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Uni. looks to small steps for carbon neutrality Duke is on track to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 21 percent before Jan. 2015 Sydney Sarachek The Chronicle Seven years after first pledging to become carbon neutral, Duke has shifted from lowering emissions through campus-level cuts to promoting environmentally-friendly choices for individuals.

The University began taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint in 2007, when President Richard Brodhead signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Aiming for complete carbon neutrality by 2024, Duke has made progress both through community initiatives and through off-campus investments designed to offset campus emissions. Now, the University is on track to meet its original goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 21 percent before January 2015—but looking ahead, Duke will have to transition from the campus-wide cuts it has made in the past to smaller and more targeted changes.

“We are on track to meet or exceed that milestone target,” Environmental Sustainability Director Tavey Capps said of the 2015 goal. “However, future emission reductions will be increasingly reliant on individual choices around commuting, air travel and energy conservation.”

Campus-wide cuts and carbon offsets Since the initiative began, “big cuts” have been made across the board, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said.

The most significant cut was eliminating coal use on campus, he noted—converting Duke’s steam plants to use natural gas instead. The transition, which was completed in 2012, allowed the plants to curb their emissions by nearly 40 percent.

The transition has been the most expensive component of the carbon neutral campaign to date—costing approximately $40 million, Trask said.

University-wide progress has also come from decreasing electricity use—installing LED lamps and electric “smart meters” across campus. As a result, electricity usage has gone down by 8 percent

since 2007, according to the 2013 Sustainability Progress Report. Duke has worked to make individual buildings more energyefficient as well, by establishing a minimum standard of efficiency for all campus construction and renovation projects.

In addition to decreasing greenhouse gas emissions on campus, the University has taken steps to increase its carbon offsets—programs that allow other individuals and groups to lower their emissions.

“The idea is to help someone else increase their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon emissions, and then count those energy savings and offsets for our 2024

climate neutrality goal,” said Charles Adair, program manager of the Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative.

DCOI has designed two pilot projects in recent years to increase carbon offsets. The Loyd Ray Farms project—in nearby Yadkin Country— is the current focus of the initiative’s work. Duke made headlines in 2011 for partnering with Google to fund the program, which collects methane generated by hog waste and burns it in order to generate electricity.

The renewable energy offsets currently provided by Loyd Ray Farms, however, are only a small portion of what Duke needs in order to reach its goals. Trask noted that DCOI is currently brainstorming ideas in order to increase the effectiveness of the offsets.

The second pilot initiative launched by DCOI is the Duke Employee Residential Energy Efficiency program. Beginning this Fall, the program provides employees with funding and information to make their homes more energy efficient.

DCOI received funding for the program from the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment and the nonprofit Clinton Climate Initiative. Neighboring schools also helped to develop the project, including North Carolina State University and the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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For nearly two decades, Oscar Dantzler has seen his role at Duke as not just the Chapel custodian, but also as a caretaker of the University and its students.

“Lots of people downgrade other people for what they do,” Dantzler said.

“Every night, I go and get in my bed, and I tell myself that Duke can’t run if they didn’t have us housekeepers.”

Dantzler has long worked to keep the Chapel clean and organized, but he considers his unofficial duties—advising students, befriending visitors and passing along wisdom—to be just as important.

On a typical day, Dantzler wakes up at 4:30 a.m., arriving at Duke soon after to begin his work before the Chapel opens its doors at 8 a.m. He can often be found talking to strangers and old

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friends alike as he sweeps the Chapel’s front steps. He also dusts, sweeps, mops and arranges furniture for both the Main Sanctuary and the office space on the Chapel’s lower level.

Dantzler repeats a mantra, passed down from his mother, that emphasizes how he values his work: “If you can’t keep the house of God clean, you can’t keep your own house clean.”

Dantzler’s mother served as an important influence in his life and a step on his journey to Duke, he noted.

Raised in a small town on the Florida Panhandle, “it wasn’t much playtime,” he said, describing a strict upbringing filled with chores and work on the farm before school.

But his mother’s impact paid off, and Dantzler graduated high school with straight A’s. Further education was not a financial possibility, so he moved to New See Dantzler on Page 5

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Sushi Love becomes new Merchants-on-Points vendor Sushi Love will be a welcome addition to the MOP line-up, said DUSDAC co-chair University Editor Brian Taylor, a junior. The restaurant’s menu presents options that are not like anything Students will soon be able to order sushi students can currently have delivered on on food points—popular restaurant Sushi food points.

Love has become a Merchants-on-Points ven“One of the biggest things we looked for, dor. especially in MOP vendors and food trucks, Over the last few weeks, the Duke Uni- is filling a need,” Taylor said. “Sushi is someversity Student Dining Advisory Committee thing we really don’t have. That’s a fairly has been considering several restaurants to desirable food group, and we saw it as somefill two vacancies in the MOP system—one thing we were missing.” that opened with the departure of Pizza Mia DUSDAC members, however, previously from the program this raised several concerns summer, and another over the addition of Sushi ushi is something that followed the sudLove—including the posden closure of The Pizsibility of long delivery we really don’t have. zeria in September. Sushi That’s a fairly desirable food wait times and inconveLove became an immedinient hours. Taylor added ate frontrunner and has group, and we saw it as that the biggest challenge now officially signed to something we were missing. will be working out debecome an MOP vendor. livery times for the new — Brian Taylor vendor.

The restaurant will begin delivery within the next “One of the biggest few weeks. demands is late-night hours, and their hours “We are very excited and will try our best are a little earlier,” he said. for the best experience, to make it seem like Sushi Love closes at 10 p.m. Sunday you’re actually dining in the restaurant with through Wednesday and 11 p.m. Thursday us,” said Sushi Love owner Janejira Thong- through Satuday. However, Taylor said that phai. he does not expect delivery wait times to be At a DUSDAC meeting last month, a problem.

Thongpai said the restaurant’s delivery serDUSDAC is still considering other opvice could provide a large variety of food tions for the second vacancy, including bufincluding stir fry, vegetarian options and falo wing joint Heavenly Buffaloes and pizza cooked sushi. She added that the delivery venue Rudino’s. menu will be the same as the original, with Campus Enterprises—which currently the exception of liquor and dessert. manages deliveries for several other food “Other than that, everything will be the vendors—will be providing the Sushi Love same way as when you come in and dine with delivery service exclusively via online service us,” she said, adding that she is especially ex- Radoozle, allowing the order to appear on a cited to join the program because the major- screen directly in front of a chef. ity of her customers are Duke students.

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Alex Deckey | The Chronicle At its Sep. 30 meeting, members of DUSDAC sampled a variety of foods from Sushi Love while representatives of the restaurant discussed the logistics of adding sushi delivery to the MOP lineup.

er than through a receptionist, there is less of a possibility for error,” Taylor said. “You can write exactly what you want including any special order or modifications.”

Sophomore Madison Bradshaw, director of outreach for Campus Enterprises, added that Radoozle is more efficient due to the customizable nature of the menu.

“It ensures accuracy,” she said. “It’s the easiest, clearest way to do everything.”

Bradshaw said both Campus Enterprises and Sushi Love staff are prepared for delivery. She added that everything is set to go, though Campus Enterprises is currently waiting on the arrival of two iPods that will enable students to pay through their Duke Cards.

“We have gotten a ton of support from the student body and are so excited to launch,” she said.

Grants Available for Spring 2015 Emerging Humanities Networks Faculty are invited to submit proposals that explore emerging ideas, projects, or networks that have the potential to change the way the humanities are taught to undergraduates in the 21st Century.

Department-based projects and student collaborators are welcome.

The Steering Committee anticipates making 3-5 awards for Spring 2015; most will be in the $10,000—$30,000 range— for truly exceptional proposals, awards of up to $50,000 are possible.

The funding can be used to support efforts including but not limited to: Working groups Workshops Speakers Short-term visitors Creative engagement with the Duke community and beyond

Application Deadline: November 7. To learn about the previously approved Emerging Humanities Networks, and for application instructions:  visit humanitieswritlarge.duke.edu  email humanities-writ-large@duke.edu  call Laura Eastwood at (919) 684-8873 These grants are part of the Mellon Foundation-funded Humanities Writ Large initiative — a five-year effort to transform humanities education at Duke.

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Donation endows scholarships for NCSSM graduates at Duke paign that seeks to raise $3.25 billion across a variety of schools and programs.

The Chronicle Fahey, who lives in New York City, received a full academic scholarship to A gift to the University will support Duke upon his graduation from NCCSM scholarships for local high school stu- and graduated magna cum laude with a dents invested in STEM disciplines. degree in economics. He founded Claren On Monday Duke announced a $1 Road Asset Management in 2005, where million gift to endow scholarships for he is now the co-chief investment officer. graduates of the North Carolina School Prior to that, he worked as managing of Science and Mathematics who attend director and global emerging markets the University. The gift comes from Sean external debt training of Salomon BrothFahey, T’93 and a 1989 graduate of NCC- ers/Citigroup.

SM in 1989, and will establish the Fahey NCCSM, which is located in on Broad Special to The Chronicle Street Durham near Graduates of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, pictured above, who attend Scholarship Fund, ache intent of this scholcording to a Duke News East Campus, opened Duke may be the recipients of scholarships provided by Sean Fahey, an alum of the University. release. The fund will arship is to give back in 1980 and was the first provide one student and help kids... ensure that public residential high demonstrating acaschool established esdemic achievement and they can take advantage of pecially for students infinancial need a whole the education Duke has to vested science, technolor partial scholarship. offer and enjoy Durham. ogy, engineering and The award will be given mathematics. The curannually to one student — Sean Fahey riculum is designed for from each class. juniors and seniors who “The intent of this succeed in STEM across scholarship is to give back and help the state. Thirty-eight current Duke stukids… ensure that they can take advan- dents are NCSSM graduates.

NCCSM Chancellor J. Todd Roberts tage of the education Duke has to offer and enjoy Durham, where I spent some praised Fahey’s leadership and generosof the most important years of my life,” ity in “strengthening the bonds” between Duke and the local high school.

Fahey said in the release.

“We are also grateful for the close workThe donation is the largest gift of its kind to support NCCSM graduates toward ing relationship we have had with Duke during our 35-year history, and especially any university in North Carolina.

It also helps the University move to- for the way in which they welcome and Matthew Rock | The Chronicle ward its $420 million fundraising goal for nurture so many of our graduates during The Academic Advising Center hosted its biennial Graduate and Professional School Day in the Bryan endowed scholarships and fellowships, their higher education careers,” Roberts Center Monday, providing an opportunity for students to learn more about various postgraduate programs. part of the seven-year Duke Forward cam- said in the release.

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Multiple Opportunities Available to Duke Faculty Humanities Writ Large has several funding opportunities for Duke faculty now available: New Configurations of Undergraduate Research  For research projects outside the distinction program  Applications due October 24 Emerging Humanities Networks  For innovative projects in undergraduate education  Applications due November 7 Humanities Lab  Multi-year collaborative teaching and research project with dedicated space at the FHI  Applications due November 7 Visiting Faculty Fellows  Partner with a faculty member from a liberal arts college or an HBCU  Applications due January 7 Departmental Undergraduate Research Showcases  For events that support a community of research that extends across the student career trajectory  Applications due January 14

For information about these opportunities, please:  visit humanitieswritlarge.duke.edu  email humanities-writ-large@duke.edu  call Laura Eastwood at (919) 684-8873

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to work alone, according to the Sustainability Progress Report.

Another obstacle for Duke lies in the cost of going carbonneutral—but finances have become a less prohibitive issue as continued from page 1 time has passed, Trask noted. Though cost previously posed challenges for the Campus Sustainability Committee’s progbe to replicate them on a larger scale. ress, Trask said that expenses are becoming a less significant problem as Duke switches from campus-wide cuts to alternative The road ahead changes.

But several obstacles remain in the way of complete carbon The $40 million steam plant transition from coal to natuneutrality for Duke. Chief among these are ral gas in 2012 is projected to be the largest greenhouse gas emissions related to transcost associated with Duke’s carbon neutrale are on track to portation. Due to the layout of Duke’s camity goal. pus, cars and buses are necessary—making The costs for continuing work with carmeet or exceed that these emissions difficult for the Campus milestone target. However, bon offsets, however, remains to be seen.

Sustainability Committee to tackle, Trask “It will not be that much money when future emissions reductions all is said and done, but trying to predict said.

Since 2007, greenhouse gas emissions will be increasingly reliant what the markets [for buying offsets] will from employees’ commutes have risen by on individual choices. be like in ten years is difficult,” Trask said.

15 percent—due both to an increase in “I think it will be hundreds of thousands of Duke’s workforce and to more employees — Tavey Capps dollars, not millions of dollars.” living further away, according to the 2013 Trask added that it is possible that Duke Sustainability Progress Report. will be able to produce enough of its own carbon offsets by “Cars around here are a necessary evil,” Trask noted. “[The 2024 that the University will not have to purchase more past Triangle Area] does not really have an efficient public transpor- that point. tation system. We’re in discussion with Triangle Transit about “It’s exciting because we’re doing all these projects and re-doing bus routes and trying to make them more convenient we’re able to involve students in the research and implemenfor people.” tation, allowing us to develop larger projects that can help us As of 2013, nearly three-quarters of Duke employees drove reach our goal,” Adair said.​

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The Graduate School has announced a program to provide funding for developing students’ futures outside academia.

The new Professional Development Grant will give graduate students or departments up to $2,000 for programming related to professional growth, according to a Duke News release. The grant will allow individual students and departments to be specifically targeted for resources in a way they currently are not, Melissa Bostrom, assistant dean for for graduate professional development at the Graduate School, noted in the release.

“The Graduate School has more than 70 academic programs that run the gamut from art history to biomedical engineering,” Bostrom said in the Duke News release. “So while we organize many professional development opportunities, most of them have to be applicable across disciplines..... However, we also need to tackle topics that may be relevant only to students in one particular discipline but are very important to those students. So we created the Professional Development Grant to help meet that need.”

Proposals for the grant must include programming specifically targeted at careers outside of academia. Duke’s graduate students are becoming increasingly interested in exploring opportunities in fields other than academics, Bostrom said— a pathway once considered outside the norm for doctoral students. The Professional Development grant will help the Graduate School to support this growing sector of students.

“Although many departments and programs already provide support for students seeking a tenure-track faculty position, increasingly, our students are interested in exploring career opportunities beyond the traditional path,” Bostrom said in the release. “At The Graduate School, we want to support both, and this grant provides funding to serve the interests of all our students.”

A pilot version of the grant program ran this Spring, when the history department held a panel discussion about nonacademic opportunities for doctoral students in the humanities.

The grant proposal process itself will serve to hone students’ professional skills, the release noted. The experience students gain through writing the proposal, collaborating within their department and managing the project can all be useful for careers outside of academia, Bostrom said.

“In our experience, students often have innovative ideas for professional development programming,” Bostrom said Chronicle File Photo in the release. “So we want to help them bring those ideas to Hybrid buses, such as the one pictured above, have decreased greenhouse gas emissions, moving the University toward its fruition.”

Proposals for the grant are due in late November. goal of a 21 percent reduction by Jan. 2015.

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his wisdom quickly becomes apparent. His advice for students includes exhortations against unnecessary distractions, the importance of respect for one’s parents, continued from page 1 warnings against pulling “all-nighters” and encouragement of community service.

York—but 20 years later, serendipity led him to Duke.

An avid Facebook user, one of his proudest accomOn a trip to Shelby, North Carolina, he and a friend plishments is keeping in touch with many of his “badecided to stop in Durham for Bullbies,” who he has mentored over his hey would always ock’s Barbecue, one of the city’s old18 years at Duke.

In 2009, Dantzler’s role at Duke alest restaurants. Dantzler fell in love say there were two lowed him a turn in the spotlight—bewith the area and for the past 21 years people who loved this has called Durham home. ing featured in a documentary called He worked in construction as a la- Chapel to death—that was The Philosopher Kings, which proborer and a project superintendent me and Mary [Duke Biddle filed the wisdom of custodial workers before transitioning to Duke in 1997 within institutions of higher learning. in what he describes as a work of God. Trent Semans].

His involvement with film gave him Having been at Duke for so long, opportunity to attend Sundance — Oscar Dantzler the one of the biggest changes Dantzler Film Festival in Utah. says he has seen has been in the ad“I had never been under the bright ministration—he has worked under two University lights like that,” Dantzler recalled.

In his free time, Dantzler loves fishing at a favorite Presidents, Nan Keohane and Richard Brodhead, as well as working privately for former President Terry spot out in nearby Creedmoor, North Carolina, attendSanford. He praised each for their contributions to and love for the Duke community.

But the thing that Dantzler has most treasured in his tenure at Duke is building relationships with students, who he refers to as his “babies.”

“The custodian part of my job, after 18 years-–it’s simple,” Dantzler said. “It’s just to make sure all of these young people that come to Duke keep their mind on what they’re supposed to do.”

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ing concerts at the Durham Performing Arts Center and visiting the American Tobacco District downtown, where Tyler’s Taproom is a favorite restaurant.

But it is not hard to tell that his heart is with the students and with the Chapel.

“Y’all are like my Gatorade,” he said as he paced the front row of the Chapel, pointing out areas where work will be done when the building closes for renovations next year.

“They would always say there were two people who loved this Chapel to death— that was me and Mary [Duke Biddle Trent Semans]. I wouldn’t ever tell Mary I liked it better than her,” Dantzler said with a chuckle. Semans, the great-granddaughter of Washington Duke—the University’s namesake—was a lifelong philanthropist and Duke lover.

Though Dantzler’s career at Duke has been long and his impact extensive, he does not plan to retire any time soon, he added.

“I’m 63, and I don’t feel a day over 25. Right now, up until my body tells me ‘that’s it,’ I ain’t planning to go,” he said.

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Duke goes for elusive road win Look how far we’ve come Scott Lee

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Coming off a 4-1 trouncing at the hands of defending national champion Notre Dame, Duke will have to do something it has yet to do all season Tuesday night if it wants to keep its postseason dreams alive—win on the road.

Duke The Blue Devils will vs. face in-state opponent Elon Tuesday at Rudd Elon Field in Elon, N.C. at 7 p.m. The Phoenix are Tuesday, 7 p.m. unbeaten in their last Rudd Field four games and boast a 4-1-1 home record. For Duke to have any hope of making the ACC tournament, they Blue Devils will need to turn things around sooner rather than later.

Lost in the midst of No. 11 Notre Dame’s rout of Duke (5-7-1) was the return of senior captain Sean Davis and freshman midfielder Cameron Moseley. Davis started and played 89 minutes, and Moseley came off the bench and contributed 25 of his own.

The Blue Devils will need all the offensive firepower they can get as they prepare to make a late push for the postseason. That push, however, will have to start with earning their first road victory this year. Posting a 0-5 record away from Koskinen Stadium thus far, Duke has scrounged together only three goals in those games—far below their season

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Catherine Wood | The Chronicle The Blue Devils will turn to a healthy Sean Davis as they go for their first road win of the season against Elon Tuesday.

average of 1.69 goals per game. Senior Nick Palodichuk and sophomore Brody Huitema— the team’s second and third leading scorers— should be able to come up big for the team and make some more plays now with Davis and Moseley back on the pitch to open up the offense.

Elon midfielder James Brace paces his team with six goals, four of which were gamewinners. The Blue Devils will need to contain him and be careful not to fall into another series of defensive lapses like they did last game.

Against Notre Dame, Duke gave up two goals to its leading scorer—Patrick Hodan— in two minutes and dug its own grave. As a unit, Elon (7-4-3)—which is averaging 1.21 goals per game—is not as dangerous as the Fighting Irish offense but seeing as it has outscored its opponents 9-1 in the last three contests, the Blue Devils will not take them lightly.

Defensively, the Phoenix have been stout.

Starring on the back end, senior goalkeeper Nathan Dean notched his eighth shutout of See M. Soccer on Page 8

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Blue Devils close ITA Regionals strong Nick Martin Sports Editor It might not have been home, but a teamfriendly atmosphere allowed the Blue Devils to flourish this past weekend.

For just the second time this season, head coach Jamie Ashworth was able to see the majority of his players at one tournament, as Duke took the courts at the ITA Regionals in Chapel Hill, N.C. The team had not competed in the same time zone since Sept.

12 at the Duke Invitational. The opportunity to have most of his team in one place was not one lost on the Duke coach of 18 years.

“You can’t put a value on being able to see them in-person,” Ashworth said. “It makes a huge difference for them to see each other too and feed off of each other. It’s one of the hard things about our season being split and the fall being more individual, especially for freshmen. They come in and it’s basically junior tennis all over again until they get that feeling of team stuff, which truly doesn’t happen until January.”

One rookie who seems to be adapting just fine to the fall slate is freshman Rebecca Smaller. The London native has performed exceptionally in her first two months of collegiate competition, as she and redshirt senior Rachel Kahan entered this weekend’s tournament with a perfect 4-0 record.

The duo excelled in the early going, taking down pairs from UNC-Greensboro and Appalachian State to advance to 6-0 and the second round. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the magic ended there, as South Carolina’s Hadley Berg and Elixane Lechemia handed Smaller and Kahan their first doubles loss of the season 8-7 (6).

Ashworth was still quick to praise the duo, which has been Duke’s most successful doubles squad this fall. “[Smaller’s early success as a freshman] is not odd, [but] it wasn’t expected,” Ashworth said of the pair’s performance. “Rachel is really solid from the baseline and doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and returns serves See W. Tennis on Page 8

Emma Loewe | Chronicle File Photo Senior Ester Goldfeld led the Blue Devils this weekend, as she posted semifinal appearances in both singles and doubles play.

Duke football is going bowling for the third consecutive season.

And nobody cares.

Not in the “Duke has a football team????” way, but in a jaded “What have you done for me lately” sort of way. And that is truly incredible.

Just think, three short years ago Duke football opened its season against FCS team Richmond and lost. There was no outrage at losing to a second-tier program, just pain for the few students in the crowd of having to watch Preseason All-American Will Snyderwine shank a 28-yard gimme of a kick with less than two minutes to play. It was so depressing that Snyderwine’s name became a verb replacing “to screw up”—as in “Bro, I totally Snyderwined that test, I think I’m going to fail.”

Students were in attendance for Duke’s second game of the season, but that was to see Stanford star Andrew Luck, not the Blue Devils. After heading to the locker rooms at half down just 17-7 despite Snyderwining two field goals—one from just 27 yards out— and backup Jeffrey Ijjas following suit on an attempt of his own, fans got what they showed up expecting, and Duke fell to 0-2.

As the Blue Devils Snyderwined away their season by losing close games against Wake Forest and No. 15 Virginia Tech, the sentiment around campus was—well, total ambivalence.

Basketball season was around the corner and Austin Rivers was going to pair with a group of solid veterans to hang another banner in Cameron Indoor (note: Duke basketball would Snyderwine its season away also in a loss to Lehigh. It was a fun freshman year).

Then things started to turn around.

Blowout wins against Florida Atlantic, N.C. Central and Memphis gave the Blue Devils a 3-1 record to open the next season. Conner Vernon’s quest for history had Wallace Wade more full than it had been in years. When North Carolina came to town Oct. 20, the Duke faithful came out in droves. The stadium was packed as the Blue Devils Sniderwined away a double-digit fourth quarter lead. And it stayed packed when Sean Renfree threaded the needle and found a horizontal Jamison Crowder for the catch that loudly proclaimed that Duke football was back and made Duke football bowl eligible for the first time since 1994. The fans stormed the field and there wasn’t a person on campus who didn’t feel the excitement eminating from old Wallace Wade.

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Blue Devils dominate USTA/ITA Regionals Amrith Ramkumar Staff Writer Preparing for the biggest indoor tournament of the fall, the Blue Devils had a strong showing at regionals and had three of the four semifinalists in singles in the 64-man bracket.

Duke concluded play at the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional tournament Monday, with senior Jason Tahir falling in the singles championship. Depending on other regional tournaments, Tahir could join freshman Nicolas Alvarez in competing at ITA National Indoors beginning Nov. 6.

The Blue Devils dominated the event, with No. 4 seed Tahir, No. 9 seed Alvarez and senior Raphael Hemmeler making the semifinals in singles, and the doubles tandem of Alvarez and Hemmeler making the semifinals. Tahir and redshirt senior Cale Hammond also played well as a duo, making the quarterfinals before falling to the draw’s top seeded-team.

“Overall, it was a great tournament for our team and certainly the best event of the fall so far,” head coach Ramsey Smith said.

“I was proud of the way our guys competed.

We had multiple guys come back from match point down and tough situations. We played some really good tennis.”

Tahir dominated his first three matches of the event, downing opponents from GardnerWebb, N.C. State and UNC Greensboro in straight sets to move to the round of 16.

The Rochester, N.Y., native lost the first set in his round of 16 match to North Carolina’s Jack Murray 6-4, but recovered to win the next two sets 7-5 and 6-1 to march on to

SPORTS Dayou Zhuo | Chronicle File Photo Senior Jason Tahir advanced to the semifinals in singles this weekend at the ITA Regionals, possibly earning him a bid to the ITA National Indoors Nov. 6.

the quarterfinals after overcoming multiple match points.

Tahir’s quarterfinal match also went the distance, with the 6-foot-3, 193-pound veteran eventually prevailing against No. 5 seed Hunter Harrington of Clemson in three tough sets. Tahir got a break in the semifinals when his teammate, Alvarez, retired with the score 1-1 in the first set, giving Tahir the opportunity to join him in qualifying for nationals during Monday’s championship.

But Tahir’s exciting run ended swiftly against top-seed Brayden Schnur, 6-3, 6-2, meaning that Tahir will now have to wait for

the rest of the regional results to find out if he can get into the main draw as an at-large player. “[He’s] a little disappointed with not winning the final today, but overall it was a heck of a tournament for him,” Smith said.

“He was injured at the end of the summer and beginning of the fall, played at AllAmericans and lost first [in singles] and first [in doubles] there and was pretty down about his game. He did a great job turning things around. The best thing he did was compete extremely well. We’re hopeful he’ll get one of those at-large spots.”

Like Tahir, Alvarez dominated his early round matches in straight sets before gutting out victories in three-set matches against N.C. State’s Nicky Horton in the round of 32 and No. 2 seed Ronnie Schneider of North Carolina in the quarterfinals. The Lima, Peru, native also knocked off No. 6 seed Austin Powell of N.C. State in straight sets in the round of 16.

Alvarez had already qualified for nationals by making the quarterfinals of the ITA AllAmerican tournament earlier this fall, and will look to have another strong finish at the ITA National Indoors in a few weeks. “[He’s] had a fantastic freshman year,” Smith said. “It’s been really incredible and how much he’s improved. He’s playing at such a high level. The biggest thing is his mental toughness. He’s extremely professional on the court and handles difficult situations very well. His game is [just] extremely solid. I couldn’t be more excited.”

Hemmeler’s road to the semifinals was more tumultuous than his teammates’ during the event’s first day. The senior had to come from behind to notch a three-set win in the opening round before winning three consecutive straight-set matches on his way to the quarterfinals.

Hemmeler lost the first set in the quarterfinals to North Carolina’s Oystien Stero in a tiebreaker, but recovered to win the next two sets 6-3 and punch his ticket to the semifinals. Hemmeler’s run was also stopped by the freshman Schnur 6-4, 6-4, as North Carolina’s standout freshman showed why he earned his No. 26 junior world ranking See M. Tennis on Page 9

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Duke men fall short at NCAA Pre-Nationals Alex Albert Staff Writer The Blue Devils entered this weekend’s race with hopes of earning an at-large bid. They barely escaped without a lastplace finish.

In what was far and away its biggest challenge of the season so far, Duke failed to get out of the gates fast Saturday at the NCAA Pre-Nationals race in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Competing in a field of 46 teams—10 of which were nationally ranked—the Blue Devils finished 41st overall. Colorado won the race, Oregon finished in second and Georgetown took third place.

“We were hoping for a top-15 finish, but we ran terribly—that’s the long and the short of it,” Director of Track & Field Norm Ogilvie said. “We basically ran the same race that we ran at Virginia three weeks ago when we didn’t get out in the field, and when you don’t do that, you’re dead in the water.”

Junior Blake Udland crossed the line first for the Blue Devils. The Short Hills, N.J., native clocked an 8K time of 25:44.4, earning him 142nd place.

Senior Brian Schoepfer finished next

at 210th with a time of 26:13.1. Junior Henry Farley, who recorded a time of 26:17.9, was the third Duke finisher, coming in at 220th place overall.

Finishing fourth for the Blue Devils was freshman Josiah Hanko, who clocked a time of 26:22.0 and earned 229th place overall.

Junior William Rooney rounded out Duke’s top five – the Darien, Conn., native finished 237th overall with a time of 26:27.0.

Freshman Matt Luppino and sophomore Daniel Moore—both of whom were competing in their first Pre-Nationals race— finished sixth and seventh, respectively, for the Blue Devils. Luppino finished 252nd with a time of 26:34.0 and Moore ran a 27:20.1 to place 291st.

Duke needed a strong performance to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA national championship meet. The Blue Devils have qualified for this race in three of the previous five years, but fell short Saturday.

Ogilvie attributed the team’s weak performance to a failure to get out quickly at the beginning of the race.

“In the first mile we were in the back half of the field -- there was nobody in the front at all,” Ogilvie said. “Everyone seemed to be satisfied with running in the back half. If we

run hard and are competitive early and run out of gas at the end, that’s something that we can work on, but we have to show some courage.”

The muddy condition of the La Vern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course only augmented the importance of getting off to a fast start, as not much passing occurred in the latter half of the race.

The Blue Devils, who graduated six of their top seven performers from last year, have struggled to find leadership this season.

“Do our guys let down emotionally because they don’t have a leader out there?

That’s a difficult question that we’ll never be able to answer,” Ogilvie said. “Nonetheless, I think our guys know that they’re better and we’re searching desperately to find an answer. The juniors have been thrust into a role of carrying the team and they really have very little experience.”

Despite a less-than-impressive showing Saturday, Duke’s future looks bright. Two redshirted runners are running well and are in position to make a big impact on the team next season.

“The silver lining in the cloud is that See Cross Country on Page 8

Chronicle File Photo Junior Blake Udland was the top-performer for the Blue Devils this weekend, finishing with a time of 25:44:4, good for 142nd.

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Football

Blue Devils headline midseason awards Brian Mazur Beat Writer After a 6-1 start that has showcased the Blue Devils’ talent in all three phases of football, a handful of Duke players are reeling in midseason awards.

A week after guard Laken Tomlinson was selected to the CBSSports midseason All-America second team, he is making headlines again after being named to the Phil Steele All-America second team. He was also named an All-ACC performer by Steele in addition to the national honors.

The redshirt senior has anchored an offensive line that is tied for first in the FBS with only 0.57 sacks per game and 2.86 tackles for loss allowed per game. The line has also paved the way for a Blue Devil fourheaded rushing attack that is averaging 218 yards per game.

Tomlinson is the only Duke player that appears on Steele’s All-America team, but a number of Blue Devils appeared in Steele’s All-ACC midseason selections.

On the defensive side, safety Jeremy Cash, who was named a second-team All American

by USA Today last season, garnered first team accolades. The Miami native is fifth in the ACC with 63 tackles and leads the conference with three forced fumbles, which is also good for fifth in the FBS. He has registered

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two interceptions and four pass breakups in addition to 1.5 sacks thus far.

Cash is joined on the first team by wide receiver Jamison Crowder, who was an AllACC performer a year ago. The Monroe, N.C. native is fifth in the ACC with 471 receiving yards on 40 receptions and has scored two touchdowns. Crowder has been rather quiet during the first half of the season compared to his breakout year in 2013, so his selection may come as a surprise to some.

Linebacker David Helton and defensive back DeVon Edwards were selected to the All-ACC midseason second team. Helton, who made the move to mike linebacker after Kelby Brown tore his ACL, is the ACC’s second leading tackler with 69 stops in 2014. He trails only Virginia freshman Quinn Blanding.

Edwards, an All-American last season as a kick returner, has played a key role in a young Blue Devil secondary. He is fifth in the conference with seven pass breakups in seven games and also has an interception this season. The Covington, Ga. native also is second the conference behind Cash with two forced fumbles.

All five midseason honorees will have a week to rest before traveling to Pittsburgh the weekend of Nov. 1 for a Coastal Division showdown with the Panthers.

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really well. Rebecca’s been really good at returning serves at the net.”

The doubles pair of senior Ester Goldfeld and sophomore Alyssa Smith did not enter the weekend on the same kind of hot streak, as the duo entered having lost its only match of the season to San Jose State’s Marie Klocker and Gaelle Rey, 7-5, 6-2.

Despite the early disappointing play to start the season, the tandem still came into ITA Regionals as the No. 1 seed, good for a bye in the round of 64. The experienced pair cruised through the next three rounds, picking up wins against duos from Winthrop, N.C. State and South Carolina. Their run would come to an end Sunday, though, as North Carolina’s Ashley Dai and Kate Vialle took down the top-seeded Blue Devils 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (7).

Although they might not have taken the tournament title back to Durham, Ashworth and his staff were pleased to see improved play from the pair after their opening loss at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships.

But, as is always the case in the beginning of the season, the partnership still has some things to tighten up.

“When they play well, they play with a lot of energy,” Ashworth said. “In California, they came out flat. This weekend, their energy level was better than it’s been and they need to continue to improve on that. It wasn’t great by any means, but it was better than it’s been and it’s a step in the right direction....

They have to be able to finish points. That last match against UNC that they lost, they definitely had some opportunities.”

In singles action, Smaller, Kahan and Goldfeld all managed to play off the momentum of their doubles success, each advancing to at least the quarterfinals.

Smaller fell to Clemson’s Beatrice Gumulya 6-1, 7-5 Sunday morning and Kahan was forced to pull out of her match against North Carolina’s Caroline Price due to injury.

Goldfeld’s trip would not end in the quarters, though, as she defeated Lechemia 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals.

Clemson’s No. 5 seed Joana Eidukonyte would end Goldfeld’s run, defeating the senior Blue Devil 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Smith advanced to the round of 16 before losing to Gumulya and senior Annie Mulholland fell to North Carolina’s Casandra Vasquez in the opening round to round out the Blue Devils’ tournament performers.

“Rebecca, when you look at it comparatively, she probably had the best weekend out of anybody,” Ashworth said.

“Ester got some matches in. She’s had some struggles this fall and just to get some confidence and win some matches before losing a tough one yesterday was good for her.”

The Blue Devils will use this past weekend as a reminder of their potential and also of squandered opportunities. After finishing 27-5 and advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament last season, Duke will have high expectations heading into its spring slate.

As the squad gears up for the National Indoors in New York City and Tar Heel Invitational back in Chapel Hill in two weeks, it will look to use the down time to work on finishing strong—something the Blue Devils perfected last season.

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the year Saturday against Drexel. Dean has played every minute this year, allowing a mere 0.75 goals per game and notching 40 saves.

On the other hand, Duke’s defense has been porous of late, allowing 11 goals goals during its current four-game slump.

The Blue Devils are allowing 2.00 goals per game for the year.

With just three games left in the season following Tuesday’s tilt, the Blue Devils will need to start a late-season run against Elon if they hope to crash the NCAA tournament.

Shaun Thompson is in the best shape of his life. Steven Shine is rounding into good shape,” Ogilvie said. “What we have to do now is recruit well and get these guys better.”

The Blue Devils next run Oct. 31, when they will travel to Charlottesville, Va., for the ACC Championships.

“We’re not going to change anything too drastically. We’re going to run a little less mileage, run a little more speed work—just your typical preparation process,” Ogilvie said. “We’re going to start the peaking process over the next two weeks and see what we can come up with at ACCs.”

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“It was a huge tournament for [Hemmeler],” Smith said. “In the first round, he faced match point in the second set. He fought his way through, gained some confidence and started playing some really good tennis toward the end. [I’m] really, really happy with his level.”

But Duke’s three semifinalists in singles were not the only standouts.

Sophomore T.J. Pura—who missed the beginning of the fall season due to injury and only recently returned to the court—made a surprising run to the round of 16, winning his first three matches in straight sets before taking on North Carolina’s second-best singles player, Schneider.

But Pura fought the No. 2 seed in the draw hard, taking the first set in a tiebreaker before dropping the last two 6-1 and 6-4 to be knocked out of the event. “[He] had a breakthrough tournament,” Smith said. “He hadn’t won a match until this tournament. He played some great tennis, so that was exciting.”

The Blue Devils’ doubles performances were also encouraging, as the fourth-seeded duo of Alvarez and Hemmeler—playing together for the first time—made the semifinals.

The tandem dominated its first two matches 8-2 and 8-4 before overcoming a determined Clemson duo 8-7 (7-5) in a dramatic tiebreaker to make the quarterfinals.

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set, 10-point tiebreaker to Robbie Mudge and Ian Dempster of N.C. State in the semifinals. The format of doubles matches after the quarterfinals was best-of-three sets, with the third set as a 10-point tiebreaker. After splitting the first two sets, the Wolfpack dominated the tiebreaker 10-2, winning the last eight points.

Tahir and redshirt senior Cale Hammond also had an encouraging showing in doubles, winning their first three matches 8-2, 8-6 and 8-3 en route to the quarterfinals before falling to the top-seeded team of Schnur and Brett Clark in a match that was decided in a 7-4 tiebreaker.

“We’ve had our ups and downs [in doubles, but] there were definitely some bright spots this tournament,” Smith said.

“I thought [Hammond] really stood out and had the best event of his college career.

[Alvarez and Hemmeler] looked really strong and their games complemented each other well. We still have work to do [in doubles]. That’s going to be a big focus going forward.”

Although Tahir, Hammond, Hemmeler, Alvarez and Pura were the standouts, juniors Bruno Semenzato, Josh Levine and Daniel McCall also competed and got more matches under their belts as the fall season draws to a close.

The Blue Devils that won’t be competing at ITA National Indoors will be playing in the Dick Vitale Clay Court Classic in Bradenton, Fla., starting Nov. 7. After that, Smith and his experienced, talented squad will prepare for its demanding spring schedule and what they hope will be a long postseason run in NCAA play.

“We obviously have a lot of depth this year [and] a lot of senior leadership,” Smith said. “Overall, I’m very happy with the team and really excited for the rest of the fall and the spring.”

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catch generated some high-fives and applause from those at Wallace Wade, but winning was the expectation. When the clock showed zeros there was no elation in the crowd, even though Duke had just become bowl eligible for a program record three-straight seasons. Instead, there was merely tacit acknowledgement of the job being completed. As the team rushed toward the fans—not the other way around—most of the remaining fans rushed toward the exits.

This is not an indictment of the Blue Devil fans. In fact, it’s meant to praise them and David Cutcliffe’s program. In three short years, becoming bowl eligible went from Duke’s white whale to a foregone conclusion. Gone are the days when fans smiled at only losing by a touchdown, or at being close at halftime. And good riddance.

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But that wasn’t all Duke football had to offer.

Despite losing stars in Vernon and Sean Renfree, Duke tore through its 2013 schedule and won 10 regular-season games to make another bowl. With the clinching game taking place in Blacksburg, Va., students and fans were glued to their televisions as Kelby Brown picked off Logan Thomas on the Hokies’ final drive and No. 16 Virginia Tech fell, ushering the Blue Devils to its second consecutive bowl.

Now, look at this week’s victory against Virginia. Homecoming weekend had even the veteran Duke fans milling about campus, and the tight score down to the wire should have had tensions high and anticipation higher.

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What is the purpose of a Duke education?

Established in 2000 and revised in 2004, Duke’s curriculum, according to the Trinity website, is designed to “better prepare our students for leadership roles in the increasingly knowledge-based economy and pluralistic, globally interconnected world.”

Accordingly, the Trinity requirements emphasize

Editorial values like “interdisciplinarity,” “knowledge in the service of society” and “diversity.” Yet, the world today is very different than it was a decade ago. Thus, we commend Provost Sally Kornbluth’s initiative to review the curriculum and develop a new strategic plan, and today we weigh in on the debate.

Much has changed since 2004. Not only has technology created a more interconnected, global world, but new social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have also changed the way people interact with one another. We believe an updated curriculum should reflect these changes and prepare students for this new technology-driven, interconnected society.

How then might we change the curriculum? One path is to institute a Core Curriculum like Columbia’s, where students have a set regiment of six classes

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ranging from “Music Humanities” to “Frontiers of Science.” Such a model has benefits—communal learning creates a common knowledge base for the whole student body that builds the foundation for learning later. However, we believe that Duke’s current model that allows more freedom is ultimately more beneficial to students. Duke should keep its current dynamic curriculum, which allows students to engage in and shape their own education.

We contemplate four areas that a new curriculum should emphasize. First, there should be a focus on technology. From the advent and seemingly integrated presence of smart phones in our lives, to new conceptions of citizenship and personhood, the way Duke and its students interface with the world has taken a technological bent. It will be important for Duke students to enter the professional sphere equipped with knowledge of such changes. Second, Duke’s mission of interdisciplinarity can be better integrated into the curriculum. In connecting different departments to address world issues in interand multidisciplinary ways, we must take caution to not get lost in the breadth of possibilities. Students should ground themselves firmly in one field—and attain some “expertise”—before crossing over into others.

Programs like Bass Connections exemplify this model

of expertise before crossing disciplines.

In a previous editorial concerning the Foreign Language requirement, we discussed the ways in which students should not simply learn a language, but to also engage critically and deeply in diverse cultures. In order to prepare its students for a more “global world,” we believe that, beyond just the foreign language requirement, a Duke curriculum should challenge its students to ask meaningful questions that allow critical self-reflection, not as an exercise, but as a result of the experience. Finally, a new curriculum should promote self-reflection through critical value questions like Notre Dame’s “Enduring Questions.”

These questions—for example, ‘what is human excellence in the context of a proper definition of the person?’ and ‘what do authentic love, happiness and virtue consist of?’—are the key life questions that an undergraduate education ought to answer, regardless of major or academic interests.

In developing the new curriculum, we believe that it is of the utmost importance to recognize the incongruences between the requirements developed 14 years ago and the highly globalized and technologydriven world we live and learn in today. It should address not only how to serve society, but also how we already exist in and contribute to it.

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uring this homecoming weekend, those words became real to me. With all of my alumni friends coming back to get turnt at their favorite alma mater, I got the chance to catch up with a lot of people. This whole year, I’ve worried and questioned about my future, specifically the ever-pressing concern, “What am I going to do next year?” This weekend I actually got to see it in the alumni biddies I call my friends. Just a year earlier they were in my position with the same concerns and fears, but now they’re repping that 9 to 5 workday, being actual adults and paying bills. Post college life is just so much fun, am I right?

At first, it was a little overwhelming, thinking that after college I would be in a similar position

important these people were to me. Before, I wouldn’t have even gone to the dinner. Now, I hosted it. It was a huge change from how I used to think of friends. In fact, sitting there and listening to their stories of post-grad life, I was not only among friends but also among family.

I started thinking about not just the alumni but all of the crazy, inspirational and ridiculously good-looking people who I call my friends.

It was weird how it all just kind of snuck up on me. Reflecting and thinking back on the last four years, I honestly could not see my Duke career being nearly as successful or even significant without these people. From late night parties to scary movie marathons, all of those little events tied me closer and closer to

Fedner Lauture PROFESSIONAL SHADE-THROWER or worse. I was freaking out about being jobless/ poor and as a self-identified Pre-wealth major with a trophy husband minor, I couldn’t be jobless or poor. That’s like tweeting “Digimon > Pokémon”—it’s blasphemous! Thankfully, I had friends who understood the pressure and were extremely helpful in calming me down. This weekend started out like an episode of Jersey Shore (eat, sleep, rave, repeat) and ended like an episode of Barney, with all that “I love you, you love me” hoopla.

As the child of immigrant parents, the importance of education is one of the first things you learn, after English, of course. My parents would always preach the importance of education and tell me that they sent me to school for an education, not for friends.

It sounds a little harsh, but hey, I made it to Duke, so they must have done something right.

However, those same words also made it a little difficult for me to connect with people past that “acquaintance” level.

Back in the day I was friendly but never really had friends. For me, school was all about reaching the next level and doing my best. I was never tempted with choosing between going to the movies with friends, or homework. But all of that changed—I could see that I wasn’t the same anymore. It was during this weekend that I really looked back and saw that change. Sitting at the table and catching up with the alumni who came back made me realize just how

these amazing people. Homecoming took on a completely different tone for me. It wasn’t just about getting crunk with the biddies, who would hopefully pay since they had real jobs and whatnot. It was reflection on my time here at Duke and my contribution to my peers.

Everyone jokes about “The Great Facebook Purge,” that moment when you realize that out of those 3,500 friends you probably only talk to 50 of them and thus start to purge your page of the not as important ones. It’s harsh, it’s cruel, it’s life and I suggest we all get to it.

During these purges the focus tends to be on the purged— however, what we fail to see is that the focus should be on the survivors of the Facebook-pocalypse. They’re the ones shooting hoops in the gym and riding the bull with you.

I tend to obsess over the trophy husband dream that includes a six-figure salary, two and a half kids and a dog, because why not? But really, even if I don’t get any of that, I really do hope that I’m able to stay friends with the amazing people that I got to spend four insane years with. Graduation is in less than a year, and although I don’t want this crazy ride called college to end, I really don’t want to lose out on the friends that I made, who are truly a second family to me.

We ride together, we die together, xoxo.

Fedner Lauture is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesdays.

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I’m going to Africa to teach English to orphans!”

It’s almost that time of year again—time to start thinking about DukeEngage applications.

It’s very exciting. But let’s try to temper that enthusiasm for just a moment while we look at some underlying ethical issues of international engagement programs, including DukeEngage.

I see this a lot—churches, schools, and nonprofits sending people on “mission trips” or “international excursions” to underdeveloped countries. For a small price, volunteers get to come back with new Facebook profile pictures and sto-

fortunate unintended consequences.

If you’re thinking about doing DukeEngage or some other program, ask these questions about its target community.

Are they okay with you being there?

Are you providing a service to the community?

Are you trying to alleviate small problems without looking at their underlying causes?

Will your actions do more good than harm?

Make an effort to understand the community.

It is crucial to recognize your differences and adapt to them. Even the smallest needs of populations require research, discussion and cultural

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Reframing privilege

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am sick of arguments about privilege. It seems that every conversation I enter, every news channel I watch and every online commenting thread I read includes some quip about privilege. Privilege, essentially a measure of the societal benefits individuals derive from their traits and backgrounds, is an important topic to discuss. But far too often “privilege” is employed more as a politicized weapon than as a humanizing tool for students to better understand each other.

As with most political issues, when people debate privilege, they talk at each other, usually with pre-conceived talking points, as opposed to with one another. Social conservatives rarely deny privilege outright, but whenever privilege comes up they defensively respond that anyone can be successful in modern America, regardless of one’s socioeconomic class, race, gender, religion or sexuality. Liberals usually go on the offensive—“check your privilege” seems to be the mantra of the typical socially adept Duke student.

Frustratingly this rhetoric artificially absolves either side of the burden of understanding the other. Recently on “The Daily Show,” television personali-

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ries about how they braved a summer of hardship.

Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t consider the consequences and ethical implications of their trips abroad.

First of all, one of the biggest issues with these endeavors is their time frame. Oftentimes trips only take place for a few weeks—I’ve even seen some that stay for only three days in each destination. Such short trips betray volunteers’ motivations—it’s not about helping people. It’s about getting an exotic vacation.

Such short trips can lack concrete benefits for the receiving community. Even a whole summer can be not enough time to fix a meaningful problem, but it is enough to make it worse. There are dangers in building a school that will never be used, or in constructing homes that alleviate homelessness but fail to address underlying problems of poverty. This is the greatest danger of our beloved Duke Engage—the focus on the volunteers’ experiences rather than the needs of the host community.

Another primary reason why longer trips are necessary is because volunteer groups need to go through an extended period of research and community evaluation to make sure they know exactly what the problem is, find out the best way to act on the problem and get to know the community well enough to establish trust and learn to overcome cultural barriers. When programs arrive in a location and immediately get to work, they might be going in the wrong direction without knowing it.

I’m not here, however, to bash all attempts for global civic engagement. I’m not saying that no one should ever try to make a difference overseas.

The desire to help people really does say something amazing about Duke students, whose drive and curiosity compels them to see the world and make it better. If you have a cause that you’re passionate and knowledgeable about, you should absolutely pursue it.

But you have to do it carefully, with considerations of the ethical implications of your actions, or else your efforts might result in some very un-

awareness on the part of volunteers. If you don’t develop a conscious awareness of cultural competence, you will not be able to notice the unique needs of the communities you work with, and the measures that need to be taken to effectively serve your host communities. If these needs are not recognized, your program cannot be successful.

Don’t go to ‘fix’ other people’s problems, but to work with and for the people around you, doing what they think is necessary in order to facilitate growth and progress toward their goals.

Then look at yourself. Why are you going? Are you applying because it might be your only chance to travel the world? I’m guilty of this one. It’s really cool to get to go to another country and have adventures—but that’s not what the trip is for. If you’re going for any reason other than to actually help people in meaningful ways, you should reconsider going in the first place.

And finally, don’t knock domestic DukeEngage trips. They might not seem as exciting or exotic, but they can be very impactful on the volunteers and the communities. If you don’t feel confident in your ability to navigate an international experience in an ethical way, it’s perfectly fine to start with a domestic trip first. You won’t have to figure out as many cultural differences (although as a Duke student, you are probably very different from the people you engage—you still need to be mindful). The lessons you learn domestically will give you the tools you need to engage with ethical issues on an international trip, if that’s still something you want to do. Or you might find that there are problems here in the United States that you want to tackle after you graduate.

And when you’re actually ready to make a difference, you can volunteer long-term at a nonprofit or sign up for programs like the Peace Corps, where you can receive proper training and make long-term commitments where your efforts might have lasting, concrete impacts on the community.

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McKenna Ganz is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

Letter to the Editor Go Duke!

I was delighted to be in Wallace Wade last Saturday to see Duke’s hard-fought win over Virginia. I was not so delighted to see the video board’s new instructions for one side of the stadium to yell “Blue,” followed by the other side yelling “Devils.” All I could hear was the similar brainless chant where University of North Carolina Chapel Hill fans yell the only two syllables they know, Tar-heels, back and forth at their games. Those are the people we are getting ideas from? Duke fans are more than capable of creating an original way to welcome our deserving team to the field.

A few years ago, I wrote a similar letter to

the editor when a “noise meter” was introduced on the video board in Cameron. Thankfully, I haven’t seen the noise meter in Cameron since.

Duke fans should not need instructions on when and how to make noise. Unfortunately, we have needed some sort of encouragement at football games, as noise has been lackluster and sporadic. Be warned, these are the corny, pro stadium antics that will emerge if we fans do not take initiative. Students, take the lead. Organize, communicate, be creative, be loud and everyone else will follow. This team deserves everything we’ve got. Go Duke!

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ties Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly offered a disappointingly predictable debate.

Stewart mocked O’Reilly’s fear of Ebola with hand sanitizer before asking him to confirm the existence of differing levels of privilege. O’Reilly avoided this question by answering one of his own—whether privilege, or a lack thereof, is always a valid excuse for not succeeding in modern America. Ironically, both wealthy, white and straight men were politically correct. Americans must recognize privilege collectively, but a lack of privilege in any part of one’s identity should never be thought of exclusively as a justification for failure.

If you ask a conservative what her problems are with the liberal conception of privilege, she will say that lazy liberals devalue her success by using her privilege against her. If you ask a liberal what his problems are with the conservative conception of privilege, he will say that ignorant conservatives cannot comprehend a world in which privilege helped them get to where they are. Yet amazingly it is as hard to find a conservative denying the existence of privilege as it is to find a liberal blaming others for their privilege.

This is because each extreme is logically incoherent. On one hand, it is impossible to deny that we are at least partially the products of the genetic codes we are born with and the environments we grow up within. On the other, an acknowledgment of privilege as an uncontrollable trait is predicated on the notion that an individual cannot be held directly responsible for his privilege.

Even with these misplaced judgments at rest, debate about privilege remains abrasive. Those with privilege rush to deny its influence, while those without it wear their less-advantageous identities as they would a badge of honor. Each group—those with privilege and those without—has a misconception about the other that must be addressed before there is substantive hope of finding common ground.

To anyone frequently identified as someone with privilege—privilege is not an identity. In other words, it does not define your character, but it cannot— and it should not—be denied. Privilege is a relative fact, not a concrete opinion, which does or does not stem from each trait you possess. If you have an above-average IQ score, you are privileged in your intelligence. If you are white, you are privileged to be in a country crafted by those who shared your race.

If you do not have cancer, you are privileged in your health, as is your family.

Having privilege in one area does not necessitate privilege in another. In fact, having some privilege often precludes individuals from having another.

This is why it is so common to find people rolling their eyes at “privileged struggles.” A gay student in the South might roll his eyes when his friend complains that her ex won’t leave her alone, simply because relationships are far harder to find for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Parallel hypotheticals are not hard to think of—whites complaining about affirmative action, men feeling judged by feminists and wealthy students lacking enough money to buy a new Lamborghini all seem trivial when stacked up against the struggles of those who have it much worse.

That said, to anyone who self-identifies as lacking privilege—we are all privileged, and we all lack privilege. The least privileged person at Duke has privilege simply in his or her enrollment at one of the best universities in the world.

Recognizing privilege in itself is a phenomenon that results from the comfort of living in a developed country.

Of course, there are differing levels of privilege—and at Duke there are clear extremes—but forcing privilege on a group to prove a point is counterproductive. Feminine men are simultaneously privileged due to their sex and psychologically crippled by societal standards of how men should behave. Similarly, while white students at Duke are more privileged than students of any other race, to deny that they could ever be the victims of racism violates the very construction of one’s privilege as a relative and fluid advantage over others. This privilege can be temporary or permanent, inconsequential or monumental.

We live in the best society that humanity has ever conjured up. Practical solutions to discrepancies in privilege do exist--we should end the “War on Drugs,” legalize gay marriage throughout the country and fight for equal pay for everyone regardless of gender. But such practical solutions will only result from a social atmosphere in which partisanship comes second to mutual understanding and respectful debate.

Brendan McCartney is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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