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Greek Devil Chapel restores ceiling and windows replaces Au Bon Pain cart by Shanen Ganapathee The Chronicle

Outdated building methods used in constructing the Chapel have led administrators to hire a skilled team to restore the ceiling of the 82-year-old icon at the heart of campus. The work being done on the Duke Chapel is two-fold—in addition to the restoration on the ceilings, some of the many stained glass windows are being cleaned and polished. Every year a number of windows are taken down and are taken to Michigan to receive maintenance before being put into place again, said Sara Blaine, event and wedding coordinator for the Chapel. A restoration team from Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. recommended that work should be done on the ceiling of the Chapel to correct issues stemming from the techniques employed during the building’s original construction. The Chapel held its first commencement in 1932, though it was not formally dedicated until 1935. “Restoration work is required to preserve and maintain the beauty and use of the Chapel building for future generations,” Chapel Communications Specialist

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The Greek Devil replaced the Au Bon Pain food cart in a change that took effect following winter break. Originally created to decrease foot traffic in Au Bon Pain’s Bryan Center location, the cart ultimately did not produce enough revenue to justify staying. The Greek Devil has replaced the Au Bon Pain cart in the hopes that the move will increase foot traffic to the Mediterranean eatery, which was located next to Penn Pavilion Fall semester. “It ended up being kind of redundant,” said senior Chris Taylor, co-director of Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee. “It didn’t really increase their business by any amount so they were fine with moving on past it.” Nick Sandilands, Au Bon Pain general manager added that most students were still going to the Bryan Center location because it was so close to the cart which was only being used for “quick pick-ups.” The renovation of the West Union building and the subsequent closing of the Bryan Center Plaza entrance has shifted the walking paths of many students and left outdoor vendors on campus strapped for business. “The Greek Devil has been struggling this year and expressed interest when the discussion came up about that cart being available this semester,” Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey wrote in an email Monday. Owner of The Greek Devil, Gus Megaloudis, said he prefers his new, more centralized location to last semester’s spot next to the Penn Pavilion. “Once weather gets just a little bit better and people start to figure out that we’re here again, things will get better See food cart, page 5

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N.C. public education policies receive D+ by Kirby Wilson The Chronicle

Last week, the North Carolina state public school system passed one advocacy group’s test—but just barely. StudentsFirst, a Sacramento, Calif.based advocacy group, gave North Carolina a D+ in their annual “report card” study of the nation’s state education systems. The state was not alone in its poor grade, as its education system was ranked No. 15 in the country despite the low marks. The report wasn’t entirely unfavorable as North Carolina was

also deemed one of the top five states in terms of educational growth. Eric Lerum, vice president of national policy for StudentsFirst, said the report took a policy-centered stance on education. “What we try to do with the report card is to look at the policy environment that would impact the school system and create an environment of freedom and accountability,” he said. “[An “A” system is] one in which there is transparency, accountability and families have quality choices in terms of where they send

their children to school.” Susan Wynn, an associate professor of the practice of education, said that she had some issues with the study’s focus. “I saw [the report] less as a way to measure how states are doing and more of a reflection of a specific agenda,” she said. Wynn said she objected to some of the new policies that Lerum outlined as positive developments within the state, particularly recent legislation that eliminated See education, page 5

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GPSC reviews resources Model management agency and Board represenation settles with former unpaid interns by Jenna Zhang The ChroniCle

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Members of the Graduate and Professional Student Council met Tuesday to outline their timeline for the Spring semester.

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The University should take a “hard look” at its resource allocation, given that graduate students outnumber undergraduates, said Graduate Young Trustee Dr. Malik Burnett. At the Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting Tuesday, the organization discussed the timeline of the Spring semester and received guidance from Burnett, Trinity ‘07, Medicine and Fuqua ‘12. Burnett stressed that his role as an advocate is particularly important because the graduate programs do not necessarily receive as much attention at Board of Trustee meetings as undergradute programs, even though they serve more students. “Being able to bring a voice to some of the issues that may be overlooked is important,” Burnett said. Burnett said the biggest issue facing the University today is maintaining academic competitiveness in comparison to older peer institutions. he noted that remaining on the cutting edge, particularly for

the graduate and professional schools, will help the University remain successful. Although Burnett said he does not have a major impact on the Board given the time it takes to assimilate, he noted that his opinion is valued and respected. When asked how to increase efficacy on the Board, Burnett suggested adding more graduate and professional school representatives. Burnett said there is room for further change, including more coordination across schools—a sentiment echoed later by GPSC Vice President Shannon o’Connor, a fifth-year PhD/MD candidate in biomedical engineering, who has made the focus of the 2014 GSPC retreat creating stronger dialogues between schools. o’Connor said seven deans will be attend their Spring retreat. This year, members of GSPC will vote for the new graduate young trustee Feb. 18. Members reviewed eligibility rules for young trustee. Members must be present or See GpSc, page 5

elite Model Management recently agreed to a $450,000 settlement with the company’s former unpaid interns—the largest settlement of an intern class action to date. Approximately 150 former interns are eligible for payment between $700 and $1,750 in recompense for unpaid wages. The settlement resolves the claims brought forward by former elite intern Daija Davenport who alleged the company intentionally misclassified employees as interns to avoid paying them wages. “We certainly hope that this lawsuit encourages companies to abide by wage laws and pay the interns that work there,” said lead class counsel Steven Wittel of Wittels law. in February 2013, Davenport filed a complaint against elite, seeking at least $50 million in unpaid wages, overtime pay, and attorneys’ fees on grounds of the Fair labor Standards Act, which requires all interns to be paid unless the intern qualifies as a trainee. Under the U.S. Department of labor’s six-factor test, an internship may only be unpaid if the internship experience is for the benefit of the intern and the employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern. “A simple way to think about it is, who is exploiting who?” said Daniel Bowling, senior lecturing fellow at the School of law. “in my own business, if i were to offer a law student an internship in which he travels with me and i show him the ropes, that’s probably the intern that’s benefiting. if i have a matter that i’m too busy to attend to, and i get an unpaid intern to do it—that’s clearly exploitation.” The guidelines also require that any internship in which interns are employed in place of regular employees, must be compensated. Many companies have increasingly relied on unpaid

interns to do the work that would otherwise be delegated to paid employees. Upon being required by law to pay interns, some companies have cancelled their internship programs. Most notably, Condé nast—a mass media company owning 20 media brands that include Vogue, GQ, The new Yorker, and Vanity Fair—canceled its internship program in 2013 in response to a lawsuit filed by two former interns. Wittel criticized large, for-profit companies like Condé nast for penny-pinching and refusing to pay interns despite having the financial capacity to do so. “Say you work 35 hours a week at a minimum of $8,” Wittel said. “You work six weeks, that’s $1,680. Say a company hires 10 people. That’s $16,800. Do you really think $16,800 will break the bank of Vogue?” he attributed the reaction of companies who have cancelled their internship programs to retaliatory tactics. “This is a form of punishing interns for their legal rights,” Wittel said. “This is sending the message, ‘hey, if you work for us, you work under our terms.’” Jeffrey hirsch, law professor at University of north Carolina at Chapel hill who specializes in employment law, said that unpaid internships tended to discriminate against students of lower income backgrounds. While students from higher income backgrounds could afford to work in the summer for no pay, students from low income families were often financially unable to do the same, and were thus excluded from the same workplace opportunities. “Chances are, these internships tend to segregate families based on their income,” hirsch said. “You have people from wealthier incomes who can afford to do this, and some who actually need to be paid. So the class issue comes into the whole matter.” The Duke Career Center helps make See internS, page 12

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DUHS limits visitors due to influenza outbreak by Zaynah Alam The Chronicle

Duke University Health System hospitals, clinics and emergency care centers have been restricting visitor access since Dec. 30 to curb flu outbreak. Until the risk of transmission diminishes within the hospital systems, only immediate family or caregivers above the age of 18 with no flu-like symptoms can visit patients. In addition, only two visitors may see a patient at one time and patients with fevers, coughs or other potential flu symptoms will likely remain physically segregated from others. The temporary restrictive measures have been used during past flu seasons to limit the rate of transmission within the hospital system, said Duke Regional Hospital Interim President Katie Galbraith. “This is very similar to what we’ve done in the past,” Galbraith said. “It’s really about making sure that we’re able to protect our patients and their loved ones.” The measures have been supported by Durham health officials such as Susan Thompson, communicable disease program manager for the Durham County Department of Public Health. “The measures that the hospital takes are to prevent the spread of disease within their facility, which makes sense,” Thompson said. “Speaking for Duke, they made it mandatory that all their staff be vaccinated, which is the best

thing anyone can do.” The restrictions will remain until the number of reported cases of advanced flu symptoms dwindles, especially in the Intensive Care Unit, said Cameron Wolfe, a physician in the infectious diseases division. “We have so far detected no cases of ‘nosocomia’ influenza—the term used when someone gets sick in the hospital from an illness they did not come to us with,” Wolfe said. “That is obviously extremely pleasing.” Although flu levels have been similar to those in past years, Wolfe has seen a greater effect on populations that are normally resistant. “There’s been a disproportionate impact on folks in their ‘middle ages,’ i.e. 20 to 50, rather than the usual elderly groups that we see in a normal flu season,” Wolfe said. Visitors to Duke Regional Hospital have been cooperative with the new restrictions in the face of this year’s flu outbreak. “Everyone has been very receptive to this restriction,” Galbraith said. “We want to do everything we can to limit the transmission of disease.”

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Researchers identify protein Three finalists chosen for that regenerates cartilage cells undergrad Young trustee by Emma Baccellieri The ChroniCle

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The Young Trustee nominating Committee has named three students as finalists for the position—seniors neil Kondamuri, Jacob Tobia and Katherine Zhang. The committee was able to narrow the pool of 10 semi-finalists after six hours of deliberation, said YTnC Chair Katya Prosvirkina. Prosvirkina, a senior, noted that the YTnC strongly considered the purpose and definition of the role in its discussions. She added that although many perceive the Young Trustee as an advocate for students, the Trustee in reality functions more as a representative. “The role has sort of altered in meanSPeciAl To The chronicle ing in that the Young Trustee doesn’t necThe cartilage cells shown in this image with fluorescent dyes measure changes in calcium conessarily have to be an advocate of the stucentration, modulated by TRPV4, within the cell. Green indicates higher calcum concentrations, red dents, but rather someone to represent to indicates lower concentrations. the Board what it meant for them to be a student in their own time at Duke,” Prosby Tim Bai grown by chemically signaling a pro- virkina said. The ChroniCle The Young Trustee serves three years tein—TrPV4—implying a new future researchers at Duke University have for cartilage regeneration. TrPV4 is an on the Board of Trustees—one year as a identified a protein crucial in the process ion channel found in humans and other nonvoting member and two years as a votof sensing and converting physical strain mammals and the study showed that it is ing member. Chris Brown, Trinity ‘13, was into cell growth in cartilage tissues, lead- expressed at different levels in different elected Young Trustee in last year’s elecing to implications towards a cure for ar- tissues, such as bone and fat. removal of tion. thritis. the gene coding for TrPV4 leads to the All 10 of the applicants for the position led by Christopher o’Conor, an onset of severe osteoarthritis in mice ani- were chosen as semi-finalists, and ProsvirkiMD/Ph.D. student in the University of mal models. na noted the strength of each application, north Carolina at Chapel hill and north o’Conor noted that the mechanism saying that the pool’s collective talent made Carolina State University joint depart- for this protein can be very valuable to the decision process “very difficult.” ment of biomedical engineering, the Kondamuri, a native of Munster, ind., study showed that cartilage cells can be See cartilaGe, page 12 is a public policy major and an econom-

ics minor. Currently a member of The Chronicle’s independent editorial board, he served last year as Duke Student Government’s vice president of social culture. he also is a member of a fraternity, works at the rock climbing wall in Wilson recreation Center and has served as a crew leader for Project BUilD for three years. Tobia is pursuing a Program ii major in human rights Advocacy and leadership and is originally from raleigh, n.C. The vice president of equity and outreach for DSG, he has served in the past as president of Blue Devils United and is the founder and co-president of Duke Students for Gender neutrality. Tobia is also a member of the executive team for Dukeopen, a student group advocating for endowment transparency and responsible investing. Zhang served as chair of The Chronicle’s editorial board last year and remains on the board as a member. From Charlotte, n.C., she is double majoring in english and economics. She is also a robertson Scholar and a facilitator for Common Ground. This year, the YTnC tweaked their process for declaring conflicts of interest between committee members and applicants—adding a ‘moderate’ category to the preexisting ‘major’ and ‘minor’ conflicts. Committee members with major conflicts of interest can neither speak nor vote on an applicant, whereas those with moderate conflicts can speak but cannot vote. Those with minor conflicts can do both. See YounG truStee, page 5

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Adrienne Koch said. During the 2012-13 academic year, the Chapel was closed for a period of time as a WJe team of structural engineers, materials scientists and architects removed pews, set up scaffolding and surveyed damage to the ceiling, Koch said. Through their analysis, the team determined that the techniques used to construct the ceiling were insufficient to maintain the building in coming years, wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, in an email Tuesday. WJe’s current projects include restoration of the Washington Monument and national Cathedral which were damaged by an earthquake in 2011. Maintenance and restoration of the windows which began in January will be completed this semester and will not require a Chapel closure, Koch said. The restoration of the ceiling, however, might require a closure at some point though the plans and schedule are still being developed , Schoenfeld wrote. The Chapel’s activities will continue even if venue changes need to occur, Koch said. The two projects’ are funded by the University’s maintenance budget, Schoenfeld said. “The Chapel is the most visible building on campus,” he wrote. “it is the symbol of Duke that is recognized around the world and we are taking special care to ensure that it will remain that way for generations to come.”

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take away tenure, which is not a protection for a bad teacher—tenure is simply a right to a due process. That is a way to say ‘we for us,” Megaloudis said. “i’m excited to don’t trust.’” But lerum said policies such as the elimibe here.” Students’ initial reaction to the switch nation of tenure were signs that the state was has been positive. moving in the right direction. “i personally am someone who would “north Carolina has moved up,” he said. go out of my way to get a gyro from Gus, “They still have a long way to go.” and i don’t think i’m alone in that, so no states received “A” grades from Stuhopefully they’ll be just fine, if not better dentsFirst. louisiana and Florida were the than before,” junior Arielle Brackett said. top ranked states according to the report, Junior rachel Clausen noted that the each receiving B minuses. Greek Devil cart is a quick alternative to lerum said that there were several reawaiting in line at the loop or Au Bon sons that no states received A grades. Pain. “Most state systems have looked the same The food cart itself serves as a pilot for for decades,” he said. “[They are] antiquata new design to replace the current carts ed and not student centered. We have treon campus, which have become weath- mendously great schools in this country and ered, Coffey said. The potential revamp we have abysmal schools in this country.” accompanies the ongoing attempt to upSarah Clark, a public information officer grade alternative dining options on cam- for the north Carolina Department of Pubpus. lic information, said the state did not have a Since the closing of West Union, cer- stance on the study. tain eateries have become overcrowded, Wynn noted that the report was not foespecially during the lunch rush and din- cused enough on improving the teaching nertime hours. Taylor said he hopes that profession nationally, citing high national more students will feel compelled to go to teacher turnover rates and low wages for the Greek Devil’s new location. teachers in the state. “it’s something that’s a problem for “Being good at something or knowing a students because you don’t want to have particular area well doesn’t mean you can to wait so long at the eateries you fre- unpack the content for a learner well,” she quent,” Taylor said. “The thing we’re try- said. “The...areas that they focus on reflect ing to do is elevate other eateries to put policy and not education.” less stress on those places.” lerum said that although teaching is important, it is hard to measure. “We are just now starting to have conversations in this country of what a good teachfrom page 1 er looks like,” he said. Despite Wynn’s criticisms of the study’s methodology, she said she agreed with the teacher tenure and that implemented study in one way. “i would not give [north Carolina] a voucher programs. “[The elimination of tenure] was de- high rating at this point in time, given this moralizing to the teachers,” she said. “To past year’s policy changes,” she said. from page 1

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GPSC from page 2 send a proxy for three assembly meetings preceding the election, but proxies may not vote in the election. In other business A new GPSC logo was selected from five student-submitted renderings. The new logo received 61 percent of the popular vote. The budget allocations for the approximately $25,000 given to GSPC was approved. This past year, 21 percent of monetary requests were met. The social committee announced a last Day of Classes T-shirt design contest, as well as a masquerade ball and winter formal. new events are being planned following last semester’s survey that revealed many students wanted non-alcohol related events. President Amol Yadav, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, revealed plans for a strategic plan document to create continuity between the organization’s short and long-term goals.

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The Blue Devils have finally heated up in the new year, getting to above .500 in conference play for the first time this season after losing two of their first three games. no. 18 Duke will seek its first conference road win against Miami 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the BankUnited Center after coming off a dramatic four-point victory against Virginia Jan. 13 and a 35-point blowout against n.C. State Saturday. “We won and we played hard [this week],” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Sometimes you just get beat, and so we’re a developing basketball team. i thought we played more together and harder than we’ve ever played this week and we were fortunate to get two wins.” Although Duke (14-4, 3-2 in the ACC) put up 95 points on the Wolfpack in a fantastic display of offense, the Blue Devils’ defense was an enormous factor in the game—Duke notched 33 points off turnovers. leading the way for the Blue Devils in steals was senior guard Tyler Thornton with four. Freshman forward Jabari Parker added three more steals to the turnover tally and tacked on 23 points. The 21 total turnovers this game was enough to give Duke a win that Krzyzewski called the Blue Devils’ best effort of

the season as a team. Duke will try to continue the defensive triumphs it had against n.C. State when they face Miami (10-7, 2-3)—the lowest-scoring offense in the ACC—in their only regular-season matchup this season. Miami has averaged 55.2 points per game in conference play and will have to rely on its defense to slow down the Blue Devils. After installing a matchup zone defense and nearly upsetting then-no. 2 Syracuse—a noted zone-defense program—the hurricanes have continued to use the strategy in ACC play. Miami held Georgia Tech to just 42 points in a road win last week, as the hurricanes forced the Yellow Jackets to shoot 29.5 percent from the field. Miami—which boasts the ACC’s fourth-ranked scoring defense—will face its stiffest test yet as it takes on the ACC’s leading offense— Duke enters the contest averaging 82.6 points per game. While the hurricane offense has been far from potent this season, head coach Jim larranaga remains optimistic about his offense’s improvement. Miami freshman guard Manu lecomte has also shown signs of improvement and led the team in scoring with 16 points against Georgia Tech. Forward Donnavan Kirk—a senior

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AMILE JEFFERSON 6.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 65.8 FG% JABARI PARKER 19.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.1 bpg RODNEY HOOD 17.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 45.7 3FG% MATT JONES 2.6 ppg, 0.5 spg, 9.1 mpg QUINN COOK 13.1 ppg, 5.7 apg, 1.7 spg

Miami (10-7, 2-3) C F G G G

TONYE JEKIRI 3.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 18.4 mpg DONNAVAN KIRK 9.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.2 bpg GARRIUS ADAMS 9.8 ppg,4.5 rpg, 2.8 apg RION BROWN 14.1 ppg, 6.4rpg, 2.5 apg MANU LECOMTE 7.5 ppg, 2.7 apg, 2.2 rpg

(Projected lineups, statistics from 2013-14 season) Against N.C. State, forward DUKE MIA Jabari Parker seemed to have 62.4 PPG: 82.6 found his early-season form, 58.5 PPG DEF: 68.2 FG%: scoring 23 points on 50% 48.4 42.2 3PT%: shooting. He’ll need his shot to 41.4 31.9 FT%: fall for Duke to break Miami’s 74.2 69.0 RPG: 35.8 34.3 new zone defense. APG: 15.5 11.5 Matt Jones started the last 4.4 BPG: 2.9 two contests for his defense SPG: 5.6 6.9 and may be tasked with 9.6 10.9 TO/G: stopping Miami’s top gunThe breakdown ner—senior Rion Brown— Last year in Coral Gables, the Hurricanes upwith help off the bench from set top-ranked Duke 90-63. This year, Miami’s Tyler Thornton. best shot of stopping the Blue Devils will be Miami’s James Kelly averages to slow down Duke’s high-powered offense 7.8 ppg but played just three fresh off a 95-60 victory against N.C. State. minutes in the Hurricanes’ Don’t expect the Hurricanes to have much win at Georgia Tech. Rasheed of an answer for Parker, Hood and the Blue Sulaimon is averaging 17 ppg Devils’ deep supporting cast. in his last two games playing OUR CALL: Duke wins, 79-58 with the second unit.

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in late november 2013, natasha Anasi, Mollie Pathman and Kim DeCesare departed from the pitch one last time together as Blue Devils. After playing alongside each other in 84 games, all three had finished their Duke careers. little did they know that they would have the opportunity to play as teammates again. At the national Women’s Soccer league’s draft in Philadelphia Friday, the Boston Breakers used three of their six picks on Duke standouts, selecting Anasi 13th overall, Pathman at the no. 23 spot and DeCesare as their 34th pick. “i didn’t even know what to do [when i heard my name],” said DeCesare, who was in attendance for the ongoing national Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention. “i was thrilled to be going to Boston and thrilled to be going with my two teammates. it doesn’t get better than that.” The Massapequa Park, n.Y. native

could not contain her excitement when she heard her name called and came to the realization that she would be re-joining her teammates. “i stood up and i walked over to the general manager, shook his hand and i went to go shake everyone else’s. i didn’t realize i wasn’t supposed to because i was so happy, so i went to shake the coaches’ hands and they were like ‘oh no, you’ve got to go around the stage,’” she said. The Breakers made a big draft haul in preparation for the second year of the nWSl, selecting six players in the 36-pick draft—a group that also included Michigan forward nkem ezurike, Virginia Tech forward Jazmine reeves and Villanova goalkeeper Jami Kranich. That the team claimed three Blue Devils in the draft was a product of the team’s needs, Boston general manager lee Billiard said. “We had some specific players that filled some specific roles for us,” he said. “it just turned out we had three big play-

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The Boston Breakers of the National Women’s Soccer League selected Duke senior Natasha Anasi with the 13th pick in the draft Friday. ers that were on our list…. and the way the draft worked out, these girls were left on the table and they filled holes for us.” Anasi, who followed the draft via Twitter from home, had little clue ahead of time that she might end up in Boston. “i had no idea [where i was going],” she said. “My mom maybe follows the

blogs more than anyone does, so she had some ideas of places, but Boston was never mentioned, so it was really exciting. it’s a great area, great city.” For all three players, there was little contact ahead of time with any teams in See W. soccer, page 8

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the fledgling professional league. The three Blue Devils, along with teammate Laura Weinberg, had registered for the draft and informed teams of their availability but heard very little heading into the draft. Much of the professional scouting takes place through video and talk within the coaching community, Billiard said. “We spoke to coaching staffs and

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Called a ‘self-made player’ by head coach Robbie Church, Kim DeCesare has gone from lightly recruited freshman to the pros.

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asked around about these players through all the networks that our coaching staff have,” Billiard said. “That’s how we end up surmising that these could be the players that could come in and fill voids for us on the field, but also, in speaking to people it seems that these girls have the character to deal with situations off the field to represent the Boston Breakers brand.” With little buzz surrounding the draft stock of professional prospects, Duke head coach Robbie Church sought advice from fellow coaches to make sure he was doing everything he could to help his former players. “I didn’t really know what to do…. I felt like I wasn’t doing enough for the players, and one of the things we did do—and a lot of the credit goes to Chris [Metzloff] of the Blue Devil Network and [Assistant Sports Information Director] Lindy Brown helping out—is that we ended up making a highlight tape of all four of the players…. I had a number of coaches call me and thank me. And again this is not a big budget league so they don’t have a lot of people that can get out.” The effort paid off for the three Blue Devils, and teams have also shown interest in giving Weinberg tryout opportunities at training camps in March, Church said. With the three new draftees, Duke now boast four players in the NWSL as former Blue Devil Rebecca Moros plays for the Portland Thorns. “It was really, really exciting—especially to see Kim get drafted because Kim’s a self-made player,” Church said. “Kim

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A Durham, N.C. native, Mollie Pathman will finish her spring semester early to join the Boston Breakers at training camp in March. was not a highly recruited player. She missed her freshman year. She tore her ACL right before she came in. She battled through that. She’s played almost every position that we have here at Duke…. A lot of the coaches [think] we’ve never had a harder worker in the program.” DeCesare and her two new Breakers teammates have been training in preparation for the draft and will continue to work with the Duke coaching staff and their fellow teammates. DeCesare, who graduated in December and Pathman, who is taking an abbreviated class schedule will join the team in March, and Anasi will work in time around her final semester at Duke and join after graduation. “I will be sad to leave Duke with all my teammates and friends… but this has always been a goal of mine and I came

in knowing that this last semester I wanted to have the freedom to leave when I wanted to,” Pathman said. With a 20-spot roster, the three Blue Devils face a difficult challenge to make it through training camp and earn a spot with the Breakers, but their success on draft day has already left a mark on the program they have helped build in the last four years. “It’s exciting to us because it’s like we’re living some kind of legacy,” Anasi said. “And now we get to carry it on, and be an inspiration or set the bar a little bit higher for the players coming in, and that’s what they aspire to do is play pro, and they know it can be done because other players have done it.”

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who started his career with the Hurricanes, transferred to Depaul for two years, and transferred back to Miami this year—scored 21 points against Florida State Jan. 15 and had a 14-point performance against the Yellow Jackets, showing signs he might be finding his groove. “I had never seen Donnavan play at DePaul, I didn’t see him at all until we started practice,” Larrañaga said. “I’ve been impressed with his size and length and great work ethic, and I think he’s getting more and more comfortable as the season wears on. Because my staff and I are getting to learn his offensive game better, I think he’s feeling more comfortable about the opportunities

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Editorial enriching residential experience. In order to address this issue, the administration would need to amend and improve the current housing system. Many Duke students look back on their first-year housing experience with nostalgia. There are no institutionalized social barriers – no selectivity, little exclusivity. But, as sophomore year approaches, students are forced to make hard decisions about where and with whom to live. This is largely a function of small block sizes, which represent, in many ways, the most ill-conceived and problematic aspect of the House Model. If the House Model is to offer a fun, desirable alternative to selective groups, it must guarantee students the ability to live with friends they

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make freshman year. The administration would, specifically, have to increase block sizes so that groups of 10-15 people could live as a unit. We would like to see these new social units granted access to amenities needed to fill any social void left by a formerly dominant greek system. In particular, these living units should have easier access to alcohol. Currently, houses have to navigate red tape and exorbitant costs to obtain alcohol, and, though safety and liability will remain important issues, relatively easy and safe access to alcohol will drastically reduce the social costs of not going greek. Independents must also have ample space for social events. Once independents have more space and autonomy, they will be able to cement themselves as vibrant social communities. It is true that, without a robust greek life, sports teams and other groups might become the dominant social units. We are confident, however, that improvements to independent housing will not only prevent this from happening, but also create a more enjoyable Duke experience for all students.

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ment of Health and Human Services. Little Sisters does the admirable work of caring for elderly poor people in 30 homes across the United States. Members of the organization argue that the Affordable Care Act’s “contraception and abortion mandate … forces the Little Sisters to provide services that destroy human life, contradicting their very mission to respect it.” Although there is an exemption from the HHS Mandate for religious organizations, Little Sisters does not qualify as a “religious employer,” and is, therefore, still required to provide its employees with access to contraception, abortion and sterilization services through a third party. Thus, while the organization does not directly have to pay for these reproductive health services, its stance still objects to being forced to indirectly “authorize someone else to provide” the services. Little Sisters’ and the Becket Fund’s objections to the HHS mandate, however, are flawed. First, the mandate does not impose a substantial burden on Little Sisters’ exercising of religion, the standard for a violation of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. As originally promulgated in January 2012, the rule prohibited cost-sharing for FDA-approved prescribed contraceptives and contraceptive services (including sterilization) for women of reproductive age and provided a religious exemption for church organizations that rely primarily on members of the faith as employees. Furthermore, under regulations promulgated in July 2013, an organization wishing to be exempt from the mandate only needs to self-certify that it is a nonprofit organization that also holds itself out as religious and has religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services. Simply submitting a copy of this certification to the third-party administrator of the organization’s self-insured group health plan satisfies the organization’s obligations under the HHS mandate. Here, Little Sisters and the Becket Fund argue that this self-certification process imposes a substantial burden on Little Sisters’ exercise of religion, but it is difficult to imagine how the federal government could have made the burden any less onerous without compromising women’s reproductive health. The Department of Health and Human Services, the agency charged with

protecting the health of all Americans, is obligated to protect the reproductive health of American women. When women have the ability to plan when they get pregnant, they are able to become more active participants in the public sphere. Unhindered by unexpected and unplanned pregnancies, women can “lean in,” in the words of Sheryl Sandberg, and compete with men in the workplace. Furthermore, the ability to space pregnancies leads to healthier childbearing and healthier children and reduces the need for abortion. It is particularly important for contraception to be free, because women who cannot afford a deductible or the total cost of contraception would certainly have problems providing for unexpected children. In other words, Little Sisters argues that the simple completion of a form to relieve the organization from the obligation to directly provide access to birth control for its employees is an unbearable burden, far greater than the burden of unplanned pregnancies on women and their families. Second, Little Sisters argues that its self-certification would authorize a third party to provide precisely the contraceptive services to which the organization objects. Even if the organization were completely exempt from the mandate, however, it would still be authorizing third parties to provide these services. As much as the Catholic Church would like to hope otherwise, not everyone subscribes to Catholic beliefs about appropriate sexual relationships. People have sex outside of marriage, and many people do not want every sexual encounter to result in a pregnancy. As such, individuals will seek out contraceptive services regardless of whether the Church permits them to do so. By abdicating its role in educating people about the use of contraceptives, a religious organization de facto authorizes a third party to fill that void. Finally, Little Sisters and other similar religious organizations need to understand the simple fact that the use of a contraceptive does not kill an innocent life, assuming life begins at conception. Common contraceptive methods such as birth control pills merely prevent fertilization, in much the same way that the Church-endorsed natural family planning method prevents fertilization through careful planning and timing. Perhaps the most interesting point is the disjunction between Little Sisters’ willingness to provide endof-life care to any individual, regardless of religion, and its staunch imposition of its religious convictions on its employees through its refusal to fulfill the requirements of the HHS mandate. If anything, there is a more substantial burden on employees who wish to use contraceptives but cannot afford them. They are forced to subscribe to the Church’s views on contraception, without any opportunity for the free exercise of religion in that sphere. Joline Doedens is a second-year law student. Her column runs every other Wednesday. Send Joline a message @jydoedens.

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very once in a while, when I have too much work to do and not enough food to eat to procrastinate, I like to wax philosophic. Amidst musings on the meaning of life, the implications of neuroscience and the universe, I often find myself coming back to one topic: The Sims. Now, it would be an understatement to say that, as a child, I was obsessed with the Sims. I saved up for every expansion

and, suddenly, in my mind, Duke life took on some weird, extreme importance. What’s great about living in the Duke bubble as opposed to the Sim World bubble, though, is that we can always escape the vacuum. On Saturday, I was near my boiling point from the social pressures of rush added to the academic and extracurricular stressors of the beginning of the semester. Using my

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pack there was, and if I couldn’t get it, I may or may not have committed what was, to an 8-year-old, an unspeakable crime: internet piracy. But my obsession didn’t end there. I knew how to hack the game. I knew every twist, turn and pointlessly greedy cheat behind The Sims. I spent my preteen years getting abducted by aliens, removing stepladders from swimming pools and Woo-Hooing with the Grim Reaper. I also didn’t kiss a boy until high school. I’m not saying correlation always implies causation, but sometimes it does. Yet, why do I find myself contemplating my former simulated friendships, other than that I definitely wish it was still socially acceptable to prioritize them over real friendships? It’s because The Sims, in a lot of ways, reflects how real people live. Now it’s possible I’m only justifying my childhood hours spent on the computer or manufacturing a last-minute creative introduction to an article, but hear me out. Aside from the frankly scary links between neuroscience, the presence or conspicuous absence of free will and life in Sim World, The Sims is also pretty similar to life at Duke—both seem to exist in a bubble. We Duke students are constantly dealing with our own s---, much like The Sims are dealing with the extreme frequency they piss their pants or that chair they can’t seem to walk around no matter what. Yet, they’re totally unaware that their whole little world is only a small blip in some 8-year-old’s computer. Much like The Sims, in our extreme concern for on-campus affairs that can border on self-absorption, we can lose sight of real life and become totally unaware of the whole big world around us. This past weekend, I was definitely in Duke’s Sim World. Rush had, in my mind, elevated the importance of Duke life and Duke happenings to the extreme. I was invested in the process on multiple levels—both as a member of a Panhellenic organization, but also as the friend of many students going through IFC, Panhel and SLG rush. I felt trapped, frustrated and without any real agency. I was worried for my freshman friends—that they wouldn’t end up where they wanted—and I was worried for myself, selfishly wanting all of them to end up where I was or where I thought was best for them. Add this to the fact that rush is quite literally inescapable on campus,

typical coping strategy, I bolted off campus to the nearest Asian food dispensary. Luckily, a Vietnamese food truck was parked right near my apartment. I was still wearing my rush clothes, which, frankly, looked pretty ridiculous outside of the Inception-style, white girl bubble-withina-bubble that is Panhellenic recruitment. This kick-started a conversation with the guy running the truck. After a few minutes of talking, he basically burst with excitement , telling me that he was just too happy to contain it. It was his first day open, he said, and running this Vietnamese food truck was his life’s dream come true. At that moment, I was wrenched at top-speed out of the Duke bubble and back into reality. I was reminded of all the awesome things and people in the world outside of Duke. Duke has spent a good three years convincing me that Duke is the only thing that matters. Duke academics, Duke social scene, Duke sports, Duke administration— all Duke everything. Yet as a senior about to graduate, somehow Duke has never felt so simultaneously important and unimportant. I feel the need to immerse myself in Duke and cherish it while it lasts, but as I begin planning for my “real life,” Duke’s issues and problems have never felt more trivial. I’m not saying life and social structures and academics at Duke don’t matter, but in the grand scheme of things, we certainly inflate their importance. Although things at Duke may seem absolutely paramount, we’re only here for four years, and our lives will go on afterwards. It might do us all a bit of good to stop taking Duke so seriously. So go burst your own Duke bubble. Don’t let yourself get caught up in the social trappings linked with your affiliations. Go out and meet some Durhamites—you might find they’re less “sketchy” than you thought. Keep your life goals in mind, and don’t let silly college drama and self-absorption get in your way. Duke is just a tiny, isolated portion of a great world ahead of us, and we would do well to remember that—lest we become more like The Sims, in which case I hope you all packed your adult diapers, because it’s gonna be a moist ride.

atomic particles aligned themselves in a specific fashion to make enthalpy change in such a manner as to make it more likely that heat was released. A simple explanation. The unexpected explosion, which illuminated the night, failed to significantly affect anything outside its immediate vicinity. We are safe. We can forget. Except there is no such thing as spontaneous combustion. One of my high school history teachers once told me that every major event in history has two components: a tinder and a spark. When examining events critically, a specific action is easy to analyze. The systemic groundwork which set the stage for that action is a far more difficult and complex nut to crack. A lack of empathy for others, unwillingness to respectfully debate ideas and a failure to accept extremes permeate campus and cause people to act hastily without appropriately considering the consequences of their actions. For some context, a close friend of mine has recently gone through some defining circumstances and endured a dichotomy of social exile and exuberant embracement because of it. My friend’s decision to make a series of public, atypical sexual choices has ostracized him/her from many people on this campus who previously enjoyed his/ her company. These decisions were the lit match that set the social system ablaze, but if we want to understand why it burns, we need to look away from anecdotes and look inward. H. Jackson Brown Jr. said, “Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.” Arguably the biggest ingredient that causes scandals at Duke to blow up is a blatant disregard for other’s humanity. People are social creatures and the temptation to get sucked into rampant gossip or malicious rumors is tempting, but we need to remember that in the end we are talking about other people. No “juicy rumor” is worth attacking another individual in an attempt to destroy their self-worth. People need to recognize the complex combination of pressures, motives and preferences that interact and not dismiss someone’s actions as an unequivocal,

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Lillie Reed is a Trinity senior. Her column is part of the weekly Socialites feature and runs every other Wednesday. Send Lillie a message on Twitter @LillieReed.

absolute moral wrong. Ultimately, while all undergraduates come together and live together on this campus, we are different people. This means that our personal lives should be exactly that: personal. The preferred lifestyle, occupation or hobbies of someone should not brand them with a scarlet letter and put them on a scaffold for the snide jeers and collective judgment of their peers. If someone is more sexually promiscuous than the conventions accepted as the norm,

that’s fine—just like if someone is less sexually active, that is also fine. One’s preferences for his partner are his own and should be devoid of judgment from others. College is, in fact, the greatest time for us to discover ourselves and our own passions while being challenged to accept others for who they are, regardless of our own preferences. I like to think of myself as an openminded individual. I am fairly confident that you, my valued reader, also consider yourself to be someone who is open to other ideas and considering actions independent of the agent who espouses them. I challenge you to think of your own set of moral convictions and ideals and wonder where they were derived from. The French novelist Marcel Proust said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” I implore you to critically analyze how you see the world and orient and reorient yourself. The simple, plain reality is that not everybody shares your beliefs and that your rose-colored glasses are only one vantage point among a spectrum of attitudes about life and what is and is not appropriate. Opinions, like students at Duke, come from all the corners, nooks and crannies of the world. The more people that are put together in one place at any given time the more likely it is that they are going to disagree and be challenged by each other. This friction of ideas is necessary for dialogue to be created and so the ideas that have the most merit can naturally rise to the top. All sentiments deserve to be heard and considered, but the manner in which they are expressed should be scrutinized. When hot button issues surface on campus, people have a tendency to resort to ad-hominem attacks rather than using logic to demonstrate errors in the opposing idea’s reasoning. I aim not to convince you but to allow you to convince yourself. Some of the truest facets of human nature are that we can improve, change our perceptions, broaden our horizons and help others do the same. If we want to stop fires, we need to remove the tinder. Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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certain internships more accessible to low-income students by offering grants of up to $3,000 for undergraduate students who take unpaid or low-paying internships. in the past, students have used funding for costs related to transportation, housing, and day-today expenses, said Anne lyford, associate director of employer relations at the Career Center. “There are grants available, so i would say don’t shy away from unpaid or low-paying internships,” said Chris heltne, director of communications for Student Affairs. Despite extensive criticism leveled at unpaid internships, students have not hesitated to take low-paying and unpaid internships. Many have lamented the cancellation of internship programs due to lawsuits. lauren Alef, a sophomore who worked as an unpaid intern for Yves Saint-laurent the previous summer, spoke of her internship experience positively. Despite

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working almost 60 hours per week, Alef said that the experience was worth working without wages. “At the time, putting in the hours was really challenging, but now, looking back, i’m so grateful they let me do the work i did,” Alef said. “i kind of owe them for that.”

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humans suffering from joint pains since the damage that can occur in human cartilage is due to abnormally high or low levels of mechanical loading onto the cells of the cartilage. “People that do a lot of knee-bending or work on their knees and put high loads on them are more prone to cartilage degeneration,” o’Conor said. “however, at the same time…the cartilage can lose some of its properties and its strengths if you don’t appropriately exercise them.”

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o’Conor said the lab had been working on mechanotransduction—how cells respond to physical and mechanical environments—and their experiments with TrPV4 have shown its link to sensing these mechanical changes. Knowing that the protein was already particularly important within different organ systems, o’Conor and the lab group examined TrPV4 within cartilage cells and uncovered one of its novel functions. normal amounts of mechanical loading have been shown to trigger growth of cartilage cells, and when a moderate amount of loading was applied to cartilage tissue, TrPV4 was activated and caused growth of new cartilage cells. Additionally, by activating TrPV4 with chemical signals rather than mechanical stress, the lab was able to generate new cartilage cells. holly leddy, a post-doctoral associate at the School of Medicine and co-author of the study, stated that the findings are very relevant to human disease since about one in five American adults report suffering from arthritis. re-growing cartilage tissues for therapeutic means would be much easier by targeting the TrPV4 channel, leddy noted. “if we can trick the cartilage into thinking it’s being loaded, we can grow very complicated shapes,” leddy said. leddy said their next goal was to see whether or not TrPV4 will be able to help regenerate lost cartilage or prevent cartilage generation within human cells. Although the team used pig cartilage tissue for their research, o’Conor said the expression of TrPV4 has been found in every animal the team has looked at so far and the researchers believe that it will have a similar function within human cells. it is also present in many other parts of the body—occurring most in articular cartilage, lining the joints—carrying potentially numerous roles across several different systems. Farshid Guilak, laszlo ormandy Professor of orthopaedic Surgery, attributed these findings to twenty years of extensive lab work on cartilage cells, adding that the future direction of studies into this protein can help make advances in a wide variety of fields due to its presence and functions across multiple tissue contexts. “This channel appears to be most highly expressed in cartilage of all tissues, but is present and plays critical roles in a number of other tissues such as lung, skin, blood vessels and bone,” Guilak wrote in an email Monday. “our collaborator on this project, Dr. Wolfgang liedtke, has recently shown that this channel plays a major role in regulating diverse pain responses in the body.” Guilak said his lab is also considering other possible mechanical stress-sensing ion channels for their roles in joint tissue and the implications of these studies will result in the development of effective new treatments for joint diseases.

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