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Straight ticket voting may exacerbate uninformed voting. The voting system, established in North Carolina since 2000, allows individuals to vote for a single party across all races by marking a single bubble. Although straight ticket voting expedites the voting process for voters, especially those who have strong party affiliations, some question whether the system encourages voters to cast ballots without being fully educated about the candidates. “Straight ticket voting enables those that are less informed about individual candidates and individual political contests to vote and to have blind faith that everyone on their selected side is better than everyone on the other side,” said state Sen. David Lewis, R-Harnett. North Carolina is one of 15 states with straight ticket voting and the only state where the option does not include the presidential race or nonpartisan judicial races. The exclusion of these races has caused significant voter confusion since its inception in 2000 and has contributed to a phenomenon called “undervoting,” when a voter does not complete the ballot, Lewis said. Undervoting most often occurs when voters opt into straight ticket voting, unaware that
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A letter to the editor concerning affirmative action has incited a polarized response online and around campus. The letter “Rethink affirmative action, by freshman Jed Bradshaw, was published in The Chronicle Thursday and criticized the use of affirmative action practices in college admissions and the University’s recent support of said practices. The letter sparked heated discussion among students on social media outlets and in their dorms. “What’s going on is good,” said freshman Alex Bernard, who noted that he personally opposes affirmative action. “It’s creating a greater awareness about this issue.... More of Duke’s students will be encouraged to discuss it with administrators, faculty members and their fellow students.” Duke students should engage in a more meaningful discourse about affirmative action that takes into account both personal opinions and historical
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Football head coach David Cutcliffe rings the Victory Bell , the trophy signifying Duke’s win against North Carolina, in Perkins Library Friday. Read about Duke’s 56-20 loss to Clemson, Sportswrap page 4.
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Writers should use their work to influence public conversation, Huffington Post Managing Editor Jimmy Soni, Trinity ’07, urged students Friday. Writers from a variety of oncampus publications, as well as other interested students, gathered to hear Soni’s keynote speech and participate in workshops at the annual Duke Writes symposium, sponsored by the Thompson Writing Program. This year’s symposium, Compose Yourself: Writing for Change, was intended to show upperclassmen how to use writing to make changes in others’ lives as well as their own.
“People are consuming more media than ever,” Soni said. “If you have something to say—and it’s valuable and worthwhile, and it’s new and it’s fresh, and it offers somebody something that they didn’t know before —someone is going to pay attention to you. This is possible today, and it probably wasn’t 15 years ago.” Soni encouraged participants to use writing as a tool to discover their own thoughts on different issues. He described his own experience as a columnist for The Chronicle as an enlightening time that forced him to develop his own distinctive voice.
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Huffington Post Managing Editor and Duke alum Jimmy Soni spoke to students Friday.
Hurricane Sandy has subsided, leaving Duke students and alumni among those recovering from the damage. Families of Duke students and alumni living in the Northeast continue to cope with the destruction caused by the storm. Many still lack access to basic necessities such as water, power and, in some cases, shelter. New York and New Jersey, two states hit hardest by the storm, are recovering slowly, alumni in the area said. “The storm lifted New Jersey and dropped it on its head,” said Nick Stevens, Trinity ‘86 and president of Duke New Jersey. Stevens said the alumni net-
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work in New Jersey was able to stay in touch throughout the ordeal, exchanging emails to keep each other updated. He noted that even though some people suffered property damage from falling trees, most made it through the storm unscathed. Linda Martin, Law ’96 and one of the regional chairs of Duke New York, noted the similarities of the storm’s aftermath in New York City to that of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, particularly the “eerie calmness” that has settled upon the normally bustling city. “The atmosphere everywhere is surreal,” Martin said. “I was just at the supermarket and the shelves
Duke routed Queens in final exhibition, Sportswrap page 2
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Coleman talks politics, running for office you don’t agree on? LC: If there are areas we don’t agree on, then I have to look at my role and what I have going for me in terms of my authority and my relationship with others outside of the executive branch of government and to look at who else could help me to accomplish my agenda, because I would have the authority to set my own agenda.
Linda Coleman is running as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of North Carolina. In her career in public service, Coleman has served as a chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, state representative and director of state personnel. During a visit to Duke’s campus on Thursday, she spoke with The Chronicle’s Julian Spector about working with politicians with different agendas, the importance of education to North Carolina and the effects of Amendment One.
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The Chronicle: First things first, what does the job of lieutenant governor entail? Linda Coleman: North Carolina is one of 17 states that elect governor and lieutenant governor separately. Since the lieutenant governor runs independently, other than the constitutional duties, the lieutenant governor gets to set his or her own agenda. One other role is to preside over the state Senate and, in the case of a tie, the lieutenant governor breaks the tie, because there are 50 members of the senate. The other is the lieutenant governor serves on two major state boards: the state Board of Education and the state Board of Community Colleges. Those are two very important educational boards in North Carolina. It has appointments to other boards like biotech, economic development, so they can exert influence on those board appointments as well. TC: What challenges would you face you if you win and end up serving with a Republican governor with a different legislative agenda than yours? LC: The challenge would be
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Linda Coleman is the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of North Carolina. if you have a different agenda. For the most part, you would expect the agenda for governor and lieutenant governor of the same party to be very similar, but would expect the agenda for a lieutenant governor and governor of different parties to be a little different. To overcome that, we already know there are some things we should have in common that should not be partisan at all, and that is jobs and the economy, given the state of North Carolina and its unemployment rate. There should be no question whether this should be an issue of common interest for both of us. The key is to really sit and talk and find out where we can work together. Elected officials often want to promote their party, but one of the key roles of an elected official is to represent the people and that should take precedence over politics. TC: You were talking about areas of shared interest, but what happens if there is an area
TC: Your platform has a lot of focus on education. What specific educational innovations would you enact? LC: I would really love to see if we are number five in biotech in the country, how do we become number one, what’s the educational infrastructure we need? The other is how do we collaborate with our educational institutions to provide the skill sets in our people in North Carolina to recruit those jobs, those [unfilled] jobs in the nation and bring some of those to North Carolina? What’s the infrastructure that’s needed? A lot of time it’s not just the skills themselves but other kinds of things. It may have to do with our road system or our bridges. Do we need to strengthen our port system, for instance? If we’re going to recruit business and industry to North Carolina, given our current infrastructure what do we need, how long do we have to do that to provide the skill sets in our people to bring those jobs here? TC: How does better education lead to a stronger state economy? LC: No company is going to relocate to any place without having a well-trained workforce. This is how companies make their profits. They want people who are innovative, who are creative. That’s the wave of the
future. It’s not just going to be A plus B equals C, but it’s going to be how do you rearrange things to come up with something totally different, to make it more efficient, to make more use of something? We’ve got to look at how we do things now and how we’re going to do it in the future, especially given that technology changes the way we do things and technology is changing every day. How do we keep up with that? How do we provide skill sets in our people and how do we give them the notion that if you’re going to be part of the workforce, education has to be a lifelong learning process because you’re not going to be able to graduate with a degree and expect not to go back to school at some point to make sure you are up to date? There also needs to be more development opportunities for the teachers teaching our kids. It’s not just teaching them how to take a test or spit out something they’ve been fed the day before. But how do we teach them to think in a creative way that looks at issues in new and different ways? The world is changing, and we can’t do things the way we’ve always done them. Innovation and creativity will be a huge part in the way we expect people to behave, to learn, to do things, and that means government. It’s almost a misnomer to say government and innovation. The government has to learn to be creative and innovative because we won’t always have the money and I think this recession that we’ve been in for the past few years should have taught us about not always having the resources available to us, and how do we continue to sustain ourselves. We’ve got to look 10, 20, 30 years down the road. We’ve got to have people look-
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ing continuously down the road to make sure that our state remains prosperous and progressive and that it’s a place where people want to come and work and play and raise a family and do business. TC: What do you think the effects of the recently passed Amendment One will be on North Carolina’s state unity? LC: I don’t know that there will be a whole lot said about it in the future. The couple of things I will say about it are: number one, it was a smokescreen for a social agenda and there were a lot of implications in there that people didn’t realize who voted for the amendment that had really devastating effects on people’s lives, especially their health care and custody battles and other issues that will affect families in a negative way. I thought that was shameful. Secondly, it wrote discrimination into our constitution. Third, I think it’s going to end up limiting some of our opportunities for job growth. There will be companies that may not relocate here because of the impact of Amendment One. Finally, it was a social issue It did not create one job when jobs and the economy should have been the main focus of any elected body in the state. That the legislature did not bring forth one bill that created one single job in the state and instead focused on something like Amendment One, I think that was a shame. TC: If you win and will be working with the legislature, how would you approach working with politicians with different beliefs and different agendas from you? SEE COLEMAN ON PAGE 8
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ACTION from page 1 data, said Black Student Alliance president Marcus Benning, a junior. “Very often, we engage in sensationalized rhetoric about affirmative action being good or bad when there could be a more nuanced conversation about it,” he said. BSA is encouraging students to wear “Young, Black and Talented” T-shirts on a day yet to be announced, Benning added. In the wake of the controversy, Bradshaw posted a public apology on the Official Duke University Class of 2016 Facebook page, noting that even though he stands by his views, he regrets the wording he used to explain them. “There are two legitimate sides to the issue, and they represent fundamentally different mindsets,” he said about the apology in an interview. “I regret that the debate has been centered around me personally, and I regret that it wasn’t as civil a conversation as I expected it to be. What I have gotten out of this is the chance to think about and explain my side of things.” He added that he is glad he was able to personally speak with peers about critiques of his approach and sentiments. He said he understands the legitimacy of the negative feedback, though he does not necessarily agree with it. Some comments on Bradshaw’s Facebook post declined to accept his apology, calling it illegitimate. Other comments debated about Bradshaw’s First Amendment rights, and his right to his own opinions. “Jed Bradshaw should not have backed down, in fact, he did not go far enough [in defending himself],” said freshman Max Schreiber, associate justice for the Duke Student Government Judiciary. “Affirmative action, which is a policy based
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on the design of one’s body and not the content of their character, is the type of policy Martin Luther King would have marched against 40 years ago. The negative attacks on Mr. Bradshaw is yet another example of people trying to marginalize the opinions of anyone with whom they disagree.” Some people mischaracterize affirmative action as Duke admissions giving black students handouts, Benning said. “We could be anywhere, but we decided to come here,” he said. “There is something special about Duke and something special about us.” The backlash to the letter escalated rapidly over the weekend as increasingly charged comments by users on The Chronicle’s website accused Bradshaw of racial insensitivity. Other commenters and students supported Bradshaw, while some commenters took the dialogue to an inflammatory level, prompting The Chronicle to remove and disable comments on the letter. Some of the comments that were originally posted on the letter on The Chronicle’s website were hateful in nature, said junior Jessica Adimora, vice president of DukeAFRICA. She made flyers intended to further discussion on the issue and posted them throughout Randolph dormitory. The flyers included one of the comments, reading “face it, there is a totem pole of average intelligence among races, and descendants of Africa are at the bottom of this totem pole.” The flyers were not posted with the intent to facilitate hatred, Adimore wrote in an email to Randolph residents, encouraging students to have active conversations about race. Randolph’s House Council president, freshman Katie Fernelius, said she removed all of the flyers.
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SONI from page 1 Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, writing lecturer and director of outreach for the Thompson Writing Program, said she saw Soni as a model for connecting knowledge to the service of society, noting his as a result of his work as a writer in the public sphere and his commitment to increasing the diversity of voices presented on op-ed pages around the world. “When Jimmy and I discussed his keynote [speech] and workshop, we both were committed to providing undergraduates with more than just sage advice from an alum’s perspective, but actually challenging you all and giving you a jumpstart on crafting your own op-eds,� Ahern-Dodson wrote in an email Sunday. Ahern-Dodson organized this year’s event after talking with alumni at a five-year reunion. She noted that the alums at the reunion felt that talking about what they were currently writing—ranging from medical school essays to nonprofit grants—helped them respond to the typical reunion question: What are you doing now? “I wondered what would happen if we turned that ques-
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tion to undergraduates and got them thinking about writing as a tool for affecting change,� she said. At the end of his workshop, Soni had students generate a list of possible op-ed topics and challenged everyone in the room to bring their ideas to life. For additional motivation, Soni handed out his business card and mentioned the possibility of being featured on The Huffington Post’s online news blog. Junior Omoye Osehobo signed up for the conference to learn how to properly structure her personal statement for medical school. “I was also able to take away valuable information from the keynote speaker and the closing speaker,� she said. “Even though the keynote speaker works in the journalism industry, a career path I don’t imagine pursuing, he left me with a couple of thoughts that apply to any career path,� said Osehobo. Lee Baker, Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, said even students can use writing to make concrete change. “Writing is the one thing you can use right now in terms of making the change you want to see� he said.
SANDY from page 1 were bare because of the power outages. You would never, ever see that.� Martin said efforts by the alumni network to help others restore power have progressed slowly because many members remained without electricity themselves. “When you see such destruction—hundreds of houses burned down or flooded—people want to help,� Martin said. “But the question is, well, how do we approach this? We have to figure out who is in need of help and who is even capable of helping.� Although rebuilding efforts have begun, much remains before the region returns to normal. For instance, the difficulty of finding gas impedes recovery, Stevens said,
citing long lines at gas stations and the tendency of stations to run out of supply. The impact of Hurricane Sandy has extended to students searching for jobs, said Emma Rasiel, associate professor of the practice of economics and director of Duke in New York: Financial Markets and Institutions. Several students were forced to postpone interviews scheduled in New York City. Students whose families live in New York or New Jersey also felt the impact of Hurricane Sandy. “It was hard because I didn’t actually know what was going on,� said freshman Logan Turner. “Knowing that my family was at home with no power and no water and looking at pictures of the Jersey shore was very difficult for me.�
New York was not prepared for the storm, said freshman Diana Lam. Lam noted that the flooding paralyzed the subway system and disrupted bus and train schedules. Residents of the city are optimistic that the region will pull through. Martin said a number of alumni had been planning a major presentation on upcoming development in New York City, but now they are considering hosting a discussion on how the storm and any subsequent rebuilding will affect the city. Stevens said the first post-Sandy event Duke New Jersey will be holding is a brew pub tour and tasting set on Nov. 17. “I imagine it will be both a reflective and celebratory event,� Stevens said.
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Don’t blow off Sandy Last week, Vice President teams to Haiti to help. Duke for Student Affairs Larry also mounted a significant reMoneta sent out an email to sponse to Hurricane Katrina the student body expressing in 2005. For example, Duke the community’s concern for initiated a program where emthose affected by Hurricane ployees could be reimbursed Sandy in the for vacation Northeast. “I’m days they used editorial not sure how to volunteer in we can help,” Moneta wrote, disaster relief. “but your family are our exObviously, there are imtended family.” portant distinctions between While the general senti- Hurricane Sandy and these ment of Moneta’s email is two other natural disasters. appreciated, it falls short of But Hurricane Sandy still the University’s responses presents crucial opportunities to other natural disasters in for Duke to use its resources recent years. Following the and knowledge in service to 2010 earthquake in Haiti, society. Simply sending our Duke launched a broad re- sympathetic regards toward lief campaign, with everyone the affected region does not from Duke basketball to Duke suffice. Our response should Student Government help- not stop at an email. ing to raise nearly $40,000. Admittedly, Duke’s money Duke even sent medical relief or manpower might not be
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of greatest use to Hurricane Sandy survivors at the moment. But Duke can contribute more by starting a serious conversation about climate change to prevent similar disasters in the future. As a major research university, Duke should be on the cutting edge of climate change discourse. As The New Yorker put it, refusing to have a conversation about climate change now is “akin to the insistence that the aftermath of a mass shooting is somehow an improper moment to talk about America’s gun laws.” In short, to not talk about climate change would be perilously irresponsible. Especially given Duke’s ample expertise—Sanford for public policy, the Nicholas School for the environment and Pratt for engineering—
there are obviously abundant intellectual resources to devote to the Hurricane Sandy aftermath, whether in terms of rethinking waterfront development or designing storm barriers. Marshalling public will to find serious ways to address climate change is also a nontrivial task. Duke has funneled its intellectual resources to natural disasters in the past. After Hurricane Katrina, Duke faculty across multiple schools lent their knowledge to Katrina-specific problems ranging from the dangers of wetland destruction to the racial implications of botched disaster relief. Symposiums galore were held after the Haiti earthquake too. The intellectual work associated Hurricane Sandy has just begun. Although Duke’s own
campus was not impacted, we are not exempt from processing the hurricane’s scientific and societal implications. There is yet another consequence of not engaging with the Hurricane Sandy aftermath. Duke should not ignore the fact that—even in America—natural disasters disproportionately harm the poor. One does not have to look to Port-au-Prince to see this phenomenon—it is readily apparent in New York City. When thinking about helping people, Duke students like to orient themselves internationally. But even a cursory comparison of post-hurricane recovery on the Upper East Side and the Jacob Riis Houses housing project in lower Manhattan will remind Duke students to look a little closer to home.
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s an old man—and I think my wondrously ac- were on their computers praying to Nate Silver. curate prose has driven home the idea of my And it’s not merely a political problem. I have age rather effectively—I am often told that I been searching far and wide for more specific camramble on and repeat myself, telling pus issues to write about. The first the same stories again and again, repiece I wrote for this periodical was peating myself by rambling on over about the house model, thinking it and over, about things they’ve already would have a substantial impact on heard about, one more time. the upcoming semester. What a fool I They tell me, “Wellington, no was! “House model” is as dead a term one wants to hear about the story as “Tailgate,” “effortless perfection,” about the time you met the Nigerian “[obscure ethnic slur for Polynesians transsexual prostitute who actually deleted by editor]” or “effective and fathered Barack Obama. It’s absurd relevant student government.” even by your standards.” I’ve been Now, I suppose on the whole I told that our institution’s concerns should be celebrating some of these have been altered, and that the ischanges. Students have presumably sues that used to be near and dear to realized the futility of campus activDuke students even a few years back grumpy trustee ism and instead fully embraced a preare no longer important. professional attitude, spending time monday, monday But am I to merely keep quiet, to they once dedicated to social issues slowly await the demise of my camnow preparing for finance and conpus, to not continue splitting infinitives in pursuit of sulting interviews. I mean, does anyone actually bea triumph? I have been a fighter ever since I success- lieve in “interdisciplinary” academia for its own end? fully fought the draft board to keep me out of WWII, I could write a joke about it, but the statement itself and I will continue in that vein until my dying day. is far funnier than I could ever be [Editor’s note: adAnd my biggest problem is a simple one: I’m living mittedly, a low standard]. in a time of tremendously boring peace. But I miss the thrill of the battle. It made everyTake two weeks ago as an example. I deliberately thing rather fun. Without an adversary that truly conspired to bring my good friend Karl Rove to cam- cares, the victories a man achieves are truly hollow. pus with the expressed purpose of irritating the riff- What was Magic Johnson without Larry Bird, Bill raff around the school. I don’t know what it is about Clinton without his libido or Judaism without every a good protest that gives me the jollies—perhaps it’s major power of the last two millennia? Winning by the unkempt rabble’s lack of an economic future forfeit: It doesn’t seem fun. that provokes laughter in me, or perhaps it’s the Of course, there is another explanation for my simple joy in seeing the one minority in the crowd disillusionment. Perhaps I am truly out of touch with dragged off by the police for “being too forceful.” the campus, that in my old age I’ve missed what is But, lo and behold, when I arrived, there was nary truly relevant to the newest students of Duke Univera bearded hippie in sight! Where had all the god- sity. I am, without a doubt, the most self-aware perless communists gone? After a little bit of research, son I have ever known, and I am not of the current I realized: no one cared about politics in public any- generation. I hope that is not the case, but I must more. People still had beliefs, absolutely, but liberals acknowledge the possibility. Such is the problem of and conservatives alike hid in their rooms afraid of being a senior, citizen. alienating a single person. The most overt political gesture that would be held was the conservatives The Grumpy Trustee begs the members of the greek compraying in the Chapel to Jesus Christ, our Lord and munity to send out a controversial e-mail sometime in the next Savior, for a Romney presidency, while the liberals week, because he’s resorting to grammar jokes at this point.
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anguage is more than just English, Spanish, When religious organizations evaluate the birth Chinese or Arabic. Language acquires mean- control mandate, however, they tend to focus iming through context, and although the mean- mediately on issues of religious freedom, and speing of a simple word such as “Hello” cifically on the right to freedom of may be fairly universal among Englishreligion. In the legal context, organispeakers, this is not the case for more zations such as the Alliance Defending complicated expressions such as “basic Freedom (ADF) point to the Religious healthcare” and “religious freedom.” Freedom Restoration Act, which states, Superficially, these phrases may seem “Government shall not substantially fairly self-explanatory—of course everyburden a person’s exercise of religion one is entitled to access to basic healtheven if the burden results from a rule care, and every fifth grader knows general applicability.” As applied to joline doedens of that religious freedom was one of the the birth control mandate, these orwait a minute founding principles of this country. ganizations argue that a government However, the underlying definitions of requirement to provide health insurthese terms dictate the parameters of debate. If two ance that includes no-cost birth control violates the parties involved in a discussion have fundamentally religious conscience of Catholic organizations. The different understandings of the core terms of their Catholic Church considers many artificial, emergendisagreement, then they could just as well be speak- cy contraceptive methods to be “abortifacients,” and ing mutually incomprehensible languages. therefore prohibits the use of contraception or sterilThis is especially true in the case of the debate ization as family planning methods. By defining birth over the “birth control mandate.” Included in the control essentially as abortion-light, the ADF and Affordable Care Act (ACA), this provision for free other religious organizations maintain that the manbirth control comes out of the guidelines for wom- date forces religious employers to choose between en’s preventive services that the Department of breaking one of the Ten Commandments and subHealth and Human Services adopted on the advice jecting themselves to $1,400 per worker per year for of the independent Institute of Medicine in order non-compliance. In addition, religious organizations to “address health needs specific to women and fill such as Catholic universities and hospitals argue that gaps in existing guidelines.” That is, the IOM recog- the religious employer exemption from the ACA is nized that access to contraception stands alongside too narrow. Essentially, the Church argues that just pap smears and mammograms as a core element of because an organization does not limit its charitable women’s preventive healthcare. Rather than argu- services to Catholic ministry, that doesn’t mean that ing that an unplanned pregnancy constitutes an ill- the organization should be considered an employer ness, the IOM classifies it as a “health condition,” like any other. and examines the implications of an unintended Thus, there are two main definitional differences pregnancy for both the mother and child. Women between religious organizations against the birth who have either mistimed or did not plan their control mandate and organizations that support pregnancy are less likely to receive prenatal care, the mandate. First, the Church considers emergenmore likely to drink or smoke while pregnant, more cy contraception an “abortifacient,” and therefore likely to be depressed and more likely to experience considers it morally impossible to endorse the use domestic violence while pregnant. of drugs that kill fetuses. Organizations that support When pro-choice organizations such as Planned the mandate examine contraception in the context Parenthood and NARAL look at IOM’s recom- of its ability to reduce economic burdens on wommendation for the provision of free birth control en, its implications for women who shouldn’t get through the ACA, they applaud the mandate as a pregnant for health reasons and its effect on womstep forward for women’s reproductive rights. They en’s ability to become more active participants in argue that the IOM was correct in recognizing con- the public sphere. Second, the organizations that traception as an element of basic healthcare, and oppose the mandate focus on freedom of religion, point to the economic and health benefits of no- regardless of the presence of an employment relacost birth control. For example, Planned Parent- tionship. Those who support the mandate concephood’s Cecile Richards argued, “The birth control tualize religious freedom more as freedom from benefit underscores the fact that birth control is religion, the right not to have a religious practice basic health care, and is fundamental to improving imposed on you. Although we can recognize these women’s health and the health of their families.” different definitions, and attempt to translate them Similarly, NARAL points to how “a woman who can into our own worldview, the fact remains that those plan when to have a family is able to participate in who are fully fluent in one language have difficulty society more fully.” In other words, the language understanding how the other side rationalizes its that pro-choice organizations speak is founded in definition. notions of women’s autonomy, family planning as a component of basic women’s healthcare and the Joline Doedens is a first-year law student. Her column importance of shifting the economic burden of fam- runs every other Monday. You can follow Joline on Twitter ily planning off of the individual woman. @jydoedens.
lettertotheeditor Editorial board misses the mark The Duke Chronicle editorial board’s endorsement of Barack Obama was predictable. But its characterization of Republicans as “bloodthirsty” and “extremist” was absurd. It belittles The Chronicle’s editorial board to descend into petty name-calling. Impugning the motives of those who disagree with you is the first resort of the lazy and self-convinced; it is not the hallmark of the thoughtful and well educated. Don’t fall into that trap: Befriend people who disagree with you and engage them in conversation.
Force yourself to step outside your own experience and understand how people of good intentions can disagree on the matters of substance. Or, for a start, read The Chronicle’s excellent Nov. 2 interview with accomplished Republican Hill staffer Katherine Haley, Trinity ‘00. There are important issues at stake on Election Day—issues too important for the childish, churlish language of The Chronicle’s editorial board. Abby Alger, Trinity ’09 Vik Srinivasan, Trinity ’10
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omorrow is Election Day, a day on which the United States voting public elects our nation’s president as well as many other state and local officials. The choices we make now can have wonderful or disastrous consequences not only in the next four years, but also for generations to come. The simplest way to interpret this truth is that one must choose wisely between the two mainstream candidates. After all, they are the only ones that have a real shot of winning, right? With some stipulations, you the voter have two choices: A candidate who believes in civil liberties and modern science (usually marked by a letter “D”) or a candidate who believes in something resembling free enterprise (usually an “R”). You might every now and then be concerned that despite the sheer diversity of opinions that naturally exist in a free society, we somehow make it work with michael cook only two parties. After all, the atlas chugged newspapers and networks all seem to only address two candidates, even going so far as to use phrases like “both candidates” to imply that there are only two. The Commission on Presidential Debates, as of writing this column, has only invited two candidates to any of their presidential debates, with the exception of the 1992 debate with Ross Perot. It seems odd, even wrong, but it makes total sense in a system where supporting any third-party candidate is at worst a spoiler vote and at best a drop in the bucket. On both sides of the aisle, the destiny of our country seems to hang in the balance. In such a hostile partisan environment, even the mention of the third-party is met with hostility. I remember seeing a lovely Facebook post from one of my friends insisting that “a vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for Barack Obama.” I would contend that, given the current political situation, such an assertion is irrelevant. Here’s why. Much of the selling power behind the Romney/Ryan ticket is their promise to reign in entitlement spending, specifically their promise to repeal Obamacare. To this goal I say: fat chance. Even if Romney wins the election and the Republicans retain the House, the Senate will almost certainly remain in Democratic control thanks in part to Todd “legitimate rape” Akin. If the Dems retain control, Romney has no chance whatsoever of passing meaningful entitlement reform. Likewise on the Democratic end, an Obama win would quickly devolve into a continuation of the current lame-duck session. The Dems have no chance whatsoever of picking up the House, and even have a slim chance of losing the Senate. Either way, Obama will be hard-pressed to actually accomplish anything in his second term. Those of you adamant about gay rights, repealing the PATRIOT Act, etc. are sadly destined to be disappointed. Gary Johnson is not a spoiler candidate. His record as governor of New Mexico shows that he is a man who made libertarian principles work beautifully in the real world, and he has greater moral integrity than either of the two main candidates. Unfortunately, he has no chance of winning this election. … So why vote for him? Why did I vote for him? I voted for Gary Johnson because I am naïve enough to actually believe that our political process is about voting on principle and not out of fear. More to the point, I believe that a lot more can be said and done with one’s vote (even for a losing candidate) than stating a preference for the immediate election. I don’t expect Gary Johnson to win; I don’t even expect him to come close. What I hope for is in the longer term. All he needs is 5 percent. Five percent of the vote makes the Libertarian Party a major party according to federal regulations, giving them automatic ballot access in every state as well as $90 million in federal election funding for 2016. Such a standing would undoubtedly force the other major parties to take libertarian ideals seriously. More importantly, however, it would cut them just deeply enough to remind them that even a god can bleed. It will force a more honest political discourse, because the Republicans and Democrats will realize that they are not unconditionally on top. Maybe the Libertarian Party will run the show or maybe the other two parties will finally have to shape up. Either way, the result is better for all of us. Even if Johnson doesn’t hit the 5 percent mark this time around, I encourage you to live free, to stand on principle and vote for the freedom you and all Americans deserve. It may be hard to see the effects now, but Rome wasn’t built in a day. Seeing our bright future come to fruition will require time, patience and, most importantly, dedication. Michael Cook is a Pratt senior. His column runs every other Monday.
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TICKET from page 1 the presidential and judicial races are not included. “People assume they’ve exercised their right to vote, but they haven’t,” he said. In 2004, more than 92,000 North Carolina voters failed to vote in the presidential race, according to the North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting. That year, 2.57 percent of the nearly 3.96 million casted ballots were incomplete. These numbers mark an increase in presidential race undervoting since 2000, when more than 75,000 voters neglected to vote for a candidate. Overall, the undervote in 2000 stood at 3.15 percent of ballots. Straight ticket voting also has significant implications for judicial races, Lewis added. Confusion about whether straight ticket voting applies to these races, in
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conjunction with the fact that voters tend to be less educated about judicial candidates, causes a significant voter drop-off in those races. Demystifying confusion about the voting procedure is a priority, said Tori Bragg, director of North Carolina Young Americans for Romney. The campaign actively informs voters about the system during all of their events and campaigning efforts. Popularity for straight voting across the nation has waned over the past decade. Starting with Georgia in 1994, six states have abolished the option—Wisconsin being the most recent one in 2011. Legislators in New Hampshire eliminated straight ticket voting in 2007 after determining that voters should read through the ballot and make their choices independent of party affiliations,
said David Scanlan, deputy secretary of state of New Hampshire. He noted that public reaction toward the abolition remained relatively ambivalent, though voters with strong partisan affiliations preferred the old system. David Rohde, Ernestine Friedl professor of political science, noted that Republicans tend to disfavor straight ticket voting. When they control state legislatures, the state has been more likely abolish straight ticket voting. But Democrats generally favor straight ticket voting more because it has historically benefited their party, Rohde said. Historically, Democratic voters have been less likely to be informed about individual candidates and would be more likely to vote for only candidates of their party. Students have also raised ethical concerns about straight ticket
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Straight ticket voting, which allows people to vote for a single party for each race on the ballot, is seen by some as encouraging voters to cast ballots without being fully knowledgeable about the candidates, among other issues.
voting. Sophomore Eeshan Bhatt said he opposes straight ballots because it further polarizes government politics. Bhatt did not vote straight ticket. “If you’re going to vote for someone, you should take the time to fill in all the bubbles,” Bhatt said. “Straight ticket voting encourages people to vote without being fully educated.” Although sophomore Jackie Dobbies is also concerned about uninformed voting, she does not think it should be abolished. Straight ticket voting saves time and therefore attracts voters who may otherwise be deterred, she said. Straight ticket voting will likely be addressed in the General Assembly, though whether the state will continue providing the option remains uncertain, Lewis said. He added that representatives from both sides of the aisle have expressed interest in abolishing the system. “Members on both sides tend to think that straight ticket voting tends to help the other side more than it helps their side,” Lewis said. Although Lewis said he is uncertain whether straight ticket voting disproportionately benefits one party over another, Democrats have more effectively organized their party base to not just vote but to support the whole party by voting straight ballot. He added that such activism does not mean straight ticket voting provides a partisan advantage— Republicans have the same opportunity to rally their base.
COLEMAN from page 2 LC: When I was in the legislature it was a Democratic legislature, but I still worked across the aisle with other legislators. I sponsored and co-sponsored legislation with Republicans because in the end what I look at is, “Is this good for the people of the state?” Not whether this is partisan or going to advance any ideology that I might personally hold. Is it going to advance North Carolina in a good way? I don’t look to hold to a partisan divide—I really hope more than anything that we can break this gridlock where just because you’re in power, you believe that, “I’m going to do all these things and not look at what’s really good for North Carolina.” I want to have some really solid conversations with members of the other party to see, if there is common ground. Whether it’s on education, the environment, health, economic development, you’ve got to look at what we believe we need to do to improve North Carolina, not just for today but for the future. We want to all be known as a body that did something insightful, that helped North Carolina move forward in a good way, that anyone could look back on years from now and be proud of the work they did, whether they worked with their own party or with a different party. That’s something we all need to be able to look back on. At some point we can’t draw a line in the sand. We’ve got to be able to cross the line and say we’ll take the best of all of this and make it good for North Carolina.
To drill or not to drill? That is the moral question for this rousing debate. Arguing against drilling will be Bill McKibben Time Magazine called him “the planet’s best green journalist” Boston Globe said that he is “probably the country’s most important environmentalist”
Where: Love Auditorium
Arguing for drilling will be Alex Epstein, Founder and President of the Center for Industrial Progress. Mr. Epstein (Duke Class of 2002) is an energy writer who has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Investor’s Business Daily.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: CRUSHES QUEENS • MEN’S SOCCER: ENDS THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A WIN
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For a Division II women’s basketball program like Queens, the opportunity to play against one of the top teams in the country is unique. Although head coach Cheryl Nix’s Royals faced a Duke squad missing players including Elizabeth Williams due to injury, Sunday’s 27 game at Cameron QC Stadium was DUKE 118 Indoor by no means a close affair. No. 3 Duke controlled the game early rushing out to a 17-1 lead and by the end of the game racked up an 118-27 advantage, concluding their exhibition calendar. Despite the high margin of victory, the final score belied the intensity of the game. Queens, though on average two inches shorter than the Blue Devils, fought hard defensively for loose balls and gave their physically superior opponents no free chances. “Our game plan was to come and compete and represent our program well. I feel like our players fought until the very end,” Nix said. “Our kids kept attacking, and I’m really proud by the way they represented today.” The Royals used a full court press, which they have been practicing for situations like this, helping cause 28 Duke turnovers. Although Duke had trouble maintaining possession of the ball, head coach Joanne McCallie kept her message positive about improving as regular season play draws closer. “We did turn the ball over too many times. Some of those turnovers I’m okay with because it’s still getting to know each other with passes,” McCallie said. “Then, with the silly turnovers there’s no excuse there. We always want to have 12 or less, and we were way above that number.” Although turnovers plagued Duke throughout the game, the Blue Devils dominated the rest of the stat sheet. The team accumulated 67 rebounds in the game. Forward Haley Peters had a career day with 21 rebounds and 20 points in 30 minutes of play. Rebounding and defense remained a focus heading into Sunday for the Blue Devils, who responded to McCallie’s call to increase intensity on the court. With 10 blocks and 14 steals, Duke stifled the Royals’ offensive game, holding them to 11.4 percent shooting. “Defensively, I thought we were strong in a lot of areas and also have something to work on,” McCallie said. “Rebounding wise, I thought we weren’t as strong until
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Haley Peters, Chelsea Gray and Alexis Jones all scored more than 20 points in the rout of Queens. the second half. We grew a lot as a team in the second half rebounding wise.” Although hindered by turnovers on the offensive side of the ball, Duke had six players score more than 10 points and had a team total 26 assists, nine of which came from freshman guard Alexis Jones, who played 35 minutes off the bench. Jones dazzled with her drives, shots and passing ability, finishing the day with 22 points and nine rebounds. Her backcourt teammate Chelsea Gray notched 24 points and 9 rebounds.
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Sunday showed the Blue Devils depth in spite of the injuries and skill, and Duke is committed to improving with its first regular season game Nov. 17 against Presbyterian. “I think one thing we have to take away from this is to put two halves together,” Gray said. “We were real sluggish, loose with the ball and very casual in the first half. In the second half we were more composed. We had way too many turnovers— myself included. Making better decisions and putting two halves together is what we have to work on.”
The Blue Devils got to play 10 exciting sets of volleyball last weekend but return to Durham with only one victory to show for their hard work. Duke took down Boston College Friday after falling behind 2-0 to start the match, and then fell just short against Maryland Sunday. Duke (14-13, 5-10 ACC) got off to a slow start in the first of its five-set thrillers, recording a .156 hitting percentage and dropping the match’s first two frames before rallying to knock off the Eagles (21-25, 24-26, 25-19, 25-15, 15-5). “Going up to [Boston College], we knew was going to be a tough and important match for us,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We came out not communicating in the first two sets, we were making a lot of errors which was frustrating.... But then, [in sets three through five] our hitters started to put the ball away and then we started to get some runs. The fourth and fifth sets were not close at all. They were a good team and they put a lot of pressure on us. It was nice to see that we could recover after getting down [two sets to none].” After two sloppy opening sets, the Blue Devil defense imposed its will on Boston College (10-17, 4-11 ACC). Led by middle blockers Christiana Gray and Chelsea Cook, who combined for 10 blocks on the night, Duke held Boston College to just 28 kills in the final three sets. The Blue Devils jumped ahead 15-10 to start the third set, but the Eagles battled back to within three at the 21-18 mark. Duke won four out of the final five points to take the frame and regain some lost momentum. Midway through the fourth set, Duke once again began to widen its lead. A kill by sophomore setter Kelsey Williams put the Blue Devils up 11-7, and forced a Boston College timeout. But the Eagles could not make anything happen on offense, and a kill and a block by sophomore outside hitter Jeme Obeime finished off the stanza and tied the match at 2-2. Duke dominated the fifth and final set, holding the Eagles to a hitting percentage of just .050, sealing the comefrom-behind victory. SEE VOLLEYBALL ON SW PAGE 8
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Seniors succeed in their final cross country race The men take first, senior Elsakr nabs second Ross grabs first to end her cross country career by Staff Reports
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When the runners on Duke’s ‘B’ team stepped up to the starting line at the Three Stripe Invitational in Cary this past Saturday, one of them was not only running his last race of the season, but the last of his Duke cross country career. Senior Joseph Elsakr joined six current Blue Devils in Cary where they combined their efforts to take first place as a team, beating out teams from N.C. State and East Carolina University. The rest of the team, including former runners, such as now-volunteer assistant coach Andrew Brodeur and alumnus Cory Nanni, cheered the runners on and not only from the sidelines. Both Brodeur and Nanni raced alongside their former teammates as unattached runners, pacing and encouraging them onward. “Joey Elsakr finished out a really wonderful cross country career here at Duke,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “He came from such a long way back to get where he is. [Joey] was certainly hoping that he would be finishing his career at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet—[but] he came one position short of doing that, so he had to finish up his career [here]... We’re extremely proud of what he’s accomplished here in his four years.” Elsakr came in second for Duke behind freshman William Rooney who crossed the line in 15:21 to take first. Elsakr followed just seven seconds later, leading teammate William Hague who finished in sixth overall with a time of 15:36. Freshman Eddie
This past Saturday at the Three Stripe Invitational, graduate student Cydney Ross led the Blue Devils to a first-place finish as she ended her Duke cross country career. Ross, whose primary strength lies in the 800m on the track, surprised her coaches, her teammates and herself when she blazed across the line in 18:03, shattering her previous personal record by about 1:40. “It’s bittersweet,” Ross said. “I’ve definitely struggled with cross country over the years... but this year we switched some of my training up, and I’ve been going in with a different mentality for racing. It’s nice to
finish my last race with a huge [personal record] and a win.” After Ross ran through the line in first, junior Dana Morin and sophomore Abby Farley did not take long to follow her across, finishing in 18:25 and 18:28, respectively. Freshman Olivia Anderson came in next for Duke, taking fifth overall. Senior Adrianne Soo and junior Ashley Berry rounded out the rest of the Duke contingent as they crossed the line within a second of each other, finishing in 19:21 and 19:22, respectively. “We had a lot of good runs. A lot of SEE W. XC ON SW PAGE 8
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Joseph Elsakr finished second in the Three Stripe Invitational, the final cross country race of his career. Meranda and Brian Schoepfer came in eighth and ninth place, respectively. Junior Spencer Pecha crossed the line less than 30 seconds after Schoepfer to round out the top seven for the Duke team with a time of 16:07. The meet, which was a chance for the SARAH ELSAKR/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO
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Clemson clobbers Duke by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE
Just two weeks ago a packed Wallace Wade Stadium student section rushed the field to celebrate a last-second win against North Carolina that clinched bowl eligibility and returned the Victory Bell to Durham. Saturday night, that seemed like a distant memory as No. 10 Clemson (8-1, 5-1 in the ACC) rode a dominant offensive performance to an easy 56-20 victory against Duke (6-4, 3-3), giving the Blue Devils their second straight defeat by more than 30 points. “We’ve had a difficult time now for eight quarters,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We all know Florida State and n are very talented teams, but for us to finish like we Clemson want to finish, we’ve got to play clean across the board.” No matter how clean Cutcliffe’s squad played, though, ers carried an enormous advantage in size and the Tigers speed. Clemson’s athletic advantage was evident from the p, a 26-yard end-around by speedy running back first snap, llington. A few minutes later, receiver DeAndre Andre Ellington. Hopkinss caught the first of his three touchdowns from yd, who had 199 yards and four touchdowns Tajh Boyd, through the air by the end of the first quarter. Offensively, nsively, Duke had some initial success, scoring on its first rst two drives and racking up 152 yardss in the first quarter. Even with those ose numbers, though, the Bluee Devils finished with only 3422 total yards. But the defense’ss failure to stop or ow Clemson’s even slow offense put the game well out of reach h after utes of 15 minutes play. ’s deDuke’s fense did not improve much in the second quarter either, although it hree turnovers while yieldforced three ing 191 yards and 14 points. Its first me two and a half minutes stop came into the second quarter when Walt rced a fumble. Canty forced The Blue Devils were unable to nything of the turnover, howmake anything ing three-and-out on the ensuever, going session. Clemson would not be ing possession. stopped on its next drive, as Boyd threw his chdown pass of the night—this time fifth touchdown avis Bryant for 41 yards. to Martavis Duke responded with a touchdown of its own he lead to 35-17. On the next possession, to cut the nty came up with another turnover, this Walt Canty time via an interception. The Blue Devils were able gether a few positive plays on a four-minute, to put together 34-yard drive. Facing a fourth-and-three at Clemson’s liffe considered going for it. 45, Cutcliffe “I justt had it going both ways in my mind, and I felt out the call,” Cutcliffe said. “To give that team the good about re, I thought if we could punt them deep, which ball there, ’t do, that we could keep the score a little more we didn’t reasonable. ble. If we didn’t make it on fourth down then I was afraid it was going to turn into 42-17… We were going to see if there ere was a potential fake there and they took a timtim eout. If you can’t stop them, you have to give them a little
more field to play with.” Will Monday’s punt went only 29 yards, pinning the Tigers at their own 16 and forcing them to drive the length of the field with just 3:21 left in the half. As it had all night to that point, Clemson’s offense responded with a quick drive, covering the 84 yards in less than a minute and a half and concluding with a 21-yard touchdown run by Boyd. By the end of the half, the game was all but over. Clemson led 42-17 and had racked up 487 yards of offense, including 314 through the air on just 19 attempts. Boyd finished the half with 388 total yards and six total touchdowns. “I knew going in that Boyd was extremely accurate with the deep ball,” Cutcliffe said. “You can’t throw them any better than he throws them. I think he he’s a really fine football player. He’s dangerous with his legs. le He’s poised. He has the complete game.” Duke’s offense, on the other hand, hand struggled mightily for most of the second quarter, punting on its last four punt possessions of the half. After Afte scoring to cut the D lead to 28-17, the Blue Devils registered just 26 yards of offense during du the last 13 minT utes of the quarter. Those struggles conrest of the game, and tinued over the res Monday was forced to punt nine times despite averaging a career-worst 39.9 yards per punt. Conner Vernon, Vernon who needed just 82 yards to surpass surpas Florida State’s Peter Warrick’s record for most careceiving yards by an ACC reer receivin player, was held in check for the second straight week. After just three catches for notching ju against the Seminoles 12 yards ag last week, Vernon had five catches for ju just 47 yards against the Tigers. Both teams pla played more conservatively in the third quarter, tacitly acknowledging the ga game was settled but for the final score. Both teams settled into their running ggames, chewing up the clock. Duke put to together a couple of field goal drives while Clemson managed a few touchdowns, but for all intensive purposes the gam game was finished. For the second straig straight week, the Blue Devils were on tthe wrong end of a blowout against a superior team. Duke will h have a week off before playing Georgia Tech. The team is well aware that the final two games are critical in the hunt for aan ACC Championship. If the Blue Devils pull out a victory in Atlanta, it will be a much ha happier illustration of how much things can change in two wee weeks. “We kn know what the standings are,” cornerback Ross Cockrell sa said. “We understand that we ccan potentially get another chance at either anothe Clemson or Florida Cle SState and I look forward to that.” w
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After Duke scored 17 points in the first half, the Clemson defense smothered the Blue
After Clemson jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, Duke’s ensuing drive was stopped in Clemson territory, forcing a Ross Martin field goal.
Clemson responded to Martin’s field goal with a 58-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins, who caught three touchdowns in the first period.
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e Devils in the final two periods, holding them to just three points the rest of the way.
It’s no secret that the ACC’s top two teams—No. 8 Florida State and No. 10 Clemson—are in a class of their own. The Blue Devils (6-4, 3-3 in the ACC)) know that first atched in back-to-back losses to hand after being outmatched the two. Much like thee loss to the Seminoles a week o help itself against the Tigers ago, Duke did little to ht by giving up big plays defen(8-1, 5-1) Saturday night sively and failing to takee advantage of turnovers, a recipe conducive to a lopsided score ainst a vastly more athletic and against ented opponent. talented Game “There’s no real Analysis magic gic formula,” ad coach David head Cutcliffe tcliffe said. he better the “The opponent, the more solid your mentally.” game has to be fundamentally.” uick Clemson Down 7-0 after a quick score, the Blue Devils were forced to settle for a field goal on n their first possession after senior widee receiver Desmond Scott was unablee reel in a pass from redshirt senior quarterback Sean Renfree that likelyy would have —the team’s been a touchdown—the ht. Duke was first miscue of the night. forced to play catch up the rest of the night. Clemson’s second d touchdown came on a 58-yard ard bomb arterback through the air as quarterback Tajh Boyd connected with wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Unlike most of the Tigers’ passing touchdowns in the ondary contest, Duke’s secondary was in position to makee a play on the ball. Going stride ide for stride with Hopkins, redshirt junior cornerback Rosss Cockrell could not break up the pass and the speedy 6-foot-2 receiver raced into the end zone for the second of his threee touchdowns in the first quarter. “There’s nothing more you could do,” Cutcliffe said. “At first upstairs, they thought [Cockrell] knocked thee ball away.” ast sign of life came The Blue Devils’ last ed a career-long 77when Renfree delivered o Jamsion Crowder to yard touchdown pass to pull Duke within four. That score, however, would be the last time the game was within reach as the Clemson offense continued to score at will throughoutt the first half, quickly putting the game out off reach. “At first it wasn’t thatt bad,” redshirt senior cornerback Lee Butler said. “Then they kept scoring and we couldn’tt really stop them.” ndary was unable to Ultimately, the secondary keep Clemson’s dynamic mic receiving corps of Hopkins and Sammyy Watkins in front of them in the first half, preventing the Blue Devils from having a fighting ghting chance. For the
second straight game, Boyd threw for five first-half touchdown passes, racking up 344 yards on just 16 completions. “We didn’t make enough plays in the beginning of the game to really change the outcome,” Cockrell said. Playing without starting defensive end Kenny K vulner Anunike, Duke’s rush defense was just as vulnerable. The Tigers accumulated 339 yard yards on the ground and each of Clemson’s Clem five rushers averaged more than five yards per carry. Duke’s defense, however, how won the turnover battle, managing to pick off Boyd three t times on the night— the highh est total in his career. ca The Blue Devil defense also recovered recov a fumble, while the offense did not turn the ball over once. Despite winning the takeaway take battle 4-0 for the second straight week, the offense was unsuccessunsuc ful in converting any an of Clemson’s miscues into points, further doomdo ing Duke’s chance chanc to beat a ranked o opponent for the first time since 1994. “It’s odd,” C Cutcliffe said. “We have taken care of the ball and taken the ball away. And we are not doing d anything. One On of the old game gam actions is play for breaks, but when w one comes your way score. We aren’t getting points p off of turnovers. Those are what good football teams do. We have to get back to that point.” g in The offense’s inability to get groove can partially be attrib attributed to the fact that its most rel reliable threat—wide receiver Co Conner Vernon—has been a non-f non-factor the last two games with just eight catches for a meager 59 yards. For a team that has given up 105 points in its last two outings and has been riddled by injuries, a bye week could not come at a better tim time as the team enters the final stretc stretch of the season. “Obviously, after the eight qua quarters Cutcwe have played, we need one,” C significant liffe said. “We have a lot of signif thin at injuries, and we’re getting thi some places.”
Read about all the other ACC football action at The Blue Zone, The Chronicle’s sports blog: www.sports.chronicleblogs.com Crowder showed Duke has a vertical game too, catching a 77-yard bomb from nfree to make it 14-10 Clemson.
Sammy Watkins caught a 30-yard touchdown pass at the end of the first to give the Tigers a 28-10 lead.
Clemson QB Tajh Boyd threw for five touchdowns but also ran for one, going 21 yards in the second quarter to bring the lead to 25 points.
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MEN’S SOCCER
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Zach Mathers scored Duke’s first goal of the game and then was moved back to defense, where he helped hold SIU Edwardsville scoreless. Receiving a long throw-in from sophomore midfielder Riley Wolfe at the top of the 18-yard box, sophomore midfielder Sean Davis flicked the ball toward the penalty mark. There, Mathers buried a rightfooted volley for his second goal in three games, giving the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead. With a 1-4-0 record in games that Duke has scored only one goal, the offense
pushed for a second score. “We’ve been talking about after we get our first goal to try to press more than we did before,” Mathers said. Mathers, who is referred to as “Chachi” by his team, just missed a second score 10 minutes later, and the squad went into the break without an insurance goal. To help preserve the lead, Mathers
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In the final regular season game of his career, James Belshaw earned a shutout, and the Blue Devils made sure not to waste it, recording their third win in four games. Coming off a scoreless draw with Elon Oct. 30, Duke (8-7-2) defeated SIU Edwardsville 2-0 Friday night at Koskinen Stadium as Belshaw earned his career-high eighth shutout of the season. “The credit doesn’t just go to me. It goes to the whole team,” SIU-E 0 Belshaw said. “We’ve just had this 2 DUKE mentality this year of not conceding goals and just defending like our life depends on it, and that’s what’s brought us our success.” Averaging 0.74 goals against per game, the Blue Devils own the second-best mark in the ACC this year, and with just one goal allowed in their last six games, their defense has only been getting stronger. The trend continued as Duke allowed just one shot on goal in the first half. After being shut out themselves earlier in the week though, the Blue Devils looked to get on the scoreboard early against the Cougars (12-6). “We had good movement in the Elon game, but we just couldn’t capitalize,” freshman midfielder Zach Mathers said. “But I think we really did a great job tonight moving off the ball and getting shots off.” Duke had just five shots in the opening period, but in the 17th minute, one of them found the back of the net.
played mostly on the back line in the second half. “The SIU Edwardsville team was very talented, very good going forward with good movement off the ball,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “We thought that Chachi could help us in the back. It obviously left a SEE M. SOCCER ON SW PAGE 8
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Hartmann’s win highlights Hokie Open Wixted wins at Taishoff by Lopa Rahman THE CHRONICLE
Before the Hokie Open, Duke head coach Glen Lanham believed that the Blue Devils would surprise a lot of people. Saturday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va., they did just that. “Our guys competed well,” Lanham said. “We definitely surprised a lot of people here. I talked to a lot of coaches, and they said that the team looked unbelievable and had never looked that tough. I’m excited about that.” Eight out of the 10 wrestlers representing Duke at the tournament posted winning records, and sophomore Conner Hartmann and senior Diego Bencomo finished in first and second place in the 197and 184-pound weight classes, respectively. Despite his team’s strong showing at the first tournament of the season, Lanham is not getting complacent. “We made a lot of mistakes that we need to correct,” he said. “We were a little hesitant on offensive attacks. We accomplished two out of the three goals that we set.” The three goals that the Blue Devils focused on were getting off on their offensive firsts, riding time in their matches and giving every match their all. On the whole, the team succeeded in being the first to the shot in their matches and riding time, Lanham said. He believes that the squad did not accomplish its third goal—giving complete effort in every match. The brightest spots of Duke’s showing in the Hokie Open were the performances of Hartmann and Bencomo. Hartmann finished 4-0 on the afternoon, including three victories against wrestlers seeded in the top
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Duke’s Diego Bencomo placed second in the 184-pound weight class at the Hokie Open. three. He clinched the 197-pound title with a 6-3 decision against the top seed in the bracket, North Carolina’s Antonio Giorgio. Bencomo, the third-seeded wrestler in the 184-pound division, earned runner-up honors after falling in the final bout to No. 1 seed Dan Rinaldi of Rutgers. “Connor Hartmann is a surprise to a lot of people, but he works really hard, wrestles well and defeated some really good guys in this tournament,” Lanham said. “Diego competed really well. He really pushed the pace. I think some things were missed in the officiating of his final match, but I’m not going to cry about that.”
The other wrestlers to capture winning records in Sunday’s action were freshmen Trey Adamson, Marcus Cain, Andrew DeHart and Brendan Walsh and sophomores Tanner Hough and Randy Roden. Senior Peter Terrezza and sophomore Brandon Gambucci, who took second in the 133-pound division last year, were sidelined due to injury. Lanham anticipates that both wrestlers, who were expected to make a statement in the Hokie Open, will return to the mat in approximately two weeks. The Blue Devils continue their tournament schedule on the road at the Michigan State Open next weekend.
The Blue Devils competed against N.C. State and Miami at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion Saturday. The Duke men’s and women’s team notched 11 first place finishes in one relay and 10 individual events. The Duke women beat the Hurricanes while losing to the Wolfpack and the men lost to both opponents. Junior Christine Wixted remains undefeated in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, besting her personal record in the 100 with a time of 1:02.02 and recording a season-best time of 2:16.50 for the 200. Junior Hunter Knight also won both of the breaststroke titles with a season-best of 55.92 in the 100. Fellow junior Steven Gaspirini also added two first-place finishes, setting a personal record by breaking 50 seconds for a 49.88 time in the 100 backstroke and winning the 200 individual medley. This was his first win in the ACC since joining the Blue Devils last year. Other first place finishers include junior Lauren Weaver, who recorded a time of 23.24 to claim the 50 freestyle, and the men’s 400 freestyle team of freshman Romain Decrop, sophomore Michael Donnalley, freshman Sam Skinner and senior Adam Flur, who finished with a time of 3:05.94. In diving, senior Jordan Long followed his successful meet last weekend with a first-place finish in the 3-meter competition, earning a score of 362.95. After this meet, the women are 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the ACC, while the men are 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
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M. XC from SW page 3 runners to finish their season in a low-stakes competition, was an overall disappointment for the Blue Devils. Though the team was able to walk away with the win, many of the runners were less than happy with their finishes. One Blue Devil, freshman Daniel Moore, was forced to drop out of the race due to sickness and several others were feeling under the weather. “I have no regrets,” Elsakr said. “I thought I ran well. I definitely think I could have run a little bit faster but it’s also been a good season and I’ve run a lot of good races, especially recently. ACC’s was just a week ago and I’m happy to be able to come back and run a good 5k.” Though the season is over for these runners, the rest of the team is still looking ahead to the Regional meet. According to Ogilvie, Duke will be shooting for a top-four finish there in hopes of accomplishing its ultimate goal of reaching the NCAA Championships.
W. XC from SW page 3 people seemed happy about how they did,” head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “For most of them it was the last race of their cross country season so it was good for them to finish on a positive note. Cydney had a really good day... now that I think she’s got this extra confidence of excelling a cross country race that’s really going to help her move forward.” The meet in Cary was Soo’s last meet as well, though it did not go quite as she had hoped. Soo has been struggling since her knee surgery and the hilly course did not help her overcome the pain. Despite the fact that the upperclassmen were wrapped up in the emotions that come with ending their time on the team, they were still able to provide the type of leadership that “bring[s] up the excitement, the focus [and] the commitment levels,” Jermyn said. Ross mentioned that even while she was running the fastest race of her life, she was making sure to encourage her teammates and draw them along with her as she pushed ahead of the pack. “Our race strategy was to run fast for two miles and run in a pack,” Ross said. “I was pushing the pace... saying ‘Come on ladies, we can do this’ and having some positive talk throughout the race.” For Ross, encouraging her teammates, even during a tough race, was part of being a member of the team. “[Being part of this has] made my Duke career,” Ross said. “I can’t imagine being at Duke without these women and training with them every day and having the best friends I could have made.”
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Kelsey Williams recorded 59 assists in Duke’s loss to Maryland while Sklar recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 15 digs.
VOLLEYBALL from SW page 2 Freshmen Elizabeth Campbell and Emily Sklar, along with Gray and Cook, posted double-digit kills on the night. Campbell tallied 16 kills and 20 digs, and Sklar registered 11 kills and 10 digs. Gray and Cook added 16 and 11 kills, respectively. Sophomore setter Kelsey Williams facilitated the offense, which posted a hitting percentage of .333 in the final three sets, dishing out 44 assists on the night. Junior libero Ali McCurdy’s defensive effort also proved vital to the Blue Devil comeback. McCurdy recorded 23 digs—placing her second in Duke history with 1,834 digs in her career. After Friday’s tough match in Boston, Duke headed to College Park to take on the Terrapins (14-13 5-10 ACC). The Blue Devils committed 25 attack errors on the night, and Maryland recorded a .260 hitting percentage, taking the match (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 15-10). The opening stanza went back and forth between Duke and the Terrapins, with both sides committing eight errors. After a kill by Sklar put the Blue Devils up 24-22, a Maryland kill and a Sklar attack error tied the game at 2424. Sklar then proceeded to knock down two consecutive kills and give Duke the opening set. The Terrapins jumped out to a 5-0 lead to begin the second frame, but Duke closed the gap and took the set all the way down to the wire before a Maryland service ace gave the Terrapins the set and tied the score at 1-1.
M. SOCCER from SW page 6 hole in the midfield.” Although the tactic allowed the Cougars to take greater control of the pace of play, the Blue Devil defensive backs repeatedly made the plays in and around the 18yard box to keep the lead. “We did everything that we needed to do in that final third to make sure that they didn’t get any good looks so I’m proud of them,” Kerr said. In the 57th minute, junior defender Sebastien Ibeagha blocked a shot from just inside the 18-yard box. Then, in the 68th minute, SIU Edwardsville’s Peter Kelly appeared to have broken through the midfield for a clear path to goal when sophomore defender Jack Coleman came in from across the pitch to block the shot. Additionally, Mathers made several tackles to spoil the Cougars’ opportunities in the final third. “[Zach’s] dangerous on both ends,” Belshaw said. “I’d like two of him—one in the back and one further forward.” With mounting pressure on its defense, Duke pressed harder for a second tally. And in the 84th minute, another Blue Devil freshman notched a goal. Off another assist from Wolfe, forward Luis Rendon took the ball through the 18-yard box and netted it from the left side “[It was a] great finish from Luis to put the game to bed,” Belshaw said. “We needed that badly.” With a two-goal lead, Duke took over possession to run out the clock. For the remaining six minutes, Rendon had two chances to add to the margin. The Cougars, however, were unable to break into the final third of the field, ensuring the Blue Devils’ fourth straight shutout. “The season’s not over,” Belshaw said. “We’ve still got time to get a few more wins—a few more shutouts— and keep this streak going.”
Despite recording a hitting percentage of .444 in the third frame, the Blue Devils once again dropped a close set, and Maryland took a 2-1 advantage. “We had our opportunities,” Nagel said. “We just didn’t capitalize on them and they were able to capitalize on the opportunities we gave them... I feel like at times there were some defensive balls we could have gotten, but for some reason we froze and lacked communication. And some of our errors just came at really bad times.” With a 22-20 lead in the fourth stanza, a Maryland kill and a Duke attack error leveled the score at 22-22. After a Blue Devil timeout, a kill by Gray, a Terrapin attack error and a block by Obeime gave Duke the set and tied the score at 2-2. After falling behind 5-0 at the start of the last frame, the Blue Devils eventually rallied to come within one of Maryland at 8-7. But the Terrapins widened the gap and easily took the last set, recording 12 kills and just two attack errors. Duke once again put four players in double-digit kills, led by Campbell with 17. Gray recorded 15 kills and four blocks, and Obeime added 10 kills. Sklar was the only Blue Devil to record a double-double, racking up 13 kills and 15 digs. Williams facilitated the attack with 59 assists. “There were definitely some good things that happened today, but we didn’t capitalize on some of the easy stuff,” Nagel said. “I think people were frustrated, but it was definitely a learning experience for our younger girls especially.”
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