December 2010

1December 2010 • RIVAL MAGAZINE

RI ALcelebrating the Duke & UNC-CH connection

volume 6 issue 2 / December 2010

Latino Student Activists: Bringing Awareness to Campus

Students share seasonal traditions & cheer

Rival asked past student interns about their summer experiences

Need internship advice?

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I AM A TERRIBLE COOK. I mean, I’m probably a terrible cook. I haven’t

really tried yet. After three years of occasionally questionable

dining hall cuisine and a move off-campus, I am now in a position of (nearly—after all, I am on a college budget) limitless dietary freedom. I could eat anything I wanted or cook whatever I felt like eating (according to my inner six-year-old, I could even eat candy all day if I so desired, thank you very much).

Yet it’s November and I can count on one hand the number of times that I’ve actually cooked dinner. And, while I haven’t managed to poison myself yet, these rare occasions of kitchen adventuring haven’t exactly produced the most inspired kitchen concotions either. Don’t get me wrong—I like variety in my diet as much as anyone else, but when it’s 10 or 11 p.m. at night and I’m just returning to my apartment for the first time since my morning classes, I’m not exactly particular about what I eat.

And many students run into the same problem. If you are just cooking for yourself, it’s difficult to justify taking the time out of an already packed schedule to try to figure out exactly what to do with the frozen chicken breasts that have been in the freezer since August. And peanut butter sandwiches are so easy.

But I’m making an early New Year’s resolution. I am going start cooking real food (read: I am going to start trying to be an adult). I will gracefully accept my roomate’s stifled laughs as she walks in on me fighting with a sautee pan and swearing at our temperamental gas oven.

College is about learning to be independent and part of this is being able to properly feed yourself, and no—heating up Ramen doesn’t count. For an easy, dorm-friendly holiday recipe, check out our story on seasonal foods and holiday traditions on page 20. If you want to expand your horizons beyond food and the confines of campus, take a walk out to Carrboro and see how the Carrboro Arts Center is working with student groups to promote the arts in the community (page 12). Struggling with what to do about getting that perfect summer internship? We spoke with students from a variety of disciplines at both schools and asked for their advice (page 16).

We hope you enjoy! Cheers,

Adrienne Wollman Editor-in-Chief

content editor-in-chief adrienne wollman

duke managing editor emily mcginty unc managing editor allie barnes graphic design editor pamela tseng editorial directors evan sandoval trent tsun-kang chiang

unc contributing writers copeland barnes leah campbell kasey el-chayeb alison ives claire schmitt clare white duke contributing writers akshatha kommalapati danielle nelson sylvie spewak kathie sun becca ward

food critic claudia rupcich columnists valerie henry kelsey tsipis

sports columnist evan sandoval

staff designers shannon coffey dylan gilroy brittian mcneel kelley wollman contributing photographers shannon coffey christy king akshatha kommalapati claudia rupcich

bloggers chandos culleen

COVER DESIGN pamela tseng COVER PHOTO justin valas

business public relations director bhumi dalia treasurer kirsten brown unc faculty adviser bill cloud

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letter from the editor december 2010

adrienne wollmanis a senior from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilll. She can be reached via email at [email protected]

In 2006, from January 14-16, 24 students from Duke and Carolina worked together to set a new record of the longest continuous basketball game ever played, last-ing 57 hours, 17 minutes, and 41 seconds. Duke won 3699-3444.

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COVER: MirenosLatino activist groups at both UNC-CH and Duke University look beyond the recent controversy over the Dream Act and take action to support their community.

Carrboro Arts CenterThe Carrboro Arts Center collaborates with student groups on campus to facilitate cultural and artistic experiences in Carrboro.

InternshipsBefore you start thinking about that summer internship or job, see what your fellow students have to say about their experiences from last summer.

Seasonal Food & TraditionsThe holiday season means good food and quality time with family and loved ones. We check in to see what some of your favorite traditions are and offer up suggestions for the perfect holiday meal (and yes, you can even make it in a dorm!).

The Width & Breadth of itWant an outside perspective? Read what one of our columnists abroad has to say.

By the BookThink you’ve got it bad? Rival compares introductory computer science classes at Duke and UNC-CH.

Out of the BlueTired of seeing the same old people? Get to know some new campus faces you won’t want to forget.

in every issuePre-gameHave you ever stopped to think about how all of the magazines that you see around campus get to be there? Plus, check out the new Reese Felts Digital Newsroom at UNC-CH and what students and faculty expect for the future.

Top V: Looking to move off-campus next year? Check out our suggestions before you start your search.

Devil’s AdvocateDuke’s Valerie Henry addresses the ups and downs of being in a long distance relationship. Tar TracksUNC-CH’s Kelsey Tsipis takes a personal approach to the rivalry between UNC-CH and Duke.

Athlete’s CornerUNC-CH’s Evan Sandoval may not actually be on the basketball team, but he knows what he might do if he was.

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As the world makes seemingly dai-ly technological leaps, it can be dif-ficult to keep up with the constant changes. Facebook is one exam-

ple of how technology has shook the founda-tions of communication; ten years ago there was nothing like it in the world and now Face-book is arguably more common than texting. The culture of today now thrives upon who can get information the soonest, ergo the mas-sive success of the social networking site Twitter. The newest addition to UNC-CH addresses this fast paced, technologically-focused society that we live in. The Reese Felts Digital News Project, part of UNC-CH’s School of Journalism and Mass Com-munication, is a student-driven, ex-perimental news organization.

The Reese Felts Digital News Project is run by 21 UNC-CH stu-dents (19 undergraduate students and two graduate students) whose goal is to provide news content across multiple platforms at the same time. With a brand new, 24-hour, state-of-the-art digital news-room, the students are able to con-tinually produce and maintain the website, which launched on No-vember 1, 2010.

The students are also involved with every aspect of the project, from design to content, which allows them to develop journalistic skills which can be applied in the ever-changing world of technology today.

“We want to try new storytelling methods, and you can’t do that by defaulting to today’s standards,” said Don Wittekind, head of the Reese Felts Digital News Project. “For sto-ries with great experimental possibil-

ities, we’ll build story teams that will be made up of reporters, researchers, designers and programmers. The students will learn to work in teams where their specialty is just one part of creating something more powerful than any of them could have created individually.”

Work on the Reese Felts Project began in April of 2010, after 1952 UNC alumni Reese Felts passed away in 2009 and left $4.1 mil-lion to the UNC School of Journalism and

Mass Communication. After only two and a half months of conceptualization, construc-tion on the newsroom began in mid June. The newsroom was built from an old class-room in Carroll Hall and was functional by the first week of classes in August.

Although the construction is not complete-ly done (one corner of the room is still being finished), students have been undeterred in moving forward with the project. The Re-

ese Felts Digital News Project web-site, reeesefelts.org, is already ahead of other news sites because the stu-dents use advanced programming as part of the website.

Since its debut on the first of No-vember, the project has had almost instant success. The website has al-ready had page views from 47 out of 50 states, and has had over 20,000 page views total from over 50 coun-tries.

“The initial launch was an im-pressive achievement for all in-volved,” said Wittekind. “[And] if we’re constantly doing three things—trying something, testing it and publishing the results—we’re on track.”

The Reese Felts Program prom-ises an exciting future. The students and staff have ambitious goals that will hopefully further the success that the website has already experienced.

“We have a great website plat-form to build on, so now we can fo-cus on creating amazing content—and by the Reese definition that means content you won’t find any-where else,” said Wittekind. “That’s a tall order, but the entire staff is ex-tremely excited to try to fill it.”

pre-gameTechnological Advances

Laura Montini, a senior Reporting major, works on a story with Jessey Dearing, a senior Visual Communications major. They are both multime-dia journalists for the Reese Felts Digital News Project.

BY ALLIE BARNES, UNC-CH • PHOTOS BY KAITLYN COOK, UNC-CH • DESIGN BY BRITTAIN MCNEEL, UNC-CH


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BY TRENT TSUN-KANG CHIANG, DUKEPHOTOS BY AKSHATHA KOMMALAPATI, DUKEDESIGH NY BRITTAIN MCNEEL, UNC-CH

quick, pick-me-up shorts

When you picked up this copy of Rival Magazine, did you notice how many publications shared the same magazine rack? Cur-

rently, 16 publications are chartered by the Undergraduate Publication Board (UPB) at Duke University. These publications, includ-ing the one you’re reading, cover a spectrum of topics ranging from the yearbook (The Chanticleer) to photography (Latent Image) to numerous academic and political issues.

However, unlike other campus organi-zations that have offices in the Bryan Cen-ter such as Duke Student Government and Duke University Union, the UPB is not widely known among the general student body. In contrast to UNC-CH, where stu-dent publications operate like other student groups, Duke has a unique system where UPB serves as the umbrella organization for all student publications. UPB distributes funds received from the Student Organiza-tion Finance Committee (SOFC), a funding group under Duke Student Government.

Twenty-two percent of SOFC’s annual budget goes to UPB, making the publication umbrella the largest recipient of SOFC’s an-nual budget. The Chanticleer is the second-

largest recipient; although the yearbook is a member of UPB, it receives annual budget in-dependently of the publications board.

Students who work for publications find the experience worth SOFC’s investment. Having the ability to publish work provides groups of students the ability to produce tan-gible products that relate to personal inter-ests. “As a publication, we can publish the re-search … we can also discuss and learn from each other like a student group,” said Rolando Rengifo, a senior from Cary, NC.

Rengifo, a neuroscience major, is the ed-itor of Neurogenesis, a new student publi-cation that is expected to publish and join UPB in spring 2011.

Despite the positive experiences asso-ciated with publication work, new student publications still face challenges before be-ing published. WOMYN, a queer-women focused magazine, recently underwent the process it takes to put ideas into print.

“It took about a year to go from the idea of WOMYN to seeing it published,” said Jack Grote, a senior from Winston-Salem, NC. Grote, a women’s studies major, is the manag-ing editor of WOMYN. WOMYN, which pub-lished its first issue the second week of Novem-

ber, is the UPB’s newest chartered publication. UPB president Amy Li, a junior math ma-

jor from Montgomery, MD explained that in order for a publication to get chartered, SOFC must unanimously approve the pub-lication. After approval, the publication is eligible to receive annual budget. The com-bination of tighter budget constraints and in-creasing numbers of publications each year means the UPB must carefully allocate funds to individual publications. Although multiple publications are after the same pot of gold, Li still encourages interested students to explore their publishing interests.

“I definitely encourage people who think they have an original idea to get involved [in UPB]; I think it increases Duke’s diversity and the dynamic quality of the campus,” said Li.

Li said that she has already met with sev-eral people this semester who are interested in establishing new student publications. The process of establishing a new publication takes effort, but evidence shows that it can be done.

“I think the resources [for undergradu-ate publications] are out there, and it’s just a matter of having the initiative to move for-ward,” said Rengifo.

Recognized university publications such as Duke Journal of Public Affairs (public policy), Gothic Garden (political), Eruditio (undergraduate humanities), and Latent Image (photog-raphy) fall under the jurisdiction of Duke’s Undergraduate Publications Board.

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Rival takes a look at the top five off-campus housing offered at each school while students scramble to find the best place to live.

OFF-CAMPUS HOUSINGTOP :

ChanCellor SquareLocation, location, location. Whether you’re

studying or in the mood to go out, Chancellor Square is situated especially close to both campus and nightlife so you can forget the taxi! With a 10-minute walk to class, you won’t even need a snooze button. Its private courtyard also provides a great place to hang out, study and meet neighbors.

Chancellor Square is located at 211 North Church Street in Chapel Hill. Rent is $1400 per month for a two bedroom, two bathbroom apartment.

religiouS life houSing “I wanted a home rather than just a dorm,” said

Erin Cloninger, a senior political science major at Duke University, as she pointed out jars of jam made by residents of the Duke Wesley Fellowship House and the blue paint she chose to personalize her room. For those who seek a supportive community, religious life housing is a great way to live off campus in a family environment.

Rent is $300-500 per month (Wesley Fellowship House prices).

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1The warehouSeAspiring designer? Future architect? Do you

just appreciate unique building design? Warehouse apartments feature exposed brick, cement floors, high ceilings, bright walls and large windows that give it the feel of a converted factory. Alison Ellis, a UNC sophomore resident, said that aside from the New York loft style, “the best part about the apart-ment is the location-it’s so close!”

The Warehouse is located at 316 West Rosemary Street. Rent is $725 per month per person for a four bedroom, two bathroom apartment (utilities included).

georgeTown manorS Georgetown Manors provides residents easy

access to Duke University’s East Campus as well as the nearby Kroger’s, which is convenient for gro-ceries and party supplies. A diverse population of students, young families and senior citizens makes Georgetown Manors ideal for those who want to experience something beyond the academic and residential life on campus.

Rent is $700 per month for a two-bedroom apartment and $875 per month for a three-bed-room apartmet.

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Warehouse offers a convenient location and 24-hour security.


governor aparTmenTS Situated among the magnolia trees lining Dacian

Avenue in the quiet Trinity Park neighborhood, Gov-ernor Apartments allows residents to take advantage of Duke University’s bus system and provides easy access to nearby Brightleaf Square and Shooters II.

Rent is $595 per month (all apartments have a single bedroom).Chapel view aparTmenTS

Chapel View offers a home away from home, with a quiet and more “grown-up” feel. With all the extra perks (a pool, free tanning, workout facility and tennis courts), it might be worth the extra distance to travel to campus. It is also one of the few apartment complexes that is pet-friendly-meaning your furry friend is welcome too.

Chapel View Apartments are located at 2701 Homestead Road. Rent is $584-814 per month for two bedrooms and one bathroom (utilities included).

TriniTy heighTS Connections to Duke University are plenti-

ful in this tiny neighborhood located just off East Campus. Trinity Heights residents (which include professors, staff and students) can take advantage of places such as Whole Foods Market and Dollar General on Broad Street as well as the restaurants on Ninth Street.

graham CourTConvenient and comfortable, Graham Court’s

colonial-style brick apartments are spacious and only two blocks from campus. Its best feature? The glassed-in sun porch at the front, which can be used as a (small) third bedroom or a study.

Graham Court is located at 233-5 McCauley Street. Rent is roughly $1200 per month for two people for a two bedroom, one bathroom apart-ment (water included).

erwin millS Erwin Mills allows groups of friends to easily

live off campus together because the apartments are organized into bays that create communities and provide open gathering spaces. The bars and restaurants of Ninth Street are nearby, but the loss of the C-6 bus (which traveled between West Campus and Erwin Mills) can make commuting to class slightly inconvenient.

Rent is $540 per month for a triple.

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Chapel ridge aparTmenTSIf community is what you’re looking for, Chapel

Ridge provides it, along with amenities such as a pool, work-out facility, free tanning, volleyball, tennis and basketball courts. Jenni Brooks, a UNC senior psychology major and two-year renter, said the apartment complex has “an appreciation week for the residents, with free food and give-ways,” and pool parties where “they bring you free popsicles!”

Chapel Ridge Apartments are located at 101 Legacy Terace. Rent is $594-829 per month per person, depending on the floor plan you choose (utilities included).

3Converted from a cotton mill to a combination of offices and residential spaces, the apartments in Erwin Mills are less than a five minute walk from Ninth Street.

Approximately a ten minute walk from the Main Quad on Duke’s East Campus, Governor Apartments (pictured above) are located in the quiet Trinity Park neighborhood.


BY DANIELLE KATHARINE NELSON, DUKE

PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY MICHELLE LOZANO VILLEGAS DESIGN BY SHANNON COFFEY

Latino student organizations at Duke and UNC-CH fight for issues at the local and national scale, while providing social spaces for those involved.

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Imagine that you’re walking briskly across the Main Quad on Duke Univer-sity’s campus, frantically trying to catch the C-1 to your afternoon class. Sudden-

ly, you hear a whistle the sound of a group of nearby students immediately crashing to the ground. The students are now on their stom-achs, wearing signs that read: “Support the Dream Act,” and a speaker begins shouting the purpose and mission of this piece of leg-islation. You are completely mesmerized and

stare with your eyes glued to the demonstra-tion, even as the C-1 sadly pulls away from the bus stop.

If this is you, then the student activists from Duke Students for Humane Borders have been successful.

At both Duke University and the Univer-sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lati-no students comprise about seven percent of the total student body. Despite their small numbers, these students have made them-

selves highly visible on both campuses. La-tino students are involved in a range of or-ganizations and programs, from mentoring Latino high school students to working to-wards more rights for farm workers in North Carolina. With strong Latin American and Latino/a Studies departments and events open to communities, students at both Duke and UNC-CH ensure that issues like immi-gration and the Dream Act are not limited to nightly news segments. Student organi-

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zations at both universities breathe life into these issues, giving a face to modern politi-cal debate.

UNIDOS, a collaborative organization comprised of representatives from Latino student groups at Duke, UNC-CH and NC State, is an umbrella organization that serves to unite the three campuses in service to the Latino community. By bringing program-ming and fresh ideas from their respective universities, UNIDOS members become strong change agents and make valuable contributions to the Latino community.

“People always talk about the rivalries between the three schools, but we put those rivalries aside,” said Christine Contreras, a Duke senior and UNIDOS representative from Centreville, VA. “When we come to-

gether we can accomplish great things, and collaborating through UNIDOS makes an event three times as powerful for the com-munity.”

While UNIDOS links the different Lati-no student organizations at UNC-CH, Duke, and NC State University, the organization also focuses on community service in the Latino community. Last year, the collabora-tive organization funded the Tri University UNIDOS Scholarship for Latino high school students. This private scholarship provides two Latino high school students, who are unable to fund their own higher education, with an opportunity to attend college. An-other UNIDOS service outreach event is “Penny Wars” where all three schools com-pete to collect the most coins. At the end of

the competition, the money is donated to a charity. This year, UNIDOS has chosen the Hispanic Children’s Education Fund, a non-profit organization that provides children in Central and South America with education, healthcare, food,and shelter, as its charity.

At UNC-CH, the Carolina Latina/o Col-laborative works with existing Latino initia-tives and has established a ‘university col-laborative to focus on Latino affairs related to scholarship, education, culture and com-munity engagement.’ According to the Car-olina Latina/o Collaborative Director and the Multicultural Programs Coordinator, Jo-smell Pérez, this program creates a greater sense of campus consciousness at UNC-CH.

“We wanted to be dedicated to Latino is-sues on campus and through this collabora-

PHOTO BY JUSTIN VALAS

Students from Duke Students for Humane Borders participate in a “die-in” in front of the Marketplace on Duke’s East campus.


tive, we put together the openness, environ-ment and campus climate in order to form the program,” said Pérez.

Pérez’s organization celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to Oc-tober 15 to celebrate Latino culture, politics, art, music, dance, food, religion, academics and cross cultural connections, in addition to highlighting Latinos contributions to the United States.

The Carolina Latina/o Collaborative also co-sponsored events of the Latina/o Cul-tures Speakers Series, which, over the last ten years, has provided the Chapel Hill commu-nity with over thirty-two nationally recog-nized scholars, writers and artists. The first speaker in fall 2010 was Dr. Michael Dowdy. Dowdy’s presentation, “Broken Souths: A Latino Literary Geography of the Neolib-eral Era,” challenged common perceptions of the borders and globalization. Follow-ing Dowdy, the speaker series included poet Martín Espada, who has been deemed the “Latino poet of his generation” and the “Pab-lo Neruda of North American authors.”

The collaborative also reaches out to the community by hosting the Spanish Lan-guage Intensive Summer School Program, which aids professional students from oth-er colleges and universities in serving North Carolina’s Latino population. The Carolina Latina/o Collaborative has also held a pleth-ora of movie screenings that highlight issues of interest, sparking discussion throughout the campus and the community.

Aside from UNIDOS and the Carolina Latina/o Collaborative, other student orga-nizations have taken action to address Latino rights in today’s society. At Duke, Duke Stu-dents for Humane Borders has become the face of Latino political activism on campus.

“When immigrants need to get their voice heard, we get involved,” said Duke se-nior Christine Contreras, a political science and German double major.

A major source of involvement is dia-logue over the Dream Act controversy. The Developmental, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (Dream) Act is legislation that aims to provide undocumented students with a six-year conditional permanent resi-dency in order for them to either complete at least two years at a four year institution of higher learning or two years in the military.

Although the Dream Act was stalled in Con-gress, Duke Students for Humane Borders have continued to push for the Dream Act’s continued consideration. By performing ‘die-ins’—the event described initially where students crash to the ground at the sound of a whistle—for a couple of weeks in mid-Sep-tember, the organization demonstrated their endless support and dedication to the mis-sion and goals of the Dream Act.

While the die-ins were designed to spread awareness and to educate the Duke commu-nity about the Dream Act, they were also a reminder of the obstacles that undocument-ed students face in reaching institutions of higher education as a result of their status.

“[The die-ins are] also a moment of si-lence for the 65,000 students each year who have a fear of not being able to continue their education or being able to serve in the mili-tary,” said Contreras.

Contreras became a passionate advo-cate for the Dream Act after a close friend told her that when he was in high school, he was afraid that his undocumented status would keep him from attending college. Al-though he was able to secure a residency be-fore graduation, Contreras realized that the voices of students like her friend needed to be heard.

“These undocumented students are just like us: hardworking students. They don’t want to hurt the country. This isn’t about am-nesty, because students who qualify would only be given a temporary pass for six years to go to college or serve in the military for two years. These students aren’t expecting any financial aid from the government; they are just looking for an opportunity to give back to the country either through higher education or military service.”

In addition to Duke Students for Humane Borders’ activism for the Dream Act, groups such as Student Action with Farmwork-ers (SAF), Gente Aprendiendo para Nue-vas Oportunidades (GANO) and Mi Gente work towards increased campus conscious-ness and awareness of pertinent issues.

Student Action with Farmworkers is a non-profit organization that seeks to pro-mote relationships between students and farmworkers while improving working con-ditions for farmworkers in the Carolinas and nationwide. Students from UNC-CH, Duke,

UNC-CH’s Students United for Immigrant Equality protests Arizona’s SB 1070 in front of the Court House on Franklin St. in Chapel Hill. Critics of SB 1070 say that it encourages racial profiling.


NC State and Western Piedmont Communi-ty College, collaborate with the SAF’s ‘Stu-dent Organizing School’ and rally for better treatment, wages and living conditions for farmers as well as improved access to educa-tion for all students.

At both UNC-CH and Duke, there are various programs that mentor Latino chil-dren and other members of the local Latino population. At UNC-CH, the Scholars La-tino Initiative helps Latino high school stu-dents attain college educations while also building relationships between the high school students and sophomore undergrad-uates. At Duke, GANO extends activism to the greater Durham community by offering English tutoring services to Spanish-speak-ing immigrants in Durham two evenings a week on Duke’s East Campus. Through this program, Duke is not only becoming in-volved in the community, but it is also work-ing to close the language barrier that divides modern American society.

Mi Gente, Duke’s Latino Student Organi-zation, is another group involved in Latino culture on campus. One of the organization’s goals is to “unite the Latino student body and provide opportunities for people to socialize with others who also identify as Latino,” said co-President Catherine Castillo, a Duke se-nior. Unlike Duke Students for Humane Bor-

ders, Mi Gente is non-partisan. The organi-zation spreads awareness of issues such as immigration, education and the Dream Act without advocating specific views of these topics. During Hispanic Heritage Month, Mi Gente put up posters of historical Latino ac-tivists around campus. The organization also hosts academic discussions about Latino is-sues, serving as the liaison between the stu-dents and Latino faculty.

Mi Gente also plans events that focus on political issues affecting Latinos in the Unit-ed States and in Latin America. The orga-nization cosponsored a conversation with workers from the factory that produces Duke apparel, AltaGracia, about their expe-rience with fighting for improved workers’ rights with United Students Against Sweat-shops. AltaGracia pays three times the sal-ary that other companies pay their workers. This conversation connected the consumers, Duke students, to the workers. In the spring, Mi Gente is planning an Immigration Re-form 101 event, where students can learn about both sides of the ever-present debate.

One of the biggest events of the year is Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, which centers on MEZCLA, a multicultural performance event. The Latino Student Re-cruitment Weekend (LSRW) is organized through the Undergraduate Admissions Of-fice, and Mi Gente plans activities for the ad-mitted students to showcase the cultural di-versity on campus.

“Latino Student Recruitment Weekend is crucial to convincing accepted students to attend Duke, because we show them that there is a community here that they can be-

long to, in addition to the greater Duke com-munity,” said Castillo.

Beyond academics and spreading aware-ness of Latino-centered issues, Mi Gente serves as a social outlet for its members.

“Duke is about seven percent Latino and we just provide a setting where all these peo-ple can come in and get together to share a common culture, which in itself is also very diverse,” said co-President Christopher Ken-nedy, a Duke junior and Psychology and Phi-losophy double major from Asuncion, Para-guay. “We have all sorts of Latinos within the organization, whether it be Mexican-Amer-ican, Cuban-American, or Puerto Rican-American students whose families hail from Central or South America.”

The social events, including Salsa on the Steps, a night of salsa dancing in front of the chapel co-hosted by Mi Gente and Sa-brosura, the Duke Latin Dance group, and the monthly general body meetings, are a time for Mi Gente members to catch up, eat Latin American food and make announce-ments. The meetings are open to all students, not just Latinos or Mi Gente members, and through food, music and other activities the organization celebrates and shares the Lati-no culture.

“It also helps more students become more aware of how culture plays a role in their identity,” said Castillo. “Some students come here from communities where they are minorities as Latinos and some come from communities where they are a majority; this combination fosters discussion and personal reflection on cultural and ethnic identity.”

Promoting awareness, education, cul-ture and campus consciousness, Mi Gente embodies the Latino student activism in the Duke community and throughout the greater triangle area. Campus groups and inter-insti-tutional organizations use service and educa-tion to create a heightened sense of campus consciousness throughout the Triangle.

LEFT: Students at Duke hold signs that ask “Do I look illegal?” in pro-test of SB 1070. The legislation would allow law enforcement to target people based on their race. TOP: Students United for Immigrant Equality protest in the Pit at UNC-CH, wearing “Do I look illegal?” signs.

Duke students march in Washington, D.C. in sup-port of CIR ASAP, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act for America’s Security and Prosperity. The act would provide paths to residency for illegal immigrants and reduce raids and deportations.


Whether or not you are a stu-dio art major, if you have ever been interested in taking an art class at UNC-CH, you have

probably encountered an irritating amount of difficulty in the registration process. But what most students do not know is that a flourish-ing art school and community are only a short walking distance from campus.

The ArtsCenter, which is located in the same plaza on East Main Street as the pop-ular music venue, Cat’s Cradle, is an all-en-compassing art facility that offers art classes, concerts, theatre productions, family pro-grams and gallery exhibitions. This non-prof-it organization strives to nurture new talent and gives artists a place to discover their own creativity.

However, students’ lack of awareness about these resources has created a strong discon-nect between students at UNC-CH and the ArtsCenter, according to Ed Camp, the execu-tive director of the ArtsCenter. “UNC is in the middle of a thriving art community and I don’t think the students realize that,” said Camp.

In the past, the ArtsCenter has not had a significant voice on campus. This has recent-ly led the Center to reach out to groups and clubs on campus to help spread awareness.

Natalia Davila, the president of Kappa Pi, the art and art history honors society on cam-pus, agrees that there is a division between the ArtsCenter and UNC-CH. “The art de-partment is very isolated,” said Davila. Even within the university, Davila, a senior studio art major from Miami, Florida, said there is a lack of unity between departments such as dramatic arts, fine arts and music.

Because Kappa Pi realizes this discon-nect, the honors society is making an effort to develop a relationship with the ArtsCen-ter. The connection between the two orga-nizations benefits both Kappa Pi and the ArtsCenter because it extends new opportu-nities to student members of the honor so-ciety and provides the ArtsCenter with vol-unteers. Although Kappa Pi is relatively new ,(it was founded in 2008) Davila stressed the significance of Kappa Pi’s goal to bond with other art communities.

This effort is part of the arts advocacy ini-tiative led by UNC-CH’s student body pres-ident, Hogan Medlin. The initiative encour-ages engagement outside the art department and its goal is to provide funding to student artists who want to explore outside oppor-tunities. Davila is satisfied with the students’ progress thus far in getting involved with arts

In a town with a population that craves the arts, the ArtsCenter provides a means for satisfying those cravings (or at least a creative space where one can foster their own satisfaction).

ArtsBY ALISON IVES, UNC-CHPHOTOS BY CHRISTY KING, UNC-CHDESIGN BY BRITTAIN MCNEEL, UNC-CH

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Natalia Davila, the president of Kappa Pi, hangs a painting by Kal Fadem at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. Last November, Kappa Pi founded the student run gallery called The Artery.


beyond the classroom. Kappa Pi is excited about the recent liai-

son to the ArtsCenter. November marked the first time in the history of the ArtsCen-ter that UNC-CH students have had a gal-lery on exhibit. According to Davila, this is significant because it gave a core group of student artists a new audience.

“When artists are exposed to new com-munities, a lot of new eyes allow for net-working opportunities, and then you can get your name out there,” said Davila.

Eight students’ artwork, which varies from silkscreen prints to paintings on can-vas, was featured in one of twoArtCenter galleries. These galleries typically showcase local and regional work of all media and subject matter.

“We like to be eclectic,” said Camp.There is no admission fee to view the exhi-

bitions, but all of the artwork is for sale. In ad-dition to the galleries, the ArtsCenter serves as a venue for music shows. The ArtsCenter hosts approximately 75 concerts each year, and the artists range from up-and-coming musicians to artists who are legends in their field. There are few locations where one can hear the won-ders of sacred steel music and attend a Celtic music festival all under the same roof.

Year-round, the ArtsCenter has a variety of art courses that are open to individuals ages 15 and up. Course concentrations range from black and white darkroom photogra-phy to watercolor painting; children’s litera-ture writing to Bollywood dance; and from vegetarian cooking to glass beading courses.

The opportunity to take these classes is a convenient alternative to dealing with the restricted art courses at UNC-CH. Davila

explained that because the art department is so small, it has to limit certain courses to major students only. Having access to such unique classes at the ArtsCenter should not be something students take for grant-ed. Most classes last for a few weeks, and, apart from being immersed in a new craft, these classes are a great way to step out of theUNC-CH “bubble”. A change of scenery, the prospect of meeting new people and developing fresh skill sets support the idea that the ArtsCenter courses are multi-facet-ed and offer a well-rounded learning experi-ence to its students.

Students can also get involved in the ArtsCenter itself: the center welcomes volun-teers and has reached out to the Greek com-munity on campus to get involved with a va-riety of different projects. Once volunteers become familiar with the ArtsCenter, they are placed in positions that are suitable to their interests and skills. The new website for the ArtsCenter is scheduled to launch in Decem-ber, and it will have a volunteer portal where individuals can sign up to greet audience members before performances or to handle merchandise tables, among other tasks.

“The goal for the next few years at the ArtsCenter is to look at the needs of the community and plan a better use of its space,” said Camp. He emphasized the im-portance of being an advocate for arts edu-cation in schools.

“The arts are fundamental, not ornamen-tal,” said Camp. “Very few places in town have this many creative individuals. I feel very fortunate to experience such a high lev-el of creative energy every day.”

At The Artery, unique materials like umbrellas or washing machines are transformed into individual installations by Molly Brewer and Matt Jones. Though the works were created separately, the installation-based gallery has an overwhelmingly collaborative feel as the visitors’ eyes travel from one piece to the next.

The ArtsCenter harbors support for creativity and emerging artists at UNC-CH.

Glass Beadmaking on the Torch

Stained Glass Crash Course Workshop

Screen Printing for Everyone

Beginning Sewing

Ethnic Vegetarian Cooking

Bollywood Dance

Step by Step Artist Website Design

Portrait Drawing

Beginning Metalsmithing

Introduction to Lampworking

Introduction to Oil and Acrylic Painting

Beginning Photography: Film or Digital

Reading Methods to Open Minds

Acting On-Camera

Intro to Improv

Blown Glass Paperweight Workshop

Register online atwww.artscenterlive.org

Courses offered during Spring semester 2011:


devil’s advocatedevil’s advocateBY VALERIE HENRY, DUKE

Long Distance RelationshipsMid-November, I told my boss

and my professor that I would be missing work and class the Monday before Thanksgiving

Break officially began. When asked about the reason for my absence, I muttered a vague “Thanksgiving plans,” although in truth I was flying to Houston to visit my boyfriend. Ev-ery time I sacrifice a little bit of my school and professional life (not to mention forking out $300 plus for travel) for a trip to visit my boyfriend, I am forced to re-evaluate wheth-er the relationship is worth such personal and financial expenses.

For those of you seniors currently in rela-tionships who are thinking about your post-graduate dispersal to new jobs in new cities, you may find yourself asking similar ques-tions. But how to choose? Do you strike out alone, ready to build a whole new social life, or do you retain one piece of stability as ev-erything else in your life transitions to a new phase?

This semester, I was surprised to realize that no less than five close friends (in addition to myself) find themselves in long distance re-lationships. Our significant others are scat-tered from Boston to Texas and everywhere in between. My friends’ reasons for sticking it

out vary as much as their partners’ locations. I personally find it hard to justify a long-dis-tance relationship that doesn’t have marriage potential, but one friend says that although he doesn’t think he and his girlfriend will nec-essarily end up together, things are too good now to end the relationship. Others hold onto high school romances, unwilling to let go of that one special person. One couple has nev-er lived in the same place—they met at a two-week summer camp and have been dating long distance for three years since. Obvious-ly, they think it’s worth it.

With modern technology, it is a lot eas-ier to understand how long-distance cou-ples still feel close to each other. Skype works wonders. My boyfriend and I set up our lap-tops and “hang out” while we each do work at our desks. One of my friends even watched a movie with his girlfriend over Skype-they just made sure to press play at the same time!

After seven months of long-distance, I catch myself valuing all things in terms of plane tickets. A trip to the mall is half a plane ticket. A few dinners out at nice restaurants could be exchanged for a visit. When I con-vert the money I’ve spent on travel into my hourly wages, I realize I’ve spent 150 hours paying for a few visits-that’s a month at a full time job. When I think that I could have tak-en an entire month off of work this summer had I not been in long-distance, I feel a little sick with envy at all the couples who find ro-mance right here at home. How do you put a price on the person you love? Most of us want to believe this is impossible, but in real-ity, every relationship has its price.

When my boyfriend and I do get to see each other in person, each day becomes more valuable because we know how limited our

time is. We fight less and let the little things slide because we don’t want to waste what lit-tle time we have being angry (not to mention that the day together cost about $100). On the reverse side, I wonder if we let issues go un-resolved simply because we only encounter them face-to-face every couple of months.

When my friend told me yesterday that her boyfriend is moving from California to Dur-ham, I was ecstatic as well as envious. Remind-ed of the nauseatingly cliché recent release “Going the Distance,” I wonder how much I would give up to move to where my boyfriend lives. When my boyfriend graduated last year, we didn’t have to discuss whether or not we would stay together—we knew we wanted to do long distance. But how long are we will-ing to keep it up? At some point, you have to answer the question: are you willing to move across the country for a relationship?

As a senior applying to graduate schools, I face the prospect of moving to a new city where I know no one. With college friends to keep in touch with, a family back home, and a boyfriend a thousand miles away, I have be-gun to realize that all my relationships will soon become long-distance. We are all con-fident we will make new connections wher-ever we end up, but it depresses me to think the people who define my life are replaceable. It is encouraging that long-distance relation-ships reject the principle that we can always just find someone else. Staying with that one person despite the distance and despite the fact that you could easily date someone else close by affirms that the people close to us are irreplaceable. I believe for any relation-ship to be worth anything, you have to value that person as bringing something unique to your life that no one else can offer.

At some point, you have to answer the question:

are you willing to move across the country for a RELATIONSHIP?—Valerie Henry


tar tracksdevil’s advocatedevil’s advocate tar tracksBY KELSEY TSIPIS, UNC-CH

Sibling RivalryReflecting on my childhood conjures

memories that consist mainly of sweaty gyms, crowded soccer fields and youthful weekends of winter

basketball tournaments that fade into spring soccer games. Whether I was admiring my brother’s and sister’s athletic aptitude or em-barrassing myself, sports were unquestion-ably a significant aspect of my childhood.

All of the milestones you experience in life—you know, the ones where you can some-how remember the exact location and details about the person next to you—well, all of mine are marked by specific basketball games. For example, my brother, Nick’s AAU champion-ship game in 2000 was when I first wore mas-cara. The first time I learned to do a cartwheel was at another basketball tournament because eager fans convinced me to be the team’s per-sonal cheerleader. I was convinced that I want-ed to be a cheerleader for the games.

The moment that I graduated high school, my sub-par athletic performances ceased (to no one’s dismay). Even in light of attending a college with one of the best athletic pro-grams in the nation, I knew that the religious patronage I had paid to athletics growing up had run its course. To this day, the only inter-est I have in UNC-CH sports—even our na-tionally recognized basketball team—is John-ny White’s dreds. And even those seem to be headed for the sidelines soon.

There is one place left where I can go to reconnect with my childhood days in cleats: Duke soccer games. This may seem surpris-ing to UNC-CH readers, but my family ties run deeper than ties to my school.

Most fall weekends, I head to what my UNC-CH professors refuse to refer to as anything but “that royal blue school in Dur-

ham” to watch my brother Nick, who is a se-nior biology major at Duke, play under the lights of Koskinen Stadium.

Although my brother and I biologically share the same blood, UNC-CH fanatics of-ten remind me I now bleed a lighter shade of blue. My weekend trips seem to have sealed my status on campus as a traitor. Some of my

closest friends still passive-aggressively crit-icize my wardrobe, which consists more of Duke sweatshirts, t-shirts and hats than Car-olina apparel. Other potential friends are lost upon seeing the Duke soccer poster in my room next to posters of Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Affleck. (Not to say the attractive-ness levels of the three are even comparable.)

I understand that there are just some things you don’t do on UNC-CH’s campus. You don’t touch Roy Williams, and I’m not talking about negative criticism; you literally don’t look him in the eye without divine permission. You don’t acknowledge the scientific reasoning behind the sky’s Carolina blue color. You don’t make fun of Johnny White’s dreds. (Okay, this one may only stand when I’m around). Most im-portantly, you don’t own Duke gear.

This level of athletic rivalry is certifiably in-sane—but in a good way. The intense compe-tition is beneficial to both schools and condu-cive to constant improvement in a multitude of sports. Since Duke and Carolina compete in every athletic way possible, a more intense college rivalry simply does not exist.

However, at the base of the rivalry be-tween the two schools I believe there is a fa-milial connection, which creates (deep, dark and mostly hidden) respect for one another.

That’s why during this trying time, as both athletic departments are under nation-al scrutiny, criticism and further condemna-tion are frivolous. Taking the rivalry off the

court upholds the dogma that allows mass media to magnify the actions of a select few and allow it to define an entire population.

Regardless of what school you attend, the adversity that your rival school eight miles away faces is not something to relish in. Ac-knowledging that the recent issues facing both athletic departments could, and prob-ably have, happened on the ground you’re standing might give you a more personal and empathetic perspective. That is not to say the actions themselves are tolerable, quite the op-posite. But projecting the actions of a few in-dividuals onto the entire student body like a blanket riddled with stereotypes, benefits no one. Keep that rivalry on the court.

Along with my sister, who played basket-ball at Notre Dame and graduated in 2008, my brother has been there for me tirelessly. So if it means getting a red slushy splashed in my face—Glee-style—because I’m wearing my Duke soccer shirt on Friday, then so be it. I’m okay with sticking up for my brother. When it comes to the Duke-UNC-CH ri-valry, it’s really all in the family.

My weekend trips seem to have sealed my status on campus as a traitor. —Kelsey Tsipis


For our generation, internships have become an unofficial pre-requisite for most professional positions. While in-ternships give students important insight into the profes-sions they are considering devoting their lives to, it can be

daunting to find the summer experience that will open the right doors. Regardless of their field of study, students must search for internships in an effort to differentiate themselves from competi-tors in later job searches. Learn first-hand how some students got their positions, what they did on a daily basis and how their sum-mer experience affected their prospects for the future.

Senette Tanaka, DukeYear: JuniorMajor: Public Policy, Journalism certificateHometown: Chicago, ILInterned with: Duke Engage In Guatemala(Duke Engage offers service-based internships through international and domestic programs).

Whatshedid:Tanaka worked with lower level business infrastructure, including finance micro-credit and grassroots consulting.

Favoritepart: “I got really close with my home-stay family, learned so much about the culture and improved my Spanish. I fell in love with the kids in the neighborhood. Living with a fam-ily really added the humanistic side to the developmental work we were doing.”

Leastfavorite:“We were there for eight weeks, working with recent college graduates who were in Guatemala for an entire year and we were supplementing their work in snippets of the big picture. So we would help set up the foundation, but never really see our work realized…you had to trust that what you were doing would make a difference; even if you couldn’t immediately see the effects.”

Howithasinfluencedher: “I’d love to go back and work in Guatemala, but next summer I’m looking for an internship in journalism.”

Tips: “Make sure you start early, and know what you’re getting into. One girl in my program left after a week… she didn’t know what it would be like, that there wouldn’t be hot wa-ter. Definitely make sure you’re ready for the culture shock.”

Kimmie Garner, UNC-CHYear: SeniorMajors: International Studies, Women’s Studies with a concentration in social and economic justiceHometown: Charlotte, NCWorked with: Maternidad de luz (translated to the birth-place), a bi-national midwife clinic in El Paso, Texas.

Howshefoundtheinternship:Garner found the internship by searching online for pro-grams that would allow her to do original research. She found funding through UNC-CH’s APPLES (Assisting People in Planning Learning Experiences in Service) program, which offers students summer and academic year opportunities for community-based research as well as Social Entrepreneur Fel-lowships to create service learning projects in North Carolina and abroad.

Favoritepart:“Having the opportunity to do the work I did while be-ing surrounded by a community of women that was so pas-sionate about what they were doing. Being on my own and being so self-sufficient was a very empowering experience.”

Leastfavorite:“Because I had to write so many field books, I felt almost like it was taking away from the experience because I had to analyze it on such a detailed level. I wanted to focus on the cathartic experience, not have to write every detail.”

Howithasinfluencedher:“The experience gave me perspective that this really is something I’m passionate about. I want to be a midwife and work to advocate for the presence of midwives.”

Tips:“If you’re doing a project on your own, it’s very important to have a connection to your home institution to support you and guide you. You also have to accept that the first month will be very hard and very lonely, but accept those emotions and believe in yourself: you can do it.”

Service-related Internships

A wise intern once told me...

BY BECCA WARD, DUKEPHOTOS BY CHRISTINA KING, UNC-CHDESIGN BY DYLAN GILROY, UNC-CH

Even before graduation, students feel pressure to gain professional experience in order to differentiate themselves from their peers in increasingly competitive searches for jobs, graduate schools and professional schools.


Caleb Duncanson, DukeYear: JuniorMajor: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Scarsdale, NYWorked with: GM over the summer in Michigan (worked on the Chevy volt battery).

Howhefoundtheinternship:Caleb found his internship through the Pratt School of Engineering’s assis-tant director of corporate finance.

Favoritepart:“Getting to test drive a Corvette” as well as learning the nuances of the dif-ferent business components that go into making a car.

LeastFavorite:“There was just a lot of down time. I would finish my projects quickly, and there wasn’t always as much for me to do as I would have liked.”

Howithasinfluencedhim: “GM is a good company to have on your résumé. I could go back and work for them, but I don’t want to get stuck in only automotive work.”

Tips:“Juniors: start working. Especially if you’re an engineer, companies want to see people with internships, and they usually hire from internally first. So look for something you can see yourself in. An internship tells you both what you like and what you’re not cut out for. Look for direction.”

Kaitlin Williamson, UNC-CHYear: SeniorMajors: Biology, PsychologyHometown: Austin, TexasWorked at: Biochemistry lab at UNC-CH (worked with expressing g protein in plants).

Howshefoundtheinternship:Williamson found the opportunity by

e-mailing her professors in order to find an opening that suited her interests.

Favoritepart:“My favorite part was using the tech-niques that you learn about in class and textbooks. It’s amazing how much work has gone to the science that we take for granted every day.”

Leastfavorite:“The frustration—we were working with a protein that we didn’t know how to express, and there were a lot of setbacks. It was frustrating trying to find the perfect condition.”

Howithasinfluencedher:“I loved my experience and it’s been re-ally helpful as I’ve been applying to medical schools.”

Tips:“Talk to your professors and ask your peers in the field. You need a good match with both the lab and the professor. Don’t be afraid to ask people you know.”

On the second floor of Hanes Hall at UNC-CH, students can find a large amount of information about career paths, internship opportunities and information sessions that prepare them for interviews. This bulletin shows some of the opportunities that were available in November.

Research Internships


Emmeline Zhao, DukeMajor: SeniorMajor: Public Policy, Journalism certificateHometown: Chapel Hill, NCWorked for: The Wall Street Journal in New York City.

Howshegottheinternship: Zhao simply sent in a résumé, cover letter and clips to the Wall Street Journal’s internship coordinator.

Whatshedid:Reported and wrote financial stories as well as kept an economic blog.

Favoritepartoftheexperience:“Getting to see my byline in the Wall Street Journal. I started getting all these calls from people I hadn’t talked to in months. Everyone was so excited.”

LeastFavoritepart: “It’s hard to say. There was a lot of movement getting my bearings in New York, but that’s part of college and part of life.”

Howithasinfluencedher: “Usually it’s a feeder internship into the company, so I was unusual in that I did it before I graduated. I’m hoping to go back but keeping my options open.”

Tips: “Talk to alumni from your school. The world is so big but at the same time, it’s so small and having the Duke connection gives them a reason to reach out to you. Never think you’re asking a stupid question and don’t be shy.”

Aaron Taube, UNC-CHYear: SeniorMajors: Journalism, American StudiesHometown: Long Island, NYWorked with: ESPN Radio in Seattle to transcribe and report games.

Howhegottheinternship:“I emailed a ton of different people with my cover letter and resume. ESPN finally got back to me and offered me an unpaid internship for the summer.”

Favoritepart:“Living in Seattle. Even though I wish it hadn’t rained as much, I loved living in the city with my housemates.”

LeastFavorite:“I didn’t really like the people I was working for. I felt like I did a lot of unpaid labor and they didn’t have an interest in my career. I wished they had taken an inter-est in where I went afterwards. “

Whereit’slead: “I still am involved with sports journalism—but my internship didn’t further my career goals, I decided that this wasn’t going to help me in my career. I’ve started focusing more on written media.”

Tips: When looking for help with cover letters or résumé, see if your area of study or

professional school has their own career services department, beyond the general career services at the University level. “The journalism school’s career center helped me get my resume together.”

“Remember that you don’t owe these people anything, have them explain exactly what you’ll be doing in your internship, and don’t commit too early.”

Hanes Hall houses University Career Services at UNC-CH. It is an important resource that students should take advantage of in their first years at UNC-CH, but that most don’t learn about until they begin hunting for jobs and internships. Appointments can be made with career counselors, or students can research on their own at careers.unc.edu.

Journalism InternshipsJournalism Internships


Samantha Deal, UNC-CHYear: SeniorMajor: BusinessHometown: Charlotte, NCInterned with: Target at its headquarters in Minneapolis.

Howshegottheinternship: “I found the opportunity from a friend [who] suggested my name. I did a phone interview and got the position.”

Whatshedid: Samantha worked to try to improve the ordering processes for socks and leggings quantities. “Which sounds a little weird,” she said, “but when you think of the amount of socks Target orders, unnecessary fluctuations have a serious financial impact.”

Favoritepart: “I loved the ownership I had over my project. I had feedback if I needed it, but I had a lot of freedom to drive the whole project.”

Leastfavorite:“Being so far away from my friends was a little lonely, but living with the other interns was a great experience.”

Howithasinfluencedher: “I have a job lined up with a consulting firm after graduation.”

Tips:“Be flexible when you’re applying. I would have never considered applying to Tar-

get before a friend recommended it to me. Look for something where you can show potential employers that you accomplished something concrete.”

Jason Li, DukeYear: SeniorMajor: EconomicsHometown: Hong Kong, ChinaWorked at: Goldman Sachs Internship in Hong Kong, China.

Howhegottheinternship: Li applied online and went through multiple phone interviews for the posi-tion. “During my freshman year, I got to know a senior that works there now and I feel like that gave me a head start compared to other people.”

FavoritePart: “I had access to people who had a ton of experience and we’d just sit down and have coffee and I’d get advice. It was great to work with people who were all really smart and helpful.”

Leastfavorite: “It was very stressful. I was constantly trying to do a good job and get a return position but it’s hard to balance being an asset to the company and asking too many questions.”

Howithasinfluencedyou: Li has an offer to return to Goldman Sachs after graduation.

Tips: “Network. It’s so important just know someone. Even someone who’s only been there a few months can help you get your foot in the door.”

The pressure to find the perfect internship can be daunting, and the increased preva-lence of unpaid internships can add financial anxiety to the search process. While many universities have programs that offer grants, such as the APPLES program at UNC-CH or Duke Engage, students are often left on their own to cover personal expenses for their internship experiences. Taube’s experience with ESPN Radio illustrates the frustration many students feel with unpaid internships.

“I think it’s a scam in a certain extent, I couldn’t get a [post-graduate] job without an internship,” Taube said. “They set up a

system where you have to have an intern-ship, and you could be doing another job and making money.”

Williamson received funding from her professor’s grant, otherwise she could not have done her research. “I needed some-thing to pay for my apartment and food for the summer because I had to stay in Chapel Hill,” Williamson said.

Students can take numerous steps to minimize stress when seeking their ideal summer experiences. Both Duke and UNC-CH have career centers that help students polish their résumés and cover letters and

that can help students find grants for certain research and service programs. Even more important than the established presences of the career center, personal connections are an often overlooked resource. Talk to alumni, professors, advisors and your peers. These people can not only give you direc-tion in your internship search, but you never know when one phone call might make the difference between getting an interview and being just another resume at the bottom of the pile. Finally, one last unanimous piece of advice…go for the paid internship.

“The Career Guide” is one of UNC-CH’s University Career Services publications and gives students information about résumés, cover letters, networking and internship/job finding.

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TALK to alumni from your school. The world is so big but it’s so small and having the Duke connection gives them a reason to reach out to you. Never think you’re asking a stupid question and don’t be shy.

Business and Finance Internships


‘TIS THESEASONIn our eager anticipation of the upcoming holidays, we sent our food critic out to learn about student’s favorite holiday traditions and seasonal foods. She also shares with us one of her favorite recipes: a dorm-friendly holiday meal from Venezuela.

It is hard to imagine any type of cele-bration without food. This is especially true during the holidays when people of all backgrounds and religious groups

come together to eat traditional dishes. Stu-dents at Duke University and UNC-CH shared their personal holiday food tradi-tions with me.

Meghan Prichard is a senior journalism and women’s studies major at UNC-CH with an unmistakable passion for all things related to food. Growing up as her mom’s sous chef, Prichard now boasts an impres-sive collection of recipes that she has mas-

tered on her own. When the holiday season comes around, however, there is one dish Prichard looks forward to eating the most: her mom’s cranberry apple pie. Prichard’s mom has been making this dessert for Thanksgiving and Christmas since Meghan was born. When I met with Meghan, she used her mom’s recipe to make this special pie by herself for the first time.

Wearing an artfully decorated apron made by her crafty mother, Prichard care-fully measured out the ingredients needed to make the pie’s filling: sliced granny smith apples, cranberries, flour, sugar, cinnamon,

nutmeg and lemon juice. Prichard used both of her hands to thoroughly mix the ingredi-ents as she reminisced about the apple pie and the memories it evoked.

“It’s the most nostalgic recipe I can think of. It reminds me of all those holidays I had growing up with my family,” she said.

Prichard’s mom’s cranberry apple pie is ev-eryone’s favorite holiday dish at her house in Cary. They all get a slice during Christmas din-ner, but the real fun comes the next morning.

“I prefer to eat the pie cold the day after. There’s usually an epic battle for who can wake up the earliest to get the slice that’s left,

What is your favorite seasonal traddition or holiday food?

STORY AND PHOTOS BY CLAUDIA RUPCICH, UNC-CHDESIGN BY KELLEY WOLLMAN, UNC-CH


“Especially being a college kid, it’s all about family. Christmas isn’t a commercial thing anymore; it’s more about the traditional Christmas idea.” —Savannah Thompson, first-year

“I like glazed ham cooked in the oven. My family and I go to the football game and then we come home, eat and watch the Macy’s day parade together.” —Ashley Porterfield, sophomore

“Pumpkin pie! My mom makes it from real pumpkins over Halloween.”

—Courtney O’Connor, sophomore

“There is a Korean holiday for the harvest season called Chuseok and we eat a dumpling soup that is really good called Oduk Gook. We have a huge spread of food laid out, but the Oduk Gook is my favorite.” —Michael Lee, senior

“My family always does a White Elephant exchange. It’s kind of a mix of serious and joke gifts…you could get stuck with nice wine glasses or an autobiography of Glenn Beck.” —Colin Heasley, sophomore

“A holiday beverage I enjoy consuming is eggnog mixed with Bailey’s. It’s fun and seasonal.” —Bernard Jiang, sophomore

“My parents used to use this ‘Santa spray’ where they would spray footprints around the fireplace and outside. Also my Dad used to give Santa Dominican beer and sushi…as in, he gave himself beer and sushi.” —Joel Bray, sophomore

“My family and I go down to a cabin on the river and everyone brings a dish and I always make miniature chocolate pies for des-sert on Thanksgiving.” —Nathan Nye, sophomore

and usually that’s me,” said Prichard with a bright smile.

The crust for the pie is made with flour, salt, shortening and cold water, which are mixed and rolled out into two separate crusts. After struggling with the stub-born ball of dough, Prichard succeeded in covering the im-pressive heap of sugar-covered apples that made up the pie’s filling and whose seductive aroma filled the air.

“When we were little, my brother, sister and I would sneak the apples that were coat-ed in sugar before they went in the oven,” Prichard said.

The pie baked in the oven for 50 minutes. When the tim-er went off, Prichard cautiously examined the pie as bright red syrup from the cranberries oozed out of the its cracks.

After a taste-test, we deter-mined that Prichard’s cranberry apple pie was a success. It had a wonderful combination of tex-tures and flavors. The tart gran-ny smith apples and cranberries balanced the sweet sugar coating, and the crisp crust com-plimented the warm and smooth fruit filling.

Although Prichard brought her home cooking from Cary to Chapel Hill, not ev-eryone is lucky enough to be able to make favorite holiday dishes in college. Nicky Gel-man, a senior psychology major at Duke, said his favorite holiday recipe requires too many ingredients and too much time to prepare in his college home that he shares with five other guys. Gelman has to fly al-most three thousand miles to his home in

Mountain View, California to get a bite of his dad’s famous corn bread stuffing.

He said it’s worth the wait.“I remember the first time I had it when I

was little, it was seriously the best thing ever.

It still is, I like it more than I like turkey,” said Gelmen.

Gelman’s dad prepares his own version of a sausage and pecan stuffing recipe from The Dean and DeLuca Cookbook. His dad first makes cornbread and then leaves it in the oven for a day so that it gets stale. In the meantime, he cooks sweet Italian sausage with onions and celery until the sausage is soft. Finally, the sausage and cornbread are mixed along with thyme, currants, and pecans. Gelman says one of the most memorable things about this stuff-ing is its texture.

“The nuts are crunchy, and the sausage is tender and meaty. It’s a textural bouquet,” he joked. “It always brings me back memories because I’ve had it either on Christmas or Thanksgiving every year.”

Unlike Prichard and Gel-man, some students don’t have a traditional family recipe specific to a holiday. UNC-CH senior Alex Rabinowittz, a chemistry major, lacked those traditions so decided to fill the void by coming up with his own.

“I love hot chocolate. But I got tired of the regular Swiss Miss mix, so one day I de-cided to make hot chocolate from scratch,” said Rabinowittz proudly.

Rabinowittz melts Ghi-rardelli dark chocolate in boil-ing water until it becomes a smooth fudge. He adds sugar, whole milk and heavy cream, brings it to a boil and throws in a couple of cinnamon sticks.

“This is something that I make for my family and friends

when I go home during Christmas break. I get a lot of requests for it, especially when it gets really cold.”

Rabinowittz’s simple recipe is pleasantly filling and comforting. The hot chocolate is rich and not too sweet, and the cinnamon adds an unexpected zest that perfectly com-pliments the normally bitter dark chocolate.

“It always just makes me feel warm. It’s one of those comfort foods that everyone can enjoy, and I like sharing it with people.”

After all, sharing with those close to you is what celebrating the holidays is all about.

What is your favorite seasonal traddition or holiday food?

Prichard serves the bright and smooth slice of her favorite cranberry apple pie with a side of home-made whipped cream.


My family and food go hand-in-hand. Christ-mas gives my family an even greater reason to eat more of our favorite foods. Most of my ex-tended family, including aunts, uncles and cousins, come to my house every year for a huge Christmas Eve celebration. Each family member brings one main dish and one or two side dishes for dinner. Among the motley dis-play of traditional Christmas foods, the ensal-ada de gallina, or hen salad, is one of the sim-plest and most delicious recipes. The traditional recipe calls for hen, but the salad is frequently made with chicken instead.

This traditional Venezuelan salad is an invit-ing alliance of textures and flavors that unite ef-fortlessly. The tender potatoes and chicken give the dish its body, the crunchy carrots, crisp ap-ples and green peas add color and sweetness to the mix, and the mayonnaise marries it all together.

My family’s recipe for “ensalada de gallina”

(hen salad)

Ingredients:1 lb chicken breast1 large russet potato, peeled, diced and boiled2 medium carrots, peeled, diced and boiled8 oz green peas½ of granny smith apple, peel and diced½ cup mayonnaise

Instructions:Although you can add celery, onions or garlic to the list, my family’s traditional salad recipe uses carrots, potatoes, apples, peppers and ei-ther chicken or hen.Peel and dice the potato and carrots. Cut the po-

tato into medium-sized cubes and the carrots into small pieces. Boil both of these together for about 20 minutes or until the potato is soft. Boil the chicken breast for 30 minutes or until fully cooked and tender.

The sweet green peas add life and flavor to the salad. Add the peas last to help them keep a firm texture.Mix all of the ingredients with mayonnaise. (Be careful not to overdo the mayo; it should fuse the ingredients together but not overpow-er the natural flavors). Adorn the salad with fresh red pepper strips. Serve chilled.


BY EVAN SANDOVAL, UNC-CHDESIGN BY PAMELA TSENG, UNC-CH

1. I’d keep tabs on every free drink I received in college and see if I could

match the $5,642 in illegal benefits Rob-ert Quinn got from football agents.

2. If I went to UNC, I would walk into Julian’s on Franklin and request a

bunch of free clothing. Then I would take that free clothing and give it to one of the homeless people walking along Franklin Street, just because I could.

3. If I went to Duke, I would request to rent out the Duke Chapel. I’d say

that it was for a close friends’ wedding, and that no, of course I don’t know why she wants to get married at midnight. Then I’d throw a party with a slip’n’slide inside. If security came, I’d simply say that I had no idea what happened.

4. I would, with every fiber of my being, try to hang out with Mi-

chael Jordan.

5. I’d see if I could keep my hours of classes missed higher than my

number of minutes played which might result in an average GPA. I guess I could then strive to keep my fouls per game the same as my GPA. That would be good for me.

6. One day, while walking to class and being constantly stared at, I

would wait for some innocent looking girl and yell, “BOO!” right in her face. If she asked me why I would do some-thing like that, I’d say because I play f*&^ing basketball.

7. I’d walk into Top O’ and tell every-body that dinner’s on me. Then I’d

tell the waiter to put it on my agent’s mentor’s tab.

8. I would wake up, realize I have an exam in an hour, and then go back

to sleep.

No One Man Should Have All That Power.

At Duke University and UNC-CH, we treat our basketball programs like royalty. Their successes or failures can define a school year (hence, last year UNC-CH students were miserable and Duke students were not). The players are celebrities; we do a double-take if we see them on our

walk to class, and maybe even marvel at how tall they are.Beyond a love for the game, they all undoubtedly love the fame and the glo-

ry that comes with being a basketball player at either school. It got me to think-ing—what would I do with all that power? After all, power is a consequence of fame and glory, right? Here’s a list of the things I might do if I were say, Harri-son Barnes or Kyle Singler:

Okay, so maybe some of these wouldn’t be too realistic (and maybe there was some sarcasm involved). But, at the same time, we would probably be surprised at some of the things that basketball players could get away with if they tried.


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Breadth of itEvery issue we take an outside perspective from one of our columnists who is studying abroad. Kathie Sun is a junior Environmental Science B.S. and Biology B.S. double major at Duke University studying abroad in Costa Rica.

All I could think about while we stood on the worn path as a truck bearing a load of migrant workers drove past us was that I could not

wait to return to our air-conditioned bus. True to the hands-on approach of Duke University’s Organization for Tropical Stud-ies Global Health program in Costa Rica, we took our lesson about agricultural health hazards to the fields. Direct observation of working conditions on pineapple fields in-volved spying on a large plantation from a muddy road that formed the boundary be-tween private property and public access.

We tried to stay as inconspicuous as pos-sible, but the few people on horseback or in trucks knew instantly that our group of 30 American students, hiking wearily and sporting brick-like cameras, did not belong. The day was hotter than usual for an area already known for its heat and tropical hu-midity. We had a tough time enduring the hour-long jaunt, staring at rows upon rows of the spiny young pineapples, and could not even imagine laboring from dawn to dusk in such conditions.

In the United States, areas with high num-bers of undocumented laborers, including the southwest as well as southeastern states like North Carolina, are fixated on immigra-tion policy and dealing with the large influx of poor migrants seeking jobs.

However, these issues of immigration and

workers’ rights are not strict-ly American problems. Latin American countries, regions that we generally lump as the source of our own migrant population, have fierce immi-gration debates of their own. Costa Rica is a relatively pros-perous country in this region and attracts large numbers of seasonal migrants from sur-rounding countries, primarily its northern neighbor Nicara-gua. Costa Rica’s Nicaraguan population faces similar struggles to those of Latino laborers in America. Nicaraguans have become the face of undocumented la-borers across the country and are subjected to xenophobic attitudes, disproportionately poor healthcare, and low socioeconomic status.

After the morning’s adventure, my class discussed the pineapple plantations with a group of high school students in Costa Rica. Many students were Nicaraguan, and one student even admitted that he had worked on a pineapple plantation when he was 11 years old. He quit after sustaining a number of serious cuts on his limbs and face from the plants, but many other laborers are still in the fields walking the fine line between hard la-bor and blatant exploitation. Only a few de-cades ago, bananas were the chief reason for exploitative labor in countries that exported

Amidst endless immigration debates between the U.S. and its neighbors, many fail to realize that those same countries fight similar immigration themselves.

BY AND PHOTOS BY KATHIE SUN, DUKEDESIGN BY PAMELA TSENG, UNC-CH

A shop owner watches over her wares in the crowded central market in Managua, Nicaragua.


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large quantities of various types of tropical fruit. However, public scrutiny and pressure from workers’ rights groups have improved conditions across the board in Costa Rica, es-pecially on banana plantations.

However, the new agricultural system plaguing the Costa Rican countryside is the pineapple plantation. The workers’ rights advocates and students we talked to unani-mously decried the health risks and environ-mental degradation caused by these plan-tations. One woman who worked for Foro Emaus, a worker advocacy group, lamented that “liberty does not exist on these planta-tions.” (Note: this quotation was translated from Spanish).

Dr. Jorge Benavides, director of the OTS Global Health program, explained that pine-apple plantations legally abuse their work-ers by skirting regulations designed to pro-tect laborers. For example, plantations often hire workers on a short-term basis in order to avoid paying for health care benefits. Fur-thermore, managers take advantage of lax en-forcement to ignore regulations intended to protect sources of drinking water and labor-ers from dangerous chemicals.

Practices such as deforestation, which is a com-mon method that clears land for plantations, com-bined with inten-

sive farming, increase erosion and exacerbate the dangers of heavy chemical use. Agricul-tural workers suffer disproportionately from acute pesticide poisoning, but surrounding communities are not immune from pesticide overuse either. Asthma and allergies are com-mon complaints among children that grow up in pineapple country. These side effects are not surprising, considering the toxic nature of chemicals commonly used to kill pineap-ple plants after they have finished producing fruit. Paraquat is a widely used organophos-phate because of its ability to kill green plant tissue upon contact. In other, more desperate parts of the world, Paraquat is also commonly used as a means to commit suicide.

Such health problems are familiar to mi-grant workers in our own nation. The mi-grant worker population in North Carolina has increased substantially over the past de-cade as agriculture is a significant industry in the state, but it is also one of the most haz-ardous occupations nationwide. Few organi-zations have taken up the role of providing health care to these workers. According to a 2009 publication by the NC Farmworker Institute, funded by the Duke Endowment, fewer than 20 percent of the farm workers in the state receive healthcare. Because the majority of the workers are undocumented and therefore are not eligible for social ser-vices, 85 percent of U.S. farm workers have no health insurance.

Furthermore, the Institute reports that “at

least one in four farm workers report hav-ing been injured on the job in their lifetime, and the fatality rate for farm workers in NC is higher than the national average.” Hospi-tal emergency rooms, such as those at Duke and UNC-CH, bear the greatest burden of caring for this population. In the 2009 fiscal year alone, the UNC-CH and Duke health-care systems spent over 183.3 million dol-lars on charity care combined, and one in eight patients at UNC-CH Health Care is uninsured (this is according to each systems’ community benefit publications). Although the outlook is gloomy for agricultural work-ers, some scattered organizations do provide general support, including Student Action for Farmworkers, a non-profit organization with historical links to Duke University, UNC-CH, and alumni from both schools.

Both the U.S. and Costa Rica entertain vigorous debates over immigration and the social services that should be extended to the undocumented population. Despite both countries’ wealth and medical sophis-tication, the agricultural workers’ safety and occupational health have not improved, and these workers are often caught in the middle of this controversy.

Regardless of individual opinions on im-migration, exploitative labor is unjustifiable and thus pineapples will leave a sour taste in my mouth even after I leave Costa Rica.

LEFT: A view of a pineapple plantation in the Limon region of Costa Rica. Despite the fencing, you can clearly see that the crop is planted on an incline, which is illegal because it exacerbates pesticide drainage into water sources.RIGHT: A truck bearing a load of pineapples passes our group as we walk around the perimeter of one of the largest plantations in the Limon region of Costa Rica.

Two agricultural workers from a Dole factory in Costa Rica harvest a bunch of bananas for further process-ing and packaging. These men are better equipped those that work on pineapple plantations.


Effective on July 1, 2010, both Duke and UNC-CH are required to comply with the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) revision passed by Congress in 2008. This act requires the school administration to disclose the ISBN and retail price of required and recommended textbooks and sup-plemental materials for each course listed in the institution’s Internet course schedule. This helps stu-dents to plan ahead for the expense on textbooks during registration.

It also requires the publishers to unbundle the textbooks and supplementary materials to make each separately priced allowing students to purchase only what they need. The revision demands that the publishers disclose retail price and recent revision information when marketing textbooks to professors, allowing professors to determine the most inexpensive options.

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COURSE NUMBER: COMP 110 COMPSCI 6

PROFESSOR: Kye Hedlund Robert Duvall

OFFERED IN SPRING 2010: Yes Yes

PRICE OF BOOK: $123 (new) $92 (used)

$41.75 (eBook & paper back)

NUMBER OF QUIZES: 0 No specified number

NUMBER OF EXAMS: 1 + Final Exam 2 + Final Exam

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Mandatory Highly recommended

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM: Office hours only, after class or by appointment

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Programs & Homework: 55%Midterm: 10%Final Exam: 25%Team Assignments and Participation: 10%

Required APTs: 3%All APTs: 7%Labs: 10%Quizes/Group Work/Written: 5%Programming Assignments: 35%Tests: 20%Final: 20%

REQUIRED BOOK: Java- An Introdution to Problem Solving and Programing 5th edition

Practical Programming: An Intro-duction to Computer Science Using Python

In our By the Book section, we compare the syllabi of two similar courses—one from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one from Duke University. This issue we take a quick look at an introductory programing class (COMP 110 at UNC-CH and COMPSCI 6 at Duke).

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BRAVEEN RAGUNANTHAN, a pre-med public policy major and chemistry minor from Canton, Ohio, is a 2008 recipient of the Robertson Scholarship. The merit-based Robertson Scholars Program provides 18 Duke University students and 18 UNC-CH students each year with the opportunity to take advantage of the resources at both universities. Ragunanthan’s “home campus” is Duke, but he takes advantage of UNC-CH by enrolling in classes and frequenting the Robertson Bus. For the second semester of their sophomore year, Robertson Scholars switch campuses: they live in university housing and are encouraged to immerse themselves in life at the sister campus by taking classes and engaging in extracurricular activities. The es-tablishment of this innovative program was designed to serve as a catalyst for increased collaboration be-tween the students, faculty and staff of the two universities. “My closest friends are part of the program,” said Ragunanthan. “I am constantly inspired and pushed to be the best that I can be by my surrounding peers.”

BY LEAH CAMPBELL, UNC-CH (PHOTO SELF-SUBMITTED)

CHASE JONES, a senior business major and member of the UNC-CH baseball team, was crowned Mr. UNC at the UNC-CH homecoming football game in October. Jones’ service project, BaseBald for the Cure, is a fundraiser in which students commit to raising money for the pediatric oncology unit at the NC Children’s Hospital. The UNC-CH baseball team has also organized this project: the players raised money and, in exchange, shaved their heads for the cause. As a team, they raised almost double their goal of $100 per player (a total of $6,413.14). Based on their success, Jones expects that, with the additional ef-forts of the student body, this year’s BaseBald for the Cure will be even more successful. As a cancer sur-vivor himself, Jones is exceptionally passionate about this project. “I know the impact students can have on patients at the NC Children’s Hospital,” said Jones. All proceeds are given directly to doctors and are used to purchase items that hospitalized children would not ordinarily be able to enjoy.

BY COPELAND BARNES, UNC-CH (PHOTO SELF-SUBMITTED)

BECCA WARD, a junior public policy major at Duke University, is an Olympic American sabre fencer. In 2008, Ward qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and entered the individual competition as the number two seed. In both the individual and team sabre competitions, Ward won a bronze medal. Although she is the top-ranked fencer in women’s sabre in the United States and competes on the Duke women’s team, Ward has no plans for a repeat visit to the Olympics for the upcoming 2012 games. She in-stead wants to focus on other aspects of her life, such as graduate school and finding a job. Ward started the sport at the age of nine, choosing it over others because of its extreme complexity and strategy. “I love fencing because you can beat someone who’s bigger, stronger and faster if you know how to play the game right,” said Ward.

BY LEAH CAMPBELL, UNC-CH (PHOTO SELF-SUBMITTED)

MONICA DOYLE, a senior mathematics major, was crowned Miss UNC at the UNC-CH homecom-ing football game against William and Mary in October. Doyle’s service project involves coordinating a prom night for Chapel Hill and Carrboro high school and middle school students who have mental and physical disabilities. Drawing from previous experience in organizing a similar event for students at her high school in Wilkesboro, NC, Doyle wishes to extend this opportunity to local students as a way of giving back to the community around UNC-CH. Doyle has always enjoyed working with mentally and physically disabled children, but she said she has never had the time or opportunity during college to do something like this. Running for Miss UNC was Doyle’s chance to promote her service project and to provide a fun and memorable evening for all of the children and teens involved.

BY COPELAND BARNES, UNC-CH (PHOTO SELF-SUBMITTED)


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