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As the Refectory prepares to leave the Duke Divinity School for its new Durham location, due to tensions between the owner and University administrators, the space grows empty.

By Kristie KimTHE CHRONICLE

The University will now use its power as a shareholder to encourage technol-ogy companies to crack down on con-flict minerals.

On Friday, the Board of Trustees adopted a new proxy voting guideline for the institution’s investments. The guideline, proposed by Coalition for a Conflict-Free Duke, stipulates that DUMAC—the firm that manages invest-ments for the Duke University Endow-ment—support shareholder resolutions that call for reports on the policies and efforts of companies regarding their avoidance of conflict minerals.

Duke will be the second university to pass a shareholder resolution regarding conflict mineral trade, following Stan-ford University in 2010.

“It’s always difficult to be the first person to start a movement, but at times it is more difficult to be the first time to follow,” said junior Stefani Jones, found-ing member and chair of the CCFD board. “It’s a meaningful step that dem-onstrates Duke’s leadership and... will-ingness to think about human rights and social justice in a tangible way.”

Conflict minerals—mined from con-flict-stricken areas—are often found in electronic consumer products. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, armed forces use profits from mining minerals like cassiterite and wolframite to control populations and perpetuate the ongo-ing conflict, said senior Sanjay Kishore, president of the Duke Partnership for Service and board member of CCFD.

A multi-step processIn order for the Board to approve

any proposal regarding the control of investment practices, the proposal must pass through two committees—the President’s Special Committee on In-vestment Responsibility and the Adviso-ry Committee on Investment Responsi-bility. The ACIR and PSC are University bodies formed in 2004 after the Board adopted a policy on socially responsible investing.

The PSC unanimously supported the conflict minerals proposal in January and the ACIR approved it unanimously in April 26.

“What we concluded was that there was a considered course of action that

by Gloria LloydTHE CHRONICLE

Despite student protests on the Re-fectory’s behalf, Duke’s sustainable cafe is leaving its Divinity School loca-tion in July.

The eatery, which opened in 2005 and won numerous awards for serving the best food on campus, will move off campus to a new location on Chapel Hill Boulevard and will launch a food truck. The move comes after owner Laura Hall refused to pay a higher commission to Duke Dining.

A yet-to-be-determined vendor will be selected by Duke Dining to occupy the Refectory’s Divinity School loca-tion.

“It’s a sad moment for Duke,” said former Duke Student Government president Pete Schork, Trinity ’12. “It’s obviously financially motivated, but the undergraduate community was overwhelmingly in support of the Re-fectory staying on campus, overwhelm-ingly in favor of incurring further fees in order to keep them on campus.”

Contract negotiations between Duke Dining and Hall stalled in the Spring after Hall declined to increase the annual commission she pays to Duke from 10 to 15 percent of gross revenue.

With the existing commission rate, the Refectory paid Dining Ser-vices $130,000 from June 2011 to June 2012, Hall said. The fee would rise by

Student travel in Egypt restricted

Engineers make Bull City homes green

by Lauren CarrollTHE CHRONICLE

Duke students currently in Cairo are subject to in-coun-try travel restrictions due to potential unrest surrounding the Egyptian presidential elections this past weekend.

Before leaving for Egypt, DukeEngage Cairo and Duke in the Arab World participants agreed to various restric-tions pertaining to movement around the city. Administra-tors created these policies—which went into effect Satur-day—in anticipation of protest and possible violence as Egyptians headed to the polls June 16 and 17. As the situa-tion in Cairo remains calm in the areas where students are living and working, the limitations are slowly being lifted.

Since Saturday, DukeEngage students have been bound to Garden City—a small, upscale district within Cairo. Un-til Wednesday, students were unable to visit the primary partner organization where they volunteer throughout the

by Ashley MooneyTHE CHRONICLE

Two engineering students are getting hands-on with en-ergy efficiency.

The Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to senior Marc Loeffke and junior Charlie Molthrop for a pilot program to monitor energy use and target sources of inefficiency in 15 Durham homes. Their goal is to reduce energy use and carbon emissions while sav-ing homeowners’ money.

Loeffke said they are not afraid to get dirty in the process of energy efficiency improvement.

“I personally get to perform the heavy lifting in the homes, sweating in a hot attic equipped head-to-toe in coveralls, dust mask, kneepads and a headlamp,” Loeffke wrote in an email Monday. “Then I later get to look over the change in energy consumption post-improvements, analyze

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The Chronicle: What is the most memorable research project that you have worked on?

Xinnian Dong: One of the most strik-ing experiments that I worked on was the identification of the NPR1 mutant for the nonexpressor of PR genes. When I started this lab, there were only four people in the lab that had a close un-derstanding of this type of research. We had a mutant, and it expressed a group of genes called PR genes. This mutant had a notable phenotype. If you inocu-late bacterial pathogens, the wild type—[the most common in a population]—will show a certain level of resistance. But for this NPR mutant, it was highly susceptible to infection and to many different pathogens. This was probably one of the most exciting experiments in my career. When we saw that this mu-tant is so susceptible to infection, we re-alized that we found a gene that when mutated would have very dire conse-quences in a host’s ability to respond to pathogens. For the twenty years I’ve been here at Duke, my lab has focused on the function of this gene.

TC: How have your past studies im-pacted your career in plant biology?

XD: I studied plasmid replication as a graduate student, using E. coli as a model. The plasmid I studied was called the R plasmid, which is used in drug and antibiotic resistance. Many of the drugs conferred by the plasmid carried a lot of drug resistance genes, and my thesis was on how the plasmid was well-

replicated inside of bacteria, so this was part of my dissertation project. The re-search I conducted helped me later on when I worked with microbial genet-ics, which is fundamental to molecular biology. Through this project, I gained solid training in microbial and genetics biology. My undergraduate degree was in microbiology, and I did my disserta-tion work in microgenetics. Afterwards, I did my post doctoral studies at Massa-chusetts General Hospital in the depart-ment of molecular biology. There were three plant labs in that department, with greenhouses located on top of the hospi-tals. This gave me a close access to plant research.

TC: Why did you decide to switch to plant biology studies?

XD: I wanted to study organisms that were more sophisticated. During my post-doctoral training, microbial genet-ics was well-developed, and I wanted to get into an area that was not researched as thoroughly. In college, I was very in-terested with immunology, and I became fascinated with the interactions between organisms, especially pathogen and host interactions. Also, I realized that I did not like working with animals. When we did immunology labs, the animals we worked with sometimes suffered in-tense allergic reactions, and they suf-fered quite a bit. This type of work was not something I wanted to do, but I still had a strong interest in host microbial interactions and how hosts respond to pathogens. Because of this initial inter-est in immunology and microbiology, I decided to move to plants and see how plants respond to pathogen interaction. At that time, there was not very much known about plant immune systems, and it was an open field for research.

TC: You became a member of Duke faculty in 1992. How did being a faculty member at Duke help you in terms of the type of research you have been able to conduct?

XD: Duke is a wonderful place to do research, and I enjoy working with my colleagues in the department. It’s also very convenient that there is a medical school on campus. Most of the time, if I have a question on any area in biol-ogy, I can find experts on campus, and I don’t really need to go elsewhere to find help. Also, the Research Triangle has three well-known universities, [the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill], [North Carolina State University] and Duke. The professors and scientists meet monthly at seminars, so it truly is a wonderful place to do research.

As for me, not only do I have many colleagues who also use plants as their experimental subjects, but there are also people working in the medical field. We can all learn from experts from a wide variety of fields. However, one of the things I like most about working at Duke

is the students. I really enjoy chatting with my undergraduates in my microbi-ology class. They are my inspiration—they always come to class with fresh ideas and are eager to learn. It’s an academi-cally stimulating environment. At the same time, in comparison to big cities, it is much quieter here at Duke. It really lets me concentrate on research.

TC: Your current research focused on plant immunity. What’s your next re-search focus?

XD: There is a unique aspect of how plants respond to pathogen infections, because plants do not have specialized immune cells like animals do. Humans have white blood cells whose main func-tion is to fight off disease. On the other hand, plants have cells that are polipo-tent, meaning that the cells have mul-tiple functions. Plants have cells that normally undergo photosynthesis, but when the plant is infected, these same cells have to defend against infection. The question is how plants balance and prioritize their cellular functions.

I think the future for this area is to study the interaction between plant cell responses to other cellular functions. Recently, my lab discovered that plant immunity response is controlled by the circadian clock. The circadian clock not only regulates time and temperature but also regulates immune response genes. For example, fungal pathogens usually come out in the morning. This is be-cause when the sun comes out, there is rapid drying of leaf surface. This is the trigger to the dispersal of fungal spores. We found that there is a peak of ex-pression of plant immune genes at this time, which correlates with the threat of pathogen infection. This is one of the research directions I would like to go in: to study how plant immune re-sponse is correlated to other cellular functions. In this case, we are already studying how the circadian cycle regu-lates plant immune response.

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Biology professor Xinnin Dong was honored re-cently for her work in plant immunology.

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Students build top-ranked race carby Margot Tuchler

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Race cars have put recent gradu-ate Michael Feng on the fast track to a career in engineering.

Duke University Motorsports, a student group dedicated to design-ing and building race cars, took 12th place overall out of 118 registered teams at the Formula SAE—an inter-national competition hosted by the Society of Automobile Engineers at the Michigan International Speed-way in Brooklyn, Mich. in May. The group ranked in the top five of the American teams present, and its 12th place result tied the best finish in the group’s history. The competi-tion involved various presentations and practical competitions based on a car the club members built from scratch.

“We had a plan this year, we had a timeline, we had a strong design,” said Michael Feng, Pratt ’10 and Master of Mechanical Engineering ’12. “I’m really happy with the way we did and the way we competed.”

Feng, who joined Duke University Motorsports during the Spring of his senior year, said he served as an overall technical leader for the club this year, overseeing the design and construction of the car.

The competition—which took place over the course of three days—judged more than the competing cars’ technical performance. Before competition began, each car was in-spected to verify its compliance with the SAE handbook, said senior Costi

Shami, a mechanical engineering student and participant. All teams were then judged on design, a busi-ness presentation making a case for the car’s viability with regard to man-ufacturing and marketing, and cost analysis.

“Every single nut and bolt and washer on the car has to be ac-

counted for,” Shami said of the cost analysis report. “It’s a pretty hefty process.”

After the static portions of the competition, each car’s technical ca-pability is put to the test. Cars com-pete in acceleration, where each car

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$65,000 if the Refectory’s revenue stayed the same next year. The vendor’s reve-nue has increased each year it has been on campus.

Commission conflictWith a Facebook protest page, a stu-

dent survey and a DSG resolution, the student body did all it could short of di-rect action to make its feelings known to dining officials, Schork said. He doubts that the sense of community undergrad-uates found at the Refectory can be rep-licated at another restaurant.

A commission below 15 percent, how-ever, would be lower than those paid by all other vendors on campus.

Andrew Schreiber, Trinity ’11 and former president of the Duke Univer-sity Student Dining Advisory Commit-tee, wrote in an email Monday that the lower commission rate may be justifiable based on the quality of the Refectory ex-perience. He noted, however, that it is difficult to appraise the value of certain benefits that go beyond food, such as sustainability and a sense of community.

After surveying students, DSG passed a unanimous resolution that undergrad-uates would be willing to pay higher dining fees to keep the Refectory on West Cam-pus.

But John-son said the Refectory menu did not ap-peal to a broad range of Divinity School students, whose interests take priority since the restaurant was located in their school.

“That’s what we heard loud and clear in the Spring—Divinity School students wanted to broaden the menu and reduce the price,” he said.

Hall said the Refectory has the most variety of any restaurant on campus.

“Go to Chik-Fil-A and tell me about their variety,” she said. “When you buy local food, you have nothing but variety because you’re seasonal. More stuff is always coming in. Every Sunday, a new menu comes out.”

Finding a replacementDuke Dining and the Divinity School

are committed to maintaining notable aspects of the Refectory, including sus-tainability, local products, healthy food and vegan and vegetarian options, John-son said.

A committee comprised of eight rep-resentatives from across campus, includ-ing dining officials, two students and

several Divinity School stakeholders, is examining four proposals and will de-cide on a new occupant for the Refec-tory’s space.

Duke Dining invited Hall to submit a proposal, but Hall’s proposal did not include the requested 15 percent com-mission. She was not asked to give a pre-sentation to the committee regarding the future of the Refectory space, as four other vendors did.

“When I wrote that proposal to Duke, I said, ‘If they don’t pick this, at least they know what they’re walking away from,’” Hall noted.

Hall’s 18-section proposal did not meet the minimum requirements, un-like the other four proposals, said Rick Johnson, assistant vice president of housing and dining. He declined to give details on what the minimum re-quirements for the proposal were.

Johnson also declined to provide details about the four other proposals or contract discussions, citing the confi-dential nature of the decision process.

The future of the RefectoryThe current Refectory location has

already been painted white to meet Hall’s contract obligation to return the space as she received it.

The Refec-tory’s location at the Law School, which opened in 2008, still has two years re-maining on its

contract and will remain open.“I created an entirely new model for

the restaurant industry,” Hall said. “And it has been voted the best food on cam-pus for seven years.”

Hall noted that she has been ap-proached by representatives from the Uni-versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and students from Davidson College, who are interested in the possibility of bringing the Refectory to their campuses.

All of Hall’s employees will follow her to the new Refectory location, and she will hire more workers.

When Hall started the Refectory, she was told she would be lucky if she could bring 100 customers a day into the Di-vinity School location. This past Spring, the Refectory had more than a thou-sand customers for breakfast and lunch each day, Hall said.

The Refectory may also return to West Campus, if dining officials approve the Refectory’s Greatest Hits as an of-ficial campus food truck. Hall said she feels the commission structure for food trucks is fair, and she would pay the rate the University asks.

REFECTORY from page 1U. Va leaders seek to bring back beloved ousted president

by Anita Kumar and Daniel de ViseTHE WASHINGTON POST.

Charlottesville, Va. — Several members of the University of Virginia’s governing board spent Wednesday quietly counting votes and plotting a move to reinstate Te-resa Sullivan after the popular outgoing president informed them that she wants to remain if Rector Helen Dragas resigns, ac-cording to current and former board mem-bers briefed on the conservations.

Sullivan holds such broad support among professors that the Faculty Senate chairman held out hope that she could be reinstated following the resignation of one of her critics on the governing board. She has also indicated in her communications with board members that she would seek other changes were she to remain, includ-ing communications with them.

“It’s not over,” law professor George M. Cohen, who leads the Faculty Senate, said in an interview. “Have you counted the votes?”

Sullivan’s supporters on the board think they are close to the eight votes needed to reinstate her. They note that only eight votes are needed since Mark Kington, the vice rec-tor who teamed with Dragas to orchestrate Sullivan’s resignation, resigned Tuesday, leaving just 15 members on the board.

Sullivan’s supporters have until 5 p.m. Thursday to call a meeting for June 27, at which a reinstatement vote would be taken. Only three board members are required to request such a session. But they will not do so unless they believe they have eight votes.

As efforts to reinstate Sullivan con-tinued, U-Va.’s incoming interim leader, commerce school dean Carl P. Zeithaml, ruled out any interest in becoming the uni-versity’s next president. He was appointed interim president by the board Tuesday in hopes that he could help calm the univer-sity and preside with the trust of the faculty until a new president is hired.

Virginia’s flagship university has been embroiled in turmoil for 11 days, since the board announced June 10 that Sulli-van would leave. At a 5 p.m. gathering on the Lawn, faculty leaders told a crowd of several hundred they would meet with the interim president in the morning.

“Ask him to resign!” someone yelled from the crowd.

The dispute has come to be seen as a larger battle over the direction of the school Thomas Jefferson founded.

Sullivan calls herself an “incrementalist” who seeks change from within the univer-sity’s traditions; board critics say the school needs a bolder vision that will take into account financial pressures in academia and the evolving role of online education, among other factors.

Zeithaml, scheduled to take over as interim president Aug. 16, said at a news conference that he initially turned down the interim job because he worried that he would be perceived as part of a “conspira-cy” to remove Sullivan. “I don’t support the board’s decision to remove her,” he said.

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Meals on wheels on pagesis driven on a skid pad in a figure-eight formation, autocross, which gauges the cars’ handling, fuel economy and endur-ance.

Faculty advisor Neal Simmons, assis-tant research professor of mechanical engineering and material science, said given the multitude of phases of compe-tition, it is common that teams do not finish. He estimates that between one third and one half of participating teams successfully complete all portions of the competition.

“Lots of things break, lots of times you don’t pass technical inspection and you can’t go any farther,” Simmons noted.

The club spends the whole school year and much of the summer before preparing for the spring competition, Shami said. Preliminary designs for the car are created using SolidWorks, a com-puter-aided design software. Designs are often created by tweaking previous years’ designs by various degrees, but the club tries to come up with a holistic approach or general concept for each year’s car. This year the club focused on aerodynamics.

Next year, the club will focus again on aerodynamics and will seek to refine last year’s successful model, making particu-lar efforts to decrease the car’s weight, Shami noted.

Sophomore Xavier de Gunten noted that he has already begun preparations for the upcoming year.

“Our goal this year is to really under-stand the theory behind the car,” de Gun-ten said. “ This summer I’ve been reading up on a lot of books, lots of textbooks.”

Five of the club’s senior members, in-cluding three graduate students, gradu-ated in May, Shami noted. It will be a priority to train younger members and pass on relevant information so they can eventually spearhead production of the different aspects of the car, including the suspension, engine and frame.

Simmons said his role in the club is mostly hands-off, as the 10 to 15 core student members are highly motivated and knowledgeable in their own right. They also have developed a strong group dynamic based on mutual respect and admiration.

“It’s the dynamic you would probably expect from a highly driven group of in-dividuals,” Simmons said. “They clearly sometimes have differences of opinion because it’s not always a clear right and wrong way to do things.”

Feng noted that one of the most re-warding aspects of the club is being able to see first-hand the real world applica-tions of engineering. In fact, Duke Mo-torsports was the primary reason Feng returned to Duke for graduate school, and the club has provided a generous boost when it comes to job searching and resume building.

De Gunten added that the day-to-day experience is rewarding in itself.

“ You’re putting in a lot of effort and you’re seeing the car being put together and at the end of the day, you get to see what you did,” he said.

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how much my efforts reduced usage of the air-handling unit and fully quantify my impact.”

Loeffke and Molthrop will focus on more tightly sealing ductwork and areas that are not air-conditioned, like at-tics and crawl spaces. They will also insulate hot water heaters to ensure that they heat the water inside and not the sur-rounding air.

“Up to 40 percent of a home’s energy usage can be attributed to heating and cool-ing,” Molthrop wrote in an email Monday.

Additionally, Molthrop and Loeffke will install home energy monitors to provide consumption data. Using Plot-Watt—a Durham-based tech startup that provides energy monitoring analysis for free—total energy use data can be dissected into data about spe-cific appliances, such as the air conditioner or water heater, Molthrop said. This will help them accurately report how much carbon is offset for each home and estimate the cost-effectiveness of expanding to future homes.

The data can also be used to identify broken or poorly per-forming systems or appliances, Loeffke said.

“With just a few simple im-provements households can save money, lessen their eco-logical impact and diminish the strain on the electric grid,” he said. “The only catch is the initial investment required, which a struggling family may not be able to afford even if its investment pays off within the year.”

Loeffke added that they can decrease costs for the program by attracting support from companies that are interested in offsetting their greenhouse gas emissions. Having specific carbon reduction data will help in this process.

Information provided by a survey administered by Duke Carbon Offset Initiative helped Molthrop and Loeaffke select homes based on their location and how much energy reduction could be expected. All of the participants are Duke employ-ees, David Cooley, associate for project development at DCOI, wrote in an email Monday.

“We hope to help communi-ty members realize that being sustainable not only helps the

environment but also helps their pocketbook,” said Cool-ey, who supervises the pilot program.

Piedmont is funding sepa-rate projects at Furman Univer-sity and Vanderbilt University, too. Each project will allow stu-dents to share their expertise with local community partners and promote energy efficiency and environmental steward-ship, David Trusty, managing director of public relations at Piedmont Natural Gas, wrote in an email June 14.

The grant money will sup-port student fellowships, facul-ty stipends, materials, technol-ogy support and travel, Trusty noted.

If the Duke pilot project produces economical carbon reductions, the program could expand to include more local homes, Cooley said.

“If we can identify discern-ible reductions from this pilot project, a residential energy efficiency-based carbon offsets program could be a great way to meet Duke’s zero emissions goals while helping local resi-dents save energy and money and giving students real-life experience,” DCOI Director Tatjana Vujic said.


Engineering students work to create energy efficient homes in Durham, funded by a $25,000 grant from the Piedmont Natu-ral Gas foundation.

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Duke should take... and there needed to be a continuous pro-cess of learning about this com-plex problem,” said ACIR Chair Jonathan Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins profes-sor of law.

In a 137-page report com-piled by the ACIR, the commit-tee noted some concerns raised by its members, including unin-tended consequences resulting from the proxy voting guide-line.

Measures to encourage com-panies to report on or avoid the use of conflict minerals, Wiener noted, could unintentionally result in reducing the use of all minerals from central Africa, causing economic distress for already impoverished popula-tions.

After ACIR approval, the pro-posal went to President Brod-head and the Trustees in June. The Board resolution in favor of the proposal stipulates that the PSC review the adopted pol-icy and its implications in five years.

Kishore said the timing of the passage of the proxy voting guideline is important because interest in the issue has waned since the initial stirring of the national conflict-free mineral movement.

“It’s more important now than ever for students and con-sumers to take their step for-ward—this is a great entry point for students,” Jones said.

Students of CCFD are hope-ful that other universities will follow suit.

‘The power of students’The CCFD received much

aid from similar movements at national institutions, Kishore said. Duke’s success in following through with the resolution and enacting change on campus has proven that the model initiated at Stanford can be replicated, he added.

Both Kishore and Wiener said the passage of the proxy voting guideline is in line with the Uni-versity’s engagement in issues of socially responsible investing and service, noting in particular Duke’s involvement in the na-tional movement in the late ’90s

to ensure that branded apparel sold in university stores were not produced in sweatshops.

“It speaks well about the pow-er of students... to provide and act on knowledge in the service of society by putting together a challenging problem and com-plex options in a careful and considered manner,” Wiener said.

The approval pathway for presenting a proposal to the Trustees is not as publicized as it should be, Jones said. If more student groups knew about the procedure, more important is-sues would be brought to the at-tention of administrators.

The ACIR had not met to re-view a proposal for five years be-fore the conflict minerals meet-ing, Wiener said.

Jones added that although there were “many hoops to jump through,” the multiple commit-tees that comprise the approval process are necessary to ensure that student groups are pre-pared.

In the wake of the proposal’s approval, Jones and Kishore hope to bring the issue to the attention of local and state ad-ministrators.

“A lot of work needs to be done outside the Duke walls and we hope that the University will use its influence to enact change at the state level and eventually develop partnerships with com-panies as well,” Jones said.

In December, Jones and CCFD members reached beyond the campus walls when they posted a Facebook video appeal-ing to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who graduated from the Fuqua School of Business in 1988. The video urged Cook to produce conflict- free Apple products. It was picked up by the Huffington Post in January.

Shortly after publishing the video, Jones received word from Apple acknowledging the Uni-versity’s efforts toward reliev-ing the conflict minerals issue. Apple has not contacted CCFD since.

“With this huge step, [CCFD] will reach out to Tim Cook again and hopefully convey to him how important this issue is being taken up at his alma mater,” she said. “It should show him that this is a topic that is definitely worth noting.”

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Growing up, Daina Falk saw her father manage Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Mike Krzyzewski, among countless others. Naturally, the Duke graduate aspired to follow in his footsteps.

But David Falk advised his daughter against it, even though it has led him to inking some of the largest contracts in NBA history and playing power broker with some of the biggest names in the sport. Although Daina, Trinity ’12, decided not to go down that path, she refused to abandon her love for sports in her professional aspirations.

“He really discouraged it because it’s not the kind of industry that it was when he first got into it,” she said. “For me, I wanted to find a way to get into sports, but in my own way and make my own mark.”

The result is The Hungry Fan, Daina’s website and blog that features her recipes and experience in the food industry, based on her mission to combine her passion for sport with her interest in healthy eating. Daina believes there is a way to maintain sports traditions like tailgating and eating in front of the TV while avoiding the fatty foods that are often prominent.

“It’s more than being a chef—she has a keen interest in sports, which she grew up around,” David said. “She loves to travel and she loves food. And she’s trying to combine all three of those interests into what she’s do-ing.”

Daina’s hunger for a career in the culinary arts spawned when she studied abroad while

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Most amateur athletes dream of one day joining their sport’s elite in the professional ranks, but in the sport of diving, there is no such thing as going pro. From an early age, competitive divers share one dream—to rep-resent their country in the Olympic Games.

Two Blue Devils have the opportunity to get closer to that dream this weekend as se-nior Abby Johnston and junior Nick McCro-ry compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Federal Way, Wash. Johnston and McCrory are seeking to become the first Duke divers ever to qualify for the Olympic Games. They set to compete in the final trial in events apiece, beginning Thursday at the Weyer-haeuser King County Aquatic Center.

“It’s a really exciting time for us both,” Mc-Crory said. “Having an opportunity to make the team and go to London this summer in multiple events would be a dream come true.”

With a combined three national champi-onships and 10 All-America honors between them, Johnston and McCrory have both beat-en the nation’s best divers. With a trip to Lon-don on the line, the competition has been fierce, but so the duo has shown they are up to the challenge.

Johnston qualified for the finals in the women’s 3-meter springboard when she

placed 11th out of 18 competitors with a score of 563.95. Johnston and her diving partner, Kelci Bryant, placed first in both the preliminaries and semifinal rounds of the synchronized women’s 3-meter springboard.

McCrory placed second in the 10-meter platform semifinals with 1,043.95 points, just 39.8 behind his diving partner, David Bou-dia. McCrory and Boudia placed first in the semifinal round of the synchronized 10-me-ter platform with a total score of 919.86.

Both Duke divers’ scores will carry through to the final round in all events. Johnston and Bryant currently hold a narrow lead of 6.51 points in their synchronized event, though McCrory and Boudia hold a commanding lead of 114.84.

This is not Johnston and McCrory’s first go-around at the Olympic Trials. Both com-peted in 2008 in an attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing, but neither made the cut. McCrory placed fourth and in his in-dividual event and Johnston placed 11th.

“A lot has changed since then,” McCrory said. “My diving has taken off and improved tremendously thanks to the coaching I’ve re-ceived. The biggest change has been confi-dence and international experience.”

Although both failed to make the 2008 Olympic team, both Johnston and McCrory

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Nick McCrory is one of two Blue Devil divers who hopes to compete in this year’s London Olympics.

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For most athletes, going to the Olympics is a dream and nothing more. Although few athletes get to travel to the Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Friday, three current Blue Devils—Curtis Beach, Tanner Anderson and Michelle Anumba—will take their first official steps toward their Olympic goals.

Beach—a senior who will compete in the decathlon against greats like two-time world outdoor gold-medalist in the decathlon Trey Hardee, world indoor record holder in the heptathlon Ashton Eaton and Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay—has been looking for-ward to competing in the Olympics since high school. Beach showed his skills earlier in his collegiate career when he set a world record in the 1000m indoor heptathlon at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championship meet, and then broke it on his way to a first place finish at the national meet in 2012.

Despite being expected to finish fourth in the Trials, both he and his coach, Shawn Wilbourn, acknowledge that if everything falls into place, moving up one spot—and onto the Olympic Team—is a possibility.

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have learned from the Olympic experiences of their diving partners. Johnston’s partner, Bryant, placed fourth at the Bei-jing Olympics in the synchronized 3-meter event and McCro-ry’s partner, Boudia, placed fifth in the synchronized 10-me-ter event and 10th in the individual 10-meter platform.

“Having partners with international experience and suc-cess makes you a better diver,” McCrory said. “David is a ter-rific competitor and being together all the time forces us to take our diving to the next level.”

Johnston and McCrory have dreamed of earning a trip to the Olympic Games since they started diving more than a decade ago. Both competed on the national and interna-tional diving circuits in high school before deciding to con-tinue their careers at Duke. McCrory said he would not only be honored to represent his country, but also his university, on the world’s biggest stage.

“It’s a great honor to be both representing the U.S. and Duke at the Olympics,” he said. “I remember see-ing the Olympics on TV when I was a kid and saying, ‘I want to do that someday.’ And now it’s something that’s very much a reality.”

Johnston and McCrory will compete in the finals of their synchronized events Thursday, where only the first-place team will earn a spot in the Olympics. The top two divers from the individual women’s 3-meter springboard and men’s 10-meter platform finals will be determined Saturday and earn spots on the Olympic team.

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attending Duke, spending a year in Italy and France. While overseas, she lost 23 pounds even though she “stuffed her face left and right,” which she credits to Europe’s focus on fresh ingredients and the culture of walking as a mode of transporta-tion.

In Italy, she experimented with those ingredients, going to the market every Thursday with people she knew there and learning new recipes. She furthered that education in France where she took cooking classes.

Returning to the United States, Daina said she quickly re-gained that weight even though she worked out daily. When she graduated in 2005, she moved to Los Angeles and worked for a talent agency, but after a car accident and the subsequent physical therapy, she came up with the idea that would eventu-ally develop into The Hungry Fan.

“I’m really adamant about food being healthier, whether that means low fat or good, clean ingredients,” she said. “There is a way to enjoy sports as a fan but in a healthy way.”

After discouraging his daughter from joining him in his field, David Falk applauded his daughter’s entrepreneurial in-stincts. Still an active agent, with Austin Rivers among his most recent clients, he did not want his daughter to join an industry that he believed had evolved from when she observed it as a child.

“She grew up around people like Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, John Thompson, Coach K, Juwan Howard, and the na-ture of all of it has changed dramatically over the last 10-15 years,” he said. “It’s more than being a chef—she has a keen interest in sports, which she grew up around. She loves to travel and she loves food. And she’s trying to combine all three of those interests into what she’s doing.”

Since her immersion into the sports-food industry, she has had the opportunity to participate in events such as “Taste of the NFL,” an annual charitable event hosted the night before the Super Bowl. She now splits her time between New York and Los Angeles as she regularly writes about healthy sports eating and posts recipes on her blog.

David Falk, who has a strong Duke connection beyond Krzyzewski and Rivers with clients or former ones such as Elton Brand, Johnny Dawkins, Danny Ferry and Bobby Hurly, sees parallels between his career and hers.

“I think when you have the chance to do things vocation-ally that you’re passionate about, you’re just better at it. Most people work at things they don’t like,” he said. “I have better meals with her than I do at a restaurant.”

At the same time, Daina has used her expertise to help her father, who she says has a bad habit of binge eating junk food while he’s on the phone. He also never ate breakfast, she said, something else she has tried to correct.

David said he never critiques the food, but will sometimes use his expertise to advise her with brand management. He still draws a line, however, in how he manages her noting she is his daughter, not a client.

With that added layer to the father-daughter bond, Daina sees a lot of her father in herself as she carves out her niche in transforming sports food into healthy food.

“I’m very much like my father,” she said. “I very much love my mother but I’m like a mini-David Falk—just with more hair, and hopefully a little more attractive.”

“He has a realistic shot of making the team,” Wilbourn said. “I think the mindset [Beach] has this year is… if he makes it, it will be an awesome experience, if he doesn’t, I think he will be able to put it into context. He’s really looking four years from now.”

Although Anderson, a sophomore, is not entering the Trials as highly ranked in the high jump as Beach is in the decathlon, neither he nor his coach, Jan Ogilvie, are willing to let that deter him Saturday as he aims to move on to Monday’s round.

“[Anderson’s] confidence is soaring. He looks absolutely fan-tastic,” Ogilvie said. “That being said, we’ll see where he is in front of a crowd and mixed up with 23 of the other top jumpers in the country. He’s excited, I’m excit-ed, I think he’s earned this trip.”

Unlike Beach, though, Ander-son is new to the feeling of having his Olympic dreams within reach and so is not in the same place mentally.

“As a kid you know it’s kind of everyone’s dream to go to the Olympics one day,” Anderson said. “Honestly I never re-ally thought it was that attainable until I jumped really big.”

Even though he has not had as long as Beach to adjust to the idea of competing at Trials, Anderson is entering the meet with a little extra help in the form of his role model, famed high jumper Jesse Williams.

Williams and Anderson have a unique relationship, one that started when Anderson broke Williams’ North Carolina high school record in the high jump in 2010. The two met for the first time in Eugene at the USA Out-door Track and Field Championships in 2011, when the now world champion gave the young Blue Devil encour-agement. Now, as they return to the city where they first met for their next competition, Anderson is once again looking to Williams for inspiration.

“I read an article of an interview with Jesse,” Anderson

said, “and he was saying how you can’t go in expecting to sur-prise somebody. You have to go in thinking... that you have the ability to win. I’ve been trying to do that now and I think it’s really worked. Earlier this week I had the best practice I think I’ve ever had in my life. I’m going in really confident.”

In contrast to both of her teammates, Anumba is heading into the shot put competition solely for the experience and without any preset goals. Both she and her coach B.J. Linnen-brink view the Trials as a learning experience, Anumba said.

Despite the junior’s lack of experience in the event—she did not do the event in high school—she quickly proved that she had found her element in the shot put, earning an indi-

vidual title in the event at the 2012 NCAA Indoor meet.

“I didn’t think I would get this good so soon,” Anumba said. “But it just shows how much potential I have.… This is all motivation for the Olympics in the next four years.”

Linnenbrink also voiced his pride at the way Anumba has been com-peting and improving since she first

entered the event, adding that she is just beginning to reach her potential.

The three Blue Devils will not be the only ones with Duke ties heading into the Trials, however. Shannon Rowbury, who graduated in 2006, will be competing in the 1500m race. She will be joined by fellow Duke alum Devotia Moore, who will compete in the 800m run.

Although all three of the current Duke athletes are ap-proaching the Trials with different goals, their outlook on the competition is remarkably similar. Each athlete is just focus-ing on doing what they do best and trying to view the Trials as just another meet. Regardless of their best efforts, though, Wilbourn acknowledged the difficulty they will have keeping their relaxed mindset.

“Preparing physically for the meet is no different than pre-paring for NCAAs,” Wilbourn said. “You can say that you’re go-ing to treat it the same mentally, but the Olympic Trials are a different beast, once you get there it’s difficult to control your emotions.”

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“Hold still,” my physician said.I held my breath while the stout and stern phy-

sician fi rmly gripped my right knee. His pair of Beijing-trained hands proceeded to realign my way-ward knee.

Brrrrrrrrrrr-uhp!My face crinkled into a grimace

but my physician’s face was aloof to my groaning right knee. I wondered if the “Brrrrrrrrrrr-uhp!” was like the deafening sound whenever I sink my teeth into a fi stful of chips: a sound whose sheer magnitude is silent to all except a self-conscious me. The scrunching sound also reminded me of the crunching gravel under my feet when jogging from West to East, around East and back to West.

Ten thousand miles—the distance between Dur-ham and Singapore—and a misaligned knee are keeping me away from my favorite running route. As I look forward to lacing up my scruffy Asics when fall semester commences, let me attempt to offer fi ve compelling reasons why running this route should be a routine part of your life.

First, babies abound along the trail. They are in prams, on the shoulders of their parents or peddling away vigorously on their tricycles. Per-haps owing to our natural and evolutionary in-stinct to gravitate toward these bundles of joy, my eyes widen and glimmer whenever I see a pram in the distance. If I manage to steal a modicum of the baby’s attention, my sense of accomplish-ment rockets.

Second, you get to run into people who are chiefl y on the opposite end of the age spectrum: your professors. Quite a number of faculty mem-bers trade their spectacles for sporty shades and their button downs for tank tops. You might also recognize some staff from Duke’s housekeeping and facilities management working out on the East Campus trail. Huffi ng and puffi ng and sweat-ing in unison can cut across professional bounds and cookie-cutter stereotypes. Granted, one will not be struck by a supreme sense of community. As the sweaty visages become more familiar to your sweat-stained face, however, a cheery smile of recognition eases its way into your cursory ex-changes. This can make someone’s day.

Third, running outside is superior to scam-pering on the treadmill. Unlike a hamster’s exercise wheel, the treadmill runs on electric-ity. Why not go green by enjoying the outdoor greenery? Also, the proposed jogging route is less acrimonious than the cardio zone in our gyms. The latter has a rigid cap on the number of runners it can accommodate. Coupled with

the pre-dinner rush hour traffi c, this constraint breeds a predatory atmosphere: Feet tap impa-tiently and eyes survey the treadmills for the candidate who is most likely to drop off the

treadmill. Switching to an out-door run eases this traffi c. Fel-low runners cease to be competi-tors who are vying for the next available machine. They become more like comrades striving for that rewarding post-run muscle ache.

Fourth, the sticky, sweaty af-termath of a run helps us bet-ter appreciate the tiny things in life. Sometimes, I wrap up the workout with a stroll through the

Duke Gardens. The surge of endorphins mingles splendidly with the aroma and vibrant colors of the fl owers. Sometimes, I wrap up the run with a LocoPop, which tingles my over-heated body with a current of cool delight. Furthermore, the caloric-burning run assuages any guilt from in-gesting a Cookies & Cream LocoPop.

You will also see the Duke Chapel in a new light. Bounding back to the West Campus bus stop after a lap around East Campus, I take in the sight of the awe-inspiring Chapel with a sense of reverential re-lief that the fi nal stretch of my run has arrived. The Chapel is an immutable edifi ce that forms the back-drop of both our convocation and commencement photos. As I approach my fi nal semester of formal schooling, this iconic structure has a new coat of meaning for me - the pleasurably painful sensation of pushing myself for the fi nal stretch.

The mention of my imminent graduation is a sign that this writing is about to lapse into a pen-sive tune, which is in keeping with the fi nal and fi fth reason to lace up your running shoes for fall 2012.

During job recruitment seasons, a huffi ng and panting me would invariably spot my peers clad in spiffy suits, clutching leather folders and waiting at the Smith Warehouse bus stop. Most of our jobs will draw us into bustling cities, where the demands of working life and urban air choked by dust from construction and traffi c make it tough for us to cel-ebrate the joys of freely moving our limbs. When age sets in, our mildly arthritic knees will creak and protest.

In light of the aforementioned, the pre-work-ing-still-youthful me is bent on enduring more “Br-rrrrrrrrrr-uhp!”s to ensure that come fall, I will be able to lace up my Asics.

Join me.

Jing Song Ng is a Trinity senior.

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The Robertson Scholars Program recently sparked questions by announcing the resignation of Executive Director Woody Coley. Co-ley stepped down earlier this month after only a year in the position. This decision follows the res-ignation of several other staff members.

The program was created in 2000 by longtime bene-factor Julian Robertson, who sought to increase collabora-tion between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The recent tur-moil within the program has called into question its direc-tion and vision. It is not clear where the fault lies in Coley’s resignation, but the program deserves more stability. When

selecting for the next execu-tive director, Robertson and remaining administrators need to select a leader who will not only represent the program’s values but also be

in the position for the long haul.

In recent years, the schol-arship has distanced itself from the two universities. The Universities Coordinat-ing Committees—a group comprised of administrators from Duke and UNC—has had signifi cantly less input in the program’s development. Robertson has a signifi cant infl uence on his initiative compared to the founders of other merit scholarships at the University: all employees of the program are hired by and work directly for him,

rather than coming under the umbrella of Duke’s Offi ce of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, which has no counterpart in Chapel Hill. The program’s governance structure also shifted to great-er independence from the respective universities when it adopted a separate board of directors. In touching back with its initial mission, the program should work to foster more connection and oversight from the two cam-puses.

This past admissions cycle, the program saw a record number of students accept their offers, but, in the long run, turnover in the admin-istrative staff will have on the very core of the program, its students. Although more than $200,000 over four years

is a huge asset when selecting colleges, prospective students are signing up for more than just the monetary value. The program should be an em-powering opportunity for students to make their own education, rather just a mon-etary award. As Duke’s accep-tance rate approaches single digits, it enters a new battle-fi eld with highly competitive institutions, including the Ivy League. The program must maintain its prestige and rep-utation if it hopes to attract the applicants who may have also been offered other op-tions with equally hefty fi nan-cial packages.

The impact of the recent fallout on students and ap-plicants is still unclear. The scholarship just went through its most successful recruit-

ment year—attributed in part to the efforts of Coley—but if the program fails to act, such inaction will impact the repu-tation, and in turn, the yield of the program. A scholarship program keen on nurturing leaders currently has no per-manent leader. In other words, it currently does not have an individual to lead the charge in fostering the program’s long-term development and growth, a fact that will push away students eager to fi nd an institution in line with their hopes for their future.

Despite the lack of an im-mediate impact on yield of offers, program administra-tors need to re-evaluate its di-rection and values and align them with its original goal and mission to maintain the program’s reputation.

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“Hassan,” an Iraqi refugee, is paralyzed from the waist down. In the midst of Fallujah’s sectarian violence a few years back, an American sniper, who mistook Hassan

for an insurgent, shot Hassan as he was walking home from school. He is now 20 years old, the same age as me.

I’m in Amman, Jordan this summer teaching English to other Iraqi refugees like Hassan. Hassan isn’t my only maimed student. I teach a class of Sunni men who are all missing their ring fi ngers—Shi’a militias cut them off in 2010. At least a quarter of my students have a constant limp, and several ask to leave class early so they can go to hospital appointments.

There are awkward mo-ments when a language ac-tivity turns into a grieving party. Once, when I asked one man to tell me in English how many siblings he has, he answered, “I used to have six, but now I have three.” Another time, when I asked a female student to tell me about her husband’s job, she replied, “He used to work for Saddam, but no job now.” I’ve since learned which questions to avoid.

Every day, my students tell me their dreams of reset-tling in the United States. They want to move to Houston, Detroit, Louisville or Buffalo, among others. They want to get a job, buy a car and watch a WWE wrestling match. “Insha’Allah,” (God-willing) I say. I tell them it’s possible, it happens, people make it to the United States. But I know the odds—a small minority of my students will eventually make it to America. I come home from work overwhelmed, because I feel so incredibly guilty. Every single day, I want to tell them I’m sorry. I’m sorry for calling for war in early 2003, when we thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruc-tion. I’m sorry for getting bored of Iraq, and ignoring civil-ian casualties as one year turned into eight. I’m sorry for supporting the pullout, because even though it was the only option, we left you behind. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, for not realizing, until now, the true cost of war.

I want to be clear: I’m not apologizing because I’m con-trarian or anti-American. I’m apologizing because I believe in America. America is exceptional, but we messed up, and it’s time I said sorry. I’m only apologizing for myself, and not for our policymakers or generals. I used to blame Washington for the misleading rhetoric of politicians and the press for shoddy coverage, but Iraq was my fault, too. I shouldn’t have called for war; I should have paid more attention.

In late July, I will come back to the United States. There will be people back home I will want to apologize to, as well. I want to say sorry to our veterans, who fought in a quagmire war and came back with missing limbs and trau-matized spirits. I want to say sorry to the spouses who lost partners, and the children who lost parents, because I nev-er understood war’s repercussions.

I even wish I could travel back to 2003, storm into the White House, and say, “Stop, we’re about to make a huge mistake!” But I can’t, and we’ll never know the road less traveled.

I’ve always believed in an America where everyone has an equal shot at the dream. But, I’m growing, and this per-spective has changed. I now believe in a world where every-one has a shot at the dream, a world fi lled with bountiful opportunities for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. America is the world’s leader; it’s time our country changed its perspective, too. We can start at home, by making sure the United States continues to accept refugees seeking asy-lum. And we can move forward by ensuring that we will never again start a needless war.

The doctors tell Hassan he may walk again. Hassan wants to move to California and study computer science. He’s fascinated by Silicon Valley, “where even college drop-outs are successful,” he says. But Hassan’s entire family is still in Iraq, and he can’t go without them.

“Now, I learned English,” he says.“Learn,” I say, “Now, I want to learn English.”“Learn … sorry, Patrick,” says Hassan. But, I’m the one

who’s truly sorry.

Patrick Oathout is a Trinity junior.

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lettertotheeditorRobertson Program still strongRecent Chronicle articles have painted a less

than positive picture of a floundering Robert-son Scholars Program. There is no denying that the Robertson Scholars Program is in a moment of transition amidst leadership changes and staff turnover. However, the scholar community remains as strong and vibrant as I have seen it during my three years as a Robertson scholar.

At its core, the Robertson Program is about bringing together a diverse group of people interested in leading with integrity, while con-tributing to the collective good in some way. Robertson scholars learn from, grow with and are challenged by one another and the pro-gram. The Robertson scholars are the foun-dation of this program. Recent changes have

created headlines and are certainly something scholars are thinking about. However, through-out changes in program leadership and staff, scholars have continued to be engaged with the program and one another in thoughtful and en-couraging ways.

Change and opportunity are often closely linked. I believe it is important for the Robert-son community to respond proactively to the current changes, working to help our young program to continue to evolve and improve. I am confident that the Robertson scholars will rise to meet this challenge.

Victoria Wilmarth, Trinity ’13 President, Robertson Scholars Community

Coordinating Committee

Don’t miss your chanceI’d been in Jodhpur, India, for a little over a week

when a situation arose that we had been warned about during our orientation week. We had been

told not to talk about religion or politics with our host families. At the time, I had thought to myself, “Well, that’s a bummer. Those are things that I care about, things that I really like to discuss.” Even so, having spent six weeks with a host family last summer in Paris, I had a sense that the subjects would come up whether I brought them up or not. They pretty much always do, and personally, I’m too lazy to try to casually avoid the topics.

Well, whether I wanted it or not, the “touchy” sub-jects came up over dinner one night when my host uncle was visiting. All of us were sitting on the fl oor, eating . I was pretty much minding my own business, with Hindi conversation taking place around me, hop-ing that someone might start talking to me. Maybe they’d ask me where I was from or what I was all about. I didn’t really care; I was just getting a little bored. Well, my wish quickly came true as my host uncle started asking me several questions in broken Eng-lish about my family. The questions were along the lines of “How many people live in your house?” and “How many brothers or sisters do you have?” Everyone was laugh-ing as he talked, which later I was assured was directed not at me but at his English. Very unexpectedly, the conversation shift-ed onto the topic of how small and inferior the American family structure is to that of the Indian family. “Indian families are large and everyone lives together in one house,” I was told. “American families are too small.”

Unfortunately, any effort of mine to contribute to the conversation was quickly ignored. The lecture quickly began to accelerate. I felt hopeless trying to get in the way of this barrage of questionable opinions that were being presented to me as facts. “America supports Pakistan too much. Pakistan is a terrorist country. … America is a great and powerful country. It gives milk to the snake of Pakistan.” My continued efforts to turn the lecture into a discussion proved a failure as the rant aggressively proceeded. All the while, the fi ve or six other female family members sit-ting with us started laughing. I didn’t really know what was happening, but I somehow didn’t feel all that fl us-tered. At this point, I had kind of given up and was just passively listening to whatever was said.

Across from my host uncle sat his wife, on the ground with her legs crossed. With a veil hanging over half of her face, she sat and laughed as her husband entertained everyone with his tirade. Honestly, I was slightly entertained myself; at least there was more ac-tion than there had been during the meal. My host uncle pointed at his wife and defi antly told me, “A cov-ered woman is beautiful. A woman should be covered.

A man, not covered, is good. A woman not covered is not beautiful.” Again, everyone kept laughing and no one seemed to have a problem with what he was say-ing. I started to say something but was so quickly over-taken by him repeating himself that I just gave up.

Let me just say that I am not here to tell a story about my experience as a foreigner whose culture was attacked and who was shocked by the unfamiliar gender norms of another country. I am not a die-hard American patriot who is going to declare Western cul-ture and values to be the best and only way of life. In my opinion, every culture has its strengths and weaknesses. To be honest, I think my host uncle may have actually had somewhat of a point when talking about the American family. Maybe Americans could use some more family time. That’s beside the point though.

Ultimately, this experience taught me the importance of standing up for what you truly believe in. I realized how strong-ly I disagree with the request of my host organization that we avoid talking about “touchy” subjects like politics, religion, culture or whatever it may be. In my opin-ion, the beauty of travel is that it brings about the meeting of different worlds. If we choose to suppress our own personal views or ways of living when traveling, then what’s the point of it really? Every native of the country that you’re in is just going to

think you’re a poser or they’re going to be misled into believing that you’re something that you’re not.

Again, I want to reiterate that I’m not promoting a conscious effort to create controversy. I’m not tell-ing you to go to Saudi Arabia and wear short shorts because that’s what you think your culture is all about. Every individual needs to make a judgment call and evaluate what aspects of his or her culture really mat-ter to him or her. Which of my values do I truly believe in? Which am I willing to defend?

My ultimate hope is that no matter which cultural values are important to you, whether it be the right to drink alcohol or the right to dress a certain way, you stand up for them when you have the chance. I believe that only through genuine and thoughtful discussion will we as a people and as a world come to better un-derstand ourselves and each other. If we’re going to talk about going to do service in foreign countries to support the plight of women or the poor, the fi ght starts with the minds and the hearts of the people. So when that opportunity comes to dive into the tough conversation, don’t miss your chance to stand up for what you believe in. I did once, but I don’t plan on letting it happen again.

Philip Doerr is a Trinity junior.

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duration of the program. Additionally, they have an 8 p.m. curfew, compared to the standard 11 to 12 p.m. curfew, and are still unable to visit the program’s secondary partner organization. Stu-dents are not allowed to visit Tahrir Square, where protests have been almost unending since spring 2011.

Students studying abroad with Duke in the Arab World, who will leave Egypt this Saturday, are lim-ited to the district of Zamalek. Professors meet the students at their American University of Cairo residence hall for classes, Amanda Kelso, associate director of the Global Education Office for Under-graduates, wrote in an email Wednesday. Duke in the Arab World students were not aware of these specific constraints before the program began.

“The restrictions haven’t taken too much of a toll on our overall experience,” said DukeEngage participant Sarah Haas, a sophomore. “The restric-tions have, however, impacted the people we are working with.”

While the DukeEngage students have been away from the workplace, many people at the organi-zations were asking where the American students were and why they were restricted to their apart-ments, Haas wrote in an email Wednesday.

Although administrators must be mindful of student safety in the region, they also recognize that they have an opportunity to witness a crucial moment for Egypt and the Middle East, said Eric van Danen, director of communications for Duke-Engage.

“There are very few Americans here right now, and we have front-row seats to something we will read in history books soon to come,” Haas said, noting that she hopes no disruptions will force Duke to bring the students back to the United States.

Administrators in Durham have been maintain-ing close watch on Cairo’s political atmosphere throughout the programs’ duration, gathering in-formation from the U.S. State Department, Duke’s long-term emergency management partner In-ternational SOS as well as on-the-ground reports from Mbaye Lo, who directs both programs and is an assistant professor of the practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

“Reports suggest that things have been largely calm,” Van Danen said. “But because future events are unpredictable, those restrictions remain in place.”

Kelso noted that the Global Education Office put significant time and resources into contin-gency planning for the Duke in the Arab World program.

DukeEngage administrators, in conjunction with Duke’s International Travel Oversight Com-mittee weighed whether or not to hold the Cairo program this summer, ultimately deciding in early April that the conditions were safe enough to send students to Egypt. ITOC also considered suspend-ing the program last summer.

Egypt’s Supreme Election Commission initially scheduled to announce the winner of the election today, as both candidates—Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq—claim victory. Currently, Egypt is under military rule, and former President Hosni Mubarak is in critical condition at a Cairo hospi-tal. Thousands have gathered in Tahrir Square this week in protest, but administrators expect that the Duke programs will continue as planned.

Van Danen said although it is unlikely a situa-tion would arise that might force students to leave Egypt, Duke has a system in place to remove stu-dents from the country if necessary.

“With appropriate safety measures in place, stu-dents are going to continue enjoying their service experience and see the program to its end in late July,” he said.

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He took note of the controversy over the removal of Sullivan in a let-ter to McIntire School of Commerce alumni.

“Some people disagree with my de-cision to serve in this role, and I un-derstand their reasons,” Zeithaml, the McIntire dean, said in the letter. “Af-ter profound deliberation, however, I felt that I had no choice. I am sorry if you disagree with my decision, but please join me in my efforts to move the University forward.”

At one point during a closed board meeting that stretched from Mon-day into Tuesday, allies of Sullivan seemed to have the support of eight members on the board, according to

several people briefed on the session who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. Because Kington, the vice rector, had not yet resigned his seat on the 16-member board, nine votes would have been necessary to reinstate Sullivan.

Instead of voting on Sullivan’s rein-statement, the board voted 12-1 to ap-point Zeithaml as interim president un-til a permanent successor can be found. The dissenter was W. Heywood Fralin. Board members Robert D. Hardie and A. Macdonald Caputo abstained, and Glynn D. Key left before the vote.

Whether the board would revisit its decision following Kington’s resigna-tion was uncertain. With each passing day, the leadership transition is gain-ing momentum.

Dragas had not responded to re-

peated emails and telephone calls seeking comment.

“I think finding a qualified candi-date who will even consider this job will be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, at this point,” said Austin Ligon, a retired automobile executive and former board member. Of Sulli-van’s removal, Ligon said, “I think this will become the textbook case for bad university governance.”

Meanwhile, a second profes-sor quit Wednesday in protest: Ian G. Macara, a microbiologist at the School of Medicine.

“It is a tragedy that a small group of provincial-minded plutocrats on the [Board of Visitors] could so rapidly de-stroy the reputation of what had been one of the great public universities of the United States,” Macara said.

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