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ONTHERECORD“In short, the [Securities and Exchange Commission] and the public it serves

needs to step back and gain a clearer picture of what has happened.” —Sen. Ted Kaufman in a letter to the SEC. See story page 3

Men’s Golf: Fore!Senior Adam Long and four freshmen carry Duke into new season, PAGE 6

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DUU considers new committee to preserve traditionsDuke university union

by Christopher RossThe chronicle

The Duke University Union discussed creating a new committee in its first meeting of the new academic year Tuesday.

President Zachary Perret, a senior, introduced the idea to create a traditions committee that would help maintain the return of annual University events such as Tailgate, last Day of classes and Joe college Day.

“every now and then some group will start a tradition and keep it going for a few years,” Perret said. “The trouble is that these traditions are not up-kept in terms of drink-ing objectives—and when that happens things get shut down.”

he noted that excessive drinking was one of the con-tributing factors that led to Joe college Day getting shut down during its initial run from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s.

“The [traditions] that we have built i think are worth protecting,” he added.

A few DUU members were uncertain about the exact capacity that the traditions committee would serve, not only in DUU but with other groups.

The traditions committee would not take over any

event from any of the other existing committees, Perret said. one function it could serve is taking charge of annual events that committees no longer wish to coordinate. it also would not interfere with traditional events that other groups such as campus council and Duke Student Gov-ernment perform, but would offer its assistance to those groups if possible.

Some members of DUU were apprehensive about the idea of creating a traditions committee.

“i don’t really know if i like it because the thing about traditions is that they’re kept up only by the passion of the students themselves,” said Senior Merideth Bajana, cable 13 co-president.

She added that if the originial committee has no desire to continue a specific event, then handing it over to the traditions committee may just continue events that stu-dents no longer want.

“i don’t agree with the idea of creating another entity because we have [the Union consulting Group],” said Senior lacey Kim, executive marketing co-director of the special projects committee. “Most of the traditional events have a committee or [are] a big part of a committee, so i lawson kurtz/the ChroniCle

President Zachary Perret (above middle) proposed the creation of a ‘tra-ditions comittee’ at Duu’s first meeting of the semester tuesday evening. See duu on PAGe 4

by Zachary TracerThe chronicle

Andrew Becker graduated in the Spring with majors in music and German and could not find a job. Ashley Gildin, Trinity ’09, had a few job offers, but didn’t want to take a low-paying position. Whitney Dickinson, Trinity ’09, spent much of her time at Duke planning to get a Ph.D. in psychology, only to decide in her senior year that her interests lay elsewhere.

All three went look-ing for a leg up in the competitive post-college job market brought about by the recession. And all three decided

to spend another year in the Gothic Wonderland, pursuing the new Master of Management Studies: Foundations of Business program at the Fuqua School of Business.

Fuqua administrators emphasized, however, that the MMS program is about

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Bill Boulding

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New 1-year program begins Monday

Senator Ted Kennedy dies at 77Sen. edward Kennedy, D-Mass., died

late Tuesday night at his home in hyannis Port, Mass. he was 77.

Kennedy was the second most senior member of the U.S. Sen-ate at the time of his death. he had been in poor health since May 2008 when he suffered a seizure, according to The new York Times.

renowned surgeon Dr. Allan Friedman oper-ated on Kennedy in June 2008 at the Duke Univer-

sity Medical center to treat a brain tumor. A statement released by Friedman following the surgery said the procedure “accom-plished our goals.”

one of the most prominent and influen-tial members of the Senate, Kennedy cast an important vote on Medicare legislation just a few weeks after the surgery. his nearly 50 years of legislative experience made him a key figure in the health care debate even during the final months of his life.

“We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forev-er,” the Kennedy family said in a statement.

—from staff reports

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worldandnationriVer no. 2, sierra leone -- the dawn rose over lushly carpeted mountains and

broke gently along the miles of powdery white beach in the village improbably named river no. 2. it was sunday and, for most of sierra leone, a day of rest.

but for this community, it was a work-day—the busiest of the week.

patrick bendu met the fishing boats that bobbed in the atlantic surf. a chef and a tough bargainer, he selected two handsome, silvery barracuda, each measuring more than 4 feet long, and handed over 160,000 leones, about $50. a fire was being stoked to cook the fish for the visitors who would arrive soon, having de-camped from the urban cacophony of freetown, the capital city a rugged hour’s drive away.

river no. 2 is an entrepreneurial marvel in one of the world’s poorest nations. its success story began in 1998, in the midst of a decade-long civil war, when the u.s. embassy gave the village $2,500 and encouraged it to take advantage of a providential location on one of west africa’s most beautiful, unspoiled beaches.

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reno, nev. — a pentagon panel has concluded that the Defense Department’s method of evaluating and paying its civil-ian employees is too broken to fix, yet good enough that it should not be abolished.

in a report released tuesday, the De-fense business board recommended a “reconstruction” of the national security personnel system. the recommendation by the board’s task Group was sent to of-fice of personnel Management Director John berry and Deputy Defense secretary william lynn. the report is the result of a Defense Department and opM decision to review the system, which has been contro-versial since its creation during George w. bush’s administration.

the document elaborates on recommen-dations the task group made last month. “a ̀ fix’ could not address the depth of the systemic problems discovered,” the report says.

Mexican remittances fall MeXiCo CitY -- Cash remittances from

Mexicans living abroad keep tumbling, with a second-quarter drop of 17.9 per-cent compared with the same period last year, officials said tuesday.

Mexico’s central bank said remittances for april through June fell to $5.6 billion, continuing a trend that has lasted more than a year. the money transfers are off 12 percent during the first six months of 2009, compared with the first half of 2008.

the latest report was no surprise, but spelled more gloomy news for Mexico’s econ-omy, which has been hammered by declining oil earnings, a sharp drop in exports and a flu crisis last spring that put a big dent in tourism.

remittances, or cash transferred by families from abroad, are one of Mexico’s three top sources of foreign income, along with oil and tourism, and help sustain mil-lions of Mexican families.

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CorreCtion a story by Jeffrey fleishman of the los angeles times was reprinted on page 11 of the Chronicle Monday with the wrong headline. the headline for the article should have read “fighting in Ye-men escalates.” the Chronicle regrets the error.

Tailgate forum lacks student inputby Jessica Lichter

The chronicle

hoping to make Tailgate more enjoyable and inclusive, Duke Student Government hosted an open forum Monday night to gauge student input on potential changes to the event. only five students attended the discussion.

Under the new rules, each group would be allowed to bring one car and University grills would be provided on a first-come, first-served basis to each group. Student groups would also determine the layout of the event by choosing their own spots in the Blue Zone’s first lot.

DSG executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a ju-nior, suggested that student groups be able to select their spots in advance online.

“People have been enjoying Tailgate all along, and peo-ple that haven’t been going to Tailgate may consider going now,” said sophomore Pete Schork, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services.

Student groups desiring to have a spot at the event would have to register. The registration process would be open to all official student groups—such as fraternities, sororities and selective living groups —as well as any group of students with at least 20 people.

All groups who register would have to agree to cer-tain conditions, Schork said. Beer, for instance, could be brought to the event in cans but would have to be dis-pensed in plastic cups.

Although some attendees questioned the efficacy of such a policy, Schork said approximately 50 students mentioned beer cans as a safety concern in the DSG Tailgate survey sent to students in an e-mail June 8. cans scattered across the parking lot could cut students’ feet more easily, he added.

“i don’t expect the transition to be instant,” Schork said. “When people see recycling bins next to cars, i think they will catch on to it.”

The new rules would require that a designated driver be present if a student group brings a car to the event. Duke University Police Department might conduct Breathalyzer tests at random to ensure against drunk driving.

Student groups would also be responsible for cleaning up their own areas. if groups fail to do so, they will lose their Tailgate privileges for subsequent occasions. Previously, stu-

dent groups such as reserve officers’ Training corps would clean up the parking lot, Schork said.

“it’s really not fair to have other students clean up the mess you make,” he said.

Schork also said a “three strike” rule would be imple-mented—any group that incurs three violations would not be able to register together for the following Tailgate.

The changes result from preliminary discussions with administrators and the DSG Tailgate survey, Schork said. DSG will write a contract containing the new provisions and present it to administrators. Schork added that he expects administrators will sign the contract by the end of the week.

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Pete schork, Duke student Government vice president for athletics and campus services, answered questions about the proposed tailgate changes in an open forum tuesday evening. only five students attended the forum.

U.S. deficit may grow by $7.1B

by Lori MontgomeryThe WAShinGTon PoST

WAShinGTon — The nation would be forced to borrow more than $9 trillion to support President obama’s initiatives and other federal programs over the next decade, the White house said Tuesday, a sharp in-crease in projected deficits that provided fresh ammu-nition to critics of the president’s sweeping proposal to expand health coverage to the uninsured.

in their traditional summertime budget review, ad-ministration officials acknowledged that they relied on overly optimistic assumptions about the economy when they forecast in March that obama’s budget plans would generate deficits of $7.1 trillion over the next 10 years. After factoring in the severity of the recession and the prospect of a more sluggish recovery, the White house concluded that the budget outlook is significantly worse.

White house budget director Peter orszag played down the grim forecast as unsurprising, saying the up-date merely brings White house projections in line with those of outside experts. he noted that this year’s deficit is now expected to approach $1.6 trillion—the highest on record and the biggest as a percentage of the econ-omy since the end of World War ii, but slightly smaller than officials had feared.

Still, with town hall meetings across the country erupt-ing with bitter complaints about rising federal spending

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and the fear of greater government intrusion into people’s lives, the new deficit projections are likely to complicate obama’s ambitious legislative agenda when congress re-turns to Washington in September.

republicans seized on the new forecast, arguing that a nation so deeply mired in red ink can ill afford an over-haul of the health-care system projected to cost as much as $1 trillion over the next decade. Though Democrats have vowed to pay for health reform with spending cuts and tax increases, the packages so far under discussion would drive up future deficits by $240 billion or more.

“Americans are deeply shaken—and increasingly an-gered—by the explosion of spending and debt coming from Washington,” said rep. Paul ryan, r-Wis., the senior republican on the house Budget committee. “if we con-tinue to pursue this policy of Washington as the answer to every problem, it will cost Americans far more than the ob-vious burdens of ever-higher taxes, interest rates, inflation and debt. it will cost us the freedom to run our own lives.”

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just feel like adding a committee is kind of redundant.”Perret said the idea for a traditions committee was a

commonly held idea that had been circulating through DUU for a few months. Various forms of a traditions committee are in place in student programming boards at other universities, he added.

The idea will be discussed further in next week’s meeting and a decision could be made in the next three or four weeks.

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Kaufman: more regulation needed for larger traders

Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., engineering ‘60 and a senior lecturing fellow in the School of law, is at the forefront of an effort to improve the nation’s principal financial regu-latory agency—the Securities and exchange commission.

The new York Times wrote on its DealBook blog that in a letter to Sec chairwoman Mary Schapiro Monday, Kaufman called on the regulatory body to find new ways to quickly adapt to changes in the financial markets.

At the center of Kaufman’s concern is his belief that current regulation favors larger traders—such as broker-age houses and investment banks—over smaller-volume traders by allowing many of the more complicated trading methods they use to go unregulated.

“Flash orders, high frequency trading, co-location of servers, direct market sponsored access, liquidity rebates,

dark pools, retail order flow—all these things happened in the last few years when the people in charge of the Sec and the administration basically felt that we should have self-reg-ulation,” Kaufman said in an interview with DealBook.

Kaufman has earned a reputation as a champion for tighter financial regulation in his brief term in the Senate thus far, tak-ing his seat in January to replace former Sen. Joe Biden. in March, Kaufman co-sponsored a bill to limit investors’ ability to bet against a stock as its price fell in order to make a profit.

“in short, the Sec and the public it serves needs to step back and gain a clearer picture of what has happened,” Kaufman wrote in his letter. “We need a thorough review of market structure issues so that our laws and regulations can keep pace with market developments.”

—from staff reports

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more than finding jobs for students during a bad economy.

“We’re opening the door for students who have entered into the Duke program or a program like Duke, and have taken a path that does not give them the skills that they need to make themselves marketable right away,” said Bill Boulding, Fuqua deputy dean and J.B. Fuqua professor of business admin-istration. “i don’t think you should position it as a program for people who cannot find jobs.... it’s a program for people who want to get really great opportunities.”

The new one-year masters program be-gins Aug. 31 with an orientation week, and is designed to teach recent college gradu-ates without significant work experience the business skills they need to pursue entry level jobs with companies or organizations, said Dr. Ziggy Yoediono associate director of the MMS program.

“The intent behind the program is to cre-ate a business capstone to a liberal arts edu-cation,” Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard said.

The 100 students in the program’s first class will take 12 courses over four six-week terms in subjects ranging from accounting and economics to marketing and strategy. current Fuqua professors will teach the courses, Yoediono noted.

Tuition for the one-year masters is $37,485, but the program will not be a “cash cow” and “shouldn’t lose money,” Boulding said.

“We think it will be the best program in the world in terms of preparing someone to take an entry level position in an orga-nization,” Boulding said. “We want to com-pete with someone who is coming out of an [undergraduate] business program, and we think we will beat them head-to-head.”

Unlike an undergraduate business de-gree, a masters program allows students to

pursue broad interests during their under-graduate careers while ultimately learning business skills. Students with a liberal arts background have better critical thinking skills and a broader perspective than those who pursued undergraduate business majors, making them better employees, Boulding explained.

Fuqua has attracted new recruiters who want to hire graduates with these charac-teristics from the one-year masters pro-gram, Sheppard said. But in planning the program, one of the goals was to avoid reducing the job opportunities for Duke undergraduates and Masters of Business Administration students, he added.

“What we’re trying to do is attract peo-ple who aren’t here on the recruiting list, or expand the range of things they recruit for,” Sheppard said. “There are firms com-ing to recruit that did not recruit before.”

he explained that some businesses would like to hire Duke graduates directly out of their undergraduate years, but don’t want to invest in training them. instead, they hire students with undergraduate business degrees who lack the breadth of liberal arts undergraduates. Those firms will now be able to hire students with the one-year masters degree, Sheppard said.

“Right off the bat”But David ravenscraft, associate dean of

the University of north carolina at chapel hill’s Bachelor of Science in Business Admin-istration program, said an undergraduate busi-ness major is the best choice for students who know they want a job in the field. The BSBA is the undergraduate program for students at Unc’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

“The biggest negative of the pre-experi-ence masters is you’re really talking about a lot of time and tuition money for students,” he said. “Sometimes they need that time. But if they can figure it out in four years,

that’s cheaper and better and more effi-cient for them than taking an extra year.”

At the University of Virginia’s Mcintire School of commerce, which offers both an undergraduate business degree and a one-year Master of Science in commerce similar to the new Fuqua program, emma candelier, assistant director of graduate recruiting, said the two programs cater to different types of students.

Students who know “right off the bat” that they want to go into a business field typically pursue the undergraduate degree, she said. Those who discover an affinity for business later, or who want to top off their degrees in fields ranging from engineering to english with some business skills apply for the masters program.

a future in businessZandie Brockett, Trinity ’09, falls into

the latter group.A sociology major and photography mi-

nor, she said she wants to pursue a career as a dealer or manager in the art world. Al-though she earned a Markets and Manage-ment Studies certificate, she said she thinks the concrete business skills she will learn in the one-year masters program at Duke will give her an advantage in securing an art-related career.

“i feel like i am going to get a lot more out of this one year than i probably did my senior year at Duke, or even my freshman year,” she said.

The los Angeles native added, however, that she is glad that Duke does not have an undergraduate business program because she was able to take a more diverse set of courses, including several in her “true passion”—photography. Many of her friends pursued undergraduate business at the Uni-versity of Southern california, she noted.

Brockett, who would like to work abroad upon earning her masters, said she believes that Fuqua’s international reputation will be a boon to her job search. Fuqua was ranked no. 22 on the 2009 Financial Times list of the best full-time business schools in the world.

The success of Brockett and the 99 other students in the program could have some effect on the degree’s future at Fuqua. Go-ing forward, Sheppard said the success of the new program will be evaluated in part on the basis of the quality of the jobs stu-dents are offered.

other components of Fuqua’s evaluation of the new program—which was approved on a trial basis through May 2012—include the effect on Fuqua’s academic reputation, the quality of the students who enroll and the quality of the learning community the program creates.

“i’m expecting very interested, motivat-ed students who are very bright,” said rich-ard Staelin, edward and rose Donnell pro-fessor of business administration at Fuqua, who will be teaching a marketing course in the program. “it’s going to be a challenge, but i’m looking forward to it.”

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Spiders bring back rush of memories I had looked forward to this day for

several weeks. As I walked to Wallace Wade Stadium to watch my first sporting event as a college student three years ago, I was overflowing with enthusiasm.

I had seen the stadium ahead of time, so I knew what to expect: It wasn’t Notre

Dame. But that didn’t curb my excitement.

My friends and I waited to cross Towerview to make the final portion of the walk through Krzyzewskiville and into the stadium.

The security guard waved us across.“Enjoy the game,” he said. “They might

actually win today.”I knew about Duke’s struggles in foot-

ball, but the hesitation in his voice struck me. The Blue Devils were, after all, about to play a Division I-AA team in their home opener. Surely, I thought, they were good enough to dispose of Richmond. It shouldn’t even be close.

After an early Duke fumble and Rich-mond field goal, I began to reevaluate my position. Three hours later, with the Blue Devils on the wrong end of a 13-0 shutout that felt like a 40-point blowout, I realized how wrong I had been. Duke had managed just 210 yards against the Spiders, including a measly 51 rushing yards on 30 attempts.

In a way, I had been right: It wasn’t close. At all.

Two years later, the Blue Devils won their first home game since 2005, running over James Madison on the opening night of the David Cutcliffe era. Students waited through a rain delay, Duke jumped in front early and Wally Wade was full, which might have been the most impressive feat of all.

To cap off the night, the Blue Devils came over to the student section to cel-ebrate, where they were serenaded with chants of “BCS! BCS!”

Duke didn’t make the BCS, but the Blue Devils went on to match their win total from

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by Jason PalmataryTHE CHRONICLE

While any attention on the golf program this week will be centered on junior Wes Roach and incoming freshman Brinson Paoli-ni playing in the 109th U.S. Amateur in Tulsa, Okla., the team returning to campus is a very different one than the one that finished 14th in last year’s NCAA Championships.

In addition to a host of new freshman play-ers, head coach Jamie Green also welcomes a new associate head coach in Jon Whithaus. After spending the previous 13 seasons as the head man at Division III Ohio Wesleyan, Green’s alma mater, Whithaus certainly is ac-customed to guiding a winning program.

“The players are just getting to know him and probably unsure of exactly what he brings, but what I am positive of is his level of organi-

zation and experience,” Green said. “The best thing for our guys will be knowing that they are going to have two head coaches essentially.”

While Paolini will be busy compet-ing against the nation’s best amateurs at Southern Hills Country Club this week, his freshman teammates will be settling in on campus. Adam Sumrall, Julian Suri and Tim Gornik, who is originally from Slove-nia but attended high school in Florida, all come to the Blue Devils having experi-enced a great deal of success on both the junior and amateur golf circuits.

“You can expect a very high level of orga-nization and work from the incoming fresh-man players, and I would not be the least bit surprised to see them cracking the starting lineup,” Green said. “That is going to be com-pletely up to them, but something that I am

going to leave wide open.”If any of the freshmen can make the

lineup, they will be helping the team work toward its goal of improving on last year’s 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Entering the final round in eighth place, this finish wasn’t what the team had hoped for.

There are, however, a number of posi-tives that can be drawn from last season. With a month and a half left in the sea-son, an NCAA appearance looked unlike-ly. But Duke won the River Landing Invi-tational in April and finished third in the ACC tournament, earning them a bid to the national championship tournament.

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redshirt senior re’quan Boyette is expected to start for Duke after recovering from a serious knee injury.

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Freshmen expected to fill holes

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Adam long, who tied for 48th at last year’s NCAA Championships, is the Blue Devils’ lone returning senior after Clark Klaasen and Michael Quagliano graduated.

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2009-2010 schedule released

Duke’s 2009-2010 schedule is out, and as usual, it’s no picnic.

The Blue Devils, who won the ACC Tour-nament championship and finished 30-7 last year, face a typically challenging sched-ule in the upcoming season, as announced by the program and the ACC Tuesday.

Duke tips off its seasson Nov. 13 against UNC-Greensboro at home before host-ing the first two rounds of the NIT Season Tip-Off. There, the Blue Devils face Coastal Carolina in the first round. Should Duke ad-vance to the semifinals, potential matchups against marquee conference opponents Ari-zona State, LSU and Connecticut loom.

The team’s nonconference home schedule lacks some of the star power of past years, and includes games against the likes of Radford, St. John’s, Long Beach State and Tulsa.

The non-conference road slate, on the other hand, features trips to Wiscon-sin and Georgetown, as well as contests against Gonzaga in New York and Iowa State in Chicago.

Duke’s ACC schedule presents a num-ber of challenging matchups, including home-and-home series with Boston Col-lege, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Maryland and North Carolina.

The Blue Devils will travel to Miami, N.C. State and Virginia, and will host Flor-ida State, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

The program usually kicks off the sea-son with a simple open practice, but this year, a “Countdown to Craziness” is sched-uled for Oct. 16. No details are yet avail-able about the nature of the event.

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the previous four years combined with three more victories in 2008. But for all the success Duke had last year, especially compared to that winless 2006 campaign, the backfield issues that were so apparent against Richmond continued to plague the Blue Devils throughout the season.

After the first two weeks, when they excelled on the ground against James Madison and Northwestern, the Blue Dev-ils managed just two 100-yard rushing ef-forts. They averaged more than 3.5 yards per carry a mere four times, and in six of the remaining eight games, they failed to break three yards per carry.

The running game’s struggles were partially outside of Duke’s control. When Re’quan Boyette went down with a knee in-jury before the season, Cutcliffe was forced to rely on a running back committee con-sisting of a true freshman, a converted cor-nerback and an inexperienced senior.

In fact, at 3.0 yards per carry for the season, the Blue Devils actually averaged a full yard more than in 2007. And in mus-tering 28 yards on 36 carries in a 10-7 win over Vanderbilt, Duke defied all conven-tional wisdom and proved that you don’t have to be able to run to win.

But it sure helps.And this season, the Blue Devils might

be able to do it.Boyette returns as a fifth-year senior,

and promising sophomore Jay Holling-sworth now has a full season under his belt. Add in four-star freshman Desmond Scott and suddenly the running back situ-ation looks significantly better.

Unfortunately for Duke, those backs will be running behind a relatively inex-perienced offensive line. The Blue Devils have lost three three-year starters on the

line in Cameron Goldberg, Fred Roland and Rob Schirmann.

That could create some obstacles for the Blue Devils’ stable of running backs, who may not see holes as big or that stay open as long. If they can hit the gaps while they remain available, however, one of Duke’s biggest weaknesses could become one of its greatest strengths.

And it might make the difference in whether the Blue Devils take the next step toward respectability.

Everyone knows Cutcliffe’s reputation with quarterbacks (have you heard that he coached the Mannings?) and Lewis will once again be the team’s leader on offense. If the Blue Devils can develop a reliable run-ning game, though—at least against teams with reasonably-sized defensive linemen—then a bowl game isn’t out of the question.

Yes, there are the offensive line ques-tions. Yes, it will be difficult to replace Eron Riley and Mike Tauiliili. But a dual-threat offense led by a senior quarterback could keep Duke in most games.

The Blue Devils would have a chance against all of their nonconference op-ponents, as well as several ACC teams. Seven wins is conceivable, even if it’s not probable.

At the very least, you can be sure Rich-mond won’t post another shutout to start the season Sept. 5. There’s no way the Spi-ders will hold Duke below two yards per carry again.

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One obstacle in the way of bettering that 14th-place finish at the NCAAs will be replac-ing graduated seniors Clark Klaasen and Mi-chael Quagilano. The pair posted Duke’s two lowest scores at the NCAAs. The coaching staff knows that it faces the task of not only replac-ing the duo’s performance on the course but also its leadership and impact on team chem-istry. This task that will largely fall on the shoul-ders of the squad’s lone senior, Adam Long.

“Adam Long is without a doubt a guy that can step in and fill that leadership void,” Green said. “If you look at what he’s accomplished both athletically and academicaally since he’s stepped on campus, it’s pretty impressive.”

The Blue Devils will be playing a slightly dif-ferent schedule this year. While the Fall season is traditionally a shorter season focused on pre-

paring for the tournaments in the Spring, the team is taking that mentality to the extreme by scheduling no tournaments for September. This decision was one made by former head coach O.D. Vincent, but Green thinks it could have a positive impact on the team.

“With four newcomers on the team, it will be a chance for the freshman to get accus-tomed to college and also be a semi-break from the rigorous summer tournament schedules our guys played,” Green said.

Wes Roach played in one of those rigorous summer tournaments, the Tennessee Ama-teur, which was played at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn., this year’s NCAA site.

If the Blue Devil newcomers chip in and help the team make a repeat appearance at the NCAAs, Roach will get another chance to post a low number at the Honors Course in an even more meaningful round.

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This leader of RLHS is re-sponsible for maintaining thousands of dorm rooms, coordinating residence life across three very different residential campuses and implementing a quadrangle living system handed down from above. It requires careful planning, thoughtful action and atten-tion to every detail of an area that plays such a large role in students’ everyday lives.

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Hull’s tenure can be characterized as imperfect, at best. While it is difficult to blame him for Duke’s bro-ken housing model on West

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The past few years have been marked by general dis-organization within RLHS leadership. First, the move to an online Room Pix system was delayed by a full year due

to technical snafus. Then, when the online system was finally up and running, hu-man error left a handful of sophomores without hous-ing on West Campus.

RLHS also overlooked the many quick fixes to improve life on Central Campus until it became apparent New Campus’ construction would be in-definely delayed, and it failed to tackle the inequity among quality of housing options across campus.

Hull’s RLHS has also been disturbingly dismis-sive of student concerns. Most recently, the depart-ment disregarded Campus Council’s reasonable effort to create a lofting policy amendable to both students and administrators.

To be fair, there have been some accomlishments like the successful renova-tion of Few Quad within a tight timeline. But these are few and far between.

Given the cost and daily implications of services pro-vided by RLHS, students deserve an organization committed to providing its service in a responsive and proactive manner.

For this reason, it is rath-er disturbing that the search for Hull’s replacement has been put on hold until Vice President for Student Af-fairs Larry Moneta, Hull’s former boss, returns from a sabbatical in January. With Moneta gone and Hull’s re-sponsibilities divided among various RLHS employees, it is likely that an already un-

responsive and slow-moving organization will only be-come more so.

Students would be well served by a Dean of Resi-dential Life and Execu-tive Director of Housing Services who has extensive experience, vision and skill in responding to student needs and dealing with the challenges unique to this University’s complex resi-dential system. And with the fate of selective living groups hinging on the out-come of the RGAC process this Spring, there will be a short learning curve and little room for error for the new hire.

It’s time for RLHS to have the leadership it re-quires. That’s a decision that can’t wait.

In May, allegations surfaced that a University of Memphis basketball player from the 2007-2008 season knowingly submitted SAT scores that

were not his own in order to gain entry to the uni-versity. The NCAA conducted an investigation into the matter once made aware of its existence—and for good reason, because the mor-al implications of such an act are both numerous and grave.

Although the case mentioned above dominated much of the sum-mer’s sports news, it is a relatively easy one to solve and seems void of any real moral dilemma. The accusations are serious and univer-sally recognized as such, and the consequences of a vacated season seem to fit the crime. But the ex-tended coverage of the story was enough to keep me thinking about the subject. When considered closely, it becomes evident that the incident raises a larger issue, one that seems to have gone un-noticed by the media and that even stretches to Duke’s campus.

The issue in question is one that could be perceived as an exaggerated burden placed on college athletes, with an emphasis on basketball players (although the specific sport may vary with locale). Certainly no one will disagree that violations such as cheating and plagiarism have no place in any respected institution. Further-more, if the allegations against the unknown player are true, it is only logical that his achieve-ments be invalidated because he directly violat-ed league policy.

The differences between the expectations placed on the typical college student and those placed on students like the Memphis basketball player are glaring. On one hand, reasonable ex-pectations of the average college student are likely to include regular attendance of classes, a concert-ed scholastic effort outside of the classroom and, among other things, a relatively healthy lifestyle. However, it is important to note that the third

item in this list is in no way mandated, but simply recommended by our society. There is no entry examination one must pass to gain entry to school concerning the ability to dunk a basketball or throw a touchdown pass. If we do not ask our stu-dents to be superior athletes, why should we ask our athletes to be intellectuals?

Perhaps it has something to do with the pre-mium put on education. One could argue that although athletic ability is appreciated, it cannot serve as a substitute for erudition. However, this seems at best to be a matter of personal opinion. Similarly, true excellence in the realm of athlet-ics can, at times, prove more financially promising than its counterpart in the “real world.”

And, while we’re on the subject of money, ticket sales and endorsements generate large amounts of revenue for Division-I programs each year, made possible only by the athletes them-selves. One must also take into account the bonus cash each tournament team receives, not to men-tion all of the positive press generated by and for winning programs. Combine all of the above with the handsome donations of well-to-do fans, team paraphernalia sales and any sort of community outreach completed by the university teams, and it’s safe to say that college athletes are more than doing their part for the school.

Now, nothing that has been said here is meant to undermine the hard work and extended effort of the true renaissance man or woman. The idea of being an athlete and that of being a student are not mutually exclusive, and there are certainly ath-letes on our campus that prove as much every day. For all my knowledge on the subject, it is entirely possible that every athlete on our campus proves as much every day.

I am rather observing the mild hypocrisy of a system that heaps expectations on dutiful ath-letes, yet at the same time demands much less of its everyday students. Regardless of where a stu-dent’s hard work is taking place, be it in the gym or in the classroom, the fact remains that it is hard work. Thus it should be rewarded, no matter what shape it takes.

Chris Bassil is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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commentariesThE chroNiclE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2009 | 11

I am thrilled to be back at Duke, but I am not quite sure why. For the past couple of years I have returned to school with

a jumble of end-of-summer blues mixed with excitement about the year to come. This year, however, as I approached Durham and Duke, I felt an overwhelm-ing sense of excitement and, strangely, relief.

I have been trying to figure out why I feel so differently this year compared to past years. Maybe I am excited to re-turn to the land of free T-shirts, peculiar Saturday rituals and the ability to buy drinks with fake money (God bless parents and food points). Although these things certainly contribute to a general state of happi-ness (particularly the free drinks part), I don’t think they account for my height-ened sense of excitement.

While frantically racking my brain for something of great weight and substance to convey in this column, it dawned on me that this was precisely the reason for my ex-citement—I was back in a place where free-dom of thought is the default setting, and we enjoy the luxury to think about whatever interests us and even what doesn’t.

I just finished a summer in Washing-ton, D.C., working in the corporate world at a political media firm. At first it seemed so glamorous—sort of like an episode of “The West Wing” (alas, without Rob Lowe). But by the end of the summer I was so completely immersed in D.C.’s home town sport, politics, that I could think of nothing else morning, noon and night. Imagine getting Rep. Barney Frank 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and you can start to imagine what it was like.

My admittedly limited view of the work-ing world this past summer revealed to me the absence of intellectual curiosity—in-deed, the absence of intellectual activity—in the day-to-day routine. By definition, at work you are forced to deal with a finite set of issues and a narrow range of knowledge.

No matter how often stories about di-verse issues and obscure actors ran on the

front pages of newspapers, in my job we were limited to thinking exclusively about the nuts and bolts of communicating some-one else’s message in a highly-stylized me-dium. Therefore, if it was not on Politico, it

probably was not our prob-lem.

Strange as it may seem, returning to Duke (and yes, Durham) represents lib-eration from this intellec-tual myopia. Being here at Duke encourages the mind to wonder across any and all civilizations, disciplines, languages and realities.

At Duke, there are no limitations on the topics to which the mind can wander. On Monday, you might be preoccupied with a public health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. On Tuesday, a glob-al economic collapse. Wednesday, coastal erosion in Indochina. And by Saturday, the decaying morals of an entire generation (as clearly epitomized by a stroll around a solo cup-polluted West Campus).

We have been given an opportunity to frame both the questions and the answers. We are free to address many of the great challenges—how to end genocide, to cure cancer, to feed the children and to figure out who really framed Roger Rabbit.

The notion that these issues are uniquely ours to solve or ours to ignore is terrifying, but the thought that we can is empower-ing. Although no one expects us to inde-pendently solve any of these problems, and certainly not all of them, I now fully under-stand what a treat it is to try. It is frightening to consider, though, how much we may miss this freedom in the real world.

To that end and to appease my rein-vigorated passion for knowledge, I will attempt to use this column this semester to bring to light interesting, and at times obscure, issues, concepts and problems that span a vast array of disciplines. I will try to ask questions and inspire thought that, if for no other reason, reminds us of the luxury of intellectual liberation.

Steffi Decker is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

Student Health a resourcefor students with flu

In the Aug. 25 editorial “Fight on to beat the flu,” the editorial board suggests that students experiencing flu-like symp-toms should not seek treatment from Stu-dent Health. This is just the opposite from the truth, and dangerously inaccurate.

Students who are feeling flu-like symptoms should contact Student Health. These symptoms include a fever over 100 degrees, and one or more of the following: cough, sore throat, run-ny nose, body aches, headache, chills, unusual fatigue, diarrhea or vomiting. If any student is suffering these symp-toms, we recommend that you call Stu-dent Health at 681-WELL as a first step. Based on that conversation, we can rec-ommend a course of action, which may include staying where you are, coming

to Student Health in person, or another course indicated by the conversation.

For those students who catch the flu, Student Health can help you co-ordinate your recovery. In addition to addressing the health aspects of the flu, www.duke.edu/flu also has information for students about classroom absences. We recommend you take a look at the site for the latest flu information.

As the editorial states, the University is working on all fronts to address the threat of H1N1. We’re all in this together, so take precautions like washing your hands and practicing good sleeping and eating habits to give yourself the best chance of staying healthy. And please, if you do feel ill, call Student Health. That’s why we’re here.

Dr. Bill Purdy,executive director of Student Health

For several months, the van noisily dragged a sheet of metal from its un-dercarriage along the city street. One

day, the noise stopped when the metal had been ground down enough so that it no longer touched the road. A few months after, the transmission fluid spontaneously bled out of the vehicle, a condition from which the van miraculously recov-ered only days later. And a few days after that, another piece of metal (from God knows where at this point) escaped from its natural resting place under the van, clanking along the ground.

Add this to a broken right headlight, slight rust-ing of the right passenger door, a pseudo-functioning rear passenger sliding door and a gas mileage between 12 and 15 miles per gallon, and you have yourself a good, old-fashioned “clunker.”

The “Cash for Clunkers” program end-ed at 8 p.m. Monday, but my ragged old van still sits in its driveway. The van has a bluebook value of $1,400 on a very good day, but the Obama administration was of-fering $3,500 to $4,500 for that same auto-mobile. How could it be that this clunker didn’t make it into the government re-bate program? For the same reason that all but 625,000 American clunkers were not thrown into a scrap heap—there’s just something more to my ragged old van.

The government had two goals with the Cash for Clunkers program: 1) increasing the nation’s auto fleet’s fuel efficiency, and 2) stimulating the beleaguered auto industry. The first goal was completed by requiring vehicles sold under the pro-gram to attain a higher fuel efficiency rat-ing than the clunker being traded in. The clunkers were all scrapped, preventing their noxious fumes from ever plaguing humanity again.

The second goal was met by requiring clunkers to be traded in only for new ve-hicles, inflating auto industry sales. Many dealerships are struggling with inventory shortages due to the sudden increase in consumer demand for cars, putting sever-al automotive production plants back into action. Surely the program brought some relief to the auto industry, and a number of dealers believe the program has boost-ed consumer confidence overall.

But these good developments may not last very long. The auto industry may see decreased sales in the near future with so many customers already served through the program. The increased production to

make up for recently depleted inventory could easily be unsustainable without an-other government rebate program, and the hopes of auto manufacturers to keep their plants open may be fleeting at best. And if inventory gets too high again, dealers will find themselves in the same situation as they

were in only a few months ago—swamped with cars they are unable to get rid of. Very few want to return to a world where movies like “The Goods” are of some historical significance.

The program was also very limited in terms of who could benefit. Only people with enough available sav-ings could afford to buy a

new car, even with the rebate. Perhaps much worse, the elimination of 625,000 cars from ever hitting the used car market tore down the dreams of 625,000 teenagers looking to buy their first car with paltry savings from their allowances and minimum-wage food service jobs.

And don’t forget the deficit. To finance the Cash for Clunkers program, the gov-ernment added $3 billion more to our ever-mounting debt. Essentially, we each spent about $10 on this program. So those who could not afford to take part in the program were actually penalized for not doing so by a little less than two hours of work at minimum wage. At some point, we are going to have to pay down our collec-tive debt, because even this game of gen-erational hot potato with the national debt will end with an uncomfortable loser.

That loser is looking more and more like our generation every day. Each American currently owes more than $38,000 to pay off our collective debt, and since the beginning of 2005, each of our burdens has grown by $240 monthly. Seniors will graduate ow-ing more than $40,000. Freshmen will owe close to $50,000 when they leave Duke. And someone, eventually, will have to tighten the belt and pay up. Buying brand new cars may not be the most frugal course.

That’s why my ragged old van still sits in the driveway. Sure she’s wearing kind of thin, but she’s in good shape for the shape that she’s in. Paint her up in red, white and blue, and treat her nicely with an oil change or two, because that noisy old clunker reminds us that once upon a time we expected to work harder when the going got tough, not to wait for some-one to bail us out.

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

Clunkety clunkers

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CORRECTIONAnna Sadler’s Tuesday column, “I’m not being that way, but...,” stated that wom-en cannot join fraternities. Duke’s chapter of Psi Upsilon fraternity is coed. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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