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Students, faculty and members of the Durham community gathered in a packed East Duke auditorium Monday night for a town hall discussion in light of the recent events in Ferguson, Mo. The event was hosted by the African and AfricanAmerican Studies department and featured remarks from several faculty members. The police shooting of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown and the resulting protests were used as a springboard to discuss issues including militarization of American police, lack of transparency and excessive court proceedings. “Ferguson is a proxy for existence as many know it,” said Wahneema Lubiano, associate professor of African and African-American studies. She noted that these issues are not unique to Ferguson—they are issues that the Durham community and its officials will need to confront. Many students have already begun confronting these issues through activism on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, said Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African-American studies. He noted e are going to have that much of the to do some things Twitter response to the events in Fer- that push us past civility. guson has occurred — Wahneema Lubiano as a response to the mainstream media’s depiction of Michael Brown. The social media activism by black youth, such as the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, can be compared to the student activism during Freedom Summer 50 years ago, he said. Neal noted the power of social media as an activist tool, but emphasized that online interaction is not enough to sustain an entire movement. “Twitter is not a replacement for the grassroots organizing that needs to occur,” Neal said. Luke Powery, dean of the Duke Chapel and associate professor of the practice of homiletics, began his remarks with a hymn as a tribute to Michael Brown. He noted that the issue of racial profiling is deeply rooted in America, calling it a “historical continuity of corporeal terrorism.” Professors provided differing perspectives on how the nation might move forward. Sociology professor Angel Harris emphasized that activist attempts to bring about a change in policing will require “a real and open dialogue about race.” He addressed the issue of “blind spots,” individual biases that prevent people from having the kinds of conversations about race he calls for. Lubiano, however, disagreed with this explanation for problems with policing. She argued that the Ferguson incident and others like it are about “more

Emily Waples | The Chronicle Daddy Issues, pictured above, was one of three bands which performed at the Duke Coffeehouse’s ﬁrst show of the season.

Duke Medicine patient information stolen Gautam Hathi Health & Science Editor A thumb drive containing unencrypted patient information was stolen this summer, Duke Medicine announced in a statement Thursday. The drive contained information about some patients treated in the Duke Children’s Health Center and the Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital from December 2013 to June 2014. Duke Medicine learned of the theft July 1. The stolen information included patients’ names, medical record numbers, physicians’ names and Duke Hospital locations visited by certain patients. No Social Security numbers, clinical information or financial information was stored on the drive, according to the statement.

Duke University Health System officials contacted law enforcement immediately after learning of the theft, but neither the drive nor the individual who stole it have been found. Duke Medicine also conducted an internal investigation of the theft. Duke Medicine began sending out notices to patients affected by the breach of information on Friday, although it is not clear why Duke Medicine waited to inform patients. “We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause our patients,” DUHS officials said in the statement. The statement also said that Duke Medicine would improve its encryption processes and increase staff education on the secure use of patient information. The Duke Medicine Office of News and Communications refused to comment beyond the statement issued Thursday.

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open to the public around the clock, a spa and a restaurant that will use North Carolina ingredients. The project received financial assistance through a loan from Durham’s Self-Help Credit Union and incentives from the Durham City Council and Board of County Commissioners. Adam Beyer The Aloft Hotel—which is to be located adjacent to the DurThe Chronicle ham Performing Arts Center—is also set to open in March. It will add 134 rooms to the downtown area and include meeting To accommodate growing demand for convention space spaces, a pool and a lounge that will be shared with Durham in Durham, downtown will see the launch of four new hotels Performing Arts Center’s president’s club. The Durham City in 2015. Council will provide the developer with a monthly rental payIn total, more than 450 new rooms will be added through ment for the new lounge. the construction process—joining the existent 187 rooms in A boutique hotel to be known as Hotel Durham is also slatthe Marriott City Center, which is the only ed to open on E. Chapel Hill Street later e are feeling hotel in downtown Durham. Though varithis spring. Like the 21c Museum Hotel, it ous hotel plans have been in the works for bullish.... This will received city and county incentives. It will several years, the economic turndown include a restaurant and a rooftop lounge. made securing funding difficult and allow us to be able to get The new Residence Inn by Marriott is more convention business anticipated to open next summer. The caused delays. “We are feeling bullish,” said Shelly in downtown Durham. extended-stay hotel, which will have 145 Green, CEO of the Durham Convention rooms, is being constructed close to Duke’s and Visitors Bureau. “The Marriott City — Shelly Green East Campus, on the western side of downCenter is so full with its corporate busitown. ness that they can’t give big enough room The new hotel is being built on the site blocks. This will allow us to be able to get more convention of the former McPherson Hospital, and some community business in downtown Durham.” members expressed concerns about how the older structure The wave of new openings will include a variety of different would be preserved in designs. hotels. Among the four hotels will be a boutique hotel, Hotel Green explained that that the 1926 structure had “deDurham; two local chains, a 21c Museum Hotel and an Aloft graded greatly” and would have been too expensive for the Hotel; and a national chain, Residence Inn by Marriott. developer to preserve in its entirety. The design of the ResiThe 21c Museum Hotel—which is anticipated to open in dence Inn, however, will incorporate the hospital’s original March—will occupy the historic Hill Building at the intersec- façade. tion of Corcoran and Main Streets. The building’s design will Green said it’s a “big question” whether there will be preserve the features of the original structure, which was built enough demand to match the rapid influx of new rooms. in 1935, said Stephanie Greene, 21c Hotels director of public “I always say that all these rooms come empty,” Green said. relations. “When you open a new hotel, you need marketing and de“This is a place where the historic and contemporary mand generators to fill them.” meet,” she said. The coming year will also see the opening of two Durham Designed by the same firm responsible for the Empire State hotels outside of downtown— a 103-room Homes 2 Suites by Building, the Hill Building housed various Durham banks for Hilton, off of Highway 15-501, and a 65-room expansion to 70 years. It has sat vacant since 2006. the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School-affiliated Rizzo ConThe hotel will feature a free contemporary art museum ference Center.

To meet increasing demand for convention space, downtown Durham will soon be home to four new hotels, all of which are set to open in 2015

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DACA Marathon Call for Volunteers What is DACA Marathon?

Co-hosted by the Duke Students for Humane Borders and the D.E.A.R. Foundation, the project helps undocumented youth in Durham who are eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to apply for or renew their DACA licenses.

What are volunteers supposed to do? The volunteers need to do 3 things: Attend one of two four-hour training sessions. Time: Saturday Sept. 13th, either 9am-1pm or 2pm-6pm Place: Center for Multicultural Affairs, BC lower level Participate in one or more two-hour sessions to process the application documents for DACA applicants. Time: Evenings, Sept. 15th - Sept. 24th Place: Rubenstein Hall 142 Cover a four-hour shift in the final ceremony at which applicants finalize their application packages. Time: Saturday Sept. 27th, 10am-6pm Place: A Durham public school near East Campus, TBA

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The Class of 2018 has participated in a study which aims to understand why some students have trouble adjusting to college Jaclyn Onufrey The Chronicle A study of the Class of 2018 has the potential to change the way Duke thinks about the adjustment to college life. The research project, titled You@Duke, aims to understand why some students struggle adjusting to college and to apply the findings in order to help those who struggle. With questions covering topics from students’ academic lives to their relationships with friends and parents, You@Duke comprises two surveys released to all incoming freshmen— one early this summer and one following orientation week—with select members of the class surveyed throughout their time at Duke. The project is a piece of a larger program funded by the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment and is also being carried out at Davidson College, Furman University and Johnson C. Smith University. “We have looked hard and we’ve never found a project of this magnitude, with this many people, over this many institutions, over this many years, that’s focused just on the wellbeing of emerging adults,” said Mark Leary, director of the social psychology program and one of the researchers behind You@Duke. The study hopes to point researchers toward opportunities for guidance and intervention in the lives of incoming students. Although it is too early for the team to identify specific programs that could develop as a result of the surveys, the information has the potential to affect several areas of the Univer-

lofty goal and one worth the struggle.” The concept behind the project was announced last September, when the Duke Endowment pledged $3.4 million to Duke, sity—including the house model, freshman Davidson, Furman and JCSU for a “student orientation and Counseling and Psychological resiliency” study. Although each school is colServices. lecting data on its own students to implement “The question is not just how do we in the way they see best fit, administrators from promote wellbeing and adjustment and the four schools are collaborating to better ungetting through Duke derstand their data. without going crazy with “It’s been fun intellece are extremely the workload, but how tually and fun professiondo you prepare people ally,” Dean of Students Sue excited by the as young adults to deal potential of the You@Duke Wasiolek said. better with the stressors of In addition to the colproject.... It’s a lofty goal modern life,” Leary said. laboration between the In addition to the two and one worth the struggle. four schools, the project surveys already released to has also brought together — Larry Moneta the researchers who deal all freshmen, the study will include a long-term comwith the technical aspects ponent that will follow a select group over sev- of the surveys and the administrators who eral years. Researchers will select 500 members deal with student life—a unique feature of of the Class of 2018 who will be asked to be- the project that has been exciting, said Gary come “You@Duke affiliates” and will commit Glass, associate director for outreach and deto participating in the project over the next velopmental programming at CAPS. few years. “The collaboration represents what is so They will receive additional compensation amazing about getting to work at a place like for their participation, said You@Duke team Duke,” Glass wrote in an email Friday. “There member Molly Weeks, a research scientist in is often such a divide between research and practice, and it’s been such a wonderful oppsychology and neuroscience. The study is working to obtain data from portunity experience to see scholars and 100 percent of the freshman class– an ambi- practitioners in different disciplines working tious goal, researches said, but one that the together on something that will have tangible You@Duke team believes will be beneficial to application for the work we all do.” everyone on campus. “We are extremely excited by the potential of the You@Duke project to help us identify barriers we can minimize and opportunities we can emphasize such that all Duke students experience as ideal an undergraduate life as they can,” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote in an email Friday. “It’s a

than individual police officers and individuals who are killed,” citing governing institutions that create these problems. She advocated for a less conversational approach to the issue. “We are going to have to do some things that push us past civility,” Lubiano said. The discussion was one of several Duke events tied to the protests in Ferguson— following a “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” photograph taken in front of the Chapel by the National Pan-Hellenic Council before the start of classes and a candlelight vigil hosted by the Black Student Alliance on the evening of Michael Brown’s funeral. The issue of police violence toward people of color in Durham was invoked at multiple points throughout the evening. Several members of the community weighed in on the topic, including Brenda Howerton, vice-president of the county board of commissioners, who shared the story of her son, who was killed in Greensboro by police officers in 1994. Audience members said the discussion inspired them to get involved. Cedric Minor came from Wake Forest to attend the discussion, saying that he entered the evening contemplating the question, “What do we do?” Afterwards, he said, the panel left him interested in furthering his activism with the issues discussed.

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Spurrier, 1989 ACC champs honored at season opener Nick Martin Sports Editor History is bound to repeat itself. For Duke football, that repetition came a little later than it would have liked, but when the Blue Devils won the ACC Coastal Division last season, it marked the first time since 1989 that they had captured a piece of conference glory. Duke honored the Steve Spurrier-led 1989 ACC championship squad following the first quarter of Saturday’s 52-13 rout of Elon. Numerous managers, players and coaches returned for the event, including Spurrier, who is the current South Carolina head coach. Although the two titles were separated by 24 seasons, Spurrier points to his time at Duke as one of the significant periods in his career as a coach. “I talked with [Coach Cutcliffe] earlier today and I said, ‘[It’s] very comparable to what we did in ‘89...winning the division,’” Spurrier said. “We were fortunate to win the ACC in ‘89. So we’re proud of what Duke’s doing and like I’ve said before many, many times, whatever coach I became, I learned everything at Duke University.” The 1989 team did not get off to a hot start. But after stumbling out of the gates at 1-3, Spurrier’s team turned things around in week five against then-No. 7 Clemson in one of the more memorable games in Blue Devil history.

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle The 1989 ACC champion Blue Devil football team was honored at Saturday’s season opener at Wallace Wade Stadium, a 52-13 Duke victory against Elon. Led by head coach Steve Spurrier, the ‘89 Blue Devils upset No. 7 Clemson and shared the conference title with Virginia.

Despite the fact that then-Blue Devil quarterback Billy Ray tossed five interceptions, Duke upset the Tigers 21-17 at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Blue Devils would go on to win their next six games and earn a share of the ACC title along with Virginia that year. “They could play,” Spurrier said. “Randy [Cuthbert] had over 1,000 yards. Clarkston Hines caught about 17 touchdowns. Defen-

sive kids, they played their hearts out. We forced about six or seven punts every game.” Following the season-ending loss to Texas Tech in the All-American Bowl, Spurrier would be named ACC Coach of the Year for the second straight season and go on to leave Duke in pursuit of the head coaching job at Florida. And although he has achieved great suc-

cess since leaving Durham—winning a national championship and 10 bowl games—Spurrier has always kept a spot in his heart for the Blue Devils. For years, he infamously continued to vote for Duke in the weekly Coaches Poll in the face of the Blue Devils’ dismal performance on the gridiron. See Spurrier on Page 8

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Blue Devils host Campbell looking to stay perfect Sammy Solomon Reporter Duke head coach Jolene Nagel has lofty goals for her Blue Devils this year: winning a second consecutive ACC championship, making the Final Four and going undefeated at home. Off to a strong start with three wins in the Duke Invitational against North Florida, High Point Campbell and Furman, Duke faces Campbell vs. Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. No. 21 at Cameron Indoor Duke Stadium. Following a victoTUESDAY, 6:30 p.m. Cameron Indoor Stadium rious weekend, the No. 21 Blue Devils (3-0) had a short but productive practice Monday to prepare for a busy week ahead of them. Duke hosts the Fighting

Camels (3-0) Tuesday before hitting the road for a five-game road trip that begins Friday. With the addition of four freshmen to the squad, the team has been experimenting with different combinations to determine which will be most beneficial for Duke’s ACC debut. Outside hitter Cadie Bates had the best statistical weekend of the quartet, posting 11 total kills in three matches. “We’re still working through some things right now and I think that will be a sort of process through these early competitions,” Nagel said. “I am very pleased with the freshmen and how they came in and competed. Everybody is really blending together as a team.” Offensively, the Blue Devils will look to senior Jeme Obeime and sophomore Jordan Tucker, who contributed 49 and 28 kills, respectively, during the weekend tournament. Obeime and sophomores

Sasha Karelov and Alyse Whitaker were all named to the all-tournament team. Karelov, a sophomore libero tasked with filling the large shoes left by ACC alltime digs leader Ali McCurdy, recorded 42 digs spread over the two days of competition, and Whitaker chipped in with a team-high 13 blocks. Nagel opted to give 2013 ACC Player of the Year Emily Sklar an extra day of rest, sitting the junior out of Friday’s doubleheader. The San Jose, Calif. native made her season debut Saturday against Furman and immediately made an impact, tallying 13 kills on 26 attempts. Sklar also recorded 12 digs to collect her first double-double of the season after notching 10 double-doubles last season. In practice, Duke has been looking inward, honing in on the little things that will allow the Blue Devils to reach their full potential. See Volleyball on Page 8

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or seven years running, the number of applicants to Duke has increased with more than 32,000 having fought for a place in the current freshman class. The Class of 2019 hopefuls will have the option of presenting themselves through a new supplement question. The 250-word optional essay prompt asks applicants to “share a perspective you bring or experiences you’ve had,” including experiences related to home communities, sexual orientation or gender identities and family or cultural backgrounds. Duke is the first university to explicitly mention sexual orientation and gender identity on the Common Application. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag has said the question emphasizes that “diversity is really broadly defined and not just in terms of a box you can check.” We agree with Guttentag, finding the short essay format gives a more intimate window than does a checkbox into how a student’s background has shaped her worldview. Whereas a checkbox is a one-dimensional identifier—emphasizing what someone is rather than who they are—an essay presents a more holistic sense of how an applicant thinks. Most importantly, an essay allows applicants to draw from the range of their life experiences in describing the perspective

they wish to bring to Duke. Though the new diversity question is an undeniable plus, we harbor some reservations about how applicants might respond to the question and how admissions officers might incorporate these responses into the admissions decision. First, we are concerned for applicants who are still arriving at conclusions about their backgrounds and identities, or who are not comfortable with where they are in

Editorial the process. For example, a student who is working through issues of cultural background or sexual orientation may have unresolved or unexplored thoughts about their identity—which, rather than show weakness, can in fact be desirable. College, after all, is a place for self-discovery. And while we recognize that this essay is optional, we believe many may feel compelled to pre-maturely write about an unformed conclusion in the interests of having a more “complete” application or appearing as a certain person to an admissions committee. Another concern is how admissions officers will incorporate responses into the admissions decision.

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who resemble our social circles at home. This tendency reflects our inherent desire to be understood, to be surrounded people who have similar characteristics and habits that we do. During my experiences abroad, I did feel more understood, and honestly more refreshed, being around people of a similar background as me. Unfortunately, a mindset like that emphasizes the differences rather than the similarities between cultures. Highlighting differences creates an atmosphere of distrust and could potentially lead to misunderstanding and conflict between two cultures. One area that I believe we can improve as

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BREAKING DOWN WALLS distinct racial boundaries present in our society. At points, I perceived traces of the ‘white supremacy’ paradigm remaining in the culture. Too often, I saw obviously white children on daycare advertisements and white women on billboards for beauty salons. On the other hand, I also witnessed us, the Americans, perpetuating that paradigm in the way we interacted around locals. There’s something about taking a group of Americans and relocating them into another country that makes these barriers more apparent. During the first couple of weeks I was in Sri Lanka, I was so excited each time I met a foreigner because I was desperate for friends. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with befriending other Western people, but it wasn’t until about 3 weeks into the trip that I realized I should make Sri Lankan friends as well… since, you know, I’m in Sri Lanka. The same thing happened in India when I was attending an event with an American friend. After this event I realized that we instinctively had gravitated towards other expatriates. Language was not the issue because the Indians spoke better English than most Americans—our actions were motivated by other subconscious reasons. While abroad, we tend to befriend people

a campus is ‘ethnic’ integration. Rather than racial integration, I use ‘ethnic’ integration to emphasize an individual’s cultural background rather than only his/her identity based on appearance. To a degree, social circles at Duke are racially integrated. Interestingly though, I have noticed that individuals in these circles, regardless of race, tend to behave, speak and dress in similar ways. As this school year begins and we strive for a deeper sense of community on campus, I recommend that beyond breaking down racial walls, we take steps to break down ‘ethnic’ walls as well. I would encourage us, the Duke student body, to intentionally befriend people outside our comfort zones, people who behave differently than we do. I admit this will take energy, but our efforts now have the potential of preventing ethnic conflicts in the future. Let’s search for the common ground we share and acknowledge the similarities over the differences. Let’s continue to be a campus striving towards inclusion of all races and ethnicities. Thao Nguyen is a Trinity junior. This is her first column of the semester.

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Godless

f the written word has a voice—and, at least in my head, mine does—then mine is shaking as I say this: I do not believe in God. For years, I’ve been too scared to admit this. In my “Sophomore Columns” folder, there’s a draft called “Atheism.” In my “Junior Columns” folder, there’s one called “Life without God.” But each year before I submitted, I envisioned good friends of mine who go to church every day, Catholic guys I used to date, religious faculty members I respect. I’d remember how I felt about nonreligious people— before I became one of them. I felt this burning desire for them to see the beauty of God the way I did, this desperate yearning for them to enter the religious community, for only after they entered it could they know its enormous rewards. I remember pitying them. I didn’t want people to feel that way towards me. I didn’t

character is what you do when no one is watching, then it took losing God for me to discover that I had it. Losing God has made me stronger, and it’s made me smarter. In this society, religion has led us to explicitly value faith—believing something without the requisite evidence to support it. I worry about incentivizing belief in things that crumble under critical analysis. Less than half of Americans believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution. Almost a third believe in astrology. Over one in four believe in witches. In this era of increasingly rapid change on all fronts, critically analyzing our evolving reality so that we can truly understand it has never been more important. For evidence on this point, look no further than the fact that a majority of Americans deny the existence of man-made climate change.

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aving stumbled out of a dorm that was not mine and into the too-bright sunlight a solid half-hour before the buses began their slog between East and West Campuses, I had no choice but to walk back to my own room. The wind was brisk, forcing me to wrap myself up in the only warm piece of clothing I had on my person—a penguin suit. As I climbed Erwin Road’s hill on its way to the safety of West Campus, where several other journeys somewhat similar to my own were doubtlessly happening, a maroon Jaguar passed by me. The driver, likely a fellow student, slowed, rolled down his window and gave me a bemused wave. Imitating a waddle and flashing a sheepish smile, I waved my flipper-clad hand back. I figured I had to accept my status as an anomaly, since the comfort of my own room was still twenty minutes away. When members of a penguin colony prepare to enter the sea for a hunt, they jostle each other around in an attempt to force one of their own to enter the water before the rest,

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want to become a project, something that could eventually be fixed given proper commitment. I knew that I would resent them if they started seeing me this way. But it wasn’t just the resentment. Even more than that, I was scared to be open about my lack of faith because I didn’t want to diminish theirs. As a teenager, I experienced a number of internal struggles in which logic battled faith. And every time logic won (it always did), I could feel my surety in God’s existence slipping away until I could no longer ignore that I was certain of just the opposite. This was a tragic process for me. God had always been a comfort, a friend. He seemed to make my life better and make me better too, always holding me accountable. And religion gave my life beautiful color, filled it with traditions that connected me to centuries past and communities that connected me to people in the present. I didn’t want others to feel my loss, both for their own sake and society’s. If God was a delusion, I thought, he was a pretty wonderful one. Now, years into my life as an atheist, I’m seeing the beauty in seeing things clearly, for what they are. And I think we should be talking about it. Life without God is quieter. There’s no one in my head providing reassurance or reprimand. There’s no “everything happens for a reason” to ease an aching wound, no “the Lord is watching over you” to slow a beating heart, no “she’s in a better place” to fill a gaping hole. It’s just me. Life without God takes courage. It means confronting the world as it is. It means accepting the fact that there are many things out of your control, and the worst could absolutely happen. It means dealing with the loss of loved ones without vague promises of eventual reunification. It means doing the right thing without promises of eventual cosmic reward or punishment. If the true test of good

Meanwhile, while reality can be cold and harsh, it’s also astoundingly beautiful. Looking at everything with a critical eye uncovers mysteries even more incredible than the pleasant fictions we invent. Better to look up at the stars and see them not as arbiters of unknowable influence over human fortune but as giant spheres of plasma, their light traveling as particle/ waves at speeds we can’t imagine but coming from so far away that it still takes years to reach us. Better to see that incredible good humans are capable of being motivated not by promises of cartoonishly exaggerated postmortem reward but by manifestations of a deep impulse to improve the lives of others. The broad trend with the gods of western civilization seems to be for them to become more and more dissimilar from the humans who created them. Except from some extra abilities, the gods we read about in “Gilgamesh” are almost indistinguishable from you and me—sometimes they can be cruel, sometimes they drink too much. Greek gods are enhanced humans, but they are still prone to critical mistakes. The god of the Old Testament is omnipotent and purports to value goodness, but remains spiteful, prideful and vengeful. The New Testament god outsources human weakness to Jesus, and embodies inhuman love and forgiveness. The logical conclusion is to move even further—to make God not a being at all, but an idea: a vision for good, a shared hope that we can make this world the best place we can collectively dream up. If we can get there, then maybe I’m not an atheist after all. Ellie Schaack is a Trinity senior. This is her first column of the semester.

an effective method of determining if any predators lurk just out of sight. This first penguin, like me, generally takes the plunge unwillingly and with much trepidation until it deems the waters safe or dies in the jaws of a leopard seal. Like penguins, us Duke students must inevitably leave the safety of our iceberg, albeit one designed in the Collegiate Gothic style, in search of the fish—the terminal degrees and careers—needed to sustain our minds and bodies. Furthermore, we are loath to break apart from one another and dive into the frigid waters of the real world alone. Instead, we depart in packs along well-trod paths to places such as University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School, Goldman Sachs, the Boston Consulting Group and Teach for America. While these deeply ingrained migratory routes ensure our bank accounts remain relatively full and futures stay exceptionally bright, are they truly necessary given how evolved we are as students and people? Across all species of the animal kingdom, strength lies in numbers—the lone penguin is easy prey to the orca just as the idealistic tech entrepreneur is for a rival Fortune 500 firm. Taking either one out for the count and damning him or her to irrelevancy or death is a simple task, and we know it. Thus, we latch onto the big players and never let go, trading the opportunity to innovate and follow our passions for dental benefits and a clear-cut career trajectory. Whether we have student loans to repay at 4 percent interest or a sense of obligation to continue along the path of high achievement that got us into Duke in the first place, we flock to the familiar, the waypoints that stand up and announce for us “I’m a success!” While unwillingness to part from the crowd is undeniably a beneficial trait to have when standing on the edge of an ice floe mere yards away from large carnivores’ watchful eyes, I have yet to find myself in such a situation. Our campus provides us with myriad opportunities, yet we then proceed to follow incredibly similar paths upon graduating; almost one quarter of 2011 graduates found work in the financial sector, while 13 percent of the class of 2009 applied to medical school. How can students aspire to eat something other than Antarctic fish and reach for the highest fruits of the jungle’s tallest trees? Fortunately, the infrastructure already exists. The Duke Start-Up Challenge draws some 100 entrants each year. The Duke Student Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship works to increase community exposure to the field through events and networking opportunities. The Global Health Institute exposes its pupils to the world of non-governmental organizations via case studies and civic engagement programs. The natural next step is to promote these opportunities until they yield results, be they an increase in the number of students eschewing offers from Big Three management consulting firms in favor of a position at a fledging mobile application development company or more students becoming public school teachers instead of joining Teach for America as a stepping stone to a Wharton MBA. Duke students are young people with a dizzying array talents and desires, not identical-looking, flightless birds that depend on herd behavior for survival. We should be more willing to depart from the pack, to be that first penguin striking out into the water. Tom Vosburgh is a Trinity junior. This is his first column of the semester.

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continued from page 4 Spurrier said he will now enjoy the opportunity to vote for Cutcliffe’s program because of, not despite, the on-field product. “It’s neat to see everybody and cheer on the Duke team,” Spurrier said. “You know, I always voted for them in the top 25 and this year I’ll have a reason to. I always pull for Duke.” Saturday’s opportunity was special, as Spurrier has been busy with his head coaching career and unable to see many of his former Blue Devils, many of whom brought their families along. “It’s good to see them with their wives and kids all grown up,” he said. “I was here as an assistant three years, head coach three years. I’ve been very blessed and fortunate after that. But it’s fun to come back here with the 1989 team. [I’ve] been with most all of the guys. Gosh, we have about 50 or 60 players back.” Spurrier wasn’t talking just football Saturday, as he extended his congratulations to

Duke’s two national title teams from the 201314 campaign. “Again, congratulations to the Duke ladies’ golf team and I think the lacrosse team was also national champs,” he said. “So two national championship teams here at Duke, that’s pretty neat. They know how to win here.” And although the Head Ball Coach admitted Durham was not—and is not—the easiest place to build a football program, he was quick to commend the job Cutcliffe has done in the past six seasons at Duke. With two straight bowl appearances and a third possibly coming with his current squad, it would seem as though Cutcliffe may be in line to get a call of his own to return to campus in 25 years. “It’s not the easiest place to win at, here [at] Duke. But they win in basketball and I always appreciate [former long-time Duke athletic director] Tom Butters. He used to say, ‘If we can win in the other sports, why can’t we win at football?’” Spurrier said. “You can win in football here. Coach Cutcliffe certainly is doing it now.”

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“We’re still focused on ourselves and trying to take care of the ball and do what we’re capable of doing,” Nagel said. “We really need to focus on the dayto-day to get us where we need to be as a team.” Duke has never lost to the Fighting Camels in their six previous encounters, winning all six matches in straight sets, and will carry an 18-match regular-season home winning streak into Tuesday’s contest. However, this season Campbell poses a threat. Like Duke, the Fighting Camels Chronicle File Photo also emerged as champions of a tournaDuke head coach David Cutcliffe received high praise from former Blue Devil head coach ment played in Durham last weekend, claiming the N.C. Central Tournament Steve Spurrier for revitalizing the Blue Devil program.

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title. Campbell dropped the host Eagles and Wofford in straight sets before taking down Valparaiso in a five-set thriller to take home the hardware. The Fighting Camels will look to junior libero Mary Crema to lead the team after being named the N.C. Central Tournament MVP. Duke will also need to pay attention to Jessica Groen, the Campbell’s best hitter. The redshirt senior accumulated an impressive 317 kills and 28 aces in 2013. With their long-term sights set on repeating as ACC champions, the Blue Devils plan to take things one step at a time and concentrate on the journey. “The thing that we’ve got to really do is be focused on the process goals and the performance goals in matches that are going to get us there,” Nagel said.