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SAE prohibits Durham crime increases slightly in 2013 pledging nationwide by Jackson Stone The chronicle

The Sigma Alpha epsilon fraternity banned pledging rituals required of recruits, reflecting a long-standing national debate about the practice. calling its decision “historic,” the national organization overseeing Sigma Alpha epsilon said its ruling affects all its chapters immediately, including the one at Duke. Under its new program that SAe calls “The True Gentlemen experience,” all new pledges who are accepted and accept bids will immediately be “brothers.” new members will also be required to participate within 96 hours of acceptance in the carson Starkey Membership certification Program, a series of online alcohol safety quizzes named after a freshman who died of alcohol poisoning six years ago during an induction ritual at california Polytechnic State University in San luis obispo. The office of Fraternity and Sorority life received a letter from SAe headquarters informing the University that “all of our chapters and colonies have been instructed to initiate their new members (pledges) as full brothers.” clarybel Peguero, assistant dean and director of fraternity and sorority life, declined to comment, but provided a copy of SAe’s letter to the chronicle. “our new program does not have opt-in elements. rather, all of our chapters and colonies are required to adopt See Sae, page 6

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Although Durham’s property crime rate has increased in 2013, its violent crime rate declined, according to the Durham Police Department’s annual crime report released March 7. These trends relate to a slight increase in overall crime, following a 23-year record low in 2012. Although the number of violent crimes decreased, both homicides and rapes increased by 40 percent or more—with 21 homicides in 2012 increasing to 30 in 2013, and 73 rapes in 2012 increasing to 102 in 2013.

“Anytime there’s an increase, there’s cause for concern, but we’re still below the [department’s three year] average,” said lt. Brian reitz, executive officer to the Durham chief of Police. The report credited the increase in reported homicides and rapes to a change in FBi reporting standards. “Fondling and other things that did not involve unlawful carnal knowledge were counted as rape,” reitz said. “Before they changed the definition, rape involved a very specific incident. if you actually went by the old definition of a rape, the numbers are about the same.”

index crime rate per 100,000 residents is up 3.8 percent from 2012, according to the report. Burglaries and larcenies accounted for the majority of reported property and violent crimes, at 27 percent and 54 percent, respectively. Murder, rape and aggravated assault together constituted 8 percent of total property and violent crimes. operation Bull’s eye—an initiative focusing on reducing crime in a two-mile radius off of eastern Durham—has resulted in “significant reductions in violent See cRime, page 5

WISeR graduates first class with unprecedented bright futures By Patricia Spears The chronicle

The Women’s institute of Secondary education and research—a Kenyan organization for community development that is partnered with Duke—graduated its first class of 28 students from its secondary school March 7. With a focus on health and education to empower underprivileged girls in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, WiSer began in 2006 with a secondary school for women and now includes a primary school, a school garden and community projects to bring clean water and better nutrition to the area. This year’s inaugural graduating class marks a major success for the WiSer school system, which has never before seen a female student continue onto a university. “it’s everything,” said sophomore Zack

Fowler, president of Duke’s WiSer club. “it’s the first graduation, so we know now that this can happen, that you can have girls do things that have never been done in the community.” The graduation is a landmark not only for WiSer, but for Muhuru Bay. over the 30 years that Kenya has offered secondary education, only one woman in the Muhuru Bay area has received a qualifying score for university acceptance and enrolled, said Sherryl Broverman, president of the WiSer school and associate professor of the practice of biology. By comparison, 17 of WiSer’s 28 graduates received qualifying scores, and of those, 13 received full scholarships from the government. Broverman added that the graduates have a wide range of interests, including journalism, engineering and business. one-

third of the graduates are interested in healthcare. “The fact that they graduated from secondary school...it not only affects them, it affects their family, it affects their community,” said senior nupur Gulati, former president of the WiSer club. “it’s just this massive ripple effect.” Fowler said greater access to education for women is associated with many benefits for a community—including economic growth, female empowerment, improved male-female relationships and better health outcomes. For example, the daughter of a woman who has completed a secondary education experiences a 50 percent reduction in the lifetime prevalence of hiV, he said. The graduation ceremony was a community celebration with approximately 1,000 people in attendance, including three

members of the Kenyan parliament and six Duke alumni who were involved in the early stages of WiSer. “it was so gratifying to have them with me during the event,” Broverman wrote in an email Sunday. Broverman is humble about her role in the creation of the school. She wrote that she is an “accidental advocate,” noting that her desire to help girls in Muhuru Bay stemmed from visiting a colleague in the area. While in Muhuru Bay, Broverman met a child bride who was married to her school’s vice principal in order to pay her school fees. Broverman helped this young woman break the marriage but wanted to do more to help other girls facing child marriage, See WiSeR, page 5

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Students convey insecurities Students surprised at potential in recent What I Be project lack of homeowner’s insurane by Emma Baccellieri The chronicle

later this week, the student wall on the first floor of Perkins library will display a new exhibit—one that showcases not students’ achievements, but their insecurities. Part of the What i Be project by photographer Steve rosenfield, the exhibit features pictures of students with phrases describing their doubts or problems written across their bodies. in a five-day visit to Duke before spring break, rosenfield took more than 70 portraits, meeting with each subject for 45 minutes to discuss their insecurities and decide the best way to portray them in the photograph. “They’re there for the same reason— everyone’s there to share something,” rosenfield said. “We all want to share something.” Accompanying the portraits are statements by the subjects—finishing the sentence “i am not my…” to show that their vulnerabilities do not necessarily define them. rosenfield noted in a meet-andgreet session with the project’s participants that everything about What i Be was designed to make people uncomfortable, from the incorrect grammar of the project’s title to the lack of smiles in the photographs. What i Be was brought to Duke as a joint venture by Blue Devils United and Duke Student Government after sophomore Keizra Mecklai, a DSG senator for equity and outreach, saw the project at a conference. “i was like, ‘This means something, this feels like something we need to bring to Duke,’” Mecklai said. She noted that What i Be provides a uniquely open and visible avenue for conversations about issues such as race, gender, sexuality and socioeconomic status—in comparison to programs such as student-led retreat common Ground, which discusses similar topics but with only a select group of people each semester.

The project has granted the issues visibility even beyond Duke’s campus. in addition to being displayed in Perkins, the photographs have also been uploaded to rosenfield’s Facebook page, which has more than 20,000 fans. Many of the portraits have garnered likes and comments from not only members of the Duke community but from people around the world. “Statistics are thrown around all the time, like that one in four women in college is sexually assaulted...but there are people you know that are affected by that,” Mecklai said. “i think it did start conversations and change things for people who had never seen those as real issues because they didn’t have faces to them.” Although students were required to fill out an application to sign up for What i Be, participants were granted spots on a first-come, first-served basis rather than on an evaluation of their applications. interest in the project surpassed expectations, creating a 65 student waitlist, Mecklai said, adding that they will hopefully be able to repeat the project next year. Sophomore Daniel Kort, president of Blue Devils United, noted that the project helps to counter the image of “effortless perfection” that is often associated with Duke. “outsiders to Duke, and even people inside Duke, might stereotype a Duke student as this effortlessly perfect, academic powerhouse-social butterfly,” Kort said. “i think it’s really important to show faces for whom this is not true.” Mecklai noted that the power of the project lies not only in its ability to start large-scale conversation on difficult topics, but also in the way that it empowers the individuals who participate. rosenfield began the project in 2010, after leaving a corporate job in order to pursue interests he found more fulfilling. he has since taken photographs for See PROJect, page 5

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Duke is not responsible for any damage to students’ personal property that occurs in on-campus housing. Following the fire in Brown Dormitory earlier this semester, many students were surprised to learn that the University insurance did not cover damaged personal property. University officials said students are encouraged to purchase renters insurance to protect themselves in these instances, because standard homeowners insurance may not cover damages on-campus. Duke does not offer renters insurance to their students. “There isn’t a great deal that Duke is in a position to do,” Dean for residential life Joe Gonzalez said in regards to property losses from fires and other accidents. “That is why in the license we do encourage students to get renters insurance to protect themselves in this

type of circumstance.” The Duke housing license and Terms for 2013-2014 states that, “The University is not liable for damage or loss of personal property kept in the resident’s assigned space or in other areas of University housing. Because the University does not provide property insurance, residents are encouraged to secure their own personal property insurance.” Director of corporate risk Management christopher Boroski noted that Duke does not cover student property because Duke itself does not incur a financial loss when student property is damaged. “Property insurance is considered first party coverage, meaning the party purchasing the coverage expects to sustain a monetary loss in the event of an accident covered by the policy, See iNSURaNce, page 5

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Duke Law Student Jenn Bandy chosen for Supreme Court clerkship After graduating from the School of Law in 2012, Jenn Bandy was chosen as a clerk for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas for the 2014-2015 Supreme Court Term. The chronicle’s Emma Loewe spoke with Bandy her time at the School of Law and what inspired her to take on a role with the Supreme Court. The Chronicle: can you talk a little bit about your experiences at Duke law School? What were you involved with during your time here? Jenn Bandy: At Duke i was really involved with the Duke law Journal in my second and third year. in that capacity i worked on a lot of different articles about legal issues written by both professors and students.... i was also a Guardian ad litem in Durham—which [is when] a child has come into the state foster care system or come to the awareness of Durham’s social services and there’s some concern that they’re not being adequately cared for. They then appoint a Guardian ad litem observer to advocate for the child’s best interests in court. i had a couple cases where i was the Guardian ad litem, which involved doing case studies, visiting the parent, talking to family members, visiting the home and if the child is in foster care visiting with the foster care provider. That was really rewarding. i was also a research assistant for a

couple of different professors. i worked on voting rights issues for [charles S. rhyne] Professor [of law] Guy-Uriel charles, and i worked on the Alien Tort Statute legal issues for [Alston and Bird] Professor ernest Young. TC: What path did your career take after Duke? JB: immediately after Duke, i went to Birmingham, Alabama to clerk for Judge William h. Pryor Jr. for the U.S. court of the Appeals for the eleventh circuit. i helped research and provide the judge with information about the cases in the form of bench memoranda and make recommendations as to how the case should be resolved and then i would go to oral argument for the court and help the judge draft [an] opinion. After that i went to Kirkland & ellis, the law firm that i am currently at. TC: What inspired you to apply for the Supreme court position? JB: i’ve always been really interested in constitutional law and there’s no better place to learn about that then at the Supreme court because most of the issues they’re resolving are constitutional questions, although there are plenty of really interesting federal statutory issues presented. i just thought it would be an incredible intellectual experience to work at the court.

TC: What do you hope to accomplish during your time with Justice Thomas? JB: i hope to serve the court by writing accurate and helpful memos, to serve Justice Thomas by helping him figure out how to decide cases and write opinions and to learn a lot about the way that the Supreme court decides some of these really important issues. TC: And i know you’re still young but what are your ultimate career goals? JB: i have no idea. i probably want to continue to do mainly appellate work. i find that some people call it “nerdy law” issues. But i really enjoy that aspect of the law—thinking about what words mean, what congress intended or understood the law to mean and how the law should develop overtime, focusing more broadly on the law’s applications as opposed to the particular facts of each case. TC: And what would your advice be for aspiring lawyers who are still in school? JB: Find what area of law you enjoy and pursue it. Don’t be afraid to take chances and really go for what you want. There are so many different types of law and there’s no sense in letting yourself get dragged off into an area you’re not interested in. Try to find some way to do what you love.

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DUSDAC tries out new mac-n-cheese vendor by Sasha Zients The chronicle

As the deadline for deciding next year’s food truck rotation approaches, the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee sampled Mac-Ur-Roni, a macaroni and cheese food truck on Monday. DUSDAC members praised the truck for its quality, satisfying options and reasonable pricing. During the meeting, the committee also discussed the existing Merchants on Points options and an upcoming survey they are developing to gather student body’s food truck preferences once they complete their evaluation of trucks including Mac-Ur-Roni. “This is a really good value for the price and it’s fast,” senior Grace Dulik said. Co-chair of DUSDAC Caiti Slattery, also a senior, added that it only took about three minutes for Dulik’s order of two dishes to be ready. DUSDAC members also noted that the truck is wellorganized—customers order from one side of the truck and then wait for the food on the other side. The truck is also accustomed to serving high traffic. When he serves during a lunch period of two hours, truck owner Scott Freiermuth said he expects to get a minimum of 70 customers. “I can get through quite a few customers. I like to stay busy,” he said, noting that he can handle rushes of customers and will hire an extra person on the truck if business necessitates it. “I can easily do 100 in an hour.” Freiermuth is a self-proclaimed mac and cheese enthusiast, as he noted it was his favorite food and the first food he

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could make for himself. He opened the truck last April, after already spending time working in the food industry. Mac-Ur-Roni has all of its lunch spots committed for the rest of the year, but dinner is more flexible and could add the University to its schedule, Freiermuth said. He noted that he mostly serves near office buildings at Research Triangle Park, but also spends some time in downtown Durham and Raleigh.

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“As of now, I’m not on any other campuses, but I will probably be at [North Carolina State University] by the end of the year,” Freiermuth said. A small serving of “The Homewrecker”—one of Mac-Ur-Roni’s most popular dishes—costs $7, a medium costs $8 and a tub costs $9. DUSDAC members agreed that this pricing was very reasonable given how much food customers are provided with each portion.

Freiermuth said he has a gluten-free option, which consists of a broccoli base with cheese sauce on top. He said most of the vegetables he uses in recipes are fresh, except the broccoli, which he noted is actually more flavorful if it is frozen individually. DUSDAC members spoke enthusiastically about adding Mac-Ur-Roni to next year’s rotation, noting that the only other truck that serves macaroni is Foster’s on the Fly. However, they noted that adding both Mac-Ur-Roni and Pie Pushers—a pizza-focused food truck also under consideration by DUSDAC—would be too much. “This is more filling for the same price,” Dulik said. Members also brainstormed possible additions and replacements within the Merchants on Points program, including searching for a Mexican vendor that delivers and an option such as Vine Sushi and Thai. “Delivery sushi would be hugely popular,” Dulik noted. DUSDAC may decide to replace chains currently in Merchants on Points—specifically Dominos and Pizza Hut—with local Durham alternatives, Slattery noted. Slattery concluded the meeting by saying that senior Chris Taylor, the other co-chair of the committee, had developed the survey on food trucks to send out to the student body in the near future. The committee will use this information in their determination of next year’s food truck rotation.

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early pregnancy and orphanhood as a result of hiV. Broverman said she has seen positive change at WiSer in her students’ health, leadership and education. She also said she saw new power in the students when they performed in a flash mob in three major cities on international Women’s Day last year. “Girls who…were culturally trained to be very shy and retiring—to sing and dance about the importance of educating them and the need to be seen by the community was really empowering,” Broverman said. All members of the graduating class passed the Kenyan national examination for high school students, and their test scores place WiSer in the top 5 percent of Kenyan private schools, Broverman noted. Fowler noted that it is likely that the graduates will reinvest in their community. he said that womens’ tendencies to reinvest in their community has been a contributing factor to WiSer’s success. “WiSer is as much about community empowerment as it is about…female empowerment,” Fowler said. he also noted that women’s education is the best strategy for health and development in a community. “i don’t see it as a girl mission—we’re interested in health and development, and that’s not a gendered discipline,” Broverman wrote.

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What i Be in high schools, universities, churches and places across the country. “i know i can’t help everybody and fix everything, i know it’s not my job to do that,” rosenfield said. “i just try to talk to each person individually.” Vice President for Student Affairs larry Moneta—the only non-student to participate in the project at Duke—noted the project’s potential for important reflection at both the individual and community level. “The time spent in dialogue helping me focus on my insecurities and discomforts were extremely powerful,” Moneta wrote in an email Monday. Moneta chose to write “Did i Make a Difference?” across his face and right hand, with the statement “i am not my career.” “To do the project is to formally and aggressively make yourself vulnerable and present your insecurities,” Mecklai said.

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and is entitled to receive benefits,” Boroski wrote in an email March 10. “Duke sustains no monetary loss when student property is damaged, and therefore is not entitled to an insurance recovery.” Many students do not know that this is the case. in the immediate aftermath of the fire last month in Brown dorm, housing, Dining and residence life received a large number of questions about whether Duke would reimburse students for damaged property. At a meeting with Brown residents the day after the fire, Gonzalez passed

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out copies of the relevant portion of the housing license. Many students at the meeting were surprised by the fact that their property might not be covered. Travis Wolf, a freshman living in Brown, said he was not previously aware of Duke’s no liability policy and was surprised upon learning of it. “if the damage is not because of the student’s actions, i would expect Duke University to cover the full cost and insure anything that was lost by the student,” he said. According to a 2010 report from the insurance information institute, many students living in on-campus housing are covered by their parents’ homeowners insurance, but this coverage is not universal and there may be a cap on the total amount of coverage. off campus housing is less likely to be covered, the report said. Gonzalez did express concern at the fact that students were unaware of their insurance status. “Perhaps we need to develop a strategy to make sure this has higher awareness with the students,” Gonzalez said. Accidents in dorm rooms and apartments do happen with some regularity, but they are rarely serious enough to cause major property damage, Gonzalez said. neither Gonzalez nor Boroski could provide exact numbers on the frequency of fires and floods. however, both said that there are normally a small number of accidents in dorms and apartments every year and that there have been 2-4 other incidents with substantial student property damage over the past ten years. “i’ve been here almost ten years and i know in that time [the Brown fire] is the third fire we’ve had where an individual’s room or apartment sustained

significant damage,” Gonzalez said. in the Brown fire, only one student sustained significant damage to their property and only one other student had any property damage of any kind that was reported to hDrl, Gonzalez said. Duke does not have information on how many students have insurance coverage for their property at Duke, Boroski wrote.

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crime and an improvement in the quality of life for residents,” according to the report. The number of reported violent crimes is down 39 percent from 2007. reitz emphasized the importance of community involvement in crime reduction. “We do a lot of innovative campaigns,” reitz said. “We try to provide crime prevention data to the community, and we have many federal and state partnerships.” Although the rate of property crimes increased from 2012, property crimes are more common by nature, reitz noted. “it’s our larcenies that drove the numbers up,” he said. larcenies increased by 8 percent from 2012 to 2013. larceny is also the most common crime on campus, noted chief of Duke Police John Dailey. he added that the number of reported larcenies on campus were down from 2012. Duke campus police collaborate frequently with Durham police, including a daily meeting with DPD in the morning, Dailey said.

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these operational changes,” the letter reads. “Should you hear that any of our groups are not following our policy or treating members as second-class citizens in any way, please notify us immediately.” SAE president junior Robert Bruce and vice president junior Ethan Gottlieb deferred comment to the fraternity’s national headquarters. Brandon Weghorst, associate executive director of communications for SAE National could not be reached for comment. SAE’s head Bradley Cohen, who leads SAE National’s Supreme Council as Eminent Supreme Archon, posted a video on Facebook to explain what he called the organization’s “radical” move. “It’s the right thing to do…as an organization, we have been plagued with too much bad behavior, which has resulted in loss of lives, negative press and large lawsuits,” Cohen said. “[If SAE did not make this change]

The Chronicle it may cease to exist in five years.“ SAE acknowledged on its website that some members may leave the fraternity because of the change, but it is a price the group said it is willing to pay. “Experience also shows us that these particular members create the most risk for our organization,” SAE wrote in its roll-out message to chapters. SAE’s March 9 decision came after years of criticism lobbed at the fraternity. Considered the deadliest fraternity by Bloomberg News’ “Broken Pledges”—a series of articles examining fraternity-related deaths and injuries due to binge drinking—SAE pays the highest costs of any Greek organization due to liability insurance and has closed 15 chapters in the past three years. Duke’s chapter of SAE was expelled from the University in 2002 for violations of risk management, including hazing and illegal alcohol use. It was reinstated in 2008, and officially received its new charter from Duke in April 2012. SAE was founded at Duke in 1931 and is one of the oldest members of the Interfraternity Council. Since 2007, other universities have suspended or closed 40 SAE chapters. According to its website, SAE has 226 chapters, 14,000 college members and 190,000 living alumni. Cohen, who grew up in South Africa, compared the humiliation of pledging to apartheid which formerly held sway in that nation. ”We have taken our bloodline for the fraternity— our new members—and treated them as second-class citizens,” he said. On its website, SAE said it hopes to see an eventual reduction in insurance premiums. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said he respected SAE’s choice to ban pledging. “I respect SAE National’s choice to make this change and hope that it proves to be successful in avoiding the kinds of incidents at other schools that prompted the change,” Moneta said. Sigma Phi Epsilon, which also has a chapter at Duke, is a 15,000 member national fraternity that banned pledging in 1991. “Implementation of this kind of change isn’t always easy, but it is definitely worth it,” Sigma Phi Epsilon Board Member Thomas Jelke wrote in an email Saturday. “Chapter grades went up, our membership numbers increased, the quality of the men who sought us out increased and our behavioral issues decreased.” He added that his fraternity has the highest grades among large, national fraternities. When Jelke heard that SAE banned pledging he made a donation to SAE’s foundation in honor of their Supreme Council.

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For the fourth consecutive year, the Blue Devils will likely have to go through a perennial powerhouse to reach the Final Four. Duke (27-6, 12-4 in the ACC) received a No. 2 seed for the fifth consecutive season when the 2014 NCAA tournament field was finally revealed Monday night. The Blue Devils are in the Lincoln Regional, headlined by Connecticut, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed. The Huskies beat Duke 83-61 at Cameron Indoor Stadium Dec. 17. After losing in the Elite Eight each of the past four seasons, the Blue Devils’ journey to the 2014 Final Four will begin Saturday at 11 a.m. against 15th-seeded Winthrop at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “We’re always excited to play,” junior center Elizabeth Williams said. “It doesn’t really matter at this point where you play—it’s more about how you play. We’re looking forward to it. We’ve had some good practices coming off break and we’re just excited to get playing again.” Duke has not played since the championship game of the ACC tournament—falling 69-53 to No. 2 Notre Dame March 9— See W. BASKETBALL, page 8

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Duke was excited to learn it had secured a No. 2 seed in the Lincoln Region of this year’s NCAA tournament.

The No. 1 Seed: Florida (32-2, 18-0 in the SEC). The Gators haven’t lost since Dec. 2 to Connecticut, and that was a one-point defeat on the road in which SEC Player of the Year Scottie Wilbekin didn’t play for the final three minutes because of an ankle injury. Florida is tenacious defensively, giving up 57.9 points per game, the third fewest in the nation. Wilbekin, small forward Casey Prather and shooting guard Michael Frazier II can all pour in points, but defensive and rebounding studs like center Patric Young, power forward Dorian Finney-Smith and small forward Will Yeguete are the reasons why this team is so difficult to score against. A potential Round of 32 matchup with Pittsburgh, the No. 18 team in the nation according to KenPom.com, will be no cupcake, but there’s a reason why the Gators were named the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed: They grind out wins. The other contenders: No. 2 seed Kansas is arguably the most talented team in the country, featuring freshman phenom Andrew Wiggins among many other productive players. But the big question for See SOUTH, page 9

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Sophomore Nick Martin will serve as the sports editor for The Chronicle’s 110th volume beginning this April.

Sophomore Nick Martin was elected sports editor of The Chronicle’s 110th volume at the annual election meeting Monday night. Martin will replace junior Daniel Carp as editor and inherit a staff of roughly 30 student reporters, editors and departmental staff. He will begin the training process immediately and officially take over the sports section at the end of April. “I am excited for the opportunity to lead the section as The Chronicle’s next sports editor,” Martin said. “Dan has done a great job of putting us in position to flourish as a digital-first organization, and I look forward to doing all I can to maintain and elevate our spot among the nation’s top student-run newspapers.” The China Grove, N.C., native began writing for the publication during Orientation Week and worked his way into

the role of a women’s basketball beat writer his freshman year. Now an associate editor, Martin currently serves as a football and fencing beat writer and has also reported on men’s and women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse and men’s soccer. Martin delivered a speech at Monday’s meeting detailing the goals laid out in his platform, with an emphasis on increasing investigative reporting and feature production by beat writers, diversifying blog content and implementing interactive graphics and polls to create a more advanced and interactive reader experience for visitors of The Chronicle’s website. “Our content should not be interesting only to our readers, but to us as reporters,” Martin said. “As fellow students and friends of the student-athletes we report on daily, we should want to produce the most interesting and innovative content. I’m confident that we will continue to do just that with Vol-

ume 110.” Martin said that the addition of several positions dedicated to the maintenance and innovation of both the online and print-based content would allow for The Chronicle to take the necessary steps forward in becoming a digital-first organization and remaining one. An avid Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Bobcats fan, Martin is a graduate of Jesse C. Carson High School in China Grove, N.C. and is pursuing a degree in English with a minor in History. Martin expects to graduate in May 2016 before potentially pursuing a career in sports journalism. “After writing for nearly two years now, I’ve been able to understand what a true blessing it is to be able to attend Duke and report on one of the top athletic programs in the nation,” Martin said. “As reporters, we have to maintain that drive to tell every story we have at our fingertips in the most innovative and quality way possible.”

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and is still adjusting after losing three primary ball-handlers due to season-ending injuries and suspensions. Winthrop claimed its first Big South Conference title to earn an automatic bid to the Big Dance. The Eagles are led by Big South Player of the Year Dequesha McClanahan—who averages 17.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest— and have four players averaging more

than 10 points per game. Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said she was going to start watching film immediately after the selection show in preparation for Saturday’s contest. “I don’t know enough yet,” McCallie said. “I know they’ve got a tremendously balanced scoring attack, with four double-digit scorers, which is interesting. We’re trying to do things to get ourselves better and implement the scouting report. We’re really excited to have an opponent and really excited to get started.” The Blue Devils will play either seventh-seeded DePaul or No. 10 seed Oklahoma in the second round Monday at 6:30 p.m. if they take out the Eagles (24-8). Duke beat the Sooners (18-14) 94-85 Dec. 8 in Norman, Okla. If they advance past the first two rounds that they will host, the Blue Devils would likely meet No. 3 seed Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 in Lincoln, Neb. However, Duke will relish the chance to play again in Cameron Indoor Stadium before thinking ahead to the second week of the tournament. The Blue Devils’ seniors are grateful to have the opportunity to start their final NCAA tournament journey in friendly surroundings. “I think that’s great—especially for me [because] I get to play another game in Cameron before I leave—but I think having home fans and playing on our home court is a big advantage for us,” senior guard Tricia Liston said. “We’re trying to build up momentum and take it into the next games.”

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Playing in the Lincoln Regional, the Blue Devils could have a chance for a rematch with No. 1 overall seed Connecticut. Although Duke is content to play its first game at home, the Blue Devils are slightly concerned about the fan turnout for the mid-morning contest. Having gone through a full season of morning practices and workouts, though, Duke should be able to prevail regardless of the number of fans present Saturday.

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“I’m a little worried about our game time. I feel like a big bus needs to go through Durham and wake everybody up and make sure everybody comes,” McCallie said. “It’s an early start time. From a coaching perspective, I love it, but from a fan’s perspective, I’m definitely empathetic. I think our team is a great morning group—they’re breakfast eaters.”

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the Jayhawks will be if they can win without center Joel Embiid, who from all indications will remain sidelined with a nagging back injury. Embiid, also a freshman, is a potential top pick in June’s NBA Draft and would give Kansas a huge boost if he can play. No. 3 seed Syracuse has a rough draw below Florida and Kansas, struggling to finish the year well after a 25-0 start. The Orange have lost five of seven since then and need their 2-3 zone to stifle teams the way it did early on. At the four spot, UCLA provides matchup problems for any opponent. Sophomore guard Jordan Adams is an impressive scorer at 17.2 points per game, while 6-foot-9 doit-all swingman Kyle Anderson can be impossible to guard at times with 14.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game. Also, don’t forget about No. 6 seed Ohio State, which cracked the top five this season and has one of the best perimeter defenses in the country. The potential Cinderella: No. 10 seed Stanford. The Cardinal, coached by former Duke player and assistant coach Johnny Dawkins, earned their first invitation to the Big Dance with this head coaching regime. This is a team that has beaten UCLA, Con-

necticut and Oregon, among others, and faces No. 7 seed New Mexico in the first round. They have a go-to scorer in Chasson Randle, who averages 18.7 points per game, and three other players who average double figures. They’re also tough to match up against as forwards Josh Huestis and Anthony Brown can shoot from the perimeter. Stanford can certainly get past the Lobos, who lost as a No. 3 seed to 14th-seeded Harvard in last year’s Round of 64. Beating Kansas may be realistic too if the Jayhawks struggle to perform without Embiid. Bill Self’s team has now lost two of its last four since he’s been out. The regional narrative: DE-FENSE. The South is filled with some of the top defensive teams in the nation by any metric. Florida, Syracuse and Ohio State all give up fewer than 60 points per game. No. 5 seed VCU—no longer in the role of a potential Cinderella—forces the most turnovers per game in the country at 18.3. VCU, Ohio State and Florida rank second, fourth and fifth, respectively, in adjusted defense according to KenPom.com. The question: Will anybody score?

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in China. DKU has not produced any graduates. As a result, it has neither proven its value nor earned a reputation that might attract potential applicants. Duke also lacks the brand recognition enjoyed by some American colleges with ventures in China. Increasing brand recognition requires

Editorial better marketing and recruiting efforts. But, even if DKU were to launch a highly successful marketing campaign, it is not clear that the university could quickly or completely overcome the reputational and financial hurdles that are likely deterring applicants. DKU should, however, provide more information about its programs to students at Duke. Increasing communication about the status of DKU, the courses it offers and its application process promises to generate community buy-in on a campus generally chary of DKU. It would also satisfy the administration’s obligation to keep stakeholders informed about the project. External factors largely contributed to the decision to extend DKU’s application deadline.

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But it is also possible that administrators simply underestimated the demand for a Duke-affiliated university in China. The administration has repeatedly demonstrated an inability to foresee DKU’s many complications, and, time and time again, administrators have been willing to weather short-term setbacks in order to complete the project. Job-like in their determination, Duke’s administrators have approached every obstacle with a dogged commitment to success, almost at all costs. But what is the long-term benefit of having an affiliate in China? The answer is not entirely clear. With every setback, the grand opening of DKU is looking more and more like a pyrrhic victory—an accomplishment that has sucked away more resources and reputational capital than it is likely to pay back in educational or financial returns. Many students, faculty and alumni continue to have concerns about the venture, and we maintain that DKU’s problems—especially those surrounding academic freedom—seem to outweigh any benefits it might bring. Despite our reservations, we hope that DKU succeeds. To that end, we encourage administrators not just to educate the Duke community about the project, but also to listen to their concerns.

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LDOC lineup) to instead focus my energy on living in the moment. Though a cliché, disconnecting from routine Duke culture can be incredibly reinvigorating. Before each P-Wild trip, I grow anxious and worry about the challenges I know I will face. While backpacking, it is easy to find 99 problems—and it often seems like the cold is every single one of them, but it is not. There’s also an eerie absence of toilets, deodorant, cell phones, razors (not that I particularly need razors to begin with) and other common signs of civilized life that usually allow me to live comfortably in my cozy Duke dorm room. The physical, mental and emotional difficulties of backpacking help me to more fully appreciate the comfort of my life at Duke but simultaneously lead me to believe that individual growth begins with a willingness to sometimes depart from what feels comfortable. I joined P-Wild on an impulse. Lost somewhere within six seasons of Lost at the end of Fall semester my freshman year, I decided it would be a good idea to learn how to survive in the wilderness in case I ever ended up stranded on an island with a bunch of animals and mythical creatures that might want to eat me. I retreated to Blackwell’s multipurpose room and discovered a graceful and friendly P-Wilder, Katherine Chernova, who encouraged me to take the program’s house course in the Spring. I worried about aggressively inserting myself into what I perceived as an already-solidified community at Duke, but Katherine assuaged my fears with her assurances that I would not regret signing up. I had always regretted choosing not to participate in a preorientation program at the beginning of the year and thought that the house course might be the perfect way to mold a new experience for myself at Duke. Much to my initial distress and eventual relief, the house course was less about proper spearthrowing technique and more about the importance of experiences on personal development. Every week, I returned ready for new daily themes that served as the mediums through which I could hear others’ experiences and share my own. One night in particular felt very metaphysical when the leaders

discussed the significance of risk-taking. While I had bungee jumped from my comfort zone by joining P-Wild, I never really connected the dots and realized how influential a single, small, spontaneous risk like signing up for a house course can be. Risks are often portrayed with a negative spin as thoughtless, dangerous and potentially unsettling. Yet, both individually and societally, risks are instrumental

for progress. Whether negative or positive, they allow for reflection into the past and intuition into the future. I often wonder who I would be without my impulsive risks. They have helped me come out of my shell, embrace change and realize that doing calculus goes along with dancing at Shooters as an activity that I cannot successfully engage in for more than a few seconds. And the effects of risks transcend the individual through their effects on others. Society progresses by virtue of risk-takers. Keeping in mind my column’s somewhat selfselective readership, I doubt there will be much opposition to a stance that taking risks is important. Yet I know that small and large risks alike are often perceived without a motivating sense of urgency. It is tempting to put off decisions and to remain in a perpetual state of comfort, but doing so often forces a complacency of personal stagnation that consequentially foregoes the possible positive impacts that risks can have on the rest of the world. I liken the effects of risks to the small waves that emerge when skipping rocks on the surface of water. Some go farther and others make larger waves, but all have the potential to influence their surroundings. Actually that might be a sub-par analogy because the waves don’t really do anything besides looking nifty, but I think you get the idea. (Mental note: Add “crafting analogies” to the unfortunate list of things I do not excel at in between calculus and Shooters dancing.) One night over Spring Break, the members of my crew and I huddled together in a massive cuddling unit underneath the stunningly vibrant stars. As I admired the heavens, I noticed an aircraft’s light passing quickly across the sky. I felt dosed with perspective, perplexed by the dual significance and insignificance of the moment. I noticed a paradox caught between the smallness of this world and the largeness of humanity’s potential to fly sky-high. All this potential requires to be unleashed is a willingness to push our comfort zones and go wild. Brendan McCartney is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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now in service to our University. “Appreciation” shouldn’t be restricted to a single event, but a daily exercise in recognizing service by others. This year’s Staff Appreciation Day can be your invitation to this daily expression of thanks. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 11, we’ll be out at the Marketplace and Penn Pavilion offering our appreciation

DSG Series we’re relevant, we promise But it is often easy to forget the most crucial aspect in the flurry of midterm exams, sports victories and stressful internship hunts. Duke University’s staff members help us navigate these four years through their tireless service to make Duke the wonderful institution we are so fortunate to attend. The delicious dining centers—from the Penn Pavilion to the Marketplace—generous bus drivers who slow down for us when we’re already sprinting to class, maintenance and Housing, Dining and Residential Life staff who always know how to fix anything and everything and so many more staff members who contribute to Duke each and every day. Many staff members also worked through that massive storm in February, providing basic services to students who otherwise might have been left out in the cold. Over the past year, Durham workers have staged numerous protests against North Carolina’s $7.25 minimum wage—in compliance with the federal standard, but still significantly lower than the minimum wage in many other states. As the struggle for increasing workers benefits continues across the country, Duke University has long been hard at work making a better work environment for its employees. Among other accolades, Duke has been a Chronicle of Higher Education “Great College to Work For” for the past six years. The student body plays an important part in this effort. How many of us take time out of our day to show our appreciation to a staff member? Many of us can agree that the answer is not nearly enough. As Duke students studying for future careers serving others, we are missing opportunities to learn from the shining examples that help us right here and

with Cookout shakes, thank-you card making stations with candy and staff appreciation awards. There will be Bojangles and a short movie about many of our wonderful staff members as well! The award ceremony will take place at noon, so please start nominating your favorite and closest staff members now! Who do you most look forward to seeing at your go-to eatery, who have you made friends with on the bus—or dressed up with for Halloween—who is tirelessly working to perfect your dorm when you head off to Spanish each morning? Perhaps you haven’t forged close bonds with anyone in particular yet, but now is the chance! There are still several weeks to begin friendships with members of Duke’s staff and to nominate them in time for Appreciation Day. Also, you can look forward to daily tidbits about some of our favorite staff members, unique facts, their funny stories and fond memories! We hope you can find time to join us in celebrating the many wonderful people whose work is crucial to our Duke experience. Beyond Friday, let’s all take the opportunities we have each day to share with a staff member about our lives and how we interact with the world we want to impact. Because that reflection and friendship is the truest appreciation for their time and efforts we can show. So let’s thank that nearest staff member, and we cannot wait to see you April 11!

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his past year, the North Carolina state legislature made taxable purchases which previously hadn’t been. Most relevant to those of us who sleep, study and eat at Duke University, they made food sold to students at institutions of higher education taxable. This means that all food sold to Duke students is taxed at a rate of 7.5 percent, and the difference between food points and real money comes down to a $75 dining fee and a requirement that you purchase a minimum number of food points.

Lydia Thurman doubly a lie It’s hard to justify requiring students to purchase a meal plan from a student perspective. Why throw away the $75 when you could just swipe a credit card the next time you eat at ABP? Why restrict yourself so you have to spend at least $2000 at those same five campus eateries that you like? The classic response is to guarantee business for the eateries that come on campus. It costs Duke to keep up with facilities, which in turn means that eateries on campus have to pay contracting fees. It’s certainly important for these eateries to turn a profit. It’s also nice for students to have a stress-free venue to turn to—somewhere they can grab a lunch or dinner without taking time away from meetings or studying. But would a non-mandatory meal plan mean eateries would disappear? Even without a mandated amount of money to spend each semester, students still make up a captive audience. They still don’t have time to run off campus for all three meals every day, or run back to apartments and dorm kitchens to cook something. Most students would be willing to pay a high price for food on campus in the name of convenience, and those eateries which are actually appealing to students (not only appealing because Pitchfork’s fryer is broken) will remain afloat. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to push on campus eateries to compete with off campus options. On-campus eateries already have a leg up based on location, is it bad to push them to compete in other ways with an option like Chipotle? Or Harris Teeter? To me, mandating a dining plan purchase seems to express an unwillingness to work to present students with dining options that appeal to them beyond convenience and location. If an on-campus eatery is wellliked, it would turn a profit, mandatory meal plan or not. In 2010, a lawsuit was brought against three public universities in Alabama (University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University) for very similar dining practices. At Auburn where the suit originated, on-campus students were required to purchase a $995 dining plan each semester while offcampus students were required to purchase a $300 dining plan. This works out to between $6 and $9 per day in food expenditures, whereas most residential students ended up spending about $24 per day at oncampus eateries. (Compare this to the Duke meal plans. The minimum plan for West Campus residents gives you about $18 per day.) The attorney bringing suit argued, “These fees are not tuition and not related to class instruction. Instead, these food fees are mandated because these state schools have agreed to give certain food vendors exclusive control over these student food purchases in exchange for millions of dollars being paid back to the school.” In Alabama, the three universities being sued were public universities, and the issue being contested was an anti-trust one. At Duke this is not the case. When our administration requires the purchase of a meal plan and hands this business to the select restaurants it contracts with, it is not a matter of the state of North Carolina handing over sole rights to our business. Still, while there is no legal basis for arguing against a mandatory meal plan at Duke, I think the administration ought to do its due diligence in attempting to best meet the needs of its students. Beyond just the basic, “I would like to choose what I eat and how I spend my own money” sentiment, I think there’s an aspect of real-life experience that you eliminate when you force students to buy meal plans. Duke cannot be considered to be representative of “normal” life. There is a definitive division between things that have value in and of themselves at Duke (friendships built, knowledge acquired) and those that detract from Duke students’ abilities to be successful post-grad. “A food point saved is a food point to figure out how to waste later,” as I always like to say. There’s this huge upfront cost each semester for meal plans (at minimum $2000 if you live on West Campus), and then we’re able to forget that this monopoly money ever cost us real money at all. Few people I have met actively budget their food points to make it through the semester, and scores of people have so many that their focus is upon spending in order to make real use of their investment. It’s not a set of circumstances that begets experience in financial responsibility, and it’s not an experience that promotes personal choice. It’s hardly damaging to take a little bit of the real life experience out of Duke, but when it comes to personal nutrition and huge sums of money, perhaps it’s best to lose the Dukeopoly vibe and stick to the real world.

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Brooke Shelton, Trinity ’16, and Zac Pearlstein, Trinity ’14, are DSG senators for social culture. Their column is the fifth installment in a semesterlong series of biweekly columns written by members of Duke Student Government. Send Brooke and Zac a message on Twitter @DukeStudentGov.

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

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March 18-24 EXHIBITIONS

Media Arts + Sciences Lab Posters. Panels describing the 9 new MA+S labs with words and images. Thru April 30, 2014. Corridor Gallery, East Duke. Free. Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist. Remarkable paintings by American artist Archibald Motley, master colorist and radical interpreter of urban culture. Thru May 11, 2014. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. My White Friends. “Racial-identity portraits” by photographer Myra Greene. Thru May 17, 2014. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. Night in the City of Light: Paris’ Cabaret 1881-1914. Academic Focus Gallery, Thru June 29, 2014. Nasher Museum of Art + Cheap Thrills: The Highs and Lows of Cabaret Culture in Paris, 1881-1939. Thru May 31, 2014. Perkins Gallery, Duke University Library. Free.

EVENTS

March 18 Duke Chorale. Rodney Wynkoop, dir. Spring Tour Concert. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. March 20 Music Lecture. Richard Fleming (Bucknell University). “Listening to Cage: ExperimentationChanceSilenceAnarchism.” 4:30pm, FHI Garage, Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, 1st floor. Free. Wind Instrument Master Class with Gremlins Duo. 7:30pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building. Free. Master class with Kronos Quartet violinist John Sherba. Sherba will listen and offer feedback to Duke student chamber music ensembles. Repertoire to include Bartók’s Contrasts (trio for clarinet, violin, and piano) and Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Campus. Free. March 21 Lecture Series in Musicology. Inventing Yvette Guilbert, the ‘diseuse fin de siècle’ with Jacqueline Waeber (Duke University). 4pm, Room 101, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. MFA|EDA Thesis Exhibition Opening Kickoff. The MFA in Experimental & Documentary Arts’ opening reception for the Class of 2014 thesis exhibit followed by film premieres. 5pm, Power Plant Gallery and Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. Free. Public conversation with David Harrington & Will Robin. Kronos founder David Harrington and Will Robin, Scholar-in-Residence at the North Carolina Symphony, will discuss forty years of boundary-breaking chamber music. 7pm, Alizarin Gallery, 119 W. Main St., 2nd Fl., Durham. Free. Concert. Katharina Uhde, violin & R. Larry Todd, piano. Works by Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Joseph Joachim, and Franck. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. March 23 Organ Recital Series Concert. University Organist Robert Parkins will presents “Magnificat,” a program featuring music by early Iberian and French composers, plus works of Bach and Rheinberger on the Brombaugh and Flentrop organs, assisted by Kristen Blackman, cantor, and members of the Duke Vespers Ensemble, Brian Schmidt, dir. 5pm, Duke Chapel. Free.

SCREEN/SOCIETY

All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum of Art. (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. All events subject to change. 3/18

deepsouth (documentary) - Q&A to follow w/ dir. Lisa Biagiotti and Prof. Kathryn Whetten (Public Policy & Global Health). 2014 Ethics Film Series

3/20

The Devil Came on Horseback (SW) - discussion to follow Rights! Camera! Action!

3/23

An evening w/ Nikyatu Jusu ’05 (W) Screening of short films + Q&A w/ the filmmaker. AMI Showcase: Alumni Filmmaker Homecoming Series

3/24

Silent Comedy Shorts (rare program of restored/recovered classics) AMI Showcase: Silent Cinema Series (See website for details.) ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

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The Party’s Over A program of finales & party scenes from La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Le Nozze di Figaro, Les contes d’Hoffman & Eugene Onegin featuring Duke Opera workshop Alumni with Special Guests directed by Susan Dunn March 29th, 8 pm & March 30, 3 pm Baldwin Auditorium $10 general admission, students free

Voice Master Classes by visiting alumni Dana Zenobi Thursday, March 27 4:30 pm Bone Hall Biddle Music Building Duke alumna Dana Zenobi is a compelling and versatile performer who has garnered success in operatic roles ranging from Mozart heroines Konstanze and Donna Elvira to Verdi’s Violetta Valéry. Currently based in Austin, TX, she is an active recitalist and concert soloist, and is a part of the voice faculty at Southwestern University. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Voice Performance with specialization in Voice Pedagogy at UT Austin under the direction of Darlene Wiley. Her research interests include aural modeling and acoustic analysis of the singing voice. She holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Martha Deatherage, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Duke University, where she was a student of Susan Dunn.

Marlissa Hudson Tuesday, April 1 5:00 pm Bone Hall Biddle Music Building Duke alumna Marlissa Hudson, described as a “superb lyric coloratura” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), made her professional debut while a student, performing “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess with the Baltimore Symphony Pops Orchestra under the baton of Marvin Hamlisch. She later performed the entire role of Bess with Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis. Her other acclaimed role is Zerbinetta in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, which she performed with The Summer Opera Theatre Company (DC). As a concert soloist, Ms. Hudson has collaborated with such esteemed organizations as the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Pops Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Choralis, St. Louis Civic Orchestra, and the Prince George’s Philharmonic. She received her formal training at Duke University, where she studied with Susan Dunn, and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.

For more information visit music.duke.edu or call 919.660.3333 This message is brought to you by the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Chapel Music, Duke Dance Program, Duke Music Department, Duke Performances, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University Libraries, Screen/Society, Department of Theater Studies with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.