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Aggression in Feminist activists unite across shades of blue kids linked to neighborhoods by Carleigh Stiehm The Chronicle

A study that analyzed children from nine countries—including more than 300 families in Durham—found that children raised in a dangerous neighborhood are more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior. More than 1,290 families—from China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand and the United States—took part in the study led by Ann Skinner, a researcher with Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy. Although it has been widely accepted that there is a link between dangerous neighborhoods and aggressive children in the U.S., this was one of the first studies to examine the correlation internationally. In neighborhoods that were determined to be dangerous, children displayed higher levels of aggression, Skinner said. “We were able to replicate across the globe in a wide range of cultures, that when parents reported they lived in a dangerous neighborhood, we also saw increased levels of child aggression,” she said. Skinner noted that this observation was previously only reported with domestic samples. Since 2008, more than 300 Durham families were a part of the study that used parent responses to measure levels of child aggression—targeting behaviors like screaming and threatening others. Although differing parenting techniques were not found to be an effective way to mediate aggression when in dangerous neighborhoods, the study found that parents in dangerous areas often opted for harsher parenting techniques, Skinner said—noting that this style elevated the levels of reported aggression. “When children reported they felt they lived in a dangerous neighborhood, this was linked with harsher parenting methods, which were in turn linked with more child aggression,” she said. “Parent and child reports were mixed on this point, however, and this study only talks about correlations, not causes.” She added that further study will be needed to determine how parenting techniques influence the displays of aggression in children. Throughout the nine countries of See behavior, page 6

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The Kenan-Biddle Partnership, which unites Duke and UNC students, has funded a new initiative focused on female empowerment.

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A new multi-campus initiative is working to connect and empower active feminist leaders from Duke and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Funded by a $5,000 grant from the Kenan-Biddle Partnership—which focuses on uniting students from Duke and UNC—the new Feminist Activist Initiative aims to facilitate equality on both campuses by promoting feminist leadership and activism. Twenty-two total applicants were accepted to the pro-

gram last week—11 from each school. The initiative received over 80 applications from Duke alone. “The initiative bridges class year and unites students with all different backgrounds from all different walks of life across two campuses in a network of feminist leaders,” said senior Lillie Reed, the initiative’s founder and chief administrator. “We want to build a community.” Unlike many of the other campaigns on campus, Reed said the Feminist Activist Initiative will have a strong focus on following through with action.

“Something that I find rather agitating about a lot of campaigns at Duke and at UNC, is that there’s a lot of awareness and leadership development, but not a lot of action,” Reed said. “As members of the initiative, the people participating will create an activist campaign of their own design.” Senior Cara Peterson, a member of the new initiative and co-founder of Duke Culture Initiative, hopes the campaign will emphasize mentorship. “There’s a lot of experience that can See Initiative, page 5

Tobia wants to amplify voice of student body by Kali Shulklapper The Chronicle

In his campaign for Young Trustee, senior Jacob Tobia wants to strengthen the voice of the student body. Tobia served as vice president for equity and outreach for Duke Student Government and president of LGBT student organization Blue Devils United. Along with participating in Project WILD pre-orientation program, he was an active member of Rhythm and Blue a cappella group, has been involved in theater productions such as the Me Too

Monologues and is currently a member of the selective living group Round Table. “People know me as an activist, but I’m much more than that,” Tobia said. “I’ve seen so much of this place—my experiences are broad enough to represent the student body well.” Tobia’s priority is to increase avenues through which students can voice their concerns to the University. Tobia said that the current model enables informal discussions of serious topics where professionalism is preferred.

“I don’t think that’s acceptable,” Tobia said. “It is important that any great campus has a mechanism where they can hear back from their community.” Tobia said he is committed to making the Board of Trustees more accessible to students by creating a student forum designed for professional dialogue. Despite these challenges, Tobia has pursued a number of his own projects. Through work with DukeOpen and the Business and Finance Committee of the See tobia, page 5

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DUSDAC mulls Deli-icious for food truck rotation next year

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Eboo Patel, the Interfaith Youth Core President, spoke at the Goodson Chapel Monday evening. The event, “Is faith a barrier or a bridge?” was co-hosted by Duke University Service-Learning and the Chapel.

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DUSDAC members met with a potential Raleigh-based food truck, Deli-icious, which caters gourmet paninis.

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The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee deliberated Monday on which of next year’s food truck options will be the most palatable to students. over a meal provided by Deli-icious, a gourmet panini catering truck from raleigh, the group listened to owner Susan Tower and considered the possibility of adding the truck to the list of dining options. The truck was given high marks by the group, as several members expressed their satisfaction with the food. “i would go to this place every day,” sophomore DUSDAC member Ahbi Shah said. “We should heavily consider them. They are on top of their game.” Some members of the group expressed concern about the truck’s similarity to Foster’s, another popular food truck that also specializes in sandwiches.

“[Deli-icious doesn’t] just do sandwiches, but sandwiches are their big ploy,” junior DUSDAC member Ben Wang said. Tower said that although the truck mainly served sandwiches, its versatility set it apart from others. She said the company was capable of serving all different kinds of food, from dumplings to sweet potato french toast. “i know that there are a lot of trucks that do sandwiches, but i don’t really find us to be the same [as other trucks],” Tower said. Senior Marissa Medine, external vendors chair for DUSDAC, said that variety was important given that only seven food truck spots are available for next year. She said some of this year’s trucks will likely return next year, but she did not know which were most likely.

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Sophomore chooses to stay at Duke despite illness by Ryan Zhang The ChroniCle

Between work, sports and environmental science classes, sophomore Sarah Stanczyk can barely find the time to deal with her latest challenge: chemotherapy. Stanczyk was diagnosed with hodgkin lymphoma late last year. Despite her diagnosis, she has chosen to spend the Spring semester on campus and will undergo six months of chemotherapy at the Duke Cancer Center. Stanczyk said the first sign that something was wrong was that she would routinely contract minor illnesses during her freshman year. During a visit with her athletic doctor last Fall, Stanczyk, a club rower, mentioned that she had had persistent swelling in her lymph nodes. After an initial x-ray to rule out the possibility of pneumonia, Stanczyk was brought to the hospital for additional tests. “i asked what they were looking for,” Stanczyk said. “They wouldn’t tell me, but they said i had abnormalities and they didn’t want to jump to conclusions.” later that day she was told she had hodgkin lymphoma. “Apparently i’ve had it for about five years,” Stanczyk said. “it was a huge shock.” The decision to remain on campus was an obvious one, Stanczyk added— she hopes to keep things “as normal as possible” during her treatment. “At home, my friends are away at college and my parents are working,” Stanczyk said. “i’d literally just be sitting in my house moping around and watching netflix, and i think that would make me sicker. here, i have a huge support group. i’m taking a couple of classes. i’m

working. i just want to keep it normal.” A number of Duke students have dealt with serious illnesses in the past, said Amy Powell, associate dean of students and director of case management. The office of Case Management provides outreach, advocacy and resources to students who are in need of support due to mental or physical illnesses. Powell added that it is not unusual for students to continue their schoolwork through their illness. “We have students who decide to take some time off to fully address whatever

issues they might be experiencing,” Powell said. “But we also have some students… who are able to function with appropriate accommodations and assistance and thrive while they’re here.” Former students who beat cancer have reached out to Stanczyk. Their support has helped her prepare for what is in store, Stanczyk said. Stanczyk said the experience has helped her discover new career goals. originally pre-med, she decided to change her program to explore other options.

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“When i went to get surgery, i had a really good experience with the nurses,” Stanczyk said. “i might want to stay in the medical field, but maybe not as a doctor. i realized i really want to do something where i can work with patients.” Several people close to Stanczyk are planning fundraising events to help her through her treatment, said junior Aly Breuer, a friend of Stanczyk’s. Most recently, the student organization Blue Devils vs. Cancer hosted their annual charity event Sweet night in Durham. This year, they donated a portion of the proceeds to Stanczyk’s family. “everyone’s been really supportive,” Stanczyk said. “even something as small as running to get me a milkshake when i don’t feel well—it’s only been a couple of weeks and i’m already overwhelmed by the Duke community.” Stanczyk said she began chemotherapy last week and noted the experience has been trying. “There’s good days and bad days,” Stanczyk said. “The biggest thing about treatment is that i’ll be really tired all the time. i’ve already noticed that i have to sit down and take a break just walking to class.” Still, Stanczyk said she remains positive. “She’s responded to this better than i imagined anyone could,” Breuer said. “That’s a huge testament to her will and her fight and her commitment to kicking this thing’s butt and doing it with a smile on her face.”

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Cancer prevention partnership Abortion rate at lowest point in Tanzania unveiled by DGHI since 1973, study finds ligious objections may opt out of those rules. State legislatures are preparing to push through another raft of restrictive laws, after a period that saw the enactment of dozens of new regulations that critics say will impede women’s access to abortion. The new laws include requirements that women undergo ultrasounds before obtaining abortions, as well as licensing and inspection requirements for abortion providers. nine states banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, part of a national effort by abortion opponents to force the Supreme Court to revisit the legality of abortion. The political clashes, now and over the years, have overshadowed a trend cheered, albeit cautiously, by both sides of the issue: The number of abortions in the United States has been decreasing. “We are extremely happy that the abortion numbers are going down and continue to be declining over the years,” said Carol Tobias, president of national right to life, a prominent antiabortion group. Such groups, including Tobias’s, reject the Guttmacher institute’s conclusion that the decrease was not related to state regulations restricting access to the procedure, because while the major surge in new laws came in 2011, some laws came earlier. For example, 39 states require parental notification or consent for a minor to get an abortion. They say the graphic conversation in the 1990s around the procedure they call “lateterm” abortion contributed to a greater awareness of, and horror over, how abortions are performed. And they credit new technologies that allow people to better observe what happens in the womb at the earliest stages of pregnancy. “This is a post-sonogram generation,” said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for life, the group behind many of the new state limits on abortions. “There is increased awareness throughout our culture of the moral weight of the unborn baby, and that’s a good thing.” Guttmacher researchers said it is unlikely

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The Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Cancer Institute have collaborated on a new Global Cancer Initiative that will be launched in Tanzania.

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Duke has launched a Global Cancer initiative in order to identify causes and treatment for cancer around the world. The Global Cancer initiative was announced as a collaboration between the Duke Global health institute and the Duke Cancer institute just a few days before World Cancer Day on February 4 to address new trends in global medicine, said Dr. nelson Chao, professor of medicine and global health and one of the leaders of the program. The initiative will launch at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Tanzania—one of four cancer referral centers in the country. “With the way the world is changing, non-communicable diseases such as cancer have surpassed infectious diseases,” Chao said. Dr. John Bartlett, professor of medicine and global health at both DGhi and KCMC, is another leader of the initiative. he noted the importance of fostering cancer prevention and treatment in Tanzania. “Some of our short-term goals include

hiring faculty members to be stationed in the region to roll out grants and research proposals,” Bartlett said. “our long-term goals include developing a strong research capacity and developing a self-sufficient model of cancer prevention and care.” he added that there are several challenges to creating an overseas initiative that is focused on cancer prevention and treatment. “historically, American oncologists have not [sought out] opportunities internationally,” Bartlett said. “A second challenge is identifying resources that can be used for global cancer research efforts.” DGhi and DCi will be funding the program, but the full costs of it are still uncertain as the initiative is still in its initial stages of planning. Bartlett, along with other DGhi faculty, have created a strong presence in Moshi, Tanzania over the last 20 years. DGhi currently has a preexisting partnership with KCMC— the Medical education Partnership—that

WAShinGTon — The abortion rate in the United States dropped to its lowest point since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in all 50 states, according to a study suggesting that new, long-acting contraceptive methods are having a significant impact in reducing unwanted pregnancies. There were fewer than 17 abortions for every 1,000 women in 2011, the latest year for which figures were available, according a paper published Monday by the Guttmacher institute, a pro-abortion-rights think tank. That is down 13 percent from 2008 and a little higher than the rate in 1973, when the Supreme Court handed down its landmark roe v. Wade decision. The study did not examine the reasons for the drop, but the authors suggested that one factor was greater reliance on new kinds of birth control, including intrauterine devices such as Mirena, which can last for years and are not susceptible to user error as are daily pills and condoms. They also noted the economy as a contributing factor, because people tend to adhere more strictly to birth control during tough economic times. But they did not credit the recent wave of state laws restricting access to abortion, because most of those took effect in 2011 or later. Those restrictions will surely have an impact on the numbers going forward, said rachel Jones, a senior researcher at Guttmacher and lead researcher on the paper. “if the abortion rate continues to drop, we can’t assume it’s all due to positive factors” such as better adherence to contraceptives, she said, calling the laws passed in 22 states “onerous.” The report comes as tensions intensify in the long-simmering debate over abortion and contraception. religious groups are locked in a closely watched battle with the obama administration over new rules that require employers to offer birth control free of charge as part of their health insurance benefit packages. The Supreme Court will decide this year whether employers with re-

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Board, Tobia has worked to increase investment responsibility. Senior Sunny Frothingham, one of Tobia’s friends since freshman year, said that the Young Trustee’s job is to elevate student interests and bring the perspective of current students to the Amanda brumwell/The Chronicle Board. “Jacob has already done this,” Frothingham wrote in an email Monday. “His work with DukeOpen demonstrates that he already has the ability to speak up to Trustees, hold a presence in the Board room and change policy.” Tobia also helped with the efforts to expand gender neutral housing to SLGs, West, Central and East Campuses. “Gender neutral housing is something that nobody was talking about substantially four years ago,” Tobia said. “Its current expansion reflects my ability to engage students to understand the value of changes that matter and to bridge students in a way that people don’t expect.” Further, Tobia plans to ensure that the conversation about investment responsibility remains a strong dialogue. He added that he is committed to creating a strategic plan for increasing the socioeconomic diversity of the school from recruitment to financial aid. In regards to his previous LGBT activism work, he noted that it is time to bring about larger social change. “I’m one for proactivity,” he said. “I’ve learned the patience and persistence necessary to bring about large-scale changes.” Anthony Brown, professor of the practice of public policy and sociology, said that it is easy to see Tobia as a quirky personality, but that the “real Jacob” is a combination of forces. “Jacob is remarkably talented—distinguished in terms of his charismatic leadership, high moral principles and humility,” Brown said. “There is always a sparkle in his eye that accompanies his can-do attitude.”

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brings technology, teaching innovations and new resources to Tanzania. Rolvix Patterson, a senior and global health major who has conducted research in Haiti, noted that providing care in a resource-poor area can be an immense challenge but rewarding. “The partnership with DGHI, Duke Cancer Institute and the Tanzanian health clinic will provide the clinic with a higher level of support, leading to improved short-term and long-term health outcomes,” Patterson wrote in an email Sunday. In addition to this partnership, DGHI and DCI will host a Global Cancer Symposium May 14. Researchers from India, China, Brazil and various African nations will attend.

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be shared, and I want the campaign we design to focus on a shift of knowledge about the way gender impacts men and women on a day-to-day basis, from one year to the next,” Peterson said. “But I’m really excited to focus on whatever ideas the whole group come up with.” The participants will also meet for a retreat in late February and occasional dinners to discuss gender issues and solutions with feminist faculty and other leaders. “I’m excited about the conversations I get to have with other women and men who are dedicated to the same issues I am,” Peterson said. “I also am really excited to see the exchange between Duke and UNC students and to work with a world outside of the Duke bubble.” Both schools have seen recent progress in their feminist campaigns, Reed noted. “It’s very important to realize that we have a lot of students who are passionate about the same things as

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study, researchers asked families questions about their perception of the neighborhoods in which they lived. Using their answers, researchers then assigned levels of danger to the neighborhood. The study distinguishes that it is the perception of danger that was taken into account rather than the statistics of crime in the area. in all nine countries studied, both mother and father responses indicated an association between dangerous neighborhoods and child aggression, but this link was only reported in the children’s responses from five of the nine countries. “in this particular manuscript, we were looking at neighborhood danger in a much broader context, and were trying to identify the mechanisms by which dangerous neighborhoods might affect child behavior,” Skinner said. She noted, however, that they did not classify residents based on the danger of their neighborhoods, but rather allowed families to classify themselves based on their perception of their environment. Beverly Thompson, director of the Durham office of Public Affairs, said there are many organizations in Durham that are working with local “low-wealth or impoverished” families. “east Durham is the city’s target area for crime reduction,” Thompson wrote in an email Friday. one such group is Durham’s Partnership for Children. The organization works with the Durham community to help prepare children under the age of five for school. in order to qualify for the program, families must fall at or below the poverty level. in its 2009-2010 Annual report, Dur-

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ham’s Partnership for Children noted that 56 percent of parents reported challenging behaviors for children at the beginning of the program and only 16 percent reported challenging behaviors at the end. “To ensure every child in Durham enters school ready to succeed, we lead community strategies for children from birth to five [years of age] and their families that promote healthy development and learning and enhance access to high quality care,” Communications Manager elaine erteschik explained as the mission for Durham’s Partnership for Children. A recent report by the Durham County school board found that there have been unnecessarily high suspension rates in the past several years. new guidelines are being put in place to help lower these rates—which disproportionately affect black and minority students and students with disabilities. in north Carolina, during the 2011-12 school year, the north Carolina Bar Association reported that black students— who make up approximately 26 percent of the total student population—accounted for 56.8 percent of short-term suspensions in the state. “in our sample, we recruited families from about 15 public and two private elementary schools across Durham in 2007-2008, and while we have a wide distribution of socioeconomic levels in our study, they are not evenly distributed across any specific neighborhoods, as this was not a main focus of our original grant,” Skinner said. The families will continue to be monitored for about four years to continue collecting data as the children grow up, she added.

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“We are hoping to do a pretty comprehensive dining survey to look beyond the numbers and see what the students actually want,” she said. Deli-icious has some experience serving college campuses, as it spent some time on north Carolina State University’s campus. Despite its popularity with the students there, it was forced to leave for financial reasons, Tower said. Some DUSDAC members said they were concerned to hear about Tower’s history with universities and worried that Deli-icious may not accept an offer on financial grounds, citing Duke’s policy of taking 17 percent of food truck revenue. nCSU charged a $500 flat rate per year. DUSDAC co-Chair Chris Taylor, a senior, said he was optimistic about Deliicious’s prospects despite potential financial challenges. “A percentage is a more normal thing to do [than a flat rate],” he said. Shah said he had a larger concerns to worry about. “[Deli-icious] is such a terrible name,” he said.

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that previous laws had an impact, because they examined the abortion rate in more liberal states that did not enact such laws before 2011 and found no difference in the trend. The study released Monday shows that, after a plateau from 2005 to 2008, the longterm decline in the abortion rate has resumed. The rate has dropped significantly from its high in 1981, when there were about 30 abortions for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. The number of abortions

also fell 13 percent from 2008 to nearly 1.1 million in 2011, the study said. The results echo a report last year from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also found a decline in the abortion rate after a plateau. That report, which used a different methodology, pegged the abortion rate in 2010 as 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The numbers of abortions are not easily sussed out, because providers are not required to report them. The CDC draws from state health department reports, and its data are incomplete. For example, California — responsible for an estimated 17 percent of abortions nationwide — does not gather data on the number of abortions. Guttmacher approaches the task differently, conducting a periodic census by mailing a questionnaire to all known abortion providers. it follows up over the phone with those who don’t respond and uses reports from health departments and other data to fill any remaining gaps. The report is to be published in the March issue of the peerreviewed journal Perspectives on Sexual and reproductive health. experts cautioned that the numbers documented by Guttmacher in the immediate aftermath of roe v. Wade may be particularly shaky. Many abortions were still taking place underground and off the books at that time. Monday’s report showed a shift in women’s preferred method of abortion. it found that nearly one in four of all non-hospital abortions were a result of the abortion pill, up from 17 percent in 2008. The number of abortion providers declined 4 percent over the period. Six states experienced no change or an increase in their abortion rates — Alaska, Maryland, Montana, new hampshire, West Virginia and Wyoming. researchers did not explain why those states defied the overall trend.

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Following road tests against the ACC’s best, Duke faces Wake Forest at home by Brian Mazur After playing a long and emotional game against a new rival, the Blue Devils are ready to defend their home court against a familiar foe. Coming off two days rest, No. 11 Duke faces a rebound-game against Wake Forest at Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Despite the temptation to dwell on one of the most exciting college basketball games this season, the team is focusing its attention on what lies ahead. “To be in two settings like [Pittsburgh and Syracuse] and play in two games like that are things that most teams don’t go through,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “This is the first time this team has gone through something like that, and we have to make sure it does not hurt our progress going forward.” The Blue Devils (17-5, 6-3 in the ACC) will look to continue a 28-game home win streak—tied for the longest active run in the nation—against a young but talented Demon Deacon squad. Despite being tabbed 13th in the ACC preseason poll, Jeff Bzdelik’s team sits tied for eighth place in the conference. But after a 4-3 start in the ACC and an undefeated record on its home court, Wake Forest (14-8, 4-5) has dropped two straight games in Winston-Salem, including a 67-57 loss to then-No. 2 Syracuse on Jan. 29. It could be an uphill battle for the Demon Deacons if Wake Forest’s leading scorer, guard Codi Miller-McIntyre does not suit up Tuesday night. The sophomore was described by Bzdelik as day-to-day with an ankle injury he sustained in a Feb. 1 loss to Georgia Tech. Even though the Demon Deacons fell 7570 in their last outing against Duke, Bzdelik said his team will be better prepared this time around.

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Saturday’s 91-89 overtime loss to Syracuse was Duke’s fifth loss of the year. On paper, this looks concerning. It also just feels concerning. Heck, the team lost only six games all of last season. You have to go back to the 1996-97 season to find a Duke team that lost this many games, this early in the season. But there are two things to know right now: 1) Duke’s early-season losses don’t matter 2) The loss to Syracuse is pretty much the best loss a team could ever have. Why shouldn’t you care about Duke’s early season defeats? They obviously matter in some sense—the NCAA Tournament selection committee obviously will not ignore disappointing defeats at Clemson and Notre Dame, not to mention the losses to Kansas and Arizona on neutral courts. More so than most Duke teams in recent memory, though, this team has evolved during the year. More so than many Duke seasons in recent memory, Coach K has evolved with the team throughout the year. The team that took the court Feb. 1 against Syracuse is nothing like the one that lost to Kansas in the second game of the year.

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(Projected lineups, statistics from 2013-14 season) In their last four games, forDUKE WF wards Jabari Parker and Amile 71.4 PPG: 81.9 Jefferson have been combin68.3 PPG DEF: 67.5 FG%: ing for nearly 20 rebounds per 47.0 44.3 3PT%: game, and Jefferson is coming 41.4 31.3 FT%: off back-to-back 14-point per74.5 64.8 RPG: 37.7 35.3 formances. APG: 15.4 13.8 Head coach Mike Krzyzewski 4.9 BPG: 3.0 has benefited from Duke’s SPG: 5.6 6.9 depth at this position, ro9.5 11.9 TO/G: tating his five guards in and The breakdown out. Krzyzewski has started If Wake Forest’s leading scorer Codi Millfour different combinations er-McIntyre is not at 100 percent health, the in the last four games. Demon Deacons could struggle to keep up After three starts, Matt Jones with the Blue Devils’ high-powered offense, has seen just 11 minutes in the but forward Travis McKie is coming off a last three games. He might see season-high 26-point performance against time against Codi Miller-McInGeorgia Tech. For Duke, look for another tyre, but if the rest of the rotabalanced scoring attack. tion maintains its strong play, OUR CALL: Duke wins, 79-65 Jones’ role will be minimal.

“Last year we were extremely young, and we have played Duke now,” Bzdelik said. “We played Kansas and Syracuse this year. We have been through enough games that we are beyond [rankings].” Forwards Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood have been consistent weapons for the Blue

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On the heels of capturing the ACC Coastal Division crown and playing in one of the most-hyped bowl games of the postseason, the Blue Devils continued the success of 2013 going Monday night as four-star recruit Trevon Lee committed to the program. On the eve of his selection, Lee had his decision whittled down to two options: Duke and Vanderbilt. But in the end, the Blue Devils coaching staff and

recent success won him over. Lee was a standout at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida—not to be confused with Cardinal Gibbons of Raleigh, NC—and attracted attention from 13 Division I schools according to ESPN.com, who had him ranked at No. 235 in the Class of 2014 ESPN300. Lee garnered offers from nine schools and visited Ole Miss and and California in addition to Duke and Vanderbilt. He burst on the scene in his junior campaign, amassing 704 yards on 36 catches with 11 going for touchdowns. Lee followed his breakout season up with career-highs in receptions and yards his senior season, as he hauled in

48 receptions for 743 yards in addition to five scores. At 5’11, 167 pounds and boasting a 4.49 40-yard dash, Lee will make a nice addition to the Blue Devil receiving corps which already runs deep. With Jamison Crowder entering his senior season, Lee will have an opportunity to learn from one of the ACC’s top receivers before possibly taking over Crowder’s role as the explosive deep threat when the All-ACC receiver departs following next season. With Lee’s commitment, Duke now has four four-star recruits in this year’s class, including fellow Florida-product Nico Pierre, who was the Blue Devils’ highest-ranked recruit in six years.

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It’s not just little differences, either. The offense is no longer just hoping Jabari Parker hits shots. The offense, in fact, is quite spectacular: Duke’s offense has the highest efficiency rating dating back through 2003, the first year advanced college basketball statistics website KenPom. com has data. The rotation of players playing has also wildly changed. Remember when Rasheed Sulaimon was in the doghouse and didn’t play against Michigan? (Note: Coach K does not have a doghouse.) I

think we can all see that ‘Sheed’s time riding the pine is over this season. Just as important as ‘Sheed is the recent play of Andre Dawkins. He didn’t play against Kansas. He was also just a small factor in the Arizona and Michigan games. And when he did light it up, it was against weaker teams like Gardner-Webb or Eastern Michigan. That’s why it’s so impressive that he scored a combined 34 points on 12-of-20 shooting in Duke’s two games against Pittsburgh and Syracuse. When he comes into games, opposing teams must account for him on defense, else he’ll

make it rain. There are other differences too. Tyler Thornton is playing less, and is far more efficient in his minutes. Amile Jefferson has developed into possibly the best rebounder in the ACC. Marshall Plumlee is finding his niche as a stopper in the paint and rebounder, even if he isn’t ready to do big things on the offensive end just yet. Jefferson and Plumlee’s increases in minutes mean that Parker spends less time playing center, which is good for the defense and Parker’s long-term stamina. This now brings us back into point No. 2: If Duke has correctly made all these adjustments, why didn’t it beat Syracuse? Well, sometimes the final result of a game just doesn’t really show how well or not well a team played. And given a number of circumstances, Duke played a heck of a game. I’m not sure I’ve even watched a loss that gave me so much more confidence in the future of a team: Wouldn’t you even take Duke as five-point favorites right now for the game at Cameron Indoor Stadium? Ten points? The Blue Devils persevered through questionable foul calls (Jefferson’s fourth and Parker’s fifth), a perplexing no-call (Rodney Hood’s dunk attempt) and what will likely be their most hostile road environment of the season. Duke, ultimately, scored 89 points against one of the best defenses in the country. Then, the Orange needed career-high scoring days from C.J. Fair and Jerami Grant to only win the game by two. Look, I’m not saying Duke was robbed and cheated. The game is over. Duke lost. But as far as losses go, it’s pretty darn encouraging

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Despite a decrease in minutes, guard Tyler Thornton has found ways to contribute when he is on the floor. for the future prospects of the team. On Selection Sunday, at some point Duke’s resume will come up. This will be a Duke team with more losses than we’re used to, they’ll say. How did they lose to Clemson and Notre Dame, neither of which will make the Big Dance, they’ll ask. And Saturday’s loss to Syracuse will still be in the loss column—’can they really hang with the best of the best?’ they’ll mull. But when you want to think about how good Duke actually is and their chances at winning big games going forward, remember these things, because the Blue Devils are different. In a very good way.

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Jefferson provided Duke with a healthy presence in the paint, averaging 14 points and 8.5 rebounds during his last two games. The sophomore has put up near double-double numbers in his last six games and is not showing signs of ceding the paint to opposing teams. “[Amile is] a very versatile performer and a good competitor,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m really very pleased about how he has played, and we watch him continue to get better.” Sulaimon saw action at the point guard position Saturday night and scored 16 points in the loss, including a heroic last-second trey to send the game into overtime. He has come a long way since being benched in the midst of a slump earlier this season. “Rasheed is a combo,” Krzyzewski said. “He

actually puts the best pressure on the ball of anybody we have on the team, because he is taller and a really good athlete. He played like a combo in high school. We will keep looking at that.” With additional offensive weapons beginning to mature, Duke will look to take advantage of a defense that is ranked 119th in the nation, giving up 68.3 points per contest—in stark contrast to the ninthranked defense they faced this past weekend against Syracuse. But no matter who Duke is facing, the team has a common goal of improving in one of the season’s toughest months, no matter who is on the other side of the court. And that’s a sentiment the Demon Deacons feel as well despite their two game slide. “It is two basketball teams playing,” Bzdelik said. “We should be able to play with everybody if we are playing well.”

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representation, and the Faculty Diversity Initiative should, for this reason, work to develop a more expansive definition of diversity. Assembling a diverse faculty is difficult. In the case of Latino faculty, the candidate pool is small. This is often because structural inequalities prevent Latinos from accessing the kinds of educational resources that would put them in a position to apply for a faculty position at Duke. Hiring decisions are made at the end of a series of systemic barriers that crowd out minorities. Using hiring decisions to correct for these barriers cannot solve the root problem. In a world devoid of inequality, hiring decisions would be based solely on teaching competency and research prowess. But inequality exists, hiring is imperfect and promoting faculty diversity is important. We recommend that the Academic Council continues to promote diversity—broadly defined—within the faculty. Specifically, the Council should continue to promote pipeline programs to tenure-track positions and increase recruitment efforts. If Duke believes in the importance of diversity, it should double down on its attempts to recruit qualified professors from underrepresented groups.

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force for those who speak it fluently, but it would simultaneously create a paradox against America’s historical place as a melting pot of different cultures. A national language fosters uniformity, but it also sends the message that America should be solely a homogenous nation. This message has dangerous consequences for a country that is already perceived so negatively by people and nations abroad.

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progressed, the commercials between plays ostensibly brought them back together. “Full House” reunions, M&M disaster scenarios and adorable animals every few ads could have done little but unite people in ecstasy. But one commercial by Coca-Cola, while meant to endorse a vision of modern America as simultaneously diverse and united, was met with controversy and public outrage. Coke branded their product to the tune of “America, the Beautiful” sung in a variety of languages. Self-identifying patriotic mavericks instantly took to Twitter in a storm of fury. Within moments “#SpeakAmerican” began trending as U.S. citizens tweeted that singing the song in any language but American (read: English) is offensive, un-American and representative of a weak country. These hardy nationalists made a few mistakes in their activist social media campaign against nonAmericanism. For starters, “American” is not a language. If “American” were ever a language, it would be representative of the incredible diversity of ethnicities and cultures the United States offers a home to. Immigrants founded America, after all, so it only makes sense to include new cultures when forming contemporary perceptions of what America actually is. In fact, nearly all of the English language— which these individuals meant to refer to—is derived from languages from abroad. Further, as of the most recent U.S. Census, two-thirds of those reported to speak English also speak Spanish. The U.S. is home to six other languages that are spoken by at least a million individuals, including in descending order: Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, French, German and Korean. In some parts of the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, upwards of 40 percent of citizens speak a language other than English at home. While English certainly remains the dominantly spoken language in the U.S., it has yet to be declared the country’s official national language. There are reasons for this. Most notable—and what those who reacted so hostilely to the commercial were actually right about—is the simple idea that our language has an impact, just not always a desirable one. Declaring a national language might stand as a unifying

Reading online debates between those who support and despise Coke’s commercial reminds me of Duke’s “You Don’t Say” campaign, which aims to make students more aware of the impacts their words can have on others. Some students criticize the campaign for exacerbating social issues on-campus, but, at both the individual and collective group level, choice of language has severe effects. Nationwide criticism to what I first perceived to be an innocently unifying commercial shows the effects of language clearly. The Twitter explosion has done nothing but show how some American citizens have not quite yet progressed to the point of accepting cultures different from their own. More than this, criticism of other languages signifies to Americans who speak these other languages that aspects of their cultures are somehow less “American” than those of English-speaking backgrounds. Trending tweets in outrage of “America, the Beautiful” not being sung exclusively in “American” is potentially just as offensive as calling someone gay or tranny or telling someone to “man up.” I look at this creatively uncreative hashtag and realize ironically that I wholeheartedly agree with its message: Citizens of America should #SpeakAmerican. As such, we should speak with consideration of differences, appreciation of diversity and understanding of the importance of their words. I listen to the second verse of “America, the Beautiful” for solace that the United States is meant to be greater than the widespread outrage of diversity would seem to depict: “O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern impassioned stress. A thoroughfare of freedom beat across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw. Confirm thy soul in self-control—thy liberty in law!” Hopefully the U.S. can continue to be a nation welcoming to a mixture of cultures filled with Americans who are conscientious of the influence their words can have. Brendan McCartney is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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beg the question: What does it take for an individual to develop feelings for something or someone? Do they have to be confident that the same emotional and chemical processes that cause themselves to behave in certain ways also motivate the actions of others? For instance, as robots become more and more lifelike, there is something that causes humans to hold a distinct distrust of them. This is often called the “uncanny valley.” The basic idea is that the neural pathway that allows individuals to identify motion and that which allows individuals to identify facial features cross at the parietal cortex. If a robot has a lifelike face but retains a limited

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A white man is superior to a negro.” What would you do if these words were etched in marble over the entrance to your freshman dorm? How would you feel about Duke? Would you stand for it because it had always been there? Would you insist the etching remain because of its historical value? Would you lazily allow it to remain because it’s not that bad? Or, if given the chance, would you replace these words with something else, something that is truly representative of the values and diversity of our school? That quote is one of many from former North Carolina Gov. Charles Brantley Aycock, the same Aycock whose name adorns the dormitory on East Campus. The name Aycock was chosen for the dorm when it was constructed in 1914 because at the time, Aycock was seen as the “Education Governor,” credited with pioneering public education in the state of North Carolina and giving children access to public schools. Because of this legacy, Aycock’s name also adorns buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University,

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infatuation with new technology. Although this seems like a stretch, the reality of the matter is that human relationships with technology aren’t too far from the reciprocal romantic relationship portrayed in “Her.” There’s no doubt that people have grown attached to technology. Aesthetically powerful games mesmerize users and organizational apps orchestrate real life events from scheduling to reminding. Dating sites, whether Meet an Inmate, Farmers Only or the more traditional Match.com go so far as to initiate and prompt reality. But what makes a movie like “Her” seem far-fetched to us isn’t the reliance or dependence, it’s the sense of reciprocity. It’s ludicrous to think of a computer or any brand of artificial intelligence producing humanity. Yet that seems to be a next step. Technology has already been incredibly good at responding to human prompting. Typing a line of code results in an output. Swiping advances to the next picture. Some phones vibrate slightly with every touch, a raw physical response. The question is: Can our gadgets reciprocate emotion? Human emotions on a grand scale aren’t impossible to predict. You can probably guess most stupid puns before your friends make them, and an understanding of hormones and the endocrine system provides further insight into the way people respond to different situations, behaviorally and emotionally. Throw in a dash of weighted randomness and you could produce a machine that exhibits sometimes irrational, but largely rational, emotional responses to external stimuli. A lab in Singapore directed by Dr. Hooman Samani is working to develop a robot with artificial intelligence that is “an active participant in the communicative process, [adjusting] its affective state depending on its interactions with humans.” Namely, it becomes content (makes happy beeps a la R2D2 and displays purple flashing LEDs) when touched by a human companion, or appears jealous (makes grunting noises and displays green LEDs) when it isn’t receiving attention. This isn’t to say that producing a response that simulates emotion is the same as producing an actual emotion, but it does

and mechanized range of motion, there is a mismatch of neural pathways. One piece of information calls the robot human, one calls it mechanical. The incongruity prompts distrust. I hypothesize that if Dr. Samani produced a robot that was capable of realistic emotional responses to human companions, a similar distrust would develop. Viewing a projection of realistic human emotion combined with the recognition that the technology is distinctly non-human (either from visual cues of mechanized motion or from just the understanding that behavior is defined by algorithms) would cause distinct discomfort. Still, despite these imbalances in reciprocation, I think that people have fallen in love. Perhaps not in the manner of “Her,” but people have become obsessed with, dependent on and validated by their technology. All it takes is a click on one of your seven remotes, and your plasma/ HD/flat-screen/able-to-predict-what-youwant-to-record television will show you hundreds of inter-human relationships that label themselves as love without half of the relationship qualifications that a person might have with their iPhone. I fail to see any more depth in “The Bachelor” than these weird human-technology relationships. When it comes down to it, I think the true appeal of technology is that it makes you a better person. This is said over and over again in wedding vows, but possessing a 4G device really does make you better, superhuman even. It makes you a person who doesn’t need to stop for directions and can always come up with the actor in that one movie. Technology can be an engaging and empowering companion, requiring minimal investment or emotional risk. Still, the human responsibility exists that we must actively seek to define our relationships with technology. Without active definitions, this age of high-volume tech usage could easily be one that sees an isolation of people and the mindless loss of hundreds of dollars on Candy Crush upgrades. Loving our gadgets is more multi-faceted than it seems.

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Lydia Thurman is a Trinity junior. Her biweekly column will run every other Tuesday. Send Lydia a message on Twitter @ThurmanLydia.

Letter to the Editor Duke IFC endorses Kondamuri for Young Trustee Having met with the three candidates for undergraduate Young Trustee, the Interfraternity Council has voted to formally endorse senior Neil Kondamuri for the position of Young Trustee. Neil has been an active member of a number of different student groups across campus, and we believe that he brings the greatest breadth of experience to the position of Young Trustee. During his time at Duke, Neil has been a member of The Chron-

in addition to a Charles B. Aycock High School in Wayne County, N.C. But underneath the narrative of a progressive, education-minded governor lies an insidious history of white supremacy and racial subordination. During the Reconstruction Era when the South was decimated by the impacts of the Civil War, the federal government kept troops in southern states in order to ensure that racial harmony was maintained. But when President Rutherford B. Hayes pulled those troops out in 1877, most southern states quickly spiraled back into rigid systems of racial subordination and segregation. But North Carolina was different. While the state certainly had a lasting legacy of racism, an overtly racist government did not reclaim the state immediately after Reconstruction. Instead, a Fusionist government, made by a coalition between poor white farmers and poor black farmers, took control of the state. Accordingly, by the late 1800s, North Carolina continued to have blacks who were elected to public office in select areas across the state. Nowhere was this more visible than in Wilmington, which was at that time the largest city in the state due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. In Wilmington, a robust black community was thriving, with blackowned businesses featured on Main Street and a black newspaper—the Daily Record—published regularly. Additionally, black citizens held one-third of the elected positions on the city’s Board of Aldermen, and the municipal government heard the voices of the black community. This coalition worked well for North Carolina’s working poor at the time, and the state was able to enact numerous progressive policies for the time—namely enfranchising poorer North Carolinians by lowering the property requirement that was necessary to vote. While these policies were beneficial to small farmers and textile mill workers, they were widely loathed by Aycock and the rest of North Carolina’s white gentry, who saw the policies as an attack on their economic control. Accordingly, Aycock, along with the editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, Josephus Daniels and many other leaders across the state, decided to break up the Fusion movement by spearheading a white supremacist movement like North Carolina had never before seen. They believed that if they could drive a wedge between working-class white and black citizens through fanning the fires of racial hatred, they could regain control of the state. And so they began their work, slandering local newspapers with advertisements and comics that depicted black men as rapists and trumpeted the threat of “negro rule” across the state. They formed white citizens’ organizations and state-wide white militias that worked to intimidate black citizens and discourage voting. These efforts culminated in the 1898 Wimington Massacre, which is widely considered by historians to be the only successful coup in American history. During the Wilmington Massacre, white men stormed the city and burned down the headquarters of the black newspaper, forcing black city council members to resign at gunpoint and killing at least 98 people—most of whom were black. Following the massacre, anti-black violence swept across the state, effectively intimidating black voters away from the polls. And, in 1900, Charles B. Aycock was elected the governor of North Carolina. In 1914, Aycock dormitory was named in his honor by Trinity College, the precursor to Duke University. It was not named because Aycock had any specific association with the school—he did not attend Duke, nor did he give money to construct the building. The dorm was simply named to honor Aycock’s legacy, which is why the name should change. As a University, we cannot afford to accept history as something that is static, nor can we afford to gloss over the inconvenient truths of our own history as an institution. The reality is that for years and years, Duke was a university that condoned racism and racial exclusion. But times change, and, thankfully, our University has changed along with them. We are now an institution that throws its arms open wide to the world and all its people, and we owe it to ourselves and to our community to ensure that the names of our first-year residence halls welcome all students to Duke equally. So what’s in a name? As it turns out, quite a lot.

icle Editorial Board, Duke Student Government, the Senior Gift Committee, Project Build, and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, and we believe that he will be an active and effective member of the Board of Trustees. The Interfraternity Council wishes the best of luck to all participating candidates and strongly urges every member of the Duke community to vote on February 6.

Stefani Jones is a Trinity senior and the president of Duke Student Government. Her column is the second installment in a semester-long series Jack Riker, Trinity ’14 of biweekly columns written by members of Duke Student Government. Send President, Interfraternity Council Stefani a message on Twitter @DukeStudentGov.

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DUKE PERFORMANCES February 4 – 17 Exhibitions

Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene. Photographs by First Book Prize in Photography winner Gerard H. Gaskin. Thru February 22. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. Deborah Stratman: Speculative Terrains. A range of work— photography, video, and installation—by MFA | EDA Visiting Artist Deborah Stratman. Thru February 28, Power Plant Gallery, American Tobacco Campus. Free.

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February 4 Songs of Love and Remembrance. Penelope Jensen, soprano; Elaine Funaro, harpsichord; John Pruett, baroque violin; Andrew Anagnost, baroque cello; Geoffrey Burgess, baroque oboe. Part of the Triangle HIP (Historically Informed Performance) Festival. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Duke Music Department. Free. February 6 Choral Vespers. The Vespers Ensemble will be featured as part of the Triangle HIP (Historically Informed Performance) Festival, an early music festival sponsored by Mallarmé Chamber Players. 5:15pm, Duke Chapel. Chapel Music. Free. Exhibition Opening Event. Curator Richard J. Powell on Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist. 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Exhibition will be at the Nasher Thru May 11. Full Frame Winter Series. Which Way Is the Front Line From Here?: The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, directed by Sebastian Junger. 7:30pm, Carolina Theatre. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. February 7 - 9 Dancing the African Diaspora. Theories of Black Performance. A three-day conference exploring the influence of the African diaspora on Black Performance. Registration required. http://aaas.duke.edu/ dancing-the-african-diaspora-2014

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February 9 Jazz Informance. Duke’s John Brown and his ensemble. 2pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. February 11 Artist Talk. Public presentation by MFA | EDA visiting artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. Free. February 13 – 15 An Iliad. By Lisa Peterson & Denis O’Hare. Featuring Phil Watson (T’14) (Sr. Distinction Project). 8pm, (+ 2pm on 2/15), Sheafer Theater, West Campus. Free. February 14 Ilana Davidson, soprano; Oren Fader, guitar; Laura Gilbert, flute; Jonathan Bagg, viola. Music of JS Bach, Villa Lobos, Franz Schubert, Ned Rorem and a new work by Duke composer David Kirkland Garner. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. February 15 Katharina Uhde, violin; Shin-Ae Chun, harpsichord. J.S. Bach’s Complete Obbligato Sonatas, Part I. 7:30pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free.

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All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. All events subject to change. Cine-East: East Asian Cinema 2/5 Paradox of the Post-Cold War in Asia Series. Jiseul, Meul O, 2012, South Korea, in Korean w/English subtitles. Introduced by Prof. Nayoung Aimee Kwon (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)

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Middle East Film Series 2/10 Arts of Revolution Series. Ladder to Damascus (W). Mohamed Malas, 2013, in Arabic w/ English subtitles. Introduced by Prof. miriam cooke (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) AMI Showcase 2/11 Silent Film Series. Safety Last! (starring Harold Lloyd). Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923. Introduced by Prof. Michael Morton (German Dept.) ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

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