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rep. David Price, D-n.c., returned to campus to take part in a town hall-styled forum Tuesday night. even after waiting more than 30 minutes for the speaker to arrive, students were still full of energy and ready to challenge him on promi-nent political issues.

Price, a professor of public policy and political science at Duke, answered questions as Duke Democrats’ first speaker for the recently re-formed Duke Political Union’s weekly “Super Tues-day” speaker event, an effort on behalf of several on-campus political groups to keep students interested in politics. Ap-proximately 100 students attended the event.

“i put in a lot of happy years at Duke,” Price said. “i’m always glad to be invited back.”

Duke Democrats President Ben Bergmann, a junior, and Duke college republicans chair Vikram Srinivasan, a senior, co-founded DPU. Bergmann said DPU’s goal is “to strengthen the po-litical groups on campus by providing a space where political culture can be cul-tivated at Duke.” With “Super Tuesday,” a different political group will present a speaker each week.

Price began by noting that the coun-try is “navigating treacherous waters” in dealing with some of the most pressing issues of this era. he explained that the challenge of reform has only been ex-

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Muslim students gathered to celebrate Ramadan at the Center for Muslim Life Tuesday evening. This is the first time the center, which opened last December, has hosted the celebration.

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A north carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that former men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler can continue with a lawsuit against the University.

Pressler—who signed a settlement in 2007 with the University after he was fired following the false rape allegations in 2006—charges that John Burness, former Duke senior vice president for public af-fairs and government relations, made slan-derous remarks about him after and in vio-lation of the settlement, which included a clause precluding defamatory comments.

Duke had filed the appeal saying that as a former employee, Pressler’s allegations should be mediated through arbitration with the University rather than through a court case.

The court of Appeals upheld the origi-nal decision Tuesday by Superior court Judge howard Manning in April 2008, stat-ing that the settlement reached between Pressler and the University effectively void-ed all earlier agreements, meaning Pressler is no longer bound by previous contracts requiring arbitration.

“What this means is that coach Pressler is going to get his day in court, which is what

by Shaoli ChaudhuriThe chronicle

The islamic holiday of ramadan has arrived as it does every year, but with one important addition—Muslims on campus can finally celebrate it in a space of their own.

The new center for Muslim life, which opened De-cember 2008, will serve as the focal point for the ramadan celebration this year. This marks a drastic change from last year’s ramadan at Duke, said Muslim chaplain Abdullah Antepli. Before the University gave the Muslim community the Swift Avenue building that now serves as the center, ramadan took the form of a hassle instead of a holiday.

During ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise until sun-set, and this ritual continues for approximately one month. every evening, they literally “break fast” with iftars, dinners that act as festive, social events. in the past, though, Duke Muslims were forced from venue to venue for iftars.

“Monday at the [international] house, Tuesday, [the] Freeman center… we were like nomads,” Antepli said. “That pretty much convinced Duke University to give a space to the Muslim community.”

The center for Muslim life, however, has done more than simply act as a roof over the heads of Muslim com-munity members. it has also proven the ideal tool for both uniting and mobilizing the community. Antepli explained that in past years, islamic prayer services consisted of no

more than 20 people. now, sometimes more than 120 people attend those same services. Active Muslims have ap-peared from seemingly nowhere with the consecutive ar-rivals of Antepli—who is in his second year as Duke’s first Muslim chaplain—and the center, he said.

“having a center just gives us more presence,” said ju-nior nabila haque, co-president of the Muslim Students Association. “People are aware that there is a Muslim com-munity at Duke now.”

MSA’s other co-president, junior Sobia Shariff, also said the new center has benefited MSA.

“The reaction used to be like, ‘oh, what’s MSA?’ now it’s... ‘oh the MSA—what are you guys doing now?’”

This increasing interest from the outside community rein-forces a point made by Antepli.

“even though this center is an important center for is-lam and Muslims… this is not a Muslim cocoon,” Antepli said. “This is not a place where only Muslims hang out.”

The co-presidents both mentioned several instances of their non-Muslim friends relaxing at the center as well as attending MSA events, religious and otherwise.

Although Antepli is pleased with how successful the center has been so far, its popularity is already becoming an issue.

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saeed Jalili, secretary of iran’s supreme national security Council and its point person on the nuclear issue, did not dis-close details of the package but said it would be an updated version of one it submitted last year. That package was criticized by the West for failing to ad-dress key points of disagreement.

still, Jalili’s comments were the most substantive official remarks on the nuclear issue since iran’s contentious June 12 elec-tion and could give the obama adminis-tration, which has offered to hold direct talks with iran on its nuclear program, an opportunity to try to engage iran before

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president obama cited the data as evi-dence that the economy is improving.

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The first meeting of the year was a sort of review session for graduate and Professional Stu-dent council members.

Members learned about parlia-mentary procedure and the struc-ture of the council. They were also asked to sign up for one of gPSc’s committees, which deal with matters ranging from stu-dent life and academic affairs to the selection of the graduate stu-dent Young Trustee.

in the absence of gPSc Presi-dent Yvonne Ford, a fourth-year nursing Ph.D. student, Vice Presi-dent Adam Pechtel, a third-year law student, ran the meeting.

At the start of the meeting, the Basketball committee said that donations were down from last year so students should bring their own food to the campout. graduate students must camp out during the weekend of Sept. 11-13 for a chance to purchase season tickets for men’s basketball for $150. About one-third of students who camp out will get a chance to purchase tickets. registration for campout closes at 5 p.m. Friday.

in other business:Alethea Duncan, former gPSc

president and a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, presented Kemel Dawkins, vice vresident for campus Services, with gPSc’s Vice President of the Year award.

Duncan cited Dawkins’ imple-mentation of the laSalle bus route, his role in bringing Zip-cars to campus and his efforts to help graduate students recycle as reasons for the award. Upon re-ceiving the award, Dawkins, who sat through the campout discus-sion, noted that campus Services would be providing hand sanitizer at campout.

gPSc is holding its first com-munity service event of the year Saturday at 3 p.m., said com-munity outreach coordinator Jennifer Seger, a third-year Ph.D candidate in medical physics. Students will go to the Durham rescue Mission to cook dinner. interested students can get more information by sending an e-mail to gpsc-outreach@duke.edu.

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A selection of new applications became available under DukeMobile Version 1.3 Aug. 26 that allows students to search the locations and hours of campus eateries and stores, compare the users’ location to events profiled on the Buzz and events@Duke calendars, search the library, chat with a librarian, manage Dukecard accounts and use an interactive map. The first version of DukeMobile originally premiered in March 2009.

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At its second meeting of the year Tuesday, leaders of the Duke University Union brainstormed strategies to get new members involved in more than one com-mittee and take initiative immedi-ately. DUU officers also expressed desire to create a more cohesive feel within the organization.

President Zach Perret, a senior, began the discussion by asking members of the executive board, “how do we get people more in-vested in the committees?”

Some members suggested that bonding activities such as group din-ners would help make meetings less impersonal and encourage mem-bers to get to know each other.

“it’s nice to have a group of people outside of my circle of friends that i like just as much,” said Joe college Day Director Ju-lia hawkins, a sophomore.

The leaders also suggested en-couraging new members to assist with events sponsored by commit-tees other than their own to pro-mote knowledge of the organiza-tion as a whole.

in addition, members dis-cussed starting optional mentor-ing programs for new members. The purpose of the programs would be to help new members get more involved in DUU, gain insight into other parts of the or-ganization and learn more about planning large scale events.

Junior camille creed stressed the importance of “getting the DUU name out.” The executive board expressed hopes that pro-spective members will become more interested in DUU if the or-ganization’s name is associated with the events it plans on campus.

Perret said he thinks it will be important to have a general body meeting within the next couple weeks to provide a fun way for mem-bers of all committees to become acquainted with one another.

in other business:DUU briefly discussed plans

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hopes to begin flyering this week.The executive board also dis-

cussed the accomplishments of the various committees. The new art exhibit in the Bryan center’s louise Jones Brown gallery was successfully introduced and will be on display for the next three weeks, said Visual Arts Director lisa gao, a junior.

Duke coffeehouse on east cam-pus has seen a boost in sales, said senior Andrew Kindman, DUU coffeehouse director and general manager. he added that he looks forward to the programming sched-uled for the venue this weekend.

Speakers Director Yiran Zhang, a junior, already has plans to bring in relationships expert David coleman to speak. But Zhang added that she hopes to utilize student connections to bring in more speakers.

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Duu members discuss suggestions to boost student participation in its committees Tuesday night. The union also briefly discussed plans for Homecoming Weekend.

he wanted,” said Don Strick-land, a lawyer for Pressler. “We think he has a right to a trial by jury and we’re pleased that the court of Appeals agrees that he has the right for a jury to deter-mine the outcome, instead of an arbitrator.”

Strickland said he could not comment on whether being able to file suit against the University will affect the volume of mon-etary settlement Pressler could be entitled to.

Michael Schoenfeld, current vice president for public af-fairs and government relations, said the University will carry on defending itself against the

charges, though he declined to comment further on how the University will proceed and whether another appeal will be filed.

“Duke intends to defend this case whether in arbitration or in the courts,” Schoenfeld said.

The two statements Pressler takes issue with refer to John Danowski, Pressler’s replace-ment as men’s lacrosse coach. Burness described the differ-ence between the two men as “night and day” in an April 9, 2007 newsday article. The sec-ond statement appeared in a June 7, 2007 Associated Press article in which Burness said, “it was essential for the team to have a change of leadership in order to move forward.”

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acerbated by the greatest financial crisis since the great Depression, citing the difficulty in dealing with the widespread pessimism the crisis has instilled in Amer-icans. Still, Price offered cautious encour-agement, explaining that north carolina is “doing a better job than average in terms of state performance.” Price also expressed hope that a health care reform bill can be passed.

“Four out of the five committees of jurisdiction have reported bills that are similar in most respects,” Price noted. “i expect something like a common denom-inator among those bills will be passed. i hope within the month.”

When Price opened the forum for questions, a wide array of topics was dis-cussed, such as the war in Afghanistan, education reform, the economy and the massive budget deficit. But the questions kept returning to the topic which has so dominated the news in recent weeks: health care reform.

Price fielded many critical and insight-ful questions, adhering to his belief that the current health care proposal could

effectively end insurance discrimination and provide for universal inclusion in the health care system.

concerns from students included the need for more doctors to treat the newly insured, the inefficiencies in existing gov-ernment health insurance programs and the potential stifling of health technology innovation. others questioned the possi-bility of loss of employer-based insurance plans and funding of the proposed public option.

Price continually expressed his opin-ion that a public option would be more efficient with its “downward pull on pric-es” and its ability to “correct the market” by reducing the incentives insurance companies have to overcharge.

Those opposed to the proposed health reform made their opinions heard loud and clear, asking in-depth questions, de-manding answers and interjecting when they felt Price misspoke. Despite ongoing debates and political assent and dissent, students said the event was a success.

“i think we had a great turnout, we filled up the room,” said senior Spencer eldred, Duke Student government vice president for student affairs. “it was good, people had really interesting questions.”

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Representative David Price (right) addresses a student during a town hall-style forum Tuesday night. The event is the first of the Duke Political union’s weekly “Super Tuesday” speaker series.

“We thought having space was going to solve all our problems—and it has… but… [the cen-ter’s] not big enough,” he said. “We can only ac-commodate... 70 to 80 people maximum, but the number is more than 100 now.”

Although the center accommodates classes and smaller prayer services well, large events like iftar and Jummah, a week-

ly service, have begun to draw too large a crowd. For this reason, ramadan iftars have relocated once more, this time to the York room in the gray Building.

Antepli said he hopes that eventually, his ambitions for a larger center are real-ized. But practically speaking, he said he does not expect to obtain a bigger space next year, nor the year after that.

“i am very much satisfied for now,” he said.

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Housing, manufacturing data signal return to growth

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WAShingTon — Two sectors of the economy that have suffered the longest, deepest decline in the recession—manufac-turing and housing—are now expanding, according to new data that offer fresh evi-dence that the economy has begun to grow.

The institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday that manufacturing ex-panded in August for the first time since January 2008. The institute’s index of busi-ness activity rose to 52.9, from 48.9. Any number below 50 signals a contraction.

President obama cited the data as evi-dence that the economy is improving. “it means these companies are starting to invest more and produce more,” he said Tuesday in the rose garden. “it is a sign that we’re on the path to economic recovery.”

Separate reports showed that construc-tion spending on residential real estate rose 4.5 percent and that pending home sales increased for the sixth consecutive month, supporting other recent indica-

tions that the decline in the housing mar-ket is leveling off.

Taken together, the reports show that two of the hardest-hit sectors have, at the very least, ceased to be a drag on growth. The new indicators, in fact, suggest that manufacturing and housing could drive the incipient recovery, accounting for an unusually large share of growth and stim-ulating a rebound in more sluggish areas such as consumer spending.

“The key we’re looking for is consis-tency,” said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at the economic outlook group. “The more we see of these types of indica-tors all sending the same message, the more confident we are that the worst is over and the economy is on track to recover.”

Stronger demand for automobiles, spurred by the federal government’s cash for clunkers program, has helped fuel the expansion. Manufacturers are also revving up production to compensate for inven-

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and Terriblyclever Design —a programming company out of Stanford, calif.—collaborated over the summer to ready the latest version for the Fall semester.

“it was specifically created to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile campus since more and more students, faculty and staff are relying on mo-bile hand-held devices,” ginny cake, assistant chief information officer for oiT and one of the primary collaborators for the program, wrote in an e-mail.

There have been 33,000 unique downloads of DukeMobile since it debuted in March, cake not-ed. Junior Michael Ansel, an undergraduate repre-sentative of the information Technology Advisory Technology council, worked with the professional groups on the project.

“The primary goal of DukeMobile is to find things for students when they’re on the move and don’t want to worry about ,‘Where can i go right now?’” said Ansel, who created the application “Places” for Version 1.3.

“Places” allows DukeMobile users to search the operating hours of campus eateries and stores, as well as compare their current location to that of their destination by pairing gPS and WiFi databas-ing technology.

Ansel, an electrical & computer engineering and computer science double major, came up with the idea for the application last Spring when he de-signed a Web program to organize the hours and locations of his favorite dining locations for his per-sonal use. The Web program ultimately became the template for DukeMobile’s “Places.”

After finals, Ansel sought out Dining Services to work with them to keep the data updated. John Board, associate chief information officer at oiT and associate professor of computer science, helped Ansel with DukeMobile. Ansel perfected the pro-gram through an independent study.

in addition, oiT employees worked to add the interactive map, events calendar and library access applications to DukeMobile before the start of the

semester as well as the operating hours of the li-brary, gym and Duke Stores for “Places.”

Students users, especially those from the class of 2013, gave the new additions to DukeMobile pri-marily positive reviews.

“Mobile lets you find your way around campus without obviously carrying a map,” freshman Bre-ann Tisano said.

others noted that Duke seems to be ahead of the curve among its peers when it comes to technology.

“i’m really impressed by how much the applica-tion is able to make life easier in the first weeks of college,” freshman Jeremy ruch said. “i think its in-dicative of the caliber of the school we attend that the administration cares about its students enough to have a mobile application.”

Further plans for the program involve making data entry easier and administration more manage-able, cake said.

cake added that she hopes to solicit further stu-dent input in upcoming versions of DukeMobile. last Spring, oiT sponsored a student application contest for the next version. contest winners senior JP cafaro and junior Matthew isabel both submit-ted applications associated with generating walking tours on DukeMobile and will be working with oiT over the semester to make their ideas a reality.

“i thought what Duke did with 1.3 was really cool and what they plan to do with gPS is pretty inno-vative,” isabel said. “Duke is really on the cutting edge.”

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tory levels that were allowed to dwindle in recent months, and exports of manufactured goods have risen as the global economy has stabilized. eleven of 18 industries included in the iSM survey expanded in August.

And manufacturing conditions look set to improve further. An iSM index of new orders rose to 64.9, sending a promising signal. The institute’s index of current production rose to its highest level since 2004.

“While some of the rise in today’s headline number was probably related to the auto sector, the improvement was much more broad than that,” said Michael Feroli, an econo-mist at J.P. Morgan chase. “overall, today’s report was a strong signal that industrial output will contribute significantly to overall economic growth in the second half of the year.”

The commerce Department, meanwhile, reported that con-struction spending was down 0.2 percent in July. While the drop largely reflected a 1.2 percent drop in commercial real estate, home construction rose after a long period of decline. construc-tion spending on housing rose 4.5 percent in July. if that pattern holds up, residential investment, though still at low levels by his-torical standards, could add to overall economic activity.

Also pointing to a continued improvement in housing in coming months was a report by the national Association of realtors showing that pending home sales rose 3.2 percent in July. That was the sixth monthly increase and suggests that momentum in housing sales will continue.

improvements in the housing market would have benefits that extend well beyond the sector. People buying new homes tend to also spend money on furniture and other accessories. And a more stable housing market would put a brake on the decline in home prices, in turn improving Americans’ per-ceptions of their own wealth and reducing the losses financial firms face from bad mortgages.

Despite the generally rosy tenor of Tuesday’s data, it re-mains unclear whether a recovery would significantly improve the job market. The iSM survey assesses employment trends, and that index was 46.4 in August, indicating contraction.

“The good news is that the recovery in the manufacturing and housing sectors appears to be gathering pace,” said Paul Dales, a U.S. economist at capital economics. “The bad news is that it is still not creating any extra jobs, meaning that the U.S. is heading for yet another jobless recovery.”

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In the first half of Tuesday’s season opener, the Blue Devils looked like a team that had never played together before. They were not linking passes togeth-er, communicating well or producing any real threats against James Madison’s goal.

All it took to help Duke figure out how to work as a unit, howev-er, were two walk-ons who have played and grown up together since the day they were born.

Sophomore midfielders Daniel and Christopher Tweed-Kent, who are twin brothers, provided the chem-istry Duke (1-0) had sorely lacked as the Blue Devils scored two late goals en route to a 2-0 win in Koskinen Stadium over James Madison (0-1).

“They’ve been unbelieveable,” junior Cole Grossman said. “They’ve worked really hard, you couldn’t ask for more from those guys. They’re awesome.”

Grossman was impressive himself, as he scored both Blue Devil goals—but not without significant help from both of the Tweed-Kents.

With just over 20 minutes left in the game, Daniel Tweed-Kent split the Dukes’ defense with a perfect ball in to Grossman, who was fouled hard before he could fin-ish the easy opportunity. On the ensuing penalty, James Madison’s goalie guessed the correct direction, but Gross-man’s well-placed shot found the bottom corner of the net anyway to score Duke’s first goal of the year.

“I like taking penalties, especially in big situations,” Grossman said. “It’s a pretty cool situation to be up there with the game on the line.”

Emboldened by the 1-0 lead, Christopher Tweed-Kent began making the JMU defenders look foolish as he commanded the Blue Devils’ left wing. Countless times he manuevered through multiple James Madison backs and sent crosses that nearly found the heads of Duke’s strikers.

“I think it’s always a matter of just getting comfort-able with the game,” he said. “Once you know who’s playing and how they’re playing, you can find their

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FIELD HOCKEY

The Duke men’s and women’s cross country teams defeated NCCU in a dual meet TuesdaySenior Lauren Miller earned ACC Player of the Week honors for her play in Duke’s two wins last weekend

Blue Devil Football: Worth all the hype? I never thought I would hear the words

“hype” and “Duke Football” put together se-riously in the same sentence.

To be sure, 2007’s Abomination of the Decade, when Duke lost at Notre

Dame in a battle of 1-9 teams, received plenty of hype on the blogs and on Sportscenter’s “Not Top 10” list.

Then last year, there was a little hype about the Blue Devils

when they traveled to Georgia Tech in search of their first ACC road win in 17 attempts before getting trampled by the Yellow Jackets and ending most excite-ment for that squad.

But in just a year and a half, head coach David Cutcliffe has taken a school that some argued shouldn’t be playing FBS-level foot-ball and has done the improbable—by in-sisting this team has bowl potential, he has developed an air of excitement around the program.

For the first time since 1994, when Duke last played a meaningful game in

December, the excitement regarding Week 1 could actually be justified.

It won’t mean much for the Blue Devils to defeat Richmond Saturday in terms of achiev-ing their postseason goals. While it would be the first of seven wins necessary for a bowl, looking at the game in terms of winning or losing is a lose-lose situation. If Duke wins, it did what it was supposed to do and defeated an opponent from an inferior division.

If it loses… well, the buzz quickly dies, and justifiably so.

Instead, observant fans should look for the signs of success that will carry over into crucial, season-defining games such as Kan-sas, Maryland and Wake Forest. All those games are toss-ups that will make the differ-ence between 4-8 and 7-5 records.

Watch how Thaddeus Lewis commands his offense—not Cutcliffe’s or offensive co-ordinator Kurt Roper’s, but his—in the first half. At the ACC Kickoff media luncheon in July, Lewis said he has reached the point where he’s not afraid to disagree with Cutc-liffe or Roper, and he’s more than willing to call his own plays at the line instead of having them relayed to him from the sideline.

If he’s coolly staring down the Spiders’

linebackers, calling audibles every other play like Peyton Manning (another Cutcliffe dis-ciple) to the slot receivers to run slants and hitting his men in stride as the linebackers blitz, it’s going to be a season worthy of NFL scouts’ attention for Lewis.

But if he’s calling timeout with a second left on the play clock because he didn’t pay at-tention, or audibles into a passing play when the Richmond defensive linemen run stunts and flood the middle of the field, it’s going to be another disappointing campaign.

Watch how the offensive linemen get out of their stances. Against the smaller Rich-mond, they shouldn’t have problems holding their blocks. But will they be able to move the defenders at will? Can they accurately call out blocking assignments on blitzes and not let anyone in for a free shot at Lewis?

If the answer is yes, then the concerns about the offensive line will at least be less-ened. The offensive line will still be over-whelmed at times—if you weigh 270 pounds in college football as an offensive lineman, there are going to be games when you get

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Cecil beaten handily atU.S. Open

WOMEn’S TEnnIS

Mallory Cecil’s first match as a pro could not have end-ed more differently than her fairy tale season at Duke.

Cecil chose to open her professional career at the U.S. Open, one of the most prestigious tournaments in the ten-nis world. She never really made an impression in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., losing 6-0, 6-1 to Italy’s Tathiana Garbin, the world’s No. 52 player, in the first round Tuesday.

Cecil, who officially left Duke last week, received a wild card to the event after winning the NCAA individual title.

“I’m just really lacking experience at this point,” Cecil said. “This is all new to me, and matches like these show me what I need to do to play against players at this level.”

The 19-year-old Cecil committed 38 unforced errors in the match against the unseeded Garbin and failed to impose herself, especially on her own serve. Cecil made 55 percent of her first serves, a low but respect-able number, but could not compensate for winning just 24 percent of points on her second serve.

“With players like Garbin, it’s pretty much all up to you,” Cecil told The (Spartanburg, S.C.) Herald-Jour-nal, her hometown newspaper. “I was trying to control the points, but also hitting shots I didn’t necessarily need to go for. It was tough to do anything with her slice because it stayed so low, but in order to be a top player, you have to learn how to handle anything.”

Cecil, who is the No. 483 player in the world, earned $19,000 for her appearance in the tournament, the Herald-Journal reported.

In her one season as a Blue Devil, Cecil led Duke to a national team title, Duke’s first ever, and also cap-tured the NCAA individual championship. She went 32-6 in singles play as a Blue Devil.

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Christopher Tweed-Kent assisted on a goal in Duke’s 2-0 victory Tuesday.

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flaws and attack them.” Fourteen minutes after the first goal, Christopher

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Finally, pay close attention to how Vincent Rey leads the defense. Former All-American Mike Tauiliili had the most incredible knack for being right where the ball was going before it got there—a natural instinct that makes a good linebacker great.

Rey hasn’t proven that he’s got that same instinct, but Rey doesn’t need to be Tauiliili—and there’s no way he could be. Instead, he needs to keep his defense properly positioned to not give up the big play and make the solid tackles when the opportunities present themselves.

The goal is not to make plays—the offense will more than take care of that. Rather, it’s on Rey and defensive tackle Vince Ogho-baase to make sure the opposing offenses don’t get their shots in.

Those three areas are where the real battles will be fought Saturday. Beating Richmond is no guarantee, but James Madison wasn’t either. As long as Duke plays ABC football and makes the plays it has to without many mis-takes, a win is likely. But if bad habits and silly mistakes crop up again—even in a win—one could just as easily dismiss the upcoming year as just another 4-8 season.

Should Duke show some progress, though, the “Duke in December” campaign can begin in earnest Saturday night.

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ground to deliver a centering pass into the Duke attacking third. The Blue Devils moved the ball quickly across to the right wing, where Daniel Tweed-Kent took one dribble and miraculously squeezed a chip through two of the Dukes’ defenders right in front of goal. There Grossman calmly settled, turned and buried his chance from point-blank range for his second goal of the game.

“I can’t tell you what an amazing pass that was,” Grossman said. “An amazing pass, an easy finish. That was all him.”

With their two assists and countless displays of skill, the Tweed-Kents both showed a level of poise and confidence that belies their inexperience.

“The first preseason game I was pretty nervous,” Daniel Tweed-Kent said. “But once you get into the game and you see what it’s all about, you adjust to the level of play and it raises your own level of play. Just get the ball to Cole’s feet, and everything will work out.”

The Tweed-Kents weren’t the only Blue Devils making their debuts Tuesday. Goalie Nick Tsipis notched his first career start and shutout with the help of another rookie, freshman central defender Andrew Wenger. And fellow freshman striker Ryan Finley, fresh off a successful pre-season, created numerous chances and threatened the Dukes’ end all game.

“Even though he didn’t score, he caused all kinds of problems with his runs and his aggression,” head coach John Kerr said of Finley. “He was unlucky in a couple of attempts.”

Few Blue Devils created more excitement, however, than the 5-foot-9 twins from Pittsfield, Mass.

“They just keep getting better and more confident,” Kerr said. “Their work ethic is second to none. Their

attitude and their approach to the game is fabulous and that’s why they’ve earned spots on the team. They’ve earned it.”

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Students returned to cam-pus this year to a change in the University’s sexual mis-conduct policy. In years past, University officials were man-dated to report faculty or staff sexual offenses against students.

Now, the policy includes a new clause that requires Uni-versity officials to report all known student-on-student sex-ual assaults. Under the policy, University “officials” means not only faculty and staff but also students, like resident as-sistants and first-year advisory counselors, who are acting on behalf of the University.

As allegations are filed, the Women’s Center will reach out to the victim for support and the Office of Student Conduct—formerly the Of-

fice of Judicial Affairs—will begin an investigation into the allegation.

The addition of this clause was a forward-looking mea-

sure taken by the University, designed to

increase the rate of report-ing of sexual assault on cam-pus as well as pre-emptively protect the University from future lawsuits. Currently universities are not held li-able for student-on-student assaults, but, according to General Counsel Vice Presi-dent Pamela Bernard, the le-gal landscape is shifting and universities will likely be held accountable for investigating such incidents in the future.

On its face, the change in policy is a positive step in ad-dressing sexual misconduct

on campus in a serious man-ner. It encourages increased reporting and helps to ensure that students are seeking the right help in the right places.

But what appears to be a rather straightforward policy, is in reality far from it, as the change will present new diffi-culties for student employees. Because they are their peers, student officials—unlike adult faculty and staff—have a com-plex and more personal rela-tionship with both the victims and perpetrators involved.

The policy places RAs and FACs in an awkward and tenu-ous position, forcing them to balance their official role and its responsibility with their de-sire to respect a victim’s desire for confidentiality.

While it is intended to encourage the reporting of

incidents, the policy also has the potential to deter some students from getting help. Because they know that an RA or FAC is mandated to report the allegation and that the Office of Student Conduct will open an investigation, a victim could be less likely to open up to others about an as-sault. In the end, this will only damage the victim further.

It is unfortunate that when the policy was announced, the focus of the conversation was not on the policy itself, but rather on comments made by Women’s Center Director Ada Gregory. The change in policy was a great opportunity for the University to initiate an open, educational and productive conversation on sexual assu-alt on campus and the serious need to address it.

Instead, Gregory’s com-ments introduced the issue in a manner offensive to Duke men, ultimately creat-ing a poor perception of the new policy and a biased en-vironment for enforcement. Although Gregory has said her remarks were taken out of context, the response they generated still shows that de-monizing or talking down to men is not going to improve the situation, and it only alienates a key stakeholder in reducing sexual assault.

At the end of the day, though, the focus should remain on reducing the in-cidence of sexual miscon-duct on campus, for men and women alike—a process in which the Women’s Cen-ter and the new rape policy could play a crucial role.

Campus groups are killing community.It has been suggested, and I wonder,

that perhaps there are too many student groups. The pur-pose of these or-ganizations, to pro-mote community, might be stretched by the weight of the number, which rests now around 400, more than any other time in Duke’s history.

Finances have surely been strained by the high number. It is clear that the present procedure for campus group funding is not sustainable. Many campus leaders have expressed frustration at the available fund-ing and its current allotment system, but students soundly refused a levy last fall.

Stuck in something of a stalemate, with no im-mediate possibility of relief, further issues arise.

Club members inherit the stress of their lead-ers when finances limit activity; physical—and psychological—exhaustion from over-work and under-funded fun create both burnout and cause enrollment numbers to drop.

Exacerbating the situation is the sheer num-ber of opportunities available to the new crop of freshmen each year. Although the myriad groups allow for the indulgence of niche hobbies, the more than 400 groups divide the undergraduate population into such small numbers that not even two dozen people would populate each group if divided equally among the offerings (which, of course, students are not by any means).

Taxing to both members and potential enroll-ees, the organizations may be so specialized as to be futile in fulfilling their goal—to foster community within the Duke student population. If these campus groups are tearing the community apart by straining the allotted resources and denying a critical mass of students in each group by diluting the pool, what can be done to save the sense of community at Duke?

Two suggestions, already alluded to but clearly not ideal or attractive, are to cut the number of fund-ed student groups—essentially killing unhealthy groups—or increasing funding, a measure denied by the Duke student body less than a year ago.

A greater emphasis on innovation in fundrais-ing and in campus activities is an immediate and sustainable solution which will ease both the fi-nancial and psychological strain of the more than 400 groups supported by the Duke community. These are not new ideas—greek organizations long ago mastered the art of the successful fund-raiser, the cooperative, combined event and the cost-effective group activity.

If campus groups take more initiative in fund-ing themselves through listening to and fulfilling the needs of the Duke and Durham communities, the financial strain will be somewhat relieved. Through the unique gifts individual groups offer the larger community, the sense of camaraderie both within the walls of Duke and beyond our campus will have a chance to grow and flourish in a meaningful way.

The larger Duke and Durham communities boast another rich resource that has not always been tapped to its full potential. Graduate stu-dents, alumni, Duke employees and Triangle residents could benefit greatly from the experi-ences and talents conveniently categorized by the campus groups—community festivals showcasing dancing, singing, arts and ethnic gifts would pro-duce revenue and promote community.

In a venue such as Duke, with the creative and brilliant minds walking around campus every day, innovation has no better breeding ground than in the rich campus group community. Undergradu-ates and other leaders have the opportunity to test new ideas and take risks with relatively little reper-cussion compared to the post-graduate world. This chance is the unique advantage of Duke students, whose combination of resources, talent and support creates a community shaped to help them succeed.

Emily Leonardy, Trinity ’08, is a first-year Divinity student. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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emily leonardyduke it out

Glute-blasting on the ellipticals, abdominal-cutting on the stability ball, bicep-flexing in the corner

mirror—walk into Wilson or Brodie rec-reation centers any moment of the day, and you’re bound to see many a sweaty mess working themselves into shape.

And with Internet workouts and maga-zine articles galore, and public person-alities maintaining rock-solid physiques, exercising has perhaps never been such a mainstay of our cul-ture, the obesity cri-sis aside.

W h e n most peo-ple go to the gym, t h e y ’ r e looking to shed a few pounds or fill out a muscle tee. But is that goal truly appropriate for our positions as students at Duke?

Before beginning a workout, each per-son should not only consult their doctor, but outline their personal goals. Why do I want to work out? How will the gym help me satisfy those desires?

Seeing that Duke is essentially a complex, suspiciously overt production factory of world leaders tucked away in the picturesque landscape of North Carolina, the Duke student must be pre-pared for the rigorous demands of our quality institution. And in these trou-bling times, with our University’s all-im-portant ranking falling into the lowest reaches of the top 10, all hands must be on deck! Because that’s what real lead-ers would do.

You’re not at Duke to fit into tight jeans, or to give away tickets to your gun show. You’re at Duke to be smart and prove it too. Just read the Admissions Web site: “We’re most interested in those students who will challenge us, make original discoveries, use their leadership skills in new venues and take advantage of the depth as well as the breadth of this University’s offerings.”

So, if you’re spending more time do-ing yoga than developing Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, the Duke community just does not find you very interesting.

It’s time for a paradigm shift. That’s why I tracked down senior Dayo Aderibigbe, a student who has dedi-cated his time here to helping oth-ers prepare for success—Duke-style. Aderibigbe has been training gradu-ates, undergraduates, professors and other employees as a personal trainer at Wilson. He develops personalized plans for each of his clients based on their personal goals and workout his-tory.

When I asked him how Duke students can work out their brains, he barely skipped a beat. Aderibigbe rattled off the benefits of exercise on the brain. “One of the ways I work out my brain,” he said, is through physical activity. Physical activity can reduce stress and release chemicals that are beneficial for brain capacity de-velopment. The science is with him—ac-tive mice seem to remember more than their lollygagging brethren.

What does this personal trainer sug-gest? “Safety should always be a precau-tion,” Aderibigbe says, but he tries to “stretch” his clients, ideally improving their mental toughness. When asked about the state of the Duke community in terms of brain exercising, Aderibigbe responded, “Duke students have done a good job.” Always cheery, Aderibigbe seems to be a bit too optimistic about our current plight.

That is why I propose the implementa-tion of the Duke University Training for Youth (DUTY) program, a workout regi-men specifically designed to improve the Duke student’s capacity for academic suc-cess.

To ascend the rankings once more, the student body must exercise muscles that have gone unused for too long. The first exercise is neck torsion with resis-tance. Make sure to stretch your neck out before and after. This will improve circu-lation to the brain. The second exercise is the wrist curl. Using light resistance to simulate the holding of a pencil, this exercise will improve your writing speed tremendously.

Once you’re done with the first two, run on over to the nearest spinning class and jump on an open bike. The verbal abuse you will receive from the instructor for coming late will improve your ability to take criticism on papers, and the spin-ning class will help you work on following directions. WARNING: Consult your doc-tor before participating in any workout regimen.

Several studies demonstrate the posi-tive results that exercise can have on the brain. Forward-looking companies, like GlaxoSmithKline and Best Buy, have even installed treadmill desks to boost efficien-cy. But unlike the normal aerobic work-out, DUTY specifically targets the brain, producing double the benefit. It’s just the kind of solution that Duke needs.

Ladies and gentlemen, our very way of life is at stake. We cannot afford to slip further in the ranks, nor can we allow our peer institutions to revel in the glory that is rightfully ours. We must take back our dignity. Do it with pride. Do it with pur-pose.

Do it with DUTY.

Elad Gross is a Trinity senior. His column runs every Wednesday.

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How is America going to end? That was the controversial ques-

tion Josh Levin, a senior editor at Slate, took up in his seven-part series this summer chronicling the threats that could topple the United States government, or at least make a future na-tion under the Stars and Stripes unrecog-nizable to most of us.

T h e p r e d i c -t i o n s r a n g e d from the ordinary, like how rapid climate change could lead us to trade liberty for safety and accept dictatorship, to the curiously bizarre. Drawing from the 1960 novel “A Canticle for Leibowitz,” Levin predicted a Mormon-led state could preserve Amer-ican values long after the United States ceases to exist, much like the Catholic Church preserved some of the elements of Western Civilization after the fall of the Roman Empire.

What was remarkable about Levin’s series was not its subject —predicting catas-trophe is a continually popular theme in literature and journalism —but the subtlety of its analysis. Many of Levin’s predictions deal with how small problems or changes in the near future could potentially snowball in the long run. Levin’s more mundane focus differs drastically from Hollywood’s preference for existential threats, like as-teroids, nuclear war and environmental failure à la “Deep Impact” and the soon-to-be-released “2012.”

In film—and even in journalism—we tend to fixate on threats beyond our con-trol that have a low probability of occur-ring but have grave consequences. There’s something curiously attractive about them.

Even though I’m more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash, my heart doesn’t skip a beat when someone cuts me off in traffic. But it does when I’m on a plane in the midst of turbulence.

In a plane, engine failure is unlikely, but if it does happen I’ll probably die. In a car crash, I’m likely to be hurt but my chances of survival are higher.

I know my fear is irrational, but I still have difficulty overcoming it. That’s the way I imagine most people feel.

We live in a world where there are some potentially catastrophic events, threats involving improbable but certain death, much like plane crashes. But there are far more threats that could change our lives forever while not necessarily ending them, much like car crashes.

This is a column dedicated to examin-ing political, social and environmental threats that are the equivalent of car crash-es. If they come to bear, they won’t lead to the end of the world, but they might change our lives irreparably so that many of the things Americans value—like politi-cal freedom and a continually improving standard of living —no longer exist.

The goal of this column, then, is to fast-forward 20 years, imagine what kind of world we might live in when we are adults and anticipate what some of the greatest challenges of our generation will be and how we might meet them.

Every two weeks, I’ll focus on a differ-ent danger, how it will particularly affect our generation and what we might do now and in the future to avert it.

As Duke students, many of us are likely to be among the wealthiest and best edu-cated people in the United States. That’s not a pat on the back but a demographic fact.

Whatever crises happen in the future, it’s likely we’ll have the resources and status to protect ourselves from them. Whether we take responsibility for the nation’s and the world’s problems or retreat into gated communities is up to us.

One good thing about this recession is that it’s given us an opportunity to think critically about the world’s problems with a long view toward the future. Let’s use it.

Admittedly, this is a somewhat preten-tious project. I’m not an expert and I know it. That’s why I want to solicit as much input as I can from you. Attached to the online version of this column you’ll find a specialized comment box for submitting potential topics.

Let me, and the entire Duke communi-ty, know what you think our greatest chal-lenges will be.

Yousef AbuGharbieh is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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