by Jack MercolaTHE CHRONICLE

The Tar Heels may face a notably healthier crowd of Cameron Crazies in Cameron Indoor Stadium Satur-day, according to data from Duke Student Health.

Tenters camping in Krzyzewskiville have boasted resiliency to freezing cold nights this winter. Only 13 students who identified as tenters have been treated for illness at Student Health this year, according to numbers provided by Stu-dent Health Executive Director Dr. Bill Purdy. This figure has been on a down-ward trend in recent years—in 2010 and 2011, 49 and 28 identified tenters sought medical help from Student Health, respectively.

Purdy attributes this to the triangle’s milder winter compared to years past.

“In previous years, on the coldest days we’d go out and give hot chocolate to help keep people warm, and we’d send nurses out to K-ville to make sure students were healthy,” Purdy said. “We haven’t had to do that this year.”

The recent norovirus outbreak on campus has only brought a handful of tenters to Student Health, he added.

The 2012 tenting season has been considerably warmer than recent tent-ing seasons, according to data from weather forecasting service Weather Underground. The Durham average low temperatures for the 2010 and 2011 tenting seasons were approximately 31 and 30 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively. This year, the average low during tent-ing weeks has increased by about five degrees to 36 degrees Fahrenheit. Of

the roughly 49 nights in K-ville this year, only 10 have dipped beneath freezing temperatures.

Despite a warmer winter, some ten-ters have fallen ill. Purdy said the nature of tenting is to blame for the typical K-ville illness—one he describes as “flu-like,” showing symptoms such as sore

throat, fatigue, fever and congestion. “Students are in close quarters,” he

noted. “The weather is cold and some-times wet, and tenters probably aren’t getting as much sleep as non-tenting students.”

Warm weather aids health in K-ville

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Fewer tenters in K-ville have reported to Student Health for treatment this year than in 2011.

DukeEngage re-evaluating civic experience

Coffey starts as new director of dining servicesDUSDAC

by Gloria LloydTHE CHRONICLE

Duke’s new director of dining services spent his first day on the job becoming acquainted with the on-campus dining scene.

Robert Coffey assumed the position of director of din-ing services Monday, following a national search that involved administrators, fac-ulty members and students. Coffey ad-dressed the Duke University Student Din-ing Advisory Committee at its meeting Monday afternoon and joined members in sampling food from Mad Hatter Bake-shop and Cafe—a vendor that used to be part of the Merchants on Points program under previous ownership. Mad Hatter is

now being reconsidered for MOP. “I’ve really enjoyed the folks I’ve met; it’s a very welcom-

ing environment,” Coffey said. “Of course, [it is] the first day [and so] I haven’t been hit with a lot of requests or complaints.”

For the time being, Coffey said he plans to focus on learning the intricacies of Duke’s dining culture. Duke

Dining is unique in its incorporation of multiple indepen-dent local restaurants as on-campus vendors, said DUSDAC co-Chair Beth Gordon, a junior.

“There are a lot of changes in dining going on with the West Union renovations,” Gordon said. “It’s nice to know that we have someone who will help lead that change and promote it.”

DUSDAC members said they hope Coffey will encour-age more student input and oversight for dining, said DUSDAC co-Chair Jane Moore, a senior.

“Beth and I met him during the interview process; I think he was an outstanding candidate, and he’s go-ing to do really well here,” Moore said. “I just thought out of [all the candidates] he seemed the most relat-able and seemed to understand different diet types and student needs.”

Coffey came to Duke from the University of South Carolina, where he served as the resident district manager and oversaw all food service operations. He replaced for-mer Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst, who stepped down from his position after more than 15 years to assume the role of special assistant to Vice President for Student

Affairs Larry Moneta, The Chronicle reported in August. Wulforst now directs corporate food services for the Coca-Cola Company’s world headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.

Prior to the University of South Carolina, Coffey spent 15 years working alongside Rick Johnson, the cur-rent assistant vice president of housing and dining, at Virginia Tech.

“[Coffey has] worked with Rick before,” Moore said. “He’s going to be a good fit, and he’s got awesome experi-ence. Jim [Wulforst] left some big shoes to fill.... [Coffey] is excellent though, and I’m really excited to have him on board.”

The DUSDAC meeting served to introduce Coffey to the nuances of Duke Dining, particularly its Merchants on Points program.

“It’ll be a great working relationship,” Gordon said. “It’s interesting that we’re in a teaching role for him, as op-posed to the director of dining teaching the dining com-mittee chairs. It’s funny to know more about Merchants on Points than the dining director.”

SEE DUSDAC ON PAGE 4

by Andrew LuoTHE CHRONICLE

DukeEngage is furthering its efforts to im-prove students’ post-immersion experiences as part of a long-term goal.

In March, DukeEngage will offer a new event for program alumni: a study tour to Washington, D.C. where students can engage with domestic offices that overlap with some of their past DukeEngage experiences. A major component to improving student experience is through programming events after students have completed their DukeEngage programs, DukeEngage Executive Director Eric Mlyn said. This is a notable addition given the pro-gram’s recent commitment to improving and continuing students’ experiences once they re-turn from their various summer programs.

“This trip to Washington, D.C. is one of the new things we are working on to help students connect their experiences,” Mlyn said. “We will be meeting with the State Department, USAID and various NGOs—it may help students decide what types of careers they want to pursue.”

The trip to the nation’s capital will accommo-date 15 program alumni and is part of a larger trend of implementing post-program retreats, Mlyn said, where DukeEngage participants can reflect upon their immersion experiences and potentially transfer or apply what they learned in another setting.

Other directors of DukeEngage programs

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MOSCOW — Reports of a foiled plan to assassinate Vladimir Putin set off waves of skepticism Monday as dis-trust of the government erupted pub-licly just days before Sunday’s presi-dential election.

Russians have long been quietly cynical of their leaders, and the Internet has been home to widespread irrever-ence about Putin and his government. But the street protests that have roiled Moscow since December’s parliamen-tary elections have had wide resonance. Now even long-defanged politicians are willing to openly voice suspicions about governmental integrity and on the feared subject of terrorism.

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Study finds nutritional quality of food declining

White House rejects NSA bid to police cyberspace

by Ian ZhangTHE CHRONICLE

According to a recent Duke study, the nutritional quality of branded foods has decreased over the past 20 years since nutri-tion facts were required on food products.

Researchers at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business deter-mined that although taste has improved, the overall nutritional quality of super-market branded foods has been on the

decline. In 1990, the government passed the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, which required manufacturers to include a “Nutrition Facts” label listing nutrients, ingredients and recommended daily values on food products. The study, which will be published in Marketing Science, examines a selection of food products before and after the NLEA to assess consumer trends and nutritional elements.

Lead author of the study Christine Moor-man said the NLEA may have unintended negative consequences. Consumers can de-velop a false sense of security knowing that the federal government regulates the nutri-tional standards.

“Consumers say, ‘I’m not going to worry or be as vigilant about it since the regulations are there,’” said Moorman, T. Austin Finch Sr. professor of business administration at Fuqua. “Consumers should be vigilant regardless of regulation. We hope that Duke students, and all consumers, pay attention to nutritional quality.”

The study also indicates that consumers consider taste to be more important than nu-trition—a trend that the market has noticed. Branded foods have improved in taste over the past 20 years.

The higher value consumers place on taste compared to nutrition prompted the researchers to suggest policy changes tar-geted at consumers and firms.

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A Duke study has shown that the nutritional quality of branded foods has declined over the last 20 years. SEE NUTRITION ON PAGE 4

by Ellen NakashimaTHE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Nation-al Security Agency has pushed repeated-ly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer net-works from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents.

The most contentious issue was a legislative proposal last year that would have required hundreds of companies that provide critical services such as elec-tricity generation to allow their Internet traffic to be continuously scanned using computer threat data provided by the spy agency. The companies would have been expected to turn over evidence of poten-tial cyberattacks to the government.

NSA officials portrayed these mea-sures as unobtrusive ways to protect the nation's vital infrastructure from what they say are increasingly dire threats of devastating cyberattacks.

But the White House and Justice Department argued that the proposal would permit unprecedented govern-ment monitoring of routine civilian In-ternet activity, according to documents and officials familiar with the debate. They spoke on the condition of anonym-ity to describe administration delibera-tions; internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post backed these de-scriptions.

White House officials cautioned the

NSA that President Obama has opposed cybersecurity measures that weakened personal privacy protections. They also warned the head of the spy agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, to restrain his public comments after speeches in which he argued that more expansive legal au-thority was necessary to defend the na-tion against cyberattacks, according to several officials.

“We have had to remind him to at least be cognizant of what the adminis-tration’s policy positions are, so if he’s openly advocating for something be-yond that, that is undermining the com-mander-in-chief,” said an administration official.

The debate, which is surfacing as Congress considers landmark cyber leg-islation, turns on what means are nec-essary and appropriate to protect vital private-sector systems from attack by China, Russia or other potential adver-saries. Even some criminal gangs and hackers, such as the self-styled activist group Anonymous, increasingly may ac-quire the tools to mount major assaults on the nation's computer systems, say U.S. officials.

NSA officials acknowledged that they have warned about such threats but say they have not sought to establish policy.

“As a major source of the nation's technical expertise on cyber and cy-bersecurity, we have a responsibility to ensure our leaders are informed and

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Freshman Chris Williams said that all 12 students in his tent became sick a few days after he began his tenure as a black tenter. He attributes this to the confined conditions to which black tenters are subjected.

“During black tenting, we were out in the cold every single night, and we were all sleeping together in this tiny a— tent,” Williams said. “So as soon as one of us got sick, everybody else got sick. You’ve got sick people in the tent all the time, and the whole thing becomes this gross, ill-ness-ridden container.”

None of the tent occupants sought treatment at Stu-dent Health, Williams noted.

To current and future tenters, Purdy said he prescribes the normal preventative measures.

“Eat well, get some exercise and dress appropriately in cold weather,” he said.

A healthy K-ville should provide the wildest and most energetic student section, said freshman Taylor Festa, a blue tenter who has so far stayed healthy.

“As miserable as tenting was for some, I’m glad we were able to fight through it,” Festa said. “With healthy Crazies, we’ll be able to send Carolina to hell, no problem.”

K-VILLE from page 1

aware of what is happening in the cyber realm,” agency spokeswoman Judith Emmel said. “We also work dili-gently to team with other agencies, industry and aca-demia to find solutions to protecting our nation's criti-cal infrastructure.”

The proposal was intended to supplement an adminis-tration legislative package, unveiled last May, which NSA officials felt did not go far enough in protecting critical industries such as nuclear power, according to adminis-tration officials. The proposal was put forth by the De-fense Department, which includes the NSA, and the De-partment of Homeland Security.

The proposal drew on a Pentagon pilot program launched last year in which Internet service providers used NSA's library of threat data to scan emails and other computer traffic flowing to and from the nation's top de-fense contractors. That program was a response to fears that foreign spy services were using cybertechnology to

steal corporate or U.S. military secrets.A Pentagon-commissioned report in November vali-

dated the concept but said the effectiveness of such an approach remained uncertain.

The agency, however, saw that program as a model for expanding its role in protecting other potentially sig-nificant targets of cyberattack. The proposed legislation would have made participation in an expanded program mandatory for designated industries that didn't reach certain security benchmarks on their own after one year, officials said.

The reason, NSA officials said in internal administration discussions, is that the private companies have not shown they are capable of defeating the rapidly evolving universe of cyberthreats. By the time a major attack on a water system or nuclear plant is discovered, it may be too late to thwart it.

“In order to stop it, you have to see it in real time, and you have to have those authorities,” Alexander, who is also head of the U.S. military’s Cyber Command, said in remarks at Fordham University in New York last month. “Those are the conditions that we have put on the table.

Now how and what the administration and Congress choose, that will be a policy issue.”

His remarks prompted calls from congressional staff to the Pentagon and White House seeking to know whether the administration was seeking new powers for the NSA, said sev-eral government officials with knowledge of the exchanges.

The NSA proposal, called Tranche 2, sparked fierce debate within the administration. It would have required an estimated 300 to 500 firms with a role in critical infra-structure systems to allow their Internet carrier or some other private company to scan their computer networks for malicious software using government threat data. The Department of Homeland Security, which helped de-velop the plan, would have designated which companies had to participate.

NSA officials say this process would have been auto-mated, preventing intrusion into the personal privacy of ordinary users visiting Web sites or exchanging electronic messages with friends. Only when the scanning identified a potential threat would analysts be involved, to assess what the software identified and use it to craft better tools to stop such threats, the agency said in the internal ad-ministration debates. Identifying information on specific Internet users would have been blocked.

CYBERSPACE from page 3

Policymakers can invest in researching more nutritious foods and recognizing brands that have made major im-provements to nutritional quality. They can also help small-er companies design marketing strategies to increase sales growth of more nutritional products, the study noted.

Public service campaigns can help combat the notion that “good nutrition = bad taste” and can highlight the dual benefits of healthier foods. Policymakers can also promote healthier eating by increasing the value of food stamps in purchasing nutritious food and limiting the use of food stamps for unhealthy food. The study cited New York’s attempt to ban the purchase of soft drinks using food stamps in 2010 as an example.

Ultimately, better eating habits boils down to individual awareness, said co-author Joel Huber, Alan D. Schwartz professor of marketing at Fuqua.

“The effect of nutrition labeling is stronger and more positive among those, like Duke students, who are likely to read labels and care about the health side effects,” Huber noted.

NUTRITION from page 3

Before the DUSDAC meeting, Coffey dined at the East Union Building for lunch with Assistant Director of Dining Barbara Stokes. In his first meal at Duke, the new dining director was impressed with the atmosphere and aromas at Trinity Café.

“I want to gain a good understanding of what’s happen-ing while not making any assumptions and listening to the campus community,” Coffey said. “That’s why this opportu-nity [of attending DUSDAC meetings] is such a great con-duit to be able to hear the students’ voice and how these folks are interacting with their friends.”

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may also apply to form their own post-pro-gram retreats, Mlyn noted. Although there are no other retreats currently available, all DukeEngage participants are eligible to ap-ply for the Washington, D.C. program. This strategy is one of many recent boosts meant to improve the program.

Late last May, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations presented DukeEngage with a two-year $190,000 grant. The grant was targeted toward improving the student ex-perience throughout the program, such as reforming the DukeEngage Academy and planning events after students have completed their summer experiences. The Charlotte-based Duke Endowment also pre-sented the University with a $20,000 grant to support long-term evaluation of Duke-Engage. The grant helped fund the salary of a DukeEngage staff member to oversee the assessment process, Mlyn said.

“We conduct surveys of our students, faculty and community partners before and after our program,” he said. “From our 2010 numbers, 98 percent of our students indicated that their DukeEngage experi-ence had a ‘great impact’ on them.”

Six months after their DukeEngage program concluded, more than 50 per-cent of participants responded that they want to increase their involvement in community service, Mlyn added. About 21 percent of students remarked that DukeEngage also affected their choice of

majors and courses. Aside from the primary eight-week

summer program, senior Jonathan Lee said DukeEngage is indeed active in follow-ing up with its students after the program is over. Lee participated in the Zhuhai pro-gram last summer.

“After the summer, DukeEngage students attended an event called ‘Back at Duke,’” Lee said. “There were tables that featured materials from the various programs, and we were able to talk about our experiences with other program participants.”

The Duke Center of Civic Engagement has also partnered with DukeEngage to enhance the student experience. One pro-gram that is currently in place is the Civic Thursdays series, which brings together civic-minded individuals to talk about their experiences, DCCE Faculty Director Leela Prasad said.

“We were fortunate enough to have Dr. Mlyn serve as moderator of our November event, Technology and Civic Engagement,” Prasad wrote in an email Monday. “We hope that undergraduates with civic engagement experiences continue to attend and reflect on their experiences.”

In the future, DukeEngage hopes to provide more opportunities for its stu-dents, Mlyn said.

“We want to give more chances to stu-dents since there are many applicants who do not get accepted into their first choice program,” Mlyn said. “The goal is to con-tinue to connect the student experience when the participants are back at Duke.”

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The Blue Devils will look to improve to .500 this after-noon as they host Eastern Michigan at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park at 3:15 p.m.

Duke (4-5) split last weekend’s four-game series against Canisius, though both losses—a 5-4 defeat Friday and a 6-4 loss Sunday—came in extra innings.

Despite their losing record, the Blue Devils have out-scored their opponents 51-39 so far this season. Freshman right fielder Grant McCabe and senior center fielder Will Piwnica-Worms have sparked an offensive attack that is slugging .438 and getting on base at a .378 clip, both num-bers up from last year’s rates of .359 and .352, respectively, despite being without 2011 Louisville Slug-

ger freshman All-American Chris Marconcini.Marconcini—who leads the Blue Devils in home runs,

slugging, RBIs and runs scored last season—will miss the entire 2012 campaign after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee during an intrasquad game Feb. 12.

Piwnica-Worms has done his best to make up for Marc-oncini’s absence, having gotten on base in more than half his plate appearances, while batting slightly under .400 and slugging .697.

Duke’s pitching staff has a 3.38 ERA, however, that suc-cess may not be sustainable with the Blue Devil hurlers is-suing nearly six free passes a game. Sophomores Drew Van Orden and Robert Huber have given up just one earned run apiece in a combined 21 innings pitched.

The Eagles (1-4) picked up their first and only win of the season Saturday against Oral Roberts.

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Sophomore Andrew Beaton was elected sports editor of The Chronicle in a meet-ing with the section’s staff Monday night.

Beaton will lead a group of approxi-mately 40 writers, editors and departmen-tal staff, beginning his one-year term in May. The New York City native will replace junior Chris Cusack.

“The Chronicle has afforded me an experience unlike any other,” Beaton said. “I am thrilled for the opportunity to lead the section and continue the progression of one of the nation’s best collegiate newspapers.”

An associate editor who currently serves as a men’s basketball beat writer and columnist, Beaton has also covered the women’s basketball and men’s soccer teams since joining the staff at the begin-ning of his freshman year.

In his speech and platform, Beaton stressed the need for further feature coverage across all Duke sports while advancing the paper’s evolving goals on the internet.

Beaton said The Chronicle’s sports blog—The Blue Zone—and website pro-vide the section with a strong platform to add multimedia content that moves the web edition of the newspaper beyond a replication of the print one. He plans

on adding multimedia and web devel-opment staffers to the sports section to facilitate the advancement of The Chronicle’s online content.

“We have the potential to produce unique and interesting content, but we must always be reevaluating how we package it,” Beaton said. “We have great readership of our online stories and blog content, and we must seek to expand that.”

The section must continue to be the go-to source for Duke basketball news, Beaton said, with a proximity to the program that national media out-lets cannot match.

An avid Scrabble player, Beaton is a graduate of The Dalton School in Man-hattan and is pursuing a degree in Pub-lic Policy with the Policy Journalism and Media Studies certificate. Beaton, whose brother Greg served as sports editor of Volume 102, expects to graduate in May 2014 before potentially pursuing a ca-reer in journalism.

“Sports and Duke are synonymous,” Beaton said. “We must take advantage of that burgeoning interest in the commu-nity with the best coverage possible.”

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Postseason play is always a late-season test of endur-ance, as teams are forced to play multiple games in a weekend. In preparation for the closely-packed playoff schedule, No. 4 Duke (25-4, 12-2 in the ACC) heads to Winston-Salem tonight for its third game in six days with less than two weeks until the ACC tournament.

“It’s a challenge because you have three games in less than a week, and it’s not the conventional week,” Blue Dev-il head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “It started off with just a very, very difficult game against Florida State, and then Virginia Tech came after us hard.”

Tonight’s matchup with Wake Forest (13-15, 4-10) marks Duke’s second-to-last regular season game before the much-anticipated contest against No. 6 North Carolina Saturday. Josh Hairston will be one casualty of the quick turnaround. The sophomore will not play tonight as a pre-cautionary measure after being hit in the head early in Sat-urday’s game against Virginia Tech.

Krzyzewski said he was not sure whether Hairston had suffered a concussion, but added that the forward’s condi-tion is improving.

In the absence of the minutes that Hairston has been gaining, forward Miles Plumlee looks to continue his re-cent dominance on the boards as he heads into the final games of his senior season.

“He’s playing the best basketball of his career right now,” Kryzewski said. “His rebounding and just his athleticism and

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Eastern Michigan has been outscored 48-13, due in part to a weak lineup that features just two batters—Lee Longo and Sam Ott—hitting above .263. As a team, the Eagles are slugging just .309 and have recorded more errors—seven—than extra-base hits.

The Eastern Michigan rotation has allowed more than one earned run per inning—43 total in 42 innings—and has walked 25 opposing hitters while inducing just 32 strikeouts.

The only bright spot for the Eagles has been junior right-hander Steve Weber, who has recorded the squad’s only victory and sports a sparkling 1.69 ERA. Weber threw 86 pitches in 6 2/3 innings Saturday, though, so it is un-likely he will come to the mound this afternoon.

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strength have really shown up.”But Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik is most

worried about another Duke post player —the versa-tile Ryan Kelly, who shot 8-for-11 from the floor and amassed 20 points and 10 rebounds in the teams’ last matchup Jan. 19.

“Ryan Kelly is not just a tough matchup for us, but for anybody,” Bzdelik said. “He’s so skilled. He shoots it so well. He stretches the defense. He can take smaller guys into the post and overpower them.”

Bzdelik will counter Kelly and Plumlee with a pair of 7-foot centers from his own roster. Senior Ty Walker has averaged 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game since returning from an early-season suspension, and sophomore Carson Desrosiers has added 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per contest. Walker and Desrosiers were able to limit Mason and Miles Plumlee to just eight points on 2-for-7 shooting in their last matchup with the Blue Devils.

“Carson and Ty are very long.” Bzdelik said. “If you can get your opponent to catch the ball outside the lane... then we don’t have to compromise our defense by doubling down and digging off their great 3-point shooters. It all starts in the post.”

Duke came out on top by a margin of 18 points at Cameron Indoor Stadium in January, but four play-ers posted double-digit scoring totals for the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest’s C.J. Harris led the way with 20 points, and Travis McKie racked up 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Harris is the team’s leader on the floor, scoring 17.0 points per game, but Bzdelik also praises his leadership off the court.

“C.J. Harris has had a very quiet, terrific year,” Bzde-lik said. “He always seems calm and cool and collect-ed.... If you were to poll our players and ask them who they trust the most, [Harris] would get 90-percent plus of the votes.... When he speaks, they listen, because he doesn’t speak that often.”

Despite quality performances from Harris and McK-ie, who both rank in the top five in the ACC in scor-ing, the Demon Deacons’ lack of depth ultimately cost

them the game against a deep Duke squad that received 43 points from its bench. Although the stage moves west to Winston-Salem, the Blue Devils’ balanced attack should give them the advantage over bottom-dwelling Wake For-est. With a regular-season ACC title hanging in the balance and postseason play looming, though, Krzyzewski and his team can ill afford to overlook a road matchup on short rest against any conference foe.

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I am looking for relationships with strong and engaging women who will push me to grow and discover myself, as I stand by them in their

pursuit of the same. Nearly three and half years ago,

as a fl edgling fi rst-year on these hal-lowed grounds, I culminated my application to the Baldwin Scholars program with some paraphrase of these words. Perhaps spoken in idealistic naïveté at the time, I am happy to report that they ring true. As one of the women privileged with admission to the Baldwin Scholars Program, I have relished the in-credible opportunity, basked in the company of remarkable peers and availed resources that are unfortunately not as accessible to others on this campus. Time and again, as an individual and member of this group, I am confronted with the same inquiries: “How can the benefi ts afforded to this exclusive group transcend the physical bound-aries of 18 women? What have the Baldwin Schol-ars done for women on campus? How have Bald-win Scholars reformed Duke’s social culture for the better?” People have begged these questions and rightly so. The Baldwin Scholars Program was designed to empower more than 72 women at Duke. Amongst ourselves, Baldwins constantly grapple with the challenge of funneling the pro-gram’s resources into the campus at large. And in my opinion, we’ve made great strides in doing so.

Every year, Baldwins host or sponsor a smor-gasbord of programs that cater to all blue devils. Frequently, these are organized directly through the program. Notable undertakings from this year include Women at Duke Week—an initia-tive packed with daily events on leadership and professional etiquette (among other things) for fi rst-year women at Duke. A few weeks ago, as part of its annual speaker series, the Baldwin Scholars Program brought Michele Norris, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” for a lecture in Reynolds Theater. Previously, Mayde Del Valle, Mariane Pearl and Nicholas Kristof lectured as part of this speaker series. The cornucopia of orchestrated events has also included body image campaigns, fashion shows and public negotiation workshops. Furthermore, the program consistently encour-ages collaboration with other women’s groups (it has planned an upcoming event celebrating wom-en in conjunction with these other assemblages).

But perhaps just as, if not more, signifi cant than the events organized directly by the Bald-win Scholars Program, are those events that

Baldwin has played an implicit role in. These are initiatives that Baldwin students, with the support and stewardship of Baldwin, have brought to fruition, in the aca-

demic departments, student groups and jobs that consume their non-Baldwin lives. These female students serve as a conduit for Baldwin’s infl uence on campus. These women approach the program for resources—human and capital, sponsorship, etc. when they host a workshop on domestic vio-lence, run for DSG president or Young Trustee (as Awa Nur and Michelle Sohn did) or write a thesis on race and gender identity. As a member of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) on cam-pus, I’ve reached out to Baldwin to sponsor events on women in Islam, and it has graciously obliged. Consequently, it has touched other communities.

It is unfortunate that resources are not suffi -cient for Baldwin to become an all-inclusive pro-gram and that it depends on trickle to contact some segments of campus. But in spite of this limitation, Baldwin seems to be doing a pretty swell job.

In offering this letter, I am NOT claiming a dearth in room for improvement. On the contrary, there is copious space for progress and Baldwins, like everyone, are acutely aware of that fact. But as I write this letter I do implore you to consider a few things. First, the Baldwin Scholars program is a relatively nascent enterprise. It has a long way to go, but it has made remarkable advances in a few short years. Second, Baldwins have been bestowed with great favor and resources that they strive to amplify into benefi ts for all, but in order for them to penetrate this campus, you must reach out to the program. Swing by the offi ce, propose an idea and collaborate with us to impact reform—then avail what is offered. For 72 women to reach thousands is a lot more probabilistically challenging than it may seem. The reverse isn’t. As we look back on the celebrations of last weekend, remember not just to rely on a few for change but to engage in the change ourselves. Baldwin will continue in this vein, we hope you will join it, too.

Khadijah Bhatti, Trinity ’12

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The nationwide Israeli Apartheid Week has made its way to Duke University and an-nounced its presence in incen-diary fashion. Duke Students for Justice in Palestine, the spon-soring group, has publicized the week’s pro-gramming with posters that appear to depict an old Jewish woman—gargantuanly pro-portioned, crudely drawn and invoking, whether purposefully or not, old Jewish stereotypes—whimsically lifting and peering inquisitively at a miniature Pal-estinian soldier.

We, undoubtedly alongside more than a few fellow students, fi nd these images to be quite unsettling—even if the poster’s creators intended something else entirely.

At best, the poster is distaste-

ful, needlessly caricaturing a his-torically malicious form of rep-resentation; at worst it can be regarded as anti-Semitic. These advertisements never should have seen the light of day.

The Israeli Apartheid Week is partially fund-

ed by the Student Organization Finance Committee, which per-forms its eponymous task under the purview of Duke Student Government. Accordingly, the Israeli Apartheid Week posters bear the student government and SOFC offi cial logos. SOFC’s purse is fi lled by student activity fees, and DSG represents the student body. As such, these or-ganizations should remain espe-cially vigilant about what printed materials bear their logos.

Whether or not SOFC paid specifi cally for the printed ma-

terials, we are disappointed that such a patently offensive picture slipped through SOFC’s audit-ing arm. Although it may be logistically unfeasible for SOFC to oversee funding minutiae, we urge the committee to better scrutinize the content of printed materials depicting its signature.

But perhaps even more im-portantly, these purposefully infl ammatory posters under-mine any legitimate attempt on DSJP’s part to foster campus discourse about the relevant issue. Indeed, Israel-Palestine discussions are heated—many individuals already are too em-barrassed or fearful to engage in meaningful dialogue. What purpose does adding fuel to the fi re serve, other than further marginalizing on-the-fence stu-dents? This particular method of communication is counter-

productive to the cause.This controversy naturally

raises the question of whether the week’s festivities should have even received SOFC fund-ing. After all, should student fees endow a politically charged movement?

We think so. Although the views advanced by Israeli Apart-heid Week may rub some stu-dents the wrong way, our Univer-sity’s intellectual climate critically hinges upon such events. Israeli Apartheid Week, however ex-treme its position, forces us to think meaningfully about a con-fl ict that might not be at the fore-front of our minds.

Moreover, the matter boils down to a free speech issue. If we do not allow Duke Students for Justice in Palestine to voice their views, at what point would the restrictions end? Should we

prohibit Duke College Repub-licans from putting together a conservative speaker series? Or disallow the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender Center from organizing Coming Out Day? Of course, the answer to these questions is ‘no.’

Instead, a suitable method of tempering a politically charged event is encouraging a discur-sive space in which students with competing viewpoints can freely share them. Student groups that might have a prob-lem with Israeli Apartheid Week can host an alternative series of events to publicize their oppos-ing stances.

We are outraged solely at the printing of offensive mate-rial bearing the SOFC and DSG imprint. The onus is on SOFC and DSG to prevent such an in-cident from recurring.

When one considers the multitude of organizations and re-sources that are currently available to aid those dealing with cancer, it seems that there is no shortage of support for these

individuals. Such prominent cancer-related foundations such as Livestrong, The V Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure have collectively raised bil-lions of dollars for research and direct support for cancer patients. Important progress to increase cancer awareness has been made at a grassroots level as well, as evidenced by the abundance of pink clothing donned every October in support of breast cancer patients and the increasingly popular “Movember” movement to encourage regular pros-tate exams for men.

These foundations and movements serve a signifi cant purpose by providing resources for those stricken with cancer and money to fund research toward potential cures, but there is one demographic that is profoundly affected by cancer and receives very little attention and support—the children of cancer pa-tients. These children often demonstrate higher rates of depression, anxiety, psychosomatic symptoms and sleep diffi culties than their peers with healthy parents. Moreover, children of cancer patients are more prone to interpersonal confl ict, diffi culties in school and risk-taking be-havior. Unfortunately, the plight of these children is often overlooked in the midst of their parent’s sickness and the concomitant physical, emotional and fi nancial strain that cancer imparts on the family.

The mission of Camp Kesem North Carolina (CKNC) is to pro-vide a much-needed outlet for these children. CKNC is a free, one-week camp for children whose parents have or have had cancer, run by 60 undergraduate counselors from Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Entering its 10th summer of existence, CKNC now serves more than 120 campers ages 6 to 16. Although the ostensible camp experience is comparable to most typical summer camps—featuring a rock wall, archery, canoeing and arts and crafts, among other activities—CKNC offers a uniquely transformative environment due to the common experience shared by all campers. Almost without exception, every camper who leaves at the end of the week conveys the same basic message: “It means so much to know that there are other people in my same situation.” During this one week, these campers are af-forded what they so desperately seek the other 51 weeks of the year, but often fail to receive: genuine empathy, the kind that can only be provided by those with similar experiences.

Unlike other therapeutic summer camps, CKNC places no ex-plicit emphasis on the issue of cancer, and counselors do not bring this topic up unless prompted by their campers. The experience is all about having as much fun as possible and remembering what it feels like to be a kid, as evidenced by our motto “’cuz it’s fun!” It is our philosophy that if the campers are provided with an environ-ment that is fun, safe and free of the stresses they typically encoun-ter, the therapy will happen on its own. Indeed, the vast majority of discussion surrounding the topic of cancer is initiated by the camp-ers and directed at fellow campers. This focus on fun appears to have signifi cant long-term benefi ts. Parents of CKNC campers have reported to us that their children overwhelmingly display improve-ments in self-esteem, communication and stress reduction that last beyond this one week.

It is nearly impossible to convey how profoundly this week of camp impacts everyone involved. I could try to describe the closing campfi res, when campers share their stories and are comforted by their peers, as young as eight or nine years-old. I could tell about the three siblings who lost their father mid-week one summer but elected to stay at camp to be with their friends. I could describe the talent shows, when a seven-year-old who lost his mother the previous year put on a break-dancing display worthy of “America’s Best Dance Crew.” Still, none of this would fully capture the love, friendship and healing that takes place during Camp Kesem.

So how can you get involved? CKNC is affi liated with a national Camp Kesem organization, which supports 38 Camp Kesems at col-leges and universities across the country, so this important service is not exclusive to the state of North Carolina. Counselor applica-tions for CKNC will be accepted until March 7 and can be found on our website: www.campkesem.org/northcarolina. Additionally, CKNC raises $45,000 each year to provide the camp experience free of charge to families dealing with the fi nancial burden of cancer, so donations are always welcomed. Even something as simple as spread-ing the word about CKNC and our mission to families and children in need would help a great deal to further our cause.

Camp Kesem offers campers an opportunity to grow and heal, families a time to recover and counselors an opportunity for leader-ship. But ultimately, its benefi t for all involved can be summarized in three words: ’cuz it’s fun!

Ben Frush is a Trinity senior and the former co-director of Camp Kesem North Carolina. This column is the seventh installment in a semester-long series of weekly columns written by dPS members addressing civic service and engagement at Duke. Follow dPS on Twitter @dukePS

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‘cuz it’s fun!

We witnessed another violent and tragic set of events in reaction to the most recent Quran burning scandal by NATO soldiers

in Afghanistan and the dust has yet to settle. Violent protests continue in dif-ferent parts of the country and several civilians have lost their lives. In our recent history, we have seen several similar violent Muslim reactions when some Muslims feel Westerners have insulted and attacked their sacred im-ages or values. The tragic reactions to Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Vers-es,” an infamous Danish cartoon and its bloody consequences, an insignifi -cant Florida pastor’s foolish but costly Quran burn-ing show and more. This column is an honest and sincere call to the Muslims who took and have been taking part in these kinds of violent protests.

Fellow brothers and sisters in Islam who, through whatever means, got involved or are planning to get involved in these kinds of violent protests: As an Imam and, more importantly, as a believing, practic-ing Muslim, I can’t help but think, “what’s wrong with the Muslims who are involved in violent reac-tions regardless of the nature or enormity of the offense and insult?” There may be some psychologi-cal, political or even cultural explanations (which I will not waste any space discussing in this column) for these primitive and violent responses, but I be-lieve there can be no Islamic, religious, ethical or moral justifi cations for your excessive, lawless and destructive way of expressing disapproval and hurt. Therefore, I condemn and shun all past and recent Muslim reactions with the strongest possible disap-proval and dismay. Shame on you!

These violent reactions of yours really do not make sense on many different fronts. For any Muslim who believes the sacredness of the Quran as God’s fi nal revelation to humanity, that very same Quran condemns and rejects such anarchy in many of her verses and teachings. First of all, the Quran invites us to respect and engage with her divine message more so than the actual physical form of the book that is found between two covers. Respecting a physical copy of Quran could be understandable, but violat-ing its central teachings and principles—for example by killing innocent people—just because someone disrespected or insulted a copy of the Quran is un-acceptable, barbaric and reprehensible. No physi-cal copy of a holy scripture, including the Quran, is more sacred than the life of a human being. This is what the Quran and our beloved prophet, whom the Quran came through, teaches us over and over.

Secondly, what do many Muslims throughout the Muslim world do when the copies of the Quran get re-ally worn down and become unusable? We burn them!

Yes, you didn’t read it wrong: It is a common Muslim practice to respect-fully burn old Qurans when they are no longer reparable. It is proclaimed all over the world, including Afghanistan, in many different interpretations of Is-lamic law that this is an honorable fare-well to these old copies of the Quran. So how do you justify your shameless reactions to Quran burning?

Moreover, these unacceptable and indefensible responses only serve to

confi rm the fabricated, monstrous and scary image of Islam as a religion and Muslims as a people to the fearful world. I really don’t understand how my fel-low Muslims do not see that, with their reactions, they actually prove what has been said about them by their enemies. You call my religion evil or terrorism and, in order to “disprove” this insult, I will go kill people, burn embassies, act like a bloodthirsty crazy person…. Don’t you fellow Muslims see the ridicu-lousness of this logic and actions! The uncivilized im-ages of these violent protests by these irresponsible and violent Muslims shape the image of 1.6 billion Muslims all around the world. These images are so powerful that even education and exposure to real Islam later on is unable to remove these images from the hearts and minds of many non-Muslims.

Maybe more importantly, Muslims themselves are not immune to the images of these ugly and violent scenes created by fellow Muslims. Seeing the actions of Muslim extremists over and over on a daily basis increasingly causes Muslim internaliza-tion of biased anti-Muslim propaganda. This creates an atmosphere of perception that all of the world’s extremists are Muslims. Do these angry Muslim pro-testers not realize how much harm and destruction they do to Islam and to their fellow Muslims all over the world?! Or how much pain and embarrassment they infl ict on fellow believers?

Finally, my dear fellow Muslims, you may be think-ing that you have been defending Islam and Muslims against their enemies through these violent protests. May God bless you with enough common sense and wisdom to realize that, by protesting in this manner, you are being the worst and most destructive enemies of Islam.

Abdullah Antepli is the Muslim Chaplain and an ad-junct faculty of Islamic Studies. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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