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Gilbert-Addoms is about to get a makeover. Renovations to Gilbert-Addoms Residence Hall will begin May 9. The project, which will improve the building’s accessibility, bathrooms, bedrooms, common space and the GA Down Under basement event space, will be finished in August for students’ arrival. The Board of Trustees approved the project at their February meeting. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said the project would cost $7 million. “This residence hall is one of the larger ones on East [Campus], and we are focusing the majority of the summer renovation funds on GA,” wrote Rick Johnson, assistant vice president of student affairs for housing, dining and residence life, in an email Sunday. The construction comes at the end of several months of planning and collaboration by HDRL, Moneta added. LB Bergene, East Campus assistant dean for residence life, noted that the plan will include new vinyl floors, ceiling and lights in the dormitory rooms and new furniture in the common room. The changes follow a model set by Southgate Residence Hall, GA’s neighbor that was renovated last summer. In its current state, common complaints among students include the state of the bathrooms and internal problems of the building. “The heating system was broken during the summer, and it was hotter than outside at the beginning of the year,” said freshman Shannon Moyer, a GA resident. One important aspect in constructing the renovation designs has been making the building accessible for disabled individuals, Bergene said. The new bathroom designs will have several roll-in showers and sink fixtures. This continues a long-range SEE GA ON PAGE 6

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Students analyze the role gender plays in attaining leadership positions at Duke at a Women’s Center event called Unconscious Bias: Women in Leadership Monday.

After choosing to represent herself in a murder trial, Crystal Mangum has now requested a court-appointed attorney. Mangum, the Durham woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006, has been on trial since 2011 for the alleged murder of her then boyfriend, Reginald Daye. In a court hearing Thursday morning, Mangum said she wanted the court to appoint her atCrystal Mangum torney Scott Holmes of lawfirm Brock, Payne and Meece. Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway, who presided over the hearing, denied Mangum’s request to appoint Holmes specifically, stating that she is allowed a court-appointed lawyer but cannot choose her own. Mangum was previously assigned attorney Woody Vann, a managing partner of The Law Offices of Edward J. Falcone and H. Wood Vann, but chose to dismiss him last fall due to “trust issues.” SEE MANGUM ON PAGE 6

9-year-old Blue Devil donates to hospital by Carleigh Stiehm THE CHRONICLE

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Nine-year-old Max Bonnstetter poses with men’s basketball players Andre Dawkins and Ryan Kelly. Bonnstetter collects donations for music therapy program the Monday Life.

Nine-year-old Max Bonnstetter’s dream is to follow in the footsteps of his idols, men’s basketball players Ryan Kelly and Seth Curry, though not necessarily on the basketball court. After seeing pictures of the men’s basketball team volunteering with patients at the Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center through the Monday Life, Bonnstetter decided to forgo gifts for his birthday March 8. Instead, he decided to collect donations for the Monday Life, a nonprofit that develops programs that will help patients feel better, such as music therapy. SEE BONNSTETTER ON PAGE 4

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Duke School of Medicine advanced in medical school rankings for research from ninth to eighth. The school rose in the Best Medical School Rankings released by U.S. News and World Report earlier this month. Administrators noted, though, that small differences may not be truly indicative of distinctions in the quality of different institutions. The rankings are determined by factors including the amount of research funding from the National Institutes of Health, facultyto-student ratio, and the MCAT scores and GPAs of the students. Though the rankings are not necessarily a complete measure of quality, School of Medicine administrators pay attention to them because they are now popular among the public and potential applicants, said Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System. “Rankings these days are taken a lot more seriously by the public, so we do care but we don’t live or die by the ranking,” Dzau said. “We try to get as high as we can but it’s not like taking an exam and optimizing every point. Duke is one of the best schools in the country. We always have been—when you say eight or nine or seven, it’s hard to be sure that’s really meaningful.” The U.S. News rankings do not address all the questions that a prospective medical student should ask, Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School of Medicine, wrote in an email Friday. Such questions include how innovative the curriculum is, how important diver-

sity is at the institution and if graduates do well in the residency match. It would also be important to consider the quality of advising, post-graduation happiness in careers, supportiveness of environment, teaching abilities of professors and student publication frequency, Andrews added. “It’s fair to say that none of these questions are considered in the rankings,” Andrews said. Senior Charmaine Mutucumarana is in the process of deciding which medical school to attend based on her acceptances. She is considering Duke, which she said has a “good name,” but she is also thinking about how she will fit in at different schools. Some of her main reasons for considering the School of Medicine are the strong global health and research opportunities. “Rankings definitely play a role— that’s not the only thing I’m thinking about,” Mutucumarana said. It is important, though, that the medical school does not handicap itself by ignoring rankings altogether, Dzau noted. “These days, when everything is so measurement-oriented, people depend on metrics and measures,” Dzau said. “Rankings have some validity and the more funding you have, the more successful you are with research, but it also depends on the size of the school.” He noted that for large institutions like Harvard Medical School, currently ranked number one, size elevates NIH ranking. Harvard has 8,000 faculty in comparison to Duke’s 2,000. “Let’s take Harvard in ranking— SEE DUKE MED ON PAGE 4

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Former Young Trustee Justin Fairfax, Trinity ’00, is a candidate for the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia. by Kelly Scurry THE CHRONICLE

A former Young Trustee is running for Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Former federal criminal prosecutor Justin Fairfax, Trinity ’00, is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination in the June 11 primary. If he wins that race and the election in November, Fairfax would be the first black Attorney General in Virginia’s history. Having grown up in a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C. where gangs and violence were prevalent, Fairfax said he made a pledge to use his education to make the world a safer place for people and give them an equal opportunity to succeed.

“Duke provided me with an unusual opportunity for leadership and it also provided me with an opportunity to get a world-class education,” Fairfax said. Fairfax said he wants to focus on further regulating the mortgage market in Virginia and protecting homeowners from scammers. If elected, Fairfax said his office will also push for legal protections for college students, including ensuring that they have access to what he refers to as “safe” student loans. “A number of students have gone bankrupt in their 20s and 30s,” he said. “Loans with unfair terms from banks can rob students of an opportunity to gain an education.” SEE FAIRFAX ON PAGE 6

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decided Monday to take a second case concerning affirmative action in university admissions, agreeing to review a lower court’s decision that said Michigan’s ban on the use of race in college acceptance decisions was unconstitutional. A bitterly divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit struck down the ban in 2012, six years after it was approved by 58 percent of the state’s voters. It is similar to state constitutional amendments in several other states, including California and Florida. The high court accepted Michigan’s appeal of the 6th Circuit opinion and will hear the case in the term that begins in October. The case will be heard by just eight justices; the court noted that Justice Elena Kagan recused herself. The court earlier this term considered a challenge to the admissions process at the University of Texas, which considers race as one factor in choosing part of its freshman class. The justices heard oral arguments in that case in October and has not issued a decision. Some had thought the court might hold the Michigan case until it rendered the Texas ruling, but the cases present different issues for the court. Michigan’s is a constitutional amendment forbidding the use of race. Texas contends its use of race in limited circumstances is sanctioned by the Supreme Court’s recognition that universi-

ties have an interest in building diverse student populations. A bare majority of the Michigan appeals court ruled that the ban on race-conscious admission decisions “reorders the political process in Michigan to place special burdens on minority interests” and thus violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection for all races. Circuit Judge Guy Cole, writing for the majority, said Michigan’s Proposal 2 “eliminated the consideration of ‘race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin’ in individualized admissions decisions, modifying policies in place for nearly a half-century.” He added: “No other admissions criterion — for example, grades, athletic ability, geographic diversity, or family alumni connections — suffered the same fate.” The majority based its decision on two Supreme Court precedents — one from the 1960s, another from the 1980s — that said political processes could not be changed in a way that made them more burdensome on minorities. Those decisions, Cole wrote, “emphasize that equal protection of the laws is more than a guarantee of equal treatment under existing law. It is also a guarantee that minority groups may meaningfully participate in the process of creating these laws and the majority may not manipulate the channels of change so as to place unique burdens on issues of importance to them.” But one dissenting judge, Richard Allen SEE ACTION ON PAGE 5

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BONNSTETTER from page 1 “I look up to all of the Duke players,” said Bonnstetter, a self-described diehard Blue Devils fan. “They are great students, great players and great people that like to help others.” At his birthday party, Bonnstetter collected $440 by requesting that friends donate to the Monday Life’s website rather than bring him presents. Although he said he was happy with the turnout, he wants to continue collecting until he reaches his goal—initially, he was striving to raise $500, but witnessing the difference that his dollars can make has made him more ambitious. Bonnstetter is now aiming to collect $1,000. For every $25 raised, the Monday Life provides a child with 30 minutes of music therapy. “I just really feel like there are so many sick kids that will benefit from music therapy,” Bonnstetter said. “Everybody likes music.”

DUKE MED from page 2 Harvard can add all its 16 teaching hospitals and its medical school into one single unit,” Dzau said. “To me this is not only a reflection of quality which Harvard does have, but also of size.” He noted that Duke’s medical school defines itself as a small school and delib-

A performer himself, currently preparing for a school production of “A Salute to the Tonys,” Bonnstetter said he is aware of the uplifting powers of music. Music therapy can reduce pain and anxiety in patients by as much as 50 percent, according to the Monday Life. Bonnstetter’s mother, Katherine Johnson, Trinity ’93 said her son has firsthand knowledge of the trials of illness. Bonnstetter said his friend from school was diagnosed with brain cancer and that the treatment has been very hard on his spirit. Johnson noted that she sought treatment for thyroid cancer at the Duke Hospital when she was a freshman at Duke. “We were just talking about what he wanted to do for his birthday, and he was just so excited about being able to contribute back to the hospital,” Johnson said. She added that seeing pictures of basketball players like Mason Plumlee volunteering at the hospital serves as a positive role model for learning the importance of giving back to the community.

Bonnstetter has a Duke legacy on several counts and hopes to be a Blue Devil himself one day. His mother, three of her siblings and his grandfather, David Johnson, Trinity ’70, all graduated from the

erately chooses not to grow considerably larger. In the past year, the Duke health system has faced challenges including budget cuts and declining patient numbers. “The recent onset of government sequestration, if it lasts more than a few weeks, will be devastating to medical schools across the country and to biomedical research,” Andrews said.

Andrews declined to comment extensively on how plans for the future will address these issues. Dzau noted that he is happy with how his team has dealt with challenges in the past year. “I’m very proud of my team, the deans,” Dzau said. “They do a great job and they try to do better, especially these days, when the budget is very tight.”

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Nine-year-old Max Bonnstetter poses with men’s basketball players Mason Plumlee and and Todd Zafirovski. Bonnstetter collects donations for music therapy program the Monday Life. University. Bonnstetter said he will keep working on his grades and hopes his six years of basketball experience will earn him a place at Duke.

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ACTION from page 3 Griffin, called the decision “the antithesis of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The post-Civil War amendment that guarantees equal protection to persons of all races has now been construed as barring a state from prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race.” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, R, asked the high court to review the decision, which he said in an interview turns the equal protection guarantee “upside-down and inside-out.” In his petition to the court, Schuette wrote: “Until now, no court has ever held that, apart from remedying specific past discrimination, a government must engage in affirmative action.” California’s similar amendment banning racial preferences in university admissions was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The NAACP Legal Education and Defense Fund said the constitutional amendment has hindered minority enrollment at the state’s most selective public universities. At the University of Michigan, the number of African-American undergraduates fell from 6.7 percent in 2006 to 4.5 percent in 2010. Mark Fancher, an attorney with the ACLU of Michigan Racial Justice Project, said in a statement that “Prop 2 allows alumni to simply drop in on admissions committee members to lobby for a legacy policy. Yet it forces proponents of admissions policies that include students from broadly diverse backgrounds — including all racial and ethnic groups — to hit the streets with petitions to amend the Michigan Constitution before they can have the same chance.” The University of Texas case involves a white student, Abigail Fisher, who contends the university’s use of race in a small percentage of admissions decisions allowed admission to less qualified minority students and cost her a spot in the freshman class. The university contends its use of race is modest and in line with Supreme Court precedent that acknowledges the importance of diversity in higher education. The Michigan case is Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.

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GA from page 1 plan to update buildings on all three campuses to the standards of the American with Disabilities Act, she said. HDRL also plans to repurpose GA’s basement space, making it more accessible to residents, Johnson said. The Down Under’s back room—currently filled with dining booths—will become an open game and television room and will include a DukeCard swipe at the entrance. Currently, the space can only be accessed from a door separate from the main entrance to the dormitory. Some students are optimistic about the changes to the space, citing the lack of accessibility as a reason why the

space is not used by many students. “Every time we go, there is no one [in GA Down Under] and the only people who come are asking how to get up to GA,” freshman Sharon Kim said. As HDRL continues renovations on East Campus, increased focus has been set on energy conservation and sustainability. Each of the resident rooms in the renovated dormitory will have two electric circuits per room, Johnson said, noting that the two circuits will be able to support many electrical appliances without tripping a circuit breaker. “Southgate is one of the most energy-efficient dorms,” said freshman Emily Yang. “I only hope that GA will be made more efficient, too.” JULIA DUNN/THE CHRONICLE

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Fairfax was active in the Duke community as an undergraduate. He was a Reginaldo Howard Memorial scholar, served as co-president of the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Fund and lobbied for the expansion of the scholarship, which led to a full tuition coverage by the University under the scholarship. He was active in the greek community as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and served as president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. His connection to Duke extended beyond his four years at the University—he now sits on the Board of Visitors for the Sanford School of Public Policy. Fairfax also served as a member of the Board of Trustees, including a term as the Undergraduate Young Trustee from 2000-2003. “He possesses an understanding of policy that would allow him to make a difference on the issues he believes in,” said Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy and political science and past director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Jentleson worked closely with Fairfax through the Public Policy Majors Union and in planning the 2000 graduation ceremony for public policy majors, where Farifax served as the undergraduate student speaker. Paul Brathwaite, Law ’96, met Fairfax while they were both working in D.C. and said he is not surprised Fairfax is running for political office. “[Fairfax] has always been interested in public service and had been working in different areas of public service for a long time,” Brathwaite said. “It was a natural progression for him to seek an office that would allow him to help people.” Fairfax encouraged students to serve their community for the benefit of others, advice he was given by former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder. “Enter public service for the right reasons: not to make a lot of money but to make a difference” he said.

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Mangum chose in October 2012 to represent herself instead, a decision met with surprise from the legal community. Sam Buell, a professor at the School of Law, said that when people choose to represent themselves in court, “it usually goes badly.” He added that the law does not guarantee a right to choose a particular court-appointed lawyer. “The [U.S.] Constitution guarantees you representation in that if you can’t afford a lawyer, the government will pay for one,” said Buell, who is not involved in the case. “But because you’re getting an appointed lawyer, you don’t get to say, ‘I’d prefer to have this one rather than that one.’” Mangum—who faces charges of first degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon and larceny—asserts that she attacked Daye in self-defense. He died at Duke Hospital 10 days after the stabbing. Holmes and Ridgeway could not be reached for comment.

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In the middle of the program’s spring practice schedule, Duke football players, coaches and alumni assembled at the team’s indoor practice facility to support a select group pursuing their professional football dreams. Pascal Field House was abuzz Monday afternoon as scouts and coaches from 21 NFL teams were on hand for Duke’s annual Pro Day. Seven former Blue Devils—Jackson Anderson, Jordon Byas, Tony Foster, Desmond Scott, Donovan Varner, Conner Vernon and Johnny Williams—participated in drills to display their strength, speed and abilities at their respective positions. Leading the charge for Duke was Vernon, a wide receiver and the ACC’s all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards. He is widely projected to be the Blue Devils’ first NFL Draft selection since 2004. “Watching him today, I went over to Kurt Roper and I said, ‘That reminds me of why you want him on your team,’” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “The way he accelerates to the ball, whether it’s a post or a dig, and everything he got his hands on, he caught it. You just don’t do what he did in a career without being a great football player.” Vernon only participated in the field work after working out at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last month.

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head coach of the women’s tennis team, Jamie Ashworth, about joining the team, it was an opportunity that she simply could not pass up. “It’s kind of a funny story,” Lipp said.

The path only gets harder from here for Duke. Following a victory in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Hampton Sunday, the second-seeded Blue Devils (31-2) will continue their title quest at Cameron Indoor Stadium 7 p.m. Tuesday in the second round against seventhNo. 7 seeded Oklahoma OKST State (22-10). vs. The atmosphere No. 2 in the arena will likely Duke be much different than during the vicTUESDAY, 7 p.m. Cameron Indoor Stadium tory against Hampton in which the Lady Pirates had more raucous fan support. Duke understands that the experience of such a close contest with Hampton, which was fueled by its crowd, will help them prepare to play tougher competition in the tournament. “It was a different experience for us and the energy in the building was really high. For the most part we handled it well, but I think it was just a good learning experience. I think we’re just focused on us tomorrow,” forward Haley Peters said. “I don’t think we’ll be so worried about what’s happening around us in the stands because after watching the game yesterday and looking ahead to tomorrow, we have a lot of things that need to be keyed in on for the rest of the way.” The Blue Devils will have a tall task against the Cowgirls, who have seen success in the Big 12, though not against No. 1 overall seed Baylor. Oklahoma State is led by Toni Young, a senior forward who averages 16.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. “She’s really athletic. For all of us, we need to focus on communicating and being strong help-side, focusing on those things and getting her up in the air,” center Elizabeth Williams said. Despite the task at hand, Duke continues to have the mentality of improving for the long haul rather than just simply preparing for the next opponent. The Blue Devils specifically mentioned looking to improve on hustle plays, including rebounding and defense. “We need to be more poised and more consistent with our defensive mentality throughout the entire game and not let those few minutes come by us and kind of stay up the whole game and keep that energy,” junior guard Tricia Liston said. “Whenever we can make stops in a row and come down and execute, things are working well for us.” The Blue Devils faced the Cowgirls in December 2010 in Stillwater, Okla., a game that Duke dominated with a 28-point victory. Head coach Joanne P. McCallie and the Blue Devils understand that every team has

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Duke wide receiver Conner Vernon ran routes for scouts Monday at Pascal Fieldhouse.

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Lipp picks up the racket for Duke by Olivia Banks THE CHRONICLE

Nicole Lipp came to Duke to play soccer. What she wasn’t expecting was an offer from the Duke women’s tennis team as well. Having started 85 of 90 games in her career, Lipp has seen her fair share of the soccer field. As a senior, she made her mark on the Duke soccer program, holding the school’s all-time assist record in NCAA tournament play. But with a growing injury report for the tennis team, Lipp was presented with an opportunity to showcase her talent on the court. “My first thought was that this could be kind of fun, not really thinking that it was reality,” Lipp said. “I was thrilled to have the opportunity to compete again.” The Lake Forest, Ill. native first started playing soccer at the age of four, and has loved it ever since. “I kind of took off from an early age,” Lipp said. “I had a coach who was really passionate and instilled a love of the game in me.” Aside from the numerous soccer accolades, before coming to Duke, Lipp also boasted an extremely impressive tennis career. She felt she could have attended college for either sport, but ultimately chose soccer. “I first started playing tennis when I was little, around five or six,” Lipp said. “People

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Former women’s soccer player Nicole Lipp won the first tennis match of her collegiate career this weekend. ask me why I chose soccer all the time, but I really can’t pinpoint exactly why.” She loves both sports. Although she decided to focus on soccer, Lipp admitted to missing tennis during her four years at Duke. So when she received an email from the

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Haley Peters and the Blue Devils take on seventh-seeded Oklahoma State Tuesday.

W. BASKETBALL from page 7 the ability to upset Duke on its home court in a such a high-stakes tournament. The adjustment period following the injury to Co-ACC Player of the Year Chelsea Gray appears to have progressed well for the Blue Devils and has forced each player to rise to the challenge. “Everyone’s picked up something. Everyone’s roles have changed a little bit. I

think overall it’s exciting to play with each other,” Williams said. “I think it’s been a great opportunity for us to learn and grow with each other.” Regardless of the injuries, the team’s focus remains on the present instead of the past. “We’ll never know what would have been,” McCallie said. “We were developing beautifully. We took a huge hit. These kids, all of them, of course [Alexis Jones] too, have risen to the occasion and been incredible. We’re making the most of it.”

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The wide receiver’s route-running ability was on display throughout the afternoon as he made cuts to the football with ease. Vernon did not drop a pass on the day, though his lone mistake came when he slipped on the turf and lost his balance during an out route, throwing off his timing. The Miami native made up for it on the next set of routes when he made the play of the day. Running a deep corner route, Vernon fully extended to reel in a pass that was well out in front of him and held onto the ball after he hit the turf, drawing a number of cheers from onlookers. “The quarterback put it out there, I just had to go get it and made sure that I caught it,” Vernon said. “I’ve made a lot of catches throughout my career, but to catch one like that was great.” Vernon was not the only one running routes at Duke’s Pro Day—wide receiver Desmond Scott put on a show with his strength and footwork. Scott stands at just 5-foot-9 but impressed in the weight room, bench pressing 21 reps at 225 pounds, which would have ranked third among wide receivers at the 2013 NFL Combine. Scott’s agility was on display during his position drills, and his route-running ability was impressive for a player who moved to wide receiver from running back less than a year ago. “The stuff we did today was just the stuff I used to do in my backyard growing up,” Scott said. “So today was no pressure, it was just going out in the backyard and having fun.” On the other side of the football, cornerback Tony Foster showed he has made significant strides since the end of his senior season. In addition to his 40.5inch vertical leap, Foster showed off his quickness and natural hands during his position drills. Foster lined up at wide receiver during the afternoon’s drills as well, showing off his versatility and athleticism that could translate to the next level. Another bright spot of Pro Day came

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Desmond Scott bench pressed 225 pounds 21 times for scouts at Duke’s Pro Day. from Blue Devil long snapper Jackson Anderson, who took center stage when he showed off his ability to place snaps for punts and field goals with pinpoint accuracy. Anderson hopes to emulate the career of Duke alum Patrick Mannelly, a long snapper who was a sixth-round selection in the 1998 NFL Draft and will enter his 16th season with the Chicago Bears this fall. “Jackson has had an incredible career. Four years and not a single bad snap— that’s about as good a test of time as you can have,” Cutcliffe said. “I was over there talking with a few friends and I said, ‘I don’t know who needs one, but that kid is a firstyear starter.’” After working out for scouts for the final time before April’s NFL Draft, Vernon noted that the number of scouts on hand was indicative of the Blue Devils’ growth as a program during his four-year career. Duke quarterback Sean Renfree was not among those working out for scouts, though Cutcliffe noted he is pain free and on his way toward a recovery. Cutcliffe added that the best may be yet to come for Duke football’s NFL hopes. “I couldn’t help but to look around the exterior, and we had a lot of our returning squad on hand. I’m looking at how many guys I think are draft choices and combine guys, and that number was in double digits,” Cutcliffe said. “We haven’t been able to say that since we’ve been here.”

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Reaching those who can’t pay their way Yesterday’s editorial exOften low-income students plored the constraints im- do not apply to top universiposed on disabled students ties because of the perceived by the physical structures of cost, a trend that reflects the the University. Today’s piece limited information about colexamines a different kind of lege admissions and financial structural conaid available to straint—limited students in loweditorial access to top income comuniversities for low-income munities. The information students. deficit is both symptomatic A recent report found and constitutive of a larger that high-achieving students disparity in the quality and from families making less availability of institutional than $41,472 per year apply support for high school stuto top universities at signifi- dents. To attend a top univercantly lower rates than their sity, a smart student from a wealthier peers. In 2012, only well-funded school often has 8 percent of bright, low-in- only to follow the advice ofcome students applied to the fered to her by parents, teachadvised range of colleges, and ers, counselors or coaches. A admissions offices at top col- similarly intelligent but lowleges find it particularly chal- income student, however, has lenging to reach potential ap- to overcome the inadequate plicants in rural areas. counseling and advising sys-

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tems that plague schools in poor and rural areas; parents and friends who—because they did not attend college— do not know how the admissions and financial aid processes work; complicated and exacting FAFSA forms; and a pervasive sense that people from her class or region do not, and therefore cannot, attend elite universities. These constraints are deepseated and deeply troubling. In the ideal world of college admissions, students would attend the school for which they are best suited, regardless of their class or proximity to an urban area. Given the connection between education and socioeconomic status— the further we drift from this ideal, the more we neglect our responsibility to ensure that

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t is a cool, midsummer’s night, and a middle- become unable to deliver on that obligation, well, aged woman sits at a DATA bus stop clutching that would be the day I quit. an empty pill bottle. She surreptitiously pockets But despite the various indignant protestations to it as the ambulance turns the corner, and begins to the contrary, you can’t always consciously control your clutch at her chest with the fake pain empathy. It’s hard to feel compassion of the prescription drug addict seekfor the drug seeker or the frequent ing her next hit. flier. It’s even harder to feel compasCut now to the parking lot of Dursion for the drug-seeker or the freham Police headquarters: Paramedics quent flier when you see them a mere approach the back door of a squad hour after watching a 19-year-old die car, whose sole inhabitant is feignin front of you after being pulled out ing unconsciousness, ignominiously of a house fire. It’s harder still to mussprawled across the back seat. Metal ter any shred of compassion when the cuffs bind the hands that, just hours man before you just painted a kitchen earlier, took the lives of a young couwall with his sister-in-law’s brains. The ple in a brutal home invasion. constant juxtaposition of the odious One last cut, this time to the triwith the mundane, the affable with age desk at UNC’s emergency room: the abrasive, begins to take its toll; The triage nurse, not looking up from can you pronounce the time of pre-med series how the computer, asks the paramedic, death for a 13-year-old girl shot dead premeditations “What’cha got?” The medic, betrayin a drive-by, and then respond to ing his bored impatience, says, “Fuzzy a 911 call for a toe infection while Wuzzy.” The nurse looks up at the mention of the alias, maintaining the same empathetic emotional state? his eyes coming to rest on a portly, bearded alcoholic, I’ve witnessed all the frightening signs of burnout in one of the hospital’s well-known “frequent fliers.” partners: diminished interest, lack of compassion, With sarcastic pleasantry, he exclaims, “Fuzzy Wuzzy! I fragmenting personal lives. What’s scarier is when you haven’t seen you since … [hurried keystrokes] … this look in the mirror and start to see that small seeds of morning. Room seven.” compassion fatigue have been sown and are growing Let’s talk about compassion, a word that gets insidiously within you. thrown around a lot on personal essays and med With that said, I certainly don’t believe I’ve burnt school applications. I didn’t feel a single modicum of out, though I have come to some sobering realizait for any of the patients in the above stories. Don’t get tions about the practice of medicine. Medicine is me wrong—I’m not going to spend the rest of this not a shiny, happy field. You will not leave work evcolumn arguing that compassion is overrated, or that ery day feeling as if you have made a difference. Most it does not occupy an important place in the practice of the time, you won’t really be feeling anything but of modern medicine. My problem is that people are drained. Your obligations to your patients are comwont to blindly extol the supposed wonders of com- petence and professionalism—this despite the fact passion, as if you can draw up and administer 30 that you will routinely have patients who frustrate mg of it as an instant cure for what ails ye. With the you, curse at you or even try to attack you. Much of widely-held view that compassion should be a given in the time, you won’t even be thanked. You’ll deal with medicine, the public is quick to lash out at providers stressful circumstances and be expected to sequester who are perceived as being less empathetic in their that baggage from your personal life. And yet, I know interactions, regardless of the provider’s overall com- now more than ever that medicine is what I want to petence or professionalism. The phenomenon un- do with the rest of my life. I’ve come to terms with derlying this deficit of empathy is called “compassion the fact that the medical profession is a job that, every fatigue”—many are more familiar, however, with the once in a while, is worth it. It’s that one infrequent near-synonym “burnout.” time when everything goes right. Or that one rare inThey told us in EMT class that burnout is not stance where you do make a difference. Or even that so much a possibility as an eventuality: All provid- one uncommon display of sincere gratitude from a ers will ultimately be rendered emotionally numb patient. Somehow, those moments are enough to by the constant, unyielding stresses of the job. The make it all worthwhile. warnings completely failed to resonate with me. I couldn’t help but dismiss the notion that my patients Jay Srinivasan, Trinity ’14, is a Duke pre-med. This colwould wear me down—after all, I had considered my umn is the 10th installment in a semester-long series of weekly patients to be my primary motivation as a medical columns written on the pre-med experience at Duke, as well provider. As such, my thought process went, I had as the diverse ways students can pursue and engage with the an obligation to be compassionate, and if I were to field of medicine.

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hould our top administrators be in the business of sity Improv, sing with the Pitchforks and play on the varprotecting all-male secret societies? sity soccer team. While regular student groups must be I emailed Duke’s chief administrative and finan- accompanied up to the top of the Chapel, the Trident cial officer, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, last Society goes up unaccompanied, for initiation rites, evThursday at 7:22 p.m.: ery year. Hillary Martinez, a former Chapel attendant, “Hi Dr. Trask. I’m writing a column about various wrote in an email that this is “unusual, but as they are secret societies at Duke, and heard that you’re involved familiar with safety protocol and have been for years, it with the Trident Society. I was wonderdidn’t seem like a safety risk.” ing if we could chat about when and how From what I can tell, the Trident Sothat relationship arose, and also how, in ciety also taps many of the men serving your opinion, the organization affects the on The Chronicle’s editorial board—perbroader Duke community? I also have haps as a way of influencing the body’s learned about how the society funds variendorsement decisions in key student ous Duke programs, and was wondering government elections. how this financial support affects its relaTo be initiated, prospective members tionship with the University?” must solve puzzles like the one below: samantha He responded at 8:45 p.m., copying “Under the Footpaths of Many / Lie lachman former Young Trustee Sunny Kantha, the true Feet of Few. Trinity ’09, senior Chris Brown, Young what’s our age again? The studs on the 55th door / Are a Trustee-elect, and Paul Harraka, Trinity hint to what to do. ’12, now a race car driver, to alert them to my inquiry. Their number tells you where to start / Use the Book “Don’t really know much about them. Sorry.” on the right: Follow-up response, 8:49 p.m. 29, 7, 29, 51, 22, 88, 28, 24, 21.” “The CCs on my previous message were meant to be In a flurry of emails, one potential initiate, who reBCCs. Pls ignore.” mains anonymous, was given a series of tasks. The puzOops. zles got successively trickier to the point that he wasn’t How much can we trust the administration if its sec- able to solve them and his “journey” came to an end. ond-highest-ranking member felt the need to lie to me? Though “opportunities in the future to join our ranks” From what I’ve been able to determine, the Trident could arise were he to further prove his “merit.” He Society has existed since at least the early 1930s and has a wasn’t tapped again. roster of alumni who are corporate lawyers, hedge-fund While the so-called “Big Three” societies at Yale— managers and business executives. Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, and Wolf’s Head—have The Trident Society’s relationship to Duke is sym- been coeducational since 1992, Duke’s still don’t include biotic. Senior Sarah Rogers received a portion of her women. That’s their loss: Students like senior Alex Swain summer internship funding from the group, via a schol- or juniors Katherine Zhang and Stefani Jones are going arship from the Sanford School of Public Policy. That to do big things one day. They would be candidates for money was donated by some of the society’s alumni who tapping if not for their sex. were public policy majors. Does this society remain seThe persistent existence of all-male secret societies cret because it gives so much money that its activities demonstrates why men feel the need to perpetuate padon’t invite investigation? triarchal structures. Being in a fraternity doesn’t ensure If you search for articles about any of these societies one’s victory in a Duke Student Government election in the online archives of this newspaper, you’ll find, in- anymore. But being in an all-male society ensures access terestingly enough, that the only students to ever write to alumni on Wall Street and the ears of Duke’s top adabout them are women. Perhaps this is a coincidence ministrators and Trustees. It’s a group meant at its core (there are only a handful of pieces that attempted to ex- to connect powerful and promising men, and to help plore their histories and composition), and yet the trend them advance and succeed. makes sense: Exclusion provokes curiosity, and in my Secrecy engenders silencing, and silencing necessicase, muckraking. tates violence. We all should question why top members The only other secret society I’d heard of, until re- of Duke’s administration remain supportive of organicently, was the Old Trinity Club. They wave their arms zations that reflect and reproduce patriarchal social around on the quad in black robes and sunglasses. I’d structures. never felt that intrigued by their activities since they’ve Why did Trask respond to my email that way? What desensitized me to their existence (which is rather clev- are they so afraid of us knowing? And is the answer, er, if you think about it). for demographics that aren’t tapped, to imitate these The Trident Society is different. They fly under the groups, or to demand answers to these questions? radar by choice. And they tap men who are bestowed with the Robertson and A.B. Duke scholarships, preside Samantha Lachman is a Trinity senior. Her column runs over Duke Student Government, act with Duke Univer- every other Tuesday. Follow her on Twitter @SamLachman.

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A ceasefire and an apology

or those who follow closely, exciting and encouraging developments have been taking place recently in my native country of Turkey. Just last Thursday, the jailed Kurdish separatist leader of PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party), Abdullah Ocalan, declared a “formal and clear cease-fire” with Turkey to end the bloody conflict that has claimed more than 40,000 lives since it began in 1984. Ocalan’s call to end the armed resistance was im- abdullah antepli mediately acknowledged and blue devil imam agreed upon by the acting leaders of PKK, most notably by Murat Karayilan, who has been leading the group as its field commander from the remote mountains of northern Iraq. Only one day later—as if this ceasefire wasn’t already a sufficient present to all who have been looking forward to the end of the painful, internal bleeding in Turkey—another piece of good news occupied the headlines. President Obama masterfully engineered a phone conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during his final hours in Israel. This phone diplomacy, which has been negotiated for many years by diplomats and others on both sides, effectively ended the frozen and troubling status of the relationship between the two countries and served as a first step to normalizing relations between them. Both leaders vowed to restore the diplomatic and friendly relationship after years of counterproductive hostility. I am under no delusion that these developments are the final say in this complex situation. The decades-long destruction cannot be repaired overnight with one ceasefire declaration or a formal apology. The challenges and issues related to the Kurds in Turkey are far from being solved, and Turkish-Israeli relations still have a long way to go. However, I personally welcome these events as significantly important and encouraging steps in the right direction. At this critical moment, the ball is entirely in Turkey’s court. Turkish society should step up, putting pressure on the country’s political, religious and civic leaders to respond to these developments wisely and not miss the opportunity to achieve peace, prosperity and happiness, both in Turkey and the region. On the Kurdish issue, Turkey, now that they have no armed separatists to blame as an excuse, must seize the moment and move decisively to restore the honor and dignity of her Kurdish citizens. The country should learn how to bring herself, in all humility and honesty, to acknowledge the suffering that the Kurds have endured since the foundation of the republic. Without acknowledging the history of systemic human rights violations against Kurdish citizens of the country, no real peace should be expected. There is no room for silly chauvinism and useless defensiveness here. And I say this as a Turk who has not a single drop of Kurdish blood in me (at least not that I know of) with very strong conviction. As we want others to publicly acknowledge and apologize for the pain and suffering that they have inflicted on us, we should at least have the decency to do the same, especially to those who are our own rightful citizens. The country as a whole should strive to remove the deeply rooted legal, political, economic and cultural discrimination and inequality against Kurds. Turkey must act quickly to repair the burned bridges with Israel, work hard to build new economic, cultural and political ties and restore its unique position as a Muslim-majority country that has a friendly relationship with the West, Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians. No good will come for Turkey or Israel in ruining the exceptionally precious Turkish-Israeli relationship. To me, it seems idiotic and self-destructive for either Turkey or Israel to lose the other as an ally. These two countries can potentially do so much good for their citizens, as well as the Middle East. With its military tamed and domesticated and given the economic growth the country has enjoyed in recent years, Turkey has all she needs to score a spectacular home run now. If Turkey misses this providential opportunity and does not respond back to these calls, the country has no one to blame but itself. The successes and/or failures on these critical issues will be telling indicators to all whether or not Turkey is the prime candidate for producing the first modern, homegrown Muslim democracy. I hope and pray that the country’s leadership will learn from previous mistakes and not disappoint us again. Abdullah Antepli is the Muslim Chaplain and an adjunct faculty of Islamic Studies. His column runs every other Tuesday. You can follow Abdullah on Twitter @aantepli.

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CHOREOLAB March 26 – April 1 Exhibitions Alphabetic Excursions. Prints by Merrill Shatzman, associate professor of the practice of visual arts. Thru March 31. East Duke Corridor Gallery. Free. Assemblages. Video installation. An audio-visual research project on Felix Guattari by Angela Melitopoulos and Maurizio Lazzarato. Thru March 31. East Duke Corridor Gallery. Free. Light Sensitive. Photographic Works from North Carolina Collections. Thru May 12. Nasher Museum of Art. Street Exposure: The Photographs of Ronald Reis. Scenes of daily life in the city by American street photographer Ronald Reis. March 18-May 17. Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery. Free. One Place: Paul Kwilecki and Four Decades of Photographs from Decatur County, Georgia. Paul Kwilecki’s black-andwhite images of his birthplace. March 18–July 27. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. Botanical Treasures from Duke’s Hidden Library. An exhibition on the history and work of the Duke University Herbarium. March 20-July 31. Perkins Library Gallery. Free. Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey. The artist’s ﬁrst major solo museum exhibition was organized by the Nasher Museum. March 21-July 21. Nasher Museum of Art. MFAEDA Thesis Exhibition. Featuring work by the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts Class of 2013. March 22-April 14. Various locations. Visit http://mfaeda2013.org for schedule and information. Free.

Events March 26 Immersed in Every Sense 2 Visiting Artist Series: Media artist James Benning. Artist Talk and Screening of “The War.” 6-8pm, Nasher Auditorium. Free. March 28 Duke Players Lab. Love Song by John Kolvenbach. 8pm, Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. March 29 Arts Festival and Mural Unveiling. See the new Arts Annex mural at the Spring Arts Festival, an art-ﬁlled afternoon of live jazz, food trucks (ParlezVous Crepe, Loyo and Baguettaboutit), Dtown Market vendors, arts and crafts with Happymess Studios. Presented by DUU VisArts. 3-6pm, Arts Annex. Free. Choreolab 2013. Spring dance performance featuring works by Duke faculty and students. 8 pm, Reynolds Theater. $15 Gen.; $5 Students.

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