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Duke nets $147M from stimulusCar chase on Towerview, no
injuries
Durham officials raise concerns after DPD firing
ChroniCle file photo
DUHS Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Ralph Snyderman recently wrote an
op-ed for The Huffington Post titled Making Sense of Health Care
Reform.
by Emmeline ZhaoThe chronicle
Two vehicles were involved in a high-speed chase on Towerview
Drive late Monday night. no one was injured.
The vehicles were driving approxi-mately 60 mph when the car
being pur-sued came to the Towerview traffic circle and hit the
curb, said sophomore Mau-rizio Martinovic, who was exiting the Blue
Zone at the time. Police do not be-lieve either vehicle is
affiliated with the University, said Assistant chief Gloria Graham
of the Duke University Police Department.
The cars three passengers soon aban-doned the damaged vehicle
and fled the scene. Meanwhile, the pursuing vehicle sped up and
down Towerview multiple times, yelling out the windows before
driving off, Martinovic said.
DUPD responded to the incident and charged the driver of the
pursued vehicle with careless and reckless driving and driving with
a revoked license. The other two passengers are unidentified,
Graham said..
Martinovic said the chase resulted from an altercation at the
intersection of Morreene road and Towerview.
by Ethan MarksThe chronicle
last Tuesday, the Senate Finance committee became the last of
the five congressional committees with jurisdic-tion over health
care to pass a health care reform bill.
The bill passed by a 14-9 vote, with Sen. olympia Snowe of Maine
being the only republican to vote in favor of the bill. The public
option, a hotly debated component of health reform, is a major
component of the bill passed by the Sen-ate health committee, but
it was not included in the Sen-ate Finance committees version.
Senate Majority leader harry reid, D-nev. and Speaker of the house
nancy Pelosi, D-calif. now have to work with the leaders of their
respective chambers in order to merge the two Senate bills and
three house bills into one bill for each chamber.
Dr. ralph Snyderman, an outspoken advocate of health reform, is
chancellor emeritus of Duke University, James B. Duke Professor of
Medicine and past president and chief exective officer of the Duke
University health System. in light of his recent guest column in
The huffington Post titled Making Sense of health care reform, The
Chron-icles Ethan Marks talked with Snyderman about his ideas for
reforming the health care system and his opinions on some of the
congressional efforts so far.
See Snyderman on PAGe 6
by Julius JonesThe chronicle
A Durham Police Department employees recent ter-mination over
excessive overtime pay has raised concerns about a lack of
oversight.
During a year in which the al-leged overtime abuse took place,
several employees at both the city of Durham and DPD questioned how
a non-uniformed employee was earning overtime compensation that
more than doubled her regular sal-ary. Several attempts to shine a
light on the situation were ignored by se-
nior officials at the police department, said city council
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Alesha Robinson-Taylor
by Eugene WangThe chronicle
As financial troubles lead to budget cuts, Duke is getting a
boost from Uncle Sam.
Duke has received approximately $146.8 million in federal
stimulus re-search funding. of a total of 854 Duke proposals, 237
were approved.
The money from the stimulus bill, of-ficially known as the
American recovery and reinvestment Act of 2009, came to Duke
primarily from four institutions: the national institutes of
health, the na-tional Science Foundation, the Depart-ment of energy
and the Department of education, said Marianne hassan, head of
Dukes ArrA response Team and associate dean for new initiatives at
the Pratt School of engineering.
According to the Department of health and human Serviceswhich
ad-ministers the nih, the largest source for grant approvalsDuke
had 198 propos-als approved by the nih.
The total sum of funds from the nih places Duke sixth among
institutions in nih stimulus funding, behind the Univer-sity of
Michigan, the University of Wash-ington, the University of
Pennsylvania, Johns hopkins University and harvard
See StimuluS on PAGe 6
Sum exceeds best expectations, NIH funds are sixth among
peers
Snyderman advocates health reform
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onTherecordDurham was undergoing a renaissance, but the TV news
and [The (Raleigh)] News & Observer only covered crime.
Blogger Kevin Davis on Durham news coverage. See story page
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Sunday, October 25th 1:00 pm to 5:00 pmDurham Hilton near Duke
University
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Triangle Bridal Showcase
worldandnationpAriS the president of the University of tou-
lon and two top aides were suspended Monday over charges of
irregularities in the admission and graduation of Chinese students
allegedly ready to pay bribes for the prestige of a french
diploma.
the suspension, decided by higher education Minister Valerie
pecresse, was an unusual public stain on frances cherished
tradition of opening its largely free education system to students
from around the world. it underlined some of the pres-sures created
by a skyrocketing number of Chi-nese students who go abroad,
sometimes unpre-pared, to win the honor of a foreign diploma in
Chinas increasingly competitive job market.
pecresse said university president laroussi oue-slati and vice
presidents pierre Sanz de Alba and Yves lucas were ordered to step
down because they were trying to prevent a ministry investiga-tion
by intimidating professors, threatening re-taliation against
witnesses and hiding documents that described admissions
procedures.
An explanation of cause is
not a justification by reason. C. S. Lewis
ToDAy in HiSToRy1864: Lincoln formally estab-
lishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday
WAShinGton the administration of president Barack obama told
federal authorities Monday not to arrest or pros-ecute medical
marijuana users and sup-pliers, paving the way for some states to
move forward with plans to create offi-cially sanctioned
dispensaries to provide the drug as relief for a series of
maladies.
the move by the Justice Depart-ment ended months of uncertainty
over how far the obama White house planned to go in reversing the
Bush administrations federal stance on the controversial issue.
in new guidelines circulated Monday, the Justice Department told
prosecutors and federal drug agents that they have more important
things to do than to ar-rest people as long as they are obeying the
laws of states that allow some use or sale of medical
marijuana.
Internet benefits memoryloS AnGeleS heres an induce-
ment for Sen. John McCain, r-Ariz., and other seniors whove
stayed off the in-formation superhighway: if you take the on-ramp
now, youll get the benefits of improved cognitive dexterity and
better short-term memory. So says a study pre-sented Monday at the
Society for neuro-sciences annual meeting in Chicago.
A team of researchers from the Univer-sity of California, los
Angeles, scanned the brains of 24 older adultshalf of them
internet-savvy, the others notas the subjects performed a task that
simulated an internet search. After providing online training for
those with little internet famil-iarity, the researchers instructed
subjects to spend at least seven hours over the next two weeks
conducting practice internet searches, exploring Web sites and
reading information on a range of questions.
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Scandal erupts at French school
Obama orders feds to relax marijuana enforcement
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Consumers walk through the aisles of a temporary Toys R Us.
These short-term retail operations, known as pop-ups, are appearing
around the nation. once limited to seasonal shops and liquidation
centers, pop-ups are now being opened by some of the nations
biggest retailers due to the recession. These stores allow
merchants to test new locations and products without a long term
commitment.
Brooklyn-bred music duo Matt and Kim performed this past friday
at Kville in surprisingly chilly 45 degree weather to a nonetheless
enthused Duke crowd. the two, whose song Daylight has caught the
ears of those people over at Bacardi and many a Duke tailgate DJ,
took some time to chat post-performance.
From The PlaygroundSee the interview online at
bigblog.dukechronicle.com
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OIT blogger fills niche for local news
by Bhumi PurohitThe chronicle
From Durhams latest political happen-ings to the hippest
cultural events, Kevin Davis writes about it all, and faster than
some of the areas biggest news sources.
The young authors ability to report on the latest stories with a
twist of his own opinion has made him popular among the citys
resi-dents. Davis blog about Durham, Bull city rising, is a passion
for the assistant director for the office of information
Technology.
Davis recognizes his works popular-ity among devoted Durhamites
and has worked hard to keep the blogs energy go-ingno easy task for
a full-time employee. his job at Duke leaves Davis no choice but to
work on the blog during his evenings, leaving no room for other
interests.
regardless, Davis said he enjoys the work, and over the years it
has allowed him to meet Durhams many faces. This, he said, comes
with many challenges as it becomes more difficult not to
editorialize reporting.
The more you start to know people, the harder it is to say whats
on your mind, Davis said.
Despite this, Davis said Bull city rising fills a unique niche
in the citys media outlet, as it allows him to cover stories more
thoroughly than the average newspaper. he credits this to the fact
that the blogs 4,000 to 6,000 weekly views come from self-selected
readers who are
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Annual Eco-Olympics fosters green living
by Allison SchulhofThe chronicle
As cameron crazies paint themselves Duke blue for basketball
season, freshmen are also embracing another colorgreen.
Throughoctober, freshmen can en-gage in the eco-olympics, a
waste and energy reduction competition between east campus
dormitories. hosted by the environmental Alliance, the
eco-olym-pics comprise a series of events that edu-cate students
about sustainable living.
Because they are freshmen, we can get them involved with saving
energy and learning about environmental is-sues facing the world
very early on, said eA co-President Ben Soltoff, a sopho-more. We
introduce them to practices
that they can keep doing throughout the rest of their four years
at Duke.
Dorms gain points for reducing en-ergy, recycling and attending
eco-olym-pics events.
every week, eA gets metered energy readings from the Facilities
Management Department. To calculate per-capita energy reduction,
each dorms data is compared to its baseline reading from
September.
To award points for recycling, eA counts the number of
recyclables in trash bins on a random day. The fewer number of
recyclables, the higher the score.
Dorms can also gain points by having residents attend
eco-olympics events,
See daviS on PAGe 6
JAMeS lee/the ChroniCle
Freshmen partcipating in the annual Eco-olympics learn how to
compost leftover food at the Marketplace Monday afternoon. The
competition aims to promote sustainable living among East Campus
residents.
See eco-olymPicS on PAGe 4
Priest recalls prize-winning investigations
by Shaoli ChaudhuriThe chronicle
For Dana Priest, stumbling upon a se-cret prison in Afghanistan
makes investiga-tive journalism an attractive profession.
Priest delivered this years James D. ew-ing lecture on ethics in
Journalism to an audience of more than 50 people Mon-day night at
the Sanford School of Public Policy. in her speech, Priest
described her adventures in government accountability and
investigative reporting, focusing on the stories which collectively
earned her two Pulitzer Prizes.
leading the audience into the world of investigative
reportingwhat she referred to as the story behind the storyPriest
began with her experience uncovering the existence of central
intelligence Agency secret prisons.
As Priest wrote in The Washington Post in 2005, the ciA used
these prisons after the Sept. 11 attacks with the authority of
former President George W. Bushs admin-istration to interrogate
terrorism suspects outside the limits of military protocols and the
Geneva conventions. Known as black site prisons, these facilities
were located in countries in eastern europe, Thailand and
Afghanistan, where Priest inadvertently dis-covered the first of
such sites.
Priest recounted the interrogation tac-tics a ciA official had
told her the agency
See PrieSt on PAGe 4
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used on terrorism suspects. They would black out [the suspects]
whole world,
Priest said. They would keep the detention cell black. They
would put gloves on their hands, earphones over their heads and
shields over their eyes...and of course we know about the
waterboarding.
Priest also discussed reporting the Walter reed scan-dal in
2007, a story that involved exposing the subpar conditions and
management at Walter reed Army Medi-cal center, which provides
health care to soldiers and their families.
Priest said one of the hospitals buildings, Building 18, had
mold and was roach and mice-infected. When she first learned of the
buildings condition, Priest said she insisted on photographing its
deteriorating state to por-tray all the other administrative and
bureaucratic decay throughout the hospital.
With respect to ethics, Priest addressed the inher-ent conflict
between obtaining classified information from government
officialsthereby jeopardizing their jobsand a reporters duty to
seek out and reveal the truth. in 2006, one of Priests alleged
sources was fired from the ciA for leaking information regarding
the se-cret prisons.
But Priest said this instance did not alter her views on
publishing classified information.
You certainly wouldnt want to stop what youre doing as a
reporter [just] because someone might decide to go after the people
who might be helping you, she said.
Jay hamilton, director of the DeWitt Wallace center and charles
S. Sydnor professor of public policy and eco-nomics, reiterated
Priests experience in reporting sensi-tive national security
issues.
She fits the profile of having to deal with ethical ques-tions
on a daily basis, he said.
in addition to illustrating her experiences as an in-
vestigative reporter and opinions on the ethical gray areas,
Priest gave general advice to those aspiring to pursue journalism.
contrary to what television journal-ism personalities suggest, a
good journalist learns to listen, not talk, she said.
listen to what [your sources are] saying. listen to what theyre
not saying. listen to their body language, she added.
Philip Bennett, eugene c. Patterson professor of the practice of
journalism and public policy, introduced Priest as a former
co-worker and one of the most courageous in-vestigative reporters
he has worked with. During his time as managing editor of the
Washing Post from 2005 to 2009, Bennett worked alongside Priest as
she exposed both of the major scandals she discussed.
Bennett also said he hopes journalism students who at-tended the
lecture had come to appreciate the complexity of the ethics-related
questions Priest addressed.
its very easy to reduce them to right or wrong or up or downbut
theyre very complex, he said, And its a fluid part of what our
democracy is dealing with, especially in a time of war.
Although Priest noted that investigative reporting is the
biggest challenge for anybody in journalism, she said the rewards
of the job outweigh its negative aspects.
im at the place where ive always wanted to be, she said.
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Dana Priest, an investigative reporter for The Washington Post,
delivered the James D. Ewing lecture on Ethics in Journalism in
Sanford Monday.
and students can win individual prizes such as restau-rant gifts
cards, an iPod or a mountain bike.
carbon racing, held oct. 8, allowed students to calculate their
carbon footprints. last Tuesday, 169 students pledged to be
vegetarians for a day. A day later, eA held a bottled-tap water
taste test to observe the national day of action for the Take Back
the Tap campaign, which seeks to reduce bottled water consumption.
At the Marketplace Monday, eA educated students about composting
with worms and publicized the Marketplaces composting
capabilities.
The Marketplace can compost everything other than plastic,
Soltoff said. So if you leave [food] on your plate and put your
plate on the conveyor belt, it should all end up in compost. We
have a composting facility in the Duke Forest.
eA will raise awareness this week for the 350 campaign, an
international movement to address climate change. Ac-cording to the
350 campaign Web site, 350 parts per million is the safe limit of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
right now we are at 389 [ppm], said eA co-pres-ident Mikael
owunna, a sophomore. The 350 cam-paign is a push to get people to
reduce their carbon emissions, so that we can get back to 350.
To prepare for the 350 campaigns international Day of climate
Action oct. 24, eA will table on the Plaza and at the Marketplace
this week.
We are going to be giving away arm bands that say 350 on them to
educate students about the campaign, owunna said.
Students can also write letters to Sen. Kay hagan, D-n.c., to
encourage her to support the Boxer-Kerry bill, which would create
clean jobs and energy, owunna said.
Additional events include a community garden work day and an
oct. 29 lecture by larry crowder, Stephen Toth professor of marine
biology and an expert on sus-tainable fishing from the Duke Marine
lab.
Dorm standings will be posted in the Marketplace next month. The
winning dorms residents will receive T-shirts and an ice cream
party, which President richard Brodhead has attended in past years,
Soltoff said.
Freshman Krystal Mak has participated in many of the
eco-olympics events. She said she likes the eco-olympics because it
makes people more environmentally conscious.
it is great because it raises awareness about environ-mental
issues in a more interactive manner, Mak said. even if students
dont end up changing their lifestyle and making better decisions in
terms of the environ-ment, at the very least it still raises their
awareness.
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member eugene Brown.im angry about this, Brown said.
im upset about this and what makes me particularly angry about
this is the fact that this was not dealt with when brought to the
police departments attention.
According to an audit released by Dur-hams Audit Services
Department, Alesha robinson-Taylor, a secondary employment
coordinator at DPD, earned $62,583.13 in overtime pay between
September 2008 and August 2009. When concerns about the legitimacy
of robinson-Taylors over-time were voiced, the mechanisms within
DPD and the city to address the concerns proved ineffective.
Durham city Manager Tom Bonfield said the leadership within the
police de-partment failed on several occasions to adequately
respond to the claims of abuse when it was brought to their
attention.
This situation with the audit finding... is of extra concern for
us, he said. it is particularly troubling that this was going on
while we were in the midst of budget cuts and when we had to
eliminate 113 posi-tions, many of them were police officers.
nearly all of robinson-Taylors over-time compensation was
approved by Dep-uty Police chief B.J. council. council will retire
Dec. 31.
DPD Public information officer Kam-mie Michael declined to
comment, referring The chronicle to the city managers office.
Bonfield said he is not concerned by the departments decision to
allow council to retire, noting that the decision is common when an
employee has a long-standing ten-ure within any company or
organization.
in the case of a senior person who had worked for the city for
20 years, you certainly have to make a change in lead-ership, but i
dont think you need to pun-ish the entirety of their career, he
said.
robinson-Taylors immediate super-visor, capt. charlene Balch,
noticed the excessive overtime and brought it to the attention of
council. in response, coun-cil relieved Balch of her duties
approving robinson-Taylors overtime pay and in-stead approved it
herself.
in essence, charlene was the whistle-blower, but her whistle was
taken from her by B.J. council, Brown said.
The audit placed blame on both council and DPD chief Jose lopez,
who was made aware of the situation as early as April.
According to the audit, DPD Adminis-trative chief Jessie Burwell
told lopez that the amount of overtime being earned by
robinson-Taylor was unacceptable. Then, and again in June, lopez
and council de-fended the overtime pay.
Within the city managers office, pay-roll employees also noticed
discrepancies and alerted their superiors, said Deputy city Manager
Wanda Page, who oversees the citys payroll division that handles
payroll duties for DPD.
certainly the assumption is that if hours are claimed for
compensation, then those hours were actually worked, she said.
Those hours are verified by the supervisor when they sign the
em-ployees time card.
Page said because it is not uncommon for DPD officers and
employees to work overtime, the payroll department is not designed
to catch instances of abuse.
it is not a system designed to deter-mine if what an employee
turns in on a case by case basis is correct, she said. it could be
possible, even more than oc-casionally, that they may work 45 or 50
hours [a week], sometimes even more, if they worked a double shift.
if it is the case that an employee is supposed to work 40 hours a
week, and claims to have worked 80, then that is something that
would raise a flag in the finance department.
Bonfield said that ultimately, compla-cency was to blame for
both the citys and DPDs decisions not to probe deeper into whether
or not the overtime pay received by robinson-Taylor was
legitimate.
There were situations where [police staff raised concerns] and
they were told it was approved by commanding officers within the
department and the finance department also raised concerns several
times and they were told the same thing, he said. The problem was
that they ac-cepted that instead of taking the issue to higher
levels of city government.
Bonfield noted that the city managers office has a confidential
hotline that em-ployees can call in order to report abuse, waste or
fraud within various depart-ments within the city. But throughout
the 12 months in question, no one called the hotline to report the
alleged abuse.
DPD from page 1
by Christina PenaThe chronicle
The Duke University Student Dining Advisory committee began a
new initiative Monday night to discuss improving food services with
vendors.
DUSDAc hopes to start bringing in managers from on-campus
vendors for 30-minutes discussions at the beginning of its weekly
meetings. They tested the pro-gram by having Alpine Bagels Manager
Brett Porter and employee Darnetta craig attend the meeting,
present ideas and lis-ten to suggestions from the committee.
Were excited about starting this new program that will help us
evaluate every on-campus eatery, and talking to them about how we
see improvement from the student perspective, said DUSDAc co-chair
Jason Taylor, a senior.
Alpine Bagels let the committee taste test two of their newest
sandwiches, the Buffalo chicken Wrap and the Turkey ciabatta roll,
which should be available soon. The eatery also announced pos-sible
changes, such as using flatbreads, bringing in whole grain bagels
and adding more vegan options such as soy cream cheeses.
committee members suggested Alpine Bagels stay open later, give
out free samples to customers waiting in line and offer punch cards
to reward people who frequently buy sandwiches in addition to the
already-avail-able frozen yogurt cards. DUSDAc also recommended
adding a smaller cookie to Alpine Bagels menu.
i love [the new initiative], it is a great idea, said DUSDAc
member Zach chapla, a junior. This way, we can get a sense for what
is going on with them, and we can make our suggestions heard as a
commit-tee since we are a student advisory commit-tee. i cant
believe we didnt think of this before.
DUSDAc plans to bring in Panda ex-press and Tommys rubs and
Grubs in the next two weeks to discuss ways the eateries can
improve for the student body.
in other business:DUSDAc and Dining Services are also
trying to work out a system for students to tip Merchants on
Points delivery drivers us-ing food points instead of cash.
We hope to test two or so vendors in november and get a sense
for how it should work, Director of Dining Services Jim Wul-forst
said. That way we can get all the kinks out and get it to work out
the right way. We then hope to roll the program out some-time in
January, but there is no guarantee that it wont take longer.
Taylor said the empty caribbean Kitch-en cart will be replaced
by a Greek vendor owned and run by Giorgio Bakatsis, owner of the
now-closed Georges Garage restau-rant. Vita is now part of MoP and
nosh should be within the next week. Georges Diner should be
tentatively available on points oct. 23.
Group brings in vendors for evaluation, feedback
DUSDAC
AleJAnDro BoliVAr/the ChroniCle
DUSDAC members discuss a program to bring in food vendor
managers to attend its weekly meetings. Alpine bagels was the first
vendor the group invited.
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University, according to data from hhS.last spring, the notion
was that we
[could receive] $100 million, and if things go really well, we
could get $150 million, Vice Provost for research James Siedow
said. We exceeded our best expectations.
of the 237 approved projects, 163 were for the Duke University
Medical center and 74 were for the University, hassan said. The 163
DUMc grants provide about $117 mil-lion in funds, and the 74
University grants provide $30 million. DUMc submitted 689 proposals
and the University submitted 165, for approval rates of
approximately 24 and 45 percent, respectively.
if you look across the country, Duke did extremely well relative
to its peers in terms of total ArrA funding said DUMc Vice Dean for
research Sally Kornbluth. our success rate was greatunder nor-mal
circumstances, some nih institutes are only funding 8 to 10 percent
each round [of total applications].
Although the majority of the funding was supposed to conclude
Sept. 30, a few proposals for infrastructure improvements are still
being evaluated, Kornbluth said.
For example, a $15 million proposal that received good initial
scores from nih administrators has yet to be decided upon, Siedow
said. he noted that a final decision may not occur until early
2010.
The $147 million provided by ArrA comes in two primary forms:
extended paylines for previously approved proposals and new grants.
Most of Dukes ArrA re-search money is through increased budgets for
existing projects, hassan said.
Although a welcome boost in research spending after years of
declining federal
support, ArrA funding provides a short-term financial boon for
institutes and re-search agencies that some fear may disap-pear
once the economy returns to health.
We really hope that the nih will come to bat and really pick
things up at the end of these two years, so the momentum gained
dur-ing this two-year period can be maintained, Kornbluth said. But
whether this will have a long-term impact will depend on what
hap-pens at the end of these two years.
of the $147 million, Siedow said roughly 75 percent is to cover
direct costsfor ex-penses such as labor, material and
equip-mentborne by research teams. The re-maining 25 percent is
intended to cover the Universitys indirect costs, such as
administra-tive overhead, lab maintenance and electric-ity. The
exact direct-indirect cost breakdown is determined on a
grant-by-grant basis.
in a time of tough financial straits for Duke, the research
funds provide some relief to an otherwise stretched University
budget. Siedow said he does not expect ArrA fund-ing to provide
long-term solutions to current
budget woes brought on by the recession. [ArrA] is a good influx
of funding to
the University, but its not long-term mon-ey. its only going to
last a couple of years, Siedow said. This isnt a panacea that gets
us out of our recent budget problems.
on the employment side, the additional funding has allowed the
University to keep or add more than 100 positions, said Vice
President for human resources Kyle ca-vanaugh. The positions range
from post-doctoral jobs to work-study spots for under-graduates.
The long-term impact of ArrA funding on employment, however,
remains unclear, especially given the short-term na-ture of much of
the grant money.
The overall intent is to stimulate a lot of activity that will
spawn continuation and ex-pansion in research and will retain
positions as well as create additional opportunities, cavanaugh
said. i dont think anyone has a great projection as to what happens
two years from now and the final outcome of this, but our intent is
to be as aggressive as we can in se-curing these funds as they
become available.
already aware of Durhams latest issues.But Davis wasnt always a
fan of Dur-
ham.When i was looking at colleges, my
dad and i came to Duke and to Dur-ham, Davis said. i hated
Durham. A small town in the South not some-where i wanted to
be.
Davis ended up at harvard Univer-sity where his passion for
journalism began. While working for The harvard crimson as both an
editor and a tech-nology columnist for four years, Davis developed
a hobby for writing.
Davis graduated in 1998 with a bachelors degree in political
science and worked outside journalism in various locations, before
finally mov-ing to Durham in 2005. This time, the Bull city charmed
himDavis and his wife immediately fell in love with Durham.
After living here for about a year, Davis said he realized the
city rarely received any positive coverage in tradi-tional media
outlets.
Durham was undergoing a renais-sance, but the TV news and [The
(ra-leigh)] news & observer only covered crime, he said. i was
feeling like not all of Durhams story was being told.
Davis decided to utilize his interest in journalism and the
skills he picked up at harvard to start a blog about Durham, aptly
named Bull city rising, that would focus on the economic
development and growth of the city. The blogs cover-age soon
expanded to politics, culture, trends and the latest news and soon
grew in popularity. Davis knack for journalis-tic writing earned
Bull city rising the title of the best blog about Durham by the
blogging Web site outside.in.
Davis said his readership may soon ex-pand in the near future as
local newspa-pers find it difficult to face the economic climate.
Although he sees readers relying more on the internet for news in
the com-ing years, Davis said Bull city rising does not make enough
revenue to increase its coverage to meet that demand.
Staff members from both The (Dur-ham) herald-Sun and The news
& observer, however, said Davis blog is not a replacement for
the newspapers online editions.
Bob Ashley, editor for The herald-Sun, said there is a
difference between Davis style of reporting and a newspa-per Web
site.
i think blogs like Kevins... are go-ing to be a source of
information for people, but theyll still rely on informa-tion
collected, aggregated, reported and checked for accuracy by trained
journalists, Ashley said.
regardless, Davis said he hopes to one day have his own staff
that can report more, especially one that can cover stories dealing
with private insti-tutions such as Duke. currently, Davis only
covers news in the public sphere. expanding coverage, however, is a
challenge given that the blog does not have many business
partners.
Jim Wise, a staff writer for The news & observer, said Davis
could get online ad-vertisers if blogs like his had information
from the Audit Bureau of circulations, which provides media
viewership and readership information to advertisers.
All challenges aside, Davis said he is optimistic about the
future of his blog and sees it being more prominent in 10 to 15
years.
The economic model [for blog-ging] has to evolve to make
increased coverage more sustainable. [right now] the blog kind of
eats my life, but its a lot of fun, he says.
STiMUlUS from page 1 DAviS from page 3
SnyDERMAn from page 1the chronicle: now that the last of the
five
congressional committees has passed a health reform bill, what
do you think of the proposed changes so far? is there anything on
the table that you dont think is a good idea?
ralph Snyderman: Well, one has to de-termine if one wants to be
an optimist or a pessimist, and i will lean more toward being an
optimist. The politics has made it very dif-ficult to have a
rational reform of how health care is delivered. What i am
concerned about is that there will be, because of the increase in
coverage, an increase in expense. The fact that there has been very
little reform of how health care is actually delivered and how
health care is paid for makes me think that the expenses might
continue to rise. So i lean a little bit more toward the optimism.
its better to have this than nothing, but i am hoping that we move
from this to an ap-proach that truly makes the delivery more
cost-effective. We are capable of doing this.
tc: You have spent your lifetime work-ing in many different
areas of the health in-dustry. how have these experiences shaped
your ideas about the health care system and its need for
reform?
rS: My prior experience in health care has led me to the
inescapable conclusion that health care delivery is in need of
major re-form. While we have tremendous capabilities to improve
episodes of disease, we have not focused as effectively as we can
on prevention and early effective intervention. i think our
capabilities of delivering better health care are far greater than
what we actually do.
tc: You have long been a proponent
of transitioning to a system of health care focused on
prevention and personalized medicine, often termed prospective
care. What exactly does a prospective health care system
entail?
rS: What prospective care does is put more empowerment on the
part of the indi-vidual, the patient, and it deals with disease
before it does significant damage. in oth-er words, rather than
focusing on disease events once they occur, which is the way health
care is generally practiced today, it tries to anticipate an
individuals risks and allows each one of them to work with the
health system to minimize the risks.
tc: Does a prospective health care sys-tem actually reduce
costs?
rS: every evidence we have thus far is that prospective care
reduces costs, and there are two very good examples that have been
developed at Duke. one is the care of individuals with congestive
heart failure, where we showed that a prospective health care
approach greatly minimizes the clinical problems and reduces
hospital admissions, and also reduces costs.... The Duke
Prospec-tive health program for Duke employees and their families
is also off to an outstand-ing start and has improved the health of
the Duke community and decreased health care costs for the
University and all its employees.
tc: how do you feel about the much-debated public option?
rS: i think the public option basically is a good idea in the
sense that, for selected individuals that cant get private
insurance in other ways, there is an opportunity to be a bit more
experimental in designing better, more cost-effective models of
care. So on that side, i like it. The danger of a public
option,
if its not done right, is that the government pays for care at a
much lower rate than private insurance. And most physicians and
hospitals will tell you that they could not exist solely on the
government rate. So by having a public option, there really is an
unlevel playing field in the sense that the public option-type
insur-ance has the benefit of lower expenses than private insurers.
Thats a complicated answer, but unfortunately it is the reality,
which makes the public option a difficult concept, although
basically i think it is a good concept.
tc: There are many problems in our current system that are too
pervasive to be fixed with one law or can even be adequate-ly
addressed by one push for reform. how do you see our health care
system chang-ing and our efforts at reform evolving as we move into
the future?
rS: i think that the most important ini-tiative that could come
from the health care legislation itself would be to change how
medical costs are reimbursed to the provid-ersin other words, the
reimbursement sys-tem which currently rewards disease rather than
prevention. i think that would be the most important thing. i have
to say there is a second thing, which is absolutely essential, and
that is that individualsyou, me, and everyone else who reads this
articleunder-stands that health is one of their greatest
re-sources, and they need to take ownership of it. What individuals
can do for themselves, for most of their lives, is at least as
great as what the health system can do for them. As a country, we
need to understand the impor-tance of our own health, and i am
proud that Duke has developed a Prospective health care club among
its own students that truly values the importance of health.
GrpAhiC BY hon lUnG ChU/the ChroniCle SoUrCe: DepArtMent of
heAlth AnD hUMAn SerViCeS
The first vehicle stopped at a green light to give directions to
a friend, which irritat-ed the second car and prompted the
chase,
Graham said. Several other cars were on Towerview at
the time and were almost hit by the pursu-ing vehicle,
Martinovic said.
Because the area sees heavy pedestrian traffic, the chase posed
a danger to stu-
dents, Graham said.The roundabout is deliberately there to
slow traffic downthats the primary rea-son [the first driver]
was cited, she said. its just a blessing that somebody didnt get
hit.
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TUESDAYOctober 20, 2009
>> MENS SOCCER The Blue Devils host Navy in a late-season
noncon-ference encounter tonight at 7 p.m. in Koskinen Stadi-um.
Duke is 7-1-0 at home this season
TaylorDoherty
Mens sOccer
Sophomore walk-ons make big names for themselves
Duke duo wins regional titleMens Tennis
by Vignesh NathanThe chronicle
Some would say that sophomores christopher and Daniel Tweed-Kent
are a typical set of twins. They complement each other flawlessly,
sharing a major, taking classes together, living with one another
and finishing each others sentences. on campus, when you see one of
them, chances are youll see the other close by.
This year, however, christopher and Daniel can add yet another
activity that they do togeth-ercontributing to one of the best
soccer teams in the nation.
hailing from Pittsfield, Mass., the Tweed-Kent twins have played
soccer for their entire lives.
We started playing when we were five years old, in our familys
backyard, christopher Tweed-Kent said. it was really a family
event.
christopher and Daniel are the youngest of six siblings, and all
the Tweed-Kent children played soccer at one point in their
lives.
however, Daniel and christopher took it one step further. Both
were four-year letter winners on their high schools varsity team,
leading their school to an undefeated record during their senior
year. They might be playing on the national collegiate level right
now, but some of their favorite memories come from playing at
Pittsfield high.
one of my favorite memories was beating lud-low [high School]
our senior year, Daniel Tweed-Kent recounted. in our minds, they
were just the team we had to beat.
by Tom GierynThe chronicle
how do you improve a tennis team that lost more than half the
doubles points it played in 2009? With a solid right-handed player
returning in reid carleton, the Blue Devils couldnt go wrong by
bringing in prized lefty recruit henrique cunha from Brazil. That
approach has worked dazzlingly for Duke so far, as carleton and
cunha emerged as champions from the iTA carolina regionals.
Dukes no. 1 doubles team beat the top duo from W a k e Forest
8-4 in the tournament final Monday, earning itself one of just 16
doubles berths in the iTA indoor national tournament in november.
en route to the regional title, carle-ton and cunha won five
matches, all by a score of 8-5 or better, beat-ing the no. 1 and
no. 2 teams from
archrival north carolina and the top pair from Wake Forest.
carleton and cunha brought their best return game against strong
servers iain Atkinson and Steve Forman in the regional fi-nal,
starting the match strong and getting up a critical break early.
Atkinson had defeated cunha in singles play Sunday, and Forman
returned to Wake Forest after being part of the no. 1 doubles team
in college tennis last season. The Demon Deacon duo put up a fight
during the middle of the match before Duke finished off the Wake
Forest pair.
There were a couple times where... it looked like the other
team was going to make a run, and both reid and cunha really
stepped up in the big moments of the match, head coach ramsey Smith
said.
Duke has not sent a player to na-tional indoors since 2004,
Smith said.
carleton and cunha are now 14-2 as a doubles pair, with their
only two losses coming against the first- and sixth-ranked teams in
the
country. This is especially impres-sive given that the two had
never played together prior to their first match this season, and
carleton said he had never played with a left-handed partner
before.
They are getting more and more comfortable with each other and
with their games.... They both return exceptionally well, and
theyre extremely fast, so... theyre putting pressure on another
teams serve almost every game, Smith said. [cunha has] jumped in
right away at the no. 1 spot, and hes been phenomenal this
year.
Smith is particularly encouraged by the win since it reflects
the coach-es increased focus on doubles play.
Starting off our season, were going to have a legitimate no. 1
team, Smith said.
We feel like were up there, like were a top five team in the
country, carleton said. Were just trying to prove ourselves.
With their win at regionals, cun-ha and carleton have earned
them-selves a chance to do just that.
special to the chronicle
reid carleton and Henrique cunha won the iTA carolina regional
doubles title Monday.
Luck and skill go hand-in-hand
See tweed-kents on PAge 8
dianna liu/chronicle file photo
christopher Tweed-Kent and his brother, Daniel, walked on at
Duke as sophomores.
Amid all the talk about Duke Basketballhow far the team can go
this year, whether the program has taken a step back in the past
five years, how many people need to sleep in a tent for two months
to get the best seats in cam-eron for the carolina gamethe
beginning of the season is a good time to point out the obvious:
Beyond talent, you
need some incredible luck to win a national title in college
basketball.
its the nature of a 64-team, single-elimination tournament. in
the nBA a team can lose three games against each opponent it faces
in the playoffs and still win a series in the Finals. During March
Madness, teams have to hope they dont catch the wrong team at
the
wrong time like a piping-hot Villanova squad that happens to
peak at the best possible time.
While luck is a significant factor on the court, putting
to-gether a team even capable of making such a run in the era of
players fleeing college basketball early for the nBA requires a
certain type of fortune of its own. What if luol Deng had returned
for his sophomore season in 2003-2004 and point guard Shaun
livingston had ever arrived on campus? Duke could have trotted out
a starting five of livingston, J.J. redick, Daniel ewing, Deng and
Shelden Williams with Sean Dockery, DeMarcus nelson, and David
Mcclure coming off the bench. or what if John Wall decided on Duke
and his presence con-vinced gerald henderson to take one more shot
at a title?
Many critics of the Duke program insist that the Blue Devils
have taken a substantial step back since last making the Final Four
in 2004. But had either one of those scenarios worked out, Duke
would have been the favorite to win a national title.
looking into the immediate future, the possibility of
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Daniel Tweed-Kent has a goal and two assists this season after
walking on to the Blue Devil roster.
in addition, the twins helped guide their club team to the
Massachusetts state semifinals in 2008, and again in 2009. And on
top of that, they were co-salutatorians in their graduating
class.
Maybe christopher and Daniel are not your stereotypical
twins.
During the spring semester of their freshman year at Duke, while
braving the fierce storm of a Pratt curriculum combined with the
stress of a premeds schedule, the Tweed-Kents contacted the
coaching staff to request a tryout for the soccer team.
in high school, we thought that we would have to choose between
athletics or academ-ics, christopher Tweed-Kent said. But once we
got to Duke, we realized that we would have time for both. And on
top of that, we just realized how much we would miss the sport.
eventually, head coach John Kerr grant-ed the twins a 15-day
tryout period.
They really sparked my interest in terms of their work ethic and
their efforts all over the field, Kerr said. They really inspired
the rest of the team to work harder.
The Tweed-Kents found out in early April that they had made the
cut. now, as two official members of the squad, chris-topher and
Daniel have found their niche. They are one of three pairs of
brothers on Dukes roster, and one of two different pairs of twins.
Surprise, surprise, they even share the same positionoutside
midfielder.
in their first year with the Blue Devils, they have made a huge
impact on the team. christopher has started 11 of the teams 12
games, contributing three assists so far. Meanwhile, Daniel scored
his first collegiate goal in a thrilling double-overtime game
against then-no. 16 Virginia Sept. 11.
however, when asked about their best experiences in Division i-A
soccer, both agreed that Dukes 2-0 win against then-no. 2 Maryland,
the defending national champion, was among their favorites.
Beating Maryland was a great experience. christopher Tweed-Kent
said. Just knowing that we could beat the no. 2 team in the
coun-try gave us a huge boost of confidence.
looking forward to the rest of their ca-reers, the twins arent
just content with being a member of a Division i-A team. They want
to take home a national championship.
We know that we have the skills to win the championship. As
always, it takes a little bit of luck, Daniel Tweed-Kent said. once
we can get that luck, we can win.
What began as two five-year-old twins play-ing soccer in the
backyard with their parents and siblings has become two
19-year-olds competing for a national championship.
TweeD-KenTs from page 7
commitments from top-five recruits Kyrie irving and harrison
Barnes would immediately put Duke back into the dis-cussion of
national title favorites. Any program that is one or two pieces
away from a national title hasnt fallen off too
DOHerTy from page 7
far. (For karmas sake, irving would be a real gem. new Jersey
point guardsname-ly Bobby hurley and Jay Williamshave led Duke to
all its national titles.)
in an article for cBS Sports, gary Par-rish failed to
acknowledge that even though Duke hasnt been to a Final Four in
five years, it has been only a few breaks away. coach K hasnt
sniffed a national title in a while, Parrish wrote. its a direct
result, i think, of putting too much emphasis on character and
intangibles -- i.e., so-called good and smart kids -- in recruiting
and not enough emphasis on just getting badass ballers who can run
and jump at an elite level.
Parrishs view of the lack of recent suc-cess in March as an
institutional problem ignores the role of chance that is just as
sig-nificant of a factor.
Krzyzewski had a point at preseason media day when he noted that
when this decade ends, Duke will have won more games in the past
ten years than any oth-er program has ever won in a single de-cade.
Sure, a national title should always be the golden standard of
success, but in college basketball sometimes the best you can do is
keep your team in contention and hope for a few breaks.
Krzyzewski certainly is aware that this sort of criticism
exists. When a stu-dent in Page Auditorium asked if the team would
run more zone this season, Krzyzewski decided to use a bit of
hu-mor to make a point. What kind of zone would you like me to run?
he asked. The critic was unsure how exactly to re-spond and didnt
answer. Do you know how a zone works? Krzyzewski followed up with a
smirk. The audience erupted into laughter and applause. Krzyzewski
made his point.
its easier to find fault with a team than to coach that team to
a championship. Winning a title is not as simple as running a zone
or recruiting badass ballers over character or intangibles. Winning
in March requires a few breaks.
chronicle file photo
Luol Deng could have been part of an outstanding Duke lineup had
he returned for his sophomore year.
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Autumn. The temperature is dropping, the leaves are changing,
first round of midterms are over and, ah yes, football season is
swinging into high gear. Or, since this is Duke, I should say
Tailgate season.
Side note: I have not been on cam-pus since last April and have
no idea where this fervent debate about Tailgate came from. All I
know is that I have no interest in joining that discussion, other
then to say Im a full supporter of giving the foot-ball team more,
er, proper support.
But I digress. What Im trying to say is that, upon arriving at
Duke as a wide-eyed, wet-behind-the-ears freshman more than two
years ago (scary!), I had never seen a party quite like
Tailgate.
But ladies and gentlemen, seoras y caballeros, I have an
announcement to make that might surprise several of you. Tailgate
is not as good as it gets as far as raging parties go. That award
most definitely has to go to the entire category of European
festivals.
Now, note the fact that I gave this prestigious award to the
entire category, not just a specific fes-tival. Thats because there
is not just one awesome partyrather, there are multiple ragers that
make up what can only be described as a party season that sweeps
through the entire continent.
Ive been to three and loved them all, so in the spirit of
channeling my inner anal Duke student (book-bagging starts in less
than a week!), here is a top three countdown:
No. 3La Noche en Blanco: Madrid, Spain, Sept. 19. This
one-night-only special is tight for so many reasons. To begin with,
the city opens all of the museums for free and keeps the metro
run-ning until 3 a.m. instead of 1:30 a.m. for this huge cultural
bash (cant really say there is anything cul-tural about Tailgate).
Next, the entire city, from perky 4 year-olds to sprightly senior
citizens, hangs out in the street all night long. Seriously, all
night longI can attest to that fact since it took me and my
roommate 30 minutes to finally hail down a cab at 5:30 am. And
finally, La Noche en Blanco is part of a bigger party known as the
European White Nights, so similar festivals are going down in
Paris, Rome, Brussels and other cities on successive week-ends.
This progression makes it possible to travel to all of them
throughout the fall. You might as well take advantage of one of the
positives of this whole united Europe movement (because the Euro is
tak-ing advantage of you all the rest of the time!).
No. 2Fringe Festival: Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 7 to 31.
According to the official Web site, Fringe is the largest arts
festival on Earth (more cul-ture!). And they arent kiddingthis
years festival featured 34,265 performances of over 2,200 shows in
256 different venues. There are comedy shows, theatre shows,
concerts, dance and physical the-atre and some acts just for the
kiddies. And they are performed all over the city, some in
official, enclosed venues, but most are just scattered ran-domly
throughout the street. Now, there are imita-tion Fringe festivals
all over the world, but they cant quite replicate the Edinburgh
magicthis is easily Europes best-kept secret. The Scots (like a lot
of Europeans) dont work early, late or on weekends, so the setting
is perfect to go walking, running or trainspotting through the
streets and just take in all of the month-long craziness that is
the Fringe.
No. 1Oktoberfest: Munich, Germany, Sept. 19 to Oct. 4. Now say
what you want about one-night or one-month cultural stands, but at
the end of the day, you just cant beat the granddaddy of them all.
Imag-ine Tailgate, minus cars (if they are even still allowed, I
cant keep up), plus huge beer tents and carnival-esque rides. The
music is eerily similarwho would have thought the Germans would
love to sing along to Sweet Caroline and Country Roads? Instead of
drinking out of aluminum cans or plastic cups (once again, I cant
keep up), you get to drink out of huge, liter-sized glass steins
that are literally as big as your face. And rather than digging
through frat-tastic trash cans for beer like you are a homeless
person in search of gold, you get to sit at a table as a German
beer maid, complete with full costume, serves you the most
delicious beer in the world.
Best of all, where else are you going to meet people from
literally all over the world? Over the course of my three-day trip
into the (Bier)garden of Eden, I sat with a group of Dutch men
celebrating their friends birthday (he was embarrassingly old), a
group of 16-year-old German boys who thought we were the coolest
thing ever (their embarrassingly young Ger-man girl friends didnt
really share their enthusiasm; the scent of perceived competition
is universal), some appropriately aged Australians and finally some
good ol Dukies. It was everything I could have ever asked for and
then some. It can only be compared to expe-riencing Tailgate for
the very first time, only better.
So when Tailgate rolls around this Saturday, I dont expect to
feel any pangs of nostalgia. Miss Tailgate? Please, that would mean
missing out on Europe instead. Ill take my continental culture
parties with real beer over a Busch Light shower in the Blue Zone
any day.
Laura Keeley is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other
Tuesday.
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Despite the financial crisis and looming budget shortfalls, the
University will hold its first annual Winter Forum this Jan-uary,
focused on Making the Green Economy Work.
Developed as part of Dukes Qual-ity Enhancement Plan, which
sought to better integrate glo-balization into the undergrad-uate
experience, the Winter Forum is a two-and-a-half-day symposium held
prior to the start of Spring semester classes. The program seeks to
provide a global experience for athletes, engineers and other
students who often are unable to study abroad due to scheduling
constraints.
Creating and carrying out a QEP is a required part of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reac-
creditation process, which the University must complete once
every 10 years.
For reasons stated last Spring in this column, we have been
skeptical about
the value add-ed by Dukes most recent
QEP. And although the Win-ter Forum component of this larger
plan has the po-tential to enhance some stu-dents experiences, an
event that lasts only a couple days is at most a supplementary and
peripheral addition to everyday life on campus.
Now that the plan for a Winter Forum has been ac-tualized,
however, its cost$100,000 this yearis cause for concern.
The QEP was drafted during a period of financial largesse when
spending was
not an issue, so at the time the program undoubtedly seemed
reasonable. But in todays economic climate, it is inappropriate to
spend a large amount of money on a program that is short in
dura-tion and void of an essential purpose. For a University that
is on the verge of layoffs, the $100,000 price tag is hardly
justifiable.
Instead, the administra-tion could have decreased the budget for
the event and still fulfilled its obligation to enact the QEPs
programs.
Even after deciding to spend so much money on the forum, though,
advertising and marketing for the event was lackluster. Aside from
one mention in a lengthy DSG blast e-mail and a few posters inside
campus buses, there was no widespread ef-
fort to get the word out about the Winter Forum.
As a result, it is not sur-prising that only about 75 of the
Universitys thousands of undergraduates applied to participate.
For a program that means so much to the University and the
reaccreditation process, this is not acceptable. Moreover, given
the lack of awareness on campus, it is likely that those who did
apply already had an established interest in envi-ronmental
sustainability. This would mean that the forum is not reaching out
to a broad ar-ray of students and only attract-ing those who
already have had global experiences.
To remedy this situation for future forums, personalized e-mails
should be proactively sent to students targeted by the Winter
Forum: athletes,
engineers and other groups less likely to study abroad.
Still, e-mails are not enough on their own. The fo-rums planners
should reach out to faculty members across the University and
encourage them to tell their students about the program.
Addition-ally, more flyers and a banner in the Bryan Center would
make a big difference in drumming up student inter-est. And if, in
the future, the initial application level is low, the
administration should ex-tend the deadline.
The Winter Forum is too important and too expen-sive to enact
poorly. For any hope of actually enhancing the quality of the Duke
ex-perience, better planning and proper marketing are necessary to
get a diverse ar-ray of students involved.
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Saturday, Oct. 17, marked the International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty. This day has been observed every year since
1987, when over 100,000 people gath-ered at the site of the signing
of the 1948 Universal Dec-laration of Human Rights. The day
provides a chance for countries around the world to raise awareness
about poverty alleviation.
International Poverty Day is an important opportunity to think
about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. These eight
goals seek to eradicate extreme poverty, achieve univer-sal primary
education, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve
maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases,
ensure environmental sustainability and develop a global
partnership for devel-opment.
In 2000, 189 countries adopted the Millennium Declara-tion,
which affirmed their commitment to meet these goals by 2015.
We would like to highlight the first goal to eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger, in recognition of Interna-tional Poverty Day.
This goal, although daunting, is made more tangible by the target
to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose
income is less than $1 a day.
Although it is clear that we are far from meeting this target,
it is essential to acknowledge that progress has been made. U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a report in July that
highlights challenges as well as noteworthy successes in our
efforts to fulfill the MDGs.
In 1990, people living in extreme poverty accounted for more
than half of the developing worlds population. In 2005, this
proportion had dropped to a quarter.
With regard to the other MDGs, the number of deaths of children
under five has fallen from 12.6 million in 1990 to nine million in
2007, even with population growth. Enroll-ment in primary education
in the developing world grew from 83 percent in 2000 to 88 percent
in 2007.
These improvements demonstrate that with the right funding and
commitment, change can occur. Unfortu-nately, the current economic
downturn has threatened the continuation of efforts to bring basic
human rights to suf-fering individuals throughout the world. There
is much to be proud of but the world must refocus its attention and
dedication.
Poverty rates in the developing world are falling at a much
slower pace. In the particularly poor regions of Sub-Saharan Africa
and Southern Asia, the number of poor people is actually
increasing. The positive trend in allevi-ating hunger is
experiencing setbacks due to higher food prices. Children continue
to suffer from a lack of proper nutrition, which inhibits their
ability to attend school as well as assist their families, and
thereby undermines pros-pects for sustainable development. One in
six people still does not have access to clean, safe drinking
water. Under the current circumstances, one billion people may
remain in extreme poverty by 2015.
Although the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals may
not be reached in the next six years, significant steps can be
taken to bolster the diminishing progress. Many NGOs are making
tremendous strides throughout Africa and the developing world.
There are many simple changes that can have a lasting impact on
communities. These include the elimination of school and uniform
fees to ensure that all children can at-tend school, the
distribution of soil nutrients to farmers to improve crop yield and
the treatment of malaria in local clinics.
These small-scale programs demonstrate that the MDGs are
attainable within our lifetime.
Although it is unlikely that the Millennium Develop-ment Goals
will be met by 2015, we should not discount their value. The MDGs
create a framework for dialogue and action, among students, think
tanks and NGOs and world leaders. They also provide a mechanism for
setting priorities and keeping the global community focused on the
challenges that lie before us. The MDGs are making a
difference.
Marie Aberger and Caroline Lampen are Trinity seniors and
co-presidents of the Millennium Villages Project at Duke.
Dont discount the MDGs
Cupids sledgehammer
Its a lot like being ill because Im not eat-ing, Im sleeping
irregularly, and thoughts of this person are constantly getting in
the way of everything else.... For the first time in my life, Im
infatuated. S, Trinity 10
I dont know whether its because of midterm season finishing or
the cold weather causing peo-ple to huddle togeth-er, but romance
is in the air. This week I have three very dif-ferent quotes all
about relationships. To answer your question, I do realize that
even using quotes doesnt change that I have chosen one of the most
overused topics for discussion at Duke (only surpassed by Tail-gate
and changing the Marketplace meal plan. Zing!) And yes, I
appreciate that anything I say could have already been articulated
by someone who, unlike me, is smart enough to wear more at a bus
stop in 55 de-gree weather than just a T-shirt and a smile.
However, I think theres worth in hearing the diversity of your
stories. So Im going to have this column do its duty and let you
guys do the talking.
In our first case we have S, who seems to have been whacked in
the gut by Cupids sledgehammer. S met someone through a mutual
friend, and the heart of S has been beating further out the chest
the more time S spends with this individual. In the middle of the
quagmire that is called senior year, S has found someone that
creates happiness, and S wants noth-ing else.
Im confused because I asked... for just a hookup, but now we
have to go out to dinner to talk about things. I dont understand
what we have to talk about. T, Trinity 10
T met someone over the summer, but isnt inter-ested in a
relationship. And while its clear what T doesnt want, Ts partner
has been sending mixed signals, and hangs out with T only within
the con-text of dates. T does not feel a need to justify hook-ing
up, but is frustrated because it seems like Ts partner wants a
relationship. In the midst of the ut-ter bombshell that is senior
year, the last thing that T wants is a serious commitment.
Ive already got the wedding planned. All I need now is the
partner. C, Trinity 12
C has a vision. It includes a cake. And gifts. And its not a
birthday party. I learned that C just finished looking through a
bridal magazine to find a dress
(not because C was going to a wedding, but rather because C knew
that marriage is going to happen someday). C believes relationships
are the mecha-nism for getting married and wants to keep a seri-ous
commitment after college. Although in this case there is still over
half of a Duke career left to finish, C is playing the game for
keepsies.
Many people outside of Duke dont recognize our varied approach
to relationships. The popular media describes college students as
sexually rav-enous misfits who seek physical pleasure at such
extreme costs that its like we are robots hard-wired to seek out
sweet sweet robo-love. In the 1999 National Review article Hook-up
U Amy Holmes wrote that relationships in colleges are nonexistent.
Unfortunately, her analysis focuses exclusively on the extreme
hook-up practices at high-profile universities and tries to label
an en-tire culture by only examining its most extreme behavior.
As we Dukies know all too well, the lacrosse-scandal-inspired
Rolling Stone article Sex & Scan-dal at Duke by Janet Reitman
tells us that much to the disappointment of many students, female
and male, theres no real dating scene at Duke. Instead, Reitman
tells us that we see sex as a sport, as a way of life, as a source
of constant self-scrutiny and self-analysis. Its almost like she
thinks our sexcapades will be the next big event at the 2012
Olympics.
Where does this discrepancy between perception and reality come
from? Perhaps our mistake lies in an attempt to generalize based on
extreme behavior. As students, we have different opinions on
everything from politics and religion to whether Beyonce did in
fact release the best music video of all time (OF ALL TIME!). Why
should our views on relationships be any less varied?
Its easy to stick to a popular conception that is more visible
on campus than the subtle and complex views held by each of the
individuals I talked to. But as their quotations show, we are not
just students; we are people with different hopes and needs.
Whether its finding a partner for marriage or not looking for a
partner at all, embracing this diversity will speak to our own
beliefs regarding relationships better than trying to adhere to any
generalization thats put be-fore us.
Thanks for sharing your stories. For future refer-ence, if you
see me by the bus stop, feel free to bring hot chocolate. Come on,
show me some love.
Kousha Navidar is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other
Tuesday.
kousha navidarholy diver
duke millenium villages project
social justice column
lettertotheeditorMake Duke Performances more inclusive
On Friday, Oct. 16, I attended the Don Byron New Gospel Quintet
concert, which was the fourth Duke Performances event I have
attended since arriving in August. I applaud Duke Performances
Director Aaron Greenwald and the University for recognizing the
roots of modern music. As an in-coming, African-American
professional student, I was excited to see the diversity within
this years schedule.
I have enjoyed all of the performances thus far. However, I left
Friday nights performance feeling a bit unsettled. Prior to the
concert, I visited two of the black-owned businesses in the
shopping center adjacent to the Hayti Heritage Center, where the
event was held. During each transaction, I mentioned that I was
heading to the concert. Whats going on? they inquired. The two
owners and their patrons had no idea about this event or the
two-day Hallelujah Train event that had previously taken place. I
asked myself: Is Duke going in the community without trying to
reach out and market these events, beyond traditional mediums, to
local
residents?There were many empty seats on Friday night.
Did the University consider distributing com-plimentary passes
to one of the local churches or to music students at Hillside High?
A simple gesture like this would aid in the ongoing and much needed
healing process between Duke and the black community. As a student
growing up in Charleston, S.C., I developed a love for the arts
because institutions like the College of Charles-ton and the
Spoleto Festival USA helped to plant the seed of arts appreciation
in a 12-year-old sax-ophone player.
I trust that Duke wants to do more than simply host events in
Durham. The goal, I assume, is to connect with the local community.
If so, I encour-age the Duke Performances staff to consider that
people in Durham may need different invitations beyond press
releases and the Internet. It may take additional work, but the
healing process always takes time.
Arlecia SimmonsDivinity 12
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All events are free and open to the general public. Unless
otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film
Theater, Bryan Center. (White = Richard White Auditorium, East
Campus.)
ArtsDUKE arts.duke.eduScreen Society
EventsThursday, October 22MUSIC/TALK. A Jazz Conversation.
Featuring John Brown, director of the Duke Jazz Program and
Visiting Artist Vincent Gardner of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra. Noon. Perkins Library, Biddle Rare Book Room. Free.
Friday, October 23MUSIC. Soulless Dogs/Gary Mitchell. 6:30pm.
Dillo. Free to everyone.
MUSIC. Duke Jazz Ensemble and Duke Djembe Ensemble. Parents
Weekend Concert with Vincent Gardner, trombone. 8 pm. Baldwin
Auditorium. $5 gen./students & seniors free.
Saturday, October 24MUSIC. Duke Chorale, Duke Symphony
Orchestra, and Duke Wind Symphony. Parents Weekend Con-cert. 8 pm.
Duke Chapel. $5 gen./students & seniors free.
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1999 Hart Fellowship recipient Eric Gottesman has spent the past
ten years engaging children in Gulele, Ethiopia in a series of
artistic in-terventions. Using photography, video, audio and text,
the collabora-tion strives to exhibit images that counteract the
stereotypical images violence, chaos, and suffering that typically
reach us regarding this region. At this event, audi-ence members
will read letters sent between Gottesman and Gulele resi-dent
Salamawit Alemu, who joined the project at eight years old.
Thursday, Oct. 227pm at the Center for Documentary Studies
Free
We Cheat Each Other: A Transcontinental Video Feed
Performance
10/21 Dear Pyongyang (White)2005, Japan. AMES Presents
Documentaries & Cine-East. Followed by a Q&A with Prof.
Nayoung Aimee Kwon (Duke) and Prof. Eika Tai (NCSU)!
10/25 Flow: For Love of Water (White)The Politics of Food.
10/26 Roman de Gare (8pm)2007, Claude Lelouch. French Film
Series.
fvd.aas.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule.php
Sunday, October 25MUSIC. In the Spotlight: solo and small group
stu-dent performances. 2 pm. Nelson Music Room. Free.
MUSIC. Dreams and Other Shores: New Sonic Voyages. Encounters
with the music of our time featuring Littoral by Dukes newest
faculty composer, John Supko, performed by Due East. Also works by
Kurtg and Crumb performed by Petra Berenyi and Randall Love. 8 pm.
Nelson Music Room. Free.
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