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DPAC reaps
profits early
in first year
by Toni Wei
The chronicle
Less than a year after the debut of the
Durham Performing Arts Center down-
town, both the city and the University are
benefiting from their investments in the
new facility.
According to a draft financial statement of
the center’s first eight months of operation,
DPAC earned a net total of more than $1
million in that time. In accordance with an
agreement with the City of Durham, which
owns the center, 40 percent of the income—
$401,706—will go to the city. This number
more than quadruples the city’s projected
earnings from the center for its first full year,
according to a Nov. 5 news release.
“The best thing is the way we were able
to do that,” Mayor Bill Bell said. “Persons
were very interested in the performances,
and that’s a statement in itself—revenues
were much more than expected in terms of
people participating.”
Bell attributed DPAC’s initial success to
the welcoming atmosphere that show at-
tendees found at the center.
“I think we had great performances,
great shows and a great facility in terms
of the way it looks, the way it feels and the
See dpac on page 7
Duke prof’s
images ‘defend’
free speech
by Zachary Tracer
The chronicle
A Duke professor is making a bold statement about
free speech with a new book likely to touch a nerve among
many Muslims.
Gary Hull, director of the Program on
Values and Ethics in the Marketplace and
a lecturing fellow in sociology, released
a book Monday featuring depictions of
the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of
Islam. Alongside the book’s historical im-
ages are cartoons of the Prophet, whose
publication in September 2005 in a Dan-
Gary Hull
ish newspaper sparked protests by Mus-
lims worldwide. Many Islamic traditions
forbid visual depictions of the Prophet.
See hull on page 5
ONTHERECORD
“If they’re going to fight, then they’re going to have to
Buddhist author expounds on
‘radical uncertainty,’ Page 3 ­—Joel Keith, state fairgrounds police chief, on event safety. See story page 4
www.dukechronicle.com ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 57
Student Pharmacy to close
Prescriptions will transfer to Outpatient Pharmacy Dec. 18
by Jinny Cho and Rachna Reddy
The chronicle
The Student Health pharmacy, in its
40th year of operation, will close Dec.
18, Student Health administrators an-
nounced Tuesday.
Student prescriptions previously filled
at the pharmacy will be transferred to
the outpatient clinic pharmacy located
in the Duke Hospital South Clinic two
floors above the Student Health Center.
The decision to close the pharmacy was
made by upper-level administrators less
than a month ago after continued at-
tempts to sustain the pharmacy.
The Student Health pharmacy has
been operating at a deficit since 2005,
when Congress passed the Deficit Re-
duction Act of 2005 that allowed phar-
maceutical companies to discontinue
discounts on drugs, said Jean Hanson,
administrative director of Student
Health. Student Health pharmacist
Steve Almond and pharmacy techni-
cian Cora Harris will be dismissed, said
Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of
Student Health.
“We are very disappointed here at
See pharmacy on page 6
athletics and social media: part 2 of 3
the kyrie irving model
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series spotlighting
the impact of social networking and new media on college athletics, to generate attention. On Twitter, the No. 5 prospect
particularly basketball. Yesterday’s emphasis was on current play- in the Class of 2010 according to Scout.com chronicled
ers, and today, Taylor Doherty writes about Kyrie Irving, who set his every move on
new standards for the use of new media in recruiting. Tomorrow, the recruiting trail,
The Chronicle looks into the Duke basketball program’s response to and on UStream on-
a changing landscape. lookers could ask
questions in the chat
by Taylor Doherty room he hosted.
The chronicle “I think Kyrie has
Before Kyrie Irving even appeared on ESPNU to been pretty revolu-
announce that he would be attending Duke, he had tionary in this whole
thousands of fans following his every word on Twitter process,” recruiting
and attending his regular online news conferences on analyst Adam Zagoria
UStream. Irving was not the first basketball player to said in a phone inter-
be the object of an intense recruiting battle, but the view last week. “Twit-
way he handled the situation represents a larger social ter is a legitimate
media phenomenon. source to break news, whether you are Shaquille O’Neal
Together, Twitter and UStream lessened Irving’s or Kyrie Irving. You can sort of bypass the mainstream
dependence on traditional media to interact with fans media and break news on Twitter…. Those UStream
and fuel speculation about his college choice in order
See social media on page 11
Football: The Killer Vs
Donovan Varner and Conner Vernon bring
fight with an officer,” high school dynamic to Duke, PAGE 9
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worldandnation
Colombian army clashes
2002 DC sniper executed with leftist guerilla rebels
JARRATT, Va.­—A defiant John Allen
Muhammad, the sniper who terrified the
Washington, D.C. region in 2002 as he or-
chestrated 10 fatal and seemingly random
shootings, was executed Tuesday by lethal
injection inside Virginia’s death chamber.
Muhammad, 48, was pronounced dead
at 9:11 p.m., said Larry Traylor, spokesman
for the Virginia Department of Corrections,
speaking outside the Greensville Correc-
tional Facility on an overcast night.
Asked if he wanted to make a last state-
ment, Muhammad declined and “did not
acknowledge us,” Traylor said. The execu-
tion took place without incident, he said.
Issuing a statement on behalf of Mu-
hammad’s family and lawyers, attorney
Jonathan Sheldon said they “deeply sym-
pathize with the families and loved ones”
of the victims, and offered “prayers for a
better future” for the those left behind.
BOGOTA, Colombia — Nine Colombian
army soldiers were killed in a bloody con-
frontation with leftist guerrillas early Tuesday
along a well-known transit corridor in south-
west Colombia frequented by drug traffickers
and insurgents.
Analysts believe the attack might be part of
a campaign by the Revolutionary Armed Forc-
es of Colombia, or FARC, to step up its activities
in advance of next year’s presidential elections.
President Alvaro Uribe, whose policies have
set the FARC on its heels since he took office in
2002, is expected to seek a third term.
The assault also might have been intended
to divert the army from its ongoing attacks
against the FARC leadership, which is thought
to be holed up about 70 miles east from the
scene of Tuesday’s fighting. Over the week-
end, the military claimed to have killed three
members of FARC leader Alfonso Cano’s body-
guards.
Power in Afghanistan shifts from Taliban to al-Qaida
KABUL — As violence rises in Afghan-
istan, the power balance between insur-
gent groups has shifted, with a weak-
ened al-Qaida relying increasingly on
the emboldened Taliban for protection
and the manpower to carry out deadly
attacks, according to U.S. military and
intelligence officials.
The ascendancy of the Taliban and
the relative decline of al-Qaida have
broad implications for President Barack
Obama’s administration as it seeks to
define its enemy in Afghanistan and
debates deploying tens of thousands of
additional troops there.
Although the war in Afghanistan be-
gan as a response to al-Qaida terrorism,
there are perhaps fewer than 100 mem-
bers of the group left in the country,
according to a senior U.S. military intel-
ligence official in Kabul who spoke on
TODAY: THURSDAY:
5555 5148
the condition of anonymity.
The official estimated that there are
300 al-Qaida members in the tribal areas
of Pakistan, where the group is based,
compared with tens of thousands of
Taliban insurgents on either side of the
border.
Yet officials and observers here dif-
fer over whether the inversion of the
groups’ traditional power dynamic has
led to better or worse relations. Indeed,
it may be bringing al-Qaida closer to
certain Taliban factions — most nota-
bly, forces loyal to former Cabinet min-
ister Jalaluddin Haqqani — and driving
it apart from others, including leader
Mohammad Omar’s Pakistan-based
group. The shifting alliances, analysts
say, could have significant bearing on
where the U.S. military chooses to focus
its firepower.

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E-interviews
catch on with
institutions
Due to alumni network,
Duke will not follow suit
by Jessica Chang
The chronicle
Forget finding the perfect interview outfit,
high school and college seniors can now in-
terview with some admissions directors or em-
ployers in pajama bottoms.
Some colleges and companies are using web-
cams to interview applicants.
E-interviewing is a new process for un-
dergraduate applications, and Wake Forest
University is the first college to use online
interviews for undergraduate applicants, said
Tamara Blocker, associate director of admis-
sions at Wake Forest University. She added
that she does know know of any other colleges
that have started using e-interviews for their
application processes.
When Wake Forest made the SAT and ACT
optional for its applicants last year, interviews—
which had previously been conducted more for
informational purposes—became evaluative,
and the university offered online interviews as
soon as it made the switch. The online and in-
person interviews are given equal weight in the
application reviewing process.
“Basically, we use Skype and schedule a time
for the interview, and it’s basically like having an
See e-interview on page 6
Remembering Those
Who Served
On this Veterans Day, we commemorate
the heroes who served in the military,
and those who made the ultimate
sacrifice for their country.
To honor alumni who lost their lives in
World War II and the wars in Korea,
Vietnam, and Iraq, the Duke Alumni
Association laid a wreath this morning at
the wall that displays their names in
Memorial Quad, beside Duke Chapel.
At 11:00 a.m., Duke Chapel bells
will toll in memoriam.
CourseRank, a Web site created by three Stanford University students, allows users to review
and rate courses specific to the University. The site launched at Duke two weeks ago.
New Web site offers
course feedback
by Joanna Lichter
The chronicle
This bookbagging season, Cours-
eRank may ease the sometimes over-
whelming process of selecting next
semester’s classes.
CourseRank, a software originally
developed in Spring 2007 by Stanford
University students Benjamin Bercov-
itz, Filip Kaliszan and Henry Liou, en-
ables students to directly comment on
classes offered at a university. The pro-
gram allows students to write course
reviews, rate classes using a five-star
scale and post questions to other stu-
dents about classes. Two weeks ago,
junior Ben Getson, the undergradu-
Embrace
uncertainty,
author says
by Alejandro Bolivar
The chronicle
Many tragic events are impossible to
predict. But as a practicing Buddhist, Joan
Halifax says it is best not to even try.
Halifax, a Buddhist teacher, anthropol-
photo illustration by courtney douglas ogist and author, recalled how when she
was in her 20’s during the 1960s, she could
have not anticipated the fall of the Berlin
Wall or the election of President Barack
Obama. She embraces the uncertainty.
“In Buddhism, we are taught to be the truth
we don’t know,” Halifax said. “Theoretical un-
certainty is a really important theme today.”
Duke Chapel’s Faith Council and the Bud-
dhist community at Duke hosted Halifax Tues-
day night at Griffith Theater for a talk titled
ate representative on Duke Student “Living in a World of Radical Uncertainty.”
Government’s Academic Affairs com- Throughout her speech, Halifax alluded
mittee, launched the course evalua- to her Buddhist principles. Halifax’s third
tion Web site at Duke. Zen teacher taught her the three tenants of
“We took a very different approach the Zen Peacemaker Order: not knowing,
from the most common rating sites,” bearing witness and compassionate action.
said Kaliszan, a graduate student in Over the course of her career, Halifax
computer science at Stanford. “We has counseled both death row inmates and
looked around at what was available terminally ill patients about the uncertainty
and a lot of [the Web sites] were pro- of death and how to cope with it.
fessor centered. We’re trying to help “I have no advice to give them,” she said,
students decide which courses are explaining how she responds when patients
the best and then bring the program ask her about the afterlife. “But I am very sup-
down to the professor level.” portive of what people’s intuition tells them.”
Just one week after DSG’s Oct. 28 Halifax’s counseling is partly inspired
See courserank on page 7 See halifax on page 8
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Report aims to Safety issues plague local events
save watchdog
journalism
by Maggie Love
The chronicle
A Duke professor is responding to the journalism indus-
try’s SOS signal.
“Accountability through Algorithm: Developing the
Field of Computational Journalism,” a report by James
Hamilton, director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Me-
dia and Democracy, suggests four ways to address the de-
cline of watchdog journalism: more efficient data-analysis
tools, digital dashboards for journalists, new watchdog po-
sitions for readers and interdisciplinary research between
fields such as social science and medicine. Hamilton col-
laborated with Fred Turner, assistant professor of commu-
nications at Stanford University.
“We may be running an experiment at the state and lo-
cal level where we get to see what happens when there’s
less scrutiny of what officials are doing,” Hamilton said in
reference to the decline of watchdog journalism.
He noted that newspapers facing budget cuts tend to
first eliminate coverage of “things that are the hallmark
of accountability,” including the environment, courts and
education. These issues are the first to be bumped off
newspaper pages because they require original and time-
consuming reporting, Hamilton added.
Software developers, newspaper editors and deans of
journalism schools were just a few of the 1,200 who re-
cieved the report via e-mail Friday.
“Accountability through Algorithm” suggests that a
more tailored version of GoogleNews can help reporters
track stories back to the original article, in addition to find-
ing related articles for research purposes.
The next generation of watchdog journalism would
See journalism on page 8
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The chronicle
The North Carolina State Fair saw record-breaking
877,939 attendees this year—a crowd large enough to
prompt safety concerns.
Durham teenager Jaylan O’Quinn McNair, 16, was
stabbed in the back Oct. 17 at the fair, raising safety con-
cerns for large events. Past events like Chapel Hill’s Apple
Chill Street Fair were canceled due to violent outbreaks.
But Triangle officers noted that safety is a concern any
time there are many people in one area, and that proper
planning is the best solution.
“Although that one situation was unfortunate, given
the amount of people that attended, all in all, I feel like
we couldn’t have asked for things to go better,” said Joel
Keith, state fairgrounds police chief.
He added that the Oct. 17 incident was between two
people who simply did not like each other, resulting in
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In 2008, 765,067 people attended the fair and there year, is one of several Triangle events that prompts safety concerns.
were no altercations, Keith said. In 2007, with the previ-
ous record total of 858,611 attendees, there was one inci- Crowd safety concerns
dent where a person was cut. And in 2006, with 785,956 In 2006, Chapel Hill’s annual Apple Chill Street Fair
people in attendance, there were again, no incidents. was canceled after several shootings on Franklin Street in
“If you have so many people in a certain area there 2004 and 2005 after the fair.
are bound to be some sorts of altercations,” Keith said. “Squabbles began to happen just with the large
“Fortunately, we have enough officers around that can amounts of people,” said Lt. Kevin Gunter, public infor-
take care of situations that may arise.” mation specialist for the Chapel Hill Police Department.
There are approximately 300 officers in the vicinity “Then, alcohol consumption started to happen and over
of the fair, both inside and outside of the fairgrounds, the years crime just started increasing.”
he added. Gunter added that for two to three years, major inci-
“If they’re going to fight, then they’re going to have dents occurred that were unrelated to Apple Chill itself,
to fight with an officer,” Keith said. “We’re in an enclosed but happened to coincide with the day of the festival.
compound. The outside is saturated with officers and the Once Apple Chill was canceled, the problems associated
inside is also saturated with officers. They know if they with the after-gathering crowd also disappeared.
act on those feelings of violence they are going to get The annual Halloween night celebration on Franklin
arrested. It’s just not a good place to go and try to pick Street has also begun raising similar concerns in recent
a fight.”
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hull from page 1
The 48-page self-published collection,
“Muhammad: The ‘Banned’ Images,” is a
response to an August decision by Yale Uni-
versity Press to remove all images of Mu-
hammad from a book by a Brandeis Uni-
versity professor on reactions to the Danish
cartoons, Hull said.
“My primary motive here is to defend
reason, Western civilization and individual
rights,” Hull said. “It’s just a very public
statement in defense of free speech.”
Hull said the decision to remove images
of Muhammad from the book is evidence
that the United States has “forgotten what
genevieve werner/The Chronicle the Enlightenment was all about.”
At their meeting Tuesday night, Duke University Union members deliberated ways to promote Duke’s “This is a huge issue. I mean, that’s
Buzz calendar, a central online hub that lists upcoming campus events. one of the things that the founders fought
for and died for—the right to unfettered
duke university union speech,” he said.
what we have to talk about,” she said. “There
was no threat of violence and we should not
give in to the threat of violence.”
Ebrahim Moosa, associate professor of
Islamic studies at Duke, said people who
are offended might choose to ignore the
book or “[Hull] may meet a lot of people
who will disagree with him.”
Moosa declined to speculate on whether
the book might provoke the sort of violent
reaction that greeted the cartoons’ initial
publication.
Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for
public affairs and government relations,
said the University supports the academic
freedom of its professors, but added that
the book is not connected to Duke.
“In general, the standards and the
norms of academic freedom are very differ-
ent in the U.S. than they are in many dif-
ferent countries around the world,” Schoe-
nfeld said. “Our faculty have both the right

DUU looks to promote

Hull’s book closes with a statement in and responsibility to speak out and debate
support of free speech signed by various critical issues as individuals and scholars.”
supporters, including several professors Schoenfeld wrote in a follow-up e-mail
and the Danish editor responsible for pub- that Duke is not concerned about the im-

Duke’s Buzz calendar lishing the cartoons. Michael Munger, chair

by Mona Ascha
The chronicle
At its weekly meeting Tuesday night, Duke
University Union received a special visit.
Susan Kauffman, director of commu-
nications for the office of undergraduate
education and Snapper Underwood, Trin-
ity ’08 and special assistant to the dean of
undergraduate education, discussed mar-
keting strategies for the Buzz calendar—a
student calendar Web site that has been
developed for Duke events.
“When I was a student, there was no
single place to find out what was going
on,” Underwood said. “Buzz is a way for
student groups to get the word out about
their events.”
Although advertising for large-scale
events such as LDOC may be easy, buzz
is an opportunity for smaller groups that
may not have many funds to advertise
their events, Underwood added.
Recognized student groups are auto-
matically registered with Buzz, and students
can select categories from which they want
to see events—from “free food and bever-
ages” to “athletics and recreation.”
Both Underwood and Kauffman are
See duu on page 12
of Duke’s political science department, is
among the signatories.
“I’m saying right now, I haven’t seen the
book and I would sign it if it were blasphe-
mous pictures of Jesus,” said Munger, add-
ing that he is Catholic.
“The Cartoons That Shook the World,”
the book from which the images of Mu-
hammad were removed, examined why the
cartoons provoked such violent reactions.
Yale University Press removed the book’s
images on the advice of experts who said
their inclusion might provoke violence. Ac-
cording to The New York Times, more than
200 people were killed in worldwide pro-
tests after the cartoons, including one of
Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban,
were published in Jyllands-Posten.
Jytte Klausen, the book’s author and a
professor of politics at Brandeis Univer-
sity, said she disagrees with Yale University
Press’ decision.
“We have to print them in order to find out
pact the book may have on the University’s
reputation abroad.
Hull said the potential for a violent reac-
tion to the book does not concern him.
“That’s what the FBI and the CIA and
the executive branch should be focusing
on and investigating and stopping. That’s
their job,” he said. “My job is to defend
ideas. Their job is to use their guns to de-
fend those who defend ideas.”
Hull said that if individuals throughout
history had refrained from talking or writ-
ing because they were worried about the
consequences, there would have been little
progress.
He said that while the intent of the book
is not to offend Muslims, he is aware that it
may do so.
“Everybody is offended by something.
The only question here is ‘What’s the
proper response?’” he said. “Write your
own damn book, draw your own damn car-
toons, create your own damn movie. That’s
the Enlightenment.”

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Pharmacy from page 1 which maintains a staff of 11 em-

Student Health that we couldn’t
keep [the pharmacy] open,”
Purdy said. “We’ve tried very
hard in the past three years to
make ends meet.”
He added that the pharmacy
has decreased its inventory and
been cost-conscious. Hanson
noted that the situation has
been difficult.
“It’s going to be less service
for the students,” Hanson said.
Purdy said the pharmacy,
which serves about 9,000 indi-
viduals and fills about 17,000
prescriptions each year, will
close in accordance with guide-
lines set by the North Carolina
Board of Pharmacy.
The Student Health Center
will continue to administer vac-
cines and provide over-the-coun-
ter medications such as Tylenol
and cough syrup.
Purdy said all prescriptions will
be transferred automatically to
the outpatient pharmacy unless
students request to transfer their
prescriptions to an off-campus
pharmacy. Outpatient pharmacy
Manager Jim Stefanadis said he
looks forward to serving students
in addition to the Duke patients
and employees currently served
at the outpatient pharmacy.
Purdy, Stefanadis and Chief
Pharmacy Officer Paul Bush met
Tuesday to discuss the transition.
“Our plan is to make the
transfer as seamless as possible,”
Stefanadis said.
The outpatient pharmacy,
ployees, has filled prescriptions
for students when the Student
Health pharmacy was temporar-
ily closed, Stefanadis added.
Purdy said the outpatient
pharmacy carries a wider selec-
tion of medications than the
Student Health pharmacy does.
For years, the main source of
income for the Student Health
pharmacy was birth control pills,
Hansen said, and prior to the
2005 Deficit Reduction Plan, Stu-
dent Health was able to purchase
the pills at a deep discount.
She noted that other college
pharmacies are struggling, and
an increasing number are clos-
ing. Florida State University’s
Thagard Student Health Center
pharmacy closed last December.
Successful college pharmacies
often have access to large space
and sell other drugstore items,
such as toiletries and magazines,
she said.
Hanson said the pharmacy
has always received good reviews
from students in Student Health’s
patient satisfaction survey.
She added that Almond, who
has worked at the pharmacy for
26 years, has a “special knack for
talking with students.”
“It’s always sad when long-
term employees—loyal, hard-
working people—have to be let
go,” Hanson said.
Although Hanson regrets the
pharmacy’s closing, she said the
University must adjust to cur-
rent circumstances.
“As disappointed as we are...
we have to move on,” she said.
e-interview from page 3
on-campus interview but you’re
sitting in front of your computer
screen,” Blocker said.
Wake Forest will continue to of-
fer on-campus interviews, but the
online interviews—which were first
made available in December 2008—
are now offered to students who can-
not make a trip to campus. For the
incoming class this fall, Wake Forest
had a total of more than 4,000 inter-
views, 300 of which were conducted
through cyberspace.
“It has definitely expanded the
number of people that can be in-
terviewed, and that’s the purpose,”
Blocker said. “We want to have
some sort of personal conversa-
tion with as many applicants as we
possibly can. The online interview
has allowed us to do that.”
It is unlikely, however, that Duke
would consider online interviews
for undergraduate applicants in the
near future because the University
no longer offers on-campus inter-
views, Duke’s Dean of Undergradu-
ate Admissions Christoph Gut-
tentag said. All interviews are now
handled regionally through Duke’s
alumni interviewing network, so e-
interviewing is not necessary.
“I think in general, person-to-
person interviews are probably
going to be slightly more useful,”
Guttentag said. “There’s just more
information, visual information,
that one can get in a person-to-
person meeting.”
On both sides, employers and
students are saving money through
interviews via Skype, a free video
Although e-interviews via webcam are becoming more common among colleges and
companies, admissions officials said Duke will not be following the trend.
conferencing application available
for free download. There are also
other software options, like Adobe
Acrobat Connect, that are open
for student use in The Link.
The University also provides
resources for students who need
to do interviews online with pro-
spective employers.
The Career Center works closely
with The Link, students and compa-
nies to coordinate video interviews,
Erin Nettifee, coordinator of aca-
demic support in the Office of In-
formation Technology, wrote in an
e-mail. This Fall, approximately 20
students have e-interviewed through
The Link and the Career Center
with two different companies.
Lutron Electronics recently start-
ed doing e-interviews last summer,
and expects to use the process more
often, especially during the off sea-
sons when the company might not
be sending its employees to campus,
said Nora Elmanzalawy, a college re-
photo illustration by courtney douglas
cruiting representative at Lutron.
Students have also interviewed
over the Web with the finance
company UBS.
“UBS has struggled recently,
so perhaps this form of interview
was a cost-cutting measure,” senior
Vadim Leonov wrote in an e-mail.
Elmanzalawy said e-interview-
ing probably saves her company
more than $800 for a school that
Lutron’s recruiters would be fly-
ing to, and $400 to $500 for a
school within driving distance.
In addition to the occasional
technical difficulty, there are oth-
er disadvantages to e-interviewing
as opposed to in-person inter-
views, students said.
“There are intangible traits that
interviewers can pick up during an
in-person interview on an intervie-
wee that could influence their de-
cision one way or another,” senior
Justin Hong, who e-interviewed with
UBS, wrote in an e-mail.

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courserank from page 3 Prior to CourseRank, there was no lasting

blast e-mail, more than 2,000 students were
registered on the Web site, Getson said. At its
Oct. 21 meeting, DSG allotted $1,100 to pro-
mote the site, but DSG’s use of the Web site is
free for the first year. DSG plans to reassess the
site after its free one-year trial period ends.
“Until now, there’s been no organized way
for students to talk with other students about
courses they’ve taken,” Getson said. “Students
need this option—it’s important to them.”
Getson began searching for an alterna-
tive to Duke’s course evaluation system in
Fall 2008 in response to student concerns.
He first heard about CourseRank from
Owen Astrachan, professor of the practice
of computer science.
student evaluation system in place at Duke.
Former DSG President Elliott Wolf, Trinity
’08, created a Duke-specific course evalua-
tions Web site that was approved by the Arts
and Sciences Council in 2006. But the site
failed to attract sufficient student input.
Students still relied largely on word-of-
mouth and other Web sites such as Rate-
MyProfessors.com, Getson said. Although
the administration provides students with
course synopses and ratings on ACES, the
synopses are not available for every class
and are written by faculty members. On
ACES, students rate courses based on a
five-point scale, however, the ratings are
not always released to the student body.
“The ratings are out of context because
no written reviews are released with them,”
Getson said. “This benefits University of-
ficials and not students, and does not ad-
dress the need students have.”
As of Tuesday night, about 5,200 reviews
have been posted by more than 2,100 stu-
dents. Although students initially encoun-
tered technical difficulties on the site,
many have continued to use CourseRank
for its accessibility and convenience.
“I really like it,” freshman Kerri Devine
said. “I was able to see all the different
times my courses were being offered, and
which professors taught them.”
Some students, however, do not see
equal value in the program. Senior Peng
Shi, a double major in math and computer
science does not believe CourseRank is ef-
fective in high-level courses, as the students
who take these classes will probably not visit
the Web Site, Shi said.
“There is no incentive to report any-
thing,” he said.
Although CourseRank is currently
geared toward undergraduates, some
graduate courses are posted on the Web
site. Getson noted that many of the reviews
have come from recent Duke alumni.
Faculty and administrators are also able
to review courses, and those comments will
be flagged to students in red, Getson said.
He hopes the interaction between students
and faculty will provide a workable solution
to be permanently implemented at Duke.
“It’s important that as many students
use CourseRank as possible,” Getson said.
“That’s how we will determine to use Cours-
eRank for the next few years, or to come up
with a different solution.”

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The Durham Performing Arts Center, which was largely subsidized by
Duke, brought in more than $1 million in profit in its first eight months.
dpac from page 1
employees that work there,” he said. “We’ve gotten rave
reviews on the customer service they provide.”
The center, which opened in December 2008 and cost
$46.8 million to build, sold out more than 20 shows in its
inaugural season.
Bell said he was pleased with the center’s success and
what it means for the city.
“Any time you are able to have revenues exceed expenses
it’s a boost, but I think what’s more important is it’s a state-
ment of Durham being a center for arts in the region,” he
said. “While we focus on DPAC, we have other attractions to
complement DPAC and attract people to downtown Dur-
ham—it’s just another jewel in the downtown area.”
Duke’s $7.5 million donation to the center’s construc-
tion has also yielded a worthy new stage for the American
Dance Festival, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask
said, adding that the new 2,800-seat venue is a vast im-
provement over Page Auditorium, which was previously
used for ADF performances.
“It worked out very well,” he said. “And part of the mon-
ey also is what makes [DPAC] nice—they were going to cut
back on a lot of things that they didn’t end up having to
cut back on [due to Duke’s contribution].”
DPAC has also partnered with Duke groups to offer
students a cultural alternative to activities on campus. The
Hub in the Bryan Center currently sells discounted tickets
and season tickets to select DPAC shows. The tickets, subsi-
dized by the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, are
available for a wider range of shows than last year, when
tickets were sold through Duke University Union, said
DUU President Zach Perret, a junior.
Perret said DUU’s new relationship with DPAC involves try-
ing to present University shows at the downtown center, adding
that an attempt to do so for next Spring recently fell through.
“They have the exact size [venue] we need and don’t
have at Duke,” he said. “I can’t promise it will work out this
year, but I’m confident it will work out in future years.”
Although Perret said he did not know student attendance
numbers at the center, he has received extremely positive
feedback from students who have attended shows at DPAC.
“When students do go there, I know they love it,” he
said. “Those are the responses we got last year—they saw
how cool a venue it was, how nice it was outside and how
great it was inside. It’s a great thing for the University to
have, a great programming venue nearby.”

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years. As the number of attendees contin-
ued increasing from year to year, the city
took measures last year to cut down the size
of the celebration for a more “Homegrown
Halloween.”
“We’ve obviously had a drastic effort
to decrease the number of people for our
Halloween gathering for safety reasons that
come with being able to manage a crowd of
that size,” Gunter said. “We wanted people
to hear us and they did.”
In 2007, 70,000 to 80,000 people at-
tended Halloween on Franklin Street with
a total of 13 arrests, Gunter said. Due to the
halifax from page 3
by her visits to the sites of several historic
tragedies. She has visited the Auschwitz
concentration camp twice, and said both
trips had a profound effect on her.
During her first visit, she attended an inter-
faith conference where discussions among par-
ticipants revealed how difficult it is to process a
tragedy of that scope. Later, a friend told her
they needed to visit Nanjing, China, the site of a
1937 massacre at the hands of the Japanese.
“No one could put their arms around the mag-
nitude of the atrocity that happened,” she said.
Halifax said the lessons she has learned
from past tragedies are very applicable today.
“We’re in a time where the sense of ca-
tastrophe is very present,” she said.
To illustrate the interfaith response to catas-
trophe, Halifax’s talk was followed by a discus-
sion panel with Rabbi for Jewish Life Michael
Goldman and Paul Griffiths, Warren Professor
of Catholic Theology at the Divinity School.
Goldman emphasized the importance of ethics
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city’s new measures, 2008 saw a decrease in
attendance to 40,000 people and only five
arrests were made. This year, 50,000 people
attended, with a single arrest.
“In recent years, as the night would
progress, we would see gang members mov-
ing into the crowds—whether or not they
were from Durham or Raleigh—we were
seeing a crowd that was not dressed in cos-
tume that seemed to be there for different
reasons,” Gunter said. “This year we didn’t
seem to have that. I don’t know why. I’m
not going to single out any particular area
out of the Triangle. The temper was just
different.”
Kammie Michael, public information
officer for the Durham Police Depart-
“We shouldn’t worry about natural di-
sasters, which we can’t control, but rather
our actions, which we can,” he said.
Griffiths said suffering is essential to
Christianity, noting that two-thirds of the
Psalms are laments.
“I think it’s central to a Christian response to
begin with lament and end with lament,” he said.
All religious leaders present—represent-
ing Buddhism, Catholicism and Judaism—
stressed the importance of love to their faiths,
especially as a means of coping with adversity.
“Get rid of greed, hatred and delusion
and you end up with love,” Griffiths said.
“The gift of love, in order to be a gift, has to
come from some place other than me.”
Senior Priyanka Sista said she enjoyed
the event’s interfaith balance.
“I know very little of other faiths,” she said.
“It’s nice to hear about other perspectives.”
Durham resident Andy Stewart said he
was grateful to attend the speech.
“It was absolutely remarkable,” he said.
“If we didn’t live in Durham, we wouldn’t
have the opportunity to be stretched like
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ment, explained that safety and traffic
are concerns at any large events such as
explained that it may not be possible to
prevent acts of violence because they can
football games, parades, festivals and fire- occur rather quickly and sporadically. But
works celebrations and that officers plan he noted that RPD puts a lot of work in
accordingly. organizing law enforcement presence and
District commanders are notified of planning that would minimize the chance
large events in their districts so they can of incidents.
work with event organizers to make sure “We always encourage people whether
the events are safe, Michael said. She added they’re at an event or going about their
that off-duty officers are also hired to work daily lives to be aware of their surround-
at large events and direct traffic. ings,” Sughrue said. “It is easy to get lost
“The best way to preserve the peace is in what someone is doing and not pay at-
to have a good, solid plan in place and to tention to people getting close to you or
have enough officers working at the event,” getting into a situation where your safety is
she said. compromised. We encourage people to be
Jim Sughrue, public information of- very careful because obviously the police
ficer for the Raleigh Police Department, can’t be everywhere.”
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Joan Halifax, a Buddhist teacher and author, spoke about “Living in a World of Radical Uncertainty” in
Griffith Theater Tuesday Night. The Chapel’s Faith Council and Duke Buddhist Community hosted the event.
journalism from page 4 York University, said the report is innova-
tively promising.
“I think it’s something university-based
also cater more toward reader involve- journalism programs are particularly well-
ment to make news reading more per- suited to do,” he said.
sonal. If readers want more in-depth Rosen added that the interdisciplinary
information about a story, they will be nature of the accountability model is char-
able to link to related documents and acteristic of the university setting.
articles. This model is also more cost- The report is making headway outside
efficient because the content would be of academia as well.
free up to a certain point—but readers Steve Riley, senior editor of investiga-
would be charged for additional, more- tions for The (Raleigh) News & Observer,
detailed information. said because the newspaper has fewer peo-
And these
proposals will
ple, it needs
to “get smart-
“It’s not a matter of inventing
be applied as er.” And the
soon as this new technology, it’s a matter of work being
summer. Ham- done at the
ilton said the applying it to journalism.” DeWitt Cen-
DeWitt Wal-
lace Center — Sarah Cohen, ter is one way
to help the
will work with Knight professor of journalism p u b l i c a t i o n
Relevance, a get there.
Durham soft- “We’ll take
ware company, all the ideas
in a new DukeEngage program during the we can use to get faster and... smarter data,”
summer of 2010. The goal of the program, Riley said.
which will accept three students, is to cre- Riley has met with Hamilton and Sarah
ate open-source software to help reporters. Cohen, Knight professor of the practice
This program is an example of the attitude of journalism and public policy, several
necessary to the survival of watchdog jour- times. Cohen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning
nalism, Hamilton said. journalist, said she has interviewed at
“The company is altruistic and the stu- least 40 reporters since she came to Duke
dents are idealistic,” he said. in July and all of them have been enthu-
said the company is excited to work with tional journalism.
Duke. He noted that the software the Du- Cohen said she is confident computa-
keEngage students will create could be tional journalism can help save watchdog
used to analyze source documents and col- journalism, noting that reporters have to
lect information from local news sources. read dozens of Web sites and blogs every
“The better journalism we have, the bet- day—a relatively inefficient process that
ter off everyone is around that journalism,” technology could modify and improve for
Gehtland said. the future.
Duke is not the only university looking
into the report’s applications.
“It’s not a matter of inventing new tech-
nology, it’s a matter of applying it to jour-
Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New nalism,” Cohen said.
Sports
The Chronicle >> MEN’S SOCCER Freshman Andrew Wenger
was named to theAll-ACC first
team Tuesday. Wenger started
all 17 games for Duke and is
WEDNESDAY the Blue Devils’ only represen-
November 11, 2009 tative on the first team
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Men’s Soccer

Key game for Duke in ACC quarters No bowl?

by Kevin Fishner
The chronicle
Not a
problem
Coming into the 2009 season, no one
expected the Blue Devils to start 4-0 and
carry the momentum into a 12-5 regular
season.
After losing four starting seniors, one Duke has played 45 football games since
of whom was All-American and ACC Of- I’ve been a student here. I had never been
fensive Player of the as excited about one as I was last Saturday.
Year Mike Grella, Now, it’s important to keep in mind
BC No. 15 Duke was sup- that the Blue Devils won a grand total of
vs. posed to be heading one game in the 2006 and 2007 seasons,
into a down year. But and that victory was on the road against
No. 15 with the emergence Northwestern. In 2008, the David Cut-
Duke of two freshmen, for- cliffe Era got off to a blazing start, but
WEDNESDAY, 2:30 p.m. ward Ryan Finley and Duke faded quickly once ACC play began.
Cary, N.C. defender Andrew This season, the
ACC tournament Wenger, along with Blue Devils did the
greater team chem- reverse. They had an
istry, the Blue Devils awful opening game
were able to surprise some teams. against Richmond,
“We got to where we hoped we would Joe bounced back against
be this season, which is fairly high on the
RPI scale,” head coach John Kerr said. “Es-
Drews Army and hit their
stride starting with
pecially since we’re starting eight different the N.C. Central
players from last year, we have come a long contest. Going into Saturday’s game in
way. We’re excited about the postseason.” Chapel Hill, Duke was 4-1 in its previous
olly wilson/Chronicle file photo five games with a realistic chance to get
See m. soccer on page 10 Senior Josh Bienenfeld and Duke lost 2-0 to Boston College earlier this season in Chestnut Hill, Mass. a bowl berth.
Plus, the matchup with the Tar Heels
had been moved away from its traditional
Football time slot of Thanksgiving weekend, so for
the first time, I was going to be able to

The Killer V’s reunited
High school teammates Varner, Vernon making a name at Duke
by Scott Rich
The chronicle
You’d never guess from the way wide recievers Conner Ver-
non and Donovan Varner work together on offense that the
two used to be fierce rivals in high school. But rather than
competing on gameday, the pair faced off on the practice
fields of Gulliver Prep in Miami.
Whenever Vernon lined up at receiver, it was Varner blan-
keting him in coverage. Whenever Vernon kicked off in prac-
tice, it was Varner waiting to return the ball.
During their high school football careers in Miami, the
watch this rivalry game. It was a sunny 66
degrees at kickoff—perfect weather for
the Blue Devils’ pass-oriented offense.
And then the game started.
Nothing went Duke’s way. North
Carolina scored on its first drive. Then
sight of Varner and Vernon competing during practice was
commonplace, even though the pair now lines up on the See drews on page 10
same side of the ball for the Blue Devils.
And now, that competitive instinct might be one of the
driving forces that has revitalized Duke’s offense, and conse-
quently the outlook of the entire football team.
“I got to stick Conner a lot in high school, so that was a lot
of fun,” Varner said. “But we would battle and compete every
day in practice and talk a lot of trash to each other. But off the
See varner/vernon on page 11

lawson kurtz (left), addison corriher (right)/Chronicle file photos zachary tracer/Chronicle file photo

Freshman Conner Vernon (left) and sophomore Donovan Varner (right) were teammates at Miami’s Gulliver High before reconnecting as Duke wide receivers. Head coach David Cutcliffe has made November
football games meaningful in his second year at Duke.
10 | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009 the chronicle

drews from page 9

the Blue Devils went three-and-out to turn the ball right
back over. They went three-and-out on their second
possession as well, foreshadowing an afternoon in which
they were completely dominated in time of possession.
UNC quarterback T.J. Yates, while not awe-inspiring,
was efficient when he had to be. Thaddeus Lewis, how-
ever, was harassed all day and never seemed comfortable.
He completed just 16-of-33 passes for 113 yards.
Safety Jordon Byas blocked a punt in the first quarter,
but he later interfered with a Tar Heel punt returner who
was calling for a fair catch, giving North Carolina 15 free
yards to start its next drive.
The Tar Heels lost starting running back Shaun Draughn
to a fractured shoulder blade early on, but backup Ryan
Houston filled in and ran all over the Duke defense.
There was a reason for much of that misfortune, though,
and it’s the same reason why I was so excited to watch this
game: Playing in a big game was a brand new experience for
Duke Football. I had never watched a game like it, and none
of the Blue Devils had ever played in one like it.
“Our guys had never been in this position,” head
coach David Cutcliffe said after the 19-6 loss. “I don’t
know if they knew it was going to be as hard as it was, but
it’s not supposed to be easy. You know what? Thank good-
ness it’s not easy, because if it was easy there would be a
whole lot of people doing it.”
Now, barring an upset of Georgia Tech or Miami in the
next two weeks, Duke will not be one of those teams play-
ing in the postseason, and it’s because of what transpired
Saturday at Kenan Stadium.
The Blue Devils were outmatched against North Caro-
lina. There’s no question about that. (In fact, Cutcliffe
astutely pointed this fact out early last week.) But Duke has
been outmatched before and still played well. It hung with
then-No. 6 Virginia Tech, losing by just eight points Oct. 3.
Defenses have been keying on the passing game for weeks,
but Lewis had still gotten it done before Saturday. addison corriher/The Chronicle
The Blue Devils have played well on the road this season, Linebacker Vincent Rey and the senior class never beat North Carolina, but Joe Drews thinks this year’s loss is an omen of good things to come.
as well. They were 16-point underdogs against N.C. State but
thrashed the Wolfpack in Raleigh Oct. 10. It’s not like the Ke- season, although Duke is still technically in the hunt A year or two from now, when Duke has more of Cutc-
nan Stadium crowd was incredibly intimidating, either, so the for the Coastal Division title and a bowl berth. (If the liffe’s recruits and more players who have participated in
road atmosphere could not have affected Duke very much. Blue Devils can’t stop Houston, can you really envi- big games, it’s unlikely the Blue Devils will fall flat like they
It would be overly simplistic to say the sole differ- sion them slowing down 2008 ACC Player of the Year did Saturday. Cutcliffe may even refer back to this game as
ence against the Tar Heels was the magnitude of the Jonathan Dwyer this week or Miami’s Jacory Harris a key learning point in the program’s development.
game, but I think it was a major factor. For the first the next?) Right now, that may not matter much to a senior class
time in years, Duke was playing in a game with direct But Cutcliffe undoubtedly has the program on the that never won the Victory Bell or a program that has lost
bowl implications, and it showed. right track. Whatever happens in the season’s final three 19 of its last 20 against its archrival.
The good news is that the Blue Devils will know games, this season has been a success. When was the last And yet, in a development that would have been
what to expect when this type of situation comes time November football meant more than November unthinkable just two years ago, it will matter soon—and
up again. And it will come up again. Maybe not this basketball in Durham? that’s the real accomplishment of this season.

m. soccer from page 9 firepower this season, scoring nine and

The reason for the success of this
year’s team is hard to pinpoint, but one
of the most surprising reasons is that
there are no standouts on the team. Last
year, with the talented Grella up top,
Duke’s play revolved around getting the
ball to his feet.
When an entire team is focused on one
position, it is exceedingly easy for oppo-
nents to scout and defend against. Howev-
er, with their balanced approach, the 2009
Blue Devils have been able to win games
multiple ways.
“We’ve been getting to know each other
really well and our positioning and what
we’re good at,” Kerr said.
One of Duke’s strengths this year has
been its midfielders, who have controlled
the flow of the game and linked the de-
fense to the offense well.
Central midfielders and senior leaders
Josh Bienenfeld and Ryan McDaniel have
conducted the midfield all season with
their rugged play and scrappy mentality.
Supporting the defensive style of play
of Bienenfeld and McDaniel has been of-
fensively-minded newcomer Christopher
Tweed-Kent. Joining the team as a sopho-
more, Tweed-Kent has given the Blue Dev-
ils an explosive option on the outside.
Along with the scoring capabilities of
larsa al-omaishi/Chronicle file photo Tweed-Kent, Finley and junior Cole Gross-
Junior Cole Grossman is one of several members of a balanced Duke attack that hopes to defeat Boston College. man have given the Blue Devils offensive
seven goals, respectively.
The overall scoring distribution of the
team has been more even than last year,
with 13 different players tallying scores
compared to just eight a year ago.
This emphasis on team rather than in-
dividual will serve the Blue Devils well as
they enter the ACC tournament Wednes-
day night in Cary, N.C against third seed
Boston College (11-7-0). Duke is the
sixth seed in the tournament.
“Boston College is a good team,” Kerr
said. “They have gotten better these last
couple of weeks as well. We’re facing an op-
ponent that’s a little different than the one
we faced few weeks back.”
In their matchup in late September, the
Eagles defended their home turf and sent
the Blue Devils back to Durham with a 2-0
loss. The game was close until the closing
seconds, when the Eagles were awarded a
penalty kick to seal the victory.
“They’re a good team and they have
matured—but we have too,” Kerr said.
“It will be an interesting test on Wednes-
day to see how far each team has come.
We had a very good game against them
a few weeks back and we’ve got a lot of
confidence.”
If the Blue Devils get past the Eagles
Wednesday night, their next matchup
would be in the semifinals against the win-
ner of North Carolina versus N.C State.
The winner of that match would likely face
top seed Wake Forest in the finals Sunday.
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social media from page 1 When Irving suggested that a number of

interviews [were also] pretty revolutionary
for a recruit, to invite people into your liv-
ing room and answer questions.”
Beyond using social media as a means
to generate hype, Irving’s online pres-
ence influenced the way the media cov-
ered his recruitment because it gave
him the opportunity to speak directly
to fans without any sort of middleman.
When Zagoria somewhat controversially
cited anonymous sources and broke the
story that the guard would be attending
Duke two days before Irving was set to
announce his decision, the prospect was
able to bite back: “I don’t know what’s
going on with all these supposed sources
but I have not commited [sic] to Duke,”
Irving tweeted.
“Twitter is a legitimate
source to break news,
whether you are Shaquille
O’Neal or Kyrie Irving.”
— Recruiting analyst
Adam Zagoria
Ultimately, Irving’s tweet turned out
to be a fabrication of the truth—Seth Da-
vis, a CBS college basketball analyst and
former Chronicle sports editor, also had
sources that confirmed Irving had in fact
secretly committed four weeks earlier. Still,
Irving’s denial certainly served the purpose
of keeping fans on the edge of their seats.
fans might be surprised by his decision, he
made his eventual commitment to Duke’s
program appear uncertain.
After Irving formally chose Duke, he at
least admitted that keeping the buzz alive
was a part of his rational. “I had to keep
the suspense,” Irving said on ESPNU when
asked about why he denied the reports.
Beyond Twitter, Irving managed his
public persona with the help of UStream.
After posting a link on his Twitter feed,
the guard would sit in front of his laptop’s
webcam and answer questions that visitors
posted in the chat room.
Of course, answering questions in a
rapid-fire and informal manner can re-
sult in making mistakes that generate un-
wanted speculation on the Internet. On
Sept. 30, weeks before even Zagoria had
announced that Irving had committed to
Duke, the guard dismissed rumors that
he was set to make his announcement
either that night or the next day. But
while the UStream broadcast was an at-
tempt to put the rumors to rest, it simply
fed the fire. Irving’s good friend—whom
he called Jerry—suddenly got confused
during the broadcast and said that he’d
be with Irving at Duke for Countdown
to Craziness even though the guard was
scheduled to visit Kentucky that night.
Irving fell back in the chair and looked
at his friend in disbelief.
“What are you talking about?” Ir-
ving said as he got ready to end the live
stream. “Oh my gosh, dog. You’re out,
we’re out dog.”
Irving followed up on his Twitter lat-
er that night to confirm that the com-
ment was a mistake and that he would
be attending Kentucky’s Big Blue Mad-
ness, but not before adding to already
existing rumors. On the video feed, the
recruit’s visible discomfort seemed to
suggest that he was nervous about giving
up too much information or saying the
wrong thing. Irving wanted to give the
public some access, but it seemed clear
that not everything was supposed to be
for fans’ ears.
Paul Levinson, a professor at Fordham
and the author of “New New Media”, ex-
plains that maintaining this balance—in
effect having both a private and a public
persona—is difficult business.
“There was a sociologist named [Er-
ving] Goffman, [and] he used to write
about people’s front region, or their pub-
lic persona, and their back region, or how
they’re different when they’re with their
friends and family,” Levinson said. “This
applies to athletes. They need to be aware
of how much of their back region they
want to make available to the public.”
However, it is access to what Levinson
calls the back region that keeps fans in-
terested. In a sense, then, Irving’s even-
tual obligation to actually commit to just
one college took away part of his ability
to continue to generate attention. With-
out the mystery, there is now no need
Photo illustration by courtney douglas/The Chronicle
for fans to analyze and discuss his every
move. Before Irving even committed, his
Twitter reflected this reality: “I wonder
if I would have all these followers if I
wad [sic] already committed?? Lol idk,”
Irving wrote. It was the secret, after all,
that helped Irving develop such a pres-
ence on the internet. Since his commit-
ment Oct. 22, Irving has accumulated
197 new followers, but the rate of growth
seems to have slowed down.
Still, Irving’s example has already
had an influence on other players and
is likely to continue to do so in the near
future. Though current Duke junior No-
lan Smith has been on Twitter since June
2, his growing presence on UStream was
at least partially the result of seeing how
well it worked for Irving.
“I think I’ve seen a couple of people on
there, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I’ve
seen Kyrie Irving on UStream talking to a
bunch of Kentucky fans about stuff,” Smith
said. “I went on there, and they have a lot
of viewers. I have like 300 viewers; it’s just
something fun.”
Kyrie Irving did not immediately re-
spond to a tweet requesting an interview.
With social media at his disposal, though,
he may be in no rush to.

varner/vernon from page 9
field, we were cool, and in games we would make big plays,
so it was a pretty fun experience.
“He makes fun of me sometimes about how I couldn’t
catch in high school, but I used to tell him I shut him down
at cornerback.”
While Vernon did not admit to being “stuck” by Varner,
he agreed with his teammate that the competition at Gul-
liver Prep was fierce.
“It got heated at times,” Vernon said. “We would both get
ours­—I’d get him, he’d get me­—so it was never one-sided.”
The energy the pair exerted during practice became
evident in the numbers the two put up. As a junior at Gul-
liver, Varner not only recorded six interceptions, but also
amassed more than 1,300 total yards of offense and was
named to the All-County team. Vernon, meanwhile, made
the jump to the varsity squad late his freshman year and
never looked back. In his senior season, with Varner al-
ready at Duke, Vernon caught 60 passes for 1,163 yards and
11 touchdowns, leading Gulliver Prep to a 12-2 record and
a berth in the state championship game.
For Gulliver head coach Earl Sims, who took over the
Raiders in 2005, what distinguished the two athletes was
their competitiveness and intense work ethic.
“What made them special... is all the extra work they put
in to get better in the offseason,” Simms said. “Conner got
so much faster, Donovan put on more weight and got faster
and those guys used to go and run routes.”
Still, both went under the radar during the recruiting pro-
cess. While Vernon was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.
com, only three other BCS schools—Mississippi, Vanderbilt
and Wake Forest—offered the receiver a scholarship.
Varner, meanwhile, was listed as a two-star defensive
back. Part of what hindered his recruitment was his
relatively short stature­ for a receiver, as Varner is listed
at only 5-foot-9.
The common thread for both players, though, was the
lack of significant interest from any of the Florida football
powerhouses, even the hometown Miami Hurricanes.
“A lot of schools in Florida passed up on us, especially
me because of my size,” Varner said. “I knew I had a lot of
ability and I had a lot of speed and agility, and I didn’t un-
derstand why they would pass up on me.”
That opened up an opportunity for Duke to make a play
for both overlooked players, an effort that Sims said cer-
tainly did not go unnoticed.
zachary tracer/Chronicle file photo
Donovan Varner defended teammate Conner Vernon as a cornerback in
high school, but he has become a downfield threat on offense at Duke.
“Duke was the first school that actually showed a lot
of interest in Donovan,” Sims said. “Even though the
other schools came onto him late, he honored that, and
Coach [Scottie] Montgomery did a great job recruiting
both of those guys.”
“As far as Conner, he [and his family]... were looking at
Wisconsin, and once Duke called for him, I think they sat
down and understood how that would probably be a great
fit for him not just athletically but academically.”
And once Varner committed to Duke and got acclimat-
ed to college life last year, he knew that playing for the Blue
Devils would also be an excellent situation for his former
teammate and practice rival.
“I had a big part in the recruitment of [Conner] and
I told him we can come out here and it would be just like
high school,” Varner said. “We could be successful and
make big plays and have a lot of fun together.”
Needless to say, the instant impact of the pair has been a
major factor in a high-octane Duke passing attack this season.
While Varner only recorded 164 receiving yards last
season, the sophomore leads the team in that category
with 674 already this year. Vernon, meanwhile, needed
little time to get used to the college game. After catch-
ing four balls in his debut in the Blue Devils’ season-
opening loss to Richmond, the freshman broke out
with four catches for 128 yards in a loss to Virginai Tech
four weeks later, followed by back-to-back 100-yard per-
formances against Maryland and Virginia in the follow-
ing weeks.
“I haven’t had a true freshman receiver like what Con-
ner’s done,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “I’d
have a hard time not voting for him on an All-ACC team.”
The two have combined for 1,257 yards and eight touch-
downs so far this season, a jarring number that their high
school coach didn’t expect.
“I gotta be honest, it’s very surprising,” Sims said.
“Knowing who they are... there was no doubt about it
they were going to be successful. But nobody knew it
would be this soon.”
The two might have finally hit their first major speed-
bump in last weekend’s loss to North Carolina, though.
In a game in which the entire Duke offense struggled, the
normally prolific combination combined for only five re-
ceptions for 35 yards.
But as these “Killer V’s,” as some fans have taken to de-
scribing them, continue to grow in Duke’s offensive system,
at least Sims thinks the pair could make the Florida schools
who overlooked them envious.
“I already know they’re going to push each other.
They’ve got something inside of them that’s different from
a lot of other players,” Sims said. “So they know what time
it is... there’s no limit to how good they can become if they
continue to push themselves.”
And the competitive fire that was present between Var-
ner and Vernon at Gulliver Prep should continue to drive
them now, even if the competition is no longer as direct.
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The Chronicle Loosen pass/fail requirements

The Independent Daily at Duke University Tomorrow, the Arts and Sci- could remedy the situation. portant points: permitting pre- enables them to adjust aca- wish to take pass/fail. Then,
ences Council has the oppor- The proposed pass/fail major students to take courses demically without permanent- by the course withdrawal
tunity to alter Trinity College’s policy would rename a pass- on a P/F basis, allowing indi- ly damaging their GPA. deadline four weeks from the
pass/fail policy and thereby ing grade as “satisfactory,” vidual departments to count a Second, individual depart- end of the semester, the stu-
encourage intellectual explo- raise the bar for a satisfactory pass/fail course toward their ments should be able to de- dent would make a final deci-
ration among students. grade to a C - or higher and major’s requirements and de- termine if a course taken on a sion to take the course P/F or
Under the allow individ- termining the procedure and pass/fail basis will count toward receive a letter grade.
current policy, editorial ual instructors timing for students to opt into its major’s prerequisites or Such a policy would en-
students must to determine a class pass/fail. We will discuss requirements. Major require- courage students to explore
decide to take a course P/F if students may take their each of these in turn. ments vary greatly from depart- their intellectual interests while
by the end of drop/add, and course—seminars includ- First, the Council should ment to department, and some also incentivizing engagement
courses taken P/F do not ed—on a pass/fail basis. amend the policy to include required classes carry more rel- with course material, since the
count toward major require- There is general support pre-major students. Permit- evance to a student’s course of student can still opt for a letter
ments or T-Reqs. In addition, within the Council for these ting freshmen to enroll in study than others. grade up until relatively late in
the P/F option is not available changes, and reasonably so. a course on a pass/fail basis To this end, deciding guide- the semester.
to first-year students and can- The new satisfactory/unsatis- will encourage risk-taking lines for pass/fail within a par- Most students want the op-
not be used for seminars and factory designation brings the that often leads to the dis- ticular department should be portunity to enroll in a breadth
tutorials. system in line with the proce- covery of intellectual inter- left to the faculty—the very of challenging and interesting
A pass/fail policy at a lib- dure for granting credit to study ests. For practical reasons, people who are most familiar classes, but the fear of a bad
eral arts institution should be abroad classes, and it increases this is better sooner rather with their major and have a grade damaging post-gradua-
flexible enough to allow stu- the number and types of classes than later on in a student’s vested interest in maintaining tion prospects often precludes
dents to concentrate on intel- that can be taken pass/fail. academic career. its intellectual rigor. them from doing so. The A&S
lectual exploration, not grades The policy also contains Furthermore, students ar- Third, the Council should Council should recognize this
and GPAs. The current policy several contentious proposals. rive at Duke with varying levels give students up until the end unfortunate reality and bring
fails at this goal, and changes In past meetings, the Council of preparation, and allowing of the course correction pe- meaningful change to the
made at tomorrow’s meeting has disagreed about three im- first-years to take a course P/F riod to “tag” a class that they pass/fail policy.

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Reconsecrating memory
O
n the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of Soon after the fall of Japan in World War II, over
the eleventh month, the U.S. commemo- 385,000 U.S. soldiers occupied the island country, or
I know my baby sports the Duke onesie—it’s stylish and easy rates Veterans Day. A day once used to a little over one soldier per square kilometer. Once
to wash. celebrate the end of World War I was institutional- Germany fell, the country was split into four zones.

”
ized by President Dwight Eisenhower to be the day Around 1.6 million American troops initially occu-
—“MTGator” commenting on Anna Sadler’s column Americans honored all veterans. pied Germany, or about 16 soldiers per square kilo-
“Please, not pink”. “[L]et us sol- meter of U.S. controlled territory. The initial drop-
See more at www.dukechronicle.com. emnly remember off in U.S. troop levels to over 277,000 one year later
the sacrifices of all left almost three soldiers per square kilometer.
those who fought According to the Oct. 13 Washington Post ar-
so valiantly, on the ticle “Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Af-
seas, in the air and ghanistan,” around 124,000 troops are serving in
on foreign shores, Iraq and 65,000 are in Afghanistan. That leaves a
Letters Policy to preserve our little over a quarter of a soldier per square kilome-
The Chronicle welcomes submissions in the form of letters Direct submissions to: heritage of free- elad gross ter in Iraq, and about one-tenth of a soldier per
to the editor or guest columns. Submissions must include dom, and let us square kilometer in Afghanistan.
the author’s name, signature, department or class, and for reconsecrate our-
kitty babies Today’s technology certainly allows U.S. soldiers
purposes of identification, phone number and local address. E-mail: chronicleletters@duke.edu
Letters should not exceed 325 words; contact the editorial Editorial Page Department selves to the task of to travel faster, cover more area and attack more
department for information regarding guest columns. The Chronicle promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts efficiently. But can these technological innovations
The Chronicle will not publish anonymous or form Box 90858, Durham, NC 27708 shall not have been in vain,” reads Eisenhower’s really make up for the severe decrease in available
letters or letters that are promotional in nature. The
Chronicle reserves the right to edit letters and guest columns Phone: (919) 684-2663 proclamation. troops? And the numbers shortage doesn’t even
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based on the discretion of the editorial page editor. ployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Finding the exact development in Iraq and Afghanistan, even com-
number of deployed servicemembers, however, pared to those levels present in 1940s Germany and
is almost impossible for the typical civilian, since Japan. Today, it’s as if the most rudimentary lessons
some deployments are unannounced. Of the 1.9 of the past have been lost in the shuffle to war.
Est. 1905 The Chronicle Inc. 1993 million Americans who have served or are serv-
ing in the two wars, Veterans For Common Sense,
This Veterans Day will be overshadowed by
the health care debate and the shooting at Fort
will robinson, Editor using a Research and Development Corporation Hood. And although all of these issues require in-
Hon Lung Chu, Managing Editor study, estimate that 350,000 will come home with trospection, we shouldn’t forget that the wars we
emmeline Zhao, News Editor post traumatic stress disorder, and that another are still fighting in the Middle East require at least
Gabe Starosta, Sports Editor
Michael Naclerio, Photography Editor 370,000 will suffer a traumatic brain injury. as much attention.
shuchi Parikh, Editorial Page Editor The toll this war continues to take on our na- Why are we in Afghanistan? Is the goal of the
Michael Blake, Editorial Board Chair tion’s service members is intensely significant. On operation to rebuild the country or establish
alex klein, Online Editor
jonathan angier, General Manager this Veterans Day, finding ourselves steeped in two enough of a military presence there to prevent
wars, with initial reports emerging that President future terrorist attacks? Or has the goal been lost,
Lindsey rupp, University Editor zachary tracer, University Editor Obama will be sending 40,000 more troops to and are we just there as a remnant of our failed
sabreena merchant, Sports Managing Editor julia love, Features Editor
Afghanistan during the next year, the American hunt for Osama bin Laden?
julius jones, Local & National Editor toni wei, Local & National Editor
jinny cho, Health & Science Editor rachna reddy, Health & Science Editor people should take time to pause and ask whether Why are we in Iraq? Are we leaving soon? When
Courtney Douglas, News Photography Editor Ian soileau, Sports Photography Editor we really have reconsecrated ourselves to creating will we know that the Iraqi government is strong
andrew hibbard, Recess Editor austin boehm, Editorial Page Managing Editor an “enduring peace.” But, more importantly for enough to no longer require our presence to
Emily Bray, Editorial Page Managing Editor rebecca Wu, Editorial Page Managing Editor those currently serving, we should ask ourselves maintain order?
ashley holmstrom, Wire Editor naureen khan, Senior Editor how best to find peace in the midst of two wars. There are serious questions left to answer in
Charlie Lee, Design Editor DEAN CHEN, Lead Developer
chelsea allison, Towerview Editor Ben cohen, Towerview Editor
Immediate withdrawal will probably not bring both conflicts that the current and past adminis-
eugene wang, Recess Managing Editor Maddie Lieberberg, Recess Photography Editor an enduring peace. Today, we would leave Iraq trations have failed to address. But for the sake of
Chase Olivieri, Multimedia Editor Lawson kurtz, Towerview Photography Editor susceptible to sectarian violence and Iranian in- those soldiers fighting today, those who have served
zachary kazzaz, Recruitment Chair caroline mcgeough, Recruitment Chair tervention. We would leave Afghanistan even in the past, and those who will be going overseas in
Taylor Doherty, Sports Recruitment Chair Andy Moore, Sports Recruitment Chair more so to the whims of the Taliban. Although the future, we must find the answers.
Mary weaver, Operations Manager  CHRISSY BECK, Advertising/Marketing Director
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Afghanistan could very well be “pacified” within We must reconsecrate ourselves, not only to
a short time by Taliban forces, the question then promoting enduring peace, but to honoring and
The Chronicle is published by the Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., a non-profit corporation becomes: Peace at what cost? remembering the efforts of our veterans. This Vet-
independent of Duke University. The opinions expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily those of Duke
University, its students, faculty, staff, administration or trustees. Unsigned editorials represent the majority view If some form of occupation is the solution for erans Day should be dedicated to memory so that
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can provide some guidance in our current wars. other Wednesday.
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understand you and that fright- find troubling. “Allahu Akbar” is the first
ens me. phrase that calls Muslims to prayer. The
Applications are now available for Demographically, we have much in fact that you invoked our religion when
common. We are both American citizens you shot those people involves me. I do
columnists, bloggers and cartoonists with Palestinian ancestry, raised and edu- not want to identify with you in the least,
cated here. Perhaps most but I feel compelled to do
for the Spring semester. importantly, we are both
American Muslims.
so. I feel like your sins are
my own.
You volunteered to Since the attack on
serve in the U.S. Army de- Thursday, I have had a
E-mail sp64@duke.edu for the spite the disapproval of
relatives, and continued to
number of conversations
with other Muslims both
serve even though you were in person and via e-mail.
application, which is due Nov. 27. critical of American policy yousef Some of them have la-
in Iraq and Afghanistan. mented that this will cast
You counseled troubled
abugharbieh more suspicion on us by
soldiers upon their return. fast forward the general American
If I had met you a few years public, but others have

Breakfast club ago, and known only these facts, I would wondered how you and they can derive
have said you were a model American, a such radically different views from the
person of conscience attempting to bal- same holy text.
ance a sense of civic duty with personal Major, your actions are problematic

“O
h, John-boy, you’d be run- Trinity Park and Walltown communities, morality. for me and them because the same text
ning! You’d run so fast! You’d among others close to East, is not lost on But last Thursday you snapped and that we revere and look to for moral guid-
be chasing Emily in her car!” me, though. Walking to class, walking shot more than 40 fellow soldiers at Fort ance you turned to and found justifica-
A friend of mine was telling me how to get to the grocery store, walking to restau- Hood, killing 13. It is an event that many tion for violence.
John-boy off the couch and out to exercise. rants—one can save gas and root yourself have been struggling to understand. With other incidents that occur in
The secret is to drop him off in Walltown in a not-quite-so-transient neighborhood A great deal of media attention has fo- far-off foreign countries, I can attribute
around dusk. community. cused on how isolated you were from your terrorism to a culturally influenced inter-
Only a few blocks off East Campus, About a year ago, I started to stum- peers—ostracized by some in your family pretation of the faith, but with you I can-
Walltown, as my friend describes it, is not ble around what community meant and for serving in the military and discrimi- not. We have the same culture and think
somewhere my fellow female first-year looked like in Durham. The church I was nated against by some fellow soldiers for in the same language. Your actions leave
should ever run—she just preparing to join required your Muslim faith. me at a loss.
moved to Trinity Park— “service to the poor” once a These may have been factors that Some American Muslims will undoubt-
and somewhere that “John- week. I had visions of driv- drove you to the edge. I’m not sure. Sol- edly be critical of me for writing this col-
boy” should only venture if ing to the soup kitchen ev- diers can snap. An article in Monday’s umn. They will say that I am struggling
he has a car full of friends ery Saturday for the months New York Times told the story of at least to condemn something that I shouldn’t
he’s chasing. it would take to finish my two other soldiers who had murdered feel responsible for in the first place. Ev-
Durham can be a scary training. Instead, I joined people upon their return to Fort Hood. ery religious group has adherents that
place. It’s a place that fellow church members in But it would be disingenuous to suggest are more prone to violence and radical
can really use our help, emily leonardy eating breakfast with the that your shooting spree isn’t a class apart behavior, they may say. Why would you in-
though. We can tutor kids duke it out homeless guys who live on from those other murders and suicides. vite criticism upon us? Why air our dirty
for an hour a week at the the church property and I am not sure where your actions lie on laundry for public viewing and invite ste-
community center and we anyone else who showed up. the spectrum between pressure-induced reotyping and bigotry?
can volunteer once a month at the soup There was very little “service” involved— insanity and premeditated terrorism, but Because we already have these conver-
kitchen. In my time here, I’ve even helped no lining up as the givers and the needy, ultimately I don’t think it matters. What sations among ourselves and we ought to
clean up a not-for-profit consignment assuming the positions of the server and matters is that you snapped and how you let the general public know, even if we are
shop. Durham is really lucky that it has a the served. Because we all need to feed chose to do it. ashamed. Talking about these problems
major research university that provides lots our bodies breakfast, whoever shows up Before you killed those men and wom- publicly is not a matter of apologizing for
of jobs and lots of money—we really sus- first starts coffee and we sit around one en, you yelled “Allahu Akbar.” When you our beliefs but of defining them.
tain the local economy. We have a lot of table and eat the same scrambled eggs. yelled “God is Great” before killing, you Let’s speak openly so that people
gifts to offer Durham. I’ve found that I am just as needy as any- and I became cosmically linked. That is know that we too are concerned. We too
Pop quiz: Do you have any idea where one else around that table. why I am writing this column. Our similar are disturbed.
Walltown is? Did you know there is a name Just because I have a degree from Duke backgrounds are not enough for me to
for the neighborhoods beyond the walls (and in a few years, two) doesn’t mean that feel the need to react to what you did, but Yousef AbuGharbieh is a Trinity senior. His
of East Campus and the Gothic spires I have no needs to be fulfilled by others. “Allahu Akbar” is. column runs every other Wednesday.
of West? Of course you know, but that We’re trained to be self-reliant, but we re-
doesn’t mean you have to go there. The ally aren’t. By thinking that we are all inde-
Duke administration has sanctioned your pendent beings, we’re robbing ourselves
isolation, requiring on-campus residence of the rich experience of learning how to
three out of four years. Not that you be- sit with others in awkward breakfast circles,
come more part of the Durham commu- or laughing around that same table about
nity when you move to Duke 2.0—The the best way for John-boy to jump start his
Belmont or Partners Place—for your se- fitness training. The way to build commu-
nior year (your humble columnist points nity—the way to reap the rewards of invest-
the finger at herself too, former resident ing in others and them in you—is not to
of A22 that she is). put yourself in a place of strength, but to
A few seniors boldly branch out to the allow yourself to be served and taught by
neighborhoods off East Campus where those you think need your help.
there is a long tradition of uneasy relations It doesn’t take living near East Campus
with neighbors. In these cases, at least to experience life with our fellow Durham-
there is enough interaction to prove that ites, but it does make it easier. Students
students venture outside the Duke bubble spend all day together in classes—wouldn’t
and try to live life alongside our fellow it be instructive, even invaluable, to experi-
Durhamites. These sometimes strife-filled ence the rest of our time outside the Duke
relationships have more potential for the bubble, in the real Durham community?
rewards of community than do meager at- Many graduate students have the opportu-
tempts to “cure” or “improve” Durham by nity to do just that.
quick spurts of volunteerism. Since when do the graduate students
I’ve never lived near East Campus, nor have all the fun?
have I ever been particularly friendly with
those who live in the myriad apartment Emily Leonardy, Trinity ’08, is a first-year
buildings I’ve inhabited during my ten- Divinity student. Her column runs every other
ure in Durham. The convenience of the Wednesday.