside of the United States.

Many juniors feel that they are asked to choose between taking a leadership role in their student groups and studying abroad, noted Doktor, Duke Student Government vice president for social culture.

“For student groups, studying abroad defi-nitely makes a big impact because many of their juniors are people who were going to be leadership and they tend to leave, so it kind of leaves a gap,” Doktor said. “i have definitely have noticed that many groups tend to pro-gram less in the Fall, and then you see much more robust programming in the Spring.”

Empty bedsAs students return to campus from being

abroad during the Fall, housing, Dining and residence life must find housing for them.

“The potential impacts of having so many students abroad really mirror the impacts that we face every year,” Gonzalez said. “The reality with on-campus housing and the study abroad patterns is that there is always a difference be-tween the number of students returning and number of beds we have available for them.”

As a result of this discrepancy, a select num-ber of juniors returning from abroad are al-lowed to live off campus, he added.

Students who are studying abroad fill out requests for Spring housing and can mark a preference to be granted off-campus housing, removing them from the typical six-semester on-campus living requirement. Gonzalez said that typically between 75 and 100 requests for off-campus housing are granted.

The first round of students are notified in mid-november that they have been granted off-campus housing—giving them ample time to find apartments or houses, noted MJ Wil-

liams, director of housing assignments and planning.

“When you apply for the lottery, it is not a guarantee, we can’t all win the PowerBall,” said linda Moiseenko, assistant director of housing assignments and community housing.

She noted that in some past years, only one out of every five students that applied to live off-campus was granted that request.

Since the implementation of the new hous-ing model, the location of the spaces that tend to be open for returning juniors to fill has shifted. The majority of openings before were on Central Campus, whereas most open beds now are in edens Quadrangle, Gonzalez said.

“one of the quandaries that we considered when we implemented Duke houses was this particular situation—where we have a lot of students that go abroad in the Fall and come back in the Spring—and ideally, they would go back to the houses they had as a sophomore,” Gonzalez said. “The numbers don’t allow for that, and we knew that going in.”

he added that although it is not a guaran-tee that students can go back to their previous houses, the office does their best to place as many students as possible in their sophomore houses.

“it’s a difficult situation for housing be-cause there are so many empty beds in the Fall, and empty beds mean a loss of revenue,” Kelso wrote. “it’s also difficult for some halls to build a sense of community in the Fall when half the population doesn’t show until January.”

Williams noted that when assigning Spring housing, administrators must consider situa-tions beyond those of students returning from abroad—including students returning from leaves of absence, students who graduate after Fall semester and robertson Scholars who are leaving or returning to campus.

The top priority is to be sure that every bed in selective living groups is filled, Williams said, adding that the lottery is formed after these sections are completely full.


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Blue Devils put 5-match streak on the lineby Ryan Hoerger

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With one of the nation’s toughest noncon-ference schedules now in the rearview mirror, tough tests continue to pile up for the Blue Devils as they enter conference play.

Duke begins its ACC schedule this week-end, hosting matches against Virginia and Virginia Tech and riding a wave of confi-dence. The Blue Devils will square off with the Cavaliers Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Cameron in-door Stadium before hosting the hokies Sat-urday at 7:30 p.m.

After spending its first six games on the road, Duke will cap off a seven-game home-stand with its first two conference tilts.

“To be able to get home was really nice, after two tough weekends—not just the high quality of the competition but the locations and travel distances,” head coach Jolene na-gel said. “When we sat down and did goal-set-ting early in the season, the players said they wanted to capture stuff in Cameron. They want to win at home.”

The Blue Devils have won five consecutive matches, most recently against then-no. 16 illinois, the team’s first win against a ranked opponent since 2011.

Due to conference expansion, nagel didn’t receive the ACC schedule until after she had scheduled nonconference opponents

for her Blue Devils (9-2). Duke ultimately re-ceived a tough draw—in the first year without two matchups against every conference foe, the Blue Devils will still play twice each of the four ACC teams that advance to the nCAA tournament last season: Florida State, Miami, n.C. State and north Carolina.

“it was a little daunting when i looked at

[the full schedule],” nagel said. “What i’m so excited about is the opportunity it’s given our players to grow.”

After losing the final match of the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis, the Blue Devils returned to Durham with a 4-2 record. They haven’t lost since, and nagel is hoping that les-sons learned from defeats at then-no. 9 Flor-

ida and then-no. 4 Minnesota will carry over into ACC play.

“i think [the games against Florida and Minnesota] are what helped them get through last weekend [against indiana and illinois],” nagel said. “They had already seen the best

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With back-to-back wins against Big Ten foes Indiana and Illinois, Duke extended its winning streak to five games.

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Duke and Virginia will play for the first time since last year’s NCAA tournament.

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As Duke looks to pull off an upset against Virginia for the second year in a row, the Cavaliers are searching for re-venge after the Blue Devils knocked them out of last year’s nCAA tournament.

Duke hosts no. 1 Virginia Thursday at 7 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils surrendered a two-goal lead their most recent game, a 2-2 draw against Syr-acuse. The Cavaliers are fresh off a 3-1 win at Pittsburgh.

“it’s one of our biggest rivals, Virginia is. We won last year in the nCAA tourna-ment against them, and we always have

really good games,” head coach robbie Church said. “We probably won’t cre-ate as many shots as we have in the past, but when the opportunities are there, we

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Crazie stupid loveMy parents’ first date was watching a Duke

basketball game.My dad had planned an elaborate eve-

ning for my mom, yet she insisted on staying in to see the Blue Devils take on Seton hall in the 1989 Final Four. Despite having been rejected from Duke after applying

early decision in 1982, my mom still was a devoted Crazie. Actually, being rejected from Duke early decision was a trend in my family, as my mom’s mother had been denied admission as well.

But Mom-Mom still rooted for the Blue Devils, and she must have passed that down. When asked why she liked the team, my Vir-ginia-born grandmother said she liked how Duke’s roster was filled with “talented young men at a southern school who are also smart, y’all” (her exact words). My mom’s devotion, on the other hand, was due in part to an

enormous crush on Christian laettner. her infatuation probably made for an interesting first date with my dad, since she was most like-ly swooning at the TV screen for the entire duration of the game.

But she must have impressed him, because two years later, my parents were mar-ried on May 5th, 1991—less than two months after Duke’s first national championship. Three year later, i was born, also with Duke-blue blood in my veins.

Although my childhood was filled with many Duke-related moments, my most mem-orable so far was watching the 2010 national championship with my dad. We sat at the bar at our favorite restaurant and intently watched the Blue Devils take on Butler. We were surrounded by no Duke fans, or even real Butler fans, but a legion of anti-Duke fans who kept heckling the Blue Devils through the TV screen. But as we watched Gordon heyward’s midcourt shot deflect off

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Troy hopes to shrug off blowout lossby Nick Martin

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In a season that has ben eerily similar to Duke’s, Troy will look to turn things around when it travels to Durham to take on the Blue Devils.

Just like Duke, Troy is riding a two-game losing streak after opening the season 2-0 and will use this weekend as

a chance to keep its postseason hopes alive. Within a three-game span, the Tro-jans won 66-3 against Savannah State, lost a 41-34 heartbreak-er to Arkansas State and were decimated

by Mississippi State 62-7.“[Mississippi State is] a very good team,”

head coach Larry Blakeney said, “And they took us to the woodshed, and it’s some-thing we’ve got to be man enough to admit and move on. If we dwell in the past, then we’ll have problems.”

Blakeney has been looking to return the Trojans to the team’s success from 2006-10, in which he guided them to four bowl berths in five years.

There was not much to be said by play-ers or coaches following last week’s blowout loss to Mississippi State. Both Blakeney and redshirt senior quarterback Corey Robin-son said last week’s loss was embarrassing, noting execution to be their biggest issue

throughout the contest.The Trojans’ opponent this week, Duke,

was undone by similar execution issues in a 58-55 loss to Pittsburgh last week.

“Credit where credit is due,” Blakeney said. “[Mississippi State] executed and we couldn’t get the ball from them. We didn’t execute very well ourselves. Embarrassing

loss, yes. I’ve been embarrassed before. It’s not the worse I’ve ever been beaten but it’s close.”

The downward trend for the offense is one the Trojans will look to break against a struggling Blue Devil secondary that has allowed 10 touchdowns through the air in the past two games.

“You can move the football if you’re expeditious and you take advantage of your opportunities,” Blakeney said. “You can move the football and score points on [Duke]. It’s been proven—Pitt did.”

Robinson was a standout during his freshman campaign, in which he threw for 28 touchdowns and was named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. He also managed to lead his team to a victory in the New Or-leans Bowl against Ohio and was named MVP after tossing for 387 yards and four touchdowns.

Throughout the course of the past three seasons, Robinson’s production has slipped. He has yet to put up the big num-bers he did as a freshman, with last week’s 105-yard performance being the worst of his collegiate career.

“Right now we’re struggling a little bit offensively,” Blakeney said. “[Robinson] has to live with the responsibility of being the quarterback. He’s made a couple of ill-fated throws that I wish I had back for him, and I’m sure he wishes he had back.”

One facet of the offense that Robinson has managed to shine in this year is his connection with senior wide receiver Eric Thomas. The pair has developed chemistry throughout their years together, and it has only strengthened in the 2013 campaign. With six touchdowns between the pair al-ready this season, Thomas is on pace to

See FOOTBALL, page 8

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No. 2 Notre Dame awaits Duke in South Bendby Lucas Hubbard

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When Blue Devils traveled to Notre Dame for their season opener last fall, Notre Dame forward Ryan Finley—a Duke transfer—spoiled his former team’s trip to South Bend when he de-livered the game’s only goal in a 1-0 win.

Despite Finley’s graduation in May, the task doesn’t get much easier for Duke this year, as the unranked Blue Devils will have their hands full Fri-day at 7:30 against an undefeated No-tre Dame team that

is currently No. 2 in the country. Duke will attempt to gain its first win in ACC play this year as well as its first win ever at Alumni Stadium in South Bend, Ind., where Notre Dame posted a perfect reg-ular-season home record last year.

The Blue Devils (4-2-2, 0-2-1 in the ACC) hope to build on their momen-tum from a 2-1 comeback win Tuesday against Wright State, a victory that head coach John Kerr described as “very im-portant.”

“We had a lackluster first-half perfor-mance and dug a hole for ourselves, and we had to dig ourselves out,” Kerr said. “Credit to the guys, who put together a re-ally good performance in the second half.”

Although Notre Dame (3-0-3, 1-0-2) could pose a tougher challenge, Tues-day’s game provided the Duke squad with a sneak peek at what it will be up against Friday. Wright State continually tried to expose the Blue Devils on the counterat-tack, something Kerr is certain his team will see again in its next contest.

“We’ve seen some video on Notre Dame, and they’re very good going for-ward, and they really get numbers in the attack,” Kerr said. “They really go for those openings right away, so we have to be sure we’re on our toes.”

Goals may be hard to come by against the Fighting Irish, who led by their apt-ly named goalkeeper, Patrick Wall, have only allowed 0.5 goals per game in the season thus far.

The Blue Devils scored both of their goals against Wright State off of corner kicks, and their effectiveness on set piec-es will be essential against a top-tier team.

“We’re very good and dangerous on set pieces,” Kerr said. “We’re going to get our corner kicks and our free kicks, and if we can knock one or two of them in that’ll give us a big boost.”

A crucial component of the Duke’s recent offensive output has been the im-proved play of freshman striker Brody Huitema, who was held scoreless in his first five games but has tallied four goals in his past three games. Huitema suffered a head injury in the first half against

Wright State, but he was able to return at the start of the second and used his head with great success, nodding home a Seo-In Kim corner to tie the game.

Despite leaving the game again with six minutes to go, Kerr says Huitema’s health isn’t in question for Friday’s showdown.

“He’s fine,” Kerr said. “It’s just a tough flesh wound in the head. He’s got a couple stitches, but I think he’s okay.”

The Fighting Irish are only the second ranked opponent that Duke has faced this season. The Blue Devils lost 3-1 on the road to No. 14 Maryland three weeks ago, but Kerr stressed that this team has grown since that defeat.

“We’ve really improved many things go-ing forward, many attitudes and approaches to the game, and I think we’re making some good strides,” Kerr said. “It’s still early, but we’re progressing for sure.”

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Redshirt senior cornerback Ross Cockrell will have his hands full this weekend when he is forced to cover Troy wide receiver Eric Thomas.

Troy hopes to shrug off blowout lossby Nick Martin

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In a season that has ben eerily similar to Duke’s, Troy will look to turn things around when it travels to Durham to take on the Blue Devils.

Just like Duke, Troy is riding a two-game losing streak after opening the season 2-0 and will use this weekend as

a chance to keep its postseason hopes alive. Within a three-game span, the Tro-jans won 66-3 against Savannah State, lost a 41-34 heartbreak-er to Arkansas State and were decimated

by Mississippi State 62-7.“[Mississippi State is] a very good team,”

head coach Larry Blakeney said, “And they took us to the woodshed, and it’s some-thing we’ve got to be man enough to admit and move on. If we dwell in the past, then we’ll have problems.”

Blakeney has been looking to return the Trojans to the team’s success from 2006-10, in which he guided them to four bowl berths in five years.

There was not much to be said by play-ers or coaches following last week’s blowout loss to Mississippi State. Both Blakeney and redshirt senior quarterback Corey Robin-son said last week’s loss was embarrassing, noting execution to be their biggest issue

throughout the contest.The Trojans’ opponent this week, Duke,

was undone by similar execution issues in a 58-55 loss to Pittsburgh last week.

“Credit where credit is due,” Blakeney said. “[Mississippi State] executed and we couldn’t get the ball from them. We didn’t execute very well ourselves. Embarrassing

loss, yes. I’ve been embarrassed before. It’s not the worse I’ve ever been beaten but it’s close.”

The downward trend for the offense is one the Trojans will look to break against a struggling Blue Devil secondary that has allowed 10 touchdowns through the air in the past two games.

“You can move the football if you’re expeditious and you take advantage of your opportunities,” Blakeney said. “You can move the football and score points on [Duke]. It’s been proven—Pitt did.”

Robinson was a standout during his freshman campaign, in which he threw for 28 touchdowns and was named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. He also managed to lead his team to a victory in the New Or-leans Bowl against Ohio and was named MVP after tossing for 387 yards and four touchdowns.

Throughout the course of the past three seasons, Robinson’s production has slipped. He has yet to put up the big num-bers he did as a freshman, with last week’s 105-yard performance being the worst of his collegiate career.

“Right now we’re struggling a little bit offensively,” Blakeney said. “[Robinson] has to live with the responsibility of being the quarterback. He’s made a couple of ill-fated throws that I wish I had back for him, and I’m sure he wishes he had back.”

One facet of the offense that Robinson has managed to shine in this year is his connection with senior wide receiver Eric Thomas. The pair has developed chemistry throughout their years together, and it has only strengthened in the 2013 campaign. With six touchdowns between the pair al-ready this season, Thomas is on pace to

See FOOTBALL, page 8

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Dukevs.

MEN’S SOCCER

No. 2 Notre Dame awaits Duke in South Bendby Lucas Hubbard

THE CHRONICLE

When Blue Devils traveled to Notre Dame for their season opener last fall, Notre Dame forward Ryan Finley—a Duke transfer—spoiled his former team’s trip to South Bend when he de-livered the game’s only goal in a 1-0 win.

Despite Finley’s graduation in May, the task doesn’t get much easier for Duke this year, as the unranked Blue Devils will have their hands full Fri-day at 7:30 against an undefeated No-tre Dame team that

is currently No. 2 in the country. Duke will attempt to gain its first win in ACC play this year as well as its first win ever at Alumni Stadium in South Bend, Ind., where Notre Dame posted a perfect reg-ular-season home record last year.

The Blue Devils (4-2-2, 0-2-1 in the ACC) hope to build on their momen-tum from a 2-1 comeback win Tuesday against Wright State, a victory that head coach John Kerr described as “very im-portant.”

“We had a lackluster first-half perfor-mance and dug a hole for ourselves, and we had to dig ourselves out,” Kerr said. “Credit to the guys, who put together a re-ally good performance in the second half.”

Although Notre Dame (3-0-3, 1-0-2) could pose a tougher challenge, Tues-day’s game provided the Duke squad with a sneak peek at what it will be up against Friday. Wright State continually tried to expose the Blue Devils on the counterat-tack, something Kerr is certain his team will see again in its next contest.

“We’ve seen some video on Notre Dame, and they’re very good going for-ward, and they really get numbers in the attack,” Kerr said. “They really go for those openings right away, so we have to be sure we’re on our toes.”

Goals may be hard to come by against the Fighting Irish, who led by their apt-ly named goalkeeper, Patrick Wall, have only allowed 0.5 goals per game in the season thus far.

The Blue Devils scored both of their goals against Wright State off of corner kicks, and their effectiveness on set piec-es will be essential against a top-tier team.

“We’re very good and dangerous on set pieces,” Kerr said. “We’re going to get our corner kicks and our free kicks, and if we can knock one or two of them in that’ll give us a big boost.”

A crucial component of the Duke’s recent offensive output has been the im-proved play of freshman striker Brody Huitema, who was held scoreless in his first five games but has tallied four goals in his past three games. Huitema suffered a head injury in the first half against

Wright State, but he was able to return at the start of the second and used his head with great success, nodding home a Seo-In Kim corner to tie the game.

Despite leaving the game again with six minutes to go, Kerr says Huitema’s health isn’t in question for Friday’s showdown.

“He’s fine,” Kerr said. “It’s just a tough flesh wound in the head. He’s got a couple stitches, but I think he’s okay.”

The Fighting Irish are only the second ranked opponent that Duke has faced this season. The Blue Devils lost 3-1 on the road to No. 14 Maryland three weeks ago, but Kerr stressed that this team has grown since that defeat.

“We’ve really improved many things go-ing forward, many attitudes and approaches to the game, and I think we’re making some good strides,” Kerr said. “It’s still early, but we’re progressing for sure.”

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No. 2ND

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The current five-game streak has been keyed by reductions in unforced errors. Against Illinois, the Blue Devils tallied five ser-vice aces and just six service errors, a marked improvement from the match against Minne-sota, when Duke managed just two aces while committing seven service errors.

“Our serving has become a lot better, and our aces-to-error ratio has really improved,” Nagel said. “Our hitting errors have gotten better, but they can still improve. If we can control both of those things, I think we’ll al-ways have a chance.”

Hitting errors made the difference in Saturday’s win against Illinois. The Blue Devils dropped the first set after commit-ting 12 errors, but regrouped to win the next three sets, committing a total of just 14 errors.

Elizabeth Campbell led the offensive attack all weekend for Duke, earning ACC co-Player of the Week honors. After tallying 13 kills and three blocks against Indiana, the sophomore turned in an even better perfor-mance in the Blue Devils’ win against the Fighting Illini, notching 23 kills, 11 digs and

three blocks.Minimizing errors will once again be para-

mount if Duke hopes to get off to a strong start in the ACC. Both Virginia and Virginia Tech have been impressive in nonconference play.

The Cavaliers (7-5) enter Friday night’s tilt riding a three-game winning streak of their own. Junior Tori Janowski and freshman Ha-ley Kole lead the way on offense for the Cava-liers with 194 and 172 kills, respectively.

“Virginia is a relatively young team, but at the same time they have some nice ball con-trol, and some explosive kids that can do a great job,” Nagel said. “They’re playing some freshmen that we’ve never seen before, so they’re a whole different look to us than they were last year.”

The Blue Devils will then go up against an offensively balanced Virginia Tech line-up Saturday evening. The Hokies (12-2) have four players with more than 100 kills on the season. Freshman outside hitter Lindsey Owens ranks second on the team with 147 kills and has accounted for 28 of the team’s 74 service aces.

“Virginia Tech is big and tall, they have strong middle blockers and a good right side, and we’re going to be have to contain that,” Nagel said. “Their outsides are really strong as well. Defensively they do a good job, but their strength is really in their offense.”

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have to be ready.”Last November, the then-No. 15 Blue

Devils eliminated the then-No. 2 Cavaliers from the NCAA tournament, winning 3-1 in Charlottesville, Va. Duke senior Laura Weinberg remembers the game well, and said Virginia remembers it too.

“We had the best game of the entire year. We just absolutely destroyed them.” Weinberg said. “We know that they’re kind of scared of us a little bit because that was the last time we played them, and we absolutely played them off the field. We’re hoping that’s still in their mind come [Thursday].”

The senior from Boca Raton, Fla., said that one step to repeating last year’s suc-cess will be getting this year’s freshmen to play with the same level of intensity as the 2012 Blue Devils when faced with a formi-dable opponent.

“We were so excited and so hyped up, and that translated perfectly onto the field.” Weinberg said. “We were trying to tell the freshmen about [last year’s game], and how we always match up really well against them historically. Every time we play them it’s just a really pretty soccer game.”

The Cavaliers (9-0, 3-0 in the ACC), led by junior midfielder Morgan Brian and sophomore forward Makenzy Do-niak, will pose a challenge for the Duke (4-4-2, 1-2-1) defensive unit. Virginia en-ters Thursday’s contest averaging a whop-ping 3.67 goals per game, ranking second in the nation.

“[Brian] is an unbelievable player, so I think shutting her down is going to be a key to our success.” Weinberg said. “That starts with us up top as forwards defend-ing, our midfielders defending, our de-fense and our goalkeeper—all 11 of the people on the field have to defend.”

In addition to defending well, Church said his offense will need to turn scoring chances into goals. Duke struggled offen-sively in the early part of the season, but Weinberg said she had noticed improve-ment as the team entered ACC play.

“We usually score a lot of goals ev-ery year,” Weinberg said. “But I think we’ve been focusing a lot on shooting in practice and kind of combining and working together as a front line and as an offense, so we’re hoping to score a lot of goals, and that starts [Thursday] with Virginia.”

The Blue Devils will have the added ad-vantage of playing in their home stadium, a contrast from last year’s matchup.

“They’re ranked No. 1 in the country, so we’re hoping to get a huge fan base out there, and that will definitely help us to win playing at home,” Weinberg said.

Although a boisterous home crowd could contribute to Duke’s energy Thurs-day night, Church said it will be his team’s execution that decides the outcome of the contest.

“It’s nice to be home, don’t get me wrong, but once the ball rolls over, we’re just on the field, two team’s playing.” Church said. “We have to go out there and just really play with a lot of passion and play relentlessly for the full 90 minutes.”

the rim, my dad and I jumped up, screamed and embraced for minutes, drowning out the others’ groans.

More so than any other activity, sports, spe-cifically the Blue Devils, have been a common link that has connected my family together. And I’d be lying if I said that as a freshman in high school only a year away from the start of college process, witnessing the 2010 national championship—and the ensuing euphoria with my dad—didn’t influence where I ended up applying to school.

I’m a tour guide at Duke, and I usually finish my tours with the reasons why I chose to come here. I’m sure President Brod-head would prefer me to talk about Duke’s interdisciplinarity or DukeEngage, and I do mention those things. But many of our peer schools boast a multifaceted curriculum and strong study abroad programs. What truly set Duke apart for me during the admissions process was its combination of academics, extracurricular opportunities and athletics.

But I don’t mean that I came to Duke solely to witness magical moments in Cam-eron (although they certainly don’t hurt). I chose Duke because I knew that imme-diately, I would have at least one thing in common with 6,484 students—a really good basketball team.

There are many different kinds of sports fans at Duke, and I’d like to use my current roommates to exhibit three different types. One of my roommates is an avid Duke fan, raised in a similar Blue Devil-centric envi-ronment to me. Her dad went to Duke Law, and her family now owns basketball season

tickets. If the Blue Devils are playing at home, you can always find her at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Section 9.

Another one of my roommates is a casual fan. She gets excited about Duke basketball and attended a few big games last year, in-cluding Ohio State and North Carolina.

And my third roommate knows close to nothing about basketball. A friend of mine once asked me how many touchdowns Ma-son Plumlee scored—that was her.

Despite their different levels of fandom, basketball has served as a common connec-tion between the four of us. My Duke-ob-sessed roommate took me to Cameron last year with her tickets, including my first-ever regular-season basketball game. My second roommate sat with me in the GA common room last year as we watched the Blue Devils’ heartbreaking loss to Louisville in the Elite Eight.

But it was what my third roommate did for me that hold an especially significant place in my heart. She waited in line with me for parent’s weekend basketball tickets until the early morning—and mind you, it was raining, we had both come directly from Shooters and most of all, she had absolutely no interest in the tickets for herself.

Sports was reason enough for a friend to sit with me in the freezing cold for hours, in one of the most unconditional, sincere displays of friendship I’ve witnessed since I’ve come to Duke.

And, significantly, the tickets she gave me allowed me to bring my family into Cameron for the first time, and have my mom and dad’s Duke basketball journey come full circle.

Watching that game with my family was arguably more magical than witnessing my first Duke-North Carolina game. Getting my family to Cameron Indoor made me realize everything that is so special about Blue Devil athletics. As my mom cheered, she didn’t care that she got rejected from here years ago; as my dad took in the stadium, he wasn’t thinking about the anti-Duke fans who tried to ruin our national championship celebra-tion; and as I sat with my family, I was eter-nally grateful to all of my friends who have helped in making my basketball experience so unforgettable.

Duke is an unbelievably special place in that it possesses a voracious sports culture that transcends so many boundaries to bring people together—and that’s what sets our school apart.

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shatter his previous single-season touch-down mark of nine.

Despite Troy’s offensive struggles, Thomas has a knack for finding the end zone this season, with his six scores coming on just 17 receptions.

Troy’s defense will be tasked with stop-ping a Duke offense that features a quar-terback who is still finding his bearings in Brandon Connette. If the Trojans are able to get after Connette, forcing him into making mistakes may not be difficult, with the redshirt junior throwing four intercep-tions against Pittsburgh. Troy has excelled in the pass rush and disrupting the pass-er this season, with 10 sacks for 69 yards through four games.

“They’re good, an older defense,” se-nior Duke offensive lineman Dave Harding said. “They’ve got a lot of experience across the board, and we can’t take them lightly. They’re talented. From what I’ve seen they have a very good defensive end and a good defensive tackle that we’re going to have to be ready for.”

Despite Troy’s defensive struggles, the unit has excelled late in games. Through four games, the Trojans have held oppo-nents to a mere 17 points in the final peri-od of play, only 4.3 per game. This season, Troy has allowed an average of 40 points per game in the first, second and third quarters combined. After the 2012 season in which the Trojans lost six games by a touchdown or less, the defense seems de-termined not to let the game slip away at the last second.

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T-shirts sporting the Duke Kunshan University logo hit shelves last week as Duke launched an aggressive marketing campaign to promote its campus in China. The University hopes to open DKU in Fall 2014 and must move quickly to recruit its first class. This fresh layer of public relations gloss, however, reflects administrators’ unwillingness to address community concerns about DKU in a meaningful way.

A candid conversation about DKU need not come at the expense of publicity and recruitment. Construction in Kunshan has already suffered numerous delays, and we recognize that a frenzied recruitment push may be the only way to prevent another setback. Another delay could also doom the project and tarnish Duke’s brand abroad, and the University’s full-scale public relations assault—which includes paying for Chinese journalists to travel to Durham—aims to protect this investment.

Administrators must balance their desire to see DKU succeed with their responsibility to students and faculty members at Duke though. The University has still failed to seriously address

concerns about academic freedom at DKU, and administrators’ unwillingness to accompany the DKU publicity campaign with an open discussion about academic freedom in China signals a lack of respect for Duke’s stakeholders. Students and faculty deserve to know how

Duke plans to protect its institutional values in a tightly controlled academic environment, and the platitudes packed into public relations materials do not contain the answer. At this point, Duke may only be interested in securing good press in China, but the best way to win community buy in at home is to communicate frankly and regularly about the project.

DKU will open whether we like it or not. Administrators should use this moment as an opportunity to include students and faculty members in conversations about how to protect Duke’s institutional values at DKU. Additionally, students and faculty members have a responsibility to both work with administrators and apply productive pressure

to ensure that DKU’s programs come as close as possible to meeting Duke’s standards of academic freedom.

Regardless of how administrators communicate about DKU, it is troubling that Duke paid for Chinese journalists to travel to Durham. Although we have no illusions about the independence of the Chinese press corps, Duke’s attempt to pay for favorable news coverage in China amounts to a tacit endorsement of the Chinese press system and undermines American journalistic ethics. According to the Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics, American journalists have an obligation to “refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment.” By covering the travel expenses of Chinese reporters, Duke has signaled its willingness to breach American standards of journalistic ethics in order to secure publicity for DKU.

We understand that professional norms differ in China and that China is not a bastion of liberalism. If Duke is willing to play according to Chinese rules now though, what will stop us from playing with those rules when DKU finally opens?

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Sometimes I feel like I can’t see what’s right in front of me. I don’t mean this metaphorically; I really can’t see what’s

right in front of me. Three years ago, my optometrist told me that my vision sucked, and I would need glasses. I told him no. While plenty of people transform into sexy librarian-esque models when they put on a pair of spectacles, I am unfortunately not one of those people. I allowed my vanity get the best of me and told this to my optometrist, and while there was definitely some subtle judging going on, he ended up prescribing contacts instead.

Putting in contacts, though, is basically mild torture. It’s a grueling ordeal, especially when my ocular fluid decided to reject the object infiltrating its barrier. So most of the time I don’t even wear them and simply wander the world aimlessly. To clarify, my eyesight isn’t horribly atrocious, and I still exist with relative success. I even drive without my contacts! I just can’t make out faces or specific details.

There’s something thrilling about not being able to see 10 feet in front of me. It keeps life exciting, and it leads to some awkward one-on-one interactions. Our campus is not that large, so I’ll usually run into at least one person I recognize at any given time. However, I’m not always sure if our relationship is at that level yet where we can acknowledge each other’s existence in public. Sometimes, I’m unaware if I know them at all.

It plays out like this: I’m walking to the Bryan Center for my daily Red Mango fix. Out of my peripherals, I spot someone in the distance that I may or may not be socially obligated to acknowledge. They’re walking towards me, but I can’t make out their face so I stare intensely, eyes squinted and neck strained, trying to determine their identity. As they approach, they catch me staring and stare back. I don’t want to appear creepy, so I smile at them while I continue my staring. It’s the Russian roulette of uncomfortable social situations. Do I actually know this person? Or are they going to think I’m violating them with my eyes? Finally, my vision prevails and I either smile hello or cower my head in shame.

People I don’t know tend to have a problem when they see me staring, but they seem to be even more baffled if I accidentally greet them, as if I’ve broken some sort of unspoken rule of not associating with people I don’t already associate with. And this definitely happens a lot more now than at the beginning of the semester.

Now that we’re a little over a month into the school year, most freshmen have either settled into their respective social circles or accepted

that it really doesn’t get better after high school. It can be easy to settle into these cliques, but the friend-making process shouldn’t end

once you find people to regularly eat with at The Marketplace. The search for human connection and interpersonal relationships is an extended, ever-developing process. While current relationships should continue to prosper, they shouldn’t be a means to an end.

Whether it’s earning A’s, getting into med school or hooking up in the gardens, Duke student are adept at working towards tangible marks of achievement and widely recognized success. But relationships are rarely addressed with the same fervor. Perhaps it’s because “my friendships have profoundly impacted me” isn’t something that goes on a resume or an application for grad school. For whatever reason, we tend to disregard the value of relationships.

But we can’t overlook the intrinsic benefit and personal development meaningful relationships bring about. Here at Duke you will meet both the best and the worst; people who will challenge you, empower you, break you and ultimately shape who you are as a person as well as your perception of the world. And that is something that will stay with you long after you leave this campus. People matter, and I think sometimes we all lose sight of that. You can’t be friends with everyone, and you certainly shouldn’t give an awkwardly grandiose hello to every person that passes by. But whether you’re a freshmen or upperclassmen, the chance to meet new people and be a smiling face amongst a sea of disgruntled students heading to midterms is one that should not be passed up.

So if we know each other but I don’t say hi; don’t worry, it’s not because you’re not popular. I probably forgot my contacts and couldn’t distinguish your facial features. And if we don’t know each other but I still say hi, then simply smile back instead of staring at me as if I’m unfit for polite society. I probably forgot my contacts, and I’ll feel less like a fool if the greeting is reciprocated. And this applies for anyone. Be friendly, be kind and be open, because you never know if the next new person you meet will end up being the person that changes your life.

Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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“Dear Senator Kennedy,” the letter started, “Mr. Leonard Reinsch of the Democratic National Committee has recently informed me of your

acceptance of Duke University’s invitation to have you visit our campus during the forthcoming academic year.”

In light of the general opinion surrounding his Roman Catholic faith, this particular Kennedy—John F. Kennedy—had yet to announce his eventually successful campaign for the U.S. presidency. Even so, Byron Battle—Chairman of the Duke Student Union’s Educational Affairs Committee—decided to invite such viable candidates, some controversial,

to lecture the student body on particular issues of concern. Indeed, the Committee’s efforts to secure other potential contenders for the presidency, namely Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. Hubert Humphrey, resulted in a fair amount of controversy—particularly because faculty had earlier objected to awarding Nixon an honorary degree, and Humphrey “might not have [had] anything worthwhile to say.” Kennedy, however, was well respected and had a definite message for college students across the country.

On Sept. 23, 1959, The Chronicle reported that Kennedy “will stop in Durham on his way to a series of scheduled appearances in Florida.” The week prior, the Senator had finished a four day tour through Ohio, during which he spoke to thousands of students at Ohio University, Miami University and Bowling Green University. Such lectures were complemented by others at Beloit College, Mills College, the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, Marquette University and other post-secondary institutions. Beloit’s campus newspaper, The Round Table, recounted that Kennedy “urged college seniors to offer to the political arena ‘the benefits of [their] judgment and good sense’” and explained to them the necessity to utilize their education and experiences in public service. At the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, Kennedy spoke on the crucial importance of science and engineering as well as the setbacks of the country’s higher education system.

The forthcoming president made a point of emphasizing education and appealing to the youth during his campaign, particularly because voters under 30 had reelected his Republican predecessor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, over Adlai Stevenson, the former Governor of Illinois, by a substantial margin of 14 percentage points. Education, in general, was not a significant policy concern for the other presidential candidates, particularly due to the pervasiveness of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement.

In fact, quite unlike his competitors, Kennedy had been a substantial proponent of education in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. During his six years in the House, Kennedy served on the Education and Labor Committee as well as the Subcommittee on Education. Regardless of his fiscally conservative convictions, Kennedy introduced a House bill allocating an annual $300 million in federal grants to states that had exhausted their education funds. In the Senate, on the other hand, he supported a similar bill which authorized states annual federal grants for the construction of public schools.

Accordingly, Kennedy’s genuine effort to appeal to college students clearly aided him in the Gallup poll leading up to his address on campus, which indicated that he had tied Adlai Stevenson as the favored nominee for his party’s candidacy. On the day of Kennedy’s visit, The Chronicle reported that the topic of his lecture would be “The Challenge to American Colleges.” The lecture,

according to various newspaper accounts, detailed the effects of important national and international developments—such as the space race, the country’s advancement toward integration and higher funding for education—on college students. Even though Kennedy’s opponent was a Duke alumnus, it was clear, by then, that students and faculty would predominately favor the former over the latter.

As would later become apparent, North Carolina was an important factor in Kennedy’s receipt of Southern support for his party’s nomination, especially since the state had previously favored Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, another candidate who later became Kennedy’s vice presidential running mate.

Additionally, since the state’s economy shifted from agricultural to industrial, many citizens were beginning to seek instruction beyond that offered by secondary schooling. With his extensive congressional record and immeasurably idealistic vision for the country’s education system, it seemed that Kennedy would better facilitate the state’s transition. In effect, this is also the reason why Terry Sanford—North Carolina’s strongest proponent of education—was overwhelmingly elected to the state’s governorship.

Such a result wasn’t a singularity, however, for many states that had previously voted for Eisenhower in 1956—such as Nevada, New Mexico and Texas—ultimately elected Kennedy over Nixon in the subsequent election. Nationwide, youth elected Kennedy by a margin of 9 percentage points. Hence, within a year of taking office, the president outlined his plans for education in one of the most memorable addresses to Congress. “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education,” he affirmed.

With that, Kennedy set into motion a plethora of “New Frontier” reforms, the majority of which impact us to this very day. Under his administration, vocational education, federal scholarships and student loans were developed, funding for school lunches, library constructions and programs for the handicapped was increased and dropout prevention measures were implemented. Additionally, the Educational Television Facilities Act allocated federal grants to public television networks—such as PBS—that provide educational programming. The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act provided grants to medical students and for the construction of health profession graduate schools, and the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961 increased the scope of the Fulbright program while expanding it to include other countries.

When Kennedy stood in Page Auditorium years ago, he spoke of our education system’s “unfulfilled hopes and unfulfilled dreams,” and many students agreed with him. Nonetheless, very few leaders have attempted to replicate Kennedy’s iconic vision and, thus, have conformed to the current situation that very much resembles that of the 1960s.

Our country’s state governments lack the resources to ensure an adequate education for every student, classrooms are continuously overcrowded, teachers are still underpaid, and many talented students from different backgrounds are not able to afford the cost of today’s almost-necessary post-secondary degree.

Sure, we can wait for another Kennedy or another Sanford. What good does it make, however, if we refuse to foster such leaders within our own generation? Perhaps we ought to heed President Kennedy’s recommendation to the thousands of students who came before us:

Let us stop waiting. Let us engage in the political sphere like no generation ever has before, and, together, we can ensure that our beloved president did not die in vain.

Mousa Alshanteer is a Trinity sophomore and the editorial page managing editor. His biweekly column is part of the weekly Editor’s Note feature and will run on alternate Thursdays. Send Mousa a message on Twitter @MousaAlshanteer.

With us, Kennedy’s vision can live on Tonight is the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, when the annual cycle of reading the Torah finishes for the year with the end of Deuteronomy and starts again in the

beginning of Genesis. It is celebrated in a variety of ways in the many different Jewish communities across the world, but some things remain the same. The Torah is taken out of the Ark, we sing and dance with the Torah, we celebrate the bless-ing of having completed another annual cycle and that we are once again gifted with a new year to start the reading again. One familiar with the holiday could be present for the holiday anywhere in the world and feel comfortable. While the melo-dies and length of celebration may differ (the Carelbach Shul in Manhattan, for example, will celebrate until dawn Friday morning and then lead directly into Friday morning services!), there is more than enough commonality for them to not be all that different. That similarity and the weight of tradition mark

a key transition in the Jewish calendar as we close the holiday season that began with Rosh Hashanah a few weeks ago. We go from a period of intense celebration and introspection to a time that simply… is.

But those transitions can be thought provoking and challenge us to examine what it means to continue to look at each day as a time of celebration. Inspired by the apples and honey we eat on Rosh Hashanah as a sign of a sweet new year, I found myself thinking of Apple’s old slogan: “Think Different.” While the idea was that Apple’s products are so different and distinct from anything else on the market and that using them is a sign of distinction, it wasn’t about thinking differently but instead buying something as a symbol of thinking differently.

But stripped from that commercial context, “Think Different” is a compelling idea with some validity; changing your mode of thought can certainly lead to significant changes and innovations. While change isn’t always easy nor is it always necessarily good, it should be driven by something significant rather than seen as an end in and of itself. But truly thinking differently and affecting positive and powerful change can be amazing on any scale. We have all heard the oft-cited (and constantly misattributed) definition of insanity as “doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results.” Regardless of the source (which appears to be a 1981 Narcotics Anonymous handbook), it raises a valid point even if that point has nothing to do with actual insanity.

It is in fact the natural extension of the idea to “think different.” Frank Herbert asserted that “whether a thought is spoken or not, it is a real thing,” but that only extends beyond the individual when the thought is acted upon. Thinking differently makes a difference when it leads to acting differently. How many times have you had an amazing idea that you simply didn’t act upon? Why? Seriously, why didn’t you act on it? Whether that was an idea for “the next big thing” or “something that will revolutionize an industry” or even “that would have made my life so much easier,” why was it not acted upon and made into reality? If it would have made even one person’s life better, would it not have been a worthy endeavor?

There are myriad reasons why you might not have acted, far more than I would have space for in this column. But even if I were to list each and every possible reason I could think of for inaction, not only would I still miss some, but also it simply wouldn’t matter. It wouldn’t matter because an opportunity has been lost, but perhaps that loss will inspire the creation of a new opportunity for the future. What it takes to create that opportunity is the courage to not only think differently, but to act on those convictions. When those changes break a negative or destructive cycle, it is all the more important that they not only be made swiftly but that they be affected in as broad a manner as possible. Having the thought is easy, but the courage to act on it and the will to realize it are often challenging for even the best of us.

This past Friday night, my wife and I were blessed to bring our son into the world. Tonight begins his first Simchat Torah, a day of significant celebration and one that he will certainly not remember this year. I know that in future years it will be a holiday he celebrates and enjoys with the community, and that it will inspire him and others to continue to not only perpetuate a positive cycle, but to have the courage to think and act differently. Not simply to act for the sake of acting, but to act because it is the right thing to do.

Jeremy Yoskowitz is the campus rabbi and assistant director for Jew-ish life. His column runs every other Thursday. Send Rabbi Jeremy a message on Twitter @TheDukeRav.

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here at 12:30 [a.m.] and if you’re opening the next morning, you have to be here at 5-something,” said Tyra Johnson, a third-year graduate student at the Divinity School who works at the front desk of Wilson’s weight room. “That’s not enough time... to get re-energized.”

Some students, however, said they are annoyed by the ear-lier closing time.

“it’s the worst,” senior Katya Kabotyanski said. “i hate it. i’ve always been one to work out late and study during the day and get in exercise before i go to sleep, so that extra hour was use-ful.”

instead of exercising from 10:30 p.m. to midnight, Kaboty-anski now tries to attend the daytime gym classes at Wilson or goes to the Central Campus gym, which is open 24 hours.

Patrick nailer, a third-year anesthesiology resident, said that he goes to Brodie right after work, so the hour changes have not affected him. he noted that there is merit in having an ear-lier opening time like the one implemented at Wilson.

“it’d be better if they opened up earlier in the morning at six or even five before work, but i’m sure for undergrads late hours would probably be better for them,” he said.

howard noted that the earlier opening at Wilson has re-ceived positive feedback from faculty and staff.

Johnson, who started working at Wilson last Spring, said she has not noticed significant changes in student behavior.

“People still stay until the last minute getting that last bench press or squat in,” she said.

Pam Gibson, a recreation aide at Brodie, said that though a number of people—including a large number of freshmen—have asked about the hours, she has heard no complaints.

“The regulars pretty much know and keep up with it,” Gib-son said.

Despite the ongoing renovations, there may still be more changes to come. Among these possible changes are initiatives to add a patio area and a Quenchers at Brodie, howard said. he expects that as more improvements are made to Brodie, the numbers will shift and some current Wilson patrons will begin going to the east Campus center.

howard noted that the changes are ultimately intended to help the recreation centers become more centered on relax-ation, rather than just exercise.

“i just think that a recreation center is a destination place, not just a place that you work out,” howard said.

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A fact sheet by the national immigration law Cen-ter states that less than 2 percent of high school grad-uates in the class of 2013 are undocumented. Adition-ally, approximately 5 to 10 percent would go on to attend college. Sixteen states have passed legislation permitting some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition.

“it is cruel that after enjoying 12 years of public education system from pre-K to senior year in high school, these students are unable to go to the college of their dreams, just because they cannot afford it,” Mravkova said.

The national Conference of State legislatures reports that Arizona, Georgia and indiana explicitly ban undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition rates, while Alabama and South Carolina bar them from enrolling in postsecondary educational in-stitutions at all.

There are currently approximately 20 undocu-mented students studying at UnC, where they do not qualify for in-state or federal student loans, and are denied federal scholarships, Mravkova said.

“Many of them have expressed to me how much they like UnC as a school, and how great it has been to enjoy all the opportunities available here,” Mravko-va said. “however, they think it’s not fair that they have to pay out-of-state tuition even though they have lived here the majority of their lives.”.

The undocumented status of these students has also caused controversy.

Melinda lian, a sophomore at UnC from Florida, pays the full tuition every year. She said in addition to considering the needs of undocumented immigrants, the hardships of students with legal status deserve consideration.

“i realistically think undocumented students should do the same,” lian said. “The tuition is a huge burden for me, too. i feel like if anyone should get a lower tuition, i would give the documented out-of-state students priority.”

lian added that she also supports lower tuition rates for undocumented students, as their noncitizen status may lead to a lower income to begin with.

Another press conference is being held on Sept. 26, after which representatives of one State, one rate will attend the UnC Board of Trustees meeting and ask mem-bers of the board for their stance on this issue.

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