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the hope that a round system would foster a more intimate environment conducive to forming relationships in the final round,” Ho wrote in the email. Of the six SLGs that provided statistics to The Chronicle, Jam!, a sports-themed SLG, and The Cube, an entrepreneurship-themed house, reported the smallest numbers of students who rushed their groups, with 18 and 20 applicants, respectively. Jam! co-president Melissa Letzler, a junior, said Jam! extended 12 bids this year. Last year, 19 students rushed Jam! and 16

The Duke Student Government Senate heard from Young Trustee candidates during its meeting Wednesday. The three candidates—Wills Rooney, Max Schreiber and Jamal Edwards, all seniors— presented their platforms to the Senate and answered questions. Rooney described proposed changes to Duke’s curriculum, Schreiber advocated for the current housing model and discussed issues of free expression and Edwards spoke about how Duke could change its image both on campus and nationally. In his presentation to the Senate, Rooney said that he would advocate for more integrated curriculum options that would help Duke students find common perspectives on fundamental issues. “Duke’s curriculum is not all that unified, not all that integrated,” Rooney said. “It really needs to address the serious life questions of purpose and meaning that are embedded in every human heart.” Rooney said that, if elected, he would push for an organized set of courses that deal with issues such as religion, ethics and virtues. Although Rooney said that he did not think that his proposed set of courses should be required, he argued that having such courses offered as a major, minor or certificate would lead more students to tackle fundamental life questions during their time at Duke.

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Matthew Riley The Chronicle Rush applicant numbers for selective living groups continued to rise this year, but the number of bids extended by SLGs stayed relatively constant. Cooper House had a record 459 students register for their rush process this year—up from last year’s total of 450—said junior Jake Wirfel, Cooper’s president. He said that bids were extended to 30 students, freshmen and sophomores. Wirfel explained that 459 represents the number of people who

registered for Cooper’s rush at the beginning of the process, not necessarily those who expressed sustained interest. Junior Jeffrey Ho, Brownstone’s president, explained that approximately 200 students submitted a form after a week and a half to be considered for Brownstone’s last round. Ho wrote in an email that this year Brownstone extended 27 bids, which represents an increase from last year—when Brownstone extended 23 bids—and puts its acceptance rate at approximately 13.5 percent. “Brownstone’s largest change this year was the implementation of a round system that was added for a variety of reasons including

New women’s leadership initiative funded by alumna Claire Ballentine The Chronicle A new initiative will facilitate programs to make women and female-identified undergraduates better leaders during the next three years. The Penny Pilgram George Women’s Leadership Initiative—funded by Penny Pilgram George, Women’s College ‘65, and the George Family Foundation—aims to empower students by sponsoring opportunities related to leadership. Managed by the Center for Leadership Development and Social Action, the initiative will include events such as small group discussions, workshops and panels of speakers.

“I know Duke women and female-identified students as very confident leaders but they sometimes don’t see themselves that way,” said Deborah Hackney, associate director for the Center for Leadership Development and Social Action. Hackney noted that the events will allow women to interact with faculty and staff as well as alumni in conversations about authentic leadership. Senior Madelaine Katz—who has been involved with the Center for Leadership Development and Social Action— explained that events sponsored by the initiative will include a panel discussion in April that will work with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship office to provide opportunities to interact with entrepreneurs

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as well as a forum for Muslim women to perform poetry. In addition, the initiative will help fund an alternative spring break trip to San Diego during which participants will study human trafficking in the area. An aim of the initiative is to provide women on campus, including those in minority groups and first generation college students, with role models, Katz explained. “Hopefully, we will encourage women leaders from all different backgrounds and they can encourage others,” she said. Hackney noted that the initiative’s programs will be especially important in light of data on women’s perceptions of their abilities. According to studies on student leadership, See INITIATIVE on Page 4

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Sanford Distinguished Fellow Ross reflects on new position, UNC Rob Palmisano The Chronicle Tom Ross, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina system, began his fellowship as Duke’s first Terry Sanford Distinguished Fellow Monday. In his new role, Ross will collaborate with faculty and students in the Sanford School of Public Policy and will focus on improving the process of drawing political district lines in the U.S. The Chronicle’s Rob Palmisano spoke with Ross about his transition to Duke, what he hopes to achieve and his thoughts on the Duke-UNC collaboration— and rivalry. The Chronicle: How did you arrive at Duke? Moreover, what attracted you to it? Tom Ross: I had some discussions with President [Richard] Brodhead and several of the folks at the Sanford School. These discussions led to our agreeing I would come to Duke beginning in February. I wanted to be sure that if I devoted my time to the Sanford School that I was going to be able to add value to great work going on at Sanford. The Dean [of Sanford Kelly Brownell] and others at Sanford were very supportive and encouraging throughout our discussions.

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TC: Do you see yourself applying any of the lessons you obtained as president of Davidson College, then the UNC system, to your new position as the first Terry Sanford Distinguished Fellow? TR: I hope I’ll apply all of my life’s experiences. I’ve worked extensively with our legislature, and in the United States Congress. I also served 17 years as a judge and later as director of a foundation. I have been involved in

around the country. Part of the reason, in my view, for our circumstances is the extent of gerrymandering that takes place in the redistricting process. In the age of advancing technology and innovation, it’s never been easier to gerrymander the TC: Has there been anything that’s districts, so I am interested in looking at a surprised you about your time at Duke independent redistricting commission as a potential solution. so far? TR: I don’t know TC: If you could that I have been ne of the proudest collaborate with surprised by anything, moments I’ve ever students and faculty but something that in the Sanford School has definitely stood had as a North Carolinian on any public-policyout is how welcoming was watching the Nobel oriented or academic everyone has been to initiative of your own me. It’s been true of Prize winners from Duke and design, what would just about everybody Chapel Hill being recognized. you organize, and I’ve met—students, — Tom Ross why? administrators, faculty TR: I want to look and that has been at how Duke can be a incredibly gratifying and satisfying. I am excited to be at Duke leader locally and nationally in resolving the prevailing issue of gerrymandering. and the Sanford School. What are some of the factors that are TC: How would you describe the going to be included if you are going collaboration between Duke and UNC to redesign the computer programs on academic and policy-related issues? for drawing up the districts? What are TR: One of the proudest moments possible ways to constitute workable I’ve ever had as a North Carolinian independent commissions to handle the and as President of UNC was watching redistricting process? I would love to get the Nobel Prize winners from Duke students and faculty more engaged with and Chapel Hill being recognized this issue, generating templates and on the football field during halftime brainstorming ideas. I would also love of the Duke-UNC football game this to see Duke convene experts in this area past fall. I believe there’s no greater of policy making. testament to the scope and scale of the TC: What advice would you give collaboration between the two schools. I am not sure there is a better example students considering a major or minor of collaboration between a great public in political science or public policy, university and a great private university or who are just simply interested in than what exists here between Duke exploring the field? TR: The best way to explore the and UNC. field is to take some courses. If a course TC: If you had to isolate a public or several courses strikes a passion in policy issue directly affecting Duke and you, then you should seriously consider Durham that you are most passionate pursuing it, because passion leads to success. With respect to majors about, what would it be, and why? TR: I believe that we have a struggling and minors, we’re at a critical point democracy at this time in our nation and in our country, in our state, in our in many of our states and communities. We world where we’re going to need the are a divided people and are almost in a most brilliant minds at the forefront complete gridlock situation in Washington of dealing with major public policy and in many states and communities decisions, and I hope to see many of public policy in all of my roles and I hope the combination of all of these experiences will help me to connect with students and faculty in a real way, and make a difference.

the bright Duke students I’ve met so far, and many more, engage in the world of public policy and making a difference in this country and our world. I would also encourage students to pursue internships where they can experience policy making up close and personal and really see if it’s what they want to pursue. TC: Anything else you’d like to mention we haven’t discussed yet? TR: Yes! I’m excited to be back on a campus, once again working in direct collaboration with students and faculty. I missed these opportunities in my role at UNC. I have already run into students I know from Davidson and other places and it inspires me to interact with them and other students. TC: Duke is playing UNC in men’s basketball Feb. 17. Who will you root for? TR: Well, actually, I am a big Davidson fan. But if Duke is playing UNC, I definitely pull for my law school alma mater—UNC. My brother is a big Duke fan so we have a nice family rivalry.

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Professor awarded $1 million NASA grant for malaria research Nidhila Masha The Chronicle NASA has awarded a Duke professor a three-year, $1 million grant to develop an early warning system for malaria in Peru. William Pan, assistant professor of global environmental health at the Duke Global Health Institute, will use satellite data from NASA to help health officials pinpoint where to deploy resources and what resources to deploy during a disease outbreak. Although the early-warning system was developed to address malaria, it can potentially be applied to other vector-borne diseases such as dengue and the Zika virus, Pan said. “NASA is very interested in proving that all of the investments they’ve put into satellite imagery are actually useful,” Pan said. “It’s used a lot for air quality, hydrology, water balance and all sorts of things. Vector-borne diseases are an emerging area, and they’ve realized it’s an important area.” The existing malaria surveillance system in Peru is a time series model that does not provide region-specific data, Pan explained. All health reports go to a central surveillance system, which uses the data to monitor the occurrence of the disease over time. When a certain threshold is passed, the system sounds an alarm, and the health care system can deploy extra resources to contain the outbreak. This system proved inefficient at handling the outbreaks that followed record flooding of the Amazon River basin in 2012. “The problem is they didn’t always know where to go,” Pan said. “They were

guessing where they should be deploying resources. A lot of the times they had good guesses, a lot of the times they had bad guesses.” The early warning system being developed by Pan will use multiple, regionspecific time series to first identify malaria outbreak zones. “Each region will essentially have its own time series, and we can detect when a particular region in a state will have counts that go above a threshold,” he explained. Once such zones are identified, the system would use NASA satellite data to measure factors like climate, land cover and population density. These factors could then be used to simulate how people, the environment and mosquitoes might be interacting within that region. Such a simulation would help the health care system more strategically determine where to deploy their resources, Pan said. Pan said he hopes to see the early warning system implemented sometime within the next five to 10 years. However, he noted that there may be logistical challenges to implementing the system in malaria-stricken countries. “Whenever you have an earlywarning system, one of the biggest problems is getting institutional capacity to sustain it,” he explained. “The existing system doesn’t require a lot of training or health centers, just entering case numbers into a data set. In our case, we’re going to be adding in things like climate and land cover and population density, and that just means a little bit more management that’s required locally to do this.”

Special to The Chronicle William Pan, assistant professor at the Duke Global Health Institute, will use satellite data from NASA to help health officials decide where to allocate resources during disease outbreaks.

Although the project is being developed specifically to treat malaria, it is a prototype that could be applied to different vector-borne diseases. Pan explained that he hopes to prove that his system can be applied to diseases like dengue and the Zika virus. The containment of outbreaks of vector-borne diseases is an important area of global health study today, and the grant from NASA—rarely awarded to global health research—will allow Pan to continue developing his warning system technology. “It is a little bit unusual for NASA to fund global health research,” said Randall Kramer, deputy director of the Duke Global Health Institute. “But I think this

particular project makes perfect sense for them to do so, in terms of applications of some of their satellite data.” Kramer added that collaboration on the development of Pan’s system will strengthen connections between Duke and academic, governmental and non-governmental institutions in Peru, Ecuador and Brazil. “We’re always pleased when our faculty are able to obtain funding from important national organizations like this,” Kramer said. “More than anything, it reflects very well on Dr. Pan and his colleagues and will likely provide opportunities for students at DGHI and the Nicholas School of the Environment to get involved in this really important research endeavor.”

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SLG RUSH from page 1 bids were extended. The number of bids given this year was limited by housing space, Letzler said. She noted that Jam! has been undergoing rebranding this year. “We started out as the sports SLG, but it’s kind of just expanded into a group of people who are just really positive or try to be relaxed amidst this high competitive environment,” Letzler said. The Cube received 20 applicants for five spots this year. Sophomore Ade Okunyade, president of The Cube, said he expected the people who received bids to accept them. He said that this year, members had focused on trying harder to get to know individuals, rather than asking the usual more surface-level questions like, “Do you like GA?” Round Table did not report how many students had registered for its rush, but sophomore Meghana Vagwala, recruitment co-chair, wrote in an email that 16 bids would be offered for first-years—the same number as last year. Vagwala also noted that a small number of out-of-section memberships were offered this year in order to “get a mix of first-year and second-year students.”

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The Language Dorm, or LangDorm, had 38 applicants and accepted 15 students, junior Paul Cajamarca, LangDorm president, wrote in an email. “Overall, rush this year was incredibly successful,” Cajamarca wrote. “The applicant pool more than doubled from last year, and we had to exercise great selection.” Cajamarca also noted increased enthusiasm for those involved in the rush process this year. He speculated that a combination of more outreach, fewer but higher quality rush events and more attractive advertising increased participation this year. Wayne Manor does not record information about its rush process, noted President Emre Sonmez, a junior. “Our mission every year during the rush process is to bring [in] a group of men with diverse interests in background,” Sonmez wrote in an email. He explained that he thinks Wayne has accomplished this goal, and that he is excited about the new rush class. Maxwell House does not publish statistics about its rush process. Mirecourt, Mundi, the Arts Theme House, Fusion, Nexus, Black Cultural Living and Alpha Phi Omega could not be reached for comment in time for publication.

DSG from page 1 He also discussed transparency in the administration and on the Board of Trustees. Rooney argued that students do not currently feel that administrators are responsive to their concerns and said that he would push to change that if elected to the Board of Trustees. “Most students feel that the administration doesn’t necessarily care all that much about them,” Rooney said. Schreiber discussed his advocacy for preserving the current housing model and for maintaining open expression on campus. He said that his range of experiences both at Duke and in Durham allowed him to understand how the University interacts with its surroundings and to “get the pulse of the student body.” Schreiber said that he would fight any changes to the current housing model. “If a replacement for the housing model comes up, to implement a residential college model, I will fight tooth and nail to ensure that doesn’t happen,” he said. “Students run social life better than faculty and [residence coordinators] and [resident assistants].” Schreiber said that he would also oppose any attempt to create rules against offensive speech on campus. He called out DSG for promoting the idea of an “intolerance clause” in the Duke Community Standard. “What that would mean is if I say something and it offends somebody else, they can report me to Student Conduct and I can be sanctioned simply for offending someone,” Schreiber said. Junior Tara Bansal, vice president for academic affairs, pointed out that because Schreiber wants to serve on the Board’s Business and Finance Committee if elected, neither the housing model nor speech issues would be in his committee’s purview. Schreiber also criticized the University’s decision to fund Duke Kunshan University rather than invest in things that are more relevant to undergraduates on Duke’s main campus. He said that he would seek to change the University’s priorities if he was selected to serve on the Business and Finance Committee. “We just spent $100 million on a campus in China that 13 undergraduates went to,” Schreiber said. “Meanwhile at Stanford, if your family earns $125,000 or less a year, you go for free.” Several senators disputed Schreiber’s figure of $100 million as the cost of DKU. In an email after the meeting, Schreiber cited articles stating that Duke has committed tens of millions of dollars to DKU, and argued that DKU’s operating costs are in “the high single or low teen million dollar range.” Edwards discussed his wide-ranging experiences and said that, if elected, he would focus on improving the “Duke brand” to appeal to a wider range of potential students. “I think the thing that’s strategic for us to do is to consider what we think of when we think of the name ‘Duke,’ and to do that at levels,” Edwards said. “First generation and low income students [for example], what are the things that they think of when they think of the ‘Duke Brand?’” He added that his long term vision was for other schools to look to Duke for innovative ideas. “Instead of people constantly saying, ‘What is Harvard doing?’ or ‘What is Stanford doing?’ or ‘They just had this program and we should do it here,’ I’d like to actually do the reverse of that,” Edwards explained. “Students should be saying ‘Wow, did you just see the new initiative that Duke is doing,’ and using us as an institutional example.” Edwards also touched on DKU and said that he was concerned about the “controversial feedback” from students who had spent time there. “I think we need to better work on how we’re going to brand that and better give it the spirit and essence of Duke,” Edwards said.

INITIATIVE from page 1 women are engaged in leadership roles at the same rates as their male counterparts yet have lower opinions of their roles, she said. Hackney added that she hopes to address the disparity through the initiative. “We’re not just talking about leadership as a title,” Hackney said. “It’s about behaviors and actions.” Freshman Anya Bali, who serves as an ambassador for the initiative, said she thinks improving women’s leadership on campus is important because of the challenges women face, including constant levels of competition and the idea of effortless perfection. “It’s important to be able to say ‘I am a woman and I am a leader and I can be both of these,’” she said. The majority of events taking place this year will involve workshops and speakers that address topics such as public speaking and confidence building, Bali explained. She noted that initiative organizers will work to expand their offerings in the upcoming years. “It’s going to be a very exciting opportunity,” Katz said. “The people in charge are very dedicated to it being an inclusive initiative.”

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My experience with newspapers started back in 2007, when my classmates and I produced a weekly four-page Word document and shamelessly distributed it to all 62 people in our grade. If I recall correctly, our stories centered on topics like “How to Shave Your Legs” and bitter reviews of assigned books. That said, my newspaper experience didn’t really start there because under no circumstances could what we made have been considered a newspaper. But I was relatively proud of my own contribution to the weekly content, which was the inarguably divine horoscopes. The use of sentimental intangibles has always been my favorite mode of decision-making and is often prioritized over rational thought. I have never delved into letting the mystical actually dictate my actions or choices, but it doesn’t hurt to have a horoscope tell you that you’ll come onto a large sum of money or a new love interest soon. I’ll look for signs and signals from the cosmos or elsewhere that I’m on the right track. In the words of Michael Scott, “I am not superstitous. I am a little stitious.” The movements of the stars and their governance over us have been on my mind because my lone remaining Natural Science requirement compelled me to take Intro to Astronomy. It appeared to be one of few options that would fill the requirement and simultaneously blow my mind. And, perhaps, give me a chance to put a tiny bit of informedness behind predictions should I take up an astrology column again. In actuality, the predictions I wrote were completely made up, down to the bizarre punctuation habits I utilized as a 12-year-old. And upon writing

them I had the capacity to realize that there was nothing stopping any such horoscope writer from being as aimless with their divinations as a sentimental seventh grader. There may in fact be true psychics or at least people with an educated ability to read astronomy and apply the lore of certain star positions. But from that point on I have assumed that the horoscopes provided in the back of Cosmo or Buzzfeed or strange posts on Facebook have been guided by forces little more than a minimum word

editor’s note count. All superstitions require some choice on the part of a believer to engage in the superstition invented by believers past. You can theoretically straight-ticket vote to believe in everything unprovable and save yourself the trouble of cherrypicking among any legend, urban or ancient or found in a middle school tabloid. But this would make one’s life a bit too tedious—every grain of salt spilled, every set lucky numbers on fortune cookies, every planet in retrograde would stop us in our tracks and turn us around toward where the heavens gently tell us to go. Instead, we each have our own handful of beliefs, our grains of salt, to adhere to for advice and guidance, in order to make a little more sense of the way things go.

Take Mercury, for example. Mercury goes into retrograde four times a year and gives humans a brief scapegoat for their trials at the given times. Scientifically, the retrograde means that Mercury is passing Earth in its orbit and appears to move backwards as it floats on by. Internet lore declares this means that things will go very wrong under this astrological condition, as the planet rules clear thinking and communication. There’s even a way for you to find the source of all your misfortune: ismercuryinretrograde. com. Having a bad breakup? It’s not you—it’s Mercury. There is no reason that we have to accept any of these superstitions as truths, other than a desire to engage in the spookiness of unknowable forces. We do it because it’s fun. And just because the signs don’t have to be true doesn’t mean they can’t still guide us. We’re given an archetype in our zodiac sign that we’re supposed to embody, and I like the thought of having the tenacity and zest of a Leo no matter how timidly I pass a given day. You’re not going to win the lottery anyway, so you might as well plug in your fortune cookie numbers and admit to their potential power. You only have to be a little stitous to put your faith in the nebulous, and there’s not much to lose.

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Durham Co-op builds community through food Georgina Del Vecho The Chronicle Although the Durham Co-op Market has been open for only one year, it is already starting to make a huge difference in the Durham community. The market/ cafe combo is not your typical grocery store/hot bar. The co-op is a community-owned and communityfocused grocery store and café dedicated to supporting local farms, selling locally made and organic products and supporting local jobs. According to their website, Durham co-p Market began through the efforts of folks in Durham who saw a need and were excited about the possibility of creating a grocery/market that focused on locally-produced food. Despite its youth, the co-op already has several initiatives in place to foster a sense of community within Durham and to make local, organic food more accessible to all members of the community. For example, a month or two after the market opened, the co-op started “Meatless Mondays,” hosted every Monday at the café’s hot bar from 4 to 8 p.m. During these times the co-op’s hot bar offers a completely vegan selection, with the price of the food being determined by pound. “Meatless Mondays have developed a following, from vegans and meat-eaters alike,” said Laura Pyatt, the co-op’s marketing manager. “People will buy a bottle of wine and push tables together… it’s really become quite a big thing.” The newest feature, however, is the “$3 Dinners” that the co-op is beginning to offer on every Thursday night, starting this week, from 4-8 p.m. For the price of three containers of microwave mac and cheese, the co-op offers local, organic food, and not to mention, an actual meal. “We wanted to do a dinner that would really bring the whole community together,” said Leila Wolfrum, the co-op’s general manager. “It’s going to be a really family-friendly and delicious meal so we can bring in all our neighbors and have some fun together.” With the low price tag, the co-op’s owners are hoping that the dinners will be appealing and affordable for everyone in the community, not just a certain demographic. “Some co-ops have a reputation for being ‘exclusive’ or ‘hippy-dippy’ and we don’t want that; we want our co-op to be a place for the community to come together,” Pyatt said. “We want people to see that healthy, local food doesn’t have to be expensive.” The menu for these dinners, which changes every week, also reflects this sentiment. “We’ve developed a menu that every week will feature both a meat option and a vegan option,” Wolfrum said. “And they’re going to be familyfriendly— not too spicy, not too out there— and we just hope everybody comes and enjoys.” The first month of menus has already been posted on the co-op’s website, and it represents quite an eclectic mix of options. The first meal will consist of either turkey or vegan chili and cornbread, with upcoming weeks’ selections ranging from Carolinastyle hot dogs to loaded baked potatoes— and each for $3. “We’re about to post more menus; it’s not going to end in February,” Wolfrum said. “We’re going to hopefully continue serving the meals every Thursday from now until people stop liking cheap dinners.” Even though this initiative has a huge potential to bring new community members into the Durham Coop, the market is not stopping there in its communitybuilding endeavors. The co-op already hosts brunch at its hot bar every Saturday and Sunday, but starting March 19, the co-op is revamping brunch to include live music and mimosas designed to increase the sense of community at the café. “Durham is a diverse place,” Pyatt said. “It wouldn’t make sense for us to cater to only a specific part of the community… we’re hoping everyone will come, and that the $3 dinners will develop the same following as our Meatless Mondays; that people will push their tables together and use the time to enjoy each others’ company.”

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Christy Kuesel The Chronicle Although major concerts are not normally held on campus in February, Thursday’s performer may not need a reason to show up. Indie pop artist BØRNS will perform in Page Auditorium this Thursday at 7 p.m., following opening Small Town Records acts Kollin Baer and Mobius, in a concert sponsored by Duke University Union. Garrett Borns, born in Michigan, goes by the stage name BØRNS. After moving from New York City to Los Angeles in 2013, he wrote his debut single, “10,000 Emerald Pools,” which was released in 2014 along with his EP “Candy.” In 2015, Borns’ song “Electric Love” became an instant hit, propelling Borns himself to fame. Borns’ full-length album “Dopamine” was released Oct. 16 last year. BØRNS has toured with Misterwives— who performed at the Last Day of Classes concert in 2015—Charli XCX and Bleachers. He has also performed at Lollapalooza and is included in the line-up for Coachella in 2016.The singer is starting a European tour right after his Duke show, premiering in Glasgow, U.K. Feb. 19. DUU’s Campus Concerts committee has a habit of looking for artists before they become famous. The committee booked BØRNS before he was featured in several commercials and released on major music festival lineups, bringing him to a higher level of prominence ahead of Thursday’s show. “We are very excited to bring something new and fresh to campus as we were

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able to for Heatwave,” said senior Tyler Lawrence, chair of DUU’s Campus Concerts committee, in an email. The BØRNS concert differs from typical DUU concerts in both location and artistic style. BØRNS is the first DUUsponsored musical artist to perform in Page Auditorium since 2014 when the building went under construction. BØRNS also stands out in terms of sound. His electro-pop, dreamy, slightly folksy sound differs from the sounds of most artists that the Campus Concerts committee has brought to Duke recently. Past artists sponsored by Campus Concerts have included Vanessa Carlton for Old Duke and New Politics for Heatwave. DUU consulted with senior Dylan Gleit, chair of DUU’s Small Town Records committee, to select which of the record label’s artists would open for BØRNS and were most suited to the environment DUU was trying to create for the show. Kollin Baer and Mobius were ultimately picked to perform. Mobius was formed during the first semester of the members’ freshman year at Duke. The band is self-described as a “progressive/funk/dance rock quartet” and consists of vocalist Wyatt Smith, guitarist Gleit, bassist Mike DeVito and drummer Henry Sosa, all seniors. The band released a debut EP in 2013 entitled “One Hit Wonder.” Kollin Baer, a senior, will be opening with an acoustic set. Baer, who has more of a folk sound, plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, piano, bass and drums. “With this show, we’re really bringing a lot of different aspects of our musical services together,” said DUU president Pranava Raparla, a senior.

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Most DUU concerts are hosted outside and can hold a large number of students, setting the Thursday performance apart as a rare indoor show. Raparla estimated that last September’s Heatwave concert attracted around 2,000 Duke students, but Page holds just under 1,200. “It will be a very different vibe to have something inside and see what type of Duke student that attracts and also how that enhances the musical element as well, because Page has better acoustics than what you usually hear outside,” Raparla said. DUU has hosted a number of successful non-musical performances in the auditorium so far this year, booking personalities like Jenna Marbles and

Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson. For the rest of the academic year, DUU’s Campus Concerts will be planning and organizing the Kryzyewskiville concert in March and Old Duke in April. The BØRNS concert was moved to early February instead of late Fall so it would not have to compete with other musical performances on campus for attention and attendance. “We wanted to continue to provide programming for students throughout the academic year rather than just at the beginning and end,” Lawrence said. The BØRNS concert will take place this Thursday at 7 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Tickets are $5.

Carolina Theatre to host spooky Valentine’s film fest Jessica Williams The Chronicle The Carolina Theatre will host the 17th Nevermore Film Festival this Valentine’s Day weekend—foregoing mushy romance films for something a bit more macabre. Featuring brand-new horror, science fiction, mystery, thriller and action-adventure films from the United States and abroad, the three-day festival will be sure to excite all kinds of movie enthusiasts. As a juried competition festival, Nevermore’s films are handpicked by a committee from submissions of filmmakers around the globe. There were 1,275 submissions this year, much more than the usual 200 the festival received in past years. 41 shorts and 11 features were chosen from

the submissions, representing the highestranked films in each category. “We are one of—if not the—largest genre film festivals in the southeastern United States,” said Jim Carl, senior director at the Carolina Theatre. “The filmmakers who come love us, then go back to L.A. and talk up the festival to their friends who are also filmmakers.” Nevermore was created in 1999 when Carl discovered an audience in the Triangle for horror movies. Aside from the classic films that the Theatre screens in its Retro Film Series, Nevermore presents films that are far from well-known, big-budget movies. Most films at Nevermore are so new that festivalgoers have never heard of them before. “From the audience’s point of view, they trust the brand,” Carl said. “After 17 years,

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audiences recognize they may not have heard of the movies playing, but chances are if they go to Nevermore they’ll like what they see because Nevermore is good at picking films.” Nevermore accepted films through the online platform FilmFreeway for the first time, making the festival more accessible to filmmakers who may not have had the resources to send in their works otherwise. Filmmakers from more than 60 countries presented their works, from the United Kingdom to Cambodia. “You’re going to have to make really difficult cuts at the end, because you’ll have to send letters of rejection to films that were really good but wouldn’t fit in the slots,” Carl said. One feature that made the cut was “Everlasting.” A dark love story, “Everlasting” centers on a teenage filmmaker named Matt whose girlfriend was recently killed. After receiving a package containing a tape of her murder, he decides to travel from Colorado to Los Angeles to learn about the events leading to her death, and to eventually face her murderer. “‘Everlasting’ was the sort of process where I’d write for a day or two, but have to stop because it was so emotionally intense. Once I finished the screenplay I sent it out and people latched onto it—I got a lot of immediate support,” said Anthony Stabley, the writer, director and producer of “Everlasting.” An unconventional tale, “Everlasting” presents the darker side of love in an unorthodox fashion—Matt’s story is told through a mingling of news passages, home videos and real-time sequences. “Our movie is non-linear—it goes back and forth between memories and the present time,” Stabley said. Although not a film that would typically seen in movie theaters, “Everlasting” is deep yet provocative. Nominated for Best Feature at

the Crystal Palace International Film Festival during its premiere in London last November, the film has already resonated deeply with audiences. “It’s this very emotional film—the audience comes in and sees all these strange characters, but they get really hooked in the love story and connecting with the two kids and really feeling for them,” Stabley said. By being accepted a festival, filmmakers can show distributors that there is real interest in their work, and that people have reviewed it positively. As a well-respected genre festival, Nevermore supports filmmakers by providing an outlet for showcasing new films that may not otherwise be available. “After we go through the process of presenting films at festivals, we can go to distributors and show reviews that people like the movie,” Stabley said. Covering a range of grim and thrilling subjects, Nevermore has expanded to include animation this year, making a conscious effort to include the genre by forming its own short films program. The shorts program, “It’s Only a Nightmare, Charlie Brown,” will be a combination of different forms of animation, all with creepy undertones. By adding more animation, the festival hopes to connect to the audience for anime and animation present in the Triangle, as shown by attendance at events like North Carolina Comicon. Nevermore will become more accessible to people interested in genres beyond live-action, as well as a slightly younger audience. “I have a suspicion there will be people coming to Nevermore this year because of the animated programs that wouldn’t have come before when we were just horror,” Carl said. “There are people who tell us that this is the biggest event for them every year, and at Nevermore they’ll see films they wouldn’t see anywhere else.”

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Recess playlists are back! Find us on Spotify at “dukerecess” to listen each week to our slate of tunes. This week’s theme is: there is no theme.

“I’m in Love with My Life”— PHASES

It’s the perfect car jam and a feel-good tune that’ll put you in the mood for a party or just a fun trip to the library. —Elizabeth Djinis

“Regulate”—Warren Nate Dogg

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I love this song because every time I step into my hallway I yell “regulators!” and at least 3 people will yell back “mount up”, which is really what friendship is all about. —Tim Campbell

“The House We Grew Up In”— The Weeks.

While the song has an alternative feeling, it’s also upbeat and easy to sing along to, making it the perfect song to play for hours on repeat. —Christy Kuesel

“Gangsta Walk”—SNBRN, Nate Dogg

I like this song because it’s got a catchy beat that’s impossible for me to not dance to. It’s a classic feel good kind of song and it always helps boost my mood. — Georgina Del Vecho

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I like it cause it has sing-alongy jam vibes and fun vocals. —Jessica Williams

“Bills”—Lunchmoney Lewis

I listen to it while I’m running. —Ian Jaffe

“Hollow”—Tori Kelly ft. Big Sean

People need to stop neglecting Tori Kelly. The girl can sing and this song shows nothing different. Her powerful, booming vocals tie this song up nicely for a pop song. And of course, there’s Big Sean. Need I say more? — Dillon Fernando

“Stupid”—Brendan MacLean

The most fun and enjoyable breakup song you ever did hear. —Georgia Parke

“5 Years Time”—Noah and the Whale

I ran into Noah and the Whale in my “Vampire Weekend” Pandora list and definitely loved the happy indie mood this one inspires, especially now that we should be able to see more “sun, sun, sun.” — Jesús Hidalgo

Courtney Feshenfeld is a Trinity senior. More of her art can be found on Instagram at @courtneys_adventurelust.

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Collecting and Presenting Work by Artists of African Descent Thursday, February 11, 2016 7 PM

Thelma Golden, director and chief curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem. Photo by Julie Skarratt.

Jack Shainman, owner, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Pamela Joyner, San Francisco art collector.

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Join us, at the Nasher Museum, for a lively and critical conversation on collecting and presenting work by artists of African descent, moderated by Richard J. Powell, Dean of Humanities and John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke. This event is a collaboration between the Nasher Museum, Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Central University Art Museum and the North Carolina Museum of Art.

2001 Campus Drive, Durham I nasher.duke.edu ABOVE: Kehinde Wiley, Ivelaw III (study) (detail), 2006. Pencil and oil on paper, 27 1⁄2 x 21 1⁄2 inches (69.9 x 54.6 cm). Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Promised gift of Blake Byrne (‘57), in honor of Raymond D. Nasher. © Kehinde Wiley Studio. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.

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Duke head coach David Cutcliffe did not have to hold out for any unexpected surprises on National Signing Day. Twenty-one national letters of intent flowed into Durham by 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, completing the Blue Devils’ best class in program history. Cutcliffe signed 21 players—including seven four-star recruits—to his Class of 2016, relying heavily on recruiting inroads made in North Carolina and Georgia in recent years. ESPN slates Duke’s group—which consists of six defensive backs, four offensive linemen, three linebackers, three defensive linemen, two running backs, one wide receiver, one tight end and one kicker—as the 28th-ranked class in the nation. “I don’t think I’ve ever had as good a time realizing who they are, just what they’re made of,” Cutcliffe said. “You understand the ‘what’—heights and weights, all of those things that are out there are the ‘what’, but the ‘who’ is just that makeup.... Regardless of stars, I think they’re all pure gold.” After winning 27 games in the last three years, Cutcliffe admitted that his program’s success on the recruiting trail might have surpassed even his own expectations. The Blue Devils had previously signed seven total four-star commits from 2011-15. “You plan to win, and when you win, recruiting is lifting right over here at the same time,” Cutcliffe said. “All that goes hand-in-

Graphic by Shourya Kumar | The Chronicle Duke’s recruiting class includes seven four-star recruits, including four players ranked inside the ESPN 300.

hand with winning, with upgrading facilities. I wouldn’t call us right on track—I think we’re ahead of where we thought we might get to, to be real honest with you.” Four of Duke’s incoming freshmen are listed as ESPN 300 recruits, with two on either side of the ball. Defensive lineman Chidi Okonya originally committed to Tennessee, but the 6-foot-6 pass-rusher flipped to the Blue Devils, where he will join former Volunteer Daniel Helm, who redshirted the 2015 season. Dylan

Singleton—the No. 10 safety recruit in the country—played everywhere on the field in high schoo, but will join his brother, Deondre, in the secondary in Durham. Four-star wide receiver Scott Bracey— who became the first member of Duke’s class—will bring size and versatility to the Blue Devils on the outside. At 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, Bracey spent his senior year of high school playing quarterback, throwing for 1,353 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushing for 1,112 yards and nine touchdowns on 114

carries to lead Benedictine High School to a second straight Virginia state title. Bracey chose Duke in July 2014 over a murderer’s row of elite programs, including Ohio State, Clemson Florida State and Notre Dame—setting the tone for the rest of the class. “Scott is such an impact person—he was a high-profile player in all sites and publications. I think that probably did help get the rhythm going for this class,” Cutcliffe said. “Often times that’s how it does get going. [If] you get an early commitment from a special player—not just us, anybody— there’s no question that can certainly parlay into a tremendous class.” Tight end Mark Birmingham is listed as the No. 3 tight end prospect in the Class of 2016 and should team with Helm to offset the departures of veterans Braxton Deaver and David Reeves. Offensive lineman Robert Kraeling joined Birmingham, Singleton and Okonya in the ESPN 300, highlighting a versatile group of athletes. Cutcliffe said that three of the four future Blue Devil offensive linemen play high school basketball—as do a number of other players in the class— with other members of the class adding wrestling, track and field and baseball to their schedules. “So many sports now think that you can only play that sport to be successful, that you have to play year-round. I’m not a proponent of that. I think that number one it puts too See SIGNING DAY on Page 12

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Blue Devils host Virginia Gardner-Webb fells Duke Hank Tucker The Chronicle Although Duke dropped a close game Monday night against No. 3 Notre Dame, the versatility the Blue Devils showed as a team will help them navigate the rest of a grueling ACC schedule. Monday’s 68-61 loss snapped Duke’s fourVirginia game winning streak, so the Blue Devils vs. will try to start a new Duke one against Virginia Thursday at 7 p.m. THURSDAY, 7 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Cameron Indoor Stadium Stadium. Duke held a late lead against the Fighting Irish—the latest sign that a young squad is beginning to figure things out, in part by relying on the dynamic duo of sophomore Azurá Stevens and redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell. “I hope that we’re growing old by now with some of the games that we’ve played. I really

love our schedule. I love how it prepares us, coming off a tough loss and learning lessons there and just applying it to [the next game],” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “You’ve got to take it personally. You’ve got to get after it and have fun with it.” Stevens has always been a force on the inside for the Blue Devils (16-7, 5-4 in the ACC), gobbling up rebounds and finishing at an efficient 55 percent clip from the field this season, with many of her looks coming close to the basket. The 6-foot-6 forward also leads the ACC with 95 offensive boards and has already posted 12 double-doubles. Stevens has become even more dangerous during the past three weeks, though, by stepping away from the basket and adding another layer to her game. The Raleigh native has knocked down 10-of-17 3-point attempts in her last five games, averaging 23.2 points per game during that span to increase her scoring average to 19.1 points per contest. After making only six triples during the first 17 games of the season, Stevens is now shooting See W. BASKETBALL on Page 12

Seth Johnson The Chronicle With Duke leading 18-16 going into the final bout, redshirt senior Brendan Walsh was poised to send his Blue Devils off with a bang to cap an exciting Senior Night at home. But a controversial no-call on an escape in the waning seconds of the match cost Walsh a chance at overtime and left Duke searching for an explanation. GARD 19 “I thought it was DUKE 18 an escape [in the final match]. I thought we should have gone into overtime, but it is what it is. Sometimes you don’t get the calls and we didn’t get it tonight,” Duke head coach Glen Lanham said. “There was a loss of control twice during that match, but we just didn’t get the call…. You can’t let it get that close because everybody knows you can’t put it into anybody’s hands but your own.” The defeat in the final match forced the Blue Devils to stomach a 19-18 heartbreaker against Gardner-Webb at Card Gymnasium

Wednesday after a series of questionable calls left the home faithful begging for answers. The Blue Devils honored seven graduating seniors prior to the dual, but were left with a sour taste in their mouths at the end of the night. Walsh battled Boyce Cornwell down to the wire, but the redshirt senior’s one-point lead disappeared when the Runnin’ Bulldog scored a reversal with just more than 30 seconds remaining. After the two scrambled out of the ring, the referee reset the heavyweights at the center with 18 seconds remaining. Walsh appeared to free himself from his opponent after getting to his feet, but the buzzer sounded and the match was called, despite the protests from the Duke bench. “You might say, ‘Hey, you’re his coach and you’re biased,’ but [Walsh] won the match,” Lanham said. “He’s turned a corner. You look at the beginning of the year and he struggled getting himself in shape, so he got in shape— he wrestled hard and he wrestled and won the match. That’s the way I’m going to look at it. We came up short on the scoreboard, See WRESTLING on Page 13

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Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Guard Rebecca Greenwell and the Blue Devils will attempt to bounce back from Monday’s heart-breaking loss to Notre Dame Thursday at home against Virginia.

W. BASKETBALL from page 11 them with confidence and transforming herself into a bona fide perimeter threat to supplement her dominance on the interior. “She’s trying to grow her game to the point where she can dominate inside and out,” McCallie said. “She’s just learning how to do that and really put it together. We’re really excited about her aggressiveness and wanting her to attack.” Greenwell came to Duke with a reputation as a shooter, and she has more than lived up to that label. With her two triples Monday night, the Owensboro, Ky., native moved into a tie for 10th on the Blue Devils’ all-time made

3-pointers list with 128 in just her second year on the floor. But Greenwell made an impact on the game against the Fighting Irish in other ways, leading the team with nine rebounds to match her season-high and chasing loose balls all over the floor. After diving into the scorer’s table and opening up a cut on her shoulder in the middle of the third quarter, she missed all of one possession before reentering the game. “She’s very tough, a fierce competitor, and she’s doing great,” McCallie said. “She’s a special player. She’s more than a shooter—she’s a hustler, she’s a fighter and she’s growing her game, and that was a great example of her hustle.”

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The tandem leads the ACC with 33.6 points per game, and Stevens and Greenwell will both look to continue their impressive stretches against the Cavaliers (13-9, 3-5), who are slumping with three straight losses. Virginia opened conference play with a convincing 76-56 win against then-No. 22 Miami Jan. 3, but the Cavaliers will be missing a key piece from that win when they travel to Durham. Senior Faith Randolph—the only senior on Virginia’s roster and its second-leading scorer—broke her thumb during the Cavaliers’ second ACC game against Notre Dame and has missed the last six contests. Virginia has struggled without her veteran leadership in the backcourt and now has just two healthy upperclassmen on its roster. The Cavaliers now rely heavily on sophomore guard Mikayla Venson, who averages 15.1 points per game and has led the team in scoring in five of six games during Randolph’s absence. “Certainly Randolph is a very good player—brings some experience, can shoot the ball, play off the bounce—and then she’s just a great guard all the way around,” McCallie said. “[But] they’re a very good team overall in a sense of their athleticism and their guard play.” The Cavaliers’ tallest starter is 6-foot-2 sophomore Lauren Moses, which will make it particularly difficult to game-plan for Stevens. They may have to concede the outside shot like opponents have done in the past to limit Stevens’ easy looks in the post, but if Stevens stays hot from beyond the arc, Thursday’s game could start the beginning of another winning streak for Duke.

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SIGNING DAY from page 11 much pressure on young people, physically and mentally,” Cutcliffe said. “I like kids that are well-rounded.... I will always look at that, I think those are your best athletes and best competitors.” With Ross Martin moving on toward the NFL, the Blue Devils filled their need at kicker by signing A.J. Reed from Prattville, Ala. Reed participated in Duke’s camps, and Cutcliffe said he expects the 11thranked kicker in the country to step into a starting role right away. Redshirt freshman Austin Parker is likely to take over punting duties from Will Monday. Cutcliffe simultaneously went through National Signing Day in the past, present and future Wednesday. He introduced his 21 newest Blue Devils, and because he did not have to wait for any sudden commitments or decommitments like other coaches around the country, he talked with more than 20 of Duke’s Class of 2017 targets. But he also had a message on his phone this morning—a photo from Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, who Cutcliffe coached at Tennessee. “Peyton sent me a picture last night, a facial shot of himself on signing day in 1994. I got that this morning, and I got a little chuckle out of that,” Cutcliffe said. “February 2, 1994 wasn’t just yesterday anymore. That kind of gives you the perspective—and now he’s playing in a Super Bowl.” With the strides Duke has made in recruiting in recent years, that could become the norm.

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[I] can’t really do anything now.” In the 165-pound match, more controversy may have kept the Blue Devils off the board. Although redshirt junior Jake Faust won his match 5-2 after an interlocking hands penalty and a reversal with three seconds remaining pushed him ahead, the Bellville, Ohio, native appeared to finish the match in the earlier frames. On two separate occasions, Faust put Runnin’ Bulldog Austin Trott on his back and appeared to score the fall, but the referee allowed the wrestlers to carry on without calling the match. “You hate to go back to the calls, but in the Faust match, he had the kid pinned twice,” Lanham said. “We’re looking at it and he’s flat on his back. I don’t know what else you’re looking at. Those are critical calls. Get in position. You’re a professional. Get in position and make the call.” Despite the controversy, Duke scored falls at 141 and 197 pounds to get bonus points. Zach Finesilver took a 2-0 lead into the second

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given their relative youth and experience, we do expect them to provide an important voice when the Trustees are meeting. Undergraduates need a voice that can be innovative, adding ideas to the conversation that help the Trustees prioritize the many proposals that feature in their agendas. Given this role, it is important that the Trustee is well—equipped to represent the voices and communities on campus that are now least effectively translated to the Board. It is this voice—a reflective combination of both innovator and translator—that students must

Editorial look for as they set out to entrust a peer with being a steward of the entire institution. When voting, one needs to ask, who is best equipped to do this? Do we need the “typical” Duke student? Is there even such a thing? Should the candidate be mostly judged on their prima facie experiences or the way they are translating these experiences into a platform for the election? Of course, the answer is probably somewhere in the middle. Each candidate has made unique choices on what their platforms

emphasize, but all of them have significant breadth of experience. The role of the Young Trustee is unique, and so too should be its voice– ambitious and bold as it synthesizes the diversity of the undergraduate experience and uses its seat at the table to make sure the stewards of the institution are aware of the most significant aspects of campus life that may not be readily available in financial data or conversations with administrators. We think that the discourse during the week leading up to the election can help students evaluate the candidates for these traits. Their effectiveness at driving campus dialogue in the next days will be a good proxy for their ability to be a positive voice in the Board room—one whom will make their familiarity with the undergraduate experience heard, rather than one that will be a token rubber stamp at the table. So, we encourage our peers to search for the most dynamic and authentic voice. At a time when so much on campus seems in flux, find someone who you feel is prepared to think about the most vital issues on campus. More importantly, find the voice that you think will be most engage and contribute to an audience and that has the best vision of the University for a student.

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ut of options and desperate for resurgence, the Japanese economy has been forced to try its luck with negative interest rates. The move was far from anticipated. Just eight days before the policy’s adoption, the Bank of Japan’s Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, had said that such a plan was not under serious consideration. The shock value of the policy’s implementation could very well cement the deteriorated relationship between Japanese firms and the BOJ as repeated actions of this nature will only continue to validate market uncertainty for firms. Regardless, it is time to start asking the question of whether

monetary policy measures be employed in a similar manner here in the states? I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw the Fed give it a go during a future economic downturn. Low unemployment rates combined with deflation might make negative rates, in conjunction with the purchasing of bonds, a viable neoclassical tool for economic stimulation in the event of a recession. There is no question that anemic levels of inflation in the U.S. are a problem. The dramatic falls in oil prices, minimal growth in wages and rigid flatness in food and energy prices could validate the Fed’s use of an

Ajay Desai denarii & eagles or not the Federal Reserve would consider such a policy here at home in the event of a recession. Though the European Central Bank can be credited with first putting the negative rates theory into practice, the case in Japan is for more important as far as the U.S. is concerned because Japan is a sovereign state with its own currency. Although the Fed slightly increased interest rates this past December in an attempt to signal confidence in the American economy, rates are still very close to zero. Given the experimentation with the negative rates policy elsewhere in the world, it might not be unreasonable to see the Fed add negative interest rates to its monetary policy toolkit. So what would the implications of a negative rates policy in the U.S. be? The case study in Japan provides us with a fair start at answering this question. The ultimate goal of the negative rates policy in Japan is to guide inflation to the golden 2 percent mark by encouraging lending in the hopes of stimulating economic growth. In theory, the logic would follow that, by essentially charging a fee to banks for holding their money at the central bank, there is greater incentive for banks to lend out the money. Interestingly enough, however, the BOJ only set negative rates on newly deposited funds. Thus, the nearly $2.5 trillion in excess reserves currently sitting at the BOJ can continue to sit there without penalty. Why would they do this? And would the Fed take a similar approach? Well, the BOJ does not want to penalize banks so harshly that their profits fall and their propensity to lend is even further diminished. Applying the negative rate to funds already held at the BOJ might have incited banks to engage in protective behavior rather than stimulating action. But how will Japan ensure that new money is flowing through the country? Japan thinks its continuation of a quantitative easing program wherein it purchases 80 trillion yen worth of debt annually will pump more cash into the economy. Thus, there will not be a shortage of new money in the system, and the new money has a greater propensity to be lent than held when the QE and negative rates policies are combined. So the policy seems to, at the least, sound like a fair bet for defibrillating the Japanese economy. Many economists, however, are already certain that it will not work. But what about the U.S.? Could aggressive

experimental mechanism such as negative rates. But again, it is still hard to say whether or not such a policy would actually be successful. In Europe, negative rates have had mixed results. Analysts at Citi say that “no country that has gone into negative rates has experienced major shifts in its growth and inflation profile.” Surely, negative rates are a desperation move: a last resort tool used to encourage the movement of money away from the central bank, though not necessarily towards lending. Therein lies the major hiccup in the policy. In order to tackle this issue, banks need to better understand the shortcomings of the negative rates policy through process tracing. We should be asking important questions about the flaws in our logic and theory. Where does the empirical evidence not match up with our expectations? Where is the money that is no longer being parked at the central bank going? Are consumers saving that money in even higher proportions? Do banks need to start implementing negative interest rates on consumer savings in order to encourage us to spend more? Wow, you’d hate to see that! I took this a little too far, but my point is that we have identified a seemingly sound theory that needs empirical testing. The next step is to identify where this theory falls short when it is put into practice and what we can do to ameliorate its observed deficiencies. So what can we conclude as of now? Not much. As American economists begin to closely monitor what happens with Japan, it is time to begin forecasting scenarios wherein the Fed slides rates down below 0 percent. Of course, the U.S. is not desperate enough to engage in such behavior quite yet, but there is no harm in studying the policy’s effects to prepare for the uncertainty of the future. It will be interesting to see if this policy actually changes lending practices in Japan when future data is released, and it is certainly no secret that the Fed will be contemplating the implications of this monetary policy tool should it ever need to be employed here at home. At the end of the day, however, the negatives rate policy could very well just be another swing and miss. Ajay Desai is a Trinity freshman. His column usually runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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appy almost Valentine’s Day, Duke humans. According to Mumford and Sons, “where you invest your love, you invest your life.” I hope you have been wise with your investment. Where do you invest your love? From the time I was a young heart, I invested my love in athletics and academics. I took

My success rate? Same as the game. After many futile attempts, I realized that, unlike a company, school, team or a group, a relationship is not a distant goal to attain. It involves the ability to intimately relate to a person and has nothing to do with checking boxes or winning the game. It involves enjoying another’s company with the occasional added bonus of chemistry and the feels. Relationships can serve as mirrors to

Catherine White surviving the best years myself on dates to vet camps, piano recitals, athletic tournaments and SAT prep tests. Love became associated with achievement instead of a feeling. Always striving for my idea of perfect, just never seeming to get there. This pursuit came full circle during one of my more challenging of relationships. I convinced myself that if I became perfect then one of my distant beloved universities would accept me. Once I was accepted by one of those beloved universities, this heart was still unsatisfied. I was in need of yet another distant goal to fall in love with and achieve. I decided to begin my next all consuming relationship with my career. Internships were on my mind more so than basic human functioning. Wellconstructed emails and cover letters became my main source of commination and personal expression. Receiving interviews were like first dates that made me excited yet terrified. After I completed not one but two internships with my dream company, I was back at square one, left with that same longing. My next goal? A Rom-Com, fairytale. Disney-worthy, ROMANCE escapade. In the worst way possible, I viewed dating as another extra curricular activity. I pursued my potential matches as though it were a sporting event. As an athlete, I was a pro at the game of romance. Unfortunately, it never got past the point of game. We all know the game, right Duke Humans? Well if not, let me let you in on a little thing I like to call the game. Step 1—Figure out you like someone. Step 2—Make them aware of how awesome you are. Step 3—Make them chase you so that you don’t look desperate. Step 4—Make sure that you analyze each and every one of the text messages, interactions or lack thereof. Step 5—Explore the data with all of your 23 best friends so that you can validate the degree of interest. Step 6—Being honest with feelings is not a necessary part of this game, and now that we are being honest, the game has had a zero percent success rate. When the game didn’t work, since it never did, I fell back on my checklist theory. I would be able to identify my soul-mate by the list. Simply put, he is funny, empathetic, brilliant, athletic, ambitious. He must have the capacity to keep up with my lifestyle and, at the same time, challenge my world-views. He needs to have the ability to break down the walls that surround my heart and share in my love for Mexican food, snowboarding and wakeboarding. Last but certainly not least, New Zealand must be on his bucket list. My

something we did not know was within. They can manifest as some of our greatest lessons. They can provide endless entertainment and even some of our greatest pains. Relationships help connect us to ourselves in the most indirect and often unappreciated of ways. They may come into our paths for a short period or stay for a lifetime. They can appear, then disappear, only to appear again years down the road. In my 22 years, I have been witness to and have experienced both whole hearts and broken ones. When my father suffered a heart attack and passed away last semester at the age of 59, I was confronted to face that inevitable fact of our shared humanity. I now see the heart as a muscle as well as the guiding force that brings us closer to something greater than ourselves. I decided to flip all of my theories of love on their heads and start from scratch. I have since stopped playing the game, I have ditched the checklist, I get my daily cardio in and I eat my omega-3 fatty acids every day as well. There is no resume-building to be had here anymore. No longer giving away my heart to one-sided relationships, institutions, ideas, men or groups that I am trying to make love me so that I will love myself by association. Romance arena? He does not fit all of my soul-mate boxes. No games are played. We are quite different. He is a skier. I am a snowboarder. He is hilarious. He leaves my heart a little less heavy. He is not some distant end goal. I am not trying to perfect myself in order to feel accepted by him. We are on the same page, though he lives in California and I here at Duke. Until our lives collide again, I am in an all consuming relationship with the life I have tirelessly built here at school. Carefully investing my heart in the people, times, activities and classes that leave it a little less heavy. That is not to say that everything that constitutes my life I must love. That is both impractical and impossible. However, I will say that love is available in the now if you are open to accepting it. I close with this. Use your brain to do what you came here to accomplish. From time to time though, I implore you to throw logic out the window and listen to the beating muscle in your chest. Happy Almost Valentines Day. Trust the process. Catherine. Catherine White is a Trinity senior. Her column runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Letter to the Editor Dear Max and Wills, The realized mission of the Black Student Alliance, first and foremost, is to promote equality by working to improve the experiences of marginalized peoples—on campus, in Durham and throughout the nation and world. The work is both a privilege and a responsibility, as we feel accountable to the experiences of systematically oppressed students in a way organizations that represent the whole student body do not. When we make decisions as a Black Student Alliance executive board, we put our personal opinions aside as much as we possibly can, understanding our responsibility to black students and the integrity that that responsibility necessitates. Our personal opinions are not analogous to decisions we make on behalf of black students. As a board, we often offer assessments and endorsements of candidates in student elections as a way to offer our general body insights on which candidates we feel are most qualified and who demonstrate a commitment to representing the student body’s wide range of diversity. For at least the past five years, the previous Young Trustee official endorsement guidelines have stipulated that official endorsements could not be made by organizations that had professional ties to any candidate. Thus, we knew (and presumed that the two of you knew as well) that we would not be allowed to officially endorse a candidate before the statement of refusal was released, since Jamal is a former president of BSA. Because we were excluded from participating in the official endorsement process, we also knew that we were not obligated to adhere to the guidelines of that process. Finally, we knew that any kind of endorsement statement released from us would have to be released unofficially, probably as a memo to our general body. Thus, BSA’s desire to meet with all of the Young Trustee candidates was not really about deciding on a candidate to endorse. It was about our responsibility to black students— we wanted to begin dialogues with the Young Trustee candidates about our representation. We wanted to gauge the willingness of each of the candidates to represent all students effectively, regardless of whether or not those students looked like them. One need only consider the national movement of student activism in the U.S. and across the world amid culminating tensions on college campuses about race and identity to understand why meeting with the Young Trustee candidates was important to us. Regardless of whether or not we could endorse a candidate officially or who any individual BSA executive board member personally felt was the most qualified candidate

for the position of Young Trustee, as a board we have a vested interest in trying to make sure that whoever is elected to represent the student body understands that our black lives matter. Given this context, I find it perplexing that the two of you refused to meet with the oldest black organization at Duke, which is recognized as the foremost political advocate for black students, seemingly just because you felt that you could not win our votes. Though in the statement you boasted a refusal to meet with the IFC board on supposed claims of ethical high ground, you have certainly still made sure to meet with the IFC fraternities individually, many of which have voting members who have expressed support for each of you through posts on social media. To me, this seems to be the same “conflict of interest” of which we are being accused. Just as with IFC, we could not have made an official endorsement anyway, and as candidates, you should know that. I can only conjecture, then, that you actually refused to meet not because of an ethical premise but simply because you did not want to. I am petrified of what this move can mean as a precedent. Certainly we do not imagine as ethical the notion that candidates in a Young Trustee election may ignore or silence certain students’ voices simply because they are unwilling to actually listen to how those students feel they need to be represented. This will be my only public response to this matter, which I mostly wrote a few days ago but have not been sure I would release, and only felt compelled to because I experienced your statement as an inaccurate and inappropriate indictment upon my executive board’s character. I do not wish to engage the drama of a back-and-forth, as that would be time better used conversing about actual issues of representation and diversity in the Young Trustee election. Given the remarkable coincidence of an email I received from you (Max) the night before the publication of this letter, this dream my board has of meeting to discuss the representation of black students with the Young Trustee candidates may actually come true. Wills, if you too would suddenly like to meet with BSA to discuss your candidacy further, take a nod from Max’s email. Reaching out to me or another person on my executive board is a far more direct and effective means of communicating your sentiments to us than publishing them publicly in The Chronicle. I sometimes neglect to read it. Sincerely, Henry Junior Henry Washington is the president of the Black Student Alliance.

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