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A man was arrested Monday morning after entering three different unlocked Central Campus apartments over the past two weekends. The suspect was identified as Hodari Grant, a 35-year old male from Wake Forest, North Carolina. He was apprehended after a female student caught him entering her apartment Sunday morning. Police then conducted an investigation to determine whether Grant was also responsible for two Central Campus break-ins that occurred last week. After conferring with the victims of these crimes, authorities now believe that Grant is connected with all three break-ins. “The same individual who was arrested and charged for the burglary on Sunday morning has now been charged with the two prior burglaries on Central Campus,” Emergency Coordinator Kyle Cavanaugh said. “Through the evidence that was obtained during the first two burglaries and through piecing everything together and through interviews today, this all came together.” Junior Caitlin Plaut, a resident of the SEE ARREST ON PAGE 3
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Chemistry professor Steven Baldwin runs on a treadmill in a Duke Partnership for Service event on the Bryan Center Plaza Monday to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Media deal solidifies ACC’s future by Andrew Beaton THE CHRONICLE
Duke may no longer have to worry about drastic changes to the ACC. After a year with two new schools entering the ACC and one leaving, the conACC ference’s 15 schools took a major step toward stability by agreeing to a media grant of rights agreement through the 2026-27 season. This is a step forward from exit fees, which are the current method used to deter schools from leaving. The ACC’s TV contract with ESPN runs through 2026-27 and is worth a reported minimum of $20 million annually for each school.
In a grant of rights agreement, the member institutions give their TV and media rights to the league. The deal makes leaving the ACC highly unlikely because even if a program leaves, the conference will retain all the media revenue from that school. “To be sure, today’s grant of rights announcement by the Atlantic Coast Conference is monumental as it clearly shows the unwavering long-term solidarity of the ACC member institutions,” said Kevin White, Duke vice president and director of athletics, in a statement. “The net result of these negotiations, spearheaded by the determined leadership of Commissioner [John] Swofford, is that the ACC is now in a prime media rights position among its peers and partnered with the preeminent sports broadcasting entity on
the planet, ESPN.” The ACC already has a $52 million exit fee, three times the ACC’s annual operating budget, but the enforceability of such clauses remains legally questionable. In November, the ACC filed a lawsuit against Maryland over the exit fee after Maryland announced earlier in the month that it was leaving the conference for the Big Ten. Exit fees can only be legally enforced, however, if they can be proved to be liquidated damages and not penalties. With exit fees as the only deterrents to departure, the door remained open for other programs to leave and fight the fee in court. “A liquidated damage is an attempt to SEE ACC ON PAGE 8
Editor’s note: This is the second in a twopart series evaluating depression among students on campus and how they seek help. Part 1 analyzed how Duke students fit into the trend of increasing rates of depression at universities nationwide and why some students choose medication over other treatment options. Today, The Chronicle will assess what about the college environment makes students more susceptible to depression and will explore alternative treatment options to medication. Rates of depression are increasing across college campuses nationwide, and students at Duke face unique risks for mental health. Struggling with some sort of loss— whether it be the death of a loved one, a break-up or dropping the pre-med track—is a common reason students may seek assistance at Counseling and Psychological Services, said Gary Glass, assistant director for outreach and developmental programming at Counseling and Psychological Services. Although anyone can have those experiences, the stresses of being a student at a competitive and prestigious school such as Duke may contribute to the intensity of disorders like anxiety and depression, he said. “Think about the student who comes to Duke,” said Donna Lisker, associate vice provost for undergraduate education. “She or he has had to be by definition very driven, ambitious, hard working and Type A. I think those kinds of folks have much more of a tendency toward anxiety and perfectionism, [and] depression can go hand in hand with those things.” In response to the stresses experienced by Duke students, CAPS has expanded offerings in recent years to give students treatment options other than medication. Mental health leaders subsequently have noticed a shift in campus attitudes toward greater understanding of the complexity of depression.
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Game show teaches about Gullah culture by Anthony Hagouel THE CHRONICLE
The Gullah Geechee Gala—an event hosted Monday evening—celebrated a new summer program which allows Benjamin N. Duke Scholars to live and work with Gullah Geechee groups in Conway, S.C. The gala included a game show, called “Gullah Geechee Mania!” that was aimed to educate participants on how Gullah Geechee culture has influenced American Culture. Gullah Geechee communities are comprised of descendants of enslaved Africans who have kept many of their ancestral African traditions intact. The ceremony was hosted by Ron Daise, chairman of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, who asked trivia questions about Gullah Geechee heritage to an enthusiastic audience. Daise is the former host of the Nickelodeon television program “Gullah Gullah Island.” “The vision for the corridor is to create an environment that celebrates the legacy and continuing contributions of Gullah Geechee people to the American heritage,” said Daise, who asked questions which cov-
ered topics ranging from prominent African American figures in early American history to linguistic tools and traditions continued in Gullah Geechee culture. Daise, who has worked to spread Gullah Geechee culture since 1994, hopes that the new program will continue the Corridor’s goal of preserving and promoting Gullah history in American culture. “We hope that this will be the beginning of a long term relationship between Duke University and the Gullah Geechee community,” said Charlie Thompson, director of the B.N. Duke Scholarship Program as well as the undergraduate program at the Center for Documentary Studies. “We’re honored to be part of this new initiative with our department and this commission.” Thompson, along with other faculty, taught a course in Gullah culture to prepare the 14 B.N. Scholars participating in the program to engage with Gullah Geechee people on a personal, professional and academic level. Freshman Zachary Fowler, a B.N. Scholar at the event, racked up the most points for his correct responses.
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Ronald Daise, former “Gullah Gullah Island” host, speaks with Charlie Thompson, director of the B.N. Duke Scholars program, about the scholars’ summer research on Gullah Geechee heritage Monday. “This isn’t about us going down to study a culture,” Fowler said about the summer program. “It’s about us going down and forming relationships.” He hopes to continue preserving Gullah culture in museums after the summer, ideally as a future employee at the Smithso-
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nian, Fowler added. “We’ve been learning about Gullah culture this whole semester and immersing ourselves in academic articles,” said freshman B.N. Scholar Quinn Holmquist. “What I’m really excited for is experiencing what Gullah life is like.”
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by Jack Mercola The Chronicle To stand in solidarity with those incarcerated at the United States’ Guantanamo Bay detention center, students from several groups from both Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have banded together to establish a makeshift prison on the Chapel Quad. They are protesting torture and indefinite detention, as well as petitioning for Guantanamo to close and showing support for prisoners currently on a hunger strike. Involved students said the protest will be an “indefinite occupation,” and they have planned for at least one person to be at the site at all hours for multiple days. The protest site is furnished with a small tent and signs reading “silence is violence,” among other messages. The protestors had scheduled a for faculty members
to speak out against torture and unnecessary holding of Guantanamo detainees Monday evening but had to cancel due to low attendance. Instead, a small group of participating students gathered signatures for their petition—to be sent to President Barack Obama—and discussed issues concerning Guantanamo Bay and the treatment of its prisoners. The indefinite occupation shows that people do care about the well-being and rights of those incarcerated at Guantanamo, said junior Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Duke Students for a Democratic Society chair and columnist for The Chronicle. Kamalakanthan said the group would like to stay on the Quad throughout Wednesday’s Last Day of Classes celebrations, but they will move if their group is no longer able to use the area.
Stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations could steer the energy market away from coal, according to a recent Duke study. The study estimated the electricity generation cost for 304 coalfired plants and 358 natural gas plants with the EPA regulations that will be implemented by 2016, said lead author Lincoln Pratson, chair of earth and ocean sciences. The EPA regulations will restrict the emission of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter and mercury. The regulations could make nearly two-thirds of the nation’s coal plants as expensive to run as natural gas plants. “Emissions standards already exist for pretty much all of these criteria pollutants and toxins,” Patson said. “What the EPA is doing is lowering those thresholds further so it’s making it harder and harder for power plants to meet those thresholds.” Although natural gas plants emit one of the primary pollutants— mono-nitrogen oxides—energy plants powered by coal emit a greater array of these contaminants. Additional EPA restrictions will therefore have a greater effect on coal plants, Pratson noted. “If you tighten the emissions threshold on all those pollutants, then natural gas plants will only need to make sure they are meeting the tighter restrictions on mono-nitrogen oxides,” said Pratson, “Coal has to meet the tighter restrictions across the board for those pollutants.” Duke Energy, an electric power company headquartered in Char-
lotte, has experienced the impact of these particular regulations within their own power plants. The company has anticipated this downward trend and is reacting accordingly, said Duke Energy Communication Strategist Lisa Hoffmann. The company is currently building new plants with more efficient technologies and also evaluating older coal power plants. “We have a pretty aggressive retirement program that’s currently underway,” Hoffmann said. “We analyze on a unit-to-unit basis whether it makes more sense to retrofit the units or to shut them down.” Beyond legislation, the study noted that natural gas has become more available domestically due to fracking technologies and other forms of extraction. This increased availability has driven down the price of natural gas, making gas the more favorable energy option, Pratson explained. The United States, which is currently a gas and oil importer, could move toward exporting in the next two decades, said Billy Pizer, associate professor of public policy, economics and environment. Pratson also noted that the move away from coal toward natural gas is very sensitive to price fluctuations. Although the price is currently low, further regulations on fracking and increased demand due to exports could drive prices up in the future. “Right now, natural gas prices are very low by historic standards,” he said. “It won’t take too much of a rise in the price of natural gas in respect to coal to put us back in that situation that existed before—which was that coal plants were cheaper to run than natural gas ones.”
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Federal prosecutors charged the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings with terrorism on Monday, outlining a chilling plot in which the man and his brother allegedly used low-grade but deadly explosives timed to detonate a block apart. As he lay seriously injured in a Boston area hospital, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property, counts that could bring him the death penalty. He made his first court appearance in an unusual, non-public proceeding in which a federal judge and several lawyers went to his hospital bed. The toll from the bombings, according to court documents and interviews on Monday, could have been far higher. Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, 26, who was killed Friday after a firefight with police, had a homemade arsenal of explosives. Some law enforcement officials said they think the brothers were planning more attacks. The pair also apparently had no escape plan. The FBI found in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s college dorm room what appeared to be the same black jacket and white hat he wore on the day of the attack, court documents said. The criminal complaint against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, ended a debate over how one of the first successful terrorist attacks
on the U.S. homeland since Sept. 11, 2001, should be handled. Some congressional Republicans had insisted that Tsarnaev be designated an “enemy combatant,’’ which would enable the government to charge him under the laws of war in a military commission or to hold him indefinitely. White House press secretary Jay Carney rejected that approach on Monday, saying that the suspect cannot be tried in a military commission under federal law because he is a U.S. citizen. “We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice,’’ Carney said at a White House news briefing. Three defense lawyers, along with two federal prosecutors, joined Tsarnaev for the court session at his hospital bed, where the suspect is recuperating from gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs and hands, according to a transcript provided by the court. Federal Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler advised Tsarnaev of his rights and the charges against him, the transcript said. “How are you feeling?� a doctor, identified as Dr. Odom, asked. “Are you able to answer some questions?� Tsarnaev “nods affirmatively,’’ said the transcript, which added that the only word he spoke during the hearing was “no� when asked if he could afford an attorney. Investigators have been eager to question Tsarnaev, but have said he is unable to speak because of the injuries to his neck. It was unclear Monday whether he has been able to provide any information.
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ARREST from page 1 apartment that was broken into April 14, said that she was reassured to know that the man responsible for breaking into her apartment was in custody. “When I found out that he had been caught it made me feel‌ comforted,â€? Plaut said. “It definitely makes it easier to sleep at night knowing that the guy who stole [my] sunglasses is in jail.â€? Plaut said an officer for the Duke University Police Department came to her door the night the suspect was caught breaking into another girl’s apartment this past weekend. The officer wanted more information so the police depart-
ment could apprehend the suspect, Plaut noted. Before Plaut and her roommate were able to identify the suspect, however, police found enough evidence to hold Grant in jail. Residents of Central Campus were notified of the apprehension through an email containing the link to a Duke Today article about the preceding events. A DukeALERT was not necessary given the immediate apprehension of the suspect, Cavanaugh said. Plaut agreed, stating that DukeALERTs only apply to situations that present “imminent danger.� “It was a week later and I’m sure a bunch of people who weren’t directly affected by it forgot about it,� Plaut said. “I don’t think it warrants a DukeALERT.�
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itself to a full-blown disorder, people in general don’t have healthy ways to deal with stress.” CAPS does not release information on the number of students who seek help for depression, nor does it keep statistics on the number of students who identify as depressed, Glass said. However, according to the 2012 Center for Collegiate Mental Health report, in which Duke annually participates, 16.1 percent of students nationwide attended counseling for mental health concerns only after beginning college. Slightly more than half of college students—52.4 percent—had never attended counseling for mental health reasons. Of the remaining respondents, 18.6 percent sought counseling before college began, and 12.9 percent sought counseling both before and during college.
“There is a kind of general culture [at Duke] of having to present yourself as not struggling,” said senior Ahmad Jitan, who was diagnosed with depression as a sophomore. “That contributes to a superficial [image] that you want to save.” Once he came back to Duke after taking two leaves of absence, however, Jitan said that he did begin to realize how common it is for students on Duke’s campus to feel stressed, sad or depressed, which helped him feel less isolated. “A lot of people deal with these things,” said Jitan, who is also a columnist for The Chronicle. “Even if it doesn’t manifest
An array of offerings To help deal with the stress, CAPS offers several treatments other than medication, including individual counseling, couples counseling and several other types of workshops. CAPS is expanding its group therapy sessions to help students realize that, despite the fact that many Duke students may exude an aura of “effortless perfection,” it is common to be struggling, Glass said. “[Students are] always nervous about getting into groups, but then it’s so liberating to find out they’re not alone,” Glass said. “It helps get rid of the notion that there are those who struggle and those who don’t.” In the past several years, CAPS has observed a spike in the number of gradu-
ate and professional students who seek help—graduate and professional students now outnumber undergraduates who seek treatment at CAPS, Glass said. Additionally, it has become increasingly common for couples to come in for assessments, Glass added, noting that he is unable to explain those trends. Although Glass said he believes counseling has a positive effect on Duke students, some may find it more useful than others. “There were times when therapy felt like a waste of time, but it just depended on who I was seeing,” Jitan said about counseling in general. “[It was a process of] reminding myself to not get discouraged to ask for help.” These counseling offerings have been supplemented by newly created student groups independent of CAPS that focus on student empowerment, such as Peer for You, a web-based support system, and #DukeEncourage, an Honor Council initiative that spreads positive messages around campus. For Jitan, part of the process of feeling like he had a home at Duke also came from finding outlets for himself that made him happy. “It sucks enough to be depressed, but on top of that to feel ashamed for it doesn’t make it any better,” he said. “Doing a column, or writing and sharing poetry at different events was a way to get over that shame for myself.... If I see the social atmosphere has a stigma, a good way to break it was to put it out there.” Senior Advait Ghuge, who has also struggled with depression, says he is some-
times more selective about the people he tells, but does recognize the power of sharing his experiences with depression with others who may be struggling. “It’s helped me in the past to talk with people who have been through difficult times,” he said. “The fact that you’ve been through it means you can help someone else get through it.” Although Glass still spends some of his time conducting appointments and counseling sessions with students, he also speaks to groups such as Common Ground, fraternities and sororities about how to combat stress and to be supportive of peers in times of stress. He also engages with audiences new to Duke, such as the pre-orientation program Project BUILD. “I [try to] send out messages that will get students to create a more supportive campus environment,” he said. “The most promising trend is that students are more comfortable opening up to their vulnerabilities.” Since starting work at Duke in 2006, Glass has seen a shift in the culture surrounding how mental health disorders are perceived, he said. Instead of being viewed as something that happens to a small minority of the population, Glass said increasingly more students appreciate the complexity of mental illness and depression. Students are more aware of the notion that certain factors, such as stress or grieving, may predispose someone who has no history with mental illness to feel depressed. “Students are much more literate about mental health issues than they were 10 or 20 years ago,” he said.
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Depression risks at Duke Students who come to Duke may have excelled in high school but face the prospect of being average once they get to campus in a field of overachievers, said Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Duke Student Wellness Center. This phenomenon, like discomfort at entering a new social environment, contributes to stress that may lead to depression.
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When the Blue Devils take Jack Coombs Field at 6 p.m. tonight against High Point, the team in the opposing dugout won’t sport the No. 1 national ranking or a 39-2 record. This will be a welcome change for Duke, which during the weekend was swept by No. 1 North Carolina and outscored 21-3 in the three games. Duke head coach Chris Pollard, who has been around Division I baseball for 20 years, came away from the weekend feeling the Tar Heels might be the most complete team he has seen. “They play defense well, they can hit the ball really well, and they’re really strong both in their starting pitching and their relief,” Pollard said. “They don’t really have a weakness.” Runs were difficult to come by for Duke (22-20, 8-13 in the ACC) in Chapel Hill during the weekend, but third baseman Jordan Betts was a silver lining. The junior accounted for Duke’s lone run in two of the games, hitting home runs against a Tar Heel staff that stifled the rest of the lineup. “He’s dialed in and hunting his fastball,” Pollard said. “He’s been a key RBI guy for us all season.” Pollard said Betts’ home run in game two of the series, a second inning shot against Tar Heel starter Benton Moss, might have been the hardest hit ball he has
did a nice job for us in relief,” Pollard said. Ohanian, a sophomore, pitched an inning in each of the final two games of the series, each time allowing no hits while striking out two. Matuella will be on a pitch count of about 80 pitches because of the short
When people think of Duke sports, the thought of basketball and Cameron Indoor Stadium generally comes up. If that’s not the first thought, then it’s probably football, especially in the early fall. But people may not know that there are 26 different teams representing the Blue Devils in sports ranging from volleyball to field hockey to wrestling. But writing for The Chronicle, that’s someTim thing I have gotten to know. I’ve covered the field hockey team at Jack Katz Stadium on East Campus, and I’ve spent time sitting in both the Ambler Stadium and Sheffield Center reporting on both tennis teams. But most of my time writing for The Chronicle has been spent at Koskinen Stadium, following the women’s soccer team as they went from unranked in the preseason to the 2011 national championship game and as they tried to repeat that feat the following year. It was from this experience that I learned that there are many athletes at the Division I
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Michael Matuella will take the mound for Duke, which got swept this weekend by No. 1 North Carolina. seen all season. Duke will send Michael Matuella to the hill Tuesday against the Panthers. The freshman has a 4-2 record and 2.84 ERA in 16 appearances this season. He pitched one and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief in Sunday’s series finale, notching a strikeout while only allowing one hit. “[Matuella] and Sarkis Ohanian really
From a ‘naive hick’ to a sports reporter I descended upon Durham in August 2009 as a naïve hick from the middle of nowhere, somewhere on the border of Colorado and Nebraska. And when I wasn’t deciphering college basketball message boards like a junkie who needs his daily fix, I was a student at Duke University. As a former high school football player who only garnered attention from Division II and III clubs, I had always been enamored with the high-profile recruitments of elite prep athletes. Heading into my Brady junior year at Duke, though, I knew something wasn’t quite right. Something was missing. I needed another outlet and experience aside from schoolwork, fraternity life and my part-time job to make my last two years as an undergraduate a little more fulfilling than the first couple. In the late summer of 2011, after having a few discussions with my close friend and fraternity brother Jason Palmatary—a legendary Chronicle sports writer in his own day—I finally found a calling to put my borderline obsession into constructive use. From my perspective, The Chronicle’s coverage of Duke basketball recruiting had always been very underwhelming relative to the unprecedented demand for it. I felt strongly that I could drastically change that for the better. I stumbled into The Chronicle’s office
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Top recruits sit behind Duke’s bench during Countdown to Craziness. Buck covered recruiting for The Chronicle. asking then-sports editor Chris Cusack to take me on, even though I had zero journalism experience. Thankfully, he obliged. And a few days later, he ripped apart my first feature on Jeff Capel joining the Duke coaching staff, a humbling evening that made it painfully evident my background was in cattle ranching and not journalism. With time, practice and tutelage from
other writers, I learned the ropes of sports journalism quickly. Covering football, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, and most notably recruiting, my all-out immersion in the field started yielding content that wasn’t too shabby. I must have done something right in my first year on the staff. Last summer while working in Washington, D.C., I was floored
when Andrew Beaton—the 2012-13 sports editor—asked me to cover the Krzyzewski-led U.S. National basketball team for a weekend as it prepared for the London Olympics in the nation’s capital. Struggling to contain my inner fandom and awe, I had unthinkably close access to the best team in the world for a weekend. I interviewed Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and several other NBA superstars—a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I’ll never forget—after being able to watch them practice perched on a courtside seat in an abnormally intimate venue. My senior year as a sports reporter was stockpiled with unforgettable moments. I covered the pinnacle of jubilation as Sean Renfree’s dart to Jamison Crowder lifted Duke over North Carolina in the game’s waning seconds inside of a sold-out Wallace Wade Stadium, which cemented the program’s rise from the laughing stock of the BCS to its first bowl berth in nearly two decades and return to national relevance. After tracking the recruitment for three years, I attained an unforgettable sense of personal satisfaction with my name in the byline as a record amount of online traffic flooded the Chronicle’s website when prized recruit Jabari Parker committed to Duke in December. Beaton and I published the story in real time as the announcement came out despite the two of us being in different countries at the moment. And I’ll be able to tell SEE BUCK ON PAGE 8
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BASEBALL from page 7 turnaround between games, Pollard said. High Point (22-20) has been a streaky team all season, but enters Tuesday’s game having won eight of its past nine contests. Pollard is familiar with the Panthers, having played them year after year while coaching at Appalachian State. “They always swing it well,” Pollard said. “I’ve always been impressed with their offensive approach.” Senior Ryan Retz is a dual threat for the Panthers. He leads the team in batting average, runs scored, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases and total hits. Retz is also a force on the mound, posting a 4-2 record and 2.77 ERA. Tuesday’s matchup is the first of a home-and-home between the two clubs. The Blue Devils and Panthers will reconvene Wednesday at High Point. In that game, James Marvel will return to the mound for Duke. It will be Marvel’s first action since April 2, after he was forced to sit out due to arm tenderness. Pollard said that, like Matuella, Marvel will be limited to about 80 pitches. Marvel had been stellar before his injury, winning his past four starts, but Pollard said those won’t be the expectations for the freshman on Wednesday. “He wouldn’t be human if he didn’t have a little bit of rust,” Pollard said. “Having him back would be a real shot in the arm for our club.”
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VISUTIPOL from page 7 level who work as hard, if not harder, than your favorite stars on the hardwood or on the football field. And I’m not alone in having this sentiment. Even Deshaun Thomas, the Ohio State forward who led the Big Ten in scoring this season, tried to shine a spotlight on the nonrevenue Buckeye athletes. After Ohio State lost in the NCAA Tournament to Wichita State, Thomas wrote a letter to the Buckeyes’student newspaper, The Lantern. In his letter, he wrote that he wishes “all athletes could receive the attention that our football and basketball teams get.” Amidst all the talk about the various NCAA scandals, it is these teams that, in my opinion, truly embody the NCAA’s concept of student-athletes. In no way are the fencers who sit in a bus for 12 hours to fence in Boston, the swimmers who wake up at daybreak to train, or the soccer players flying coach across the country, doing this for anything but personal and school pride. Seeing their successes, I gained a new perspective on my Duke career. When throughout the season I see the same players training hard on the field, competing and fielding questions from reporters—in addition to working hard in the classroom—it only helped me to realize that I, too, can do more with my time at Duke. In the same way these sports may not be at all related to
ACC from page 1 estimate the harm, a good-faith attempt to estimate damage,” Duke Law professor Paul Haagen told The Chronicle in November. “A penalty is an effort to prevent somebody from engaging in a breach by discouraging you from breaching... that it’s well beyond any harm the league would suffer.” Despite Maryland’s departure, the ACC grew in size this year. In September, Notre Dame joined the conference, and the league added Louisville to be its 15th member and replace Maryland in November. Pittsburgh and Syracuse will also begin playing for the first time in the ACC next year after announcing last year they would leave the Big East. “This announcement further highlights the continued solidarity and commitment by our member institutions,” Swofford said in a statement. “The Council of Presidents has shown tremendous leadership in insuring the ACC is extremely well positioned with unlimited potential.” This agreement comes amid a whirlwind year of conference realignment that many had speculated would continue. ACC members Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina
BUCK from page 7 my grandkids that I covered Duke basketball and one of the greatest coaches in all of sports in the Big Dance. A truly defining element of my Duke experience, writing for The Chronicle allowed me to grow as a writer, student and person. It kept me sane when going through stressful times. And it enabled me to gain some valuable friendships that I never otherwise would have had. I’m going to miss having an excuse to call ESPN’s Dave Telep to talk about the latest happenings on the recruiting trail. I’m going to miss shooting the sh*t with Tom Gieryn and Beaton in the office. And I’m going to miss sitting on press row at Cameron Indoor Stadium as my dress clothes get ruined by blue paint. When I look back at my college career some of my proudest accomplishments will be the content I penned in 301
what these athletes may be studying or what they hope to do after graduation, I can do things here that may not be directly related to my field of study. I can write for The Chronicle for the fun, the experience and for the other intangible skills. And what a ride it has been. My experience with Chronicle sports has changed what was merely a passion and interest for sports into something much greater—the knowledge and ability to analyze the game, the nerves to ask the difficult questions and the skill to write and express my opinion clearly. I have rubbed shoulders with current and soon-to-be professionals, both in the press box and on the court, and met many friends. Being a Chronicle sports reporter has been an integral part of my time here at Duke. With this in mind, I urge all of you to find your own passions while here in Durham. Don’t make your experience here at Duke only with the end in mind. Find your passions and your interests and follow those while you can, even if you may not pursue any of these activities after you graduate. Four years go by really fast. If you need an example of this in action, get out to Koskinen, to Ambler or to Jack Katz. Follow these teams, get to know them, and appreciate what they do for themselves, for each other and for the University. They may not be perfect, or the thrilling examples of the games that you may be used to. But they are students, like us, who have made time for something they love. Tim Visutipol is a Trinity senior and four-year Chronicle writer. and Virginia had all been rumored to be targets for conferences such as the Big Ten. When the ACC voted to increase its exit fee from $20 million to $52 million when Notre Dame joined the conference, Florida State and Maryland were the only two schools to vote against it. “[The deal] signals our united commitment to ensuring the future stability of the conference and will enable us to focus on the development of our student-athletes and the spirited competition for which the ACC has always been known,” Duke President Richard Brodhead said in a statement. Four of the five major conferences now have grant of rights agreements: the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12. The SEC is the only major conference without one. “It is one of the great days in the history of our conference as it shows the highest level of commitment— not by words, but by actions,” Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “With all the uncertainty regarding conference affiliations the past several years in college athletics, this announcement, coupled with our media rights deal with the world’s best sports broadcasting network, secures the ACC’s future, and thus Duke’s, for years to come.” Flowers. It did not matter if I was driving back from Blacksburg at 4 a.m. on icy roads or if I had a 7 a.m. wake up call after a long night at Shooters to field a phone call from Wojo for a feature. Not once did I ever consider it work. I viewed and treated it as the dream gig, and I learned more by interviewing sports pundits, star players and standout coaches, as well as working alongside my Chronicle colleagues than I ever did sitting in any classroom. (I was probably reading message boards anyways during the lecture.) As I leave the Gothic Wonderland and retire from arguably the best duty in collegiate news, I will cherish the memories and continue to utilize the laundry list of invaluable skills I acquired in the pressroom when I’m out in the real world. In two short years—which was regrettably not four—I’m very proud to say that I helped make something better than it was before, while doing something I possessed an unparalleled passion for. Brady Buck is a Trinity senior and Chronicle basketball writer.
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DukeEngage should avoid growth In two short weeks, stu- for the University. It boasts a dents will finish the academic growing application pool and year and leave campus. Al- is popular among prospective though many students will students. spend their summers lazing The success of DukeEnin the sun, enjoying the com- gage, however, has failed to pany of friends, shield it from taking a class or criticism. The editorial participating program has in an internship, others will been chastised for promoting embark on a trip sponsored “voluntourism”—a term used by DukeEngage. The recent to describe the short amount release of the program’s new of time students spend in the strategic plan warrants anoth- program, which can prevent er look at DukeEngage’s role substantial interactions from in students’ lives. occurring between students A recent series in The and their host communities. Chronicle assessed the prog- Perhaps more significantly, ress of DukeEngage since development projects of this its creation in 2007. Initially sort always face a serious ethiconceived as a way to cast the cal dilemma—how can a proDuke brand in a positive light gram that uses service as a following the lacrosse scandal, way to promote personal deDukeEngage has developed velopment for students both into a signature program offer them an enriching ex-
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perience in civic engagement and avoid treating members of the host communities as means to that end? Programs like DukeEngage can never completely wriggle out of this dilemma. They can, however, attempt to better balance the dual goals of personal development and community enrichment by selecting students who are likely to incorporate service into other aspects of their life. The University could also ensure that each DukeEngage program site meets the highest possible standard of quality. The sheer size of DukeEngage caused us to question in an earlier editorial the program’s ability to achieve either goal, and the 2017 strategic plan for DukeEngage
has done little to allay our concerns. The plan emphasizes growth, but it does not provide sufficient information on how it will improve or maintain the quality of current project sites. Moreover, students continue to face serious challenges integrating their summer experience into their curricular work, a problem not likely to be solved through expansion. DukeEngage would be better served by a “less is more” approach, which would emphasize program quality, depth of experience and social impact. As a university guided by the principle of “knowledge in the service of society,” Duke ought to ensure that its signature programs serve society in the most effective way possible. We have advocated
that DukeEngage become more selective in the past and still maintain that reducing the number of participants is one way to sustain the quality of the program. Although immersion programs can sometimes have an impact on students who are new to community engagement, the goals of the program would be better served by selecting students that have a background in service. DukeEngage has largely succeeded in improving Duke’s brand and offering students an opportunity to participate in service projects across the world. The program remains, however, far from perfect. DukeEngage ought to prioritize program quality instead of seeking to swell its applicant pool.
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octors save lives. One needs to look no fur- ward off death, but they rarely signal an end to ther than the recent tragedy in Boston to medical maladies. see that. First responders cleaned wounds Doctors save lives—but it’s naïve to think and stopped the bleeding, ER docs prepared pa- that they do so every day. I’ve spent time shadtients for surgery and teams of surowing physicians in some of the geons, anesthesiologists and nurses most high-impact settings—cathworked tirelessly in operating eterization labs, ORs, emergency rooms around the city to repair as departments (including the one much damage as they could. Three at Brigham and Women’s Hospivictims of the bombing died within tal where 31 bomb patients were seconds, but of the more than 170 brought)—but the instances patients who came pouring into where I walked away feeling as Boston hospitals with bombing-rethough I saw a life saved were few lated injuries, not one patient died. and far between. It happens, but Boston’s hospitals were ready. They only every once in a while. Most did an admirable job. of the patients that doctors see One of the most oft-mentioned in a day come in with problems reasons for going into medicine is a that are life-limiting, not lifedesire to save lives. But after spendpre-med series threatening. In those cases, it is ing just a year in hospitals among the doctor’s job to improve a perpremeditations doctors and patients, I have come son’s life, not save it. to think that this is hardly the best All of this leads me to believe reason for going into medicine. For one thing, I that going into medicine simply to “save lives” is think it is too simple of a reason. For another, I a bit dangerous. Based on my experiences, a perthink it is too naïve, perhaps even dangerous, to son who does so would be setting himself up for think that doctors are in the business of saving disappointment. It is also true that most doctors lives. These are just my opinions and observa- will quite regularly be presented with cases in tions, but I hope you will hear me out. which it is almost impossible to save the patient. Doctors save lives—but it’s more complicated I’ve come across patients in the ER with severe than that. The Boston case is a good example. congestive heart failure or liver problems who It was a major team effort that helped to pre- have very little left to live for. I’ve met a number vent the deaths of Boston’s bombing victims. In of pancreatic cancer patients in the Duke Canmany respects, the emergency responders on site cer Center who have told me that they are more played the most important role: They succeeded interested in living and dying well than they are in preventing huge losses of blood, which staved in living for a long time. What do we do when a off death and kept surgery open as a possibility. person cannot—or does not want to—be saved? ER teams stabilized patients and prepared them The best answer that I have found, which is for surgery, and OR teams did the hands-on work also my greatest reason for wanting to be a physiof repairing the damage. Each team did its job cian, appears in Samuel Shem’s medical classic, well and possible, even probable, deaths were “The House of God.” The book, for those who avoided. The first responders and surgical teams have not read it, is about the grueling internship likely felt that they had saved the lives of their year—the first year of residency where medical patients as well. students are, for the first time, doctors with their But the work does not end there. Many of the own patients. Shem’s characters are brought to patients that these teams saved will have to learn their knees by the physical, mental and emotionto live with debilitating injuries for the rest of al demands of their work. Ultimately, they realtheir lives. And it will be doctors—orthopedists, ize that the physician’s great work and calling is psychiatrists, rheumatologists, internists—who not to save patients but to “be with” them—to “be will be called on to help with that difficult task. with” patients in their sickness and brokenness This is not only the case with trauma patients. I and to address and heal their physiological and remember shadowing a cardiologist who placed psychological problems. a stent into the clogged artery of an elderly heart attack patient—undoubtedly saving her life in Paul Horak, Trinity ’13, is a Duke pre-med. This the process—just before heading to the clinic column is the final installment in a semester-long series to consult with a man who had the same inter- of weekly columns written on the pre-med experience at vention weeks before and was now complaining Duke, as well as the diverse ways students can pursue of more chest pain. Life-saving procedures may and engage with the field of medicine.
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n Sunday night, with the deadline for this column Journalist Irin Carmon, who visited Duke this Spring fast approaching, I watched a debate round to pro- during the Women’s Center’s inaugural “Write(H)ers” secrastinate. ries, had a number of tips for aspiring writers entering the I had the “Self Control” application on, blacklisting cut-throat media market. One of them was “Punch Up, Not every enjoyable website (BuzzFeed, Twitter, etc.), so the Down.” What she meant was that it is better to take on subpickings were slim. I briefly considered adjects of influence and power rather than dressing the final English paper I had due easy targets for quick hits. I haven’t always today, but that would have been too ratiofollowed this advice. Indeed, the title of this nal. The final round of a recent debate column pays homage to an anonymous, tournament, “Whilst accepting that life online commenter who didn’t appreciate begins at conception, this House still supa piece I wrote about Duke’s HerCampus ports a woman’s right to abortion,” would platform. It sort of alludes to what I’m inbe productive procrastination. eloquently trying to say. I was never required to debate an aborIn an act of desperation, I reread countsamantha tion-related topic in high school. Indeed, less senior columns. I’m in in awe of how lachman when someone would ask, “Is there a alumni like David Graham, Naureen Khan what’s our age again? and Ryan Brown managed to articulate topic that a tournament would never do?” I’d identify it as an example of a taboothings that I’ve felt but would never know motion. The only time I ever saw an abortion debate play how to express. In the words of Connor Southard, “I’ve out was at the final of the 2007 World Universities Debat- been given a lot of space to mess up here, and mess up is ing Championships, hosted at the University of British exactly what I’ve done.” Columbia when I was 16. My own worldview was shaped Just as a debate round lasts for a finite amount of listening to those arguments in support of allowing it at time (56 minutes), a column maxes out at 850 words. all stages of conception. But unlike an unrecorded debate round, columns can The personal essay I wrote for college applications de- be infinitely resurrected. The Internet creates this hazscribed how I felt that I had no opinions because debate al- ard (I hope people never discover how I once connected ways forced me to see both sides of an issue. My mother was Shooters II and a two-state solution) that is also a blessconcerned that this would imperil my chances with schools, ing (I’ll always be able to remember how and what I which presumably value prospective students who possess thought about). opinions. (She was right.) Because of new media platforms and online commenWatching this round was bittersweet. I’m depressed tary, columns increasingly have the power to generate about leaving Duke’s debate team, which has been an conversations that can be both productive and destructive invaluable family through both times of joy and times of for our community. Looking at people, organizations and grief. Unless I eventually go to law school and have the systems with a critical eye doesn’t always work out the way time to debate there (which is possible, but not likely), we intend, and it can engender opinions that are trite, selfI will never again experience another weekend of flight righteous, judgmental, attention seeking or ill-informed. delays, inclement weather, excessive drinking and over- But what better way to practice moving into a world in zealous opponents. which things happen messily, in which debates have ramifiThe proposition teams gave the arguments about the cations beyond a room with a judge? right to life not being incontrovertible, the economic acSitting on my desk is one of the best gifts I’ve ever retualization of women that’s stalled with unintended preg- ceived—a DIY kaleidoscope from a former PWILD crew nancy and gender equality being tied to negating biologi- leader. She gave it to me for my birthday in September, cal imperatives. They used the language that rhetorically when I was bummed about a break-up. On it she wrote: helps—torture, parasitic, enslavement, etc. “Since a new year often calls for a different perspective The opposition teams talked about why ending life is and perhaps a fresh set of eyes, I made this kaleidoscope to wrong, why the fetus cannot protect itself and what it means help you shake things up.” It’s time to live out her words. to have power over another human being. They even said Thank you to my professors, my mentors, my teamthey’d be in favor of the government compensating women mates, my friends (who are my family) and my family famto acknowledge that they have less bodily autonomy than ily for always being there and supporting me in this process men. I found their argumentation persuasive because that’s of figuring out who I am and what I stand for. Anticipating what a good debate speech can do to me. the loss of your every day presence induces overwhelming I worry that I feel too strongly about things and that I won’t anxiety. I am so grateful for your love. be able to meet people somewhere in the middle. I don’t think that what happens to my body is up for debate, but it very much Samantha Lachman is a Trinity senior. This is her final colis outside the confines of my house and my circle of friends. umn of the semester. Follow her on Twitter @SamLachman.
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he dust has yet to settle in response to the horrific Boston bombings and the related events that have unfolded since then. It has been an incredible, difficult and painful week for all Americans to say the least. Without a doubt, it will take time for our nation to process our grief, fear and anxieties as we eagerly wait for so many pending questions to be answered. The tragedy has been particularly painful and traumatizing for millions of proud American Muslims, considering the two alleged perpetrators of these heinous bombings are Muslims and have been living in the United States for quite some time. So much has been said and written about this, and much more will follow as informa- abdullah antepli tion comes to light about who blue devil imam these two brothers are, what their motivations were and why our law enforcement agencies couldn’t stop them before they carried out their treacherous attacks. Just as much has been written and said about how Islam as a religion and Muslims as people can’t be blamed for the acts of criminals and how this tragedy should not add fuel to the already existing Islamophobia flames in the country. Therefore, I will not repeat what many people have already said. Instead, I would like to share with you how humbling, gratifying and reassuring (in addition to painful and discouraging) this past week has been for me and for my community here at Duke. I know that many Muslims feel let down and discouraged as a result of what has been going on. So many of us are listening in dismay and horror to the voices of hate and exclusion emerging in response to this recent tragedy, which are shamefully calling for tighter racial profiling of Muslims. Many of us spend hours trying to make sense of hate crimes committed against several Muslims and Muslim-looking individuals. I highly caution all of us not to be consumed by the destructive hands of despair and hopelessness. Only then will the evildoers behind these kinds of heinous terrorist attacks be successful. As we mourn and pray for the victims in Boston, as we unleash our understandable anger and frustration in response to the many ugly sides of humanity uncovered during these difficult times, let us not fail to see and take note of the eventual beauty and blessings emerging in the midst of this storm. All of the members of Duke’s Muslim community, myself included, have been receiving an incredible amount of unsolicited support, care and love from friends locally, nationally and internationally. These messages continue to pour in as you read this. Emails, text messages, Facebook messages and phone calls started coming minutes after the bombs went off in Boston and the news started occupying the headlines. These admirably emphatic souls were sharing our immediate fears and troubling wishes: “I hope there is no Muslim involvement in this … you and your community are in our thoughts and prayers. Please let us know how we can be of help.” These notes of support intensified as the identity of the suspects behind this tragedy were revealed to the media. In increasing numbers, people were sharing many Muslim Americans’ fearful anticipation of backlash and fear mongering. A meme posted on Facebook by a fellow non-Muslim Duke student, “Keep Calm and Resist Islamophobia,” had more than one hundred shares in a very short period of time. The sensationalist media will not cover these kinds of developments. They will continue to cover the most extreme voices and experiences on all sides. Therefore, it is extremely important for us to highlight the encouraging developments emerging in response to this recent, evil terrorist attack. The humbling support and overwhelming love that many fellow Americans have shown is crystal-clear proof that the forces of exclusion, division and hate will be defeated by the forces of inclusion, love and respect once more in our beautiful society. You only discover your true friends, and how precious and extraordinarily important they are, during these trying and difficult times. For those who have expressed their love, care and support to the American Muslim Community, on behalf of all American Muslims: Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Your friendship and your choice to uphold high ethical and moral values of love and inclusion will not be forgotten. Thanks, from billions. Abdullah Antepli is the Muslim Chaplain and an adjunct faculty of Islamic Studies. This is his final column of the semester. You can follow Abdullah on Twitter @aantepli.
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