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Portrait of a porn star: a Duke freshman’s alter-ego by Katie Fernelius TOWERVIEW

*Editor’s note: The sources’ names in this story were changed to protect their identities. The stage name of the first-year porn star was also changed so that it could not be traced back to her true identity. For a first-year woman at Duke, a halfsecond Google search transformed her from Lauren*, a college Republican and aspiring lawyer, into Aurora*, a rising porn starlet. At a private, top-10 university like Duke where the full cost of attendance is steadily creeping to $60,000 a year, Lauren said she turns to the adult film industry to help supplement her financial aid. If a woman were to film one heterosexual scene a day for one week every month, she would earn an annual profit of $84,000 and easily place herself in the 70th percentile for income in America, according to a 2012 article published in Business Insider. Two days after receiving a text message from a friend about the “freshman porn star,” I decided to reach out to her on Facebook and ask to meet. The next day, I stood outside The Loop Pizza Grill, feeling like how someone must before a blind date—blithely looking around trying to decipher any hint of profile picture familiarity in the strangers that walked past.

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Gothic Wonderland & Pornland “Hey, are you Katie?” she asked, walking up and gathering her hair on one side of her neck. She was wearing the standard garb of many Duke women: a cotton, blue V-neck and lululemon yoga pants with a North Face jacket tucked underneath her arm. In shuffling past her on the plaza or sitting next to her on a bus, one would never suspect that Lauren was, in fact, involved in the adult film industry.

In talking to her during the meal to come, I hardly believed it myself. She talked of her dismissal of sororities—“it’s a toxic environment”—political beliefs—“Republican, but I identify more as a libertarian”—and her studies—“proud women’s studies and sociology double-major.” Lauren said she travels to Los Angeles during breaks to shoot adult films. Her travel is paid for by her agent at Matrix Models. Lauren does not disclose how much she is paid per

shoot, but during the course of our monthlong correspondence she does not hesitate to show off to me her recently-purchased iPad mini and array of designer handbags. Lauren’s parents still do not know of her involvement in the porn industry. During winter break, she told her parents she had an additional final exam at Duke so she could fly to Los Angeles for a week of filming before flying home. Inevitably, our conversation veered toward the discussion of her identity, especially as a woman. I naturally was curious if she saw her womanhood differently in the porn industry than on Duke’s campus. “For me, Lauren is nerdy, she’s intelligent, she’s aspirational,” Lauren said. “So is Aurora—but she’s sexy and innocent, too. She gets to be more open than Lauren, more vulnerable. I feel totally and completely myself as Lauren and as Aurora. An alter-ego is liberating. It’s probably the most empowered I have ever felt.” Having an alter-ego has allowed Lauren to find a home that she has not been able to find at Duke. Although she said her first experience of filming an adult film was awkward and uncomfortable, she quickly realized there was no reason to be self-conscious since she was See PORN STAR, page 4

Weekend classes scheduled Duke braves worst storm to make up for snow days seen in last five years by Emma Baccellieri The Chronicle

Students excited about the recent snow days will have to hit the ground running this week: not only with regular classes, but also with the possibility of upcoming make-up sessions. Whether or not a course will have make-up classes will be left to the professor’s discretion, according to an email sent to department directors of undergraduate studies, program directors and assistant program directors by

Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and associate vice provost for undergraduate education. The make-up sessions will be held on weekends and on the first day of reading period, according to the email. “We had to find days that did not conflict with large campus events that could not be moved,” Baker said in an email to The Chronicle. Professors who do not wish to hold See classes, page 8

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Both the state of North Carolina and Duke were left reeling after the recent massive snowstorm that led Gov. Pat McCrory to issue a state of emergency and cancelled three days of class. Beginning Wednesday morning, the storm quickly accumulated a level of 2-3 inches of snow on the ground, causing bus routes to stop service at 5:30 p.m. that afternoon. Despite enforcing the emergency weather policy, the University put some staff

members—such as bus drivers, the police force and facilities workers—up in area hotels to ensure that essential campus services were running. Emergency coordinator Kyle Cavanaugh said the storm was the worst the University has seen in the last five years. “It was a combination of the blast of snow, the ice and the temperature never rising above freezing,” Cavanaugh said. “This one was a bit unique...every storm has its idiosyncratic qualities.” See snow storm, page 5

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J-ville launches 3 nights of Greeks find career boosts homelessness awareness through networking by Jenna Zhang The Chronicle

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Divinity School students tent outside the Chapel to create awareness for the homeless.

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The beginning of a new tenting tradition for interfaith Duke students began with approximately 40 students Sunday night. Every day at noon and 10 p.m., an invited speaker will lead a teach-in on the topic of homelessness as part of J-Ville, an interfaith initiative aimed at bringing attention to the social justice issues relating to homelessness. “J stands for justice, justice for the homeless,” said freshman John Turanchik, co-coordinator of Encounter Social Justice for the Catholic Center. His co-coordinator, freshman John McMichael, officially opened J-ville and offered a prayer. “We cannot imagine the chaos of liv-

ing without [a home],” McMichael said. The first invited speaker—Brother Michael Duffy, a Franciscan Friar and doctor of nursing—wrote his doctoral thesis on the issue of homelessness. As part of his doctoral program, Duffy converted a camper into a mobile health unit to serve the homeless. He called the vehicle a “care-ivan.” Duffy spoke about the growing number of homeless people and the difficulty of identifying this piece of the population. “If you’re trying to find a definition of homeless…good luck,” Duffy said. He offered several definitions used by different agencies, including those who “sleep rough” or in places “inappropriate See tenting, page 8

Fraternity and sorority members report gaining significant career advantages from participating in greek organizations, which tout the networking benefits that they provide. The University’s 16 Interfraternity Council fraternities and 9 Panhellenic Association sororities, among other Selective Living Groups and businessoriented fraternities on campus, offer a number of programs and other opportunities to connect current students with alumni established in various fields. After graduation, fraternity and sorority alumni report lasting benefits from the greek system even receiving assistance from alumni who had long retired or had been in chapters from different universities. “There are about 1,500 Sigma Nu brothers from Duke, which is already a big network,” said David Mainella, advisor for Sigma Nu. “Then you consider all the Sigma Nus in the country, and that adds on another 175,000 people you can spend some time on the phone or grab lunch with. That really shows the power of the network.” Among a variety of programs, Sigma Nu offers a program for current sophomores interested in careers in finance. The program includes opportunities to shadow Sigma Nu alumni working in the field, a networking dinner and a threehour seminar, with all expenses paid. The program is an enormous benefit to current Sigma Nu members, Mainella

said, because the students who participate are then able to launch their careers with a solid base of contacts. Alice Williamson, advisor for the Chi Omega sorority, said sororities also offered a variety of networking programs for students, especially those interested in engineering, medicine, law, business and tax careers. She added that greek networks could benefit alumni in any field, age or background. “[The age range] is from 22 to 102, basically,” Williamson said. “There are women in their 50s and 60s who have ended their careers and are still willing to help. It’s huge resource to be able to tap into.” Williamson noted that greek networking extended beyond boundaries between individual sororities and fraternities. Simply having participated in the greek system could help establish a connection between alumni of different fraternities and sororities. “A lot of people interviewing have ties to the greek system,” Williamson said. “It could be like a man who was in a fraternity, but the connection is still there. The connection might not be there for somebody who hasn’t been in the greek system.” Junior Kate Preston, incoming president of the Panhellenic Association, said the strongest alumni connections for juniors and seniors are with women who have graduated recently. Networking benefits also extended

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in the company of people who had acted in and filmed these situations before. “I have always been a very sexual person, and I’m also bisexual, but I haven’t ever felt really welcome,” said Lauren. “But when I’m in Pornland, I feel at home. This is where I’m meant to be, with these people who love sex and are comfortable about it.” The same cannot be said for Duke culture, in Lauren’s viewpoint. “I feel like girls at Duke have to hide their sexuality. We’re caught in this virgin-whore dichotomy,” she said. “Gender norms are very intense here and I feel like that’s particularly carried out by frats. I think that being a woman at Duke is extremely difficult. I think that being a sexual woman at Duke is extremely difficult.” When I asked her if she identified as a feminist, Lauren enthusiastically said she was, but identified many issues with it. “I think the thing lacking in feminism is that women are making decisions for other women,” she said. “If the patriarchy is about men making decisions for women and taking away their agency, why do some feminists want to control other women’s decisions?” This recognition of Lauren’s love of her sex work and the sexism in the pornography industry puts a contemporary feminist between a rock and a hard place: Is it better to support the radical autonomy of a porn actress like Lauren or is her participation an affirmation of an inherently sexist system? Such criticism of porn as degrading seems unwarranted to Lauren. “I worked as a waitress as a job for a year in high school and not only did it interfere with my school where I was barely sleeping and wasn’t doing my work, but also I was making $400 a month after taxes. I felt like I was being degraded and treated like s--t. My boss was horrible to me,” Lauren said. “For people to tell me that doing porn and having sex, which I love, is more degrading than being a waitress and being somebody’s servant and picking up after somebody and being treated like a lesser, second-class citizen, that literally makes no sense. To be perfectly honest, I felt more degraded in a minimum wage, blue-collar, low paying, service job than I ever did doing porn.” Ideally, I would agree with Lauren. Feminism should concern a respect for the autonomy of individuals of all identities, but I think it is problematic to view issues of feminism in a

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him to a pre-game and admitted her secret. She begged him to keep it private and he agreed, but he broke his promise at a rush event that evening. These facts remain consistent between the two: on Friday, Jan. 10, Bagley revealed Lauren’s porn identity at a rush event for a fraternity, and by Saturday, January 11, Lauren had received more than 230 new friend requests on Facebook and a rapid influx of followers on Aurora’s Twitter account. By Thursday of the next week, the topic “Freshman Pornstar” was trending on CollegiateACB. “I am not at all surprised, because you know how word spreads as well as I do,” Bagley said. “From what I heard, even that weekend one of the [Selected Living Groups] had interviews and one of the questions was if the freshmen knew her. The fact that some people have taken it to be incredibly disrespectful and downright cruel is unfortunately not surprising. I obviously don’t like it, but I can’t say that I’m surprised it happened.” Negative aspects of Duke’s sexual environment are often exacerbated by the Internet. In the span of four weeks, Lauren’s infamous thread on CollegiateACB received 136 comments. At the time of publication, it was the seventh-most-recently commented post on Duke’s page. In the month it has been active, the thread has hosted scores of derogatory comments. When private becomes public “I feel angry. I feel victimized. I feel harassed. I feel hated. There are two competing narratives of the origin of Lau- I feel discriminated against,” Lauren said. “At Duke, I can’t be ren’s revelation. Lauren said it all started with first-year Thom- who I want to be. I really wish I could just do porn and pay for as Bagley watching porn and noticing that one of the actresses my college and not get s--t from people and just be respected as looked oddly familiar, almost exactly like Lauren. At his next a human being, but clearly that’s not going to happen.” fraternity rush event, he divulged this discovery to the older brothers and the news took off from there. It was the climax This story has been altered and shortened for print. For the full verheard ‘round campus. Bagley said Lauren was walking with sion, check out www.dukechronicle.com/section/towerview.

vacuum without regard for the systems that perpetuate sexism. For instance, the word “pornography” itself carries a problematic history. While pornography comes from the French word pornographie—literally defined as writing or paintings depicting prostitutes—the Greek root porne means “bought, purchased.” Such etymology can be problematic as it insinuates the commodification of bodies—particularly female bodies. The sexist history of pornography is only emphasized by current industry power dynamics. Women directors are rare and Matrix Models is almost entirely male-run. When asked how she feels about working in a male-dominated industry, Lauren asserted that this only shows the importance of having women invested in the inner-workings of the adult film industry. “Feminism to me means advancing my personal liberty, my opportunity in the world, while also championing my body and my right to choose what to do with my body,” Lauren said. “For people who say that porn is inherently degrading, that’s wrong. First of all, everything we do is consensual. We are not coerced in any way. Second of all, you’re right, all the directors are male, there may be two female directors in the entire world that are porn directors. If anything, that means I need to go in there and I need to change it.”

Due to the timeliness of this story, it could not run in Towerview’s March issue, which will come out Feb. 26. Towerview is a monthly news and culture magazine affiliated with The Chronicle.

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sent emails warning students of impending power loss. “With the accumulation of ice, there does come the possibility of losing electricity,” Hatley wrote in an email Thursday to residents. Despite students being relatively unaffected, the state of North Carolina was not so lucky. Cavanaugh noted that 17,000 people lost power in Wake County and 4,000 in Durham County. Cavanaugh added that although the University puts an emphasis on students, the hospital is particularly difficult to manage during emergency weather times because it cannot stop running. To enable this process, Cavanaugh said bus drivers normally transporting students served on the “snow desk” last week, helping to pick up hospital employees who could not get to and from work due to weather conditions. “We got through this as well as can be,” Cavanaugh said. “It is really complementary to our staff.”

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McCrory noted in a press release Wednesday that “heavy snow, ice and gusty winds” could bring power outages. He urged residents to take precaution accordingly, adding that it would be a “tough 48 hours.” The University began preparation for the snowstorm the previous weekend, Cavanaugh said. The emergency management team met multiple times both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, ensuring that plans to fully combat the winter onslaught on campus were put in motion—such as pretreating roads and walkways. “We knew we were going to see something, it was just a matter of exactly when,” Cavanaugh said. Although students did not experience any power outages, both Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta and Deona Hatley, a residence coordinator on Central Campus,

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The persistence of sexism When it comes to female sexuality, the elite university is an embittered battleground, and discussions about Lauren*—a first-year porn actress—have extracted salacious and sexist commentary from members of Duke’s student community. The controversy contains some novel elements: revelations about a voluntary sex worker in our midst and the role Twitter and CollegiateACB played in propagating the story. But, for the most part, Lauren’s story sheds light on the degradation of a young woman’s sexuality. Duke culture’s history of slut shaming, entitlement to female bodies and the threat of sexual violence continues. Lauren, regardless of her profession, should never have been subjected to such vilification. “I feel like girls at Duke have to hide their sexuality,” Lauren said in The Chronicle profile about her. “We’re caught in this virginwhore dichotomy.” The best evidence supporting Lauren’s point is the manner in which her own drama has unfolded. A cursory survey of CollegiateACB’s message board reveals two primary themes, often expressed by the same user: characterizations of Lauren as a morally bankrupt slut and comments expressing a lewd desire to have sex with her.

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Editorial escapades of Duke graduates like Tucker Max, Law ‘01, and Karen Owen, Trinity ‘10, confirm this, and less visible applications of a double standard occur daily. Cyberbullying— especially the mudslinging that happens on CollegiateACB and some fraternity email listservs—amplifies these sexist attitudes. Views expressed anonymously online tend to be extreme, distorting the average user’s understanding of what kinds of views are popular, acceptable and expected. Anonymity shields the most disgusting opinions, protecting their owners while enabling repulsive comments to achieve incredible visibility. Current campus discussions are, of course, not just about female sexuality. Duke is also grappling with difficult questions about sex and sex work. In American culture, sex is considered a private activity, and

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This opposition, between self-righteous chastity and unabashed sexual predation, is the precise problem with Duke’s sexual culture. We agree with Lauren’s claim that Duke can be an inhospitable environment for a sexually open woman. The wildly different responses to the sexual

performing sex in public is taboo. Porn, in particular, invites strong moral reactions. Some feminists oppose pornography for supposedly demeaning or harming women, while others, like Lauren, consider it empowering. The moral debate surrounding pornography remains open: Is pornography bad for women? Is it something Duke students should consume, create or condone? What is the appropriate relationship between money, pleasure and desire? It remains to be seen how Duke will integrate a sex worker—a historically marginalized and stigmatized figure—into its community. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, this process has unfolded in an ugly and shameful manner thus far. Lauren’s story has brought important questions— about sex work, feminism and the perils of the Internet—to light. But mostly, this story smacks of an all-too-familiar sexism at Duke. Porn actress or not, Lauren should never have experienced vicious name-calling, strangers’ sexual claims to her body or the threat of sexual violence. No woman deserves such treatment, and yet too many Duke women experience it every day. *The source’s name was changed in The Chronicle’s profile to protect her identity.

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person on the planet. Besides having told close “friends” about her double life, she also came to The Chronicle. She said she did this because she wanted to get her thoughts out there before someone skewed her story without her consent. Oh, honey. What do you think The Chronicle exists for except to skew stories to fit the agenda of the politically correct, closet-conservative liberal Duke mindset? It’s kind of adorable that

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the oh-so-anonymous student porn starlet at Duke. For those of you who rent a rock with Patrick Star, a current freshman Blue Devil has been performing in pornos for tuition money. She recently agreed to do an interview for The Chronicle under a fake name and honestly talked about her life. I’m sure many of you are scared and confused about her existence. I mean, a woman having sex?! AND, to top that off, she’s getting paid for it?!! But I am here, my friends, to tell you exactly what to do and think. When dealing with this Sexaholic Sally, we have to remember that she clearly wants all of this attention. I mean, women have it so easy. If a man has sex, he has to talk about it all the time for people to believe him. But, for women, if you just mention sex, you immediately get fun new names like “whore” and “slut.” So, for our Anal Anna, the fact that she would even allow a camera to be around while having sex means she wanted the whole world to judge and persecute her. So, just for doing porn, we know that she just wanted attention. In an interview she was quoted as saying, “I...love... sex...and...attention.” Clearly, this girl is an attention-starved sex-ophile that just wants to be famous with her anonymous name and flashy career. Mystery porn starlette is also quoted as having told “close friends” at Duke, but didn’t want her identity to get out. But if we put on our Chronicle glasses on, we can see that SHE TOLD PEOPLE. This means that she was begging for people to know about her career. In trying to open up with friends, she might as well have posted her videos on the Class of 2017 Facebook page. And if, let’s say, she didn’t want this info to get out, then she must be the most naive

she thought that she could open up to people at Duke about issues in her life—especially anyone who writes for the Towerview section of The Chronicle. But what more could you expect from a freshman girl? We also need to realize that her gender is important. If this was a man, we could trust he had thought through all of the consequences. But, because she is a she, the general consensus is that this Backdoor Beth must be a naive girl who likes sex, attention and money (unlike the rest of us). The only upside of all of this is that the feminazis are divided on this issue. Our Penetration Patricia has come out not only as a porn star but also as a feminist. Claiming that she is able to keep her agency with her porn work, some “sex-negative” feminists have backlashed against our Oral Ophelia. This is perfect because, now, feminists don’t know whether to support their fellow woman for expressing her body or to degrade her for working in a sexist industry. Luckily, the default response has been to just disregard the porn star’s thoughts and just critically judge her. Every week I refer to you, my faithful readers, as “Blue Devil Nation.” I do that because of a unity and camaraderie we all hold—the fact that we see each other as family and always work together to make sure we all feel accepted and comfortable. So, I ask that of you today: Let us work as a family and degrade this girl. Insult her intelligence, life choices and judge her like it’s the middle of recruitment. A great man once said, “Burn the witches! Save Salem!” I think we can all learn from those words. Am I Right, or am I right? Right Wing promises that he never watches porn. He just likes to sit in the room with the door locked.

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hen I think of the impacts of special interest groups on democracy, I typically only think of the electoral impacts. I think of the millions of dollars opaquely poured into campaigns and strategy groups and how that translates into Election Day results. I never think about the impacts of campaign finance on drinking water. But, in North Carolina, where 82,000 tons of coal ash leaked from a Duke Energy pipe into the Dan River—a river that is the water source for several cities in Virginia and North Carolina, I can’t help but draw the connection. Gov. McCrory, who was employed by Duke Energy for almost 30 years, has benefitted

of Duke Energy) donated $761,800 to the Republican Governor’s Association in 2012, which has poured over $10 million into McCrory’s races since 2008. Non-profit, non-partisan Democracy North Carolina has discovered that Duke Energy has given $437,000 to Renew NC, the shadow McCrory campaign, in 2013 alone. This doesn’t even equate the entirety of Duke Energy’s financial contributions because most of the donations to Renew NC remain undisclosed. Throughout 2013, Duke Energy’s PAC gave contributions to over 30 Republican legislators and Council of State members, in addition to $8,000 to the Republican Party and Committee to

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t 10 years old, I was powerful. And brave. But mostly powerful. Because at 10 years old, I was able to bring an audience of 700 or so people to their feet, and, 10 years later, I can’t think of a prouder moment. During fourth grade, I was selected to recite Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” for the Black History Month program at my school. The words marched off my tongue as soldiers ready for battle. My hips were in cadence with my mouth, speaking what my lips could not. For three minutes, I peeled off the skin of a 10-year-old and entered the skeleton of a woman. I was fierce. Unfortunately, fourth grade was the peak of my theatrical achievements. And slowly, as I’ve looked around to what I’ve been exposed, Black History Months have become little more than 28 or 29 days on a calendar. I am not a black American, and I do not speak on behalf of my black

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as if immensely from the campaign contributions of the company, and, judging by his recent course of actions, he has definitely returned the favor. His administration reacted to the spill by issuing a press release four days after the incident occurred, urging Duke Energy to bring the situation “under control.” He did not issue any clear directive on how this would be accomplished or reprimand Duke Energy in any way. It wasn’t until 10 days after the leak that the state told people to not touch sludgy material or eat fish from the river. It took a total of five days for Duke Energy to actually plug the damaged pipe. The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, whose secretary is a businessman appointed by McCrory, said initial tests of the water showed no deviation from normal levels of temperature, pH and heavy metal levels. Many environmental groups, however, have shown pictures of thick coal ash residue and murky waters as far as 20 miles from where the spill happened. This isn’t the first example of the DENR being negligent in holding Duke Energy accountable for many environmental regulation violations and silencing environment advocacy groups. In 2013, the DENR entered a settlement agreement to keep groups from suing Duke Energy under the Clean Air Act. All of these sweet deals between Duke Energy and North Carolina government officials came at the low price of about $1 million in campaign contributions. The contributions from Duke Energy started during McCrory’s first campaign in 2008 and have not stopped with his election. Duke and Progress Energy (a subsidiary

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Elect Republican Women. The PAC gave only $27,000 to Democratic officials and no money to any Democratic committees. Duke Energy’s close ties to North Carolina Republicans have not gone unnoticed. The U.S. Department of Justice just launched a criminal investigation against the DENR because of its neglect in handling this spill. Duke Energy didn’t report the spillage until a day after it was identified and the DENR has been remiss in informing the public of just how massive the problem is, putting those who drink the water at high risk of ingesting high levels of heavy metals. The federal government has ordered subpoenas of all information and correspondence exchanged between Duke and the DENR since 2010. Of course accidents happen, but the DENR failed to see the many precautions Duke Energy could have taken to prevent this spill. The pipe that broke was weak and old, plus it was made of corrugated metal instead of reinforced concrete. The DENR has failed us in almost every way possible—they didn’t make sure Duke Energy took precautions to prevent a leak, they misinformed us of damages and they have been slow to report findings. In the mean time, who is going to deal with the repercussions of millions of gallons of coal ash in drinking water? Our government is not equipped to handle these challenges, because its hands are tied to the donations of Duke Energy and not its constituents.

peers. But I am cognizant that I do share a history that has influenced my present. And although I am no longer the same fourth grader who brought a crowd to its feet, I realize I possess another influence—an influence through words. I hope that these words challenge you to put aside negative (and destructive) attacks of this month to more deeply understand the importance of black history. First off, you don’t have to be black to appreciate the history and contributions of black Americans. Majority, minority, immigrant or native, black history is all of our history. The us-other dichotomy falsely sets up a binary that, in reality, is very much intertwined. Music is one avenue where we see the two mesh. Many pioneers of rock-n-roll sampled music that was produced by blacks. Little Richard, an influential black musician, laid down the foundation for rock-nroll. Pat Boone, Elvis Presley and The Beatles sampled off Little Richard and others (think “Tutti Frutti,” “Lucille” and “Please Mr. Postman”). But music sampling doesn’t stop with rock-n-roll musicians. Elements of black history have seeped into other genres too. Beyonce, Kanye and Jay-Z produced several of their top hits by sampling off Otis Redding, Nina Simone and James Brown—all musicians and activists. Music is an important product of black history to acknowledge because it was an outlet to express tensions. Laying down the tracks was synonymous to laying down the backdrop to the political and social changes occurring in a period of violence, inequality and disenfranchisement. I’m guilty of losing myself in contemporary artists’ albums. It’s OK to enjoy them, but realize that some of the words used in our Billboard’s Top 100 were used for another purpose—to help many escape to a world that was otherwise inescapable. Secondly, remnants of black ridicule surface in contemporary American culture, and it’s alarming how unalarming they appear. Minstrel shows were entertainment made for white audiences using black characters and white people in blackface. Characters were portrayed as lazy, tactless and ignorant, and, to the white audience, this was entertainment. Key characters of minstrel shows became staples of American tradition, such as Mammy, Uncle Tom and Pickaninny. Although black disenfranchisement legally dissolved, the social implications remain today. Have you ever eaten from a batter of Aunt Jemima’s pancakes? Or made a quick bowl of Uncle Ben’s rice? What about watched any Mickey Mouse? These are all characters that have grown up with us, on the table and on the television. Yet, the very reasons for their existence were racist, derogatory characters (Google it, if you must). These fragments of black history—American history—have become engrained in our culture, and it’s OK to enjoy them. But consider those who have suffered so you can enjoy what you consume today. Third, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are heroes who deserve the greatest of honors. But many more than these two commonly cited leaders are members of the story. Black history is about places, organizations, court cases, bus rides, religions, freedom marches—and people. One of my personal favorite leaders is Malcolm X. Discussions about him are often truncated to his political movements and involvement. A deeper look into his life, however, shows his unwavering love and dedication to Islam. As a Nation of Islam leader for 12 years and, later, a Sunni convert, Malcolm X came from the darkest abyss to combat a double-sided marginalization. Malcolm’s intellectual courageousness, coupled with his moral courageousness, has inspired thousands of Americans—Christians and Muslims—to search for truth. The struggles of black Muslims are as real and authentic as the struggles of black Christians. To leave their history out of black history is to leave out a large part of the story. My 10-year-old self was fierce. Her arms and legs could only move so far, but her words reached the most curious minds. And those curious minds went on to touch others. She had the courage to be so fierce because knowledge empowered her. She has Black History Month to thank for that. Unfortunately, if we do not take an active effort to really understand the history of the people who built this country on their backs, we won’t be able to move forward. The fruits we consume today are results from the past, and the music, media and grocery shelves remind us daily of that. I look to my 10-year-old self for courage. And I encourage others to find their own way to move others toward action.

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classroom make-up sessions can explore consolidating material during upcoming classes or holding online make-up courses, Baker wrote in the email. Duke has used this approach to makeup classes in the past, Baker noted. In 2004, two days were taken from reading period for make-up sessions, and in 2000, make-up classes were held on weekends. Make-up sessions will use the following schedule: Classes canceled Jan. 29 will be made up Saturday, Mar. 22. Classes canceled the afternoon of Feb. 12 will be made up Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23rd. Classes canceled Feb. 13th will be made up Saturday, Mar. 29th. Classes canceled Feb. 14th will be made up Friday, April 25th.

recruitment from page 3 beyond career opportunities, noted junior Eddie Chen, treasurer for the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity. “A person in the fraternity was looking for housing in a city,” Chen said. “She posted on the national Facebook page for it and received like four different responses, offering her opportunities to share a lease, sleep on the couch or become roommates. It was awesome.” Christian Horazeck, advisor for the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, said in an email that although greek organizations provided a network for alumni, the purpose of the network was to “ease first contact,” and it was up to individual members to initiate the connection pro-

cess. “Very few alums will come to the chapter and offer a position to anyone interested,” Horazeck said. “At the same time, most will be happy to help out those who seek them out.” Horazeck added that while networking did not always lead to immediate job opportunities, connecting with alumni in certain pre-professional fields could be useful for gaining career insight and advice. “While no alumnus will get you into medical or law school, they know what characteristics schools are looking for, which doctors to shadow, what courses to take and which administrators to talk to,” Horazeck said. “Their advice is often very reliable and up to date.” Kevin Snyder, advisor for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, added that the greek system could be very useful or less so, depending on an alumnus’s willingness to make use of his fraternity network. “It’s not about what choices you make,” Snyder said. “It’s about what you make of those choices.” Independents counter that networking gains from participation in greek organizations are overplayed and at best, slight. Senior Danish Husain, an independent, said being in a fraternity was not a “guarantee” for a job and advocated letting relationships form naturally. “Building relationships—it’s like planting a seed,” Husain said. “You have to let it grow.” Senior Andrew Yuan, an independent, added that making connections did not have to be done in a formal group and that most students built informal networks every day. “Networking can be just talking to your group of friends,” Yuan said.

Junior Christina Lee, an independent and member of the Duke Association for Business Oriented Women, said that finding a mentor and advocate—whether in a fraternity or sorority or an organization like BOW—was key to networking success. Although the University’s selective living groups offer networking opportunities as well, the connections between alumni tend to be weaker, said Matthew Campbell, Pratt ‘08, an administrator of the Brownstone alumni group. “There’s probably not as much community, which is a downside,” Campbell said. Senior Annie Helbling, a member of Round Table, said SLGs focused more on personal connections on campus, as opposed to alumni networks after graduation. “Our focus is more on being here at the school, and our social connection there, and being a family for each other within Duke,” Helbling said. “The fact that we’re there for each other after graduation is an amazing byproduct.”

tenting from page 3 for human habitation.” Duffy noted that estimates of the homeless vary by millions. Duffy shared stories of working in a free healthcare clinic, including the surprised reactions he received from those who learned it was adjacent to a particularly wealthy neighborhood. “Anywhere we look…we can find homeless among our folk,” Duffy said. In his talk, Duffy highlighted three areas of the population where homelessness is rapidly growing—veterans, peo-

ple with mental illnesses or substance addictions, and families, particularly those with children. Through his work with free health clinics, Duffy identified several common health issues among the homeless including frostbite, leg ulcers, respiratory infections and heat stroke. Duffy said the number of homeless people in Durham increased from 698 to 759 in the past year, and the number of homeless children increased dramatically. He urged students to establish relationships in the community, saying that this was the way to get better healthcare access to the homeless. In November, Pope Francis urged all politicians to guarantee dignified work, education, quality housing and healthcare. Duffy said that ending homelessness needed to be a part of this effort. “We need affordable, humane, and quality housing,” Duffy said. Duffy shed light on the day-to-day difficulties facing the homeless, especially in terms of time. “Do you walk to the clinic and get seen or do you walk to the soup kitchen and get food?” Duffy asked. Following Duffy’s remarks, students moved into the Chapel basement to prepare food bags that will be delivered to Urban Ministries Monday. For the remainder of J-ville, which ends Feb. 19, the social justice projects and alternative tenting will occur outside, but were moved tonight because of expected cold temperatures. “God’s giving us ‘grace,’” Turanchik said. Teach-ins will culminate in a call-to-action on Tuesday at 10 p.m. when participating students will share their experiences.

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