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The upcoming school year will see The Chronicle adopting a digital-first strategy, uploading content to its website five days a week and putting out a print edition Monday through Thursday. After months of deliberation, the paper’s thirteen-member board—composed primarily of Chronicle alumni—decided to make the change in June in order to better meet the evolving needs and habits of its readers and provide a more dynamic and well-rounded product. The student staff was also highly involved in the decision, emphasizing its desire to focus more of its time and efforts on a digital product. On Fridays, content will be published online only. “We’re still a daily production,” said junior Danielle Muoio, editor of The Chronicle. “Go-
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Lines stretching across the quad, full of students who see Local Yogurt as a respite from the library, have become a common sight at Duke. Now, those students will find
themselves in the Bryan Center when frozen yogurt cravings strike. Every year the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee recommends food trucks to come to campus, and this year LoYo did not make the cut, said Rick Johnson, assistant vice president
for housing and dining. New venue Red Mango, opening Monday in the Bryan Center, is intended to fill the void. But students aren’t the only ones with a stake in the matter—LoYo will feel the cut too. “I would understand it if we See LOYO, page 16
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Angelou urges students to aid others in success by Rajiv Golla THE CHRONICLE
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Maya Angelou gives her annual address to the freshman class in the Duke Chapel Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Maya Angelou urged students to “be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud” this past Sunday in her address to the Class of 2017 at the Duke Chapel. Drawing upon her childhood and sharing stories of her illustrious career, 85-year old Angelou, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, spread her message of individual empowerment to Duke’s freshman class. She urged students to take advantage of all the resources provided to them by the University, citing professors and librarians as examples.
“They all love you,” Angelou said. “I am just the only one that says it.” Angelou also stressed the importance of literature to personal growth and advised Duke students to learn about different cultures and overcome “ignorance.” “I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me,” she said, quoting Roman playwright Terrence. In addition, she referenced Langston Hughes, her own works, and sang the folk song “God Put a Rainbow in the Sky.” Throughout her speech, Angelou See ANGELOU, page 15
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First impressions sound-off Last week, over 1,700 freshmen representing 50 different countries moved onto East Campus. Here’s what members of the class of 2017 had to say about Duke, orientation and life in the South. “The squirrels are trolls.” — freshman Autumn Carter from Houston, TX. “The campus is just so gorgeous. It’s incredibly nice to go for a run and see all the trees and beautiful architecture.” — freshman Jenna Peters from Denver, CO. “I don’t know what to say. I’m speechless— in a good way.” — freshman Carley Mulligan from Wallingford, CT. “It’s nothing like I thought it would be. I love this school more than anything. I was scared to come here, but I’m surprised how caring the advisors are, and how attuned they are with what you want to do. I come from a large public high school where I was just a number, and having someone help you so much was, frankly, inspiring.” — freshman Natalie Carroll from Stanford, CT. “So much to do, cool international people everywhere, lots of diversity. But I’ll get a PhD before I understand the freshman meal plan.” — freshman Lauren Harper from San Luis Obispo, CA.
“It’s amazing how open people are to talking. There is so much diversity, and it’s amazing how everyone mixes together.” — freshman Tina Liang from Fresno, CA. “I can’t believe that I’m lucky enough to call this place home for the next four years.” — freshman Sai Panguluri from Dallas, TX. “I never thought a place could be so multifaceted in terms of academics, social events, athletics and…kindness.” — freshman Miguel Anderson from Irvington, NY. “The enthusiasm for freshmen from everyone around us is overwhelming.” — freshman Uzoma Ayogu from Houston, TX. “I loved meeting new people, and, although it was overwhelming at times, I’m confident that this is going to be a good year.” — freshman Micah English from Washington, D.C. “There is so much free stuff.” — freshman Wendy Sun from Rockville, MD.
met a competitive clogger, a military member from Singapore, a boy scout who teaches kids to throws axes and someone who worked in a convent helping aging nuns.” – freshman Amina Bility from Cary, NC. “It was really cool because everyone was so nice and everyone wanted to be friends with everyone, but it’s overwhelming because there are 1,700 new people.” — Vivian Zhang from Denver, CO. “My first impressions of Duke were that everyone was very welcoming and all had similar goals of reaching out and learning new things.” — freshman Tory Macdonald from Boston, MA. “The moving-in process was much more chaotic than I’d expected, but I must say, the people are much friendlier here, and the South really holds up to its ideal of Southern hospitality.” — freshman Justin Paley from Watchung, NJ. “I didn’t realize how friendly I was until orientation.” — freshman James Hamilton from Northampton, England.
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Alcohol related EMS calls down from last O-Week by Carleigh Steihm THE CHRONICLE
Although the number of calls to Duke Emergency Medical Services holds steady from last year’s Orientation Week, fewer were attributed to issues concerning alcohol consumption. According to Director of Duke EMS Jay Srinivasan, a junior, this year during O-Week there were 13 calls to EMS, nine of which resulted in transportation to the Emergency Room. During the 2012 Orientation Week, there were 13 calls that resulted in only five trips to the ER. The number of calls, however, attributed to the overconsumption of alcohol this year, decreased to three out of 13 from seven out of 13. “In short, we see that the number of calls remained the same, with a decrease in the number of calls involving alcohol,” Srinivasan said. “Transports increased, but that can easily be explained—there may have been more calls at the Medical Center this year, as those calls usually have a higher probability of requiring ambulance transport.” Srinivasan added that the totals are an accumulation of the calls made across all of Duke’s campuses—including the Medical Center—beginning from 8 a.m. on freshman move-in day. During last year’s O-Week, a police bust at an off-campus party held by Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity resulted in 15 underage alcohol consumption citations and two arrests. There were no problems on such a large scale this year, noted John Dailey, chief of the Duke University Police Department in an email Sunday.
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taken strides in increasing safety and reducing risks. Srinivasan noted that although the number of alcohol related incidents decreased this year, the student body can still take steps to decrease future alcohol related incidents. “Aside from typical advice such as consuming alcohol in moderation, drinking plenty of water and eating a meal before consuming alcohol, I would additionally advocate that students work to be aware of their surroundings at all times,” Srinivasan said. He added that this advice applies not only to medical incidents, but also to situations of personal security. “Students should stick together when drinking,” he said. “ Often, Duke EMS is requested for persons who were effectively abandoned by their friends earlier in the evening and found by passing bystanders.” In the situation that bystanders call EMS for an individual who does not necessarily need medical attention but is not capable of taking care of themselves, EMS is still mandated to take the patient to the Emergency Room, Srinivasan said. He added that this can lead to expensive medical bills for the abandoned individuals. Srinivasan recommends that students becomes familiar with the safety resources on campus and save numbers such as those for DUPD and Duke Van Services into their phones. “Students should be aware of the medical amnesty clause in the University’s alcohol policy and thus should never hesitate to call EMS for any medical concerns,” Srinivasan said.
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Summer crimes ignite new safety enhancements by Georgia Parke THE CHRONICLE
In response to the elevated number of crimes committed on Duke’s campus in recent months, police and administration are taking joint steps to secure the campus more thoroughly. Administration began implementing new security measures over the summer and will continue to do so throughout the year, said Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh. This includes improved LED lighting throughout campus, an evaluation of fencing and signage on Central Campus and strategic landscaping of hedges and trees to improve line of sight from a security standpoint. “There have been times in Duke’s history where there have been increases in certain types of crime,” said Duke Chief of Police John Dailey. “Ten years ago there was a real uptick in robberies. It occasionally happens and we’re fortunate to be at an institution with the resources to mitigate the risk once we see incidents.” The incidents that prompted these responses include multiple break-ins to Central Campus apartments, two armed robberies in April, a jogger being grabbed on the Al Buehler trail on June 27 and the daytime robberies on the outskirts of Duke Gardens on July 15 and 25. Campus improvements 500 new automatic locks were installed over the summer on Central Campus apartment entrances to prevent
incidents like the break-ins that happened this spring, Cavanaugh said. “One of the things we did observe in the spring is that virtually all of the [Central Campus] break-ins, you might label them as ‘walk-ins,’” Cavanaugh said. “The doors were shut most of the time but they weren’t locked. [The automatic locks are] a small thing but it’s a huge safety precaution.” Anuj Chhabra, a sophomore who lived on Central Campus during both summer sessions, said he is highly relieved by the new lock systems after his friends had their apartments broken into, and he was impressed by the response made by Duke Police. “That was unacceptable to have friends who can’t sleep because of all these robberies,” Chhabra said. “This makes the campus much more secure.” Some lighting fixtures across campus have already been changed to be brighter and make areas visible at night. West Campus has been almost completely replaced with LED lights, and light fixtures on Central and East are continually being upgraded. “On West Campus it has been changed. There is LED lighting, it is now very bright and clear. It’s a better light and it’s of course more economical and greener,” Dailey said. “Especially around the chapel, it looks completely different than last year.” Cavanaugh explained that students and others on campus are encouraged to report facilities that need to be updated. Cavanaugh also noted that conduct-
ing road closures are also under consideration. He said that Towerview Road in particular is an area of concern and could potentially be closed at either entrance—at Duke University Road and Erwin Road—to decrease excessive drivethrough traffic. A decision has not yet been made on the matter, he said. “We could close the entrance and still allow the areas between [Duke University Road and Erwin Road] to be accessible,” Cavanaugh said. “It wouldn’t inhibit students to get where they need to go. We know that one of the security strategies to be deployed is simply restricting access to an area. By doing that, that’s going to increase our safety.”
A proportionate response Cavanaugh and Dailey also noted that the presence of police officers, security guards and supplemental guards was increased over the summer and features new locations with better visibility. Cavanaugh said the number of people patrolling the campus has never been higher, and will remain high until it is decided that the increased presence is no longer necessary. “One might argue we have ramped up a little too high. But given the prevalence of what we saw it was appropriate to respond accordingly. We’ll continue, See CRIME, page 16
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Court of Appeals ruling sparks social media debate by Elizabeth Djinis THE CHRONICLE
A controversial North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling that allows sex offenders to use social media sites has prompted conversations about the effectiveness of laws restricting sex offenders’ internet presence, internet security and freedom of speech in the digital age. A 2008 North Carolina law that prohibited registered sex offenders from utilizing social media sites that could potentially put them in contact with minors has been deemed unconstitutional on the grounds of ambiguity and violation of the First Amendment. The court made the ruling last Tuesday. Lester Gerard Packingham, a Durham County sex offender, was charged with a felony for creating a Facebook profile, according to the Associate Press. Packingham appealed the charge last year. His attorney argued against the law’s vague terminology and criticized its ability to hinder registered sex offenders from using the internet in a broader sense. The panel ruled that the law took away the right to free speech that is guaranteed to all United States citizens. Amy Cleckler, gender violence prevention program coordinator at the Women’s Center, said the internet has enabled sex offenders to access more inappropriate material at a faster pace. “Do I think there [are] more sickos in the world? No.� Cleckler said. “Do I
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Patrick Oathout discusses his app by Carleigh Steihm THE CHRONICLE
Senior Patrick Oathout, former executive vice president of Duke Student Government, started the mobile application Uhuru this summer. The philanthropic app can be used to help support startup business run by refugees. Oathout hopes his app will inspire others to not only support the business, but also find their own ways to pursue philanthropic goals. The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down with Oathout to discuss the process of designing the innovative application. The Chronicle: Can you describe what exactly Uhuru does? Patrick Oathout: Uhuru maps small businesses founded and operated by refugees around the world. Consumers can use Uhuru to find these businesses and support them, thereby making refugee small businesses more successful. TC: What inspired you to develop the app? PO: Back in 2011 I saw the State Department and Department of Health and Human Services were encouraging resettled refugees to start their own businesses in their places of resettlement. I wanted to do something to help this initiative because it was sustainable and new approach to resettlement. To actually develop the app myself—I originally was given grant money to hire someone to develop the app, but one of my professors connected me to a Duke alum working on mobile app development in Silicon Valley. The alum encouraged me to develop the app myself because I would have greater control over its functionality, and I would learn a new skill along the way. Once I saw that I could easily teach myself mobile app development via the Internet, I rose to the challenge. TC: What was the process of creating the app? PO: I set up an independent study through the Borderworks lab to spend a semester developing Uhuru. I then delegated the logo design and bug testing to other students. I used a lot of open source code from the Ushahidi platform, and then spent weeks refining the app before submitting it to the Apple and Google stores. TC: How did you decide on the name Uhuru? PO: I wanted a name that was unique and evocative. Uhuru is Swahili for ‘freedom’, and I see entrepreneurship as a route to economic freedom for refugees who have just arrived to the United States. TC: Has Uhuru been successful thus far? PO: Launching the app itself has been a success, but now the burden is maintaining the app and marketing it to users. It’s still a little too early to tell if the app has increased revenues
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State laws hinder Obamacare effort to enroll uninsured by Alex Nussbaum and Alex Wayne BLOOMBERG NEWS
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President Barack Obama has set aside $67 million to make it easier to enroll in his health-care overhaul. Laws pushed by Republicans in 12 states may keep that from happening. Under the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. government plans to pay a network of local groups known as navigators to explain the law’s new coverage options to the uninsured and guide them through its online insurance markets. New laws passed by a dozen Republican-led states, the latest in Missouri last month, may make that harder, imposing licensing exams, fines that can run as high as $1,000 and training that almost doubles the hours required by the federal government. Republicans say the measures will protect consumers. Obamacare supporters say they’ll undermine the effort to get as many people as possible enrolled. The rules are “like voter intimidation,” said Sara Rosenbaum, a health law professor at George Washington University in Washington, who supports Obama’s act. “In many, many cases these laws may be a direct interference with outreach assistance and that’s going to be quite serious.” Earlier this month, the Obama administration awarded 105 grants, steering money to hospitals, social-service agencies, local clinics and other groups. The navigators are meant to offer “unbiased information” to help people through the complexities of the new system, with its deductibles, copays, provider networks and tax credits, according to an Aug. 15 statement from the Department of Health and Human Services. The grants were issued barely a month before the online exchanges are scheduled to open for enrollment on Oct. 1. The administration has said about 7 million people may enroll next year and it needs to motivate millions of young, healthy customers to sign up to keep the markets financially stable. The state laws may complicate that task. The restrictions go farthest in a handful of states like Georgia and Missouri, where Republican legislators have already re-
fused to set up the new insurance websites or spend money to promote the law. In Florida last week, Gov. Rick Scott told a Miami audience that federal privacy protections for consumers working with navigators were “behind schedule and inadequate.” He urged people to use brokers and agents instead. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, believes navigators need state regulation because they’ll give advice on “a highly complicated and highly important topic,” his spokesman, Brian Robinson, said in an email. They will also handle personal information that is open to abuse. “This is a consumer protection issue more than anything,” said Kenneth Statz, an insurance broker on the legislative council of the National Association of Health Underwriters, a Washington-based group representing agents and brokers. “We just want to make sure that somebody who is sitting down with a consumer, trying to help them make this major decision, is going to be properly prepared.” The state laws have passed with the backing of insurance agents and brokers, who view the online exchanges as competition and navigators as potential rivals with an unfair advantage absent new rules. States require agents to be licensed and undergo periodic training, said Statz, who’s based in Brecksville, Ohio. He also has to carry insurance to protect clients who may be hurt by bad advice or malpractice, he said. The 2010 law is intended to prod millions of Americans to buy health insurance, many for the first time. Those seeking coverage must provide details on citizenship, family size and income to determine whether they’re eligible for subsidies, and complete a form that can stretch to seven pages. While states controlled by Democrats such as Maryland, New York, Minnesota and Illinois have also passed rules, these generally follow federal requirements, said Mark Dorley, a health-policy researcher at George Washington University. Other states have been more restrictive. Georgia’s navigators need a license from the insur-
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ance commissioner. Each person assisting the uninsured has to pay a $50 application fee, complete 35 hours of training — 15 more than the federal requirement — pass an exam, and complete a criminal background check. Licenses must be renewed every year, requiring another $50 and 15 more hours of training. Missouri defines navigators more broadly than the federal government, said Andrea Routh, executive director of the Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance in Jefferson City. Violating certification requirements risks a $1,000 fine. Routh’s group, which seeks to educate people on the health law, didn’t apply for a grant. It may seek a license just to be safe, she said. “Anyone who does outreach and education, or anybody who assists anyone with enrollment had better be checking that law to see if they need to be licensed,” she said. The rules may scare off churches, clinics or others who want to help, said Cindy Zeldin, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future. The Atlanta-based nonprofit was part of a group that won a $2.1 million grant. Georgia’s law implies “navigators are somehow problematic,” she said in a telephone interview, “rather than that they’re groups that likely have a history of working in communities and are trusted.” The Obama administration has been “in conversations with states” to ensure their laws don’t hinder the effort, said Chiquita Brooks-Lasure, a deputy director at the federal health department, in an Aug. 15 conference call with reporters. The federal law doesn’t require background checks, though navigators must provide quarterly reports and can lose their grants in cases of fraud or abuse. The administration is requiring them to undergo an initial 20 hours of training. Some people opposed to Obama’s overhaul “want to see it fail,” said Missouri Health’s Routh. “If you put a lot of barriers in place that make it tough for nonprofits to go out and educate people and assist them in understanding the exchange, that may be one way to have it fail.”
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ing forward, we’re just continuing to reach our goal of getting stories to our readers in the most efficient way…we’re really focusing on our online presence because it’s the best way to get information to the most people. It doesn’t mean stopping the thoughtful effort we put into print.” Special daily pages will be added to the print product—Tuesdays will feature coverage of graduate and professional schools and Wednesdays will feature stories regarding the Duke University Health System. Sportswrap, the athletics supplement, will continue to run on Mondays and Recess, the arts supplement, on Thursday. The Chronicle will also make greater use of multimedia as supplements to news content as well as stand-alone material, Muoio said. “We’re cutting the Friday print edition, but I do think that readers are going to enjoy what they see on Fridays as well as over the weekend,” Muoio said, adding that the paper will begin regularly updating its website on weekends and adopting a 24hour news cycle. Board members noted that the change will free up the staff’s resources and time, allowing the focus to be more on the paper’s content than on its layout and other intricacies associated with daily print production. By shifting the paper’s emphasis to its Internet presence, staffers will be better equipped to provide around-the-clock news to the Duke community. “People aren’t waiting for the next day to get the news,” said David Graham, Trinity ’09 and vice-chair of the board. “It’s not enough for The Chronicle to wait 24 hours and get those stories up later on, we have to be publishing things when they happen.” Muoio added that the change will allow for the paper’s print publication to be made more engaging and relevant, presenting a higher concentration of analytical pieces and feature stories. “We want to revise what goes into our print edition,” she said. “We’ll be packaging stories in a visual, captivating way to fit the reader experience.” Board members said that although finances were considered in the decision, they were not the driving force. The Chronicle has not been entirely immune to the financial issues that have affected the print media industry, but the paper— which has been both financially and editorially independent from the University since 1993—has maintained significant reserve funds. Although the paper could continue to afford a daily print schedule on that money alone, it was ultimately decided that cutting a day of print would lead to a stronger publication that could better serve its readers, said board member Karen Blumenthal, Trinity ’81. “The process was about taking the best next step for The Chronicle, regardless of funds,” said Chrissy Beck, general manager of The Chronicle. “It’s not about cutting, but investing for the future.” Board members described the decision as a move to innovate and lead the paper into the digital age by choice, as opposed to eventually being forced to react to unwanted financial pressure. “We’re doing something smart before our hand was forced,” Graham said. “We’re moving forward with what we were hearing from staff… this is something that they wanted to do. The opinion was that it was something we needed to do to move to a better digital format faster.” The perspective of the student staff and young Chronicle alumni was one of the motivating factors behind the decision, said board members. “Our decision was heavily influenced by the opinions of the student staff and recent alumni, who said that this is really time to make this change,” said Elizabeth Morgan, Trinity ’90 and chair of the board. “Moving from five days a week to four days a week makes a lot of sense. It will allow us to devote more resources to digital.” The Chronicle is not alone in its decision to deemphasize its print presence in favor of the digital product—Syracuse University’s The Daily Orange and The University of California, Berkeley’s The Daily Californian have made similar moves in recent years. Other independent college papers have gone to printing once or twice a week, and still others have become entirely Internet-based. “The college paper is definitely print-and-digital or all-digital now,” said Rick Edmonds, media business analyst for the non-profit journalism school The Poynter Institute. “It’s targeted to an audience that’s by definition pretty young and on digital platforms.” Beck noted that the perspective of advertisers had also been considered, saying that the switch would not significantly affect advertiser stability. The paper will continue to print 12,000 copies each day it is published and distribute them to over 200 locations, the same figures as before, she said. “We’re extremely excited about this change,” Morgan said. “It’s something that’s going to be very positive for The Chronicle. It isn’t about printing four or five days a week, it’s really about a robust digital-first strategy that meets the needs of readers.”
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reminded students that their arrivals at Duke had “already been paid for” by those who had impacted their lives and that they now have an opportunity to do the same. “Prepare yourself at Duke so that you may pay for someone else,” Angelou said. She noted that she owes much of her success to people who have acted as “rainbows in her clouds” such as her Uncle Willie. Dr. Angelou’s speech was met with a standing ovation at the end and students left the Chapel inspired. “He cadence was amazing,” freshman Megan Snyder said. “I could listen to her all day.”
Freshman Anna Bensley noted that Angelou’s words helped comfort the new students as they enter into still undefined college paths. “I love Dr. Maya Angelou’s focus on the fact that we are all human beings and therefore nothing human is alien to us,” Bensley said. “As alien and as untouchable as Duke and all of its occupants seem, I am comforted by the simple concept that we are all humans and this world is our world.” As Angelou closed out the evening, she reminded the new class of all the possibilities in their futures. “You will accomplish great things,” she said. “A girl in the fourth row could cure breast cancer, someone in the 6th row could change the world. We’ve come a long way, but not yet enough.”
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interaction [constitute] speech [is] a question that needs to be posed.” Still, the law was not only struck down for its violation of the First Amendment but also for its ambiguity. Sophomore Joy Sun, also a Women’s Center intern, suggested a change in wording to make the law more effective, noting that instead of all registered sex offenders, the law should have targeted sex offenders with a history of interactions with minors.
Cleckler added that often men who have molested several children will appear on the same list as a seventeen year-old who had consensual sex with his fifteen year-old girlfriend. “A sex offender is very ambiguous,” Hall said. “People…who’ve made mistakes… may not necessarily down the line deserve to have this attached to their name forever.” The panel made a unanimous ruling, but the state has decided to try the case again at the state Supreme Court level with the hope of a different outcome.
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weren’t a popular truck, but it seemed like we were doing great,” LoYo cofounder and owner Leah Bergman said. LoYo typically came to campus five times a week, and the truck made between $500 and $800 each night, Bergman said. Between 17 and 18 percent of that revenue went directly back to Duke. The summer announcement came as a surprise to Bergman, she said, adding that LoYo was not given an explanation for the change. “It was definitely not my decision,” she said. “We love our Duke students.” Sophomore Annalise Johnson said she used to buy LoYo whenever the truck came to East Campus, and she will miss it this year. “It was such an integral part of my freshman year,” she said. “It was a nice treat after a long, hard day.” Rick Johnson noted that DUSDAC takes applications from different food trucks each Spring before recommending a line-up to be implemented in the Fall. “[DUSDAC’s] thinking was that Red Mango would cover the yogurt and smoothie need on campus and that students would need more ‘meal’ focused trucks to make up for the closing of West Union,” Johnson wrote in an email Aug. 19. The seven trucks approved for this year are Baguettaboutit, Captain Ponchos, Chirba Chirba Dumpling, Fosters on the Fly, Gussy’s, Humble Pig and Parlez-Vous Crepes—all of which provide meals rather than snack food. “Now that we have Red Mango, [the LoYo truck is] kind of superfluous,” said sophomore Ashley Wong. Bergman noted that LoYo—which has brick-and-mortar locations in Elon and Greenville, as well as two in Durham— would still be available to bring a truck to campus for catering opportunities hosted by individual organizations, as well as for events such as LDOC. LoYo remains open to returning to campus if Duke will permit it, Bergman said. “I’m really distraught,” she said. “I’d love to be back.”
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as we always do, to evaluate… periodically,” Cavanaugh said. While of the crimes that occurred this summer and in the spring may have appeared similar, Cavanaugh said that preventing further ones has been a challenge, as their case facts have not shown much commonality. “The garden situation was completely different than what we had on Central, than what we had on the trail. Those are very idiosyncratic police facts and that has been one of the challenges in all of this,” he said. However, he said, one explanation to the pattern is the ubiquity of cell phones and the ease with which they can be sold for cash. Attempts to steal cell phones have been a driver of criminal activity at Duke and beyond, he said. “Not unique to us, we are watching across the nation the whole topic of cellphones. The reality is that there’s virtually no one walking around who doesn’t have a cell phone,” Cavanaugh said. “If you go over to Mad Hatter’s, you’d be stunned to watch the number of people who leave their cell phone on their table and refill their coffee. That today is the equivalent of leaving two, three, four hundred dollars lying on the edge of the table.” At the Northgate Mall, it is possible to simply have a phone evaluated at a kiosk and exchanged for cash immediately, Dailey said. Both Dailey and Cavanaugh emphasized the collective contributions made in order to arrest the alleged perpetrators of the Duke Gardens robberies, Denshawn and Tamisha Thompson, citing specifically the Durham Police Department’s collaboration and their ongoing contributions to campus security. Dailey also noted the Wake County Sherriff’s Department provided a forensic artist, and Durham Crime Stoppers provided leads that eventually led to multiple arrests. “I think we’re incredibly fortunate that increasingly, our community gets that this is a shared responsibility,” Cavanaugh said. “It can’t be solely the responsibility of the police department. When we have people see something that is out of the ordinary it’s important to be reporting to the police or to facilities management.”
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Reconstructing Duke As students pour onto campus for the first day of classes, they will find themselves in the middle of a massive effort to rebuild and reconfigure the University. They will confront administrators, professors and students hard at work dismantling old structures, retooling existing ones and creating a set of novel institutions and policies that promise to dramatically reshape the physical, intellectual and social character of the school. Although projects like the West Union renovations stand out, many of Duke’s structural changes are less conspicuous, stemming not from changes in official policy but from shifts in our intellectual and social culture. Over the summer alone, there were 57 renovation and construction projects underway. Perhaps the most significant among them is the West Union building—now circumscribed by a faux-stone fence. The building will undergo a major transformation in the next several years. In the interim, the epicenter of campus will likely shift to the newly constructed Events Pavilion, putting a greater demand on the eateries there and centralizing social activity in a way that might encourage greater cohesion and sense of community. Duke is also building a campus in China—Duke Kunshan University. The project has been fraught
with delays, questions about academic integrity and budget constraints. Although administrators are optimistic that the campus will open in Fall 2014, as Duke continues to spend more on renovations to its Durham campus, DKU’s timeline should come under more scrutiny.
Editorial As online universities proliferate, many people have also questioned the financial sustainability of the traditional model of higher education. In response to this concern, Duke has shifted its focus onto interdisciplinary education models, rolling out new initiatives like Bass Connections and the Duke STEAM challenge. We feel it is important for the University to develop high standards for their interdisciplinary programs. In the past, we have expressed fear that placing too much emphasis on interdisciplinary learning models hinders students’ ability to gain deep knowledge in a single discipline. Effective cross-discipline collaboration requires a detailed understanding of fields on their own terms, and administrators should not prioritize interdisciplinarity over
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traditional scholarship. During his appearance on the Colbert Report last week, President Brodhead articulated well the role the humanities now play in the changing landscape of higher education. Humanistic inquiry, he reminded us, is critically important, but we now have to decide whether it is vital in and of itself or as a means to other ends. Debates about the role of the humanities, particularly within the context of online education, will become increasingly important this year. In addition to physical and curricular changes, Duke is undergoing major shifts in its culture. The administration has attempted to create a safer orientation week each year, and we support changes in cultural norms that make non-alcoholic events fun substitutes for the raucous parties that once characterized the beginning of school. Students are now more civically engaged than they have been in the past, and, given the sweeping policy changes made by the North Carolina legislature over the summer, this year promises to be an eventful one for activism on and off campus. We are excited about Duke’s efforts to rebuild, and, in the coming months, we hope to have vigorous and insightful conversations about these and other issues with everyone in the Duke community.
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ere we are again: the first day of classes. It seems like only yesterday I was writing my column for the graduating seniors, myself a return-to-school graduate student, brimming with nostalgia for my own college days and where I’ve been since then. And over a decade before that, as a newly minted high school graduate, I stood before my public school classmates in plaid, Converse high tops trying to offer sage advice in my salutatory speech to people no more or less experienced than I. “Watch movies in black and white,” I said, “but live your life in color.” Granted, it was a few months before I let my eclectic style give way to shaggy hair dyed blue for my first day at Carolina (to be honest, it was more of a Duke hue), but what did that really mean? It sounded pretty to me at the time, but advice like this is often completely impractical. Perhaps I hoped to be credited with an immortal quotation … or maybe it’s just much easier to tell people how to run their lives rather than to model it. Today (if not this whole month), the focus is on freshmen. Like last year’s graduates, they are similarly bright-eyed, eager and charmingly naïve, setting out with pen and paper to write their own next chapter in the great book of life. No doubt the campus phone and Ethernet lines will be abuzz with excited and proud calls and emails from parents and tons of Skype messages from students’ technologically more savvy contemporaries. Advice. Tons and tons of advice will be shared—which classes to take, which fraternities to rush and which are the best entrees in The Marketplace. Sophomores, though, you’re on your own. You’re expected to know all this somehow, even though moving to West Campus (or God forbid, being exiled to Central Campus) might feel like being a freshman all over again. Your surroundings are (somewhat) new, and everyone’s bigger than you. Lest you be impaled upon the etymologic roots of the word— sophos meaning “wise” and moros meaning “foolish”—allow me to humbly offer a compote of do’s and don’ts for second-year students. Upperclassmen, transfer students, graduate students and even freshmen, this still may apply to you, so read on: 1. Don’t plagiarize. Really, just don’t. 2. Be aware of what you don’t know, but don’t be frightened by it. Many novices just don’t realize that of which they are ignorant. Now you’re starting to see where you have gaps in your knowledge. That’s not a sign of weakness, but a chance to see where you can learn more. 3. When doing your reading assignments, don’t read every word. No doubt some professors and student-gunners will argue with me on this point, but getting stuck in a quagmire of text doesn’t aid your learning. It’s likely better to keep up with your readings, even if you have to skim them, than to ne-
glect pieces entirely. If you find you are consistently having problems, though, approach your professor or someone in Academic Advising.
Benjamin Silverberg URBAN GRIZZLY 4. Start compiling your resume. Use a professional-sounding email address. Network. Restrict privacy settings on Facebook so incriminating photos can’t easily be found … or better yet, don’t let that kind of evidence materialize in the first place. 5. Don’t join every organization, society or cause to pad your resume. And don’t take on even bigger tasks—like preparing for an unnecessary graduate degree—because you think that’s what (insert name of professional school or future boss here) will expect to see. You’ll be a lot happier spending your time on things you want to do and are passionate about. And there’s something to be said for doing something unexpected and unique. 6. Now that you’re back, get out, go abroad. It may be difficult because of cost or your major, but it’s definitely worthwhile and will help you pop your personal Duke “bubble,” if nothing else. And you can likely make use of student discounts elsewhere, too. 7. Don’t procrastinate, but don’t obsess. Build “catch up” time into your schedule; your professors do, too. 8. Keep trying. You will get some bad grades and lots of rejections—socially and professional. Abraham Lincoln is commonly held up as an example of overcoming repeated failures and losses. Granted his life ended in assassination, but come on, he was still President of the United States. And he’s been on the penny since 1909. 9. Become independent. Your first year away from home brought with it a lot of changes, no doubt, and your social circle expanded exponentially. Take the opportunity now to focus a bit more on yourself, learning how to balance your finances, complete your own medical history and manage your personal property. I could go on, but now’s your chance to speak up. Share your thoughts with me and the rest of the Duke community at www.dukechronicle. com, through a letter to the editor or via Twitter. Here’s wishing us all another year of success and growth! Benjamin Silverberg is a second-year graduate student and practicing physician. His column runs every other Monday. Send Ben a message on Twitter @hobogeneous.
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majestic creature, the wild fraternity bro roams the West and Central Campuses of Duke University. With a Natty, Busch Ice or other shitty beer having the consistency of rams’ piss in hand, he stalks his most targeted prey: the sorority girl. In an effort similar to birds’ mating styles, the male chooses a potential mate and begins the most sacred and inebriated of mating rituals. Just as the rare Blue-Footed Booby prances around his partner in an attempt to arouse her, the wild bro too drags potential and (sometimes?) willing partner to Shooters and commences the dance of ages, the most sacred and ratchet of courting (he starts humping her). In the same fashion, each wild bro fluffs himself up with vibrant plumage in an effort to appear more masculine and ward off competitors. Males proudly boast the makers of their colorful displays by sporting as much Brooks Brothers, Vineyard Vines, Southern Tide and Polo Ralph Lauren as possible. Pastel is the usual color scheme of choice and most often males choose to sport extremely tight and vibrant shades of pink around their groin area. (Scientists are still baffled by this pastel-loin phenomenon, but they have discovered a positive correlation between the brightness and shortness of shorts with the currency within them.) Each Wednesday and Saturday, hundreds of bros and potential mates flock to Shooters in a movement we know as The Great Struggle Bus. From above, the dance floor of Shooters looks as though Ke$ha doused herself with glitter, ate a 64 pack of Crayola crayons, drank a fifth of vodka and then threw up into a kaleidoscope. As the mating selection continues, pungent pheromones laden with cologne, smoke, alcohol, body odor and shame fill the air creating a dense haze that obscures the judgment and morals of females. Once mates select each other, they begin the journey back to their mating grounds or, if they are too drunk, the handicapped bathroom stall. In the morning, the male arises, spreads his over-priced pastel wings and takes flight never to call her again. Ladies and gentlemen, as much as I love getting high and watching nature documentaries, the above represents a truly terrifying trend in the Duke community. The Shooters mating ritual is generally fine; my public service announcement is about the terrible danger of pastel shorts. Why must shorts be so tight and bright? Are you afraid girls won’t be able to find you otherwise? The only problem is there are hundreds of other dudes rocking the same inexplicably bright shorts. Now everyone is drowning in a sea of Sperries, douchebaggery and color. “Mean Boy, why do you hate the preppy look?” I actually enjoy the preppy look. I do not enjoy what the preppy look has become at Duke. Being preppy means looking respectable without trying too hard. I guess I missed the memo, but being preppy here means throwing on Sperries, obnoxiously tight and bright shorts, a but-
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ton down or polo that advertises your expensive clothing brand to the world and croakies. Look out everyone—we got a badass over here! It’s sad to see the decline of dressing like a gentleman. Preppy has become a pissing contest of who can wear the most expensive and obnoxious clothing. “But Mean Boy, if the sky is out, should not my thighs be out?” Yes, to a degree of good sense. A few
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MEAN BOY inches above the knee is OK, but when your quads start bursting out of your shorts in a Hulk-esque fashion, I myself begin to feel sexually violated. Your knees should have room to move around and be free, but leave short shorts for girls and 80’s basketball. I’m sure your legs look great, bro. I bet you can squat two school busses full of kids on their way to fat camp, but that doesn’t mean we want to see your four-inch inseam that leaves everything to be seen (including something that’s probably also only four inches) and nothing to be desired. I promise that girls are not looking at your hairy thighs saying, “Wow his thighs are hairy and muscular. I bet he could squat Rosie O’Donnell. He and only he must ravage me tonight.” “Whatever, I’m way TFTC” Thanks for sharing. “How can we stop these egregious fashion faux pas?” Can we all go back to the ways of our forefathers, when George Washington would wear shorts ending just a few inches above his knee? The only way to stop this madness is from within. For girls out there, next time you see a bro in the wild, ask him why his shorts are shorter than yours. For guys, just buy a regular polo or sport shirt that isn’t dyed with skittles, a rave and the blood of unicorns. Unfortunately for all of us, this movement, as well as male thigh exposure, is going nowhere but up. If this movement is left unchecked, engineers solicited with free Starcraft accounts have calculated that by the year 2030, males will be strolling around in paisley speedos: the only garment that is both tight and bright enough to look awesome. If we work together, we can all make this world a little classier. Mean Boy’s go-to shorts are Nantucket red with a seven-inch inseam, in case you were wondering.
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t’s been a whirlwind, huh? The second you arrive on Duke’s campus, your belongings are literally jarred loose from your vehicle by some bewildering students. You immediately attend information sessions, meet with advisers, introduce yourself and your mildly interesting hometown 500 times (for me it went like this: “I’m from Jacksonville, Florida … BUT my parents are from Egypt!” followed by fielding numerous questions about pyramids and hieroglyphics). You make up something that you want to study, but say it in a really confident way, and—in the blink of an eye—your freshman year has begun. That is the nature of Orientation Week, and it is truly a once in a lifetime experience. Now, as the hurricane has passed and you come back down to the reality of a routine and schedule, this is a fantastic time—if you haven’t had the chance yet—to sit down and think critically about what this year will look like. When I think about the most meaningful thing I can do as senior class president, one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is supporting freshmen during their transition. Every upperclassmen has a few thoughts about what they wish they had done or known during their first year at Duke. Senior Class Council recently created a “Duke Seniors Words of Wisdom” Facebook page for seniors to submit “what they wish they knew as freshmen,” and we’ve been overwhelmed with a strong response. I have had these conversations a fair amount and would love to humbly submit three particular points that I and many others think will help make your year as amazing as possible. 1. When the going gets tough, sit out on the Bryan Center Plaza. Duke has truly pushed me and so many others to think beyond what we used to conceive as our “limits.” Being around a group of motivated students who care about making an impact on the world, understand complex issues and love getting involved as much as possible has made me a more determined and focused person. It has expanded my horizons. Still, the byproduct of this, as so many of us find, is that life can become so stressful that you feel too overwhelmed to appreciate what you have all around you. What is one to do when that time comes? Go to the Plaza. Invite a friend over for lunch and grab a swingy bench. Or just sit there and absorb your surroundings. When it turns to winter (or, for those of us from further south, October) and it’s too cold for the Plaza, take up residency at The Marketplace and just set aside three hours around dinnertime just to relax, not thinking at all about the work in front of you. These are the moments—connecting with friends, reflecting on your experiences, enjoying everything going on around you—that you’ll appreciate most. 2. Be intentional about reaching out to
others. One of the most astounding things about Duke is the diversity of its students. On your hall alone, you are bound to find people from all over the globe who believe different things and have different perspectives on the world. Freshman year on East Campus is a fantastic time to stretch yourself
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and to challenge your worldview; there is no better way to do this than to engage with the people around you. Don’t ever feel hesitant saying hello to someone on Main Quad or sitting with someone new at The Marketplace. You won’t be judged, because—trust me—the other person is likely feeling just as insecure are. 3. Keep track of who you want to become, not who you feel you’re told to be. College is a place to become the person you truly want to become, not the person you are told to become or the person you think you need to become to ‘fit in.’ Think about what you value as a person—whether that be family, close friendships, good health, authenticity—keep checking that list throughout the year to make sure those values are still being maintained. For me, this meant growing deeper in my Christian faith, developing my passion for supporting young people from disadvantaged communities and trying out leadership roles that allowed me to bring my peers together in cool ways. When things got challenging, these things—especially my faith—helped me stay both motivated and confident in who I am. If there’s one thing we all want you to hear, it’s this: Always make decisions based on what you believe and what you value as a person, not what you think others expect of you. Whether it is a decision about what classes to take or what to do on a Friday night, if you don’t follow your heart, the outcome every time is that you regret the decision, you feel untrue to yourself and you miss out on so many amazing things you could have been doing that fit you better. When you look back at your freshman year and your Duke experience, you want to be able to say that you pursued things that you truly cared about and had an amazing time doing them. That’s all I’ve got for you for now. I encourage other upperclassmen to post advice in the comments section and the Senior Words of Wisdom Facebook page. To the Class of 2017: Enjoy your semester, and—on behalf of the senior class and the Duke community as a whole—welcome to the Duke family! Andrew Leon Hanna is a Trinity senior and the senior class president.