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Protesters demand higher wages

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Ranked fifteenth in Forbes’ America’s Top Colleges list last month, the University amassed another top national spot this week. On average, the University pays its professors $180,200 annually, the ninth most of any undergraduate university that engaged in “high research activity,” according to a study conducted by the American Association of University Professors. Duke professors are compensated more highly than those at institutions such as Georgetown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “[The study] is an indicator that Duke is attracting and has some of the best faculty in the country,” said Jerry Reiter, Trinity ‘92, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Professor of statistical sciences and chair of the Faculty Compensation Committee, which tracks demographic trends in faculty compensation. Lori Leachman, professor of the practice of economics, said it was appropriate that at a top ranked university, professors are paid highly. “Our salaries are very competitive,” said Provost Peter Lange. “If you look at the list, all of the schools above us have substantially higher cost of living.” The study further found that the University, on average, paid its associate professors the sixth-most nationally and its assistant professors the thirteenth-most. The survey used data from 1,142 institutions submitted for the 2012-13 academic year, and reflect the earnings of full-time instructional and research staff See DUKE PROFS, page 5

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Fast food workers gathered in Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte calling for higher wages.

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RALEIGH—Fast food workers across the state walked off their jobs Thursday as part of a national movement to demand a $15 minimum wage and the right to form a union. Workers for popular chain restaurants such as Burger King, McDonalds and Bojangles protested their low wages in Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte over the course of the day, culminating in a march through Raleigh and an address by North Carolina NAACP President Rev. Wil-

liam Barber, Divinity ‘89. The protestors, ranging from five to 80 years old, called for fair wages that would allow them to raise a family. “So many people are fed up. So many people are struggling to get by in the richest country in the world,” said MaryBe McMillan, secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina State American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. About 20 protesters started the day off in Durham at 6 a.m., chanting and holding signs in front of Burger King as cars passed by and honked in support.

Chants of “We can’t survive on $7.25” blasted through the quiet morning hours, a reference to the current wages of fast food workers such as Durham Burger King employee Marcel McGirk. McGirk noted that despite his 14 years of experience in fast food—including working as a manager at multiple establishments—he is currently paid the same amount as someone on their second day of work. “We’re working hard to get paid See PROTEST, page 8

Bullying leaves a lasting bruise on lives by Priyanka Kanal THE CHRONICLE

New findings suggest that children who are part of the bullying cycle may experience negative health effects and financial hardships later in life. Although bullying is a common occurrence during adolescence, the lasting implications in adulthood prove to be severe, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Medicine and Warwick University. The study assessed 1,420 people between the ages of nine and 16, and found that victims as well as bullies that later became victims—

”bully-victims”—had elevated rates of young adult psychiatric disorders. “We wanted to get a broad profile of these folks to see if there were lasting scars from their childhood,” said lead author William Copeland, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. “We have never really studied this with the long-term outcomes [to see] if bullying tells us anything about how these children look like when they become adults.” The study found that those who had been bullied or were bully-victims had higher rates of anxiety and depression

than those who had not never been bullied. Additionally, bully-victims had higher levels of all anxiety and depressive disorders and had higher levels of suicidality than just victims. Bullies were also at an increased risk for antisocial personality disorder. The study also found that victims of bullying had a greater likelihood of being in poverty. Although this research focused on the effects of childhood bullying, Copeland said that bullying in college, See BULLIES, page 5

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often have less resources and time to dedicate to making the crucial transition than larger professional news outlets. “Transitioning student-run newspaper to a digital first model can be like trying to repair an airplane midflight,” Bennett said. “Because you are committing to keep producing your print editions and this new web edition.” The Chronicle’s General Manager Chrissy Beck said one of the biggest reasons that Thornburg was chosen was because of his understanding of the boundaries when working with an independent student newspaper. “We—the board and the editorial staff—put a lot of effort into the strategic plan this year, and it is going to require a lot of work by the editorial staff to publish a print edition and 24-hour cycle on the web, so I think having the help and support of a professional journalist is going to be really helpful this year.” Thornburg was chosen by a hiring committee that included three current members of The Chronicle, three former editors of The Chronicle who are now professional journalists and two professors from the DeWitt Wallace Center. “Ryan was a clear frontrunner for everyone,” Beck said. “He understands exactly who we are and what we are doing.” Bennett added that the Duke community as a whole will benefit from the knowledge that Thornburg will bring. “We are hoping that some of his mentoring at The Chronicle will spill over into training and workshops that we can participate in at the DeWitt Wallace Center,” Bennett said. Bennett first met Thornburg when the two were working at the Washington Post—Bennett in print media and Thornburg in digital. At that time, Bennett said that he was very impressed by Thornburg’s unique approach to conveying a digital message. “We are lucky to have him,” Bennett said, adding that Thornburg is a “star” even in the world of professional media. “He is really the ideal person to take this on.”

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Durham houses many of North Carolina’s tourist attractions, such as Historic Stagville, the remains of North Carolina’s largest pre-Civil War plantation.

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A recent award recognizes the state’s efforts to promote tourism, citing the Triangle Area as a major draw for visitors. The North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development won the Mercury Award for Print Advertising this month. The award-winning ad notes the attractions of the Triangle,among other areas, and the state’s famous restaurant and music scenes. The ad was published in national magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens, Southern Living and O, the Oprah magazine. On a more local level, Durham residents say the city has flourished in the past decade, and members of the Duke community say they have enjoyed the increased amount of culture and fine dining in Durham. University Archivist Valerie Gillispie has lived in Durham since 2002. Back then, she said, Durham was a fairly quiet city at night, but has dramatically changed in the past decade with the increase in nightlife. Sophomore Susannah Roberson, a Durham native, also said the city has be-

come more vibrant with its cultural offerings in dining and the arts. “Downtown [Durham] used to be deserted and not really safe to go to alone, but now it’s really thriving,” she noted. “Every time I go there, there’s something new.” Roberson explained that Durham natives are really passionate about the city and took initiative to make the city more appealing to visitors. Since the improvements, Durham has been nominated for tourist awards and recognition. For example, in 2011, The New York Times named Durham among the 41 places to visit in the world. Southern Living named Durham the “Tastiest Town” in the South this year. Gillispie said the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau can take credit for the positive attention and increased tourism that the city has garnered. The bureau has promoted various attractions such as public performances, restaurants and museums such as the Nasher Museum of Art and the Museum of Life and Science. The Durham Performing Arts Center See N.C. TOURISM, page 5

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Q&A with cup stacking champ Rachael Nedrow but I can’t explain it. It’s just really addicting and fun. It kind of calms me because it’s repetitive. I also like having the instant gratification of having the timer right there and knowing that I’m getting faster and faster. I also really like going to tournaments, too, because you get to meet all of those people that you’ve been communicating with online on YouTube. It’s cool seeing them in person and finally meeting them.

“No way. Can we watch?” A clump of first years stumble eagerly into Alspaugh’s common room on East Campus as Portland, OR freshman Rachael Nedrow demonstrates sports stacking—arranging a set of cups in specific patterns as fast as she can. “On the video I thought it was fast forwarded.” Her classmate is referring to a YouTube video Nedrow posted in 2008 of herself speed stacking and celebrating her then-personal best of 7.00 seconds. Electronic musician Skrillex featured a clip of her shouting “Oh my gosh” from this video in his Grammy-winning song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.” The video has since had over 4 million views and Nedrow’s phone background is now a picture with Skrillex. She has since beat her former record by 0.93 seconds, earning the title of the world’s fastest female speed stacker in 2009 and second at the World Sport Stacking Championship earlier this year. The Chronicle’s Hailey Cunningham sat down with Nedrow to discuss cup stacking, Skrillex and her future at Duke. The Chronicle: When and how did you get started speed stacking? Rachael Nedrow: I started when I was 12. I guess I was looking around on YouTube, and I saw a video of this guy speed stacking. I thought it looked cool and decided to try. It clicks with some people and doesn’t for others. I guess I’m just one of the ones it clicked for. After six months, I started posting my own videos.

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TC: What kind of special equipment do you use? RN: This is super embarrassing, but I probably have 45 sets of plastic cups in my house, and a set is 12 cups. I only brought two to college—my two favorites. All of the cups are made of different plastics, so they have different textures and weights. It’s a cup stacking thing. Some I haven’t used in five years so some just sit and collect dust. I have about 10 favorites at any time, and I just rotate through those. TC: What is your practice schedule like? RN: In middle school, I used to practice two hours a day. And that’s the period where I really improved a lot. In high

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school, two to three hours a week, mostly on the weekends. The world champion is always 11-12, so I’m a super old cup stacker. It’s weird that I do it at this age. All the good ones are 11-12 because you have so much time when you’re in elementary and middle school to just stack cups, like all day. I haven’t stacked at all at Duke. I don’t know where I could. Would it be too loud in the common room? Could I set up a table? I haven’t figured that out yet here. It’s something I’d like to do, but I have to figure out the space so that I’m not bugging people. I still really love stacking. TC: Why do you like to stack cups? RN: I just really like that it’s different,

TC: So the online speed stacking community is prevalent? RN: Yeah, exactly. There are always races going on—who’s the fastest and who’s going to get the first [time of] 4 seconds for the cycle? There’s always competitions and stuff online. There’s like this whole cup stacking world you never knew. TC: What is your fastest time? RN: For the three-three-three, it’s 1.78 seconds. It seems like more time is passing when I’m stacking than actually is. I guess it’s like time slows because you’re totally conscious of all of your movements, so it seems like it takes longer than it actually does. TC: What is your favorite cup stacking memory? RN: One of my most favorite memories is when I became the fastest girl in the world for a couple of months when I set the record of 6.34 seconds at my house. I was super excited because I had wanted to achieve that goal for a long time. I worked really hard for this, and it paid See CUP STACKING, page 8

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Lefkowitz partners with pharmaceutical company by Audree Steinberg THE CHRONICLE

Almost a year after winning his Nobel Prize for studies of G-protein coupled receptors, Dr. Robert Lefkowitz and pharmaceutical companies are placing a new focus on the receptors’ potentiality to become drug targets. Lefkowitz, James B. Duke professor of medicine and professor of biochemistry and immunology, has joined pharmaceutical company Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and Nuevolution—a molecular research lab—in examining GPCRs through an extensive compound screening process. The parties will screen different compounds in an effort to find ones that will bind with GPCRs. The focus on GPCRs as drug targets can unlock the potential for target specific, disease specific and side effect-free drugs. “This is a big deal because this opens the door to a whole new type of drug,” said Lefkowitz, who is the first standing faculty member to win a Nobel Prize. GPCRs are molecules located in the cell membrane with which drugs and hormones interact. There are 1,000 different kinds of GPCRs, which vary in function, including the regulation of smell, taste and vision. About half of the pharmaceutical drugs sold today target these receptors.

“So you might say, ‘you’re interested in being the czar of the new era of doping’, and the answer is ‘no, that’s not what I’m after.’” ROBERT LEFKOWITZ JAMES B. DUKE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND IMMUNOLOGY

Nuevolution Chief Scientific Officer Thomas Franch said that Lexicon formed a deal with Nuevolution five years ago to use part of their Chemet-

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ics technology—a library of molecules to be used in the drug screening process. Lefkowitz, a scientific advisor on Lexicon’s board, then approached Lexicon with the idea for a GPCR-focused collaboration. “Typically, a large library of compounds that might be screened in the pharmaceutical industry to come up with a new drug against a particular target might be anywhere from one to several million compounds,” Lefkowitz said. “But the libraries that these companies have created have a billion different molecules.”

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The Chemetics technology tags each molecule with a piece of DNA, and if a molecule and receptor interact they can sequence the DNA to identify the molecule. “It’s like we’re using the receptor as a bait, and it’s a long process, but you’re just fishing [to find] what kind of compounds bind to the receptors,” said Duke assistant professor in medicine Seungkirl Ahn, who is a member of Lefkowitz’s lab. G proteins, as well as B-arrestins, transmit signals that either cause unwanted side effects or the desired result.

With the Chemetics technology, the researchers can find which compounds will block the unwanted signals, thereby eliminating unwanted side effects. Lefkowitz explained the therapeutic benefits that can stem from this type of research. Before the age of steroids, athletes abused the performance-enhancing drug Clenbuterol to gain muscle mass, Lefkowtiz said. This drug, however, must be used intermittently because of side effects that include sweating, fast heart rate, nervousness and diarrhea. The side effects, Lefkowitz noted, all go through the G proteins. The basis for the muscle-building effect was never truly known to scientists, but Lefkowitz entertains the idea that it may go through the B-arrestins. If researchers used the technology to find a compound that binds to the G-protein instead of the B-arrestin, athletes could build muscle without the undesirable side effects. “So you might say, ‘you’re interested in being the czar of the new era of doping,’” he said. “And the answer is ‘no that’s not what I’m after.’” Lefkowitz went on to describe how the research would revolutionize the drug industry, as one of the biggest medical unmet needs is frailty in the elderly and the chronically ill. Each party will play a specific role in the collaboration. Nuevolution and Lexicon supply the molecule libraries. In addition, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute has contributed grant money to Lefkowitz’s lab. Lefkowitz’s lab will use both libraries for the screening process. At this time, no students will be involved in this specific research project. The past two years since the initial decision to form the research group have been tangled in legal agreements, Ahn said. The decision of which party will have the rights to a potential discovery is still under confidentiality, Franch said.

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such as hazing, could lead to similar outcomes. “We would absolutely expect this would exacerbate the problem if students were bullied chronically over time,” Copeland said. “If someone was bullied in childhood and then continued to be bullied in college or adulthood that would cause more problems.” Freshman Elizabeth Davies-Hogg, who was teased in second grade for her ginger locks, said being bullied is a right of passage during childhood. “I had always thought of bullying as a playground issue and it shocks me to learn that it affects [people from] college and beyond,” Davies said. “College should be a fresh start for everyone.” The researchers interviewed participants from the Great Smoky Mountain Study, a separate project of Copeland’s that aims to estimate the number of young adolescents in North Carolina with emotional and behavioral disorders and the persistence of those disorders over time. Every year from their enrollment in 1993 until the age of 16, the subjects and their guardians were asked separately if the children had ever been bullied, bullied others or experienced both in the three months prior to the interview. The participants were then interviewed at ages 19, 21 and 24 and 26 years of age. Because the participants were studied for a prolonged amount of time, Copeland noted they were able to prove that the negative mental health and financial states of the subjects were not caused by confounding factors such as family situation. Still, not everyone is convinced the study is sound. Freshman Farhan Khan

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questioned whether the findings were mere coincidence. “I fully agree [there are] negative psychological effects of bullying, because I’ve witnessed that myself,” Khan said. “But, I have never witnessed financial burdens [as a result]—I believe that is more correlation than causation.”

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are not limited to the average, either. “Competitiveness gets measured case by case,” Lange said. “[Compensation] depends an awful lot on what [professors] are bringing to the situation.” Reiter is content with what the findings mean for the University’s national standing. “This is a good thing that this is where we are at at Duke—we are...retaining the very best,” Reiter said.

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whose main role is instruction. Some expressed concerns that using an average may be an imprecise method. “As an average, [the numbers are] probably skewed in favor of the private universities because of the small number of highly paid faculty members,” said Patrick Conway, professor and department chair of economics at UNC. Lange urged that the numbers be taken with a grain of salt as different department sizes may distort the average salary figure. “The average by rank and gender is the most accurate measure possible without having data for each individual faculty member,” wrote John Curtis, director of the department of research and public policy at the AAUP, in an email Wednesday. He noted that the average values can, however, be skewed by large outliers, but he expressed confidence in the findings. Curtis added that the study underwent a series of validations prior to release. Regardless of the methods used in the study, Conway said the study bodes well for the University. “When you are able to pay higher, you are able to attract a higher quality individual,” he said. Lange emphasized that compensations

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ham, Roberson added, noting that the Gothic architecture of West Campus and the Georgian style of East Campus both attract visitors to the area. Roberson said that besides the famous Duke Chapel and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Cameron Indoor Stadium and Kville attract visitors to Duke who are basketball fans. Sophomore Andrea Ruby noted that Lemur Center consistently draws visitors from outside the University. Off campus, she said that the Durham Farmer’s Market on Saturday is a very fun and “Durham-y place” to check out. Gillipsie added that Durham’s main historical attractions off campus include Historic Stagville and the Duke Homestead, which are both state historical sites. According to its website, Historic Stagville is the site of the remains of North Carolina’s largest pre-Civil War plantation, among the largest former plantations in the South. The Duke Homestead is a former tobacco factory where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco. Both of these historic attractions are popular with tourists visiting Durham. But Ruby, who is from Greensboro, said the coastal regions and the mountains are likely a stronger draw for tourists than Durham or the Triangle region. People from the Triangle sometimes overestimate the appeal of the area to leisure tourists, especially to those from other parts of the state, she said. “To Northeast people, Duke is a lot more prevalent but a lot of North Carolinians are Carolina fans,” she said. “The way we perceive Durham and Duke is a lot different than [how people from the North do].”

has also been a magnet for theater and arts enthusiasts, Gillispie added. Major musicals, such as “Book of Mormon,” continue to have shows at the venue. Shelly Green, president and CEO of the DCVB, said the number of visitors is steadily increasing. The increase has been larger for leisure travel than business travel, though both have increased. Spending by visitors to Durham has nearly tripled in the 20 years the bureau has kept data. According to the numbers collected by DCVB, visitor spending in Durham was $842.2 million. Green believes that it is not one major aspect of Durham but rather many different aspects of the city that draw people in. Green said the DCVB works cooperatively with the state tourism division and in 2011, state officials put Durham on the cover of the state travel guide. Roberson added that Durham might factor into some students’ decisions to come to Duke. “Since Duke students hang out in Durham all the time, it adds to Duke’s appeal,” she noted. Duke can also draw people to Dur-

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The hip list The start of school has brought a variety of changes to campus life. We took a look at the latest changes and casted our vote on what we approve or disapprove of. Upvote: Red Mango to come to campus. Choose-your-own toppings superior to three hand-placed raspberries on your yogurt. And more tart flavors to boot. Downvote: LoYo iced out by Duke Dining. Your hip, local red velvet yogurt will be missed— but not the food truck price premium. Downvote: Losing the Class of 2013. We miss you already! Upvote: Welcoming the Class of 2017. You make us feel old. Upperclassmen tip: ditch the lanyards. Upvote: Baldwin Auditorium renovations complete. Baldwin’s transformation is jaw-dropping. See it yourself on October 4 when Grammy Award winning jazz pianist Billy Childs christens the space for Duke performances. Upvote: President Brodhead on the Colbert Report. Fist bump for the humanities: our president is both swag and erudite.

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Downvote: New fence surrounding West Union and Perkins. Neo-neo-gothic cardboard looks like a bad print job at Kinko’s. Try again, Duke. Upvote: Events Pavilion. Another shiny glass box, plus extended Plaza

Editorial space and more outdoor seating, is a welcome addition to the heart of campus. Upvote: Speak of the Devil’s Lonely Island mash-up. Speak kills it at the acappella concert with their hilarious rendition of such millennial classics as “I Just Had Sex” and “I’m on a Boat.” And so the audition wars begin. Upvote: Al Buehler documentary screening. A free showing of Grant Hill-produced “Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story” on October 1 is hosted by Jon Scheyer. Besides being a Duke sports extravaganza, it’s an opportunity to commemorate Buehler and NCCU track coach LeRoy Walker for their commitment to equality and unity during the heart of segregation in the

South. Upvote: Sex Ed. A recent report released by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center reveals that pulling out is significantly less effective than contraceptives at preventing unintended pregnancies. Although the findings seem a little selfevident—it’s usually better to wear rain boots than to try to avoid the puddles, we always appreciate information that makes sex healthier and more fun. Downvote: Duke Bikes rides away. Just as New York and other cities roll out new public bicycle programs, Duke puts the brakes on its own bike-sharing operation. Space for the bikes was tight and demand was waning, but the program offered students an easy way to get around campus. We hope Duke Bikes returns in some form, but, if you want to buy a bike of your own, head out to the Arts Annex today between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to pick one up. Upvote: New food trucks. Although we’re sad to see Loyo go, we’re thrilled that Foster’s and Humble Pig have a regular gig on campus this semester. Food is always better when it comes from a truck.

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oming back to campus after summer vacation always feels like coming home. You see familiar faces and your favorite spots on campus, and you start to settle back into life at Duke. This year, though, coming back to Duke brought a lot of uncertainty and a lot less familiarity. We were greeted by cranes, faux-brick construction walls, an oddly modern Great Hall and a Bryan Center nothing like the one we knew. In the shuffle, students lost five campus eateries and a lot of choice in dining. While it’s tough to see past the long lines at Au Bon Pain, the construction on campus is, for the most part, something worth celebrating. Changes can be inconvenient and disruptive, but they are often necessary to move forward. However familiar, the old West Union building never truly lived up to its purpose as a center of campus activity. In three years, the Class of 2020 will enter a Duke slightly different than the one we know today. Campus life will center around the new West Union, a “hub” on campus designed after places like Eataly in New York and the Passage des Panoramas in Paris. The Faculty Commons will sit atop a rooftop terrace, and students will be able to listen to slam poetry or hang out with friends in a basement pub. While your first reaction—like mine—might be jealousy, it is tough to ignore the amazing impact such a student center could have on campus life. Future impact aside, no one deserves a mediocre dining experience for almost three years of his or her Duke experience. It is important to be flexible during construction, but the University should also take active steps to make sure that student life is not disrupted. That means more food trucks on campus— especially during lunch, expanded hours at current venues and a serious commitment to Merchants-on-Points. While we cannot make new restaurants appear overnight, we are focusing on other important changes that can be made to help you enjoy your dining experience. Duke Student Government will be using Fix My Campus this year to filter suggestions and ideas for dealing with construction and dining. We founded Fix My Campus last year as an online platform for students to submit and discuss problems they hope Duke Student Government will tackle. We will be

launching an app for the initiative soon and are currently accepting suggestions on our Facebook page.

DSG Series WE’RE RELEVANT, WE PROMISE With pointers on what types of dining to bring to campus and when to bring it, we can better tailor things like food trucks and Merchants-onPoints to meet student needs. From dinner at the Refectory to longer hours at the Pavilion, DSG has been pushing for improvements that reflect what students want. It pains me as a senior to know that I will never reap the benefits of the current construction, but I remind myself that I am not the only Duke student who will ever enjoy life on this campus. I cannot wait to come back as a nostalgic alumnus and see the finished product that future generations of Duke students will get to enjoy. Just like those students who witnessed the construction of the plaza—completed in 2006—Bostock and von der Heyden Pavilion—completed in 2005—or even the recently completed Baldwin Auditorium, our inconvenience now will bring life to areas of campus for future Duke students. Change brings with it a lot of conflicted emotions. It can be both exciting and inconvenient at times, but also necessary. Projects like the West Union construction are moving Duke forward, and it is important to put into context the importance of these changes. Duke is not just our four-year university, but rather it is the alma mater we hold dear the rest of our life. It is the place where we tented for three weeks, pulled all-nighters and formed life-long friendships. It may not be ideal now, but when we flaunt our Duke to a friend later in life, we will be proud of its splendor. Stefani Jones is a Trinity senior and the president of Duke Student Government. Her column is the first installment in a semester-long series of weekly columns written by members of Duke Student Government. Send Stefani a message on Twitter @DukeStudentGov.

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50 years of misinterpretation

ug. 28, 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, or what Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to as the time to “rise from the dark, desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of social justice.” Given the fact that the anniversary march was titled “The National March to Realize the Dream,” we can all agree that this sunlit path remains overshadowed by stand-your ground laws, Voter ID laws, gentrification, stop and frisk— the list goes on. However, the real “dream” of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement—a dream that is complicated and multidimensional, but combines racial justice with economic equality and anti-war sentiments—has been pushed aside and replaced by the messaging of folks from John F. Kennedy to Glenn Beck who often quote a single line of King’s 1963 address—messaging that conveniently dovetails with a political agenda. The march has been watered down to “I have a dream that one day my four little children will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” By doing so, our nation’s leaders can ignore cries for economic equality and justice, and promote the idea that people are in a color-blind, level-playing-field society where they can be judged solely by their character. At the 1963 march, right before King spoke, Rep. John Lewis declared the objective of the movement by stating: “We must free ourselves from the chains of political and economic slavery.” Each speaker made the outlines of the “dream” clear: Eliminate racial segregation in public schools, protect against police brutalities, create a major public works program to provide jobs, prohibit discrimination in hiring and establishing a minimum wage. At the time, these demands were so clear that they were used to craft the Civil Rights Act, but over the past 50 years we have forgotten explicit demands for a few catchy, patriotic lines like “Thank God Almighty we are free at last.” This is evidenced by the fact that some of the racial justice problems we face today run immediately parallel with 1963 demands. We still see school districts established by apparent racial lines, black men who are subjected frequently to stop and frisk laws, and an almost 40 percent lower median income for black families compared to white families. After the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the movement turned into a battle for mass redistribution of wealth and a poor people’s campaign that went beyond racial lines. The struggle for civil rights became a radical battle for economic equality. Now that blacks had some basic freedoms protected and the right to vote, it was time to seize true equality. The poor people’s campaign, however, will probably never be a moment in history the public pauses to remember. I can only imagine an America that gathers and recites some of King’s other classic quotes like, “God never intended for some of his children to live in inordinate, superfluous wealth while others live in abject, deadening poverty.” The

movement became closely aligned with the antiVietnam war protests, as well as the Black Power and Black Panther movement, which people often fear and regard solely as a terrorist organization, but its primary objectives included educating black youth. Once this happened, politicians and the mainstream historical narrative decided to turn a blind-eye toward a movement with demands that would never be adequately addressed by the federal government. This dream did not fit neatly in our

Adrienne Harreveld AS IF nation’s narrative. Acknowledging a movement that demanded equality in practice, not just on paper, would be recognizing our failure. The 50th anniversary march follows a story similar to the one that happened in 1963. The march brought together former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activists and activists from around the country holding pictures of Trayvon Martin and protesting Chicago public school closures. There were even some protesting drone strikes and Syria. Altogether, the crowd was an impressive assembly of diverse individuals, just as complicated and passionate as the 1963 crowd. This group of people, however, stood and listened to the same run-of-the-mill politicians— Bill Clinton whose welfare reform program has left many black Americans without unemployment benefits and Barack Obama who insisted young, black fathers begin to “take responsibility.” All of them were neatly wrapped in a package of false liberalism and empty, overused King rhetoric. So as we march forward to “realize the dream,” we have to think about which version of the dream we’re referring to. The one thrown around by John Boehner, Glenn Beck, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama? The dream that leads us to believe we have achieved victory as our prisons become overcrowded and schools are closed? Instead, we must think about the first attempt of a March on Washington in 1941, Freedom Summer of 1964, the poor people’s campaign of 1968, and the Moral Monday protests of 2013. We must think about the uncomfortable moments in history and the moments of disagreement and tension, the moments that highlight our nation’s problems and failures. If we fail to recognize the politically inconvenient moments in history, perhaps we should choose another excerpt from the 1963 March on Washington to title King’s speech: “We can never be satisfied.” Adrienne Harreveld is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Friday. Send Adrienne a message on Twitter @ AdrienneLiege.

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ressed in black gowns and strange neck pieces, we marched through Wallace Wade Stadium triumphantly. We listened to the wise words of Melinda Gates, swayed to the sound of our Alma Mater and knew without question that it was our time to take on the world. And in a whirlwind of congratulations, photo-ops and teary goodbyes, we left with sheepskin in hand and rode off into the sunset toward happily ever after—Class of 2013. That must be what it looked like, anyway. That was certainly how it appeared when we watched the class above ours graduate. But for many of us newly minted Duke alumni—and particularly the premedical kind—this “happily ever after” has a name: the gap year. Sometimes referred to MIND THE GAP as “the glide year,” and not to be confused with the break between high school and college, the “new” gap year refers to the time after college and before professional or graduate school when students pursue activities that might include research, work, travel or volunteerism. To all students out there, even those with the best-laid plans: This is probably an option that you’ll at one point consider. But what does a gap year really look like? Facebook tells us one story. Peruse the profiles of these so-called “gap year-ers,” and you’ll see them living large, traveling to the far reaches of the globe, playing the professional at international conferences and delighting in culinary masterpieces documented through a variety of Instagram filters. For another perspective, take the brief biographies of our four authors: Paul Horak is a Peking University Young Health Economist Fellow in Beijing, where he is leading a team that assesses Chinese hospital management practices before he begins a post-baccalaureate premedical program at Johns Hopkins University next year. Sanjay Kishore is a policy fellow at the advocacy group Families USA in Washington, D.C., where he’s contributing to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Kristen Lee is a Truman-Albright Fellow at the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in Rockville, Md. Jocelyn Streid is a Hart Fellow conducting pediatric palliative care research at a children’s cancer center in Kuching, Malaysia. We all want to be physicians, and we walked away from Duke last May with degrees in Economics, Program II, Sociology and English, respectively. To anyone reading our resumes, it might seem like we have it all figured out: Without missing a beat, we soared from graduation to gap year in order to explore healthcare through a broad range of experiences. Yet to accept this description of the gap year and the mythology of its “happily ever after” is to buy into a reductive narrative of what this adventure actually is. These descriptions are only one part of the data analysis, snapshots of our public selves. Given the increasing numbers of Duke graduates deciding to delay professional and graduate school, we four columnists wanted an honest and unhurried space to discuss the questions, growing pains and learning experiences that brought us to and continue to accompany this experience. To former generations of matriculating professional and graduate school students, the gap year bucks the predetermined path set by the golden calf of precedent. But now, more than ever, there seems to be a template to follow in pursuit of the gap year. We’re researchers, health advocates and policy interns, but we’re also Duke grads just trying to figure out life beyond the familiarity of our Gothic bubble. We want to break open these tidy templates with our decidely untidy questions. For instance, what is it like to be adults in the real world? Are we adults? Is this the real world? How do we measure our efficacy without the handy standard of test scores and paper grades? And what happens if we mess up? In 750-word portions to be distributed on a weekly basis, we’ll parse out all these haphazard thoughts. And as your not-so-old elders, we promise not to let nostalgia get the best of us. We won’t wax poetic about patchy green quads and K-ville at sunset, and we’ll stifle the urge to dispense prosaic advice about savoring every moment, attending every lecture and wearing sweatpants every day while you still can. Instead, let us say this: Welcome to campus. Much like a gap year, a new school year is a fresh start in a new place or a new start in a familiar one. This is your year, and we hope it is ours as well. We hope to shine a light on the year post-university and on this thing called young adulthood, because before long, you’ll be the ones wearing black gowns and silly neck pieces, being ceremoniously nudged out of this wonderful institution you call home.

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CUP STACKING from page 3 off. Also, in June or July, I went, and I set a Guinness World Record for the cycle relay. We set the first record, so someone is going to beat us soon, but we have the record for now. TC: How do people react when they recognize you from your video? How do you respond? RN: Sometimes, I go to the beach in Oregon, and I stack just for some extra money. And people will recognize me, but only when I’m stacking cups. I’m just some other random Asian otherwise, but if I’m stacking cups, they’ll be like, “I saw you on Tosh.0.” and I’m like, “That’s crazy, what?” I stack cups and post videos on the Internet. I just don’t expect it. It’s weird to think that so many people have seen me. I see my views on YouTube, I see the number, but I don’t actually comprehend it. Twenty five million [total] views? I don’t even understand what that number is. I can’t visualize it. I can’t see 25 million people in my head. It’s just crazy to me. TC: How did you find out your voice was being used for the Skrillex song? RN: My friend sent me this YouTube video. I could just recognize my voice. It’s copied straight from the “Oh my gosh” video, just copied straight from it. I could definitely hear it. He didn’t [ask permission], but we squared up last year. He ended up paying me a royalty. I wasn’t expecting that. TC: Do you mind being known as a cup stacker, as the, like you said, ‘Oh my gosh’ Skrillex girl? RN: I cup stack, that’s my thing. I’m

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not ashamed of it. TC: What was it like to meet Skrillex? RN: That was cool. It was kind of a rushed thing. He was doing a concert in Portland [two years ago], and afterwards I met him and we talked a bit, maybe like 15 minutes. I talked to him before, on Twitter and in a couple of e-mails—nothing really huge. He’s really nice and really chill and he’s like maybe 5’4”. He’s super short, he’s really down-to-earth, just like a normal person. I think he really is that way. TC: What was your reaction when President Brodhead referenced you in the convocation speech? RN: It was weird when he e-mailed me before [the speech] and asked. I didn’t think it’d be the last thing he said about the students. It’s shocking. That braincloud thing was way more impressive. I haven’t helped society. I was just in a song. I’m not as cool as 95 percent of the kids here. But I was super honored. It blew my mind.

PROTEST from page 1 nothing,” McGirk said. “I’m 26 years old, I have bills.” Corey Munlyn said his pay was only 20 cents above the norm and yet he often performed tasks himself without other staff. “I feel like it’s not adding up, with countless days [of me] working by myself,” Munlyn said. Workers inside the Burger King next to the protest declined to comment on the strike.

Raleigh’s event began at the Martin Street Baptist Church, where strikers held signs sporting slogans like, “We are worth more” and “Labor rights are human rights.” Approximately 70 to 80 people walked through a section of the city, eventually stopping directly in front of the local Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise, where Barber gave a keynote speech to the surrounding supporters. Barber used the Bible to substantiate his claims, gesticulating passionately and dripping with sweat on the bright and hot day. “You have a right to demand to be treated right,” Barber said. “God says you have a right to demand to be paid right.” Barber’s fervent 20-minute speech at a temporary podium outside KFC argued for better wages and working conditions for the strikers based on their constitutional rights, economic viability and value as equal human beings. “All people have a right to economic initiatives... they have a right to just wages, they have a right to benefit and they have a right to decent working conditions,” he said. “Anything less than that is sin.” In an interview after his speech, Barber said the current state of worker wages lacks economic sense because North Carolina has the second highest concentration of people working in fast food chains, noting that the state has a lower minimum wage than the national average. “North Carolina has a constitution that says people have a right to the fruit of their labor,” Barber said. “That’s not something someone came up with— that’s been in our constitution for years. White people, black people understood work without wages and benefits is just

a form of slavery.” Allan Freyer, Trinity ‘99 and a public policy analyst at the North Carolina Justice Center, echoed Barber’s view in saying that a higher minimum wage is not only in the interest of the workers themselves, but also in the interest of stimulating the economy. “These are companies that certainly have the ability to pay their workers more without necessarily impacting prices,” Freyer said. “The overwhelming majority of research shows that raising the living wage has actually caused greater economic growth and personal income growth than in states that did not.” McMillan noted that financial difficulties for workers are only exacerbated by the North Carolina government. “I think a lot of people don’t realize just how many more jobs that are coming into our economy are low wage service sector jobs,” said McMillan. “It’s always been a struggle for workers in North Carolina. We’re the least unionized state, we’ve never had collective bargaining rights for public employees. McMillan said that AFL-CIO and supporters of the strike campaign have approached members of the state legislature, sending members of the organization to call and approach legislators about keeping unemployment benefits and approving the Affordable Care Act’s expansions to Medicare. A law decreasing the amount of benefits the unemployed receive, such as lowering maximum benefits from $535 per week to $350 per week, was passed this summer and took effect July 1. “It’s an uphill fight, but I’m more hopeful than I’ve been in a long time,” McMillan said.

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