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Duke expands Brazilian study with global lab

The John Hope Franklin Center’s Global Brazil Lab allows students to study the country in different ways Maria Luisa Frasson The Chronicle With Brazil growing increasingly prominent on the international stage, the Duke Global Brazil Lab aims to offer students and faculty a chance to study the country in an interdisciplinary setting. New to the University this Fall, the lab researches Brazil through a blend of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The lab is run through the Franklin Humanities Institute and is one of several recent programs indicating an increased interest in Brazil—including the Brazil and Portuguese Studies major, which is new this year, and the Duke Brazil Initiative, which launched last July. “The lab is not a set of courses,” said history professor John French, one of the co-directors of the Global Brazil Lab. “The lab is a set of collaborations that is supposed to lead to independent studies and projects between undergraduate and graduate students.” Duke’s interest in Brazil has increased significantly over the past several years, said Katya Wesolowski, a lecturing fellow for the Thompson Writing Program who will teach in the lab. When she arrived at Duke in the mid-2000s, she was See Brazil on Page 8

Rita Lo | The Chronicle Duke has returned to number eight in the USNWR ranking of research universities after spending a year at number seven.

Emma Baccellieri News Editor After spending a year at number seven, Duke has returned to number eight in the annual U.S. News and World Report ranking of research universities. Duke now finds itself in the same place it was two years ago, tied with the University of Pennsylvania for eighth place. Last year’s move to seventh place saw Duke in its highest position since 2005, in a three-

way tie with UPenn and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The list—among the most popular college rankings in the country—was released Tuesday at 12:00 am. “As we have always said, the U.S. News ranking is one piece of information that has some benefit and is not completely without use, but it really is just an imperfect snapshot of a random set of factors,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Duke has held various positions in

the top 10 for more than two decades. The methodology for the ranking has shifted over time, and changes last year included decreasing the weight of peer assessment scores and increasing the weight of graduation and retention rates. No changes were made to the ranking methodology this year. Although Duke does not necessarily place much stock in the rankings and is not concerned by the drop from eight to seven, See Ranking on Page 8

New N.C. online charter schools spark debate Adam Beyer The Chronicle The State Board of Education approved a process Thursday for selecting which groups will operate two virtual charter schools, set to open in North Carolina in 2015 as required by the N.C. General Assembly. Several different online companies are anticipated to apply for the pilot education program created by the legislature, which seeks to provide over 2,000 North Carolina students with a publicly-funded online education. The idea of virtual charter schools has been the subject of great debate, both locally and

nationally. “As far as I can tell, there is no evidence that indicates full-time online learning benefits students in any way,” said Heidi Carter, chair of the Durham Board of Education. Carter referred to a 2011 Stanford University study of Pennsylvania charter schools, which found that virtual charter schools performed worse than both traditional public schools and brick-and-mortar charter schools. Bryan Setser, president and founding board chair of the North Carolina Connections Academy, which is vying to open a school, argued that traditional schools don’t work well for all students. “The 5,300 requests we’ve had have run

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the gamut from kids who have been home- Academy will now go through the new virtual schooled or would like schools application proto be, to kids who are in cess for the 2015-16 school s far as I can tell, an area where they don’t year, which was approved feel like their face-to-face there is no evidence Thursday by the BOE. school is a good option, that indicates full-time “It is hard to tell what to kids who have special really went on behind the online learning benefits needs,” Setser said. scenes. They have never The North Carolina students in any way. dealt with a virtual charter. Connections Academy apThey don’t have the pro— Heidi Carter tocols and procedures to plication was not passed on to the planning year as part deal with it, so it felt like of 11 new traditional charter schools approved the pilot process made the most sense for evby the State Board of Education, even though erybody,” Setser said. it was recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board. The North Carolina Connections See Charter on Page 8

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New MOP vendor to be chosen within week DUSDAC discusses late-night food options, labeling in campus venues and changes in vendors at weekly meeting Kali Shulklapper University Editor The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee discussed options for a new Merchants-onPoints vendor at their Monday meeting, along with other concerns including late-night options and labeling in campus eateries. DUSDAC debated which food vendor should take the open spot in the list of Merchants-on-Points restaurants. They also discussed issues with Duke Dining in the past years and focused on ways to improve the dining experience in the future. Contrary to rumors that have circulated, Vine Sushi and Thai will not be added to the list of Merchants-onPoints food vendors this year. Vine faced both a change in management and a change in heart, said Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey. Duke Dining, however, has been looking at both The Q Shack and Chubby’s Tacos as available options. Duke Dining will speak with Campus Enterprises next week in order to choose a vendor. Members of DUSDAC also spoke about the lack of late-night food options. Dominos, among several other restaurants that cater to late night eaters, recently tightened its hours of operations. “I feel like there aren’t a lot of late night options,” said sophomore Katie Becker. “Not healthy options [and] not even pizza.” Meanwhile, on-campus restaurant Au Bon Pain looks to increase its late night and weekend business due to a decrease in late night sales. Their management team recently spoke to Coffey about creating incentives to promote activity. Penn Pavilion—which looks to increase business across the board— discussed their marketing ideas at the meeting. Several new items currently featured at Penn include soft serve and hand-dipped ice cream, milk shakes and ice cream sandwiches. “Ice cream sandwiches were big this summer,” Coffey said. “They were everywhere you looked.” Coffey added that they recently bought a brand new grill and will offer samples on the plaza two or three days a week in order to get people to try new things. The schedule has not yet been formalized but samples are planned to be served on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Penn also plans to continue selling daily specials and partnering with Duke Athletics, including an upcoming

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle DUSDAC, pictured above, debated which food vendor should take the open spot in the list of Merchants-on-Points vendors, among other topics, at their weekly meeting Monday night.

“chalk talk” with Head Football Coach David Cutcliffe featuring special menu items, giveaways and games. “The problem with Penn is not that the food isn’t good,” Becker said. “It’s that the people who tried it at the beginning of last year said they were never going back. It’s become largely an effort to get those people back.” Duke Dining also discussed the promotion of healthier eating on campus. Nutrition services are currently creating a pamphlet called Devil’s Advocate, which will show the healthiest choices at campus eateries, as well as general tips for nutritious eating. Coffey said that a new mascot, Chef Blue, will be wandering Penn and awarding free meals to people

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picking healthy options. A concern voiced at the meeting was the absence of gluten-free option visibility and lack of proper ingredient labeling. Junior Betsy Mansfield commended Marketplace for having a wide array of gluten-free options, including gluten-free pizza dough, but said that labeling for gluten-free options is not prominent. Mansfield said that Cafe Edens—previously called Pitchfork Provisions—used to be the best place on campus in terms of informing the public about ingredient information, but no longer displays an allergen matrix. Barbara Stokes, assistant director of dining services, said that all on-campus restaurants were asked to double check their information because they had been told some things were not correct. “We told all of the vendors they were better off not posting it if they were not sure it was 100 percent correct,” Stokes said, adding that the nutrition information for Cafe Edens should be displayed shortly. Coffey added that they are pushing vendors, including Cafe Edens, to offer choices such as gluten-free noodles. “It shouldn’t be a big deal at all—especially because there is such a demand,” he said. DUSDAC members also found fault with the labeling system at Marketplace. Becker said it often appears as though the stickers are placed haphazardly, creating distrust towards the labels. “There was something like scrambled eggs— something that conceivably could never be vegan— labelled as vegan,” she said. “I was like—that’s ludicrous. It’s better not to have a labeling system than to make students scared.” Coffey said that Bon Appetit will hopefully create a more trustful labeling system, eliminating the manual aspect of labeling by digitally tying ingredients directly to specific dietary preferences and allergies. “The beauty of this new system is the ability to filter out ingredients,” Coffey said. Dietician Clinician Toni Apadula added that Bon Appetit is working to address the eight major allergens found in food. She said any menu item containing one of these major allergens is now listed in the title of the food. The committee also discussed adding a variety of options to the selections served at Au Bon Pain and Red Mango. “What happened to the sorbets?” asked senior Gregory Lahood, co-chair of DUSDAC. “I went in thinking a flavor was the dark chocolate sorbetto and it wasn’t the same. I was devastated.”

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Sophomores gather in Chapel for convocation an amazing start to what turned into a great first year at Duke. University Editor “I wanted that same start great start this year, and that’s why I decided to Approximately 120 sophomores gath- come out today,” Soto said. ered in Duke Chapel Monday for the As he opened his remarks, Nowicki fourth-ever Sophomore Convocation asked students present to consider ceremony, listening as speakers encour- whether or not they had followed his aged them to take advantage of the com- advice from freshman convocation and ing year. challenged themselves in the past year. The ceremony—which began in 2011 “Have you gone out of your comfort to address the impact of the “sopho- zone?” he asked. “Has your view of the more slump”—inworld changed? What cluded speeches by about the way you view ou might think evyourself?” Sue Wasiolek, assistant eryone else has their vice president for stuHe warned, howevdent affairs and dean lives all figured out, but I er, against discomfort of students, and Steve arises from imcan assure you that you’re that patience, noting that Nowicki, dean and vice sophomores often fixprovost for undergrad- not alone. uate education. They ate on choosing their — Steve Nowicki majors and developing both said students should use their sophtheir careers. Passion, omore year—a time Nowicki said, develops when schools across the country notice over time—and college is the time for a decline in motivation—to pursue their this type of self-exploration. passions and explore their options, in “You might think everyone else has and out of class. their lives all figured out, but I can as“Welcome to your sophomore year,” sure you that you’re not alone,” Nowicki Wasiolek said. “You’re no longer rook- said. “Allow yourself to chill.” ies. If anybody took a look, they’d realWasiolek also said students shouldn’t ize that the sophomore class really is in have every step of their life planned out charge of Duke right now.” by the age of 19. She reminded them Sophomore class president RJ Grant that your major doesn’t need to have a explained that the event is Class Coun- connection with your first job, or even cil’s way of welcoming sophomores back your ultimate career. to academic life at Duke. “Did you know Ashton Kutcher was Steven Soto, a sophomore, said he a biochemical engineering major? He remembered last year’s freshman con- must be a whole lot smarter than he vocation—in which Nowicki challenged looks,” she said, laughing with students. incoming students to make themselves She told students that they can earn uncomfortable by trying new things—as successful career skills—including writ-

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ing, critical thinking ability and problem solving—regardless of their major. She said students should choose to major in something they love to study—a subject they want to think, read and talk about every day. “Pick an area that you’re passionate about,” Wasiolek said. “Call me crazy, but I think you should enjoy your classes—every day, every year.” She added that students should not feel pressure to get a double major, minor or certificate—unless they find there’s more than one subject they’re truly passionate about. Nowicki also spoke about passion, closing his remarks by reminding all students to stay open to the discomforts

that keep them alive and aware, both now and after college. He cautioned the audience that many adults will “sit down on a comfortable allegorical sofa and fall asleep.” “How do you stay awake?” he asked. “The answer is to never get too comfortable. If you do this, I guarantee you a lifetime of pearls—which won’t just bring you success, but satisfaction.” The speeches—which were met with wide applause—were followed by a performance by a cappella group Rhythm and Blue. “I thought the remarks from Dean Sue and Dean Nowicki were really insightful,” Grant said. “It was a great way to kick off the year.”

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Duke looks to get back to winning ways against Temple Ethan Andrzejewski Staff Writer After winning its second consecutive John Rennie/Nike Invitational Tournament, Duke’s momentum was crushed with a disappointing loss against a struggling Southern Methodist side Friday night. Luckily for the Blue Devils, they won’t have to wait long for a chance at regaining a winning record. Duke will take on Temple Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium for the second time in program history. Temple Both programs are vs. looking to rebound after Friday night Duke road losses, Duke’s coming in Dallas Tuesday, 7 p.m. and Temple’s Koskinen Stadium coming at the hands of No. 16 Penn State. “SMU was a really tough game for us, but this is a really great opportunity to bounce back,” senior midfielder Sean Davis said. “Temple’s a very good side and we definitely respect them. We know it’s going to be a tough game, but it’s a great opportunity for us.” The Blue Devils feature six freshmen in their starting lineup and, led by Cameron Moseley’s five points on two goals and an assist, 15 of the team’s 32 points this season have come from freshmen. With 13 of the team’s 29 roster members being freshmen, Duke (1-1-1)

SPORTS Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Senior Sean Davis has been a leader for the Blue Devils on the offensive end and will look to get his fellow upperclassmen involved, as Duke fields a young team consisting of 13 freshmen.

must turn to its veteran leaders to demonstrate the resilience required to bounce back. “It falls on all the seniors, the guys that have been here. We really need to take responsibility and show the way, leading by example,” Davis said. Davis has assisted on three goals this season and seen strong play from fellow seniors. Midfielder Nick Palodichuk has a goal and two assists, forward Matt Slotnick has a goal and an assist and

defender Nat Eggleston has been solid in the back. According to Davis, however, the experienced players must take some weight off of the freshmen’s shoulders by increasing their production. Temple also relies heavily on a young core. The Owls start three freshmen, including Finnish forward Olli Tynkkynen, who has scored two of the team’s three goals this season and was named American Athletic Conference Week One Rookie of the Week.

In order to get back on the winning path, Duke will look to crack Temple’s strong defense. Despite a 1-2 record to open the season, the Owls have only given up two goals thus far, much to the credit of Preseason All-American Athletic Conference selections senior goalkeeper Dan Scheck, sophomore defender Robert Sagel and junior midfielder Jared Martinelli. “We have to recognize openings and See M. Soccer on Page 5

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On Ray Rice: processing the persecution By the time you’re earning seven figures to play, the phrase “it’s just a game” no longer applies. For professional athletes, the game itself is only a fraction of the job description. Ray Rice wasn’t getting paid $3 million to play football. He was getting paid $3 million to play football and not punch anyone—on camera, that is. Rice lost his job Monday afternoon and his unpaid suspension skyrocketed from two games to the indefinite future after video evidence proved what most people already knew—he knocked out his fiancee in an elevator. So who gets the blame? The obvious answer would be Ray Rice—he’s the perpetrator and the clear guilty party. The discussion could end here, if Rice was an isolated case. But

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counting this case, three NFL players in as many months have faced domestic dispute charges. San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray MacDonald was involved in a domestic violence case and received the new NFLminimum six-game suspension. Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy was found guilty of assaulting a female and played with his team in Week 1. According to public opinion, the blame has officially shifted from Rice to the authority who didn’t punish him correctly the first time. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the elevator video footage was only recently unveiled, justifying the relatively light punishment doled out after the incident: two games without pay and fined for a third on “conduct detrimental to the NFL.” The general public bashed Goodell, citing the yearlong suspension given to Browns’ Josh Gordon for marijuana use as proof that the NFL doesn’t care about stopping—or even

punishing—domestic violence. But the law banning drugs from the league was established before Goodell’s reign, whereas the previous suspension for domestic violence lasted 1.5 games on average for first-time offenders. Promptly after people everywhere criticized Rice’s first round of punishments, Goodell rewrote the domestic violence policy— before the latest footage was revealed. Goodell had to consider what the Ravens running back brings to the team as well as the entire league. The three-time Pro Bowler had jerseys on the market for $150 that are now being returned to stores or burned in light of the video’s release. Rice ran for 1,364 yards in 2011—his team’s 1,996 rushing yards ranked fourth in the AFC. It’s not unreasonable to argue that his punishment was light because he is a prominent figure and the face of his franchise. If Goodell can’t own all the blame, where do we turn next? The Ravens made the mistake of

implying some guilt fell to Rice’s then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, who married Rice a month after the incident and spoke alongside her husband at a press conference in March, saying she “deeply regrets her role in the incident.” The quote made it into a tweet from the Ravens account but was soon deleted after a public uproar decried the team for placing blame on a domestic violence victim. Janay Rice isn’t guilty, but if the focal point of the controversy is the NFL’s opinion of domestic violence disputes, is the best example one where the couple ends up married? Janay Rice’s role in speaking out against domestic violence has been nonexistent in relationship to a league that claims 45 percent of its audience is female. Before female fans boycott the NFL altogether, they should question why Janay Rice offered an apology without any explanation for the evening’s events. See Rice on Page 5

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go at them at full force…. We didn’t have the intensity needed at this level to get it done,” head coach John Kerr said. “We just need intensity. We have to bounce back from a lackluster performance Friday night against a really tough team in Temple.” Temple’s defense also features AAC Week One Defensive Player of the Week in Jonah Williams, a redshirt senior defender that helped lead a shutout performance against Sacramento State in which the Owls did not allow a single shot on goal. Duke will lean on its top offensive threats in Davis, sophomore Brody Huitema and junior Zach Mathers to find a way to put the ball in the back of the net. Kerr cites intensity as the winning ingredient against Temple, while Davis—a Second-Team All-ACC selection a year ago—believes the team must simply perform better than it did in Dallas. “We just need to execute better. We’re a lot better team than we showed,” said Davis. The Blue Devils will look to bring intensity and execute better in the first half, especially against Temple. So far this season, Duke has been a great second-half team. Of the 10 goals Duke has scored, nine have come in the second half. Additionally, in the final 45 this season, it has only allowed one goal—a penalty kick at SMU—has outshot its opponents 23-16 and has six sudoku_432B more corner kicks than its opponents.

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continued from page 4 The public has wasted no time whatsoever voicing opinions on any available platform, and yet there is no clear-cut reaction and no singular guilty party. With two more acts of domestic violence despite an adjustment to the NFL’s policy, the problem lies with our opinion and portrayal of athletes themselves. If as a society we encourage habituated aggression on the field, then as a society we must make an effort to encourage separated field and free time. The situation boils down to one simple point: as a professional athlete, time off the field is just as valuable—and just as scrutinized—as time on it. Video evidence or no, Ray Rice alone—not his coach, Goodell, or anyone else—is responsible for his actions.

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Owning the liberal arts Could the answer to the supposed decline of the liberal arts education be a more focused curriculum? A recent article in The New York Times describes a possible advantage among schools who offer a more limited curriculum that focuses, say, on the arts or STEM fields. An analysis of 28,000

Editorial undergraduate matriculation decisions showed that schools with a focus in one field—such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology or Rhode Island School of Design—had a matriculation rate that often far surpassed their rankings on traditional metrics. It may seem that schools that have a particular bent to their academic offerings attract a select crowd of loyal students. The Editorial Board has debated the value and importance of the liberal arts education, which favors a holistic grounding in a combination of the disciplines of humanities and science. In the past, we have defended value of open-ended discussion in a liberal arts education against the advent of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, pushed back against the monetization of a college

education and argued for a non-instrumental valuation of a college degree. While a minority of students who are fortunate to know their calling in life may self-selectively apply for and matriculate to more focused schools, the vast majority of us do not possess the emotional or mental maturity to make that decision as high school seniors. Certain school models which feature academic tracks chosen at an early age have their advantages, particularly those in Europe. In some ways, we see a degree of that specialization at Duke already. Students in the Pratt School of Engineering, for example, can graduate with minimal humanities credits outside of Pratt if they enter Duke with enough Advanced Placement credits. Yet while concentrating early on a particular field may be appealing to matriculating undergraduates and allow students to achieve more depth over breadth, there are certain things students miss by doing so. For one, pushing students to take courses outside of their comfort zone creates the opportunity for greater exploration and self discovery. Not having a fully fleshed-out idea of what we really want at the age of 18 means that we need a chance to explore horizontally before we delve vertically, deeper into

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thought that coming back to campus as a senior would be extremely daunting, but it has actually been the complete opposite. There was something about this year that felt different. At first, I assumed it was just me being confident and embracing my seniority with grace and a smile. In fact, I chalked most of it up to living off campus and finally being 21. Barbecue ribs with a tequila glaze and a nice bottle of red wine, I think yes! I was a strong independent black man, with no need for any other in my life—however, my world was changed by a hashtag one night. I was sitting with my roommate, between us a bottle of wine. It was a cabernet, so you know it was good. Obviously, we opened it and had a glass. Well, he had a glass and I promptly had another. Some may confuse this

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campus. The name Duke University carries such a weight and I felt that weight on my shoulders. I wanted to justify why my acceptance wasn’t some chocolatecoated handout but rightfully earned. This fixation on being perfect took many hits from all of my perceived failures, but that journey led me to the SWUG life. Being a SWUG doesn’t mean that you are literally “washed up.” This lifestyle is a response to the cruelty of self-pressuring, which has victimized us all in different ways. As a SWUG, I embrace my I-don’t-care ethos. In other words, being successful doesn’t hinge upon me impressing every single person I meet, leading with my stunning intellect and soaring GPA or having high-end couture fashion taste. I get to be Fedner and that alone is pretty awesome. Whether I find a corkscrew in my backpack or bring a bottle of “grape juice” to class, I’m

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a more specific field of study. Moreover, as we have argued before, being well-equipped with the critical thinking skills endowed by a liberal arts education is good preparation for whatever we decide to pursue post graduation. To quote the new Duke Dean of the Humanities, Richard Powell, “Someone who sees himself or herself moving into a profession is much better educated if they know art, philosophy, music, literature or drama.” And even while some schools have benefited from having a more narrowly defined academic purview, students still seem to place a value on a liberal arts education: very few of the top 20 schools on the New York Times analysis changed rankings, even when evaluated by student matriculation. Yet we caution too much reliance on the course requirements a liberal arts education mandates of its students. Too often, we are tempted to take the path of least resistance and take courses checklist style by assembling four years of courses determined mainly by that which is required of us. Our myriad of academic requirements exist to ensure we have a minimum of working knowledge in a wide range of subjects, but the onus remains on the student to reflect, dig deeper and explore.

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behavior with alcoholism, but truly, who in their right mind leaves an open bottle of wine? Why not just finish it? Anyways, nearing the end of the bottle I turned to my roommate and said “have another drink with me... I’m a little turnt and all alone.” He looked at me and said “#SWUGlife.” That simple comeback was my first introduction into the world of “Senior Washed-Up Girls.” Thinking back on that Tuesday night, I started to wonder what it means to be about that “SWUG life?” Does that even relate to me? Could I be SWUG? Well, to begin with, SWUG is a colloquialism from some safety school that refers to a girl who just doesn’t care about the petty things--like social hierarchy and societal expectations--that get in their way of doing whatever they want. A SWUG is a physical representation of an “I don’t give a…hoot” ethos. In fact, true SWUGs laugh in the face of gender barriers and embrace the newer expression of Senior Washed Up Girl/Guy. The SWUG life thrives within intense college atmospheres. Reading my acceptance letter to Duke brought a new definition to the word turnt. I felt the pressure to perform, even before I stepped onto

embracing my inner SWUG and all that it represents. Being a SWUG is all about rejecting the expectations we place on ourselves. SWUGs don’t have to try so hard because we’re comfortable with who we are. That being said, if you break your arm, don’t just say “SWUG life,” go get that checked...immediately. A true SWUG knows how to prioritize the things that pop up in daily life. Friday night frat parties or Shooters pregames just don’t rank high anymore. It’s during these last nine months of your college career that you realize so much time was wasted on trivial things. Netflix, comfy sweats and a good bottle of wine trump Shooters any day (but only after you get your work done). Before I go out into the real world and turn from a SWUG to (hopefully) a trophy husband, I’m going to have the best year ever doing whatever I want. So from binge-watching “House of Cards” or “Sherlock” to discovering the amazing world of the panini press, I want all my SWUGs to unite and celebrate our best year ever… until the next one. #SWUGsohard Fedner Lature is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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he title of this column does not refer to the classic conservative fear that basic expansions of individual liberties must inevitably lead to unanimously understood atrocities. Indeed, I am not worried that legalizing gay marriage will pave the way for polygamy a few years down the line. I do not think that legalizing marijuana will foster an environment in which state legislatures and the federal government condone crystal meth addiction. I do not own a gun, but if I did I would not stay up late at night concerned that more strict background checks for gun ownership would encourage President Obama to show up at my door the next week to demand my personal arsenal. I don’t fret that Duke Student Government’s bill to regulate students’ printing allotments will inspire the rep-

Brenden McCartney A TOUCH OF GINGER resentative group to control which classes I am able to take next semester. Okay, so that last one might be a bit hyperbolic (oh, the irony). Regardless, the point remains that the infamous “slippery slope” argument is the most commonly employed logical fallacy for those who oppose a certain expansion of liberty in lieu of reason. More often than not I find that slippery slope arguments are used by those who oppose some movement but who are not sure precisely why they oppose it. The frequent use of the fallacy is by individuals who either do not see the fault in the logical rationale of the slippery slope or by those who do not fully understand the issue on which they claim to have an opinion. The slippery slope is a continuum fallacy that assumes one small step for mankind will yield one giant leap for inhumanity. One variant of the argument holds that individual and statewide initiatives will spread across the country and another suggests that federal social movements will become more extreme over time. Marijuana legalization is a good example here. Anti-marijuana advocates love to look at the interesting social experiments taking place in Colorado and Washington and make two claims—first, that a state’s legalization of the drug should not be allowed because it will naturally cross over to other states, and, second, that if it achieves federal approval, more dangerous drugs like heroin will also be legalized. These types of claims do nothing if not underestimate the public’s ability to make rational decisions about potential issues that affect them. If legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington raises significant revenue while simultaneously not ending life as we know it, then

of course majorities in other states might support similar initiatives. If it proves to drastically lower health standards, the national results will be quite different. The trend of the movement is therefore not due to a slippery slope, but instead the result of a more natural process of trial and error. Regardless, the majority of Americans still report skepticism when it comes to marijuana usage. A Gallup poll exploring public sentiment on marijuana released earlier this year shows that fewer individuals view drug abuse as a national crisis since the two-state experiment, but more view it as a “serious” concern locally. Put another way, before people allow their governments to enact new policies with direct effects, they generally attempt to at least make a mental pro-con list. This underscores an intuitive but important point—groundbreaking public policies do not spontaneously occur, but rather they require time, thought and popular support. When a social issue has earned that time, thought and popular support, the rhetoric behind the slippery slope simply exposes an individual’s ignorance. Take the debate surrounding gay marriage, for instance, which continues despite the support of both the majority of Americans and most of their lawmakers and court justices. I like to think that gay marriage has gained such rapid support simply because it is a rational policy to support— nothing but subtle or pronounced prejudice can keep someone from supporting such a basic right. In the face of reason comes the slippery slope argument—what about polygamists, bestiality or child molestation? I guess in such cases it should be clear enough to suggest a difference between two adult consensual women having a government-endorsed marriage license and three men wanting to get married to their pet rabbit. I would hope that it would be enough to point to the growing body of evidence that suggests gay couples have no adverse effect on their children. I would assume that conservatives could look up similar studies done on the negative effects of polygamous relationships to see just how the two are not analogous. Usually, though, I am left aghast with how easily people fall down the slippery slope in debate. Hence the title of the column, which in fact refers to the intellectually destructive habit of falling back onto a rhetorical device to avoid facing the facts about a social trend that might feel disturbing. When all else fails, a fun fact about the fallacy is that it can be incorrectly applied to any governmental action or inaction. Every time I am asked why gay marriage won’t lead to polygamy, I ask in return why using the Bible’s definition of marriage won’t soon lead to governmental executions of citizens working on the Sabbath (see Exodus 35:2). It’s time we view the slippery slope not as a rational argument to be shied away from, but as a hardly-subtle defense mechanism.

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turned 21 this weekend. Hooray! I can buy alcohol -- and in my native state of Colorado, weed! What freedom! Parties are going to be so much more fun! As many young adults know, turning 21 is considered a significant milestone in a young American’s life. This point is one of the most crucial markers of what it means to be an adult. But it seems especially remarkable to me that the 21st birthday is sometimes considered more significant than the 18th, when you are legally considered an adult. Literally the only significant thing about turning 21 is that you can purchase alcohol – yet it is still considered a major milestone for growing up. But wait… weren’t a lot of us drinking already? According to the Center for Disease Control, underage drinkers consume 11 percent of alcohol consumed in the United States, and they are more likely to binge drink than adults. It is safe to assume that a large portion of Duke students has consumed alcohol before

McKenna Ganz THE DUKE LIFE STRIKES AGAIN turning 21. Much of the time, it feels like underage students engage in a very specific type of drinking -- binge drinking. This involves consuming a large amount of alcohol within a few hours. It’s basically the easiest way for freshmen and sophomores to get access to alcohol, because it is provided at many social events with no formal age barriers. All they have to do is attend a pregame or a loud, busy party, and they can get as much as they want. At these events, it is generally considered “normal” to consume large amounts of cheap, low-quality beer or liquor, regardless of normal drinking preferences. But there is another kind of drinking, one in which underage drinkers cannot participate. It’s what is normally considered “adult” drinking, where one or two drinks are consumed in a more casual, mature environment. This is the kind of drinking that we normally see our parents doing at restaurants or after dinner. It is also much safer than binge drinking and can even have some health benefits. The latter form of drinking, however, is inaccessible to young drinkers, while binge drinking is relatively easy to do in a university setting. So, while many have already consumed alcohol before turning 21, they have to wait for their birthday just to have a glass of wine at dinner. Consider how alcohol is shown in the media -underage characters are often seen drinking heavily at parties, but we hardly ever see them drinking casually at dinner or at home. When this does occur, the characters are seen as more mature and sophisticated. That’s because the 21st birthday isn’t the gateway to drinking. It’s the gateway to drinking like a grown-up. Consider how strange it really is that we are celebrating a young adult’s ability to drink less than they had before – going from binge drinking to casual drinking. Although many of us have already had experiences with alcohol, turning 21 is the first time we can order a glass of wine at a fancy restaurant. This is a concept that is universally accepted to be strange, yet we continue to abide by this behavior. Unfortunately, this standard can do a lot of damage. It prevents kids from drinking safely and pushes them into a drinking environment that leads to alcohol poisoning, a phenomenon made obvious during this year’s orientation week. Here we see a number of students – most of whom are legal adults – engaging in unsafe behaviors in order to fit in with their older peers. Although they are, in every other sense of the word, adults, they binge drink because alcohol is still seen as a necessary tool to fit in the social environment of college culture. Without our current drinking laws, this could be achieved with a glass of wine or a single beer at a party. Unfortunately, our culture has taught them that much larger amounts of booze are necessary. Without the ability to purchase their own alcohol, or the freedom to drink openly outside of party culture, underage drinkers are deprived of the ability to decide on their own how much alcohol they will drink. They lack the agency to decide their own limits and are unable to turn to trusted adults for advice on how to drink. Instead, they have to do what they see the people around them doing, even if they know it’s unsafe. We live in a society where alcohol is glorified. It eases our pain, helps us sleep and helps us party hard. It also marks us as adults, people who are free to drink without sneaking around. But consider how nonsensical and unintuitive our culture is when it comes to the way we perceive alcohol. Maybe it’s time we rethink our drinking habits. McKenna Glanz is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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continued from page 1 Connections Academy, the parent organization of NCCA, describes itself on its website as a “leading, fully accredited provider of high-quality, highly accountable virtual schooling for students in grades K–12,” owned by Pearson PLC, an international media and education company. K12 Inc., another company vying for a virtual charter school, has attempted to sue the state to allow it to open an online charter school. In that case, there were concerns about its educational quality after Tennessee closed a school that the company ran.

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“There are huge questions about the quality of the education delivery,” said Matt Ellinwood, a policy analyst at the North Carolina Justice Center. “We have to ask, is the school going to be an improvement?” He cited requirements that the student to teacher ratio for grades K through eight is 50-to1, and for ninth through 12th grade, 150-to-1. Setser maintained his confidence in the school despite the requirements. “I have been doing this for over ten years and so has my team. We know what works best for kids,” he said. Still, some contend that the large number of charter schools already established in districts like Durham—where there are currently 11 with two more on the way—negatively affects

the district’s ability to provide services. “The burden comes because charter schools serve a lower proportion of expensiveto-educate children,” said Helen Ladd, Susan B. King professor of public policy and professor of economics. “The district can’t just cut back proportionally on the number of teachers and schools.” But Setser believes that the focus should be on proving the merits of online education. “It is not incumbent upon us to serve every kid in North Carolina. That’s not the way a virtual charter would work,” Setser said. “We are setting out to prove that we can offer a high quality education.” Although the Connections Academy website lists its students in other states as having

been accepted to Duke, Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag said there are no records of anyone from a Connections Academy being admitted in the last two years. He noted that Duke’s holistic admissions process means that candidates are evaluated broadly and that the University accepts students from “every kind of high school.” Ladd added that in the relationship between the public and charter schools, the emphasis should be on promoting public good when using the taxpayers’ dollars. “If we are going to have charter schools, we need to make sure we have a good accountability system for them,” Ladd said. “We don’t have as robust of a system of accountability in North Carolina.”

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Harvard and Yale Universities, respectively. Columbia University remains in fourth place, but this year is joined by Stanford University and the University of Chicago in a three-way tie. MIT is in seventh, and the California Institute of Technology rounds out the top of list in 10th place. Duke’s undergraduate engineering program was tied for 18th in a separate ranking. The biomedical engineering program ranked second in the country.

continued from page 1 the University is still pleased to be ranked at the top, Schoenfeld said. “It’s much better to be in the top 10 than not in the top 10,” he noted. The top three positions remain the same as last year, occupied by Princeton,

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