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Break-in suspect arrested
High-stress campus spurs depression
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by Elizabeth Djinis
Duke culture acts as pressure cooker for the disorder
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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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The Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. Lecture on International Studies
Latin America: More Than Just an Asterisk?* The Honorable
Donna J. Hrinak President of Boeing Brazil and Former US Ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia & the Dominican Republic
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