Hispanics work to build a community

by Alejandro BolívarTHE CHRONICLE

As Durham County’s Hispanic popula-tion grows, it faces both new challenges and opportunities.

The county was an estimated 2.2 per-cent Hispanic or Latino in 2009, accord-ing to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, compared to an estimated 7.7 percent of the total population of North Carolina. But in the difficult economic climate, Latinos face significant problems, Colleen Blue, program director at El Centro Hispano, wrote in an e-mail.

“Latinos are being hit hardest in terms of unemployment, home foreclosure and lack of health insurance,” Blue said. “We are also facing some of the most urgent public policy issues directly impacting the greater Latino community; not just in North Caro-lina, but across the United States.”

Based in Durham, ECH is a grassroots community organization that has served more than 11,000 people and has more than 600 dues-paying members. The orga-nization seeks to provide information about issues affecting Latino families, Blue said.

In addition to providing language les-sons and tutoring, ECH helped to open

Record pledge remains unsettled

Retirees find opportunities through Duke instituteby Raj De

THE CHRONICLE

After a career’s work is done, the learning continues for Bull City retirees.

At the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke, students—who are mostly local retirees—are taking advantage of the program’s full array of educational experiences. Opportunities range from classes like “Exploring Cinema” and “Chinese Brush Painting” to social activities, such as ballroom dancing and poetry reading.

The courses are not for Duke credit but are linked to Duke facilities, such as the libraries and dining halls. Cur-rently, OLLI is centered in The Bishop’s House on East Campus and has over 1,500 members.

“I like that there is such a good assortment of classes to choose from,” said Jon Edland, on OLLI student and retiree of four years. “For my career, I was involved with business, but it is such a great feeling to take classes in ev-erything but business. I’m just having fun.”

CNN Money recently ranked Durham no. 1 in its “Top 25 Places to Retire,” praising OLLI at Duke and calling the University’s lifelong-learning program “stel-lar.” The piece cited Durham’s dual artistic and athletic flairs and called the city a “Mecca” of retirement; one

could stroll through grassy golf courses by day and fre-quent the Nasher Museum of Art or Durham Perform-ing Arts Center by night.

Garry Crites, program director for continued educa-tion, said much of the program’s success depends on peer instruction. Although some instructors also teach undergraduates at the University, volunteers—who are often also members of OLLI—can teach as well. It fos-ters a cooperative and versatile learning experience in which, for example, former doctors can now teach his-tory, he added.

“I have friends here who retired who have been busier in retirement than they were when they were working,” Judy Stafford, a statistical programmer for the Duke Clini-cal Research Institute who teaches folk dance at OLLI, wrote in an e-mail.

Faye Gregory, facilitator for OLLI’s Single Women’s So-cial Group, noted that the program provides retirees with a “warm and friendly place” to make friends. A retiree her-self, she has seen her group’s membership approximately double in the last four years, with 55 members currently involved, she said.

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by Taylor DohertyTHE CHRONICLE

Much of the $72 million donation that former Duke President Nan Keohane called “a fitting capstone” to the Cam-paign for Duke has not been paid.

William Schlesinger, former dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, said the school had not received any of its $70 million portion of the donation when he left the University June 1, 2007. The pledge

was made by Peter and Ginny Nicholas in December 2003, when the pair were co-chairs of the Campaign for Duke and Peter was chair of the Board of Trustees. Top ad-ministrators, including Provost Peter Lange and Nicholas School Dean Bill Chameides, declined to comment on the donation. Ke-ohane, who stepped down as president in 2004, also declined to comment.

“I went along with being quiet for quite a while, but over the years I’ve de-

cided that I don’t care—you know, it peeves me, for instance, that Wikipedia, under Peter Nicholas, describes how he

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on the surface, the argument is over custody of the Chinese boat captain, who is under arrest in Japan. but fuel-ing the angry posturing is a struggle between China and Japan for regional dominance, along with long-standing disputes over territory.

The angry rhetoric, which has come more from beijing than Tokyo, is the latest indication that a newly assertive China is looking to flex its muscles internationally.

since the boat collisions, several other disputes have flared up, ranging from serious to bizarre.

WAshingTon, d.C. — new research published today in the journal pediatrics adds weight to the growing body of evi-dence that obesity isn’t only a matter of behavior or genetics.

researchers at the university of California, san diego school of medicine checked 124 kids (median age 13.6 years) for the presence of antibodies to a virus known as Ad36, an ad-enovirus that can cause upper respiratory tract or gastrointestinal illness and that has been as-sociated in earlier studies with obesity. sixty-seven of the kids were obese, and 57 were not.

They found evidence of such antibodies in 19 children altogether. of those children, 15—or 78 percent—were obese. more-over, Ad36 antibodies were more com-mon among the obese children (15 out of 67) than in those who were not obese (4 of 57). Finally, the children who had Ad36 anti-bodies were, on average, nearly 50 pounds heavier than those without the antibody.

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In a speech on civility in discourse, Jim Leach reminded the crowd that Thomas Hobbes had once called the life of man “nasty, brutish and short.”

Leach, the ninth chairman of the Na-tional Endowment for the Humanities, spoke Monday at the Nasher Museum of Art. The lecture comes as part of Leach’s “Civility Tour,” a 50-state tour that started in November 2009 that addresses the need for humanity in what Leach called a “Hobbesian world.”

“I’ve embarked on a tour of the country talking about the subject of ci-vility, and in some ways there’s no sub-ject that could be duller,” Leach said. “But if you take the context of history, change was wrought not only with con-cern about rights but also the nature of man.”

Leach’s lecture drew not only stu-dents and faculty but also those involved in art programs.

Leach previously spent 30 years in Congress representing southeastern Iowa and then taught at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, until beginning his four-year term in August 2009.

With experiences in academia and politics, he made references to both classical philosophers and modern fig-ures that ranged from Montesquieu and Thomas Jefferson to Newt Gingrich and Tip O’Neil.

Leach also emphasized the impor-tance of respect in a what he believes is an increasingly polarized political at-mosphere.

“If you develop a society based upon precepts of the rights of man, that in-cludes the quality of man, which implies that people should respect what other people are thinking,” Leach said.

He added that although incivility in politics is nothing new, making reference to the 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, the current politi-cal climate is still troubling.

To demonstrate his point, Leach called the “You lie!” outburst by U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., during a 2009 Obama speech “unfortunate.”

“Words matter —they reflect emo-tion,” he said. “They can clarify thought, cloud thoughts and bring out better angels in our nature or baser instincts. Conversely, healing words can do the reverse.”

Leach concluded with a light-heart-ed example of the incivility he has witnessed in politics: The difference between former Vice President Dick Cheney and Obama, he said, is that Cheney was called a fascist, but Obama has been called both a fascist and a communist “often at the same time and by the same person.”

Dean of Humanities Srinivas Aravamudan who invited Leach to Duke,

OnlyBurger loses close food truck competition

After a close battle with Oklahoma City-based Big Truck Tacos, OnlyBurger fell short of winning the Food Network’s food truck con-test, the network announced Sunday night.

The competition, which began Aug. 28, allowed followers to vote online and via text message for their favorite food trucks to appear on the Food Network’s next season of “The Great Food Trucks Race.” Although OnlyBurger appeared to be in first place on the leaderboard when vot-ing closed Sept. 10, Big Truck Tacos ended up winning the $10,000 cash prize and the chance to appear on the show for a grand prize of $50,000.

Before the results were announced, On-lyBurger co-owner Brian Bottger said his food truck had been highly ranked from the contest’s beginning—it began its run in

the contest at fifth place and later moved to third and eventually first place on the con-test’s leaderboard. Although OnlyBurger employees were confident that their place on the scoreboard indicated a win, Food Network public relations representatives had said the leaderboard did not necessar-ily represent all the votes that each truck had received.

The final tally was calculated after the leaderboard was last seen by consumers, wrote Lauren Mueller, the Food Network’s public relations manager, in an e-mail.

Bottger said OnlyBurger was nominated by numerous customers to take part in the con-test. The food truck used Twitter, Facebook and promotional handouts and posters to en-courage customers to vote in the contest.

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Duke Student Government added six freshman senators last night after polls closed at 10 p.m.

Daniel Pellegrino and Rachel Barry will serve on the Academic Affairs Committee; Isabella Dreyfuss and Philip Srebrev will serve on the Student Affairs Committee; and Frank Lee and Ben Shantz will serve on the Athletics and Campus Services Committee.

The two Durham and Regional Affairs senators had not been finalized by 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morn-ing due to a potential campaign violation by one of the candidates, said DSG Attorney General Ryan Clark, a junior.

Voter turnout increased in this year’s election to 32 percent, Clark said. Last year, 27 percent of eligible voters participated in the election.

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Crites and Gregory had no real complaints. The main area of need is finding more spa-cious rooms, necessitated by OLLI’s grow-ing popularity.

Duke undergraduates can interact with OLLI students through the “Inter-generational Ethics” house course held on Sundays.

“At college, you just rarely get the oppor-tunity to interact on a personal scale with other generations,” senior Samuel Heroy, the house course’s co-instructor, wrote in an e-mail. “We can learn a lot from people with more experience and try to come to terms with different views across different generations.”

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North Carolina’s first Latino Community Credit Union in 2000 and created Local Access to Coordinated Health-care in partnership with Duke to educate those who do not have health insurance.

“For many Latinos, the combined stresses of challeng-ing economic times and geographic separation from families, friends and communities are exacerbated by lack of residency documentation and anti-immigrant policies and attitudes,” Blue said. “For example, many community members we serve tell us that they are scared to trust our public institutions, such as 911 services and police officers, and these fears can jeopardize the safety of our community in general.”

a common bondHoping to eliminate those fears is Durham Police

Chief Jose Lopez, who said his bilingualism helps him reach the Latino community.

Lopez was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to parents from Caguas, Puerto Rico and has worked in cities with large Hispanic populations for much of his life. Before coming to Durham, Lopez worked for the police department in Hartford, Conn. In both places, Spanish has been a use-ful asset.

“Because I’m fluent in Spanish, that cuts through a lot of barriers,” Lopez said. “Every culture has its own unique-ness to it, [but] being Puerto Rican gives me a better un-derstanding of the Latino [and] Hispanic culture.”

Lopez added that it is important for the police depart-ment to be representative of the society it serves. Such diversity allows officers to understand why people act and think in different ways.

“a diverse young community becoming closer”One Duke organization seeks to serve Durham’s La-

tino population by providing support to students at Sher-wood Githens Middle School and encouraging them to branch out to other students.

“Guia is a great way for Latinos to feel comfortable but also bridge racial and ethnic gaps in the schools,” said senior Becky Agostino, who founded the volunteer organization in 2009. “We unite the students through

service learning and fitness. Kids bond over sports, com-munity service.”

A Robertson scholar, Agostino said she was inspired to help the local Latino community after taking a class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that focused on Latino issues in the United States.

“We see a strong Latino community in Guia, but we also see a diverse young community becoming closer,” she said.

a culinary bridgeBridging that gap between the communities has prov-

en to be a successful business model for one Durham res-taurant.

The vision behind Chubby’s Tacos—which has a loca-tion on Ninth Street right off East Campus—was to take the concept of the taquería and present it to the general population.

The menu is in English and the workers are bilingual or English-speaking, noted Antonio Sustaita, the restau-rant’s owner.

Sustaita attributes his business’ success to adapting to meet the unique needs of his clients. For example, because of the large population of vegetarians at Duke, the Ninth Street location sells tofu and “portobello mushroom” ta-cos—combinations not found at traditional taquerías.

“I decided to bring the traditional taquería with a little bit of a twist to the general American public,” said the San Antonio, Texas native, who will soon open his busi-ness’ fifth location in Raleigh.

Moving forwardEven with community-building efforts, some members

of Durham’s Hispanic population remain aloof, said Alex Muñoz, a member of the maintenance staff at the Univer-sity who moved to the United States from Mexico when he was 12 years old. Muñoz said for some Latinos there is discomfort adjusting to living in a country they do not consider to be their own.

The Hispanic community, however, has left its mark on the state.

“The immigrant has made North Carolina grow into one of the states with one of the best and most stable econ-omies,” Muñoz said. “We have made it great. We have made it move forward just like it’s helped us move forward.”

commended Leach’s humanistic efforts. “What he’s talking about is relevant in a time when

the temperature has risen so much in politics with people screaming at each other,” Aravmudan said. “And the hu-manities disciplines are where we can learn more about history, culture [and] literature and get a sense of perspec-tive so we don’t forget about the historical background to these issues.”

Sarah Schroth, senior curator for the Nasher, said she was curious to listen to Leach’s opinions because the mu-seum applies to NEH for humanities grants.

“This is the new chairman of the NEH and as a cura-tor, I am always interested to hear the direction of a new chairman.”

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A $72 million pledge that Peter and Ginny Nicholas made in the 2003 Campaign for Duke has not been fully delivered to the University.

has given the $70 million dollar gift to Duke University,” Schlesinger said. “You know, somebody needs to start tell-ing the truth about some of this stuff.”

Peter Nicholas said in a Chronicle interview that his family has paid “a significant portion” of the pledge, but not all of it. Nicholas, co-founder of Boston Scientific and Trinity ’64, declined to disclose the amount paid but added that his family plans to fulfill the remainder of the pledge in “due course.”

“At the end of [our] conversation, you asked the most important question—did my family and I intend to fulfill these pledge commitments?” he wrote in an e-mail. “I would like to repeat once again that the answer remains, ‘Yes.’”

the capstoneThe pledge marked the official end of the Campaign

for Duke in 2003, a fundraising effort that garnered $2.36 billion in pledges and donations for the University.

The Nicholas pledge—the largest in the University’s history when it was made—directed $2 million to Perkins Library and $70 million to the Nicholas School. The school had been named after the Nicholas family following a pre-vious $20 million donation.

Duke was supposed to receive the 2003 gift by Dec. 2008, Schlesinger said. He added that Chameides told him in June that little to none of the donation had been re-ceived. Chameides declined to comment on the gift.

“I come back and see old friends periodically and ask them about this, and numerous people have told me that none of it has been paid up to now,” said Schlesinger, who is now president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.

things fall apartFew of the Nicholas School’s announced plans for the

pledge have been realized as originally conceived.The University never built Nicholas Hall, a 160,000 sq.-

ft. structure that was among the school’s top priorities in its 2006-2011 strategic plan.

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask confirmed that the building’s construction was “largely” put on hold due to problems with the Nicholas donation, but declined to com-ment about further details of the pledge.

The school described the building and other plans for the pledge in the cover story of the Spring 2004 edi-tion of “Duke Environment,” a Nicholas School publica-tion. The piece was titled “Investing in the Future of the Environment” and featured a portrait of Peter and Ginny Nicholas.

The piece also included plans for the creation of the Nich-olas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, a new arm of the University intended to provide “high-quality and timely data” to address environmental problems.

Although the institute was created, it was not endowed by the Nicholas donation, Schlesinger said. Instead the in-stitute gets additional funding from the provost’s office, he added.

Lange declined to comment on how the Nicholas Institute is funded. Nicholas Institute Director Tim Profeta wrote in an e-mail that the Office of the Provost does contribute to the institute’s budget, but declined to specify the amount. In ad-dition to provost funds, the institute is supported by external grants and donations, Profeta noted.

Scottee Cantrell, author of the “Duke Environment” article and assistant dean for marketing and communi-cations at the Nicholas School, referred all comment to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Schoenfeld declined to comment and said it is University policy not to comment on pledge payments for specific gifts.

after the campaignAlthough Schoenfeld said he could not discuss the Nicho-

las donation, he noted in an e-mail that a high rate of pledges from the Campaign for Duke have been paid.

Of the $2.36 billion in pledges made during the cam-paign, more than $2.2 billion have been received, he said. The University has commitments from donors to fulfill most of the outstanding pledges.

The $70 million pledge from Nicholas represented a significant portion of the funds raised by the Nicholas School, however.

The Nicholas School received a total of $137 million in pledges, or more than twice its goal of $60 million, accord-ing to the campaign’s final report.

According to “Duke Environment,” including the $70 million pledge, the Nicholas family committed almost $100 million to the Nicholas School—or nearly 75 percent of the school’s pledges from the campaign.

Schlesinger said not receiving the gift constrained the school and cited his frustrations with the unpaid pledge as a major reason he chose to leave the University in 2007.

“The plans that we had for the school just weren’t go-ing to happen, and there was no indication that they were likely to happen in a few years,” he said.

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Following a heartbreaking loss to North Carolina Friday night, Duke will look to bounce back as it faces UNC-Wilmington today at 7 p.m.

Traveling for the first time this season, the No. 11 Blue Devils (2-1-2) hope to

continue their domi-nance in road open-ers. For four con-secutive years, Duke has won its first away game of the season, and head coach John Kerr is excited to once again play away from the friendly

confines of Koskinen Stadium. “We’ve put in five games already at

home so we’re excited to get on the road and test our mental [ability],” Kerr said. “We’re excited about the opportunity.”

The opportunity available for the Blue Devils is to not only get back on the winning track, but to prove themselves against a strong defensive team. The Seahawks (4-1-0) boast one of the best goalkeepers in the country in Brock Duckworth. The senior was ranked second in save percentage nationally and re-corded eight shutouts last year. He has already

led UNC-W to three shutouts this season, and has not given up a goal at home.

Needless to say, Duke’s offense has its work cut out for it. The Blue Devils will need to overcome both Duckworth and their lack of scoring diversity. While they have scored 10 goals on the season, seven have come by way of sophomore Ryan Finley. The Lumberton, N.J., native has managed two hat tricks already, but none of his teammates have more than one goal. In order for Duke to be successful, Kerr thinks others will need to step up.

“We need to be more dynamic in our movements and not rely on Ryan Finley to score all of our goals,” Kerr said. “I think we have to be a little bit more creative.”

In addition, the offense will need to focus on both creating opportunities and capitalizing on scoring chances. Friday was marked by a huge disadvantage in shots, 18-8, and shots on goal, 7-2, against the rival Tar Heels. While chances were presented in the second half, strikes were just not on target. Against an equally strong defense that will create even fewer opportunities today, the Blue Devils will need to finish when given the chance.

Defensively, Duke has performed sol-idly so far this year. Despite playing three

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Wallace Wade Beat-down leaves fans low

Saturday’s matchup between Duke and Alabama was billed as the biggest game in Blue Devil history. Seats were added to Wallace Wade Stadium—which Alabama fans haughtily dubbed “tiny”—to fit the overwhelming amount of peo-ple who wanted to see the defending national champions. Duke rented out a

closed Durham su-permarket’s park-ing lot to fit the RVs of visiting Crimson Tide fans.

T-shirts were also sold for weeks beforehand and given out at the

game, hyping it as the “Wallace Wade Showdown.”

But once the ball was snapped, the game turned into the “Wallace Wade Beat-down.”

In what was supposed to be a chance for the Duke football program to show it was back on the road to respectability, the Blue Devils instead ended up with egg all over their faces. And instead of re-energizing Duke, this game depressed its fans.

Now, if we were to judge the Crim-son Tide’s visit to Durham solely on the

hype and pregame atmosphere, then the experience could be considered a rousing success. Wallace Wade was truly full for the first time since I’ve been on campus—including the student section, which for once was filled more than five minutes before game time and actually had to turn many prospective fans away.

For the first time in recent memory, students and Duke fans alike were legiti-mately excited for a football game.

David Cutcliffe and his team said all the right things, too—they were going to give it their all and compete with the defending national champions. Alabama coach Nick Saban even sounded mildly concerned about the Blue Devil offense, giving Duke fans some hope they could keep this game competitive.

After the opening kickoff, though, that abundant optimism quickly transformed into overwhelming discouragement. Af-ter all the hoopla and energy—much of which can probably be accounted for by the fancy pom-poms distributed to stu-dents—the Crimson Tide’s first snap was a 48-yard run by Heisman-winner Mark Ingram.

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robertson named Acc Volleyball Player of the WeekThe ACC released the name of its volleyball player

of the week yesterday, and for the second consecutive week, it was a Blue Devil.

Junior Amanda Robertson earned the honor by leading Duke to a 3-0 win over Wake Forest last Friday. Robertson attained 15 kills on 22 attempts against the Demon Deacons and hit .591 with two errors. She also totaled 12 digs on the match.

Robertson has improved significantly during her third season at Duke, and currently sports a .349 hit-ting percentage, 86 kills, 88 digs and 26 blocks, among the top Blue Devils at each statistic. She and the rest of the Duke squad play again this weekend against georgia Tech and Clemson Sept. 24-25.

Beck on israel’s World Amateur TeamHighly touted freshman women’s golfer Laetitia

Beck was named yesterday to the Israeli team in the World Amateur Team Championship. The tourna-ment is scheduled to begin Oct. 16 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The 2009 Israel Lady and Junior golfer, who is a na-tive of Caesarea, Israel, and was a gold medalist at the 18th Maccabiah, will be joined on the team by Hadas Libman and petra Bogoslavski. According to Duke Sports Information, this will be the first time ever that three golfers compete for Israel.

Beck finished tied for 37th in her first collegiate tournament, the NCAA Fall preview, played last week. She improved each day of the tournament, firing a 78 on day one, then following it up with rounds of 72 and 71. Duke will miss her at the Landfall Tradition tourna-ment, though, as it tees off at the same time as the World Amateur Team Championship in October.

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After a double-double against Wake Forest Friday, junior Amanda Robertson was named ACC Volleyball Player of the Week yesterday.

in the next 10 minutes, put up 45 in the first half alone, and average more than a first down each play during the game.

That shouldn’t happen to any ACC school, no matter who the opponent is.

“It was pretty simple. We had a better matchup than anybody thought,” Cutcliffe said Sunday. “I thought we overreacted to the reputation.”

The blowout was so jarring that almost half the stu-dent section had left even before halftime. During the second half of the game, ABC’s shots from its blimp showed a stadium that was sparsely populated, with a large majority of the remaining fans in Crimson rather

than Royal Blue.So what, you may say—Duke fans should’ve expected

this outcome. And yes, they should have. But they didn’t expect 62-13.

Losing by almost 50 points in front of your home crowd, in a game that was supposed to reintroduce your program to the nation, can be thoroughly debilitating for any foot-ball team, let alone one with Duke’s rather depressing re-cent football history.

Contrast that with the Blue Devils’ relative success in their first two contests this season—a solid victory over Elon and very nearly beating ACC rival Wake Forest on the road—and Duke’s complete failure Saturday becomes even more jarring.

And forget how the players and coaches must feel—

imagine how the student body is feeling now. A fan base that could be generally described as apathetic towards its football program—and that’s at the best of times—had to witness Duke’s worst loss in 10 years Saturday, just as support for the football team was its strongest in years.

For Blue Devil fans, this weekend was analogous to a weekend of hard partying—full of anticipation, fun while it lasted, but ultimately greeted with a massive hangover of depression and regret Sunday morning.

It remains to be seen whether Duke will be able to recover from its hangover during the rest of this season, starting Saturday against Army. But if it can’t, the Wallace Wade Beat-down could prove to be a huge hurdle for this program to overcome.

ranked opponents in their first five games, the Blue Dev-ils have only surrendered four goals. Led by the play of sophomore goalkeeper James Belshaw—who has only giv-en up three goals and currently sports a save percentage of 90 percent— and senior captain Christian Ibeagha, the Duke defense has maintained a high level of play and has consistently performed when called upon.

Yet despite its strong play, the defense will face an ag-

gressive and vengeful group of Seahawks. Having had nearly a week to rest and looking to avenge last season’s overtime loss against Duke, UNC-W will be ready to come out of the gates fast. Additionally, five of the seven Seahawk starters at the midfield and forward positions are seniors, possibly making the battle even greater than expected.

“It’s going to be a tough match,” Kerr said. “They gave us a tough game last year… and we know what they are capable of. Their coaching has done a great job with the program, so we know we have our hands full [tonight].”

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Duke currently has 645 regu-lar rank Trinity faculty members, but administrators are working to ensure that number soon be-gins to shrink. The advent of a reduced faculty is concerning, as it may affect the student ex-perience.

In an effort to combat its deficit, University administra-tors have adopted a variety of approaches to decreasing the size of the faculty. For the next few years the University will add fewer new professors than the number who depart, accord-ing to Alvin Crumbliss, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences and dean of Trinity College. The administration has also begun to hire younger faculty, preferably those who are rising in their respective fields or are qualified to teach across mul-tiple disciplines. Duke will also

prioritize assistant professor searches over senior searches, Crumbliss said.

While we commend the administration for its commit-ment to continued hiring, we are still concerned that the

student expe-rience could diminish amid

the saving strategies. One of the hallmarks of a Duke edu-cation is the engaging experi-ence that many students share with their professors. The rel-atively low student-faculty ra-tio is undoubtedly one of the major attractors for students who choose Duke. With every incoming class increasing in size and a reduction in faculty numbers, this student-faculty relationship may suffer.

Typically, it is in the small-er, more intensive classes in which students tend to be the

most engaged, and with such a large undergraduate popu-lation the percentage of class-es with small student-faculty ratios is likely to dwindle.

Further, faculty members are of utmost importance in maintaining the quality of academic departments. They anchor programs and provide continuity for the courses of study upon which students embark. Relatively large faculty numbers also provide program diversity, ensuring that a wide and interesting variety of schol-ars represent the true scope of a field to their students.

Duke’s regular rank fac-ulty membership is larger now than at any time in the school’s history, Crumbliss noted at the Arts and Sciences Council meeting last week. The Class of 2014 is also the largest ever en-rolled. Clearly the University is

on an unsustainable track.This is not to say that all

cuts are to be discouraged. Certainly the administration should discontinue programs or positions that are not per-tinent to the strength of the departments, and the 10 per-cent cut in budgets should allow departments to identify those areas. It is praiseworthy that initiatives that broaden the student experience are being continued, such as the humanities laboratories.

However, many questions still remain unanswered. The administration has, unfortu-nately, not fully disclosed its criteria for hiring and letting go of faculty.

Since last October, when Provost Peter Lange an-nounced the faculty retirement incentive, the Duke administra-tion has not revealed what the

packages look like or who has agreed to accept the deal.

Duke media releases and public statements continue to promote the fact that the school is still hiring new pro-fessors. But it seems unlikely that natural attrition alone will be sufficient to reduce the size of the faculty. University stake-holders deserve to know more about what Crumbliss means by a strategy of “encouraging retirement of faculty who may have retirement in mind.”

The faculty reduction is un-doubtedly necessary, however the University must sustain its academic excellence and commitment to undergradu-ate scholarship in the process. The best way to preserve and improve the undergradu-ate experience is to maintain quality faculty and ensure en-gagement with professors.

This past Wednesday, I was one of the many eager Duke students milling around the Bryan Center in business attire, chatting

up recruiters in hopes of finding a job. Three days later I returned to the BC, again for a career-related purpose, except this time I was clad in a T-shirt that read “Armadillo Staff” for my first day as a bartender at the Dillo.

I’ll be honest: I wasn’t planning on adding my latest on-campus job to my resume under “work experi-ence” for the firms that I’d planned on applying to several days prior, simply because I didn’t see it as be-ing relevant. My primary objective in pursuing a job at the Dillo was to make some cash in a fun environment (I mean, how many seniors do you know that bartend on campus?). But after eight hours of scrambling be-hind the bar, multitasking making drinks while punching in tabs and holding conversations with customers, I realized that this job was to be more than just “fun”—it was demanding, extremely ex-hausting and challenging.

Those are the same words I anticipate I’ll use after my first few days working at the career I hope to have in the near future. The recruiters on Wednesday, despite specific industry delin-eations, all seemed to emphasize their desire to find a candidate who is able to learn fast, connect interpersonally with clients and coworkers and contribute to a lively work-place environment. The corresponding eRecruiting listings for some of those positions seemed to reiterate the same message, and even used a lot of the same adjec-tives to describe their ideal candidate.

Take Goldman Sachs—their eRecruiting list-ing for a full-time Investment Management Ana-lyst position asks for applicants to have “strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills,” and possess the ability to “work in a fast-paced environment and think clearly under pressure.” Compare that to an eRecruiting list-ing for a physical therapist position with the High Point Regional Health System that says, “The successful candidate will... possess excel-lent verbal, written and communication skills” and “excellent interpersonal skills.” In other words, being a nerd who is no fun but can get the work done no longer guarantees you a job in today’s market (sorry, guys).

Seriously, though, young people entering the work force these days need to be dynamic and possess skills that exceed their job-specific re-sponsibilities (I’m pretty sure the word “inter-personal” was used in every other listing on the

eRecruiting website). If this is the case, then, why are Duke students still obsessed with finding that perfect summer internship/on-campus job that is closely related to the specific industry that they

hope to get a job in? Do we not realize that unconventional jobs, such as waitressing and bartend-ing, strengthen your “interper-sonal” skills and are just as valu-able in today’s job market?

Well, it does sound ridiculous to say, “I worked at a bar this summer which really prepared and qualified me for this con-sulting job.” But, according to a particular recruiter for a well-known banking firm, “I interned

for (insert name here) this past summer, which makes me more prepared and qualified for this full-time position” is not much of a motivator for that recruiter’s firm to hire you. While both are valuable in their own right, it seems recruit-ers are conveying that there is extra value added to the candidate who can boast a diversity of work experience both inside and outside of a particular industry. Which means that bartend-ing for the Dillo is not only relevant to my long term career aspirations, but could also very well help me to achieve them.

Matt Hinson, a UNC Chapel Hill alum who majored in Political Science and Peace, War and Defense studies and who currently bartends at the Dillo, cites his experience in the food ser-vices industry as instilling in him skills that will help him down the line: “I decided to take a year off between undergrad and law school, to work and make some money... I chose to bar-tend because it teaches me how to interact with different types of people and how to multi-task.” Hinson knows these traits will benefit him in le-gal career. He told me, “As a lawyer, I will be serving the public one day which means that the way I interact with clients in the courtroom will be built on the way I learn to deal with custom-ers at the Dillo.”

So the next time that I’m struggling to re-member the last name on a person’s tab, wheth-er they asked for salt on the margarita glass, or what goes in a South Padre Island, I’ll remind myself that, somewhere down the line, my expe-riences at Dillo will make me a more competent and competitive candidate for any position I go for. Turns out it’s time for me to update my re-sume after all.

Metty Fisseha is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

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It’s that time of year again. Men, dust off your suits. Ladies, pull out those conservative blouses and hey, button

up all the buttons. It’s time to put on your net-working shoes and print off some extra resumes because, that’s right, it’s job-hunting time!

Ok, so maybe it isn’t job-hunting time for ev-eryone. Maybe you’re looking for an intern-ship? Or a fellowship? Or a way to survive your first semester as a college student?

Whatever your case may be, I guarantee you, sooner or later, you will face the inevi-table. Whether you’re a senior interviewing for a job, a junior searching for an intern-ship or a freshman faced with a prying pro-fessor, mark my words. You will eventually encounter the unavoidable request: Tell me about yourself.

Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Sure, it does. I’ll start.

Hi, my name is Molly Lester. I’m from At-lanta, and I play soccer at Duke. Um, I’m a Trinity senior set to graduate in May of 2011. I’m a history major. I speak French. I, um, like to read in my spare time. I’m a good runner, I, uh…

And this is where the interviewer stops listening. This supposedly easy question, the one we all know we’ll have to answer in every interview, can be a big fat trap. And if you’re not careful, you’ll do what I just did—ramble. And not ramble about po-tentially relevant information, but ramble about pointless facts that more than likely

have nothing to do with the position for which you’re being interviewed.

Who cares if I’m from Atlanta? Probably not any of the head recruiters who attended the Career Fair last week. Correct me if I’m wrong, but they probably won’t assume that all Atlantiens (that’s how Outkast spelled it, so I’m going with it) have excellent analytical abilities, outstanding communication skills and em-body the essence of teamwork.

The answer is, of course, no one cares. But, this I found in-teresting: women, in general,

do not interview as well as men. Notice my word choice. I found this interesting, but not surprising. Before you stop reading and dis-miss me as the ultimate anti-feminist, hear me out.

According to Clay Shirky, an NYU pro-fessor turned professional blogger, women tend to lack the risk-taking behaviors that help men get ahead in the business world. Women aren’t as bold as men and are less willing to take chances when it comes to self-promotion. Me, bold? Nope.

Even in my poorly articulated, 10 second elevator speech, I, an educated and motivat-ed woman, rambled to a hypothetical inter-viewer about useless Molly Lester facts.

Why did I do that? I know better! I should be promoting myself, talking up my leadership skills and my communications experience, but for some reason or an-other, “bragging” about myself makes me uncomfortable. And I mean really uncom-fortable. Even imagining this scenario from the safety of my apartment couch leaves me feeling a little queasy.

Without explaining my recent find, I asked a male friend, completely out of the blue, what he would say in an elevator speech to an interviewer. How would he introduce himself? What points would he make sure to get across? And what he told me (well, texted back to me) fell right in line with Shirky’s claim.

“Hi, my name is [you can fill in the blank, I promised him anonymity.]. I am an extremely motivated and competitive person. I’ve been playing team sports all my life and enjoy working in groups with diverse people. I know that to succeed, I need to constantly strive to improve my skill set everyday.”

I’ve been playing competitive team sports my whole life, too! Why didn’t I say something like this? Why did I ramble about my hobbies and my academic interests? Why did I leave it up to the interviewer to infer from my meaningless intro what sort of val-ues and skills I have or how motivated and purpose-driven I am? Apparently, I am a typical female, in this regard anyway.

I’ll reference Shirky once more. In his blog, he acknowledges the reality of soci-etal limits that specify just how bold and self-promoting a woman can be without go-ing “too far.”

What is that fine line between “going too far” and “confident self-promotion?” Unfor-tunately, there is no exact formula for the perfect first impression. Balancing audacity and humility in an elevator speech is a chal-lenging endeavor and will vary from inter-view to interview.

In the future, however, I will try my best to lead my elevator speech with “Molly Les-ter accomplishments” and feel confident about myself. I will leave the meaningless Molly Lester information in the rear view mirror, and so should you.

And, ladies, don’t be afraid to tell me about yourself. Really.

Molly Lester is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

Duke should be the premier non-Julliard school for the arts. And per-forming and visual arts should be a

central piece of the undergrad-uate experience.

Of the six major priorities outlined in the University 2006 strategic plan, “Making a Differ-ence,” we as a community have made the least progress on the fifth, which articulates a bold vi-sion for the arts at Duke.

The plan recognizes the crit-ical role the arts have in “giving intellectual and emotional tex-ture to daily experiences” and prioritizes the transformation of the arts on campus. This transformation is to be achieved through a five-part agenda by 1) enriching the student experience in the arts, 2) increasing faculty strength in the arts, 3) building national and international arts programming, 4) creating “magnificent arts facilities on all three cam-puses” and 5) strengthening arts leadership.

Despite good progress in many of these areas, I don’t think we’ve yet seen the trans-formation demanded in the strategic plan.

Make no mistake, the transformation of the arts will not occur until they have assumed a vastly more prominent place in the undergraduate experience. Those who are involved with the project to trans-form the arts at Duke are aware of the gap between the cultural salience of the arts outlined in the strategic plan versus the reality on campus today.

Senior Will Passo, a DSG senator and a member of the Provost’s Council for the Arts, wrote in an e-mail to me that “the arts [are] still not a mainstream part of a Duke student’s life... Duke is not really viewed as an arts school.”

Dr. Scott Lindroth, former chair of the music department and now the Vice Provost for the Arts noted that “[t]raditionally the arts have been somewhat marginalized on campus, so trying to bring the arts more into the center of campus culture has been one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced in my role as Vice Provost.”

But why should we even care about the arts on campus?

Folks love to identify deficiencies in cam-pus culture. The vast majority of the pro-posed solutions, though, rely too heavily on capital construction.

We’ll fix dining on campus by remodel-ing West Union. We’ll fix residential isola-tion by building new dorms and returning to the “house model.” We’ll expand the role of the arts by placing new performance and study spaces at the center of plans for the construction of New Campus.

I hardly have to tell you that we are not going to build our way to better campus life. Not in this economy.

A vibrant creative community offers us a way beyond construction to profoundly alter the Duke experience. Great art—expression of human genius—brings peo-ple together. It lifts the whole community. I can enjoy a painting or a musical per-formance or a play and it doesn’t matter what state I’m from, how much my par-ents make, what my skin color is or what I want to do with my life after Duke.

The administration gets this. And they aren’t sitting idly until the construction of new campus finally gives Duke the premier arts facilities an institution of our rank and ambition ought to possess. Of the five-part agenda above, we’re not doing half bad.

We have a top-tier faculty in the arts. We are bringing online innovative academic programs in the arts, like the Visual Studies Initiative, which Lindroth calls an “imagina-tive integration of research and practice” and the Center for Documentary Studies, a “fantastically successful program at the inter-

face between the Durham community and the campus community.” Music department concerts attract more than 12,000 audience

members each year. At the Nasher Musuem

of Art for free and through Aaron Greenwald’s Duke Performances for only $5, students can have access to world-class program-ming, from pianist Mur-ray Perahia to the 2008 Nasher exhibit “El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Phillip III,”

curated by our own Dr. Sarah Schroth. The expanded Duke Arts Festival is a

step in the right direction to make the arts relevant to the wider undergraduate popula-tion. Not only will students have exposure to the U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin and the work of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, but they will also have the opportunity to show-case their own works and meet alums who have pursued a career in the arts.

All of this work, and the eventual con-struction of New Campus (however many years away that may be), is “part of a long process to show that the arts are a living en-tity here, to show that students have a way to participate in the arts,” Lindroth said.

Yes, the process is long. The admin-istration is working diligently and there is certainly an opening for students to provide leadership on campus. The arts aren’t transformed yet.

But we’re getting there.

Greg Morrison, a Trinity senior, is former Duke Student Government EVP. His column runs every Tuesday. This is the first of a three-part series.

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lettertotheeditorDREAM Act caption lacked clarityWhile we were happy to see a picture

of the die-in that took place last week on the Plaza in support of the DREAM Act, we were disappointed that it was not accompanied by an article explaining what the Act entails. Additionally, the picture’s caption, which claimed that the DREAM Act “would allow undocu-mented young people who grew up in the U.S. to become legal citizens,” gave insufficient and misleading information about the Act. The DREAM Act might finally hit the Senate floor next week as an amendment to the Defense Authori-zation Bill. Given the importance of this proposed federal legislation, we believe clarification on it is necessary.

This Act is not about amnesty, which is suggested by the wording of the caption. While the Act does provide Conditional Permanent Residency, there are specific guidelines as to who qualifies. First, the individual must have entered the country before his or her 16th birthday. He or she must have also been in the country for at least five consecutive years prior to the enactment of the bill. At the time of ap-plication, the individual must be between 12 and 35 years old. The applicant must have a “good moral character,” which is judged on an individual basis.

Finally, and most crucially, the appli-cant must have graduated from a U.S. high school or obtained a GED and have been accepted into an institution of high-er education to qualify for conditional permanent residency. This status would grant them a six year period to obtain a bachelor’s degree, complete two years of higher education, or serve for two years in the military. Upon completion, they

would be eligible to file for permanent residency.

With so much attention on the immi-gration debate, it is extremely important to clarify that the DREAM Act is not about amnesty, but rather about education.

Michelle Lozano Villegas, Trinity ’12Lizzeth Alarcon, Trinity ’12

Proper historical context for the house model

Congratulations to Dean Nowicki and the other members of Student Affairs for making a difficult, yet necessary choice. While current students may find this tran-sition sudden and unjust, this decision is actually a reaction to a previous failed housing decision: the quad model.

The quad model was the predomi-nant form of sophomore-junior hous-ing from 2000-2011, an administration-al effort to close the divide between fraternities, SLGs and the “indepen-dent” population. However, in 2006, the Campus Culture Initiative, the larg-est review of Duke student life in Uni-versity history, revealed the quad model actually exacerbated circumstances, leading to more “independent” migra-tion onto central campus and off-cam-pus and simultaneous takeover of West Campus by fraternities and SLGs.

While some students may view this change as University censure of student life, it is actually quite the opposite. In reality, this is one enormous, administra-tional apology. Duke is doing something students rarely think ever happens: admit-ting fault.

Vivek Upadhyay, Trinity ’10

Toward transformation Tell me about yourself

gregory morrisonfinish the thought

molly lestermore taste, less filling

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All events are free and open to the general public. Un-less otherwise noted, screenings are at 8pm in the Griffith FilmTheater, BryanCenter. White = Richard White Aud., Nasher = Nasher Museum Aud.

9/23 After Inno-cence (Perkins Rare Book Room) Discus-sion to follow with recent exonoree Shawn Massey, and Theresa Newman, co-chair of Duke Law School’s Wrongful Convictions clinic. Rights! Camera! Ac-tion! series (7pm) 9/27 Bluebeard (Barbe bleue) French Film Series 9/28 Mother(S. Korea, 2009) A mother desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for their murderCine-East: East Asian Cinema

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FILM/SCREENING. After Innocence. Rights! Camera! Action! series. The dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated -- innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. After Inno-cence shows that the human toll of wrongful imprison-ment can last far longer than the sentences served. Winner of the 2005 Boston Independent Film Festival Audience Award and the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize. Discussion to follow with director Jessica Sanders. recent exonoree Shawn Massey, and Theresa New-man, co-chair of Duke Law School’s Wrongful Convictions clinic. Thursday, September 23. 7pm. Per-kins Rare Book Room. Free.

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MERCE CUNNINGHAMDANCE COMPANYA NORTH CAROLINA HOMECOMING EVENTFRI. & SAT., FEB. 4 & 5, 8PMDURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Presented by Duke Performances

ART. Literacy Through Photography–Arusha, Tanzania. Work from a Center for Documentary Studies project with DukeEngage students in Africa. Thru January 8, 2011. CDS Gallery. Free.

Thursday, September 23ART. Exhibition Reception. Cinema Play House: Photographs by Nandita Raman & Daylight/CDS Photo Awards: Photographs by Elizabeth Moreno, and work by eight other winners. Thru Dec. 23. 6-9pm. CDS Gallery. Free.

Saturday, September 25MUSIC. Encounters: with the music of our time. The Intermedium is the Message: Recent Multimedia Works by Bill Seaman & Fang Man / Kasumi. An artist salon featuring the work of video/sound artist Bill Seaman, composer Fang Man and her collaborator, video artist Kasumi. Post-salon discussion moderated by Scott Lindroth & John Supko. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free.

COMEDY. Whose Live Anyway? Do you remember watching your favorite improv comedy show Whose Line is it Anyway? Come watch them perform live in Page, brought to you by DUU Speakers and Stage! Bring your suggestions for the show and you might be asked to join the cast on stage. 8pm. Page Aud. $20/$17 Gen., $15 Duke Alumni, $13 Duke Employee, $10 Duke student.