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O-Week EMS Students stand in solidarity with Ferguson calls spike This year’s 20 calls represented an increase from last year’s 13, with 6 calls being alcohol-related Grace Wang Health & Science Editor The number of Orientation Week calls to Duke Emergency Medical Services increased from last year—20 phone calls, compared to last year’s 13. Six of the 20 EMS calls were related to alcohol consumption, said Director of Duke EMS Krishan Sivaraj, a senior. Of the remaining 14 calls, 12 were known to be non-alcohol-related, and it was unclear whether the other two phone calls were alcohol-related or not. Duke EMS has made efforts to form stronger connections with residence assistants and housing staff this year, Sivaraj noted. “Something we have been starting is becoming more connected with the RA staff and [Housing, Dining and Residence Life],” Sivaraj said. “I think that has led to better patient care, because a lot of the time it’s the RA and housing staff that are activating the EMS for residents.” The number of alcohol-related EMS calls doubled from 2013, when three calls were made because of alcohol overconsumption. In 2012, seven of 13 calls were alcohol-related. Of this year’s 20 Duke EMS calls, 15 resulted in students being transferred to a local hospital, four of which were linked to alcohol-related problems. During 2013 Orientation Week, nine hospital transfers were made. Duke EMS only responds to calls made on campus, Sivaraj noted. Students who call for medical services while off-campus can receive aid from See EMS on Page 11

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The National Pan-Hellenic Council invited students to participate in a “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” photo Saturday on the Chapel steps.

Kali Shulklapper University Editor Several black student organizations on campus are making efforts to rally support for the family of Michael Brown and show solidarity for the people facing violence in Ferguson, Mo. On Saturday, the National Pan-Hellenic Council invited students to take a “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” photo on the Chapel steps, following many similar photos that have been taken in cities and college communities nationwide. The Duke event’s Facebook page promoted the gathering as a show of support for the people of Ferguson seeking justice. “The purpose of the photo was to show solidarity with the non-violent protesters in Ferguson, the family of the late Michael

Brown and with people all over the nation The Black Men’s Union released a video who experience injustice at the hands of also titled “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” featuring police officers,” said NPHC president JT short clips of Duke students lifting their hands Ross, a junior, in an email Sunday night. and several images of newspaper headlines Brown, an unarmed about the shootings of 18-year-old black man, he members of BMU four unarmed black men was shot and killed by a in the past month—Eric united under one white police officer, DarGarner, John Crawford, ren Wilson, in Ferguson, cause to beg the question, Ezell Ford and Brown. Mo. Aug. 9. Unrest has ‘How many more must “The members of since broken out in the BMU united under one city, with people ques- die?’ cause to beg the question, tioning the underlying many more must — Jamal Edwards ‘How circumstances of the indie?’” said Jamal Edwards, cident and sparking cona junior , BMU member versation about police and Black Student violence. Alliance president, in an email Sunday. “As Ross added that the “Hands Up, Don’t black men, it’s important to understand the Shoot” photo is meant to challenge the history of police violence and brutality and to notion that black skin implies a threat in See NPHC on Page 14 America.

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Hagan and Tillis remain close in Senate race N.C.’s U.S. Senate candidates have been trading leads all summer Aleena Karediya Local & National Editor

This year’s North Carolina Senate race has been extremely close, with Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis trading leads over the summer. According to an average of polls by Real Clear Politics, Hagan, a Democrat, and Tillis, a Republican, have been repeatedly swapping the leading spot. Hagan had a a 0.8 point lead in early May, but Tillis pulled ahead from late May to late June. Hagan again took a slight lead from July to early August, but Tillis has pulled ahead in recent weeks. However, not all polls have Tillis in the lead at this stage. Real Clear Politics explained that this is characteristic of the the North Carolina Senate race in particular. “The North Carolina Senate race is one of the most dynamic, active races we’re seeing in this part of the year,” the polling aggregator said in a statement to The Chronicle. “We’ve been following it very closely and even we cannot say for sure who has the decisive lead.” Several factors may be keeping this race tight, most notably the close party ties of the candidates, said Mac McCorkle, professor of public policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy. “The race so far has been Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons essentially a referendum of Hagan Republican Senate candidate Th om Tillis and Democratic Senate candidate Kay Hagan have been campaigning to Kay Hagan and the Obama administration versus serve in the United States Capitol, pictured above. Tillis and the Republicans of Raleigh,” he said. “Both of the incumbents are very tied to their parties, more of public school education,” McCorkle explained. race, Sean Haugh. so than any race in the past.” “Because the previous Republicans have been so closely “This race is particularly unique because of the Both candidates have been closely aligned with tied to many of the issues faced in North Carolina strength of Sean Haugh and his their respective parties for many years education, this can cause people to backing as a member of the libertarian prior to their candidacy. In addition perceive Tillis in a negative light.” party,” McCorkle said. “He has had he race so far has to being Speaker of the N.C. House, Durham Public Schools in considerable support as the thirdTillis served as a Republican member particular have had problems in the party candidate, and I feel that this been essentially a of the N.C. House of Representatives past year, including the resignation is something that both parties have for seven years. Hagan, as an referendum of Hagan and of the former superintendent, who to watch out for, in terms of Haugh’s incumbent candidate, has held North the Obama administration was accused of making fraudulent power to draw votes away from them.” Carolina’s Senate seat as a Democrat versus Tillis and the Recredit card charges to the districts’ Robert Lopez—a representative of since 2009. account. Many other education issues USA Today polls—said that there’s no McCorkle also said that education publicans of Raleigh. have been in the news, especially Thom Tillis way to predict the overall outcome. is a hot-button issue in these elections, the development of early childhood “I wish I could comment more succinctly, but — Mac McCorkle education in Durham schools. especially as the race nears its end— honestly, there’s no telling at this point,” Lopez said. and this can spell bad news for the Republicans. McCorkle said that looking forward, both candidates “We can predict the issues and the chances, but that’s “The race is more and more depending on the issue may be impacted by the third party candidate in the all we can do—predict.”

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Cafe de Novo replaces student favorite Law Refectory Rachel Chason University Editor Students arriving on campus this week will find that a new dining option has replaced the popular Law Refectory Cafe. The new restaurant, called Cafe de Novo, is operated by Sam Clowney and Chris Holloway—the same partnership behind Bella Union and Pitchfork Provisions, which was recently renamed Cafe Edens. Although members of the community expressed disappointment over the University’s decision not to renew the Refectory’s contract, Cafe de Novo has had a successful first month in business. “It’s been a great first month,” said Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey. “I’ve enjoyed items from the salmon caesar salad to the fresh hand cut fries. Chef Chris and his culinary team have put together a great menu with great pricing.” The café features a coffee bar, ready-made hot food items and daily specials from a hot buffet. Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee co-chairs, senior Gregory Lahood and junior Brian Taylor, both said it is too early to gauge general student reactions, but they said their own experiences with the cafe have been positive. “I’m impressed by what they have done with the space,” Lahood said. “I ate lunch there multiple times over the past month or so and was impressed by the breadth of the menu, the value and the quality of the food.” Clowney said the cafe accommodates those in a hurry because average ticket times on made-to-order items from the grill were approximately four minutes over the summer. He said he hopes to keep that below seven minutes during peak hours. “You get your food really quickly, but the quality is still high,” said sophomore Laura Valentine, who ordered the steak tacos, which were a daily special. “The specials are fresh, and it’s exciting that they’ll always be changing.”

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Cafe de Novo, pictured above, features a coffee bar, various food items and daily specials from a hot buffet. Clowney said some of the most popular items so far have been the daily specials and the hand cut fries. The menu will continue to grow and change in coming months. The space’s former tenant, the Law Refectory Cafe, had been on campus since 2008. It was launched after the success of its sister restaurant, the Refectory Cafe

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Freshman by day, music mogul by night Max Snow is the CEO and founder of Backtrack, an app for music sharing and discovery. A freshman living in Epworth Residence Hall this year, he developed Backtrack as a high school student and launched the new app last week. The Chronicle’s Jenna Zhang spoke with him about Backtrack and starting college. The Chronicle: Where did the idea for Backtrack come from? Max Snow: Backtrack originally started as a string. So originally we had the radio that was similar to Pandora and we had the same type of features as Spotify, such that we have access to twenty million songs. We created our own social interactivity aspect.... But really what happened was we get lucky with a lot of investors. We have two investors who are in the music industry.... Throughout the last year, I traveled to Sundance [Film Festiva], South by Southwest, Cannes [Film Festival], and in a week I’m going to be leaving for Toronto for six days—that’s where we’re actually officially debuting the app. But they set us up with meetings with CEOs and chairmen of all the major record labels, management companies of literally everyone, and it was basically the consolidation of everyone’s opinions of the current state of the music industry where we got the idea that the best app right now—to avoid licensing but still benefit the industry—was something that actually connects the industry. What we learned was that, as of today, there’s a fragmentation between the major labels, but between the major labels and independent labels. And if

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NAPA, Calif. — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook this Northern California city early Sunday morning, sending dozens to the hospital, including at least three with major injuries, and causing major damage in wine country, prompting Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. The quake, which hit around 3:20 a.m., was the largest to strike the area since 1989’s Loma Prieta quake. It left thousands without power as Napa officials sought to secure damaged buildings and repair water-line breaks and as business owners cleaned up. Four mobile homes burned to the ground, a result of a gasline break. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the South Napa earthquake originated within a 44-mile-wide set of major faults of the San Andreas system. About 120 people were treated for injuries, mainly cuts and abrasions, while a young girl suffered severe injuries when a fireplace fell on her. Residents braced for possible aftershocks during the next 24 hours, which could further compromise buildings and cause more damage, particularly to wineries, which are key to the region’s economy. A single wine glass survived at the Ceja Vineyards tasting room in Napa. The rest were shattered in piles that Ariel Ceja spent the day sweeping up. “This? This is just stuff. The real question will be at the warehouse,” said Ceja, the son of vintners who have been growing grapes and making wine in the Napa Valley since 1983. Like many vintners’ warehouses, theirs is closer to the epicenter of the powerful quake, where state highway workers quickly patched a huge crack in the road. The 2014 vintage will be fine because the harvest season has just begun, and outside, “the vineyards just shake like this,” said Ceja, 31, with a little “Surfin’ USA” move. Beyond the crumbled library, shattered windows and broken possessions, the lasting effects of this quake for the region may be the barrels and bottles of wine waiting to come

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A version of this article appeared in The Chronicle on May 28, 2014, following the death of poet and activist Maya Angelou on the same day. This year’s Orientation Week was the first since 1989 to not feature a speech by Angelou, a longtime friend of the University, and would have marked the 25th anniversary of her first visit to Duke to address the freshman class.

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Angelou passes away at 86 Angelou had long spoken to Duke freshmen and leaves behind a legacy Georgia Parke Executive Digital Editor Author and poet Maya Angelou passed away at the age of 86 at her home in Winston-Salem. Angelou spoke to Duke’s freshman class during Orientation Week for the past 24 years. First invited to speak in 1989, she has used her address to the freshman classes to discuss the value of education, racial issues and the importance of humility, among other topics. “Hearing tributes around the world… it’s a reminder to us of what a special opportunity Duke and Duke students have had to spend special time with Maya Angelou at the beginning of their college careers,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. “It’s unfortunate that the Class of 2018 and beyond will not be able to start off their time at Duke with those words.” Angelou was first invited to Duke nearly 25 years ago as part of a program called “A Vision for Duke.” The orientation program sought to expand students’ awareness of multicultural issues and respect for all people, according he more she started to The Chronicle’s reporting in Aucoming a few times, gust 1989. Students she made it clear that she spent time in disloved Duke, that she loved cussion groups immediately following being here. the August 27, 1989 — Larry Moneta speech, foreshadowing the decades of discussion and awareness that Angelou subsequently brought to convocation ceremonies time after time. “The more she started coming a few times, she made it clear that she loved Duke, that she loved being here,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, who noted that he watched Angelou speak in each of the 13 past years he has been at Duke. This year would have been the 25th anniversary of Angelou’s speech at Duke, which Moneta said would have been celebrated especially at this year’s convocation for the Class of 2018. “She has been a fixture and seemingly a permanent presence at convocation and orientation,” Schoenfeld said. Her very first address in Duke Chapel told incoming students to think of the future generations that will benefit from their hard work and awareness. In particular, she reminded the audience of their diverse history of ancestors who escaped harder situations to pave the way for their descendants’ lives. “They have paid for each one of you. They have dared to survive so that you could be here today,” she said at the time. “The responsibility on you is to earn your freedom from ignorance so that you can go out and earn the freedom of someone who is to come.” Echoing the sentiment of appreciating diversity that she discussed on campus back in 1989, Angelou used her last Duke convocation, the Class of 2017’s, to reiterate the importance that all Duke students overcome ignorance by educating themselves about other cultures. Quoting the Roman playwright Terrence, she said to the 2013 crowd, “I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.” Student commencement speaker Jennifer Sherman,

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Annual Open House TONIGHT! All undergraduates are invited to our open house, Monday, August 25, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. Meet the Theater Studies Faculty and the Duke Players Council and reconnect with friends. Information about courses, auditions, backstage opportunities, and other news will be available. FREE FOOD, T-SHIRTS AND ENTERTAINMENT!

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Duke Players Orientation Show Learn more about Duke Players when we present a rollicking night of theater… Demon Baby By Erin Courtney Come to Brody Theater for a night with a demon baby garden gnome and a near-fatal game of piñata. How bizarre can things get? Come see! Brody Theater, Branson Building, East Campus August 29 & 30 at 8 pm* * free pre-show pizza on the Brody porch at 7 pm! Visit Duke Players at the Student Activities Fair. Friday, August 29th from 4 to 6 pm Duke Players is the student organization in the Department of Theater Studies. Its members support the Department’s productions by running auditions, working on production crews, promoting participation in theater by all Duke students, and representing the interests of students involved in Theater Studies. All undergraduates are eligible for membership. Auditions for The Perfect Detonator Course credit for the production (THEATRST 290-5) for work onstage or backstage! All Duke undergrads are invited to audition for the Theater Studies fall mainstage play, The Perfect Detonator. Auditions will be on Tuesday, August 26th and Wednesday, August 27th, 6:30-9:30 in Sheafer Theater in the Bryan Center, with callbacks Thursday, August 28, time tbd. Audition sign-up instructions will be at theaterstudies.duke.edu starting August 22.

Now Now Oh Now with visiting artists Rude Mechanicals a Theater Studies/Duke Performances presentation Sheafer Theater, West Campus Sept. 24-27 Duke Players Lab Theater Brody Theater, East Campus October 23-25 The Perfect Detonator Adapted by Jody McAuliffe after Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent Directed by Jody McAuliffe, TS faculty Sheafer Theater, West Campus November 13-23 Mike Myers’ distinction project Brody Theater, East Campus Feb. 5-7 Jamie Bell’s and Austin Powers’ distinction project Sheafer Theater, West Campus Feb. 12-14 Kelly McCrum’s distinction project Brody Theater, East Campus Feb. 19-21

New Works Festival in collaboration with senior seminar Sheafer Theater, West Campus Feb. 26-28 Visiting Companies Initiative Mementos Mori with visiting artists Manual Cinema

209 East Duke, East Campus March 20 Duke Players Lab Theater Brody Theater, East Campus March 26-28 Enron By Lucy Prebble Directed by Talya Klein, TS alum Sheafer Theater, West Campus April 2-12 Check http://theaterstudies.duke.edu for times and/or changes and for exciting Theater Studies co-productions happening off campus!

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Duke’s Fulbright total holds steady Staff Reports The Chronicle The University’s number of Fulbright Scholarship recipients held steady this year, matching last year’s total of 18. An international exchange program sponsored by the government, the Fulbright allows recipients to spend a year teaching English or studying abroad. “The success of Duke students in securing Fulbright research, study and English teaching grants is testimony to the quality of the undergraduate and graduate educational experience and to the global perspective of our students and faculty,” said David Baker, Duke’s Fulbright Program adviser, in a Duke News press release. This year’s winners are as follows, listed along with their Duke affiliation, area of study and Fulbright country: • • • • • • • •

Nina Arutyunyan, Arts & Sciences graduate student, history, Russia. Kemen Austin, Nicholas School of the Environment graduate student, environmental studies, Indonesia. Sarah Berman, Trinity ‘14, English teaching assistant, Malaysia. Trenita Childers, Arts & Sciences graduate student, sociology, Dominican Republic. Emma Fridel, Trinity ‘14, English teaching assistant, Taiwan. Stephanie Friede, Arts & Sciences graduate student, anthropology, Mexico. Richard Gawne, Arts & Sciences graduate student, biology, Denmark. Maia Hutt, Trinity ‘14, English teaching See Fulbright on Page 14

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masonry buildings that were not up to code, according to Napa city officials. They identified about a dozen structures as uninhabitable, while several others have continued from page 5 broken windows and will have limited access. A few roads buckled, yet the bridges were not damaged, The effects were felt as far away as Sacramento, considered according to city officials, who stressed that many of the by residents as an “earthquake-free zone.” repairs and would be complete in about a week and that “It woke me up. The house shook for at least 10 seconds many restaurants and businesses in this city of 80,000 after I realized what was happening, multiple shakes like were operating, even as schools were set to be shuttered wind gusts, but much stronger,” said Daniel Weintraub, who Monday. lives about 55 miles east of Napa. “Since we almost never have “Most of the Valley is operating as normal,” Mike earthquakes in Sacramento, I guessed immediately that this Parness, Napa’s city manager, said during an afternoon was a strong one, in either the Bay Area or the Sierra.” news conference. He said he didn’t have a dollar amount Others had similar stories of being woken up in the middle for the damage. “The damage is in isolated locations, of the night by the earthquake, which to some sounded like an the issues are significant . . . but the conditions will vastly oncoming freight train. improve over the next few days as we get on top of this.” “Everything came off every single shelf. Every picture Andreas Van Der Heyden, 73, said the temblor was was off the wall. Every dish had come out of the cabinet and unlike any he’d experienced before. was broken on the floor,” said Chris Cox, 40, who conducts His wife, Darlene, said, “It was skitzy; it was violent.” wine tours for a living and works at Napa Valley Caterers as a And seconds after the couple were tossed from their bartender. “The refrigerator opened, and most of the food was beds by the jolting and shaking, the orange of fire glowed out on the floor. Everything that was in bottles was broken, and through the window of their Napa Valley Mobile Home unit. food was all over the place.” They screamed to their neighbor, and she got out in Many of the damaged buildings are older, unreinforced time. But her mobile home was one of four that burned to the ground, leaving behind a charred metal skeleton and the shell of a car. It looked like a fire and explosion in a war zone. Their home was singed and cluttered but didn’t bend and twist the way so many others did in the mobile home park, which looked like a blown-over house of cards in some spots. And all the wine survived at the Van Der Heyden winery, up the road on Silverado Trail. “We stack the barrels only two or three high,” Andreas Van Der Heyden said. “Not five or six high, like some others do.” Darlene Van Der Heyden said they were relieved to have just delivered their Photo Courtesy of The Washington Post shipment of white wines. “Our white were gone, delivered, out Alexander McKenzie, 18, skateboards on pavement buckled by an earthquake on Meadowbrook Drive in Napa, Calif. of here and safe,” she said.

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continued from page 1 Durham County Emergency Medical Services. A total of six students were transported to the emergency room for alcohol-related incidents during orientation week, including calls made both to Duke EMS and Durham County EMS, said Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct. As part of the increased collaboration between Duke EMS and housing staff, EMS members participated in RA training this year, Sivaraj said. “We…[trained] the RAs for when we expect them to call, when we expect them not to call, what we want them to do, that sort of thing,” Sivaraj said. “That’s a policy change we put in that’s been beneficial.” Sivaraj said he encourages freshmen Sivaraj added that Duke EMS to utilize the resources on campus and to be unafraid of callresponds to a variety ing Duke EMS when of emergency phone t’s better for them to have help is needed. calls during the day and night on “There are [gocalled and be okay, than for campus, and that ing to be] a lot of a l c o h o l - r e l a t e d them to not call and not be okay. parties and a lot of unsafe incidents were only — Krishan Sivaraj potentially situations,” he said. a small proportion “Just because they call the Duke EMS of their job. “[Among the 20 calls made during doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be orientation week] we had cardiac prob- taken to Duke Hospital, and Duke EMS lems, respiratory problems, a couple of is completely free. It’s better for them to our patients present came with diabetic have called and be okay, than for them to problems,” Sivaraj said. not call and not be okay.”

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Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. on the Chapel steps. BSA also encouraged the Duke community to wear black on the first day of classes in honor of Brown’s funeral on Monday. “The Black Student Alliance recognized that many students would return to Duke with heavy hearts and minds regarding the current situation in Ferguson,” Edwards wrote. “In response, we wanted to create a space where students can come together and express thoughts and reflections through poetry, monologues and songs.” BSA’s Facebook page has shown continued support for

Brown’s case, encouraging people to have a strong social media presence, donate to related funds and sign a petition for the “Mike Brown Law”—a regulation demanding that state, county and local police officers wear body cameras at all times. Due to longstanding racial tensions in Ferguson, the shooting triggered aggressive forms of social unrest including protests, vandalism and violence. The shooting is now under an FBI-issued civil rights investigation, and Missouri’s Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency in Ferguson following the protests.

Several months later, Hall learned that her contract for the Law Refectory Cafe had not been renewed. A five-person committee from the School of Law then led the search for a new vendor. Three finalists were invited to campus to present their program and menu samples, and Café de Novo was selected in June, Coffey previously told The Chronicle. “Chris is very creative with food, and loves to foster a team atmosphere in the kitchen, welcoming all ideas from cooks and sous chefs,” Clowney said of the restaurant’s chef. “Cafe De Novo has a wonderful

kitchen and we are excited about our ability to expand our catering opportunities across campus.” He said the quick opening wouldn’t have been possible without the faculty and staff in the Law School. “Opening was an enormous challenge,” Clowney said. “We moved in on Tuesday, July 1 and opened the café Wednesday, July 9. This would have been an impossible undertaking anywhere else in the world. The faculty and staff in the Law School have been wonderful.”

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Trinity ‘14, referred to that very line in her address at this year’s Commencement Ceremony, noting that it and other words given to her by Angelou were instrumental in guiding her Duke experience. Angelou’s writing includes essays, poems, plays and autobiographical works. Her best-known piece is the autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” published in 1969 and detailing stories from her childhood. She is also well-known for her poem “On the Pulse of the Morning,” which she recited at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993.

TC: Have you received any sort of similar resistance with Backtrack? MS: We actually created a spreadsheet of over 13,000—a lot of time on my hands in high school—we created a spreadsheet of over 13,000 artists, managers and labels. The thing with labels is that Backtrack is actually considered a 180 in the music industry. There’s something called DIY labels, so self-distribution, which is now becoming the new paradigm of the industry, but we’re kind of saying “No.” The shooting down of Napster really destroyed the music industry’s reputation, because they were rigid and obstinate that CDs and physical distribution was the way to go. But with us, we really want to empower the labels and kind of galvanize their dying reputation. The level of greed that existed over a decade ago is kind of gone, and that was one of the reasons why the industry has gotten such a bad rap. But if we can shine a new light on some of the labels so we can re-empower them. Then there are certain novelties and amenities of having labels that self-distribution just isn’t worth the attempt. TC: Is this an ongoing project? MS: We just launched last Friday. Everything up to last Friday has been development and planning. So last week, it was really our big outreach with the 13,000 producers, managers, and labels. Throughout last O-week and forward, I get maybe about 130 emails per day. It’s horrible. We’re always calling people because they’re interested and an email doesn’t really cover it. As I did, in about two weeks... I’m heading off to Toronto, that’s where we’re officially debuting Backtrack. TC: What does your playlist look like? MS: I’m a true independent lover. I love Arcade Fire. I guess that’s an injustice to say I love independent—I love everything. My playlist could go anywhere from Arcade Fire to [Harry] Nilsson, who’s a 1960s legend, he’s amazing, to Metallica. It’s all over the place. My life, the short 18 years that I’ve been on this earth, has incorporated every element of music. TC: How did you decide to come to Duke? MS: One thing I really loved about Duke, which differentiated it from other schools, was that it had a lot of focus on exploration, especially because I’m a Trinity student. This is extremely time consuming—I have to be a college student, but I also have to do this [work on Backtrack]. We’ve made a lot of arrangements and deals with people. More importantly, it’s the fact that there’s a lot of different options, there’s not one set curriculum to accept. One of my classes is Germany’s response to the Holocaust and Nazism through film. I don’t know if any other college in America would offer a class as abstract but focused as some of the classes I saw during the registration period. So I mean, it’s that type of optionality, and the furthest thing from a dearth of imagination—and I felt as though, when I was choosing classes, that there was always more to choose. TC: What are you looking forward most to at Duke? MS: I came from an extremely small town of about 80 kids in my high school.... So when I got started, getting out of the bubble is unbelievable. And it’s cliché to say that “Oh, I’m looking to make new friends,” because yes, I’m looking to make new friends and try new things, but more importantly for this year, I’m trying to get the experiences I’ve never been able to have in my small town. TC: Do you have any future projects in mind? MS: We have smaller projects that we intend to launch upon reaching certain milestones. One thing I’ll discuss is [what] we call the Backtrack incubation program, which is a subset of Backtrack only for Backtrack members.... What it is, is artists who don’t want to use Backtrack services to find their own manager or label can apply for the incubation program, and we’ll connect you with our network of Sony, Warner Brothers, Universal and labels from all over the world. More importantly, we’ll actually distribute your music. Basically we’ll get their career started. So that’s one project of Backtrack, it’s a project I intend to launch later this year.

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Editorial Change is also happening beyond the twin cranes, stylish as they may be. We are excited to see Duke’s new provost, Sally Kornbluth, carry out her vision for the University as she succeeds Peter Lange. On the other side of the world, Chinese, America and international students will study together at Duke Kunshan University. On campus, bourgeoning academic initiatives like Bass Connections and the Entrepreneurship Certificate will continue to furnish students with new opportunities, and programs like Duke Bikes will improve day-today life. And on the field, we look forward to continuing momentum from last year’s dual

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championship victories in women’s golf and men’s lacrosse across all sports. Perhaps football tenting will catch hold. Yet in the midst of exciting developments in the upcoming year, there remain some concerns. Take, for example, food on campus. Not only is the culinary variety on campus less than satisfactory, but the ambiguous process by which food venues are selected also leaves room for greater transparency between the administration and the students living those policies. Exorbitant parking prices for inconvenient parking spots raise further questions about the costs of change on the lives of current students. As the year unfolds and change takes hold, there should be greater emphasis placed on ensuring that the quality of the Duke student experience remains robust and a primary focus. Academically, we are hopeful that the new provost will revamp Curriculum 2000, an initiative that would greatly bolster the student experience. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” There is no escaping the construction pounding and cracking around us, but the new year promises exciting dynamism and change. Do what you can to make the best of it.

need. 15th century Medieval Media Studies? History of Asian-American Transgendered Poets in Africa? Organic Chemistry II? If you want to make up for not going to a fancy school like Harvard, where grade inflation is apparently bigger than white male privilege, you need to make your course record look like a Lewis Carroll acid trip. If your grandparents didn’t have a course like that available when they were in college, it’s probably a safe bet it’s useless, and therefore, easy. Innovative education isn’t a thing anymore, just like MySpace or the Great Hall. GPA over errythang. There’s no point in

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learning anything if it means your GPA might take a hit. The only acceptable reasons for a low GPA in my book are alcoholism and/or pursuing an MRS degree—I’m looking at you, Baldwin Scholars (just kidding,I can’t say that yet, it’s a little early for the annual CNN-worthy scandal). Never forget that your tuition, which is equivalent to the net worth of Malaysia Airlines now, was really meant for mediocre campus food and free T-shirts. Can I put this on my LinkedIn? Clubs are the lifeblood of this university. Make sure you go to the activities fair this week and sign up for every single group. Eventually you’ll unsubscribe from the listservs of every organization that doesn’t provide free food semi-regularly, but until then, you can pretend like you’re involved. However, avoid organizations that involve auditions--I’m going to assume your self-confidence is already lower than last LDOC’s reviews. I’m with stupid. When you feel bad about yourselves (which you should) because you’ve failed to take my advice, hang out with people who are being pulled by the struggle bus a little harder than you are. Everyone needs a Ryan Lochte to their Albert Einstein. Schadenfreude is a real thing, y’all. If you’re an upperclassman, you’re already a lost cause and this advice is useless, but you might as well read it anyway because what’s the point in paying attention in class now? If you’re not an upperclassman and this advice is too overwhelming for your “I used to be a child prodigy” sized head, you could transfer. UNC started classes a week ago, but even I’ll admit that you can probably write better than their football team. Your guardian devil is spending FDOC at the West Campus bus stop, trying to take the perfect FDOC Chapel selfie.

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abroad. When we informed them of our housing situation and asked if it was that bad, all they could do was laugh. The only redeeming thing about their experience, they said, was that they would be moving out of Edens in a few more weeks--it didn’t make me feel better. When I expressed my concerns with the head of housing during the room assignments meeting, she assured me that they hired an architect to spruce up the quad this summer. Upon arrival a few days ago, I can already see the changes. Last year only a couple of inches

Shruti Rao DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE I’m going to pause here to give you a mental image. My mentor is a 60-year-old human rights professor from Dallas who spent a year trailing the Grateful Dead and backpacked across Europe. (And yes, there are human rights professors in Texas.) I, on the other hand, am an 18-yearold that responded to his question with an unimpressive, blank stare. Sensing that I was going to need some more prodding he explained. “In T.S. Eliot’s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Eliot wrote, ‘In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions/ Do I dare disturb the universe?’ Before David slew Goliath he had to discern, “do I dare, do I dare?” Everyone comes to a certain point in their life, Shruti, where they have to decide who they are and who they want to be. Your time is now.” I kept thinking about what he said to me. “Disturb the universe.” It’s not just catchy, it’s empowering. It’s why I came to Duke. To “disturb the universe” means to make a meaningful impact. We often face situations where we feel change is necessary, but life happens and we move on. To me, the conscious choice to get involved in these issues and change the course of events is disturbing the universe. The good news is that there is no shortage of issues to rally around--the growing inequality gap, dramatic changes in our climate, a dysfunctional political system, violence against women or the school-to-prison pipeline. As we join the Duke community each of us will be surrounded by issues in and around campus that will force us to ask, “do we dare?” I hope to discuss not just what the issues are but what we do about them. In the meantime, I have some basics to figure out--what should I do if I get stranded on Central Campus, how does the freshman meal plan work and whether or not it is a human rights violation to not have air conditioning in our dorm rooms.

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SOUNDOFFS FROM EDENS proper entrance or signage for their own cynical pleasure; decades later they can still laugh at the disoriented residents. The only word to describe this place is nonnavigable. The outdoor stairwells are hidden and entry is limited to only one of the four doors within the stairwell--you have better odds of winning a brand new car on the Price is Right and you don’t have to pay nearly $8000 to play. Fortunately, once I do pick the right door, I arrive in the penthouse--yes, I’ve nicknamed my dorm penthouse. That’s because the cost to live here is equivalent to renting a penthouse in New York City--it costs more than $10/sqft per month to live here. And when you realize Edens is the most expensive place per square foot to live at Duke, you begin to fully comprehend how it feels to be systematically screwed. This entire crisis started last year when my block group put Edens near the bottom of our housing list, only to open up the housing email and find that our preferences were given as much consideration as C1 drivers do to students running to catch the bus. Distraught and unsure of how to respond to this grievance, I sat in the corner of a random study room and loudly wondered how this could happen to me, much to the displeasure of someone who was trying to do work--I was surprised by his open insensitivity towards my great misfortune. On the day of room assignments, my block group finally came to terms with our unfortunate situation and set out for Edens, the faraway place we’d never seen and only been warned to avoid. That day, we took the steps down from pitchforks and crossed the symbolic train tracks--a really steep stairwell that fits with Edens’s emphasis on steps--that separates Edens residents from the rest of the Duke community. It was a fifteen minute walk from the bus station to one of most depressing and confusing places I’ve ever experienced. Once we made it inside, we looked for signs of life. We eventually found two residents who had been assigned to Edens following their semesters

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or those of you who don’t know me, which is probably most of you, I’m a freshman from the Lone Star State (more specifically, Plano, Texas). My first week at Duke has been amazing and overwhelming. Everything from the frenzy of move-in day to getting drenched in monsoon-like rain and the devastating horror of not having air conditioning in my room has been simultaneously exciting and emotionally draining. While I am still struggling with the basics--it took me and my roommate 24 hours to figure out how to lock our door--I am feeling it. This is the place. But this week has also caused some introspection on my part. When I came up with the phrase “disturbing the universe,” I had just finished talking to one of my mentors from my hometown in Dallas. “Shruti, your generation is lost. You kids are self-absorbed in Twitter, Facebook and those iPhones and iPads. When I was growing up we didn’t have those things to hide behind. We protested Vietnam, we marched alongside Dr. King, we cared!” This was nothing new. I’ve heard this lecture before and I bet you have too. But then he said something that really caught my attention. “You are about to embark on one of the most life-changing and transformative experiences of your life. Tell me, who do you want to become?”

of still water sat in the creek, festering with bugs and trash--this year, I can happily report that Duke has realized the importance of water conservation and reduced water levels to a mere trickle. In light of my and basically everyone else’s negative feelings towards Edens, I am proposing a rebranding that emphasizes the health benefits of living in Edens. The focus could be the numerous steps residents have to descend to reach the quad and the even greater number they must climb to reach their rooms. By highlighting the outdoor stair climbing that the internet tells me is a good workout for a great butt, Duke could remake Edens as a healthy living community. And there is a designed barrier to stop residents from cheating themselves on their daily workouts-many buildings are without elevators. The reality is that my room isn’t that bad--it’s small, but there‘s air conditioning. There just seems to be a collective depression that sets in immediately upon entrance. And when I say collective, I mean personal, because almost no one else lives here-more than a third of my floor is vacant. This would normally be a good thing because I don’t have worry about occupied showers or people being loud except that my windows are by the patio for pitchforks and I can hear everyone’s conversations. Whenever anyone out there laughs, they’re effectively taunting me with the fact that I have to go down four flights of stairs to experience other humans. Equal parts depressing and comical is that I am responsible for playing a role in making Edens better; I’m house council president for Mt. Olympus, one of the unaffiliated houses in the quad. I don’t know why anyone elected me president, but I also don’t know why anyone gave me a column in the Chronicle. I actually ran unopposed; I still don’t know why I get to write a column though--if anyone has any ideas though, feel free to yell up at my window by the pitchforks patio. I’ll be listening--it’s not like I have anywhere else to go. Justin is a Trinity Sophomore. This is his first column in a semester-long series.

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