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Golden in Greensboro, Yet aGain Boutier earns third straight individual win as Duke coasts to ACC title by Michael Schreiner The Chronicle

GREENSBORO, N.C.—After dealing with wet weather for most of the morning, the Blue Devils created a victory shower for one of their own Saturday, a fitting celebration to cap off an impressive performance. No. 3 Duke dominated the ACC Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, as sophomore Celine Boutier captured her third straight individual title of the season and the Blue Devils left a rainsoaked Greensboro with a 27-stroke victory. Duke finished the three days of play with a 10-over-par total of 862, including Boutier’s winning total of 210 that left her as the only individual in red numbers at three under. The ACC field that featured six top-30 teams was no match for the Blue Devils, who entered the final day with a 14-stroke team lead and competed largely against each other for the individual title amid the wind and rain. Three Blue Devils ended the 54-hole tournament with top-4 finishes, and no Duke player ended the weekend outside the top 20. “One thing I really liked is that they kept grinding and fighting today even though we did have a pretty good lead,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “We are fighting for the next thing down the road. We don’t pretend that just because you have a big lead we can relax and that’s the way you ought to play golf.” With her victory, Boutier became the 12th Blue Devil to bring home the individual ACC title. Boutier went two under on her See W. Golf, Sportswrap page 3

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Entering the final round with a 14-stroke lead, Duke ran away from the competition en route to a 27-shot victory at the ACC Championship, its third in a row. Sophomore Celine Boutier claimed the individual win to improve her winning streak to three straight events.

Law Refectory Café to leave campus at end of academic year by Sasha Zients The Chronicle

The Law Refectory Café will leave Duke’s campus June 30. The Refectory’s contract has not been renewed, said Laura Hall, founder and chief executive of Bon Vivant Catering, which runs the café. The decision comes several months after Hall filed a legal complaint against Duke for its actions regarding the departure of the Refectory’s sister restaurant—the Refectory Café in the Divinity School— and its subsequent replacement by the Divinity Refectory.

“The whole Duke community loses,” Hall said. “I love being here. I love the Duke community, and they love us.” Rick Johnson, assistant vice president of housing and dining; Robert Coffey, director of dining services; and senior Chris Taylor, co-chair of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee, declined to comment for this story due to the nature of the lawsuit against the University. The Refectory Café in the Divinity School left campus in June 2012 after Hall declined to pay an increased commission to Duke Dining. At the

start of the 2012-2013 school year, its former location was taken by the Divinity Refectory—a separate restaurant from the Refectory Café, managed by Core Catering, Inc. In August 2013, Hall filed a lawsuit against Core Catering and its co-founder, Patricia Eder—a former employee of Hall’s. Although the University was not listed as a defendant on the original legal complaint, Duke attached itself to the case on the grounds that it selected Core Catering as the location’s new tenant, according to the current complaint. The defendants are now Duke University,

Core Catering and Eder. Hall is suing on the grounds that Eder has imitated her original business at the Divinity School and attempted to pass it off as the same restaurant, with the University being complicit. In January, the Divinity Refectory changed its name to the Divinity Café. Eder did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The Refectory Cafés have been named “Best of Duke” for seven of the past eight years, and the Law Refectory serves See law, page 3

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same-sex couples attempt to file joint taxes in North Carolina by Jen Chen

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A number of same-sex couples in north Carolina have filed their taxes jointly to protest the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. As part of the refuse to lie campaign, same-sex couples in north Carolina have been filing joint state tax returns this year to protest state laws that require them to file separate returns. The protest is backed by Campaign for Southern equality, whose goal is to protest Amendment one of north Carolina’s constitution, which defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman, said Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, the executive director at Campaign for Southern equality. in its first year taking place north Carolina, the campaign is working directly with several couples. Beach-Ferrara also estimated there to be several dozen couples in north Carolina who have filed a joint tax return in protest. “The emphasis here is having [same-sex] couples take a stand,” Beach-Ferrara said, “The campaign is here to shine the light on how Amendment one affects real people and

real couples in north Carolina.” The United States Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, allowing legally married same-sex couples to file their federal tax returns jointly. But because north Carolina does not recognize same-sex marriage, same-sex spouses who filed their federal taxes together are also required to complete a separate state tax return, according to a directive from the north Carolina Department of revenue. in addition to the hassle resulting from filing extra tax returns and additional payments to accountants, many couples also lose out on financial benefits associated with marriage when they file their taxes individually, BeachFerrara said. Couples have received refunds for filing their federal tax returns jointly, but they do not receive the same benefits for filing state tax returns. Mary Jamis, a participant of the refuse to lie campaign, said that she and her partner received an additional 4,000 dollars in refund for filing their federal tax jointly this year. not all couples will benefit financially

from filing jointly, however. in some cases, couples can actually end up paying more taxes when they file jointly than when they file separately, depending on their income levels. But Beach-Ferrara emphasized that the campaign’s primary focus is still on attaining recognition for same-sex marriages, not just the potential financial benefits. Participants in the campaign also risk incurring fines or criminal charges for protesting, but they are aware of and prepared for the consequences. The Campaign for Southern equality will work closely with couples to handle possible consequences, she added. The Department of revenue employs a variety of techniques to identify noncompliant returns, said Trevor Johnson, the department’s public affairs director, in an email Wednesday. Johnson declined to comment on possible consequences that couples may face for filing jointly when they are directed to file separately due to “secrecy requirements.” Jamis said that she and her partner in-

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cluded their marriage license and a picture of them being married along with the joint tax return that they filed. “it is possible that the government may just overlook a joint tax return filed by a same-sex couple and give us the benefits, but that’s not what we want,” Jamis said. “We want them to see clearly that this return is filed by a lesbian couple.” Jamis has been a proponent of legalizing same-sex marriages in north Carolina for a number of years. Several years ago she was arrested for trespassing when she refused to leave the register’s office after her request for a marriage license with her same-sex partner was turned down. “We will continue to challenge the laws and fight for what we believe in without fear of the consequences,” Jamis said. She expressed hope that Amendment one will be overturned before consequences are applied. “Things are starting to turn around,” Jamis said. “We just need to be patient and persistent at the same time.”

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Refugees living as far as Syria had their stories of struggle heard Saturday evening at the Nasher Museum of Art. Twelve students presented stories of refugees from Nepal and Jordan as part of the DukeImmerse “Uprooted/ Rerouted” program, which is a semesterlong research program that has focused on the theme of forced migration. The students involved took a four-week-long trip to work with people in Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal and from Syrian and Iraqi refugee camps in Jordan, collecting stories among those they visited.

“It was a long process,” said freshman Olivia Johnson. “The hardest part was to not be desensitized by the stories” Six of the students presenters spent three weeks in Nepal, visiting the Beldangi refugee camp. The other six presented refugee stores from their three weeks in Jordan’s large Zaatari refugee camp. Johnson told the story of Amira, a Syrian refugee living in Jordan whose sons died in the Syrian conflict. “I personally enjoyed the chance to hear genuine stories as opposed to numbers and See immerse, page 5

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between 130 and 150 people every 30 minutes during lunch hours, Hall said. “[Hall] established that food on campus need not be of cafeteria quality and we did not need to settle for mediocrity,” said Alex Klein, Trinity ’11, former co-chair of DUSDAC—noting that he ate at the Law Refectory Café every day for a year when he was a student. Hall added that a number of prominent campus figures have frequented the Refectory over the years, including men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and President Richard Brodhead. “I am indeed a great fan of the Refectory, under old and new management both,” Brodhead said in an email April 15, adding that it would be inappropriate for him to comment further due to the lawsuit. The departure of the Refectory Café at the Divinity School was met by student protests, and Hall noted that she has heard of a similar response developing as a result of the Law Refectory’s exit—not just because of the café’s food, but also

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because of its sustainability efforts. “Through my experiences with sustainability efforts on campus, I’ve found that Duke often prioritizes sustainability and healthfulness, but getting rid of the Refectory is counterproductive for reaching those goals,” said co-chair of Students for Sustainable Living Shajuti Hossain, a junior. Bon Vivant was named the winner of a University award for sustainability earlier this year. After the closure of the Refectory Café at the Divinity School, Hall opened up a new Refectory location on DurhamChapel Hill Boulevard. She said that she has plans to add an additional location after the closure of the Law Refectory. It is not yet clear what will occupy the space left open by the Refectory. According to the legal complaint, “[r]epresentatives of Duke law faculty, staff, and students will participate in the selection of a new vendor to operate the secondfloor Café.” The complaint notes that Bon Vivant will be barred from participating in the bidding process for a new vendor.

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statistics,” said sophomore Audra Bass. “It left a stronger impression on me and made a larger impact in the audience about conveying the refugees’ experiences.” The twelve students spent their semester working with Suzanne Shanahan, director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, learning about resettled refugees in Durham. They met weekly for dinner with faculty and took classes together to learn about how displacement affects the social identity and well-being of refugees. The students traveled to Nepal and Jordan mid-semester to conduct their field research. “It was an extraordinary experience to guide the work and research of the students and see their personal growth in learning about the refugee experiences,” Shanahan said..

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Each story reflected a different aspect of a refugee’s life, from an Iraqi ballet dancer’s to teach dance to a tailor’s frustration with the resettlement process. A sense of stagnation and powerlessness was a common theme that permeated through the stories. “This is the type of event that inspires my interest in learning more about the human rights issues involved in Iraq, Syria and Bhutan,” said sophomore Tyler Nelson, one of many students who attended the presentation. DukeImmerse students also said that they appreciated the opportunity to share their stories with a wider audience. “I feel privileged to be a part of DukeImmerse,” said sophomore Elizabeth Hoyler. “It was a real gift to tell the powerful stories that are important for people to hear.”

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separation of powers in DsG Recent standoffs between the Judiciary and DSG senate raise important questions about the appropriate relationship between these two branches of power. The Duke Student Government Judiciary has recently been growing in influence. The addition of the Bill of Rights and the efforts of individuals such as former Chief Justice Daniel Strunk, a senior, have expanded the scope, responsibility and power of the institution. Recent standoffs between the Judiciary and DSG Senate, however, raise important questions about the appropriate relationship between these two branches of power. Recent cases have thrust the Judiciary into the spotlight. The Judiciary’s decision to reallocate over $40,000 from dechartered student groups to UCAE and the subsequent refusal to hear a case from DSG has made the Judiciary’s growing influence extremely apparent. This case is the latest in which the Judiciary has overruled previous DSG practices. In Daniel Strunk v. DSG, the Judiciary ruled that petitions with electronic signatures must be accepted in addition to those with physical signatures. In Dinner and Wang v. Board of Elections, the Judiciary applied the Bill of Rights to remove time restrictions on campus campaigns. Without imposing judgment on the case

outcomes, we support the increased power of the Judiciary as a check against the Senate. Though we have questioned the efficacy of DSG while endorsing DSG candidates, we firmly believe in the importance of a system of checks and balances that the Judiciary provides. According to its charter, the Judiciary “has constitutional and statutory oversight over the Senate, the Executive Board, SOFC, the YTNC, the Board of Elections, individual student groups and any other organization affiliated with DSG.” It serves a role necessary in any form of government— ensuring that the other branches adhere to their governing documents. Current practices, however, undermine a robust system of checks and balances. Members of the DSG Judiciary must be reappointed every year by the Senate, which allows senators to influence the composition of the judiciary based on political disagreements. The recent reappointment process of current Chief Justice Max Schreiber, a sophomore, is one example. In a vote of 23 to 21—with four abstentions—the Senate decided not to reappoint Schreiber, citing as one of the primary complaints his role in handling the decision to reallocate funds from dechartered student groups. We see this decision as a problematic influence of political motives

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topics are part of my day to day, but that’s why I brought them up. For instance, my first column about Stop and Frisk was written just after talking to my little brother (a freshman at New York University) about the struggles of being a black person living in the City. And this was what it was like at some level for every article.

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Monday is a very different from writing other types of columns. The biggest, and most obvious, difference is the anonymity. It wasn’t so much that I had a burning desire to have my name stamped on The Chronicle every week, but that I had to keep to a character. I wrote a column in February on my experience as a black man, and I found it to be a constructive way to initiate dialogue because there was a name and face to tack onto it. With Right Wing, I always had to have a different voice that I wasn’t accustomed to, and the way I got my message out was through a roundabout series of wordplay and puns. I made Right Wing with Stephen Colbert in mind, but with one key difference: I didn’t want people misconstruing my message. I was not willing to let the reader ever think that I could be advocating for a side other than the one I was talking about. With Colbert, the humor comes from the fact that sometimes you can’t tell if he’s taking something seriously or not. I felt like this article would be too important for that. When you read this, you can’t hear the tone changes or see my face. It’s just a sheet of words, and what I’ve noticed with Monday, Mondays of the past is that this was what used to outrage people. This line between satire and realism was played to get people mad. Although that may have made them popular, I realized that I didn’t have that in mind. I decided to treat this column as a means for artistic expression. I thought about how Right would talk, walk and look. I had to change the way I played with words. I like to speak from my own expression. I use the words “mine,” “me” and “I” to an uncomfortable degree when I write. (As you can probably see, nearly every paragraph starts with “I”.) But this wouldn’t work for Right Wing; he had to be someone that connected with people easily. Someone who could call you “brother” and you would believe him. I had to litter my articles with the hate speech I had worked so hard to eradicate from my own vernacular. All of this was important because I knew I wanted to write about the struggles that go overlooked in our society and that can be further facilitated and substantiated by people. I chose the topics I did based on what was affecting me that particular week. It’s a bit sad that all of those

Each one was inspired by the interactions I had with strangers, friends and family. Because these stories were so personal, I definitely tried to steer clear of reading comments or listening to people’s opinion of my work. But there was one occasion when I was called out for my portrayal of the GOP as bunch of racists. I would say that I apologize to the Republicans I offended, but you are part of a party that marginalizes my existence to near insignificance, with the only exception being the monstrous character you make me out to be through microaggressions that you don’t even have the decency to acknowledge...so...yeah. I’m sorry. That was a lot. I suppose that isn’t the right way to look at things either. I don’t want people thinking that I wrote this column with the mindset of bashing a set group of people or way of thinking, because people have different moral value systems, and it’s not my place to say whether or not one way of thinking is valid. But I did write this wanting to get out some of my thoughts. Admittedly, this may not have been the best medium for that. Because I was stuck in the character, I couldn’t directly state my thoughts or beliefs. It was all hidden behind a mask, so my major thesis of this column was never fully addressed. I went into this wanting to tackle the sense of complacency that riddles this campus. It wasn’t until a conversation I had on a walk back from Trinity Commons that I realized that I hate Thanksgiving, because it’s a holiday that centers on stopping our progression forward in order to appreciate what we have. Appreciation and gratitude are important—don’t get me wrong—but I worry that it slows us dow2n and stops us from growing as people. Complacency is the reason you stay in that relationship for too long even though you know it’s not good for you. Complacency is what keeps us from breaking the gender and racial norms that define our society. Complacency is the reason that people like Right Wing exist and are in places of power that dictate the laws that oppress people I love. So the panultimate question for me upon writing this isn’t what’s right or not, but where do we go from here? Sam Kebede is a Trinity senior.

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cynical gravity

t is the era of the cynic. Six years ago, the national conversation was overwhelmed by talk of hope and change. I think almost everyone—even the people who doubted that it would ever really happen—was curious to see if it could. Internationally, the further codification of human

Ellie Schaack brave new world rights law and the adoption of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, which declared that the world would not stand by as human rights were grossly violated, gave the future promise. On television, the West Wing had just ended. The show was a weekly lesson in optimism. For seven seasons, it argued, as Communications Director Toby Ziegler did to President Bartlet, that “government, no matter what its failures in the past—and in times to come for that matter— government can be a place where people come together and where no one gets left behind. No one gets left behind. An instrument of good.” The show was full of wildly diverse characters— people who were selfish and incompetent and genius and capable and kind and Democrat and Republican. But they all shared exactly one trait--a fiery idealism that motivated their every action. But, over the course of the past six years, that idealism has crashed and burned. Despite a record that is in many ways very impressive, the lofty goals outlined by the President two elections ago were so aspirational, reality could not live up. “How’s that Hopey Changey stuff workin out for ya?” Sarah Palin mocked. After two years of inefficient legislative battles that too often lead nowhere, the idea of coming together for sweeping reform that will better life for everyone seems laughable. Internationally, the Syrian government explicitly broke international law by using chemical weapons to slaughter its citizens, and the Russian government explicitly broke international law by waging aggressive war and violating the sovereignty of another territory. Yet the international community has largely stood by, making the promise of a day in which the world would not allow such atrocities no matter where they occurred seem foolish. And now, on television, the civic-responsibilityfueled daily grind of the West Wing has been replaced by shows like House of Cards and Scandal, where the idea of acting in the service of the people is laughable. Scandal’s President Grant spends months in a drunken stupor after his extramarital affair does not go as he hoped, Frank Underwood would no sooner sacrifice a political position so that the greater good might be benefited than he would leave the political world behind to become a masseuse in Costa Rica. These

shows would have you believe that the only thing surer than the President being a murderer is that he cares nothing for the actual job he is supposed to do. Comedies like Parks and Recreation and Veep satirize idealism, painting a picture of a political world not of nefarious motives but of total and complete incompetence and inability to move forward. It can’t really be argued—these days, cynicism is the way of the world. You probably won’t be surprised to hear how much I hate this. Ten years ago, President Obama’s national political career was launched by a speech called the Audacity of Hope. The phrase is captivating because it encapsulates an idea, implicitly declaring that hope is and should be bold, almost impudent. It insists that cynicism is the natural–even logical—mindset to fall into but that it must be stubbornly fought against. Cynicism is like gravity. The evidence supporting it is everywhere—it is the way of the world that people disappoint you and things don’t work out. It is the way of the world that expectations are not fulfilled, that people are not as good as they seem. You can jump all you want, but gravity will soon pull you back down. And that is evidence enough that gravity will win out, that those who don’t believe so simply haven’t yet come back down to Earth. But, when enough people audacious enough to hope that gravity can be overcome unite in their foolish determination and crazy luck, gravity can be overcome. Every day, all around the world, planes fly through the air. Every day, satellites orbit the Earth. Some two hundred years ago, people came together and, despite the fact that no representative democracy had yet worked, despite the fact that they argued endlessly, despite the fact that a first attempt at a constitution failed miserably—they fueled their audacious hope for a society forever ruled by itself into the society we still live in today. I am tired of rhetoric asking people to lower their expectations, of legislation not even attempted due to anticipated gridlock. I am tired of a party that argues that government doesn’t work well, allowing it to have both incompetence and the ability to say, “I told you so.” I am tired of television shows that identify the worst in us and try to sell it off as the inevitable way of the world. When Toby Ziegler makes the speech about government’s potential to President Bartlet, he does so because they are debating adding the line “the era of big government is over” to the State of the Union. The line scores points with voters, who resonate with the sentiment after a term that has been filled with modest successes and major disappointments. “I have no trouble understanding why the line tested well,” Toby says. “But I don’t think that means we should say it. I think that means we should change it.”

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Ellie Schaack is a Trinity junior. This is her final column of the semester.

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Letter to the Editor Mi Gente response to “Education professor sparks conversation on representation of Latino faculty” Mi Gente response to “Education professor sparks conversation on representation of Latino faculty” Mi Gente is offended and shocked at the Program in Education and its PowerPoint presentations that The Chronicle published last week. These presentation slides demonstrate the lack of understanding and respect for Latino communities—especially at Duke and in Durham. The use of sombreros, maracas, cigars and other images of Latino culture were used inappropriately and offensively. Our University often rebukes student organizations for similar acts, but it is even more disappointing and disturbing when these same sentiments come from faculty. This is a clear demonstration of the Program’s ignorance concerning diversity with respect to race. As a student affinity group, this confirms the discomfort our members feel in the classroom. Often tokenized, students of color look to their professors for support. In the Program in Education, students can rarely turn to faculty for guidance in these situations, and these PowerPoints contribute to the latent discrimination in the classroom. The finding of these slides comes after Mi Gente and students’ efforts to keep Jason Mendez, the Program’s first and only faculty of color, at Duke. At his “Unity Through Diversity” presentation hosted by the Center for Multicultural Affairs, Mendez shared that his two years with the program were the worst he had ever experienced in his career. As well as struggling to feel at home, Mendez disclosed developing a vision problem induced by stress. Stress, he says, he felt because of the uncomfortable and unsupportive community in the Program in Education. Despite speaking with the Director of the Program, Jan Riggsbee, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, David Malone, to discuss the Program’s lack of diversity in early March, Mi Gente is still concerned about

the experiences students of color are receiving in the Program. After being told multiples times in our conversation that we do not understand the University, it is clear that we do understand that our University operates under a patriarchal and discriminatory system that still does not invest in the Latino community. Because of our small numbers on campus, we operate in the shadows, and with instances like these it has become even more difficult to feel relevant on campus. Although we maintain significant programming throughout the academic year, our population still has no physical space on campus. We organize Latino Student Recruitment Weekend every year in order to help recruit and encourage talented Latino students to come to Duke, but many of us have become disillusioned by the experiences we have felt in the classroom, namely in the Program in Education. Not only are we offended as students, but we are perturbed by how these presentations trivialize the communities of color that the Program claims to work with in Durham. It is difficult to imagine what motivated the Program to approve these types of publications, but regardless of the reason, it is an excuse. This excuse cannot be issued in the form of a public apology or through another “commitment to diversity.” Duke University and the Program in Education must make substantive changes and tangible efforts in order to create an environment that is conscious of all of its students, their identities and their experiences. Our academic programs and departments should be held to the same standard as our student groups regarding these racially themed events, and they should not be exempt from retribution. We hope that the rest of the Duke community will stand with us and reevaluate the trajectory of the Program in Education and its leadership.

Response to reported Program in Education images We write in response to the Program in Education images reported in the April 17, 2014 issue of The Chronicle. The images were photoshopped and used to highlight different foods at several lunches for faculty and staff some years ago. We want to acknowledge that the images are insensitive and inappropriate, and faculty have engaged in dialogues focused on ensuring that respect for

diversity is deeply reflected in all of our Program endeavors. We now are calling for a series of meetings of the faculty to continue to develop strategies for increasing our awareness and sensitivity to diversity. We take full responsibility and commit to the process of continued work in addressing these matters.

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Jan Riggsbee, Director of Program in Education David Malone, Director of Undergraduate Studies

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