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Town-gown relations in some Durham neighborhoods have been put on shaky ground as residents raise complaints against the behavior of Duke’s fraternities. Durham Neighborhoods United—a group formed in 2014 due to frustration over fraternity parties in residential neighborhoods—has been advocating for stricter enforcement of University and city ordinances at fraternity members’ off-campus houses. The city of Durham has recently launched an investigation into several fraternities houses, including residences on Vickers Avenue and Chapel Hill Street, for violations of zoning ordinances and other restrictions. Alisa Johnson, who has spearheaded the DNU project, noted that the organization is designed to target the specific disturbances that some residents feel are created by fraternity houses. “Our goal was to come together and find a way to quiet these disruptive houses using applications of ordinances and to find other tools to quiet these houses,” said Johnson, who works at Meredith College in Raleigh as an English professor. For some local residents, fraternity houses are more than just irksome. Neighbors describe everything from frequent sleepless nights to consistent trash issues as factors that have made their house location frustrating. “I’ve lived in this neighborhood for seven years, and every year we’ve had some fraternity and every year we’ve struggled with being up late,” said Loralie Bible, who lives near one of the houses under investigation on Vickers Avenue. “Often times I’ve had to be outside at three in the morning asking people to be quiet or not throw trash in my yard. I think we would have reconsidered if we had known we were moving next door to a house that was

The Chronicle A new version of the Medical College Admission Test will be administered across the nation beginning April 17, posing potential challenges for students applying to medical schools. Compared to the old exam, the new MCAT aims to reflect recent changes to science and medicine, and will test more content and skills over a longer period of time. The new exam will take seven and a half hours to complete, an increase of nearly two hours from the previous version. New sections on psychology and sociology as well as questions on biochemistry will now be part of the test. In addition, the writing section of the MCAT will be removed and the exam will be scored on a new 528 point scale. “Periodic review and updates of standardized tests are considered a best practice, esSee MCAT on Page 3

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habitually rented by a fraternity.” In addition to the house on Vickers Avenue, DNU has flagged twenty houses who they feel have been disruptive to the neighborhood—including houses on Burch Avenue, Chapel Hill Road and Norwood Avenue. “Not all of the houses are equally rowdy,” Johnson noted. “But they are all on the list because they have held what appeared to be fraternity related events that were loud and disruptive at one point in the past.” Depending on how disruptive the houses’ residents have been, they have been dealt with by different groups—from neighbors to Duke administrators to city officials. Bible noted that the fraternities have not always been inclined to cease their activities when asked by neighbors. “It depends on the individual group of students,” Bible said. “But in previous years

when we have spoken with different groups of students, they often nod and agree and promise to remain respectful, but then it just doesn’t happen.” But when Duke’s Office of Student Affairs has gotten involved, the behavior often stopped, Bible said. Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students, said disciplinary action has been taken against some individuals accused of disruptive behavior. The administration’s focus, however, is on reforming the behavior, rather than simply punishing the students. “Members of the Student Affairs office might go and visit these houses,” Wasiolek said. “They let them know that a subsequent complaint may result in disciplinary action. Our process is to really give the students the See Fraternities on Page 3

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Students take advantage of nontraditional study abroad options She said students should utilize the same amount of care they took in choosing their university when deciding where to spend a semester away from Duke. There are many factors that go into a student’s decision where to study. JackPatricia Spears ie Chipkin, a junior, said she chose to The Chronicle spend this fall studying in Argentina beAlthough Europe remains Duke’s cause she did not want to be tempted to most popular study-away destination, travel to new countries every weekend as an increasing number of students are she felt she would have been in Europe. choosing less traditional options. “I stayed in Argentina for four Traditionally, most Duke students months, and I think that pushed me to who choose to study abroad—slightly become more immersed in its language, under 50 percent of each class—use the culture and people,” Chipkin said. Fall or their junior year Others, however, focus on to study in Spain, the the academics of the prothink students are grams they are considerUnited Kingdom, Italy, recognizing that they France and Australia ing participating in. for the Fall of their should study abroad or Jonathan Moran, a junior year. But now, junior, said he chose the more students are opt- study away when it makes more popular Duke in ing for domestic pro- sense for them to do it, and Venice program for its grams and spring study- that it doesn’t always have high quality professorship and the desirability abroad programs. of its location. He noted, Approximately 50 to be in the Fall semester. that by the end percent of students who — Amanda Kelso however, of the semester he did choose to study abroad choose to do so in the Fall, 40 percent do not feel immersed in Venice’s culture. “I think the lack of immersion is a so in the Summer and 10 percent in the Spring, said Amanda Kelso, executive di- problem not because of the Duke affiliation, but because of the lack of language rector of the Global Education Office. “Students are recognizing that they requirement,” Moran said. “If I had takshould study abroad or study away when en a bunch of Italian classes before goit makes sense for them to do it, and that ing, I would have had a better time.” Students have the choice of a variety it doesn’t always have to be in the fall semester,” Kelso wrote in an email Feb. 12. of programs, including ‘Duke-in’ proKelso noted that there have been an grams, Duke-affiliated programs and increasing number of students choos- non-Duke-approved programs that reing semester-long domestic programs— quire the students to get their program which include locations in New York and See Abroad on Page 9 Los Angeles.

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continued from page 1 pecially in fields with rapidly-changing knowledge bases like medicine,” Karen Mitchell, senior director of AAMC admissions testing service, wrote in an email Feb. 11. To cover the new material, the Office of Health Professions Advising is recommending that pre-med students take one semester of biochemistry and one of either introductory psychology or sociology, in addition to the already recommended chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, physics and math classes. The new psychology and sociology content will only be tested at a fundamental level. As a result, students can choose to take online classes or other alternatives, said Daniel Scheirer, associate dean of Trinity College and director of Health Professions Advising. April’s new MCAT will also be noticeably longer – seven and a half hours, compared to

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benefit of the doubt before any action is taken, to give them a chance to change their behavior.” Duke has also communicated with the city on the topic. For example, in an email to City Manager Tom Bonfield on January 27, Phail Wynn—vice president of Durham and regional affairs—recommended that the city investigate the house on Vickers Avenue. “Student Affairs staff have identified, called in and met individually with eight residents of [address redacted],” Wynn wrote in the email. “I think Neighborhood Improvement Services should aggressively pursue occupancy code violations by the landlord.” Johnson said DNU aims to bring these fraternity houses to the attention of as many city

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the old exam’s approximately five hours. Junior Emma Zhao decided to take the old MCAT in January during one of its last testing dates. “I knew the new one would be really long, and I didn’t want to deal with that,” Zhao said. Changes to the scoring system present other challenges in this transitional period between the old and new MCAT. Previously, the highest possible score on the overall exam was 45. Scheirer explained Duke students who were getting accepted into medical school received average MCAT scores of about 33. The new system, however, assigns an individual score per section of up to 132, for a total possible score of 528. “There’s a little bit of uncertainty with how medical schools will look at the new scoring system,” Scheirer said. “They have to ask, ‘How does the new scoring system compare?’ We used to have a definite idea of what a score like a 33 meant, but we’re not sure with this new system.” Students also have expressed qualms about the scoring differences in the new MCAT. “I had a feeling that a new batch of tests with

not much precedent was going to make it hard to know how to compare ourselves, and probably the same can be said for the medical school admission boards,” Zhao said. To help normalize the bell-shaped curve during this first year of the new MCAT’S administration, the AAMC will release percentiles to medical schools in addition to individual raw scores. This will allow medical schools to do statistical analyses of the scores and to evaluate where their applicants fall on the bellshaped curve, Scheirer said. The AAMC will also be offering $150 Amazon gift cards to each student who takes the MCAT during one of the two April testing dates, to ensure they have enough scores for an accurate scoring process. The new MCAT faces other problems, including a reduction in the number of testing dates which may lead to a shortage of seats available per examination day. “All pre-health advisors across the country, including medical school admissions people, are in this transition, and we’re just waiting to see how this plays out,” Scheirer said.

The Association of American Medical Colleges approved these changes to the test in 2011 after an advisory committee surveyed more than 1,000 medical school faculty and medical students to determine what content was most important for success in medical school. This marks the fifth major revision of the MCAT in its 87-year history, and the latest one since 1991. The new section titled “Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior” will test students’ knowledge of socio-cultural and behavioral determinants of health. Questions in the section will attempt to asses students’ understanding of societal and cultural factors that could impact health. Another new section will test critical analysis and reasoning skills on topics related to social science and humanities. “Our nation is growing, aging and becoming increasingly diverse, so physicians of the future must be more culturally competent,” Mitchell wrote. “The exam is changing because the health system of tomorrow will require a different kind of physician.”

and school officials as possible to spur change on the issue. “We have created a protocol that the neighbors are using as a way to address the problems with the houses,” Johnson said. “Part of the protocol is to call the police, call Neighborhood Improvement Services, call the Office of Student Affairs and then at a certain point to write a detailed letter to an email list including city officials, so that the letter becomes public record.” This system has brought the city to consider the issue more seriously. City Council member Don Moffitt noted that Durham has taken up the issue with a greater sense of urgency since DNU started this protocol. “What the DNU has done is to help the city departments in these issues to understand the scale and scope of the problem,” Moffitt said. “Previously, a complaint might have been prioritized as important but not urgent. Now, with the understanding of the scale and scope,

those complaints are prioritized as more of important and urgent.” The City-County Planning Department is looking into some of these flagged houses. Department Director Steven Medlin indicated that they are conducting an investigation into the violation of Durham ordinances. “For occupancy, you can have no more than three unrelated individuals living in that dwelling unit, that could be an occupancy issue,” Medlin said. “If it is being operated as a fraternity house, where you’re having functions of the fraternity occurring, there are specific ordinance standards, and in most cases they will require a minor special use permit.” Medlin made clear that the department is not investigating the actual parties, however. “Like any property owner, you have the right to have parties,” Medlin said. “Just because there are fraternity members there, as long as it is not advertised or operated as a fraternity,

then it would not be a violation of the zoning regulations. That is more of a police issue.” City Council member Steve Schewel noted that if violations were found, the students would not be the ones penalized—rather, the landlord would be found responsible. “The landlord actually gets fined,” said Schewel, a visiting assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy. “The pressure on the students is in a way kind of indirect.” Schewel added that he sees what is occurring as largely a behavioral issue, but that he is optimistic there is room for improvement. “Duke students understand what decent behavior is, and they just need to engage in it,” Schewel said. “If that doesn’t happen, the city and University needs to enforce [their] laws and regulations to help them behave.” The Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life declined to comment.

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Blue Devils own the Dome, power by Orange Ryan Hoerger Beat Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Beating an athletic zone requires rapid ball movement, smart passes and efficient 3-point shooting. The Blue Devils did all that Saturday. Having the Preseason AP Player of the Year doesn’t hurt, either. After falling in a double-digit hole, No. 4 Duke responded with a 26-7 run spanning halftime to defeat Syracuse 80-72 at the Carrier Dome, avenging its overtime loss to the Orange here last season. Freshman Jahlil Okafor scored eight of Duke’s first 13 points after halftime, finishing with a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds. “A couple fell in the first half, but in the second half they started falling,” Okafor said. “[Playing against a zone means] being aware that I’m going to be able to dribble and make moves like that, try to catch the ball and make one, two dribbles at the most and go right up.” The Blue Devils (22-3, 9-3 in the ACC) pushed the tempo all night and reaped the rewards, getting 12 points in transition before the Orange (16-9, 7-5) could set up its always-puzzling 2-3 zone. Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook fired long outlet passes that turned into lay-

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Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Duke senior guard Quinn Cook contributed 17 points and five assists in Saturday’s win against Syracuse, giving him an average of 21.5 through his past two games.

ups, and a second-half lineup shuffle— Matt Jones earned a second-half start in place of Amile Jefferson, sliding Justise Winslow to the free-throw line as the power forward—made the lineup smaller and quicker. Initially, it looked like that early offense might not be enough. A first-half scoring onslaught by former Blue Devil Michael Gbinije staked Syracuse to an early lead. Duke trailed 34-23 coming out

of the under-four media timeout. “Syracuse came out and played an unbelievable first half and basically could have knocked us out,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Our guys, though, kicked it in and started pushing the ball up the court.... Our attack of the zone was much better with those four perimeter guys.” Cook found himself all alone in the corner on an inbounds play out of the

timeout and kickstarted the run by knocking down a triple. After a Rakeem Christmas basket on the other end, the Blue Devils pushed the ball upcourt swiftly, converting a tough lay-up by Matt Jones. On the next trip, Justise Winslow hit a corner 3-pointer from the same spot as Cook to bring Duke within two. “It was big to get the momentum See M. Basketball on Page 8

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Okafor displays greatness in road win at Syracuse Jahlil Okafor poured in 23 points and 13 rebounds in Saturday’s road win Amrith Ramkumar Beat Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Greatness. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in sports, whether it be for an individual performance or a three-game stretch like the one Syracuse forward Michael Gbinije has had, scoring 23.7 points per game on 67.5 percent shooting. But there are very few players that exhibit greatness every time they perform. Saturday night at the Carrier Dome, after Gbinije exploded for 19 first-half points and five first-half triples, one of those few took over and quieted 35,446 people in a matter of minutes. After Jahlil Okafor scored eight points in 3:40 to cap Duke’s 26-7 game-changing run and give his team an eight-point lead after it trailed by 11 just 7:59 of game time earlier, one thing became clear—the Blue Devils’ latest great player is getting even better. “Jah is a special player. As big as he is, he’s light on his feet,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He can move, he’s athletic and he has finesse. He’ll be an outstanding college player, but eventually he’ll be a great, great player as he grows into being a man.”

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Freshman center Jahlil Okafor held Rakeem Christmas to 11 points on 5-of-17 shooting Saturday.

Krzyzewski’s good friend and counterpart Jim Boeheim concurred after watching Okafor go 7-of-7 from the floor in the second half to finish with 23 points and 13 rebounds. It was the Chicago native’s eighth game with at least 21 points and eight rebounds this season. “He’s a tremendous player, he’ll be the first pick in the draft. He’s got the best footwork of any big guy that I’ve seen [in a long time],” Boeheim said. “They did a great job finding him against the zone down there, and he’s a great finisher around the basket.”

It was business as usual for the 6-foot11, 270-pound center Saturday night, but before the game many were questioning how the matchup against Syracuse’s vaunted 2-3 zone and star center Rakeem Christmas would play out. At 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, Christmas entered Saturday’s game averaging 18.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. With Christmas, Gbinije and power forward Tyler Roberson—who combined for eight blocks against the Blue Devils— manning the back line of the zone and Christmas attacking Okafor’s feet on the

other end, the Preseason AP Player of the Year said he knew he would have his work cut out for him in his 25th collegiate game. “I know going into every game every big man sees an opportunity when I’m guarding them to have a big game because of the attention I receive,” Okafor said. “I was just trying to be physical with [Christmas].” After becoming the first player in Duke history to ever shoot 75 percent or better in 10 games in a season Monday against Florida State, the eight-time ACC Rookie of the Week continued his scoring onslaught while playing some of his best defense of the season. Christmas started the game 2-of-12 shooting and finished just 5-of-17 with 11 points. Perhaps more importantly, Gbinije was held scoreless for the first 7:20 of the second half and the second-leading scorer for the Orange—sharpshooter Trevor Cooney—made just one of his last 13 shots after starting the game 3-of-3, including two triples. Okafor made the game easier for his teammates on the defensive end— something he normally does on offense— when he needed to most, helping turn the tide of the game. Syracuse went 1-of-11 from long range in the second half after starting 7-of-11 while the Blue Devils took advantage of successful defensive trips to See Okafor on Page 8

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Duke heads to Notre Dame with ACC lead on the line Sameer Pandhare Beat Writer The last time the Blue Devils defeated Notre Dame, much of the current Duke roster was just learning how to walk. Eighteen years later, the Blue Devils will look to their young talent to carry them to a crucial conference victory. No. 11 Duke will look to snap a sevengame losing streak against the Fighting Irish and seize first place No. 11 in the ACC Monday Duke at 9 p.m., taking on vs. No. 4 Notre Dame No. 4 at Purcell Pavilion. Notre The Blue Devils enter Dame the contest at 10-2 in MONDAY, 9 p.m. conference play— Purcell Pavilion just one loss behind the conference-leading Fighting Irish, who stand at 10-1. “Every year is different,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “This is a different Notre Dame team and this is a different Duke team. They’ve had eight days off and a home game, so this will be the ultimate test.” Both Duke (19-6, 10-2 in the ACC) and Notre Dame (23-2, 10-1) enter Monday’s matchup on a roll—the Blue Devils have won six games in a row, while the Fighting Irish are riding a nine-game streak. With just two weeks to go before the ACC tournament, both squads find themselves right where many experts predicted them

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to be—atop the conference. “The team is improving every day, every practice, every game,” McCallie said. “We’re making strides in what we’re trying to do and we’re getting more aware of each other and how to bring out the best in everybody. We’re becoming more consistent and we’re hungry to do well and play well together.” The highly-anticipated contest will also feature three Wooden Award finalists in Duke’s Elizabeth Williams and Notre Dame’s Jewell Lloyd and Brianna Turner. The Fighting Irish are led by Lloyd, a junior who is averaging 20.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season. In years past, Lloyd has been a nightmare for the Blue Devils defensively, as the 5-foot-10 guard averaged 21.3 points per game in the Fighting Irish’s three victories against Duke a year ago.

“It’s very important that we make her work extremely hard on the floor,” McCallie said. “We definitely need to find her in transition early, keep her in front and take away her right hand as much as we can. We need to contest every shot and hopefully hold her below her average.” With the Blue Devils paying extra attention to Lloyd, the freshman Turner could possibly be the deciding factor for Notre Dame. After spurning Duke for the Fighting Irish during recruiting, the previously second-ranked recruit has had a tremendous season, with averages of 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Turner’s ability to score both inside and out will certainly be a tough test for the Blue Devil defense. For Duke, keeping the game close throughout will require a strong

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performance from its All-American senior center. Williams averaged only 13.0 points in games against Notre Dame last season and will need to affect the game in a multitude of ways for the Blue Devils to stand a chance. One of the biggest keys for Williams will be staying out of foul trouble. Down to just eight scholarship players, any sort of foul trouble for Duke against a team as talented as the Fighting Irish could be devastating. Whereas the Blue Devils have looked to take advantage of their size on offense against teams all season, it is hard to imagine them being able to do so against Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have six players standing 6-foot-2 or taller and have the length and athleticism to make life difficult for Duke. With the size between the two teams serving as a key in the game, the winner of the rebounding battle could be well on its way to victory. “We need to work on our rebounding and our offensive rebounding and especially making contact with our box-outs,” McCallie said. “I want us to be the most dominant rebounding team in the league by far and we haven’t done that. We always seem to have a half where we’re not attacking as much.” If points in the paint are hard to come by for the Blue Devils, expect the 3-point shooting of guards Rebecca Greenwell and Ka’lia Johnson to be crucial in Monday’s colossal matchup. Getting Johnson and especially Greenwell— who now holds the Duke freshman record for 3-pointers in a season—going early could help unclog the paint for Williams and freshman Azura Stevens.

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Blue Devils take opening series 2-1 at California Ryan Neu Beat Writer

Darbi Griffith | Chronicle File Photo Duke junior hurler Michael Matuella tossed six shut-out innings in Friday’s win.

Duke used a 5-run eighth inning Sunday to propel itself to a series win this weekend against California. The Blue Devils won the season opener Friday 7-1 behind a dominant performance from ace Michael Matuella, dropped the second game DUKE 7 3-2 Saturday but 1 recovered to take CAL the rubber match DUKE 2 Sunday 12-7. Duke 3 entered the top of CAL the eighth inning DUKE 12 down 7-6 before 7 storming back and CAL taking a commanding 11-7 lead that it would not let go of. This is the second season in a row that Blue Devils opened their campaign with a series win. “We showed a lot of resilience,” head coach Chris Pollard said. “After having our struggles at the plate [Saturday] night and in the first two innings [Sunday] we showed a lot of toughness.” No. 2 overall MLB prospect Michael Matuella lived up to his billing Friday night at Evans Diamond, hurling six shut-out innings. The junior from Great Falls, Va., allowed only four hits and two walks during the outing and

struck out eight batters. Senior Andrew Istler turned in an inconsistent performance for the Blue Devils (2-1) Saturday. The Wellington, Fla., native turned in 4.2 innings, giving up only two earned runs but allowing eight hits and a walk during the contest. Bailey Clark—making the first start of his career—tossed a solid five innings in the rubber match Sunday. The sophomore allowed just two earned runs and eight base runners during the game and struck out five batters. “We had three good starts this weekend,” Pollard said. “I was really proud of Bailey Clark in the first start of his career…. Overall it was a good weekend for our guys.” The offense, which came in as a question mark this season due to its youth, was effective for most of the weekend against the Golden Bears (1-2), and really came to life in the series finale. The freshmen in particular had a positive start to the year. First baseman Justin Bellinger went just 1-for-11 with three walks but had three RBIs and two runs scored, including a home run in the victory Friday night. Third baseman Jack Labosky went 4-for-10 with three runs scored and three RBIs. And centerfielder Evan Dougherty finished just 2-for-11 with three walks but had five runs scored. The veteran members of the lineup also faired well against California this weekend. Co-captain Mike Rosenfeld—who played right

field in addition to his traditional role behind the plate for the Blue Devils—went 3-for-10 at the plate with two runs scored, three RBIs and an extra base hit. Junior shortstop Kenny Koplove started off the weekend slow with an 0-for-7 combined performance Friday and Saturday but recovered Sunday, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk. Second baseman and lead-off batter Andy Perez was also cold in the first two contests of the series—he went 0-for-9 in the two games—but was one of the focal points of the Blue Devil offense Sunday, finishing 3-for4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. “We made great adjustments [at the plate],” Pollard said. “Jalen Phillips had a great at-bat in the eighth inning that really exemplified our weekend, battling back then getting the hit.” Duke was also a bit sloppy in the field this weekend, committing at least one error in each contest—and some of the errors were costly. An error by freshman pitcher Mitch Stallings in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday led to the game-deciding run for the Golden Bears. The Blue Devils will have the beginning of the week off to rest as they gear up for the second annual Duke Baseball Classic at Jack Coombs Field, which begins Friday. Duke will have games against Hartford, Delaware State and Iona this coming weekend and will look to build on this weekend’s performance.

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swinging our way,” Tyus Jones said. “They were hitting a lot of shots in the first half, that’s how they got the lead. We weren’t playing as tough as we would have liked, so we changed that around.” The 13-5 run to close the first half continued after intermission, as the Blue Devils went inside to Okafor for two easy baskets. The Chicago native scored eight of Duke’s first 13 points in the second half and forced several Christmas jump hooks to come up short on the defensive end. In a battle of the top two centers in the ACC, Okafor won the matchup decisively. Christmas—Syracuse’s leading scorer and rebounder—struggled from the floor all night, finishing with 11 points on 5-of-17 shooting and adding five blocks. “I’m not sure [Christmas] had the same angles that he normally had. Jah had to move his feet to make sure he didn’t get those angles,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s the most he’s been challenged defensively and I thought he responded really well.” With Christmas bothered by Okafor’s length and Trevor Cooney cold after a hot start, the scoring load fell to Gbinije, the third member of Syracuse’s trio that accounts for more than 60 percent of the Orange offense. The redshirt junior couldn’t miss early, drilling five triples in the opening 20 minutes and making seven of his nine shots as Syracuse built up its early lead. “We recruited Mike because we thought he was good, so that doesn’t surprise me,” Krzyzewski said. “Hardly

anybody has played as well as he played in the first half.” After halftime, Cook switched onto Gbinije. The captain gives up several inches to his former teammate, but hung with him well—just as he did against 6-foot-5 Jerian Grant of Notre Dame Feb. 7—holding the Orange swingman to eight points in the second half. “[At first] we were letting him get open threes, we were going under screens. Once a guy hits one, hits two, you’ve got to adjust,” Cook said. “When a good shooter sees the ball goes in, it can be a long night.” With 6:44 remaining, Tyus Jones got beat by Tyler Roberson on a backdoor cut, and the forward drew contact on Okafor, the freshman’s fourth foul. Initially, Krzyzewski elected to leave the Chicago native in the game—he’d poured in 15 second-half points—but subbed Okafor out for a quick breather after an acrobatic Winslow tip-in. Okafor showed maturity by playing effectively without picking up his fifth foul, but the Orange did not go quietly. Gbinije continued to be a thorn in Duke’s side, driving the lane to slice the Blue Devil advantage. Ultimately, freethrows from Winslow, Cook and Tyus Jones sealed the road win. There was no late-game drama this time, but the Blue Devils and Orange played another compelling edition of their fledgling rivalry. Now, Duke must prepare for rivalry in its richest form, returning to Cameron Indoor Stadium Wednesday to take on No. 12 North Carolina at 9 p.m.

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continued from page 6 shoot 61.9 percent in the period. “That’s the most [Okafor has] been challenged defensively, and I thought he responded really well,” Krzyzewski said. “One of the reasons Christmas is so good is because of Cooney, because you have to stay with Cooney all the time. When Gbinije is playing the way he is, it opens up space where you can’t help as much. That’s why Jah’s defense was even better because we were not able to give him as much help.” As Okafor said, Christmas and

company did Duke a few favors by missing some looks they normally convert. At the other end, many of the freshman’s baskets were set up by effective passes to the short corner in the zone from Blue Devil guards and swingman Justise Winslow. But for the 25th time in 25 games, the 19-year old that has already drawn comparisons to Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Duncan and Elton Brand—just to name a few—found a new way to be great for his team. And as is the case with most great players, it’s getting easier and easier to take Okafor’s dominance for granted. So try to enjoy his last seven regular season games, Duke fans. You’re watching one of the great ones.

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ntil last Thursday, students were required to take 17 Duke courses out of their 34 total courses for graduation. That requirement will be increased to 24 in a new measure approved by the Arts and Sciences Council. For a number of reasons, the board is in support of increasing the requirement for Duke credits. First, the increase helps maintain the integrity of a Duke degree. In providing a significant majority of the courses taken to graduate, Duke will have far more ability to control both the quality of the courses provided and the structure through which students must plan their education. The second benefit we see is in strengthening Duke as a communal enterprise. Taking courses together connects students, fostering an environment conducive to discussion and projects that can improve learning experiences and research on campus. According to Suzanne Shanahan, chair of the Curriculum Committee and acting director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the argument on Duke-based course requirements is over “not how many non-Duke courses should students be allowed to take, but really, how many Duke courses constitute a Duke degree.” By increasing

the Duke credits requirement, Duke has given itself room to more effectively provide quality oncampus education to its students. However, the recently approved change also sets restrictions on where non-Duke credits can be earned that, in fact, hinder this objective by restricting students from seeking out an educational path that best suits them. As part of the new system, the number of courses taken at North Carolina state schools has been limited to four, down from eight. In many cases, a Duke student’s learning experience may be greatly enhanced by courses at nearby colleges, and a tight restriction on students’ ability to do so is detrimental. Duke offers a diverse selection of classes, but it cannot fulfill the needs and interests of each of its students, who , in turn, should be able to supplement and enhance their Duke education with classes from quality programs at nearby state schools. For example, a student interested in studying journalism—which is not offered curricularly in great depth—may benefit greatly from being able to take classes at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism. Each student’s interests and knowledge are different, and, as such, each student should

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be given independence to shape their own educational path to meet their needs in these final 10 courses. In this way, we commend the change to increase the number of online courses allowed to one per semester. Online courses can provide an option for students to take courses they otherwise may not have the opportunity to take, especially for physical barriers. While we have warned in the past of the possible dangers in online courses, we nonetheless see the benefit they can provide in allowing students to personalize and maximize their education while on campus. To be sure, there can be issues with allowing students increased freedom in their allotted 10 non-Duke courses. Students may intentionally take “easy” online courses, for example, to fulfill their graduation requirements. Yet, such problems are better solved on a case-to-case basis, and departments should be allowed to develop and maintain policies that place limits regarding specific courses and tracks. The increase in required Duke credits will positively impact the Duke educational experience, but placing broad, schoolwide restrictions on the final 10 credits will serve only to hinder students.

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grow up initially quite liking your name and slowly realizing as you grow older how utterly inconvenient and potentially crippling it is. Don’t let your labels define you, they say, but like most things it’s much easier said than done. When I first arrived in Canada thirteen years ago from my sunny little island in Southern China, I was apparently asked by my parents to adopt the so-called “English name”. Of course, for some odd reason, I refused. I guess I found it strange at the time that I would change my name just because I had moved to a new place. Perhaps at seven years old I didn’t realize how big of a deal it was. Perhaps I had some inherent burgeoning desire to go against the grain. Besides, I was complimented on my name all throughout kindergarten. Regardless, I grew up in a society that found my name foreign. I saw the hesitation when teachers read down the name list, and like many of my foreign-born peers—most of whom have much more difficult names—I began expecting people to pronounce my name wrong the first four times. It came to the point that I felt slightly apologetic every time I introduced myself. Beyond that, I became very tired of racial stereotyping, of people expecting that I knew or did certain things because I had branded myself as more Chinese than the other Chinese-Canadians. Sometimes I felt the need to prove that I was Canadian. We all adopt fancy foreign names when we take a language class or when we visit an exotic location—names we would probably

not answer to in a crowd. But this isn’t like vacationing in Thailand or studying abroad in Spain. I had proudly become a Canadian citizen and planned to build my entire life in North America—with my name my involuntary masthead. And so for years I struggled with whether I should adopt an English name. Would people remember me better with an easier name? Would it better my career prospects? Vulgar as it sounds, should I just do society a favor? Even at Duke I vacillated between the two options. I know at least four people of Asian descent who had changed their ethnic names right before college. They, like me, grew up frustrated by the hesitation, the confusion and the endless explanations on their side. One of the most powerful pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten came from a fellow Duke student who went through a similar crisis. She, like me, left China at a young age and then spent the rest of her life in the U.S. She went through elementary with her Chinese name, adopted an English name in high school, and then switched it back sometime in her first couple of years here. When I asked her why she made that last change she told me a striking anecdote about a congressman and an airplane that I can’t do justice to here. But her message was clear—never let others tell you who you should be, and if you can successfully go through life with your naming disadvantage you’ll be made all the more stronger. I didn’t quite understand the full extent of this at the time, but am beginning to. As you’ve probably noticed, I’m still Bochen, and not Nina or Blair or Addison or some other name on my “Potential Names List”. I’m starting to see the validity in Shakespeare’s words—and now I’m questioning why I ever doubted him in the first place. There wasn’t a single moment of realization for me, no ‘aha!’ in the middle of the night. I still worry that employers will subconsciously judge me based on my name, but I am more concerned with changing my name for the wrong reasons. In the society of immigrants we live in, wanting to keep hold to our identities comes with a price, but it’s a price that I’m willing to pay. Perhaps one day when I feel significantly more “Western” than Chinese I’ll make the change. For now, I will take charge of my name and bend it to my will. I will make you remember it. Bochen Han is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Monday.

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efore college, I never felt Muslim. I feel a lot of things, all of the time—but very rarely do I feel Muslim. On good days, I have the privilege of taking Islam for granted. I forget I wear hijab and I assume that people are staring at me because I’m just so damn beautiful. On good days, I get to bask in the comfort of Islam being my way of life. I get the security of a faith that preaches “beautiful patience”, that teaches me to not ascribe intent to the actions of others and that consoles me with the emphasis on God being the most merciful. On good days, I just assume that people see my hijab as a symbol of my love of God and my desire for humility. On good days, I don’t worry what people think of my faith, because I assume my actions speak on behalf of my religion. But in the past few years, there have been a few times where I’ve felt Muslim. When the Bos-

that I and so many others are feeling. I feel a lot of things as a result of their loss, but more than anything I want to feel hate at the man who committed this horrendous act. I want to project these feelings onto him. I want him to feel the pain we all feel as a result of him taking their bodies from us. I want him to bear the hate that he projected onto the bodies of those three incredible individuals. But I can’t hate him. I can’t hate him for the tainted images of Muslims he has internalized. I can’t hate him because films like “American Sniper” exist and because there are hundreds of Facebook pages demonizing Muslims. I can’t hate him because in his mind he wasn’t killing the Yusor, Razan and Deah that were known and loved by so many. In his mind, He was killing the very face of evil and ugly that the media portrays to be Muslims. He was killing

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n third Wednesday of February, in year of 2015, the Cameron Indoor Coliseum will be home of cataclysmic rivalry event. Yes, you have guessed it right—this Wednesday, Kameron Krazies will jeer at utter degradation and humiliation of UNC men’s collegiate Tar Heel basketball team at the hands of a physiologically superior band of Coach K’s towering minions. It is said that each year, this lofty display of ignominy draws great attention from ESPN media and potbellied television watchers. I am personally so very excited to unite with my fellow Duke Comrades in joyful, daylong extravaganza of using alcohol-fueled school patriotism to mask feelings of the academic, social and career stress that slowly eat at my insides—much like swarm of Zemblian bull-flies nibble at twitching body of moribund hare on side of one-way road—leaving me each night so utterly and catatonically lonely on my twin-sized XL mattress!

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ton marathon bombings occurred—I felt Muslim. I felt what it meant to walk into a store and have 10 years of inaccurate media fueled hate projected on to my body by someone who knew nothing of me. When the adhan was going to be announced from the chapel, I felt Muslim. When people’s comments about my faith were wrought with a brand of animosity I still wish I didn’t know existed so close to home, when people threatened to hurt Muslim students on this campus, I felt Muslim. In post 9-11 mainstream America, to be Muslim is to be the bearer of evil. To be Muslim is to be a backward, women-hating, sword throwing savage. When I feel Muslim, I feel those labels forced upon my body. I feel those ideas being painted all over me. I feel myself unwillingly shrink to become small and irrelevant under the force of years and years of negative antagonistic media created ideas of what Islam is, and what it means to be Muslim. After the loss of Yusor, Razan and Deah I am overwhelmed with emotion, and I won’t try to force my words to make sense of this tragic and senseless loss. This has easily been the hardest thing I’ve lived through and I wont try to relay the kinds of pain and sadness and earth shattering sorrow for their closest friends and family

because he hated what he thought Yusor and Razan’s hijabs symbolized. I can hate that the media has created an idea of what it means to be Muslim. I can hate feeling Muslim. With the speculation that has emerged about the intent of the horrendous crime, I feel Muslim. You can’t fight something you don’t name. The media’s hesitation toward calling this a hate crime, says to me that people think that the right to practice Islam without fear is not a cause worth fighting for. Without naming this as the hate crime is was, the message is that hate toward Islam is not a cause worth deconstructing and extinguishing. As I stood side by side in the crowd of over 5,000 people asking God to grant mercy to Our Three Winners, I pleaded God to not let the lives of these three absolutely remarkable individuals go in vain. I pleaded God that Muslims and Non-Muslims alike take this tragic incident as a reminder of the importance of combating antiMuslim and anti-minority propaganda. I pleaded God that these are the last souls taken by ignorance and hate. I prayed to God that one day, feeling Muslim didn’t mean fearing for your life.

edit pages Nourhan Elsayed is a Trinity junior.

Anyway, enough of this weak speak about relatable human feelings! That is purpose of Me Too Monologues, Common Ground and attention-seeking columnists. But it has no place elsewhere on the rivalrous grounds of Duke. My father, he did always teach to me that in order to find happiness, one must numb the beating heart with cocktail of substances, meaningless coital engagements and blind pursuit of preconceived concept of success! Speaking of which, I must get to the purpose of this week’s essay! I have, after all, been personally commissioned by her holiness the Editor-in-Chief of the Chronicles of Duke to share my professional and unbiased perspective on what the Blue Devils must do to victoriously fork the Tarred Heels. Let me begin. As we have all learned with our Marketing and Management Study certificates, it is technique of successful enterprises to offer greatest rewards to provide incentives to work very hard. While legendary Coach Michael K. Krzyzewski makes small fortune every year, his salary is barely 5.3 times the stipend that University of North Carolina gives to their intern coach, Roy Williams. If University of Duke really desires public humiliation of UNC, it must provide larger incentive for Coach K. to put in the necessary labor to beat the Tar Heels. Considering his current salary and statue, it is my great fear that Coach K. will only battle UNC with complacence unless Duke immediately doubles his salary, purchases his a Maybach and commissions a statue to be made in his honor. Coach K. and his band of masculine heroes are now hot from a five-time victory streak and will be coming in to this matchup with great passion and confidence. It is rumor that leading scorer Jahlil Okafor proclaims that he is ready to score many points during the regulation game, and “hopefully some slam dunks if possible.” Okafor’s shorter counterpart, Quinn Cook, will not be slamming much dunk, but he will be slamming unwieldy bodies of Tar Heels together with his speed, agility and layup power. However, it takes very much more than just confidence or skill to defeat any team, no matter how lowly. A team must also possess the strategic intimidation necessary to frighten opponents into submission—much like each day here at Duke frightens me into submission every night!. To do this, we must provide welcoming banquet and ceremony for UNC basketball players. At ceremony we can feed opposition basketball players buffet of Sitar Chicken Tikka Masala and ample quantities of Loop Fried Macaroni and Cheese bites. After this, UNC team will worry less about Tyus Jones making a double-triple, and more about the impending failure of their digestive system. But most of all, what Duke basketball players will need to reign as victors is encouragement from us, their fans! It is our duty as fans to shower our basketball comrades with great love and attention when we see them on campus, at shooters and on the basketball field. I, for example, have taken it upon myself to anonymously deliver twenty-five Valentine’s Day cards and a bouquet of Zemblian flytraps for each freshman player in Wilson in order to provide them with encouraging illusion that many girls are desirous of them. I encourage all of us—masculine and feminine—to motivate our players with affection, autograph requests and timid stares of admiration from across Shooters dance floor. It is our duty to help them feel like allpowerful demigods! Ra ra Blue Devils! To hell with North Carolina! Ishmael is new to idea of sports rivalry. Already, eight UNC basketball players have filed restraining orders against him.

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12 | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015

StartupConnect Networking Fair 2015 Thursday, February 19, from 5:30-9 p.m. Gross Hall, 140 Science Drive StartupConnect brings students and employers together for networking and education. Each year, a panel of startup employers is selected to provide advice to students seeking internships and full-time jobs. Agenda 5:30 p.m. – Employer and Student Registration 6:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion 7:00 p.m. – Student-Company Networking 9:00 p.m. – Adjourn

For a list of the 30 startups that will be attending, visit http://startupconnect.eventbrite.com And be sure to RSVP. Free food and drink will be provided.

Brought to you by Duke University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, Pratt School of Engineering, and Career Center.

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