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Students, faculty and administrators are displaced for the rest of the semester because of the collapsed ceiling in the West Duke building. Classes and business offices located in West Duke have been removed or relocated to other locations since the ceiling in Room 202 collapsed Feb. 19. The collapse was caused by a combination of the building’s aging and structural changes that have impacted the plaster ceilings. The building will be closed through the summer in order to replace many of the ceilings, as well as to simultaneously conduct some needed maintenance—such as repairing the roof—said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration and emergency coordinator. “We’re all over the place right now,” said Jan Riggsbee, director of the program in education and associate professor of the practice, whose department is now operating in the Carr building instead of West Duke. Cavanaugh said structural engineers completed a room-by-room examination and an overarching renovation plan is being developed. Some individuals were permitted to enter the building under supervision last week to retrieve belongings and materials. “A significant number of people have been actively involved in trying to mitigate the impact of what has occurred,” he said. “There’s also been a great deal of work and communication with individuals on how they can safely access materials they need both short term and long term.” The building—which is three stories tall, 43,000 square feet in area and more than 100 years old—houses many classrooms, as well as the education department, the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Army ROTC. All classes in West Duke were relocated by the registrar’s office shortly after the accident. Students like junior Sophia Staal now find themselves heading to class in multiple locations for the same class each week. Her Ethics 101 course meets in Carr, Social Psychology and East Duke for its three meetings. “I don’t mind it that much, but I definitely got lost the first couple of times,” Staal said. “At one point my entire class was standing in the foyer in Soc Sci because we didn’t realize the class we were looking for didn’t exist.” Although all classes have found a home for the rest of the semester, some offices are still looking for temporary space on campus. The education department has yet to find a place to house its faculty, even though its administrators have moved to Carr. Senior Kirsten Osborne is writing her education thesis under adviser David Malone, See UPDATE, page 5

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Sophomore Lavanya Sunder was elected Duke Student Government president with 63 percent of the votes against junior Will Giles.

Sophomore Lavanya Sunder will be the Duke Student Government president for the 2014-15 academic year. Sunder, the current DSG vice president for services, defeated her opponent junior Will Giles, associate justice for the DSG Judiciary, in the election Tuesday. Sunder received 63 percent of the student body vote. Giles received 28 percent of the votes, and write-in candidates received the remaining 9 percent, said sophomore Syed Adil, DSG attorney general. Rence Nemeh dropped out of the election Tuesday morning and did not appear on the ballot. Seventy-one percent of voters voted no on the 40 Percent Plan. Additionally, 91 percent voted sophomore Abhi Sanka for executive vice president. Sanka has served as senator for residential life for the past two years. Ninetythree percent voted for sophomore Davis Treybig as Student Organization Finance Committee chair. He is currently DSG treasurer and a member of SOFC. “I am really excited,” Sunder said. “I am really happy that the race was clean and I’m ready to start planning.” A total of 3,742 ballots were cast this year, compared to 2,251 votes last year. The turnout, given the total number of undergraduates, was approximately 58 percent. “I’m really happy that we had a great turnout,” Adil said. “That’s pretty big for a student government election. I’m happy people are taking the time to think about their decisions.” Adil added that the campaigns this year were fair and of the type that “people should try to emulate in the future.” Sunder said that first action items on her agenda are tailgate and the creation of an allinclusive female mentorship program, both starting next Fall. She added that she looks forward to See DSG, page 5

Groups rally against discrimination in N.c. schools by Jen Chen

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A coalition of civil rights organizations filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice demanding an investigation of discriminatory enrollment measures of North Carolina public schools. The complaint filed Feb. 13 cites the cases of two immigrant youths who were denied enrollment into public high schools in North Carolina. It was a joint effort by Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont and North Carolina Justice Center. Although the complaint called to question two specific school districts, it noted that discrimination in education system is an issue across the state. “Many districts across the state have de-

nied, delayed or discouraged enrollment based on immigration status,” said Caren Short, an attorney from SPLC. “The children that were noted in the complaint were brave enough to come forward, but this kind of discrimination is also happening to children in other districts.” According to the complaint, a 17-yearold immigrant from Honduras with initials C.V. was denied enrollment at Buncombe County Schools because she was too old. The complaint states that the action of the school board was against North Carolina law under which all students under the age of 21 are entitled to attending public schools in the school district in which they live. The complaint also referenced a 17-yearold immigrant from Guatemala with initials

F.C. that experienced difficulty enrolling in Forest Hills High School in Union County Public Schools. The student was first told that he was too old to enroll, and when attempting to enroll for the second time, he was asked to take an English proficiency test. Being a native Spanish speaker who did not speak English, he was unable to complete the exam. Although he eventually enrolled into the school because the person who administered the exam helped him submit an enrollment application, F.C. decided to bring the case to SPLC. “I only wanted to attend high school, study hard and make a better life for myself,” F.C. said in the media release provided by the See EDUCATION, page 3

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celebrate our Bodies Week spurs climate resilience Fund could support duke initiative dialogue on eating disorders by Aleena Karediya THE CHRONICLE

Last week, President Barack Obama announced his plan for a $1 billion Climate Resilience Fund—a departure from recent budget cuts in the environmental sector. This Climate Resilience Fund is designed to provide “more resilience in the face of changing climate,” according to Obama’s announcement, and will help communities better prepare for future droughts, heat waves, wildfires, storms and floods. Elizabeth Albright, assistant professor of the practice in environmental sciences and policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment, said the fund may trickle down to more specific areas of the country, such as the University itself. “The proposed fund could support research of technologies that could enable and enhance our ability to adapt to these extreme events—ideally the Pratt [School of Engineering], Nicholas School, Sanford [School of Public Policy], Fuqua [School of Business] and others could be involved in this crosscutting, multidisciplinary research,” Albright said. Albright added that the fund could raise student awareness to climate change and issues associated with this, especially given the recent increase in snow storms in North Carolina. The Resilience Fund could encourage Duke students to reach out to the community and spread awareness about the dangers of climate change—especially in areas of North Carolina that have been

subjected to weather damage in the past, Albright added. “These funds may provide an opportunity for Duke and community collaborations and engagement to increase awareness and capacity to adapt and become more resilient to extreme weather events,” she said. Branching out on a more global scale, Billy Pizer, associate professor of public policy, economics and environment at Sanford, said the fund could particularly affect agriculture and health. But the prospects of such a controversial bill in a red state are unclear. “The short answer is that there is virtually no chance of a climate change bill clearing the Republican controlled House,” said Norman Christensen, research professor and founding dean at the Nicholas School. “It is truly unfortunate that climate change has become a fiercely partisan issue. As recently as eight years ago, this was not the case.” Some professors noted, however, that the rift between the goals of Obama and the North Carolina House of Representatives does not demean the bill’s value. “Given the current make-up of Congress, I hold little hope for successful comprehensive greenhouse gas reduction bill legislation,” Albright said. “That said, the prospects for the Climate Resilience Fund are greater.” Regardless of the fund’s unclear future, the amount proposed by Obama—$1 billion—may be insufficient to achieve its lofty goals. See CLIMATE, page 4

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Posters, similar to the one pictured above, aim to raise awareness on eating disorders.

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Campaigns promoting awareness about eating disorders have sparked discussions within the Duke community regarding how to best address the issue. Approximately 25 percent of all college students have an eating disorder, according to a 2011 survey by the National Eating Disorders Association. Student Health sponsored Celebrate Our Bodies Week from Feb. 17-21 in conjunction with several other on-campus organizations to increase awareness of the spectrum of disordered eating. “There is definitely an eating disorder problem at Duke, but no one wants to talk about it,” said junior Taylor

Turkeltaub, who spearheaded eating disorder awareness efforts on campus last year. “There is a façade of perfection that exists here.” A missing piece in campus dialogue Last year, Turkeltaub worked extensively with a committee that included staff from Counseling and Psychological Services and Student Health to spearhead the first Duke Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Turkeltaub said she felt that discussions about eating disorders were largely missing from the campus dialogue. “The majority of eating disorder See DISORDER, page 4

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Diplomat Julie Ruterbories reveals insider experience Julie Ruterbories, is a senior foreign service officer for the U.S. Department of State and is currently a diplomat in residence based at Duke. She is one of 16 diplomats in residence in the United States and serves the Southern Mid-Atlantic region, which she called “happy hunting grounds” for talent. She has worked as a consular officer in East and West Europe. The Chronicle’s Raisa Chowdhury sat down with Ruterbories to speak about her experiences representing the U.S. around the world and recruiting new public servants. The Chronicle: What is your job description currently and how has it evolved through the years? Julie Ruterbories: In some ways, being a diplomat in residence is sort of a culmination for me after 22 years of serving as a foreign service officer. It’s a little bit like having been able

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agencies that filed the complaint, through an interpreter. “Every time my mother tried to enroll me in school, we encountered excuses and obstacles. It should not be so difficult to attend high school.” UCPS, one of the school boards in question, denied the allegation in the complaint. “In compliance with federal law, [UCPS] administers all educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability,” reads a statement provided by Chief Communications Officer Rob Jackson.

to walk the walk, I now hope to entice others to consider this as a career path…. When I was a student I would say I was very fortunate. I knew already this was something I wanted to do. I had the very good fortune of growing up overseas as well as in the United States and had a sense of international affairs and diplomacy and the role that communication plays in creating a stable world. Not everyone is as fortunate as I am and so bringing the opportunities of the state department to a wider audience is something the state department recognized many years ago. We know there are people all across the United States not just on East coast or West coast or just elite institutions that have a lot to contribute….

and he had also changed the script Azeri was written in. It had been written in the Arabic script and it had been made into the Turkish alphabet. I handed over my ID card to this 16year old who is still trying to show that he’s in charge and he’s looking at the ID car and looking at me and he was holding it upside down. The supervisor comes and asked me who I was and shoved the 16-year old aside and told me that I should get home and get off the roads. I told him that if he let me go, I would. That was definitely one of the more nervous moments...

TC: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever seen or experienced as a foreign ser-

vice officer? JR: In Azerbaijan during one of those coups, I had gotten an American to the airport and was not trying to drive back to the city. I was driving myself at around three in the morning and the car had diplomatic plates on it. I was stopped at a checkpoint and there was this kid who could not have been more than 16-years old, who was pointing a Kalashnikov at me and asked me to get out to the car. And I spoke Russian and a little bit of Azeri and I said that I would not be getting out of the car and asked to see his supervisor and he asked to see my identity card. So I pulled out my new identity card that had been issued just a week and a half before. One of the things that had just happened was the president had changed the official language from Russian to Azeri and all official documents had to be written in Azeri

The statement noted that as of Feb 28, the school has not been contacted by either the DOJ or the agencies that filed the complaint. In addition to the DOJ—from whom they have not yet received a response—the agencies have also contacted North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to address the discrimination issue, said Chris Heaney, an attorney from SCSJ. “NCDPI is watching how this complaint is investigated by the Office of Civil Rights, especially regarding any findings and corrective action that may be provided by the Office after investigation,” spokesperson from NCDPI Vanessa Jeter wrote in an email Monday. “[However], NCDPI does not enroll students generally except in the three residential schools for blind and deaf students.”

Jeter noted that enrollment is handled by local school boards and school districts, and students are required by public school law to present proof of their age, immunization records and address at time of enrollment. “Schools need to change how they can interact with students,” Heaney said. “They need to make sure students are not being asked to take the English test or for more documentations than required under the law.” One important step to eliminating discrimination is educating the educators about the law, Short said. “A lot of people don’t know that every child has the right to public education—they might think that immigration status matters, but it really doesn’t,” Short said. According to the complaint, the discrim-

ination encountered by the students violates Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which bar discrimination on the basis of national origin in federally funded public schools. Moreover, the complaint stated that it is unconstitutional to deny a child present in the United States a public education, regardless of their federal immigration status. It is the school boards’ responsibility to ensure that students are being properly registered, Heaney said. “The state law, the constitution and the statute have collectively made the promise that people in North Carolina have the opportunity to attend public schools,” he said. “The school boards need to keep that promise.”

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campaigns focus on body image and the idea that the sufferer thinks he or she is fat,” Turkeltaub said. “I find that these statements can be somewhat offensive, as if the only problem was that I did not think I was attractive, and that the solution simply lies in someone telling me that I am and therein I will find my validation and my cure.” This year’s Celebrate Our Bodies Week attempted to increase awareness of resources available to students suffering from eating disorders, said Kate Pilewski, a Student Health nutritionist who organized the events two weeks ago. She noted the “How to Help a Friend” discussion in particular helped to “debunk myths” about eating disorders and help friends offer support to those in need. Lawn signs and a number of posters about popular diets were also displayed throughout campus. Although intended to inform students of the dangers posed by

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many popular diets, the brightly colored posters received mixed reviews from some students. “I felt like the posters glamorized fad diets,” said freshman Neda Jamshidi-Azad. “After seeing one, I remembered a grapefruit diet that a friend of mine did last year. I can see how if someone who is struggling with his or her weight sees the posters, he or she might view such a diet as a valid option.” Each poster was titled “Fad Diet: The Picture of Restriction” and featured photographs of foods allowed by diets like the Vice-Busting Diet or the Rainbow Diet. “They kind of glamorized fad diets, and even seem to recommend them to the viewer,” Turkeltaub said. “If you’re going to do photographs of fad diets, at least make it obvious that they’re bad and why.” In addition to a number of events meant to increase awareness, last year’s week featured a photo gallery through which Turkeltaub and co-creative director Ashley Tsai, Trinity ‘13, sought to convey the raw reality of eating disorders. The gallery featured ten pictures of young women who had suffered from eating disorders.

“My gallery was conceived as a counter and a challenge to that status quo campaign,” Turkeltaub said. “The goal was and is to portray an intimate look at and to give a voice to an issue that is most often only allowed to speak with a shallow tenor or in whispers.” Turkeltaub and Tsai photographed the mostly anonymous participants in different positions—one reaches for a slice of pizza, another sits with jeans in different sizes and a third unveils the tattoo that she got to mark her recovery. “I did it to gain control—to have some say over something in my life,” wrote one student on a picture of herself reaching into a store’s refrigerator. “I thought that each pound lost would magically improve all aspects of my life. I was wrong. My eating disorder didn’t help me gain control—it made me lose it.” Turkeltaub and Tsai designed the pictures to look like Polaroids and had the participants write their stories in their own handwriting in an effort to make the project more personal. “When I watched people last year looking at the gallery and letting out gasps...I knew that I had done my job,” Turkeltaub said. Although no one from Student Health, CAPS or Eating and Body Image Concerns involved Turkeltaub in planning Celebrating Our Bodies Week this year, she still plans on displaying a gallery. Pilewski noted the shift in the program’s emphasis from the previous year. “Last year we focused more on clinically diagnosed eating disorders, which is just part of the spectrum,” Pilewski said. “This year we wanted to focus on the positive—that recovery is possible—as well as disordered eating behaviors.” Disordered eating on campus Director of the Duke Center for Eating Disorders Nancy Zucker estimated that her clinic treats 200-250 patients each year. The clinic is open to all patrons and is not limited to Duke students. Gary Glass, the associate director for outreach and developmental programming at CAPS, was unable to give an exact number of students referred by CAPS to the center. “There is really no reliable number to report of students who seek our services with eating disorders because there are so many different nuances of what can constitute ‘eating disorders,’” Glass wrote in an email Sunday. “The number of those who meet diagnostic criteria for some form of an eating disorder does not capture how pervasive eating and body image concerns are.” Zucker noted that high stress environments like Duke can be conducive to disordered eating. “Individuals may be biologically inclined to develop an eating disorder and being in an environment that is particularly stressful or competitive can set the wheels of that disorder in motion,” Zucker said. Treatment can be difficult, especially on college campuses, where students are often far away from home and hesitant to seek help. “If an adolescent has anorexia, the most effective treatment is family-based,” Zucker said. “We need to find a replacement treatment for young people that develop eating disorders in college, and the truth is that we don’t have an empirically validated new strategy.” Turkeltaub said it is important to consider all types of disordered eating in the category of an eating disorder, rather than simply focusing on commonly known bulimia and anorexia. “Eating disorders tend to get lumped into black and white categories of having one or not having one, when it’s not actually that black and white,” Turkeltaub said. Ultimately, Zucker said any treatments to disordered eating should involve the student’s support network and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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“A billion dollars is really not very much money, given the enormity of this challenge,” Christensen said. “You can see that a billion dollars, if it were ever approved by the Congress, would evaporate almost instantaneously.” Christensen added, however, that the bill’s longevity may be extended if the money is spent wisely. “I would be inclined to set priorities based on those communities most vulnerable to climate change—semiarid regions of the Southwest at one extreme and more polar regions such as central and northern Alaska [at the other extreme],” Christensen said.

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changing food services on campus through the creation of a “food fair” to increase student participation in vendor selection—an idea rooted in her experiences as vice president for services. “She obviously ran a good campaign because she won and I got absolutely murdered,” Giles said. He added that he does not think he will pursue his vision of internal changes for DSG, because the judiciary is looked down upon by other branches and has little ability to change the power structure. Senior Stefani Jones, current president of DSG, said she was quite happy with the new executive board, which is full of incredible leaders. “I have been able to serve with [Sunder] on the DSG executive board this year and she has been one of the most effective leaders I have seen,” Jones added. Seniors Daniel Strunk and Ajeet Hansra—co-creators of the 40 Percent Plan—said that though their plan was voted down, there were still long-term benefits as a result of the campaign. “This might have been a defeat for the 40 Percent Plan, but it was a victory for Duke democracy,” they wrote in an email

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Wednesday. “Voter turnout was 30 percent above average and doubled from last year’s presidential election. We’d like to take some credit for that.” Last year, 33 percent of students and 39 percent voted the year before compared to this year’s 58 percent turnout. Strunk and Hansra added that they hope their efforts “spark an interest in student petitions as a means of democratic involvement in future years.” Adil said that the 40 Percent Plan does not necessarily deserve credit for voter turnout because students could choose to vote only for candidates and abstain from voting on the referendum. He added that 20 people chose to abstain from voting on the plan. Jones, who opposed the 40 Percent Plan, said she was happy to see that the plan did not pass and also that so many students were engaged with the issue. “It’s an important conversation to be having and I’m confident that DSG will continue the conversation of improving the funding process for student groups,” she said.

they cannot access his research and materials because the building is closed. Malone has kept many of his files electronically, however, and Obsorne will be able to continue with her thesis on time. The Kenan Institute is also looking for a long-term replacement while repairs are being made to the building. Katherine Scott, communications and advancement manager for Kenan, said that the institute’s director and acting director, Noah Pickus and Suzanne Shanahan, respectively, have been working with supportive University administration to find a location. “It is challenging for us because our West Duke space contains not only offices and classrooms but space for events, faculty meetings and student programming,” Scott wrote in an email Monday. “We are working hard to maintain our programs and events in the meantime.” Kenan will either move to a location off-campus or another office space on campus. Students who are a part of Team Kenan, a group of undergraduates who work with the institute to create ethics-focused programming, have also faced roadbumps in their work because the building shut down. from page 1 “All of our projects have been put on hold because we no longer have a meeting space,” said Staal, who is also a part of Team associate professor of the practice in education, and she said Kenan. “It just makes it slightly more difficult to coordinate our activities because that was our central hub.”

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Duke didn’t play during the weekend, a gift from the Acc schedulers. the Blue Devils now hope they’ll be playing every Saturday or Sunday until a national champion is crowned. After an eight-day reprieve, no. 4 Duke gets back in action Wednesday night, as the Blue Devils travel to Winston-Salem, n.c. to take on Wake Forest at lawrence-Joel No. 4 Veterans Memorial Duke coliseum at 7 p.m. vs. Duke emerged Wake from five games in Forest 11 days in relatively Wedenesday, 7 p.m. good shape, posting Lawrence-Joel Veterans a 4-1 record that inMemoriai Stadium cluded emotional wins against Maryland and Syracuse and a disappointing second-half performance against north carolina. Following last tuesday’s win against Virginia tech, the Blue Devils (23-6, 12-4 in the Acc) did something they hadn’t done in a while—rest. “those games are very emotional. they’re not only physically draining, but emotionally and mentally draining,” Duke associate head coach Jeff capel said of Duke’s slate against Maryland, north carolina and Syracuse. “it was nice to have a chance to refresh and regroup.... Just as important, we were able to spend a couple of days on us, trying to fix some of the things that we need to do.” Duke spent most of Friday and Saturday’s practices reviewing and sharpening the tools it will need down the stretch. two items on the agenda included a review of the team’s man-to-man offense

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Rasheed Sulaimon’s on-ball defense in the past five games has helped stifle Duke’s opponents and will be a key to a second win against Wake Forest. and shooting, a strong suit that hasn’t been as reliable of late. capel said the Blue Devils did not fully turn their attention to Wake Forest until Monday. “the last two games we played, Syracuse and Virginia tech, both teams played all zone,” capel said. “[We wanted to] get a refresher on our man stuff, some ways we want to attack against man-toman defenses. We know we aren’t going to play against all zone against Wake Forest, they’re going to play some zone but they play man-to-man [as well].” When the teams met Feb. 4 at cameron indoor Stadium, Wake Forest (15-14, 5-11) was without the services of codi Miller-Mcintyre, its leading scorer and distributor at 13.3 points and 3.9 assists per game. the loss of the sophomore’s

play-making ability was a big blow to the Demon Deacons, who fizzled on offense throughout Duke’s 83-63 victory. “the way Duke pressures, you need to have people who can just rip it and drive it,” Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik said. “codi gives us another player out there who can do that and space the court. You have to be able to make plays. if you miss your primary play-maker against one of the best teams in the nation… that’s not good, and to have him gives us another dimension.” even without Miller-Mcintyre, the Demon Deacons hung close for much of the opening period in the first game. Wake Forest held a 28-26 edge with 6:52 remaining in the first half before See M. BasketBaLL, page 9

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rescheduling due to wintry weather conditions, Duke changed both the time and location of its first game of a homeand-home series against liberty this year. After calling off Liberty tuesday’s 3 p.m. game in lynchburg, vs. Va. due to inclemDuke ent weather, the Blue Devils and the Flames will instead WEDNESDAY, 3 p.m. Jack Coombs Field square off 3 p.m. Wednesday at Jack coombs Field in Durham. rescheduling the first game of their series to Durham, the two teams have also moved the second contest, deciding to meet again 6 p.m. April 1 at liberty Base-

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ball Stadium. the Flames (7-6) and the Blue Devils (7-4) last played May 5, 2013 in lynchburg, Va. , where liberty scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to come from behind and defeat Duke 4-3. trailing 2-0 heading into the top of the eighth inning, the Blue Devils took advantage of a two-out Flames error. then-sophomore center fielder Grant Mccabe hit a two-run single to tie the game. next, then-junior Dave Perkins came in as a pinch runner and took the lead for Duke after stealing home on a double steal. An error of their own, however, downed the Blue Devils when first baseman chris Marconcini missed his mark throwing to second, allowing liberty left fielder nick lacik to score. the Flames third baseman put his team ahead with a squeeze-bunt

play that would knock in the deciding run. liberty enters Wednesday’s contest having won four of its last five games, coming off a 3-1 showing at its own early-season tournament. in those five games, infielder ryan Seiz racked up six runs, five rBis and a .579 batting average on his way to earning the national collegiate Baseball Writers national hitter of the Week honor. Duke also rides into the matchup with four wins in its last five games. in their last contest, the Blue Devils defeated another Big South opponent, coastal carolina, Sunday at Pelicans Ballpark in Myrtle Beach, S.c. After building up a 7-0 lead and holding the chanticleers scoreless for seven innings, Duke fended off a late rally. Mccabe led the Blue Devils, reaching base on four of five trips to the plate and knocking in two rBis.

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Blue Devils will have to flip the script and take advantage of the hoyas’ weak defense in order to counter and limit the amount of shots that Duke goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea will be forced to defend. “A key to [taking advantage of Georgetown’s defense] is winning the draw,” Kimel said. “We’ve got to make sure of two things. We have to really focus on winning the draw tomorrow so that we have possessions and when we make stops defensively, [and we have to focus on] getting the ball up the field.” entering Wednesday, Georgetown’s save percentage of 22.6 percent is less than half of what Duryea averages for the Blue Devils, as the second-team All-American is posting a mark of 45.8 percent. “We’re taking everything that we’ve learned our past two games and putting it all into this game,” Duryea said. “hopefully our defense will come together more as a unit. that’s something we’ve really been working on.” When the two squads faced off last season in Washington, D.c., the game resulted in an instant classic. With the game on the line, Georgetown had a free-position attempt with five seconds remaining. in what was only her second career start, Duryea made the game-saving stop to secure the 11-10 victory for the Blue Devils. Although the team fondly remembers the excitement of last year’s win, a strong victory this year would go a long way in turning the team’s momentum around before getting into the thick of conference play. “We felt like winning on the road at Georgetown [last year] was just a good win, more so than looking at the minutiae of it,” Kimel said. “Going into this game, it’s always a good game, a competitive game with Georgetown. We both have teams where our scoring is very balanced. We’ve played, to date, some better teams than they have. it’s just going to be a good game.”wwwwwwwww

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is, in many ways, instrumental in determining what type of school Duke wants to be. Kornbluth’s appointment is promising, if unexpected. By appointing a science-minded Duke insider, President Richard Brodhead has gestured his desire to stay the course begun by

Editorial Lange, rather than take a radically new tack. A longtime Duke faculty member and committed researcher, Kornbluth embodies the University’s strengths. We are encouraged by her professional and administrative accomplishments, especially her history of working with department chairs on faculty recruitment. Other lines in Kornbluth’s resume also excite us. Her academic career has been one of true interdisciplinary study. She earned a B.A. in political science before launching into a distinguished career in scientific research. As a woman—a rare sight in the higher echelons of university administration— she will bring a unique perspective to strategic discussions and serve as a role model to other women, as former Duke President Nan Keohane

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he parade of horribles is almost inevitable. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and Gov. Mitt Romney’s identification of the former Soviet Union as the United States’ “number one geopolitical foe” has turned out to be less a manifestation of nostalgia for the Cold War Era than a somewhat surprisingly accurate prediction.

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did. Kornbluth is the embodiment of many dreams in higher education, and we hope her leadership will infuse the school with those virtues. It remains to be seen how Kornbluth will fare as provost and what flavor her strategic decisions will acquire. But we hope that she approaches the big questions with the appropriate thoughtfulness and directs a keen eye toward urgent priorities. Given that online education, in some form, is now a reality, Kornbluth will have to bring online courses to the University in a way that improves the Duke education. Duke should not, however, simply yield to online education or concede a lost battle to digital forces. Heated debates over opening Duke Kunshan University are over, but questions of academic freedom in DKU have not dissolved. Moreover, even though Kornbluth hails from a professional school, she should make undergraduate education a top priority. Indeed, Kornbluth should already be thinking about revising the curriculum, which has not been touched since Curriculum 2000 was instituted 14 years ago. Above all, we hope Kornbluth will impress us as both an imaginative and cautious leader who can leverage Duke’s strengths and minimize its weaknesses. The University’s welfare depends on it.

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Russian military forces are allegedly digging trenches on the border with mainland Ukraine— apparently Russia is anxious to revive 20th-century military tactics to reclaim Crimea from the new Western-oriented government of Ukraine. So is it time to learn a lesson from World War II and eschew any plan of appeasement and ready the international community for World War III? What should we do with what Secretary of State John Kerry terms as Russia’s “brazen act of aggression?” First and foremost, it is essential to define Russia’s actions as a breach of international law. In fact, Russia’s actions arguably are exactly the type of behavior that the United Nations was created to prevent. That is, in the aftermath of World War II, and even during the waning of the war itself, the Allied Powers looked for ways to improve on the League of Nations with the creation of a supranational organization that would outlaw war and create a forum for the peaceful resolution of major conflicts. At the center of the U.N. Charter, in Article 2, stands the “principle of the sovereign equality” of all Member States, and the mandatory obligation that “all Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” Further, Article 51 provides that each Member State has an unabridged “inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against” a Member State. Thus, the U.N. Charter codified the integrity of a state’s sovereignty as sacrosanct. Russia has attempted to justify its invasion of Crimea with a self-defense argument, but there are several factors that indicate that this attempt is more a subversion of the international law of the use of force than an example of compliance with it. First, Russia argues that its invasion of Ukraine is justified to protect Russian citizens. Although the United States is among the greatest proponents of this “defense of nationals” iteration of self-defense, and although the recent revolution in Ukraine could very well pose an imminent threat to Russian citizens, the fact that 143,000 Ukrainians have become

Russian citizens in the past two weeks evidences significant bad faith underlying Russia’s justification. A more likely explanation for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to invade Crimea is a decidedly Cold War-like fear: Western-oriented Ukrainians have won the revolution and placed a pro-European Union government in power. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is on Russia’s doorstep again, and this clearly makes Putin uncomfortable. But just because Russia is experiencing an existentialist crisis does not mean that it is justified in invading Ukraine. In fact, Ukraine can legally employ force to remove Russian forces from its territory. Although Russia may not have fired a single gunshot (as of the writing of this column), it would be absurd to argue that Russian military presence did not constitute an imminent threat of the use of force. Further, President Putin has even asked the Duma for permission to use force on Ukrainian territory. As such, Ukraine is legally entitled to use necessary and proportional force to expel Russian forces from its borders. Moreover, it can probably ask for help from NATO or other allies in order to protect its territorial sovereignty. So what is the wiser course of attack? Should the international community stick to strong words of condemnation and wag their fingers at President Putin and his blatant violation of Ukrainian sovereignty? Or should international leaders be preparing themselves for an aggressive anti-appeasement policy, a strong show of force to demonstrate to Russia that its actions are absolutely not tolerated? Provided that Ukraine would ask for international help in order to reestablish its territorial integrity, it is essential that the international community be prepared to come to Ukraine’s aid. This is not a case of humanitarian intervention, where it is unclear whether international law would permit the use of force to protect individual lives. This is precisely the sort of situation envisioned by the founders of the United Nations. A formidable power is asserting its dominance over a politically weaker state—and former territorial possession. The international community must come together to cancel out Russia’s unwarranted aggression and prevent the replacement of a German Third Reich with a de facto re-establishment of the Soviet Union. If we stick to finger-wagging and looks of disapproval now, we risk rendering the words of the U.N. Charter meaningless and succumbing to the pessimistic views of individuals such as former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who believes “there is no United Nations,” only power politics. Joline Doedens is a second-year law student. Her column runs every other Wednesday. Send Joline a message @jydoedens.

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here’s so much MORE to talk about. That’s how I’ve felt recently when I’ve seen a Duke-related article or heard about a new major campus conversation. It seems we’re at a point at which the most shared stories and the most talked about campus discussions are either a) critical or negative about someone or some group or b) focused on the same few topics or people as always. Of course, this is certainly not a challenge unique to Duke. But that doesn’t mean we can’t work together to fix it. The heart of Duke students—what people care about on a daily basis and what inspires and encourages them—is often left out of these

initiatives and programs this year. There are the 70 service groups whose commitment to the local community inspired me continuously while I was involved with Duke Partnership for Service. As just one example among these groups, the volunteers of Adopt-A-Grandparent run an excellent initiative that provides oneon-one personal support for disabled elderly individuals in Durham on a regular basis. And, honestly, giving one example truly doesn’t do these 70 groups justice. These are people actively DOING things… big things… in the campus, local and global communities. Now, I don’t suddenly expect

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his year’s Winter Olympics, held in Sochi, Russia, came to an end on February 23 after months of international focus on the exsuperpower. On March 2, what were presumably Russian troops seized government buildings in the semi-autonomous, Russian-speaking Ukrainian province of Crimea. Global shock and condemnation from the sudden escalation of domestic conflict has been espoused from all corners of the world. Now, people are racing to understand more about the history of the conflict in Ukraine and how the country’s strategic geopolitical location between Russia and the European Union is related to energy security and the economic stability of the region. The struggle has ties to ethnic conflict, Soviet-era allegiances, competition between economic zones and good old-fashioned corruption. The situation, which highlights the tenuous attributes of a country which has remained sover-

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dominant campus narratives. For all aspects of Duke, and human nature for that matter, that can be frustrating, but there is a flip side. There is an incredible amount of beauty to be admired, appreciated and encouraged. For example, rather than solely discussing the issues we see in the Duke social scene, we could more readily take note of the groups—House Councils, Duke University Union committees, cultural groups and so many others—actively working to create a social scene that is inclusive, welcoming and diverse. Instead of lamenting the “Duke bubble,” we could step back and consider the dozens of service groups and departments at Duke that maintain long-lasting partnerships with Durham organizations. In fact, by drawing more attention to these things, we end up driving the change we seek. In my experience at Duke, as I’m sure many of you can relate to, I have been so inspired to intersect with people doing amazing things… things that probably won’t ever be a cover story at Duke. There’s Raphael, the Master of Public Policy friend of mine from Nairobi who has been appointed to advise governments in nations around the world on practical solutions to the global youth unemployment crisis. Ironically, global news outlets regularly acknowledge his work while not many even know of him at Duke. There is my roommate, who spends countless hours every day heading up the Duke and North Carolina Central University Army ROTC program, working to inspire our future military leaders to be strong both physically and morally. There are the 100 senior mentors who volunteered, with no incentive of personal benefit, to commit to Senior-Freshman Connection, Duke’s new senior-freshman mentoring program. There are my dedicated peers on Class Council who led this and about 10 other newly created Duke

these types of things to become front-page stories in The Chronicle, nor do I think we should wait for that. Rather, it takes an effort from each of us to go beyond the status quo conversation pieces and learn about one another without feeling awkward talking about our involvements. It takes us affirming one another when we see something excellent being done, no matter how ordinary it might seem to that person. It takes us reaching beyond our ordinary social circles to learn about other types of individuals and their experiences. It takes us giving praise—and not necessarily publically—to those that would never dream to claim it for themselves. Most students may not even know who these people are or what they’re spending their time with. But, I can tell you one thing: The people they are impacting know exactly who they are, and that makes all the difference in the world. So, here’s to you, Raphael. Here’s to you, roomie. Here’s to you over in The Loop, Javon, because a) you’re a boss, b) you’re constantly making people smile over there and c) you’ve known my order since freshman year. You should know that you all—and countless other people at Duke—are making a great and noble impact on this campus. You may never be part of the next campus debate or campaign or discussion, but you are what make this Duke community an extraordinary family. You deserve the utmost attention and the highest respect. Here’s to you. P.S. One practical way to share the love and appreciation to Duke seniors who will be graduating in May: Fill out the form at http:// tinyurl.com/duke-smile-2014 and Senior Class Council will deliver your message. We got about 400 messages in only a couple of days!

eign for the entirety of my lifetime, raises fears for the future of Eastern Europe and brings back memories of a continent polarized by fear during World War II and the Cold War. Putin’s claim that Russia is protecting the ethnic Russian minority of Ukraine is reminiscent of Hitler’s claim that Germany needed to protect the ethnic Germans in the Sudetenland. The year 1994 was filled with ups and downs. On the high end of the scale, I was born and the world was never the same. On the low end of the scale, massacres in Rwanda and rocket attacks in Sarajevo made headlines worldwide. In Ukraine, democratic elections peacefully and unobtrusively allowed for a new government to assume control in a state that had torn away from the Soviet Union just three years prior. Since then, Ukraine has seen political strife between the ethnically Ukrainian and ultranationalist West and the ethnically Russian East. Here is a quick-run down for people who may not be experts on Ukrainian history in the period following the Cold War. After Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Russian political leader, was elected in 2004, the citizens of Ukraine rose up declaring that the election was rigged. After the Orange Revolution, Yanukovych stepped down and pro-Ukrainian, pro-European Union Viktor Yushchenko assumed control. After several years of a stagnant economy in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Yanukovych was elected back into office. Since then, he has made a series of controversial deals with Russia. The people of Ukraine have taken to arms and ousted Yanukovych from Kiev, the state’s capital. Seeking refuge in the country’s East, Yanukovych still asserts that he is the ruler of the country and has asked for Russian military assistance, which the country has now provided. So where does that leave us? Ukraine is divided into two blocs: one that wants to join the European Union and one that wants to join the Russian-backed counter economic zone termed the Eurasian Union. Russia has long considered Ukraine essential to the formation of this economic zone. Since the entire country doesn’t want to join the bloc, however, it seems that Russia may be content annexing Crimea and creating an essential dependency out of Eastern Ukraine. The United States is in absolutely no position to assist Ukraine militarily and Russia knows it. Any conflict between Russia and Ukraine will be reminiscent of the Russian Federation’s 2008 invasion of South Ossetia. The conflict will be one-sided, and Russian tanks will steamroll its opposition. Russian aggression, however, will be tempered by the possibility of economic sanctions by the global community, Western Europe and the international hegemon. This will likely result in the Russian military seeing success against conventional forces, yet it will need to be restrained in its post-conflict negotiations. The United States’ move seems obvious: Try to ensure that Ukraine moves away from the Russian sphere of influence. This was happening organically anyway, and Russia seems to have seized on an opportune moment in its neighbor’s domestic politics to ensure that it is able to maintain some influence over this strategic country. It is therefore in the interest of Western powers and liberal democracies across the globe to ensure that Western Ukraine is able to retain its sovereignty, that it takes significant steps closer towards Europe and that it is not laden with unreasonable Russian demands. The bottom line is that in the post-Cold War era, 20th century imperial tactics cannot be tolerated. Spontaneous, unilateral action against a neighboring sovereign state is simply unacceptable with today’s norms. Secretary of State John Kerry, America’s top diplomat, weighed in by saying, “You just don’t [invade another country] on a completely trumped up pretext.” It may be the case that the world isn’t ready to challenge Russia’s military might, but intervening in Europe only serves to weaken Russia’s public image. The reality is apparent: Russia is desperately clawing to reestablish regional dominance over the Soviet Union’s liberated provinces. In my eyes, Russia’s realpolitik approach towards maintaining energy security is not only of imminent concern, but is hauntingly reminiscent of Germany’s acquisition of the ethnically German regions of Czechoslovakia. Looking forward, the world should remember the lessons learned from the Munich agreement before Crimea turns into the Neo-Sudetenland.

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Andrew Leon Hanna is a Trinity senior and the senior class president.

Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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