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A video featuring Duke students expressing support for newly crowned Miss America Nina Davuluri has garnered national attention—including recognition from Davuluri herself. The crowning of Davuluri—an Indian-American—sparked racist and Islamophobic remarks on social media, most notably on Twitter. A number of students led by senior Jacob Tobia decided to show their support for Davuluri by making a video titled “#StandwithNina,” which she saw and acknowledged during appearances on CNN and Bloomberg last week. “It was a really last minute thing,” Tobia said. “I hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before and I was feeling cranky and fed up with the things that were being said about Nina, so I decided ‘Let’s do something.’” Tobia put his camera in his backpack, went to various quads around campus and asked friends, friends of friends and random people if they would like to participate in the video. He said the filming was finished in 40 minutes. “We spent two and a half hours editing it Monday night and then we uploaded it the next day,” Tobia said. “It took on a trajectory of its own.” He said he knew that the video had to be out within 24 hours of the media frenzy, or else it would no longer be relevant. See MISS AMERICA, page 5

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The Loop bar will add mixed drinks to its current menu of wine and beer in the near future. by Elizabeth George The Chronicle

After much anticipation, the arrival of alcohol at The Loop is certain to generate a buzz. Last Wednesday, The Loop quietly opened its newly installed full bar, offering wine and beer that can be paid for on food points. The restaurant plans to serve an assortment of fruity cocktails alongside the essential staples as more

experienced bartenders are trained. “We didn’t have an announced opening—we wanted to keep things slow and get our feet wet,” said The Loop Manager Owen Slomianyj. “This is our first full bar at the Loop, so it’s a little bit of a learning process.” Construction in the Bryan Center over the summer delayed the opening of the bar this Fall, said Director of Duke Dining Robert Coffey. Although

The Loop had already obtained its liquor license, the bar could not operate without undergoing a lengthy approval process, which could not begin until the renovations were completed. The Loop installed a bar to replace the void left by the Armadillo Grill’s absence, Coffey said. “When ‘Dillo chose not to renew See LOOP, page 5

Fort Duke beats world record and stresses sustainability by Tessa Vellek The Chronicle

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Cardboard boxes and volunteers littered the Chapel Quad as students beat the world record for the largest structure constructed with only boxes and tape. Fort Duke—made from more than 3,500 cardboard boxes—was the result of a collaboration among Duke Sanitation and Recycling Services, Sustainable Duke and the Duke Arts Festival. Two-thirds of boxes used were taken from move-in days on East and West campuses. The goal of Fort Duke was twofold, said Arwen Buchholz, Duke’s recycling and waste reduction coordinator.

“Number one, break the world record and number two, have students see and conceptualize [our waste],” Buchholz said. The fort’s structure was designed by Todd Berreth, an architect, IT analyst and research programmer for the University. He proposed two designs—one a labyrinth and tower and the other of Grecian influence. The departments involved chose the labyrinth and tower, because it required fewer ladders, cranes and tools. The construction process was not without obstacles, however, most notably the weather. “Nature kicked in with some rain, which was the most troublesome thing

that happened,” said Bill Fick, visiting assistant professor of the practice of visual arts. “We [also] had to make some adjustments to the design because we were going to be more ambitious with the tower. We were going to go 24.5 feet, but we ended up at about half that height.” The collaboration between departments and students showed how art can impact other areas, Fick said. “Duke has always been known as a research university for the sciences and medicine, but I think the role of art is happening,” Fick said. “There’s a lot of interest in how the arts can be included

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New test for virus detection Forest turnover increased due to climate change could prevent pandemic by Patricia Spears The ChroniCle

Duke students and police visited students’ off-campus homes as part of the Knock and Talks program this fall instead of student conduct officials and Durham police. representatives from Duke Student Government and a single Duke police officer served as the official visitors from the University sent to provide students with tips and resources for off-campus living. Junior Derek rhodes, DSG vice president for Durham and regional affairs, submitted the proposal to revise the program last September because having Durham police and administrators approach students could seem intimidating and intrusive. Created in the 1980s, the Knock and Talks program is intended to help students acclimate to their new off-campus homes. “When DSG proposed there be more students involved all of us welcomed that—we saw that as a partnership that would only be beneficial,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students. This year, eight DSG representatives and senior Jack riker, president of the interfraternity Council, accompanied a Duke University Police Department officer on the visits to addresses where students have historically lived. The police officers were on hand to answer questions informally. in the past, only representatives from the office of Student Conduct and Durham police officers conducted the visits. The addresses are still acquired from the office of Student Conduct, as they have been in the past. “Part of the visit is sharing information about the law and local ordinances… in a non-accusatory way,” Wasiolek said. in addition to increased student involvement, the visits were more casual and informative and the dates were announced to the students in advance,

rhodes said. over 20 homes were visited, he added. in the past, Duke Police only visited 12 to 15 off-campus student residences. “This year, the group found more students at home than they ever have in the past,” Wasiolek said. “That alone made this year a much more successful one.” riker said the program is not only intended to help Duke students but the larger Durham community as well. “it’s a nice way for neighbors to know that Duke is concerned….that Duke is aware that students do live off campus and that we care about them being good neighbors,” rhodes said. Andrew de Donato, a senior living off-campus, said that since many students live in apartment buildings with other students, programs to encourage integration with Durham neighborhoods may be ineffective. “i don’t think it addresses much of the larger issues between Duke and Durham—our general lack of connectedness,” said de Donato, who was not visited as part of the Knock and Talks program. Wasiolek said she hopes to expand the reach of the program. “We want to continue to identify students off campus that we can visit, and make certain that they are home as we come by,” she said. A potential future change to the program involves getting addresses from students living off-campus themselves instead of from Student Conduct, but acknowledged this presents its own difficulties. When students apply for housing with the University in early Spring, they don’t always know their address for the following semester yet. The revision process now is about “fine-tuning” rather than “restructuring,” Wasiolek said. “it’s important for students to know that we hear their concerns, and it is a long process but a worthwhile one,” rhodes said.

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A Duke study questions previous research on tree migration patterns. by Hayley Trainer The ChroniCle

A recent study from the nicholas School of the environment found that forests in the eastern United States are exhibiting faster turnover in response to rising global temperatures. The study was published earlier this month in the journal Global Change Biology. it is one of the first studies to demonstrate that forest turnover is currently more prevalent than northward migration of trees. The findings are in contrast to the prevailing prediction by environmental scientists that climate change would lead to migration through seed dispersal. Christopher Woodall, a co-author of the study and research forester for the Forest inventory & Analysis Unit of the United States Department of Agriculture, said these findings have significant implications for biodiverse

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“I don’t think it addresses much of the larger issues between Duke and Durham—our general lack of connectedness.” ANDREW DE DONATO Senior liVinG oFF-CAMPUS

“When DSG proposed there be more students involved all of us welcomed that—we saw that as a partnership that

would only be beneficial,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students. This year, eight DSG representatives and senior Jack riker, president of the interfraternity Council, accompanied a Duke University Police Department officer on the visits to addresses where students have historically lived. The police officers were on hand to answer questions informally. in the past, only representatives from the office of Student Conduct and Durham police officers conducted the visits. The addresses are still acquired from the office of Student Conduct, as they have been in the past. “Part of the visit is sharing information about the law and local ordinances… in a non-accusatory way,” Wasiolek said. in addition to increased student involvement, the visits were more casual and informative and the dates were announced to the students in advance, rhodes said. over 20 homes were visited, he added. in the past, Duke Police only visited 12 to 15 off-campus student residences. “This year, the group found more students at home than they ever have in the past,” Wasiolek said. “That alone made this year a much more successful one.” riker said the program is not only intended to help Duke students but the larger Durham community as well. See kNoCk, page 8

by Molly Gendell The ChroniCle

By teaching basic computer science, a new Duke group wants to prepare Durham public school students for a more technology-oriented job market. Starting from Scratch enlists Duke students to teach computer science to local middle school students and high school freshmen. After running a few test sessions last semester, the group is launching their first full program this Fall. Students learn basic computer science and programming skills through a computer program called Scratch. The Duke initiative intends to prepare students for a growing number of jobs that require computer science skills. Greg Greene, unit director and football coordinator at the John Avery Boys and Girls Club—which will host Starting from Scratch classes—stressed the importance of computer science in today’s society and how beneficial it can be to teach kids computer skills early on. “The world of computers and technology in general is forever changing, and the sooner kids can gain exposure to that world, the more impact that exposure has,” Greene wrote in an email Sunday. “These kids need and demand more than your average ‘these are your home keys’ computer course.” Sophomore ethan Gottlieb, and juniors Jay Kennedy and Michael Washington came up with the idea last Spring in their Social entrepreneurship in Action class. The class encourages students to start public service initiatives either at Duke or in Durham. The Scratch system is simple enough to

be used by people with no computer science background, Kennedy said. “it’s visual, not coding,” he said. “it’s intuitive and engaging, not scary. it’s so much fun.” once students have learned the basics, they will have the opportunity to make their own final projects in the last couple sessions of the program. These programs can take the form of basic video games or animations. Sessions are held once a week for 75 minutes at the John Avery Boys and Girls Club and Jordan high School. With about seven Duke students at each location, volunteers plan to give a lot of one-on-one attention to the kids and also act as mentors. Gottlieb, a computer science major, believes students should start learning about computer science early, since most students do not hear much about the field until high school or even college. he initially became interested in computer science by teaching himself how to create video games and seeks to find similar ways to attract kids to the subject. “i wanted to start something that was a fun way to introduce computer science to middle schoolers,” Gottlieb said. “it’s a good opportunity—there’s lots of jobs in computer science, it’s a good learning experience, and it helps with other subjects like math.” The volunteers have not yet started their sessions at Jordan high, but the program there will be part of a freshman elective taught by Chad Aharon, a social studies See SCRAtCH, page 5

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Nursing professor given scholar award for research Karin Reuter-Rice, assistant professor at the School of Nursing, was awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar award Sept. 13 to continue her research on blood vessel spasms in pediatric intensive care unit patients. Her research focuses on vasospasms, conditions in which a blood vessel’s spasm or contraction leads to narrowing of blood vessels that can cause brain damage in the patient. Using a transcranial doppler ultrasound machine, she is able to track blood flow velocity in a patient’s brain to see if they are experiencing vasospasm. The Chronicle’s Lucy Hicks sat down with Professor Reutor-Rice and discussed her award and the future of nursing. The Chronicle: What led you to research vasospasms in children and what previous research have you done? Karin Reuter-Rice: i started this research with a colleague of mine in San Diego. We started looking at cerebral vasospams using a transcranial doppler ultrasound machine to see whether or not children who had experienced a traumatic brain injury and were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit showed signs of these spasms, just as adults did. There wasn’t any good idea to say that children had the same timing of vasospams and also have the same frequency of vasospams [as adults]. We found it to be very similar. i then came to Duke and i got some small funding from the office of research affairs and started a pilot study and looked at six children. The idea was more about feasibility: could

we bring a transcranial doplar ultra sound into the pediatric iCU and on the pediatric floor at Duke? Could we also collect some biological markers and work with speech pathology to look at their cognitive and functional outcomes, because they do some standardized testing? TC: how exactly do you use a transcranial doppler ultrasound? KR: it has probes that you place at the temple or up around the neck... it shines its ultrasound beam and it picks up the flow velocity within the brain vessel. it’s different than what people are accustomed to—in this case you don’t see structure, you just see the velocity of flow through the vessel. TC: What does this award entail? KR: The award comes with a couple of components. They want to develop you to be a nurse leader and also to really move nursing education forward—so really helping you develop yourself as a better teacher, but also as a leader in the field of nursing healthcare, nursing research and then, of course, nursing education. And then the other component of the award they actually fund part of my time as a faculty member and also my research and they do that for a three year period. TC: Can you talk about the research you will be conducting with this grant? KR: The research i am conduct-

ing is on children admitted to the hospital for traumatic brain injury— the injury can be caused from an accident they’ve experienced or child abuse. When the parents consent for their child to be part of the study, we do a couple of things. We look at whether or not they are experiencing vasospasm using the transcranial doppler ultrasound, and we do that on a daily basis. We also collect samples for biologic markers...and we collect samples that we will then look at to see if the gene has any polymorphism. We take blood, we take urine, and we also take cerebral spinal fluid samples if the child has a special kind of drain that drains cerebral spinal fluid. What we are hoping to see is if there is a relationship between the gene or the biomarker and vasospasm, and ultimately—how do those children look as far as functional outcome? What do their outcomes look like when they leave the hospital? And we look at those outcomes at the time they are discharged from the hospital, and then we look at them again a month out. TC: nursing research is a lot more common than some students might think. Do you see nursing research increasing in the future? KR: i think nurses are on the cutting edge of research. The thing about nursing is that we have a lot of opportunity to conduct a variety of techniques with in our research. So although my research has a clinical bedside component, it has a bench

component and i also have the opportunity to look overall at functional outcomes. So, is a nurse a great person to perform this type of research? Absolutely. Do we perform a lot other different types of research? Absolutely. And i think the salient point is that nurses work with the population at large: we work with families and patients, we work with extended family members and we are right there on the front line. i think that really gives us a tremendous amount of opportunity to really ask good questions. [nurses can] get good clean data, really help shape the information about patients and their experiences, but also the physiology of the human being in a very thoughtful and very honest way. TC: Do you have any ideas about your future in nursing and education? KR: There are so many opportunities for us to develop nursing, both in an educational, academic way and also in a research format...i think they really blend well together. As well as in a practice format—we have a lot of clinical nurses who are excellent teachers and also great researchers, and i hope to be one of those in the future: a practicing nurse practitioner, which i am to this day, but also really hoping for the goal of really developing myself to be a nurse leader for pediatrics and brain injury, but also for nursing and nursing research.

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The anticipated impact on profit is minimal, as the Armadillo Grill generated only a small portion of its revenue from alcohol sales, lane said. “eighty to 85 percent of people living on campus are not 21,” lane said. “if we could do 10 percent more than where we are now, that would be great, but you’re limited by the amount of people able to drink legally.” The loop’s strict iD checking policy may deter underage students, but the bar promises non-alcoholic mixed drinks as well. “Come for the mojitos,” ramseyer said.

the @MissAmerica Twitter handle, Davuluri tweeted, “@Jacob Tobia thank you for making the #StandWithnina video! it means so much to me and the message is so powerful. Thank you! #CirclesofUnity” When she went on Cnn, Davuluri mentioned that she had seen the video, and called it “incredible.” Students in Diya, the South Asian student association, are grateful for the solidarity from the students who made the video. “To us, there is no gray area about whether or not nina is American,” said senior Anshul Mital, president of external affairs for Diya. “it’s great that we have such a diverse community that supports us on our behalf.” Senior Ajay Parikh, Diya’s president of internal affairs, added that he was impressed by other students and their quick mobilization to react. “nina winning united us as a group,” Mital said. Diya, after reaching out to Tobia and other students involved with the video to thank them, has decided to focus on the topic, and plans to host discussions for the campus community. Since Davuluri has seen and acknowlSPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE edged the video on television, Diya is hoping to get in touch. Duke students uploaded a video onto YouTube show“our major hope would be to get her ing their support for Miss America. to come to Duke,” Mital said.

SCRATCH from page 3 teacher. Although the program is just getting started, the founders are already busy thinking of ways to expand it in the future. Because the eight week lesson plan can be taught in many different forms, there is potential for it to transition into a summer camp, after school program or part of a school curriculum. Someday, the student organizers would also like to start branches of the program at other universities. “The possibilities are endless,” Kennedy said. “We’re moving slowly, but we want this to be big.”

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whose professors lead in their respective fields but often have little time or energy for undergraduates. This program also illustrates the value of an on-campus college experience. Education encompasses much more than the transmission of data from one brain to

Editorial another, and opportunities for unstructured faculty interaction keep Duke relevant in the increasingly digitized world of higher education. Based on the success of the FLUNCH program—which allows students to eat meals with professors on Duke’s dime—we expect FINvite to attract considerable attention and interest from undergraduates. The program will only flourish, however, if students in residential houses use it frequently and creatively. But students are only half of the equation. If we want the program to succeed, faculty will have to take part as well. We commend the 70 professors already signed up for the program and encourage more to join. Although we often imagine learning to proceed unidirectionally—from professor

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to student—it is important to recognize that knowledge production is a multi-directional process. Professors can, and often do, learn as much from their students as their students learn from them, and we hope faculty members will see FINvite as a chance to stumble on new ideas and ways of thinking about the world. We think FINvite has the potential to strengthen the nascent house model. However, students not in residential houses—including first-year students and seniors living off campus— could also benefit from the program. We propose keeping FINvite in its current form, but modifying the FLUNCH program to allow groups of students to pool their FLUNCH funds and use them to do other activities with professors. Although we should always be aware of cost, we believe the value of FINvite significantly outweighs its relatively small price tag. We strongly support FINvite and have only two recommendations. First, if the University wants FINvite to become as popular as FLUNCH, it should better publicize the program. Second, the University should drop the capitalized “IN” from the name and simply call the program “Finvite.” It makes more sense.

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ow that classes are set into gear and people have become complacent and idle in their mindless routines, the men of Duke are realizing that scarfing down Pitchfork wings and logging onto Pornhub does not constitute dinner and a movie with your girlfriend.What do you think? “I’m so bad at meeting girls,” says the hopeless dweeb who wanders Duke’s campus aimlessly, with neither a significant other nor f*** buddy to satisfy his emotional—or more importantly, sexual—needs. Well, men of Duke, your time has come. Mean Boy is here to help you find the girl of your dreams, with minimal effort and damage to your wallet. So hike up those jorts, spray on some more Axe and prepare to meet Mrs. Right, instead of Mrs. Right Hand. 1. Go wireless. The true gentleman knows that introducing himself and getting to know girls is a total waste of time. I mean, how many girls have you met in your life that you haven’t slept with? That is horrible sexual efficiency. The real way to find some ladies to mac on is through the revolutionary dating app, Tinder. For you uncultured plebes without iPhones, Tinder is a program that shows you pictures of various people in your area. If they’re not a total dog, you like their profile. If they end up liking you back, you are prompted to message each other. If they don’t, neither of you will be any the wiser. Aside from being promptly thrown into a digital cesspool of sexual tension with someone you have never actually met, Tinder is a fun and casual mate-finder for the 21st century man. If Tinder sexting isn’t your thing, quit beating around the bush and find your dream girl on Craigslist. Everyone knows that overseas prostitution rings and eBay are unreliable sources for obtaining women, mostly because the American dollar now holds less global value—but also because Liam Neeson keeps stealing his daughter back. Craigslist, on the other hand, allows you to contact local women and participants of “sensual adventures.” Face it, if she’s desperate enough to be on Craigslist, even she won’t reject you. Send her an email laden with emojis, and, soon, your game will skyrocket while your dignity plummets. Happy Hunting. 2. Become bisexual. If you are only interested in either girls or guys, you are cutting your relationship reservoir in half before you even meet anyone. Bisexuals, on the other hand, can be down with everyone they see on campus. If a girl rejects you for

another guy at a party, simply get with the guy. That ungrateful wench is left abandoned, and you have just won yourself a new man slam. Everyone wins.

Monday Monday mean boy Furthermore, you will receive relationship support from all of your friends. Your female peers will try setting you up with their other gay friends “because it’s just so cute!!!” Take no offense that she is whoring you out like a horny peace pipe to every gay man she knows. She’s doing it because she genuinely knows it’ll work out for both of you. He’s into guys and you’re into guys. By the laws of nature, you are 100 percent compatible. That’s how it works, right? 3. Become a Dukebag. If you can’t beat em’, join em’. Girls like confidence, but girls LOVE it when you treat them like shit. If you truly want to find a girl on campus, you have to remember that girls like to be talked down to—made to feel small and subjected to gender roles. Let everyone know that you are the man, and the females of Duke will flock. Change your profile picture to you shirtless with at least two girls, wear sunglasses indoors and rock that cutoff shirt at the gym. Just be sure to get some water shoes because, soon, you will be knee deep. 4. Get Swoll. Yoked. Ripped. Jacked. Shredded. Buff. Beefcake. You could be all these and more as soon as you pump some iron. Girls don’t want a skinny geed with floppy noodle arms. Girls want an alpha—a man who can bench a bus full of kids on their way to fat camp. Chug some brotein and make yourself a winner. Bonus points if you take a gym selfie. Now that you are armed with these fool proof tricks of the trade, go forth and conquer your love lives. As long as you paint yourself as an egocentric, misogynist BAMF, you will have women banging at your door. Oh, and if a girl is not interested in your new bravado and masculine charm? What if she’s self-assured enough to see through your routine? Well, take it from Mean Boy: She’s not worth your time anyway. Mean Boy is currently on Tinder, Craigslist and Christian Mingle if any ladies are interested.

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ffectively, we just built a hospital. It wasn’t the mortar and brick we carried, but the smaller details that converted a concrete husk to a home for health: pills, stethoscopes, alcohol swabs, bed sheets. As over 100 would-be patients waited outside in the morning sun (many had been there since before sunrise), we scrambled to unload plastic crates from the vans and organize triage, exam and procedure rooms, a laboratory, pharmacy and waiting spaces. The building itself was a largely empty shell on a still-functioning military base in north central Guatemala, about 20 kilometers from the Mexican border. I suspect it served as army barracks at one time, with five dorm-size rooms off the entry hallway, a large, undivided great room and bathroom stalls and a group shower in the back. It now served as the health center for the town of Playa Grande— about 20 minutes down the dirt road but nowhere near a beach—and its surrounding area. Inside, there were a couple of mismatched gurneys, two sets of rusting tri-fold room dividers and a glassfaced bookcase containing old editions of key medical texts (in duplicate). The walls were covered with public health posters on hand-washing and mosquito-borne illnesses, as well as epidemiologic statistics on various diagnoses and provider schedules. Though it possessed neither the sterile whiteness nor perpetually-busy hum of an American hospital, it still served its duty. With our team members—American and Guatemalan healthcare providers, nurses, interpreters, social workers and outreach coordinators—moving quickly to fill in the functional gaps, it soon became difficult to tell what had been present and what we had imported. Within 15 minutes, the line started moving, and we set to a different kind of work: evaluating unmet surgical needs among the local men, women and children. Now, “local” is a relative term, and many would-be patients left their homes at 2:00 a.m. to come see us. It had been years since the last “jornada” (medical mission) had visited, and, of course, children were born and new health conditions developed in the interim. Some heard we were coming through newspaper or radio ads, but most learned about us through their local health promoters and word of mouth. They came to us because the effort and expense to travel several hours away to a national hospital was just too great. And though our later efforts would have us working in a school and, separately, a small, unused hospital ward, it struck me that, besides the barriers of cost and distance, these particular patients also had to overcome the fear of entering a military base. Guatemala’s civil war— ignited by the United States and fought between the national military and both rural peasants and intellectuals—ended 17 years ago, but posters of “Los Desaparecidos” (the disappeared, or those kidnapped and murdered by the government) still line certain blocks in the capital.

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As an American, I was privileged not to have this fear, and, to be honest, I even took some joy in not knowing what to expect. We had driven from Antigua, a haven for tourists in colonial style, through Guatemala City and then north in a two vehicle caravan. 21 people filled 19 seats, and the remaining space (including the roof) was packed with supplies: portable fans, granola bars, purified water—to provide some comfort as we worked—and even books for the children and breast pumps for the new

e stood there. We stood just on the outskirts of the school she had attended since age three. We stood and I listened as she told me that her mother had passed away six months back at age 39. We stood as she went on about how her father works in Mombasa and this, this here was once her home. We stood and I stared at the upturned soil, heaped unnaturally above the ground. I must have done all these things for some time because when she took my hand with a small smile, she said, “It’s getting late. We ought to head to grandmother’s.” My only memory of the walk from her old home to the new one is

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mothers we were about to meet. The mixed aroma of corn and burning smoke from poorly-ventilated houses along the road punctuated the journey, as did moody swings in the weather: Sun-kissed green mountains were obscured with grey skies and heavy rains. The purported eight hour drive was actually 11, with the last couple of hours on dirt roads void of street lamps. Having never seen our destination before, even in pictures, I felt as if I were slipping into the jungles of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” I was happy to discover there was a town at the end of our route with a legitimate hotel—a couple, in fact. A late dinner and early wake-up call followed, and, a few hours later, we found ourselves at work. Somehow I hadn’t expected us to be working indoors. Instead, I had envisioned us erecting tents in the middle of a field somewhere. My quiet naïveté was cute but quickly banished. Slowly at first, and then with increasing confidence and efficiency, our three primary care providers—volunteers from South Carolina—evaluated gynecologic, internal medicine and pediatric concerns in their respective rooms. Referrals for surgery were made and sometimes medications (antibiotics and NSAIDs) were given. Cleft lip and palate in the children was common: a consequence, in theory, of the malnutrition that plagued the country, as were hernias and orthopedic concerns from physically-demanding work. Another team of workers performed IVAA—a procedure to paint the cervix with vinegar, looking for cells suggestive of cancer. At times, it was a bit overwhelming, but we all fulfilled our respective roles. We were neither building walls nor tearing them down. Together, we just lowered them a little, hoping to make a difference. What do you think?Caked in sweat and grime—exhausted and thinking about a cold shower—at the end of the day, I couldn’t have been happier. Benjamin Silverberg is a second-year graduate student and practicing physician. His column runs every other Monday. Send Ben a message on Twitter @hobogeneous.

of the giant ants. Being the foolish mzungu that I am, I had worn my Tom’s shoes that day, the kind with the lacy look and little holes. We laughed until our bellies hurt as we plucked each and every sneaky bugger off of my ever-swelling foot. Once there, she showed me around their home. The place was breathtaking—a yard of three small huts draped in bougainvillea. She told me to wait there and I did, looking out at their view of vast Lake Victoria, little chicks chirping at my feet. 15 minutes passed before I saw her return, running up the hill, three sodas tucked in the nook of her arm. She sighed, setting the bottles down on a green plastic chair under the tree. “Come.” I followed her to the kitchen hut where her grandmother was preparing fresh chapati for us to eat. Grandmother speaks the native tongue, Dholuo. And although my Dholuo is admittedly limited to greetings, food and motorcycle lingo, the three of us sat huddled around the small fire, talking back and forth, her granddaughter— my student—as the translator. Grandmother looks after more than ten of her grandchildren now. Nowadays, Grandmother is 84. We laughed and sat and helped cook as darkness fell over Muhuru. I wish Grandmother and she could know what a view they offered me. And then there was V. V and I sat there. We sat just inside the fivefoot by eight-foot mud classroom at her desk. We sat and I talked. I asked her why she had gotten none of the answers right on her geometry quiz. Had she not prepared? V listened. V stared. But V did not speak. As the week went on, I noticed some things. V never played during P.E. time. V never spoke to anyone. One day my frustration with these nevers got the best of me, and I asked one of the teachers if everything was OK with her. He told me that V has tuberculosis. She has had ongoing respiratory issues and has been truant from school, averaging two days a week. Now I did not speak. What was there to say? I walked to school that next day, heavy at heart, with a backpack full of copies of John Knowles’ “A Separate Peace” spilling out the seams. I had each of my seventh graders stand up and read two pages aloud to the class that day. V never stood. She shook her head, “no.” V never spoke. My second to last day, these “nevers” proved damningly imprecise, as they have a habit of proving. We went around the room, wrapped up in the tense dialogue between Leper and Gene. “Next please,” I mumbled, my gaze downward, eager to read what would come of this exchange. A slow, sweet voice came from the corner of the room. V read to the end of the chapter. I used to think that going to rural Kenya this past summer would be a culture shock. I was right in some ways, I suppose. But what I never could have dreamt in my wildest of wild imaginings was how much more of a shock returning would be. V and she give but a glimpse into the overwhelming kindness and hope revealed to me during my stay. Families who were working day to day to make ends meet would welcome me into their homes, offering food reserved for only the most special of occasions. Individuals shared their life stories and listened, really listened, to my own. I came to find that most people live in the present there, valuing relationships above all else. For after all, life in Muhuru is so uncertain. One in three people have HIV. Curable diseases claim sisters, mothers and fathers. Toddlers waddle around, their little empty bellies bulging. But then, I stood here. I stood here just outside the library where I had spent hundreds of hours these past three years. I stood and I listened as someone chatted on his cell phone, carrying on about the Penn Pavilion. I stood as he went on about how the Career Fair went well, but how he couldn’t go to dinner tonight because of that dumb writing assignment. I stood and stared at the stream of people rushing by, eyes glued to their cell phones. I stood and stared as hurried person after worried person rushed off to do hurried and worried things. I stood and I stared at our upturned culture, living unnaturally, its feet miles above solid ground.What do you think? Gracie Willert is a Trinity senior. Her biweekly column will run every other Monday.

FORT DUKE from page 1 in other academic programs and this was a great example of that.” More than 200 students signed in to help build Fort Duke, but even more dropped by to help, Buchholz said. “After realizing how huge the fort was, i was like, ‘Wow, we waste a lot.’ All of these cardboard boxes, we have to do something with them,” said sophomore Sofia Calicchio, a civil engineering major. “And then there were a lot of stickers inside that said sustainability, so it really got me thinking.” The fort was not the only piece of environmentally friendly art on the quad— there was also an installation of water bottles cut and assembled into a cape, created by local artist Bryant holsenbeck, for the James B. Duke statue. “My work is about ‘away,’” holsenbeck said. “We throw stuff ‘away’ but ‘away’ is a place that we’re responsible for.” The collaboration between artists and students was a positive sign of the event’s success in raising awareness about sustainability, said Beverly Meek, arts outreach and communications assistant for the office of the Vice Provost for the Arts. “This really came from a group of people that came around an idea and a belief in recycling and doing something more than what we see,” Meek said. “if we keep doing this, we can really make a difference in the environment and how we approach it ourselves.” The tie between the environment and the arts will also be showcased at this year’s Duke Arts Festival, held in the Bryan Center from october 25 to november 3, which will exhibit student pieces showing how arts can raise awareness about sustainability. holsenbeck’s

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work, titled “Falling Water: Plastic Sea,” will also be on display. “one of the challenges with the arts festival is coming up with things that people can’t miss,” Vice Provost for the Arts Scott lindroth said. “A fort isn’t necessarily an artistic masterpiece, but it engages many students. We can use this as a way to introduce the festival and bring [sustainability] to people’s minds so they can get involved.”

techniques that will be of critical importance if climate change accelerates,” Woodall said. While this study focused on the eastern part of the country, the phenomenon of shortened plant life cycles is not exclusive to this area. other studies have found a similar pattern in plant species around the world, Zhu noted. The findings have important implications for future research on the effects of climate change on forest conservation. “The study used an extensive data set and a large geographic area, which from page 2 makes the results very convincing,” said Danielle Way, adjunct assistant professor large-scale migration,” Zhu said. “in- of environmental sciences and policy. stead, we found many species show evi- “Understanding what limits seedlings dence of more rapid turnover in warmer from establishing in areas north of their and wetter climates.” current range is therefore an important The observed acceleration of turn- question if we hope to allow our forests over in plant species is a product of faster to adapt to a changing climate.” growth due to increased rainfall, which in turn leads to increased competition between individual plants, Zhu added. from page 3 James Clark, h.l. Blomquist Professor of Biology and co-author of the study, “it’s a nice way for neighbors to know noted that plant species are not necessarily responding to climate change, but that Duke is concerned….that Duke is rather that rising temperatures affect the aware that students do live off campus and that we care about them being good growth cycles of species. “We found that there is not yet evi- neighbors,” rhodes said. Andrew de Donato, a senior living dence that trees are tracking climate change, but an overall tendency to show off-campus, said that since many stuthat climate accelerates dynamics—in- dents live in apartment buildings with creased growth, increased mortality, in- other students, programs to encourage integration with Durham neighborhoods creased recruitment,” Clark said. Woodall said that cooperation be- may be ineffective. tween governmental and academic enti“i don’t think it addresses much of ties will be important for preventing fur- the larger issues between Duke and Durham—our general lack of connectther forest degradation. “Beyond the results of this one study, edness,” said de Donato, who was not the coordinated research between Duke visited as part of the Knock and Talks and the U.S. Forest Service has resulted program. Wasiolek said she hopes to expand in important forest resource monitoring

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the reach of the program. “We want to continue to identify students off campus that we can visit, and make certain that they are home as we come by,” she said. A potential future change to the program involves getting addresses from students living off-campus themselves instead of from Student Conduct, but acknowledged this presents its own difficulties. When students apply for housing with the University in early Spring, they don’t always know their address for the following semester yet. The revision process now is about “fine-tuning” rather than “restructuring,” Wasiolek said. “it’s important for students to know that we hear their concerns, and it is a long process but a worthwhile one,” rhodes said.

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