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Jo Rae Wright, former dean of the Graduate School and professor of cell biology, medicine and pediatrics, passed away Wednesday morning after a long fight against breast cancer. Wright’s death is an unspeakably tragic event for the University and for the Graduate School, said interim Graduate School Dean David Bell, adding that her passing at such a young age—she was 56—makes the event esJo Rae Wright pecially sad. Wright stepped down from her position as Graduate School dean and vice provost for graduate education in October 2011 after her battle with breast cancer worsened and her treatments became less predictable. Bell, then senior associate dean of the Graduate School, succeeded Wright. “I don’t feel that I can continue to make commitments to travel as a dean must,” Wright wrote in an Oct. 19 email to The Chronicle. After she stepped down, Wright continued to teach full time as a professor in the
A long-awaited approval for Duke Kunshan University might be in sight. The Educational Bureau for Jiangsu Province, where DKU is located, accepted Duke’s proposal for the campus Dec. 27. The proposal is now under review by the Chinese Ministry of Education, who must approve the campus before Duke can start recruiting students for the new school, scheduled to open Spring 2013. After meeting with various officials in China last week, President Richard Brodhead said he is confident that the MOE approval process will be expedited. During his five-day trip, Brodhead met with Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping, who assured him that the proposal will be approved in a matter of weeks, even though the process typically lasts about six months. This outlook, however, is a deviation from the norm. Experience and research has shown that developments typically take longer than expected in China, Brodhead said. “It happens much more slowly than you think it’s going to,” he said. “It’s not about writing the contract, it’s about building relationships that build the trust.” The proposal to the Jiangsu government, for example, was submitted in June, and the
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Research projects face ‘scary’ outlook amid NIH cuts by Ashley Mooney THE CHRONICLE
As potential budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health funding loom, Duke is planning how to bolster its resources and minimize potential losses. In November 2011, the Congressional Joint Select news Committee on Deficit Reanalysis duction, often referred to as the super committee and charged with administering federal budget cuts, failed to take action. This resulted in a $1.2 trillion spending cut to be divided equally across all government programs. Cuts will go into effect in 2013 unless lawmakers pass legislation to undo cuts to specific areas. One of the institutes that will face a roughly 5 percent cut is the NIH, which has seen relatively flat growth since Congress doubled its budget in the early 2000s. The NIH funds scientific research across the country and funds hundreds of millions of dollars to research at Duke.
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The School of Medicine, the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Pratt School of Engineering would be most affected by cuts to the NIH, said Scott Gibson, executive vice dean for administration at the School of Medicine. The School of Medicine, which receives the largest percentage of NIH research funding at Duke, was awarded $331.3 million during fiscal year 2008-2009, according to the NIH website. NIH funding accounts for about 25 percent of the externally funded research throughout Duke’s other schools, Vice Provost for Research James Siedow said, adding that cuts to the NIH budget would greatly reduce the University’s research funding and limit current and future projects. The University has prepared a strategic plan with a variety of financial and administrative programs to protect against possible funding cuts. “The future looks pretty uncertain and very scary right now,” said Siedow, who is also a professor of biology. “Dealing with major cuts in
federal support of research will not be an easy thing to do so we need to be prepared to meet these challenges when and if they appear.” Funding plateaued In the 1990s, Congress made a bipartisan commitment to double the funding of the NIH over five years, said Paul Vick, associate vice president of government relations at Duke Medicine. Funding was then around $13 to $14 billion and now sits around $30 billion dollars. “No other agency has seen itself double over five years,” Vick said. “It was really a remarkable commitment on the part of some really forward-thinking members of Congress.” Since fiscal year 2003-2004, however, funding has been relatively flat. In some years, the NIH budget has barely kept up with inflation, Gibson noted. For all campus schools during fiscal year 2010-2011, 74 percent of new research awards came from federal funding, Siedow said. Of
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that amount, 24 percent came from the NIH. The National Science Foundation also contributed 24 percent, and the Department of Defense provided 11 percent. Vick noted that the negative effects of the federal budget cuts are all relative. Since the NIH funding flattened, it has become more difficult to secure a grant, compared to the period of doubling the budget when the number of grants and success rate of grant applications increased sharply. Despite the size of the NIH’s roughly $30 billion budget, Vick said he is optimistic that Congress will avoid cutting NIH funding because of the economic, academic and social benefits of the research it supports. “[NIH funding] is not a primary target for Congress,” Vick said. “Part of what’s required to carry out NIH funded research is the construction of laboratory facilities and the training and hiring of appropriate staff, and that’s SEE NIH ON PAGE 4
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More than a dozen major retailers have stopped selling jewelry that contains more than trace levels of a toxic metal called cadmium, accepting a new standard that consumer advocates say is tougher than the one endorsed by Washington. Under the terms of a legal settlement reached in California, the retail chains— including trendy Target, high-end Saks and teen favorites such as Gap, Aeropostale, Wet Seal and Forever 21—instructed their suppliers to limit the cadmium levels in jewelry. The settlements kicked in Dec. 31, just weeks after the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said it was satisfied with an alternative voluntary approach that the industry helped craft for jewelry marketed to children using the government’s scientific research. There is no federally endorsed standard for adult jewelry.
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DSG vice presidents present goals for Spring by Julia Ni THE CHRONICLE
Duke Student Government recapped projects during the Fall and set the tone for the Spring at its meeting Wednesday. Each DSG vice president presented their respective committee’s projects to the Senate and discussed new goals for the coming semester. As a whole, DSG formulated a set of projects that students can expect to see in the coming months with changes concentrated in residence life,
dining and Duke-Durham relations. “My goals for the semester include implementing more programming, getting students more aware about the Durham experience and voting and improving the first-year experience,” said junior Alexandra Swain, vice president for Durham and regional affairs. The Durham and regional affairs committee is looking to facilitate more community service projects, such as the Million Meals Project, where students as-
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semble meal packages for those in need. The committee is also aiming to promote a Voter Awareness Week to encourage student participation in the upcoming election season. They will be working with Michael Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations, to secure an on-campus voting site for the 2012 elections. Swain added that her committee is also hosting a Staff Appreciation Day. In addition, the residence life and dining committee is striving to increase awareness about the house model by tabling in the East Union Building and distributing pertinent information relating to the changes that have been made and how they will affect students. To establish unique identities for the houses, the residence life and dining committee also plans to work on the House Identity Initiative, set for next year. The committee has been working with Panhellenic Association in order to improve campus facilities—specifically for Central Campus—including the exploration of alternative cable providers. The committee also seeks to implement goCharge stations—self-service mobile device charging kiosks—in the library to provide an efficient and easy way for students to charge their cell phones. DSG members also discussed the creation of a real-time tracking system for the Duke buses that will allow students to visit a website to determine the approximate time of arrival and departure of buses from each of the campuses. The pilot bus tracking system will be launched this month under TransLoc, which spe-
cializes in delivering timely location information to riders and administrators of mass transit. Senior Christina Lieu, vice president for athletics, services and the environment, said she is optimistic about the bus tracking system. “Students will love the new system,” Lieu said. “Students have a lot to benefit from it, and students have been advocating for it for a while. It’s a big win for DSG.” A tailgating committee, which will serve as the working group for next year’s football tailgating, will be implemented soon, largely in response to the lack of enthusiasm for the Football Gamedays that took place in the Fall. The committee will help discuss the location, an alcohol policy that abides by University standards, food and music for next year’s tailgating. In other business: Eight standard diesel buses were added to the Duke transportation fleet last year, and the average age of the buses decreased from 11-years to six years. The replacement occurred due to the older age of many of the buses and the multiple occurrences of buses catching fire over the past six years. Two hybrid-electric buses were added in November 2011. Online course evaluations will be available starting next Fall and will be tested over the summer for student feedback. In addition, virtual course synopses will be available on ACES, which will help students create their schedules by allowing them to view videos of various courses.
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Adonna Thompson, Medical Center Library & Archives: “Digitizing the Sir William Osler Scrapbook” Claudia Koonz, Department of History: “What Happens to their Children? Policy and Research Related to the Children of Parents in Detention Facilities” Daniel Mark, Department of Cardiology: “Off the Grid Continuing Medical Education Conference” John Moses, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Documentary Studies: “Documenting Medicine: Using Documentary to Enhance Medical Education” Mary Boatwright, Department of Classical Studies: “2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill, May 3-6, 2012” Caroline Bruzelius, Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies: “800 Years in 8 Minutes: Time and Change at San Lorenzo Maggiore in Naples” William Donahue, Department of Germanic Languages: “From Walls to Bridges: The Cultural Legacy of Divided Germany” Malachi Hacohen, Department of History: “Human Rights: The Historical Formation of a Research Field” Anne-Marie Iselin, Child and Family Policy: “Cross-cultural Perspectives on Adolescent Well Being”
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US peace talks with Taliban to resume by Karen DeYoung THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration will resume peace talks with the Taliban as soon as Afghan President Hamid Karzai formally blesses the negotiations, according to senior administration officials who indicated the process could be under way within weeks. Marc Grossman, the senior U.S. diplomat who shepherded a series of secret U.S. meetings with the insurgents last year, will meet with Karzai late next week to ensure that the Afghan president is on board, officials said. “If Karzai were to tell [the administration] to go ahead, then we'd start talking again,� said one of two officials who discussed the secret negotiations on condition of anonymity. A tentative U.S.-Taliban deal, including the transfer of five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo prison to Qatar and an insurgent renunciation of international terrorism, collapsed in December when Karzai refused to go along with it. There have been no meetings with the insurgents since then. Although all parties have publicly said they agree to one element of the deal, the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, “we need now to make it real,� one official said. Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al Thani, for the first time acknowledging Qatar’s support for the arrangement, said Wednesday that his government
welcomed “any opportunity� to defuse tension in the region. Al Thani spoke after a meeting here with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The administration, which has said negotiations must be “Afghan-led,� insists that its own talks with the Taliban are only a preliminary effort to build confidence before actual negotiations over Afghanistan's future can begin between the insurgents and the Karzai government. One hurdle is that the Taliban prefer to talk to the United States and are so far “not willing to sit down with the Afghan government,� one official said. “Our job is to see if we can break through that door.� Karzai has been under pressure from domestic opponents of negotiations to stand firm against the talks. The officials gave an overview of the talks and where they go now. Officials remain far from certain that the Taliban leadership is seriously interested in a political settlement. “There is an increasing number of Taliban who are tired of having the hell beat out of them,� said one. “I think they want to stop.� But at the same time, “I imagine there are going to be splits,� the official said. “Some are going to want to talk, some are going to want to fight.� Late last year, the U.S. intelligence community assessed that both military SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 5
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NIH from page 1 not something that you can just shut off. Both Congress and the staff understand the sensitive nature of NIH funding and what substantial cuts in funding would mean.� Duke strategizes The University has developed several tactics to bolster funding and prevent loss of research projects in the event of NIH budget cuts. “With a shrinking pie, our only strategy with the NIH is to try to figure out ways to increase our slice of the pie,� said Sally Kornbluth, vice dean for research and vice provost for academic affairs. One strategy to increase funding is to locate non-federal sources and establish creative partnerships with industry players—both to secure funds and to provide services. Administrators also hope to make researchers more competitive for available NIH funding by providing greater opportunities for grant writing help and shifting research administration roles, so faculty who previously juggled and administrative responsibilities can spend more time on grants, Gibson said. Kornbluth, who is also the James B. Duke professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, added that the School of Medicine puts together mutli-researcher interdisciplinary grants, which often have higher budgets. “If we can put together multi-investigator grants with people from different disciplines, it not only enhances our own mission but also gives us an angle or cutting edge approach to getting more funds,� she said. Another strategy to bolster finances is investing in core facilities and shared resources for Duke-affiliated researchers, she said. Providing expensive equipment that individuals could not afford to sustain otherwise enables people to perform cutting-edge experiments that could give them an advantage in securing funding.
Bridging the way As a short-term solution, the School of Medicine has also bridged funding internally, which means the school will enable researchers to continue their work until they are able to secure more funding, Kornbluth said. The bridge funding mechanism, she said, has been able to fund approximately 50 percent of applications. About 80 percent of those projects secure further funding in the next round of grant applications. “[Bridge funding] actually helps a lot in terms of getting funding down the line, because it enables people to keep their personnel, generate preliminary data, etc. which they need to be more successful when they [apply for funding] the next time,� she said, The program is largely self-perpetuating, Kornbluth added. The indirect dollars generated when investigators receive grants help feed money into the bridge funding mechanism. She also noted that as long as the two remained balanced, there is room for expansion of the program. Kornbluth emphasized the importance of such efforts, as funding instability may dissuade prospective researchers. “That’s what we’re concerned about nationally, because we want to encourage strength in scientific research, but you can’t blame someone for seeing how difficult it is to get funding for thinking that this is not a career that they’re going to be able to advance in that easily,� she said. Gibson noted that such pressures and concerns are not unique to Duke, but that the University’s strength in research may provide a competitive advantage over peer institutions. “Since this is common across all medical schools, we believe that Duke will do better than most of our peers,� Gibson said. “But even if we succeed relative to our peer institutions, it doesn’t mean that there won’t be some very difficult times in the next five years.�
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TALIBAN from page 4 and diplomatic success were unlikely before the December 2014, date that Obama and NATO allies have set for withdrawal of all combat troops. Marine Gen. John Allen, the U.S. and coalition commander in Afghanistan, was said to be so angered by the recent National Intelligence Estimate that he wrote a blistering formal dissent. The officials said combat against the insurgents would continue and described what they called a “holistic” approach in which diplomatic progress was not possible without gains on the civilian and military fronts. Although ground commanders have been skeptical of negotiations, a senior military official said that all wars “end in a political process” and “this one is no exception.” He described progress thus far as “getting the car out of the garage” in preparation for “a difficult journey ahead.”
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An official said meetings with Tayeb Agha, an aide to Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, began in November 2010. To convince themselves that Agha had access to and authority from the top Taliban leadership, “we tried to develop questions,” the official said, “tests, if you will, to see if he could receive a question, seek an answer from people senior to him, and then stick with it.” Agha, the official said, has “shown on a number of occasions to accurately reflect the leaders” of the organization. “He is very consistent in what he seeks, and how he seeks it.” Throughout the process, the administration regularly briefed Karzai and congressional leaders, officials said, particularly as they neared tentative agreement last fall on a series of confidence-building measures. Among those measures, the United States asked for a public Taliban renunciation of international terrorism, in essence a repudiation of al-Qaida, and a separate statement of support for Afghan democracy. The Taliban wanted an office outside Afghanistan where they could operate outside the supervision of
their hosts in Pakistan, the administration officials said. The Americans said they considered the neutral location a place where the insurgents could begin talking directly to the Afghan government. The insurgents also presented a list of five Guantanamo detainees, all of whom held positions in the Taliban government in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001. As names of the five have circulated in recent weeks, human rights organizations have said several were responsible for severe abuses, although the U.S. officials said they had ascertained they were not involved in killing Americans. The five were to be transferred to house arrest in Qatar, a move that would require Secretary of State Leon Panetta to certify to Congress that they would not be released and would not pose a threat to the United States. Qatar would also agree not to transfer them onward to another location, including Afghanistan. The final conversations, before Karzai squelched the deal, were over “sequencing,” one of the officials said. “Who goes first? What do they say?”
WRIGHT from page 1 department of cell biology and run her laboratory. Wright studied at West Virginia University, where she earned a Ph.D. in physiology. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco and worked in the UCSF’s Cardiovascular Research Institute. She began her Duke career in 1993 as an associate professor and was awarded Duke’s Excellence in Basic Science Teaching Award twice. She was appointed associate dean for graduate programs in 2000 and then vice dean of the basic sciences in the Duke University Medical School in 2002. In 2006, she became dean of the Graduate School. During her time as Graduate School dean, Wright started a Graduate School Board of Visitors, transformed the school’s budgetary process and oversaw the expansion of multiple master’s programs, Provost Peter Lange said. Wright also made significant strides as a cell biologist— her research about the protective role of lung surfactants made a significant impact in understanding lung failure, Lange added. The American Physiological Society awarded Wright with a Walter B. Cannon Award for lifetime achievement in 2005. Wright became president of the American Thoracic Society in 2008. “That’s a pretty big legacy on multiple fronts during not that long of a time,” Lange said. Colleagues and administrators are mourning Wright’s passing but laud her warm personality and strong passion to improve the Graduate School. “She had such passion and investment in the vision for the Graduate School,” Bell said. “She was a wonderfully warm person but also a firm and transparent leader. Everyone who worked for her knew exactly what goals were in place.” Sally Kornbluth, vice dean for research at the Duke University School of Medicine, said Wright was a caring administrator and a strong mentor to students. “She just put her heart and soul into improving the lives of graduate students,” Kornbluth said. Wright was an incredible role model for female students especially, Kornbluth noted. “She managed to be an outstanding scientist and dedicated administrator while maintaining a warm and friendly demeanor,” Kornbluth said. “She was busy all the time but treated everyone with such warmth and professionalism.” In December, the University established the Jo Rae Wright Fellowship for Outstanding Women in Science to honor Wright. The fellowship will recognize one female Ph.D. student in the biomedical sciences and one in the natural sciences who display creativity and promise in their research. Funeral arrangements for Wright are not yet finalized.
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CHINA from page 1 process took six months. The administration originally expected the approval by November but soon realized the process would take longer, Provost Peter Lange said. “[The approval] happened at the time we were expecting, when we adjusted our expectations,” Lange said. DKU’s MOE approval will happen faster than usual largely because of the MOE’s vocal support and eagerness to move forward, Brodhead said. “Hao was encouraging us to start planning for the announcements,” he said, noting that Hao called the university a source of Chinese national pride. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations, said that although Chinese officials have indicated the MOE review will happen quickly, he is unable to speculate about an approval date. There are ongoing discussions in both Durham and China about various aspects of DKU, such as human resources, accounting and branding. Schoenfeld added
that it is difficult to prepare for the official opening of DKU until there is a definitive timetable for approval. Lange also said it is possible there will be a window between DKU’s MOE approval and when Duke can begin recruitment to the university. A supportive partner Brodhead, who departed for China Jan. 5, had been on standby to travel to Kunshan as soon as Jiangsu Province made its decision. During his visit, Brodhead met for the first time with Liu Jingnan, former president of Wuhan University, DKU’s academic partner. Liu will now serve as chancellor of DKU, a position that Brodhead said is largely ceremonial. Liu was well-informed and enthusiastic about Wuhan’s supporting role in the partnership, noting that most of the administrative work will be conducted by Duke. “A very important point is [Wuhan] hasn’t brought an agenda of their own, their interest is in helping to create an outstanding example of Western-style education,” Brodhead said. “I returned very grateful for Wuhan’s atti-
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tude—that it’s their wish that Duke put on this venture.” Schoenfeld said many Chinese universities have chancellors who act as representatives for the school on various national councils and committees, though they do not have a hand in daily university operations. Brodhead also had a routine meeting with officials at the U.S. embassy in Beijing to update ambassadors on DKU’s progress. He also met with Duke administrators already in China. Several administrators were or are still in China working on various projects concerning DKU— including Laura Brinn, director of global communications; Nora Bynum, associate vice provost for the Office of Global Strategy and Programs and managing director for DKU; and Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration. Brinn, Bynum and Cavanaugh were not available for comment. Construction delays Brodhead, who last visited DKU in June, aid there has been tremendous development on the campus’ construction in the last seven months. There are, however, still issues regarding the differences between construction in China and the United States. Brodhead said he discussed these issues, including construction standards and oversight, with Kunshan officials. Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said construction has progressed as usual. As of Wednesday morning, Trask said he had not spoken with Brodhead since his return, but noted that he converses regularly with project managers in China. Of DKU’s six buildings, one continues to be troublesome, Trask said. Workers have broken ground on the sixth building—a student research center casually known as the incubator—but it has yet to be decided what type of facilities the building will require. “Five [buildings] appear to be growing as expected,” Trask said. Trask said it remains unclear whether the sixth building will be complete when the first students arrive. He added that decisions about the necessary facilities in the student research center largely depend on the Duke Global Health Institute, which has proposed two programs for DKU that might require lab space. Academic conversations Academic Council is not expected to vote on DGHI’s proposed Master of Science in Global Health and undergraduate programs until March, said Council Chair Susan Lozier, professor of physical oceanography. Lozier added that various faculty committees, such as the Global Priorities Committee and the China Faculty Council, have been developing a more streamlined process for approving global academic programs. The China Faculty Council also circulated an email Wednesday encouraging professors to propose ideas for additional China programs. Lozier said these steps and productive conversations about Duke’s Chinese ventures at Academic Council meetings are indicative of improved communication between faculty and administrators concerning DKU. “There has been a very robust debate internally, and I expect there will continue to be,” Schoenfeld said. “As the programs continue to develop, as the level of understanding and knowledge about the project continues to grow, as we have more concrete things we can point to as opposed to abstractions, those kinds of debates will become less intense.” Lange noted that several more programs for DKU are being considered, but he declined to comment further.
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Since Greg Paulus’ junior year in 2008, Duke has been searching for a true point guard. The team thought it had found its answer last season in Kyrie Irving, but the position was thrown back into flux after his infamous toe injury and subsequent departure for the NBA. In fact, during the 2008-09 and 2010-11 seasons, the Blue Devils used three different point guards over the course of their schedule, and this year has proven no different. Seth Curry started the season as Duke’s floor general, but the junior returned to his more natural position off the ball after the Blue Devils’ 85-63 thumping at the hands of Ohio State at the end of November. Tyler Thornton then took over the role to add a stronger defensive presence to the starting lineup, but gradually saw the more offensive-minded Quinn Cook eat away at his minutes. And after Duke’s loss to Temple last week, the freshman Cook took over the starting role in an 81-74 victory over Georgia Tech. “After the Temple loss we looked at it as a new beginning to our season,” Cook said. “I was nervous going in, but as soon as they
threw the ball up I was good. All the butterflies went away.” Cook stepped right into a hostile environment in the Blue Devils’ ACC opener and delivered, scoring 10 points and dishing five assists in 27 minutes. And after that solid first performance he will have the opportunity to cement his starting role today, as No. 8 Duke (13-2, 1-0 in the ACC) faces its first true conference challenge in the form of No. 16 Virginia (14-1, 1-0) at 9 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Cook’s quick ascent to the starting lineup is not altogether surprising— the Washington D.C. native was ranked as the No. 8 point guard in the class of 2011 by both Rivals.com and Scout.com. He has made significant progress in college, though, having to overcome a nagging knee injury that kept the freshman from participating in the Blue Devils’ exhibition games in China and Dubai over the summer. Although Cook asserts that his knee is “100 percent” now, he admits that he faced challenges acclimating himself to his new team. SEE COOK ON PAGE 10
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Freshman Elizabeth Williams has the potential to be one of Duke’s greatest players ever, Beaton writes.
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QUINN COOK 4.5 A/TO, 82.8 FT% SETH CURRY 12.9 ppg, 43.1 3PT% AUSTIN RIVERS 14.7 ppg, 40.0 3PT% RYAN KELLY 12.9 ppg, 47.6% 3PT% MASON PLUMLEE 11.7 PPG, 9.8 RPG
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Fifth-year senior Mike Scott’s return was a huge boon for the Cavaliers, but Assane Sene will struggle to guard either Plumlee or Ryan Kelly, leaving Duke with an opportunity to work the ball inside.
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come in with such purpose, such conviction and such a willingness to help her team,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “She’s got a great sense of the whole, even though individually she’s been absolutely terrific.” Williams has made a point of exceeding expectations ever since the team’s preseason workouts, when she finished a mile-and-a-half run in 10:18, 27 seconds faster than the goal her coaches set for her. Her quick pace around a track is just one indication of her outstanding athleticism. Whereas most 6-foot-3 centers lumber up and down the court, Williams displays a quickness that many guards would envy. Her athleticism has allowed the Blue Devils to play a much more up-tempo style compared to years past, with the offense averaging almost eight points more per game than they were at this time last year, despite the loss of leading scorer Jasmine Thomas. “I like teams that run,” Williams said. “With our team, we have a lot of athletes and we can use that to our advantage and sprint the floor.” Duke’s transition offense runs all the more smoothly due to the connection that Williams has developed with
Virginia is one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the country, making under 36 percent of its attempts. Cook has provided an offensive boost for the Blue Devils since earning his first start last week.
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Duke women’s basketball has retired only two jerseys in its history, those of Alana Beard and Lindsey Harding. But there is one player who stands out as a prime candidate to add her jersey to Cameron’s rafters. And the unusual thing about her is that she is still just a freshman. In her limited time, however, she has already given many an indication that she is on the fast track to greatness. Trying to pinpoint her primary contribution, Andrew though, is difficult. Maybe it’s that she leads Duke in scoring as a freshman this year. Or it could be that she grabs seemingly every rebound remotely close to her. Perhaps it is the triple-double she registered against Wake Forest last week while setting a conference record with 12 blocks. But one thing is clear—Elizabeth Williams is putting up a performance worthy of Duke’s greatest players, and it’s time for Blue Devil fans to start paying attention. After all, the 6-foot-3 center has an excellent chance to become the second Blue Devil to earn national rookie of the year honors. The only player to do so? Beard, in 2001. “I think it’s very rare to see a first-year
Miles Plumlee is one of the nation’s best offensive rebounders, and matches up extremely well with the Cavaliers, who don’t have a player on the roster that averages more than four boards per game.
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The Breakdown This game will likely be decided by game pace and Duke’s ability to hit 3-pointers against Virginia’s staunch perimeter defense. The Cavaliers are most effective when they substantially slow down the pace of the game, forcing their opponents into poor half-court shooting opportunities. If Dawkins, Curry, Rivers and Kelly can keep the deep looks falling, the Blue Devils should be able to fend off much-improved Virginia. OUR CALL: Duke wins, 67-53
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Blue Devil duo prepares for MLS SuperDraft Two Blue Devils will hope to hear their names called as the 19 Major League Soccer teams gather today in Kansas City, Mo. to conduct the 13th annual SuperDraft, which begins at 12 p.m. Duke junior Andrew Wenger, who last week won the Hermann Trophy, given annually to college’s most outstanding soccer player, is expected to be among the top picks in the draft. He forfeited his final year of collegiate eligibility to enter the draft after signing with Generation adidas—a program that encourages early entry into MLS—in December. Some experts peg Wenger as the top pick in the draft, though he has stiff competition to be the No. 1 choice from University of Akron forward Darren Mattocks. A pair of UCLA players—midfielder Kelyn Rowe and forward Chandler Hoffmann—will likely accompany Wenger among the top handful of picks. The Montreal Impact, an expansion franchise, holds the first pick in the draft while Vancouver Whitecaps FC owns the second pick, so it is likely that Wenger will be headed north of the Canadian border to begin his professional career. Christopher Tweed-Kent may also be selected, but later in the draft, which consists of 38 picks. Wenger led the ACC with 42 points and 17 goals this season, which ranked fourth and sixth in the nation, respectively. He was also named the ACC offensive player of the year, after being the conference defensive player of the year in 2010 and rookie of the year in 2009. Tweed-Kent was second on the team in points this season with 24, leading the team as a distributor with 12 assists. —from staff reports
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WILLIAMS from page 7 sophomore point guard Chelsea Gray, who paces the offense. Because Gray has a knack for incorporating her teammates so aggressively, assistant coach Al Brown, who works closely with the post players, has reminded Williams to keep her hands ready at all times. Williams’ ready hands have turned many of Gray’s passes into buckets. The center leads the team with 13.0 points per game while Gray has seen her production rise to 6.3 assists per contest. Gray and Williams will form a tandem for the next twoand-a-half seasons that may be unguardable in transition. “The connection she has with Chelsea Gray, the ability to run the floor—so many things open up,” McCallie said. “Great players have a way of elevating all those around them and making it look easier than it really is.” Although Williams leads the Blue Devils in scoring, her dominance is more noticeable on the defensive end. Her ACC-record 12 blocks against Wake Forest have set her on pace to average four blocks per game, which gives her an outside shot at breaking Allison Bales’ conference record of 151 blocks in a season. By the time her four years are up, Williams should easily be able to break Bales’ career conference record of 434 blocks.
Williams has become the best by always playing against the best. In 2009 she earned the MVP award at the FIBA U16 World Championships, en route to a gold medal with the United States national team. The next year, she led the team in both scoring and rebounding as the U17 national team brought home gold from France. This past summer, while her Duke teammates were in Durham preparing for school and the upcoming season, Williams was winning her third gold in as many years with the U.S. U19 team in Puerto Montt, Chile. “She’s always loved a challenge,” McCallie said. “She’s really driven to elevate her team.” And her team-oriented attitude is especially important in women’s college basketball, where individual superstars rule. Duke made the Final Four in 2002 with Beard and again the next season when they added Harding, who would take the team to the program’s second-ever national championship game in 2006. The team can be proud of its Elite Eight finishes the past two seasons, but Williams has the program-defining potential to usher in a new era of lateMarch basketball. And if she can do that, the duo of jerseys in Cameron will likely become a triumvirate.
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COOK from page 7 “That was definitely a bit of a struggle, having my confidence in myself first and then having my teammates and the coaching staff believe in me,” Cook said. But after playing sparingly in the Maui Invitational, Cook showed promise in Duke’s games over the winter break, scoring 14 points against UNC-Greensboro and 16 against Western Michigan. In his next game against Pennsylvania, Cook showed his passing abilities by dishing out nine assists. But as his playing time increased—Cook has averaged just over 20 minutes per game in his last five outings—Thornton’s minutes saw a decline. But rather than instilling a rivalry between the two, the former AAU teammates have only become closer as they face similar challenges being Blue Devil point guards. “He’s always been my big brother,” Cook said of Thornton. “He’s been there for me from day one when I was struggling. He’s been building me up, keeping my confidence going. And as I got it going he’s still been there, giving me little hints here and there.” Regardless of who starts, though, the pair complement each other well. Thorn-
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Environmental Hall can wait In December 2003, Peter justification for this project, and Ginny Nicholas made a we encourage the Trustees to pledge to donate $72 million vote against it in their Februto the University. Eight years ary meeting and to delay the later, that pledge remains un- project until Duke’s upcoming satisfied. Of the total donation, major fundraising campaign. $70 million was As more editorial promised for and more fedthe construceral higher tion of Nicholas Hall, a space education programs end up that would house all faculty of on the chopping block, the the Nicholas School. In an at- University must guard its tempt to realize a similar ver- financial resources with insion of this project—Environ- creasing jealousy. Duke found mental Hall—the University itself on the wrong end of recently elected to spend $30 federal belt tightening earlier to $35 million from the cen- this year, when it lost more tral administrative fund origi- than $4 million in funding to nally meant to supplement the cultural studies and foreign Nicholas’ donation. language programs following The University’s proposed cuts to Title XI of the Highcontribution is on hold until er Education Act. And the February, when the Board of failure of the Congressional Trustees will vote on the proj- Joint Select Committee on ect. Barring a strong public Deficit Reduction to reach an
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Environmental Hall from the central administrative fund, the University should give this project pride of place in a major financial campaign. In an January 11 email to the editorial board, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask confirmed that the University is “in the planning stages” of such a major fundraising campaign. The Environmental Hall is an exciting project, but not a vital one. There is no reason we shouldn’t wait for donors to foot the bill once this campaign gets off the ground. Duke’s last major fundraising campaign, the Campaign for Duke was a stunning success, bringing in $2.36 billion in pledges between 1996 and 2003. The University has collected $2.2 billion of these pledges.
New buildings and programs projects fared well in this campaign. The Campaign for Duke provided the funds for the Nasher Museum of Art, a suite of athletics facilities and high profile programs like the B.N. Duke Scholarship. Flashy programming and buildings—along with nameplates that go on top of them—are easy for donors to connect to. Harder to connect with, for instance, are faculty positions for under-taught languages—positions that do not attract the superstar academics who get endowed professorships, but which are nonetheless vital to the core of Duke’s academic offerings. Fundraising should build the former, and general funds preserve the latter.
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eople join Teach for America for a variety Even these referrals do not cover some of the of reasons; I joined Teach for America as craziest moments in my classroom, from the day an ambivalent liberal arts major, an un- a boy removed his pants in my sixth period class dergraduate with too much selfduring the second week of school, worth to go into consulting and to the day one of my third period too much uncertainty to settle on a darlings was led away in handpermanent career path. I have no cuffs two months ago. Yet other regrets, but it means my eventual issues have nothing to do with my choice, a job as a sixth-grade math students. For the first month of teacher in urban St. Louis, is filled school, I did not have a doorknob with more challenges than I could on the inside of my classroom, have possibly imagined. which meant one could only open priya bhat Perhaps simply because it is the door from the outside. Occalife as ms. b. “challenging,” my chosen career sionally, an unwary student would fascinates others—I constantly find close my door, effectively locking myself in conversations with people asking about me in, until a security officer down the hall took what I do. pity on my frantic banging on the door. “I wake up at 5:00 a.m. and work on Sundays,” Seven months ago, in preparation for my inI tell them. terview with my school, I undertook an aggres“Sundays?” They respond, clearly impressed. sive Google search to learn as much as possible “Even Sundays,” I confirm. about what lay ahead. Irate Yelp reviews and grim But though it is relatively easy to share some statistics filled the bulk of my amateur research. of the routine aspects of my life as a teacher, in- By October of last year, I learned, the school evitably the conversation turns to my students was on its third new administration, and, by the and my school, and, inevitably, I feel like I come end of term, 50 percent of the staff had quit or up short. The life of a first-year teacher in an been fired. In this environment of instability, in unaccredited, “turnaround” school district is so math only 11 percent of sixth grade students volatile that I often have a hard time explaining even passed the end-of-year state test, making the exactly what happens in the course of a “regular” school one of the lowest performing in the surday, week or month, so I have decided to let my rounding area. office referrals tell my story: No amount of preparation could have braced Sept. 22, Second Period: “Student is continu- me for what was to come. Teaching in an unacally disrupting class with talking, singing, walking credited school district means teaching some of around and shouting at other students. Mom has the most academically and behaviorally challengalready been called about this situation and it has ing students. It means facing unrelenting failure lasted for three days with no change.” on an almost daily basis, and waking up the next Sept. 23, Fifth Period: “Physical altercation be- day to do it all over again. tween Student X and Student Y, beginning when Though explaining the challenges of teachStudent X told Student Y that he had ‘crusty lips,’ ing in a turnaround school is not my strong to which Student Y responded, ‘Your momma is suit, I excel in sharing my precious, fleeting moa prostitute.’ Then, students came to blows. Both ments of success. There is no real way to cataparents have been notified of the incident.” logue these moments in our school computer Sept. 27, Third Period: “Student began throw- system, like there is for referrals, but if I were ing erasers at teacher and yelling at teacher after to write them down, I think it might look somerepeated behavior redirections not to do so.” thing like this: Oct. 15, Sixth Period: “Student came in and Jan. 5, Second Period: “Student who holds a refused to sit in seat, instead standing and punch- D-minus average, the closest any of my students ing the wall; student would not respond to teach- come to failing my class, and has racked up more er’s requests to sit down or start on work; student phone calls home than all of his classmates comstood by door for all of class.” bined, asked me on our first day back to take the Oct. 26, Fourth Period: “Student refused to pre-test home because he was ‘so excited about work repeatedly and instead purposefully dis- learning pre-algebra, he couldn’t wait until rupted other students trying to work by running school tomorrow.’” around the classroom, making noises, and using #smallsuccesses the broom to pantomime a gun shooting the teacher. Student then threatened teacher saying Priya Bhat, Trinity ’11, is currently teaching sixth he was going to ‘slap [the teacher] all up.’” grade math with Teach for America in St. Louis, Mo.
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will have spent $360 in birth control co-pays by liefs on their employees. By refusing to cover conAugust, through the Duke Student Health Insur- traception without co-pays, they’re sending the mesance Plan. sage: “We don’t want you to have sex and prevent I’m lucky. Paying for birth conyourself from getting pregnant in the trol has been well within my financial process.” If you’re against abortions, means. Moreover, as a private, functhen shouldn’t you be huge fans of tionally secular, albeit historically sortcontraceptive methods, which prevent of-Methodist institution, Duke has to abortions from happening? Seems be OK with their students having accounterintuitive. cess to contraceptive methods. This Second, these universities receive access is granted through a medical millions of dollars in federal funding insurance plan administered by Blue for research and these hospitals and samantha Cross Blue Shield. clinics maintain a tax-exempt status. lachman Last August, under advice from They are by no means islands that are the National Academy of Sciences, what’s our age again? not affected by and do not affect socithe Department of Health and Huety. Call me crazy, but if you receive man Services decided that preventing federal funds that means you’re subunintended pregnancies is essential for women— ject to federal rules. No exceptions. psychologically, physically and emotionally. Kathleen Third, expanding preventive coverage saves monSebelius, the department’s secretary, announced an ey. After having sat through the hundreds of Repubexpansion of coverage, which includes increased lican primary debates, it seems that all the candidates funding for cancer screenings and counseling and agree on two things: they’re Christian and they want treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). to cut spending. Planned Parenthood and the GuttThat means that under the Patient Protection and macher Institute note that for every one dollar the Affordable Care Act (you may have heard it called government spends on contraception for low-income ObamaCare or RomneyCare or ObamneyCare), women, it saves four dollars in medical costs for treathealth insurance providers must provide govern- ing unplanned pregnancies. Logically it would seem ment approved contraceptive methods, co-pay free. that Romney, Santorum and the rest should all hop Next year, when I walk into the Duke Outpatient on the contraception bandwagon—birth control prePharmacy, I’ll finally feel like I’m considered a real vents abortions AND saves money. It’s totally rational, person by America (in Canada, where I was born, I except for the whole women-can’t-be-sexual-beings iswould never have to spend those $360). sue and those amorphous buzzwords: family values. The new rules do allow certain exemptions for Finally, from a strategic standpoint, President religious institutions, like churches, on the grounds Obama would be making a horrible PR move by conof religious freedom and freedom of conscience. ceding and granting these religious institutions an The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, however, exemption from having to cover preventive women’s is lobbying President Obama for an exemption to health care. Though the economic outlook is lookthis expansion of preventive health care coverage for ing better of late, granting an exemption would only women, on behalf of Catholic universities, hospitals infuriate the President’s supporters and do little to and social service agencies. President Obama has change the minds of those who think he’s initiated a been weighing this decision since September; he has “war on religion” (in which, according to Rick Perry yet to announce what he’s going to do. “gays can serve openly in the military but our kids I’ve had to digest the concept that this debate isn’t can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school”). a rational one but a religious one, as many issues are Something is wrong in this country when some in America. Regardless, if I had President Obama’s insurance companies fully cover Viagra but not conear I would tell him, vehemently, not to cave in and traception. The new rules conceived under the Afgrant the exemption. Here’s why: fordable Care Act are a step in the right direction, First, religiously affiliated institutions employ but they need to be guarded, religiously. women who don’t personally identify as religious. Rather than a “war on religion,” this is just anIndeed, nearly one million people work at Catholic other aspect to the Republican Party’s “war on womhospitals and about two million work and study at re- en.” President Obama shouldn’t let opponents of ligious-ish universities; they would have to continue reproductive rights win this battle. If we don’t take paying for their contraception, just because of where a stand, the constant attacks on women’s health will they happen to work. And, in 2009, 12.7 percent of never stop. the nation’s hospitals were Catholic institutions: In If you care about this issue, go online and sign the name of freedom to practice one’s religion, other NARAL’s and Planned Parenthood’s petitions telling people’s freedom from religious coercion would be President Obama that all women, regardless of where taken away. they work, need affordable birth control coverage. It I suspect that a lot of Catholics have used some takes three seconds. form of birth control at some time in their lives. More importantly, it’s absurd that these institutions Samantha Lachman is a Trinity junior. Her column are demanding the freedom to impose their own be- runs every other Thursday.
lettertotheeditor Reflection on Adderall use article The article, “Adderall abuse continues despite ban,” of Dec. 12 has stimulated me to several thoughts, but I’ll try to keep a lid on it and say only this: It is bizarre that illegal use of drugs has now crossed the border into academic territory. Although I’m sure that many things have been lost and some gained in academia over the past century, popular use of powerful stimulants to enhance academic performance really makes this look more like a horse race than a changing institution of higher education. It seems an ill omen that even a few students (guess I’m showing my age by not quite being able to believe Prince’s figure of 30 to 40 percent) feel that it’s necessary—or even possible—to make up
for a semester of study in a week of drug-powered cramming. Yet when you look at the “tree of secrets” project from last year or something like that, it becomes obvious that the students here are not a pack of money-and-competition-obsessed maniacs. I assume there’s a lot of overlap between these thoughtful students and those who feel they have to take stimulants to “perform” at a certain level. I suppose the students know their lives and needs better than I do, but it does seem like there is something pretty unhealthy about this. I guess the non-students in the Duke community can also have a part in changing the atmosphere that makes this so common. John Wright, Trinity ’02
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hey say time flies when you’re having fun, but the speed at which the Fall semester flew by practically pales in comparison with the speed of light. Honestly, I feel like I bid adieu to my parents and began my college career just yesterday. Sometimes I even feel like I’m still in high school. Yet here I am, proudly labeling myself a second-semester freshman. I feel seasoned, but I know I’m not. Sure, I know the difference between Alpine Atrium and Alpine Bagels. roshni jain I can direct a visitor to the LSRC muddled and and explain the acronym should befuddled he or she care to know. I’ve even mastered the art of battling my way onto the C-1. Most importantly, however, I’ve conquered, or at least survived, the first semester. Yet, despite all my knowledge, I feel lost. I’m not any closer to finding myself or realizing my dormant dreams than I was at the beginning of the Fall semester. If anything, I’m even further away now. I’m lost amongst the bounty of choices Duke offers to its students. In their academic lives, students can study virtually anything they desire. Majors, minors, and certificates can be mixed together in any fashion to meet the students’ needs, and should that fail to cover their needs, they can create their own program of study through Program II. In their social lives, Duke students experience no dearth of extra-curricular activities or interest groups. Community service organizations, preprofessional advising groups, cultural communities, greek life, selective living groups, common interest groups—Duke has it all. There truly is something for everyone here, and if not, then there is certainly room for new creations. We Duke students are among the lucky few fortunate enough to be in contact with the best of the best. We attend a university that encourages its students to make their dreams come true and which possesses every resource, down to the tiniest detail, necessary to fulfill those dreams. We literally have everything at our fingertips, and as wonderful as that is, it can be a little overwhelming, especially for a ripe, little freshman fresh out of high school. So many choices ... so much freedom. That’s a big change from the pace of high school life. Sure, high schools offer a variety of classes and clubs and organizations, but most students remain restricted in their choices. We all took the same core classes, albeit at different levels, with a handful of electives. At my high school, like I’d imagine at most, a student’s extracurricular activities are based on one of two things: passion or resume-building for college applications. Often it seems that the latter is more prevalent. College is different though. For the most part, students pursue those things that interest them, both in the classroom and out of it. Even students bound by the strict requirements of Pratt or pre-med prerequisites find ways to make their schedules fit them and their interests. Though graduate school or career paths necessitate certain things on a resume, college students seem less concerned with what they should be doing and more concerned with what they want to be doing. I still haven’t figured out what it is that I want to be doing, but I know that I will eventually. Despite my feelings of disorientation, college life is even better than I thought it would be. At first, I, like many others, found myself fascinated by the image of college life presented to us by popular culture. I thought college would be exactly like it’s shown in the movies (“Animal House” and “Accepted” come to mind). Much to my pleasant surprise, I’ve discovered just how distorted that view is. First semester taught me a lot about navigating Duke life. Accustomed to joining multiple clubs and basically having my classes planned for me, I didn’t know how to handle the wealth of choices I was expected to make. Having used first semester to scout my options and learn about them in greater detail, I’m more confused now than I was before. But I’m no longer scared. I’m eager and excited to dive into second semester. Aside from the ever-present haunting ghost of a cumulative GPA, second semester gives us a chance to start over and discover something new. With different classes, undiscovered clubs and the anticipation (or perhaps trepidation) over rush, second semester presents us with a clean slate and another beginning. I don’t know if I’ll enjoy the classes I’ve chosen or connect with the clubs I’ll join, but I know that I’ll never know anything until I make that first step and explore. Second semester promises to be a journey, and I for one, cannot wait to get started. Roshni Jain is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other Thursday.
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The Gothic Bookshop Presents: Gene Wojciechowski
BOOK SIGNING
at The Duke Basketball Museum in the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center Thursday, January 12th, 2012 6pm to 7:30pm General Public 8pm tto 9pm Duke Basketball Ticket Holders Gene Wojciechowski will be signing his book entitled The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds that Changed Basketball, an in-depth history of the events leading up to the game, as well as the effects the 1992 NCAA Tournament East Regional Final had on the Duke and Kentucky basketball programs. Even if you don’t remember where you were when that iconic shot took place, Gene Wojciechowski’s The Last Great Game should prove an entertaining and illuminating look at one of College Basketball’s greatest moments. nts.
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