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‘A very young person in the White House on a power trip’ Immigration ban architect Stephen Miller’s journey from Duke to the West Wing Rachel Chason and Gautam Hathi The Chronicle When Charlie Rose asked President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Stephen Miller, Trinity ’07, about the “chaos and turmoil” that followed Trump’s executive order halting immigration, Miller responded with a line that was representative of his entire political career. “If nobody’s disagreeing with what you’re doing, then you’re probably not doing anything that really matters in the scheme of things,” Miller told Rose, Trinity ’64 and Law ’68. Miller—an outspoken conservative activist since high school—has faced intense scrutiny for his role in drafting and implementing an executive order that includes a halt on immigration from seven predominantly-Muslim countries and indefinitely bans Syrian refugees. The scale and severity of the ban took many by surprise and triggered protests at airports nationwide. But Miller has vigorously defended the order, which he likely coauthored with Trump’s chief strategies Steve Bannon, according to several media reports. An immigration policy long in the making Miller’s path from Duke to Capitol Hill to the White House foreshadowed his actions in

Max Goldberg | Courtesy of the Iowa State Daily Stephen Miller, senior policy advisor for the Trump campaign, throws up a peace sign while saying hello to the crowd before a Donald Trump event July 28 in Cedar Rapids.

the Trump administration. On CBS’s “This Morning,” Miller framed the executive order as a way of stopping threats to the United States from those who did not “truly love and support the United States of America.” Miller also claimed Sunday during an interview on Fox News

that the American people agreed with the goal of stopping people with harmful views— particularly radical Islamists—from entering the country. “They are interested in what we are interested in, which is preventing terrorism from spreading its roots inside the United

States of America,” he said. “If you look at recent terror attacks that have occurred in the United States, there’s almost always an immigration nexus, whether it be in the first generation or in the radicalized children of migrants.” Not everyone agrees with his opinion, however. A 2015 New York Times report cited a study by research center New America, which found that more people were killed in America since 9/11 by non-Muslim extremists than by radical Muslims. But Miller’s focus on the threat posed by immigration and by radical Islamic terrorism is not new—it reaches back to his time as a well-known conservative activist on Duke’s campus more than a decade ago. Miller and white nationalist Richard Spencer, a graduate student in Duke’s history department from 2005-07, collaborated on hosting an immigration policy debate in March 2007, according to two former members of the Duke Conservative Union. Spencer, who founded the National Policy Institute, has delivered a Nazi salute on camera and is credited with coining the term “alt-right.” He also made news on Inauguration Day when he was punched in the face during an on-camera interview. The debate between Peter Laufer, a University of Oregon professor and supporter See STEPHEN MILLER on Page 16

Jayson Tatum fuels win at Notre Dame on both ends Hank Tucker The Chronicle Nobody saw the best game of Jayson Tatum’s career coming Monday. The talented freshman took a lot of criticism during No. 21 Duke’s recent slide for his poor shot selection and lack of energy on defense. Even in the Blue Devils’ win against Wake Forest Saturday, Tatum scored just eight points and fouled out in 21 minutes of play before watching all of Duke’s dramatic comeback from the bench. But he was one of the primary reasons the Blue Devils needed no such last-minute heroics to win at No. 20 Notre Dame. Tatum set the tone for a strong defensive performance with an emphatic block of point guard Matt Farrell’s driving layup just more than three minutes into the game, and he hustled for loose balls all night, grabbing 14 rebounds in his first double-digit game on the glass. His effort translated into an efficient night with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting, with most of his buckets coming

on strong drives to the rim. “His energy on the defensive end led to him being terrific on the offensive end,” Duke interim head coach Jeff Capel said. “Jayson is a very, very talented player, and he’s learning how to become a really good player and has the potential to become a great player.” Tatum is the first regular contributor for Duke with both a block percentage and a steal percentage—which measure the percentage of defensive possessions a player gets a block or a steal on while he is on the court—of higher than 3.0 percent since Sports Reference started tracking those statistics in the 2009-10 season. The St. Louis native has used his length to contest shots well and jump into passing lanes all season, but Monday, he was finally able to do it while staying on the court. On a night when most of Duke’s team struggled with foul trouble, Tatum was not whistled for his first until his 25th minute on the court almost midway through the

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Duke gathers at Chapel to protest Liver transplant program Trump’s immigration order named best in the country Vir Patel The Chronicle Members of the Duke and Durham community met at the steps of the Chapel Tuesday to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order regarding immigration. During the protest, several students, faculty members and local residents spoke about their experiences with Islamophobia, refugees and the Trump administration. Danielle Purifoy, a graduate student in the Nicholas School of the Environment, noted that in her opinion, the University has a

Carolyn Sun | The Chronicle Speakers discussed Islamophobia and the Trump’s administration’s policies toward refugees.

responsibility to students who may be impacted by the order. “Duke University knows and has benefited from this country’s [immigration] policies. It is a world class university because of brown, black, Muslim, refugee, Latino and undocumented minds,” she said. “Duke has an obligation to protect the members of this community and to work to protect their larger communities here and elsewhere.” Among the steps Duke could take are subsidizing legal fees for cases involving the executive order, protecting student residency records and establishing itself as a sanctuary campus, Purifoy suggested. Sophomore Sydney Roberts, one of the event’s organizers and also a member of The Chronicle’s editorial board, said Duke needs to be a sanctuary campus. President Richard Brodhead previously wrote in an email to the Duke community that the term “sanctuary campus” has “no basis in the law,” but reiterated after Trump’s executive order that the University “cannot and will not share confidential student records with law enforcement agencies” without a subpoena. “Words alone are not going to protect our classmates, our TA’s, our professors, our friends and our family,” Roberts said at the protest. “We need a Duke that truly makes a stand for its students by providing financial means for those that are affected by this violent and immoral executive order.” Representatives from the group Duke See PROTEST on Page 4

Jackie Dillon The Chronicle The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients recently named Duke Hospital as the best U.S. medical center for liver transplantations in 2016. Duke’s liver transplant program—which was established as the first liver transplant center in North Carolina in 1984—has performed more than 1,000 transplant procedures, including 96 between July 2015 and June 2016. In both number of patients served and quality of care, Duke greatly outranks other facilities in the region, according to the SRTR. With its efficient delivery system, Duke moves patients off the transplant waitlist more than 2.5 times faster than the Courtesy of Duke Photography national average, with a waitlist mortality of Duke’s liver transplant program moves only 13.9 out of 100 patients per year. patients off the transplant waitlist more than After just one year on the waitlist, 72.5 2.5 times faster than the national average. percent of Duke patients receive their transplant, exceeding the U.S. average of financial and psychiatric evaluation. All 42.1 percent. cases at Duke are then reviewed by a “This is extremely important to patient hospital committee. outcomes,” said Dr. Stuart Knechtle, Once patients are approved, they executive director of the Duke Transplant are listed through the United Network Center and a liver transplant specialist. for Organ Sharing, with the sickest “These are very sick people, and the reality patients given priority. Donated organs is that patients die on the waiting list if they are allocated based on a regional system, meaning that Duke receives most of its have to wait too long.” Liver transplantation is typically organ donations from North Carolina and suggested for patients with end stage liver the surrounding states. disease, which is brought on by a variety of Apart from Duke’s expedited chronic illnesses. Before being added to transplant timetable, Knechtle said he the waitlist, patients undergo a screening process, which involves a medical, social, See TRANSPLANT on Page 4

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Undergrad Young Trustee candidates explain campaigns Jamie Cohen, Diane Hu Harrison Labban and Claire Xiao The Chronicle Editor’s note: The following profiles have been condensed due to print constraints. The full versions can be found online. Anya Ranganathan In her undergraduate Young Trustee campaign, senior Anya Ranganathan highlights how her experiences at Duke qualify her for the position. Ranganathan currently serves as the president of the Duke Panhellenic Association and as an undergraduate representative for the Board of Trustees’ Business and Finance Committee. She also interned for the City of Durham and co-founded Ungraded Produce, a company that works to reduce food waste. “My involvement with the University’s Board of Trustees Business and Finance Committee has afforded me a broad look at the structure of the University and how Duke’s individual schools are funded and operate,” Ranganathan said. Having grown up five minutes from Princeton University, she noted that she understands the way a university spills over into the community outside of it, benefiting society as a whole. “The purpose of a university is to generate knowledge—whether this is by sending educated graduates out into the world or conducting research in both humanities and science,” she said. Through her position as president of the Panhel, Ranganathan explained that she has had to take a holistic look at problems and consider multiple angles when making decisions. It is not her job to advocate for a

with your younger perspective to push Duke forward,” Ayogu said. “This is someone who has a really broad understanding of the Duke experience, who is able to give insights and make non-obvious and nonlinear conclusions from a variety of channels and make the best decisions for Duke as a whole.” Ayogu, who was born in Nigeria and raised in South Africa, referenced his experience as a member of the International First-Year Advisory Council and a member of Dukes and Duchesses as representative of his ability to understand both Duke’s history and future. With his international experience and knowledge working with students from many facets of Duke, Ayogu said that he would be uniquely qualified to address issues on Duke’s campus. He discussed three key issues on Duke’s— sexual assault, financial aid and the University’s rising global presence. He also connected his experience with his startup to the Young Trustee position. “Duke is on average 100 years younger than all its peers,” Ayogu said. “Duke is like Special to The Chronicle the startup of elite, premier educational Students vote on the Young Trustee from Feb. 14 to 15. The winner will serve a three-year term institutions. So it’s that kind of nimble and on the board, two of which as a voting member. innovative thinking that has allowed us to get specific group of people but rather to look understanding of the wide Duke experience where we are.” at what is best for everyone and translate that and his enterprising spirit in his campaign for into action, she said. undergraduate Young Trustee. Tanner Lockhead She added that she is open to listening Ayogu—a mechanical engineering Senior Tanner Lockhead’s campaign for to criticism and outside perspectives— major—co-founded The Releaf Group, an undergraduate Young Trustee is all about characteristics that she hopes to bring to the investment procurement platform that aims bringing people together. A public policy and political science major, Young Trustee position. to make investing easier in Africa. He is also “All of the candidates are well-qualified, the Class of 2017 President for Engineering Lockhead currently serves as vice president of but I have something special to offer,” Student Government and chairs the Diversity Durham and regional affairs for Duke Student Ranganathan said. and Inclusion Undergraduate Committee of Government and is an active member of Blue Pratt School of Engineering. Devils United. He is also a former columnist Uzoma Ayogu “To be a Young Trustee, you have to be See YOUNG TRUSTEE on Page 4 Senior Uzoma Ayogu emphasizes his thoughtful enough to make the best decisions

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University issues, he noted. Lockhead emphasized how quickly Durham and the local region is changing and said that the problems students face are for The Chronicle as well as a Benjamin N. Duke Scholar. evolving as well. Born and raised in Durham, Lockhead noted that his “We have lost focus on Duke’s place in Durham, North entire life has been defined by Duke and its impact on the Carolina and the South,” he wrote. “Investing in our community local community. isn’t just about Duke’s values, but also about capitalizing on “I grew up with this University,” he wrote in an email. “Duke untapped potential.” and Durham are in a massive period of transformation, and I Expanding access and socioeconomic diversity should also bring the perspective of someone who has experienced that be one of Duke’s priorities, Lockhead noted. transformation firsthand.” “Duke must adopt a multifaceted approach, from He explained that during his time as an undergraduate, he prioritizing financial aid expenditures over capital projects to has worked to build bridges—both between Duke and Durham on-campus support systems,” he wrote. and between identity groups on campus. He has helped establish an on-campus voting site, in addition to leading an Steven Soto LGBTQ-Christian discussion group and serving as a facilitator Senior Steven Soto described his campaign for for Common Ground. undergraduate Young Trustee as having the ultimate goal of Lockhead has also served as a representative on the building a community inclusive of all students. Institutional Advancement committee of the Board of Soto is the current president of Blue Devils United—Duke’s Trustees, which reviews the University’s strategic planning LGBTQ+ student group—as well as a Hispanic Scholarship and fundraising. This experience has prepared him to be an Fund Scholar and a former Duke Student Government effective student voice and has given him a unique lens into senator. He also participates in the Hart Leadership Program,

is a member of Dukes and Duchesses and helped found the Washington Duke Scholars program and Project Arts, a preorientation program focused on Duke’s art community. “I’m the first person in my family to have gone to college, so for me, coming to Duke was less of a checklist and more of a chance for boundless opportunity for my family and me,” Soto said. “Becoming the Young Trustee is a way to begin a long process of showing my gratitude not only for my own benefit but for this place as a home.” Soto’s campaign pushes diversity and inclusion not only for students but for faculty as well. “I don’t think [diversity] should necessarily be a message conveyed,” Soto said. “I think it should be a message that’s at the foundation of everything that we do at Duke.” As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and the first Latinx finalist for Young Trustee, Soto said he believes his experience would bring a unique perspective. Although the Young Trustee is not meant to be a student advocate, the position is tasked with making Duke the best university it can be, not only for students now, but also in the future, Soto noted. Additionally, Soto has focused on financial aid in his campaign. “As a student who requires financial aid in order to stay at Duke, I can speak on it intimately and in an immersive way,” he said. Soto explained that if selected as Young Trustee, he will continue moving forward with the strategic priorities and long-term goals of the Board of Trustees, including issues like campus construction and “building [Duke’s] brand internationally.”

TRANSPLANT from page 2 also attributes Duke’s high ranking to successful, longterm patient outcomes. “Long term outcomes, the one and three-year survival rates, which are greater at Duke than everywhere else, reflect the commitment of the entire continuum, from the coordinators, hepatologists, surgeons, psychologists, social workers and nurses—it is a reflection of the Duke community.” Knechtle said. With a reported success rate of 94.6 percent one year after transplantation, Duke received an outcome assessment score of 5 in 2016, which is the highest level possible from the SRTR. Clinical research studies and innovative technologies have also contributed to Duke’s optimal patient outcomes, Knechtle said. This may increase the number of viable donations in the future. “Preservation [of livers] in the past has used cold storage, where the donated organ is flushed with [a special solution] and kept on ice to slow down the metabolic rate of the organ,” Knechlte said. “However, there is evidence that cooling and rewarming damages organs and cells.” Knechtle noted that Duke faculty are currently exploring an alternate storage system for livers, with broader potential applications for heart and lung transplants. Duke’s specialized physician recruitment has also reinforced the strength of its transplantation program, Knechtle explained. “This is a highly sophisticated academic medical center with tremendous expertise across all disciplines,” he said. “We really specialize in multidisciplinary complex care as well as clinical and basic research. We are at the forefront of medical developments in transplantation and will continue advancements into the future.”

PROTEST from page 2 University as Sanctuary also emphasized their support for University action, comparing Duke to other schools like the University of Pennsylvania—which, according to a message from Penn President Amy Gutmann, is providing those affected with “legal counsel and other resources.” “What we are asking for today is that the University take legal, explicit action to support the students here,” a member of the group said. The speakers also touched on what they consider to be larger issues with the Trump administration, including Trump’s plan to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. “Walls are the opposite of problem solving. Walls between countries are all about cutting off dialogue when we most need it,” said Charles Thompson, professor of the practice in the department of cultural anthropology. “Commit yourselves to building bridges. We want this campus to extend a bridge to other cultures—that is why we are here.” Abigail Xie contributed reporting.

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Sorority life. Feminism. A lot would say that the two ideas are incompatible, that a system based on placing women into groups based on a pre-established social hierarchy has no place in the empowerment of the modern day woman. In some regards, that statement rings true. Sorority life can reinforce unrealistic and outdated stereotypes: that women must remain pure and virginal (which contradicts the stereotype that, according to popular culture, they are the exact opposite), that beauty comes from following idealized Western beauty standards and that the only way to belong is to be willing to conform. Recently, students at Duke have challenged these notions and how they play out in organizations on campus. Posters put up around campus criticize Duke sororities for being cult-like and predominantly white and have suggested that being in a sorority means members have no personality and do not have to deal with the struggles associated with being an independent woman. The posters also cited problems involved with Greek life in general: that belonging to a Greek organization is a risk factor associated with on-campus sexual assault and that parties thrown by Greek organizations can sometimes have politically incorrect themes. I belong to Greek life on campus, and I will be the first to criticize the system in general as well as the faults of my own sorority. But I had a problem with these posters; although they bring up important points that have been and continue to be dealt with within the Greek community,

they paint Greek women as onedimensional and fail to mention any of the benefits being in a sorority can offer. Not one girl I know in a Greek organization fits the mold of a “stereotypical sorority girl” or joined their organization because they wanted to fit in and have their social calendar planned for them. Personally, my sorority is one of the more diverse organizations I belong to on campus, both in terms of background and of personalities and interests of the women who belong to it. Because of my sorority, I have been able to have open conversations about issues on campus that I wouldn’t necessarily be comfortable

editor’s note discussing with anyone else: issues of sexual assault, of eating disorders on campus and of the complexities of being a woman in a world of high academia, among others. I have been able to engage in dialogue with women completely different from myself, women who have offered me perspectives that I never would have considered otherwise. Contrary to the stereotype of having to conform to belong to a sorority, the reason that I joined and continue to belong to my organization is because every woman in it is different. So can you be in a sorority and still be a feminist? Are the two

ideas inherently contradictory? I would argue no, and moreover, that it’s difficult to be in a sorority and not be a feminist. It’s easy to look at sororities from the outside and say that the institution perpetuates conformity and unnecessarily pits women against each other; it’s harder to be in one and be surrounded by smart, motivated women and say the same thing. The belief at the basis of feminism is a belief in equal rights for everyone, regardless of gender expression or race or sexuality, and being in a sorority with a group of diverse women has only reinforced my advocacy of these ideals. Even simply in the context of networking opportunities, sororities empower women by connecting them with successful alumnae, something that may not have been possible without membership in the organization. Obviously, there are some flaws in the system: the entire recruitment process is still slightly super ficial and divisive, and the high price of membership and low incidence of scholarships means that sorority life is not open to everyone. My argument, though, isn’t that there are no problems with sorority life, or that sororities are the epitome of feminism and women’s empowerment; it’s that being in a sorority does not automatically make you a lesser woman devoted to the perpetuation of demeaning stereotypes. You can be Greek and still be feminist, and you can belong to an organization and still be strong and independent. I would contend that two ideas are not inherently at odds—that they are, in fact, complementary. —Georgina Del Vecho

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Student-owned Madeleine & Tartine sells political apparel Nina Wilder The Chronicle

Protests, which are unequivocal cornerstones to American democracy, have been swelling across the United States since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Hundreds of thousands of women poured into Washington, D.C. to participate in the historic Women’s March two weeks ago, their rallying cries for equality echoing throughout the U.S. in similar demonstrations that stretched from Los Angeles to New York. Last Saturday, airports across the country were engulfed with protesters demonstrating against the recent executive order which halted immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries and displaced hundreds of refugees. Indeed, we are in the throes of a civil rights movement that is comparable to that of the 1960s. And while Duke is quite familiar with the art of the protest, political resistance can be practiced in myriad ways. Madeline Halpert and Elliott Bolzan, two Duke sophomores, are proof of that fact–their recently launched online clothing store, Madeleine & Tartine, is an act of political defiance with a personal touch. The motivation for the store arose from an inquiry into a French political movement–understandable, given the fact that Bolzan originally hails from France and Halpert has a matched passion for the culture and language–and a desire to “show

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Special to The Chronicle Sophomores Madeline Halpert and Elliott Bolzan launched their own online clothing store as an act of political defiance.

people how [they] felt about things.” “Madeline was interested in this French cultural event from the late 19th century called the Dreyfus affair,” Bolzan explained. “It was essentially a denunciation of antiSemitic policies by a famous author and one of the things he said was, ‘J’Accuse…!’ or, ‘I accuse!’ We just thought we needed to get it on a shirt somehow.” Getting the phrase on a shirt, as it turns out, was a relatively easy process. Bolzan and Halpert decided to use Shopify, an online commerce platform which drop-ships the attire

as it’s ordered, to be a vendor for their items. Bolzan and Halpert make their designs in Adobe Illustrator when the inspiration strikes and can list it on their website as soon as it’s ready. “Within an hour we can be selling a new shirt,” Bolzan remarked. Madeleine & Tartine markets itself as a “French-American destination for attire inspired by leftist propaganda, conspiracy theories, aesthetically pleasing dead languages, and more” on its Facebook page, an appropriate encapsulation of the store’s

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eclectic collection of political and cultural clothing. Their t-shirts feature references to ever ything from “The Big Lebowski,” to French rappers and politicians. Their best-selling piece of apparel? A t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Defund Mike Pence” (“Before he defunds you!” the description reads). “[The store] definitely started out as part political for us, but our shirts are about a third feminist slash hardcore political, and the See APPAREL on Page 10

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Collaborative festival kicks off Lunar New Year Month Will Atkinson The Chronicle Two hours before the Lunar New Year Festival Saturday, the scene in Penn Pavilion was a hectic one. As I spoke to a few of the event’s organizers, students darted in and out constantly. Red tablecloths decked the booths where dozens of organizations set up shop for the night. To celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rooster, three Asian-interest clubs on campus— the Asian Students Association, the Chinese Student Association and the Singapore Students Association— joined forces with numerous SLGs, Greek organizations and other student groups to put together a Lunar New Year Festival on a scale unprecedented at Duke. The decision to stage the New Year celebration came in the wake of the success of last year’s MidAutumn Festival. In the past, Asianinterest groups at Duke have tended to put on events independent of one another. “We decided it would be really interesting to bring everyone together and come up with something a little more large-scale,” ASA social vice president Sonny Byun said. This year, however, organizers made collaboration a goal, and they hope to make those efforts a lasting trend. “I think this, at least within the Asian community, should bring in a new norm of groups working together to organize larger-scale events compared to people doing things independently, which is what [had] always been happening,” outgoing SSA president Ayden Sng said. What resulted was an event that drew hundreds of students in a line stretching well into the Bryan Center Plaza. Inside, a stage hosting music and dance groups overlooked bustling rows of tables where participating organizations featured snacks, games, calligraphy painting and photo booths. According to ASA cultural vice president Michelle Li, many international students from Asian countries have a hard time celebrating the Lunar New Year at school, away from family and friends

Special to The Chronicle Numerous student groups came together Saturday night to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rooster at Penn Pavilion.

at home. To have an on-campus event such as Saturday’s is meaningful. For those unfamiliar with New Year traditions, the festival doubled as a chance to learn and enjoy the customs of other cultures. It also may help to correct some misconceptions about Asian culture. “I think a lot of people think t h a t A s i a i s l i t e r a l l y o n e c o u n t r y, w h i c h i s n o t t r u e , ” L i s a i d . “ [ I t ’s ] a lot of unique countries with unique customs.” In the end, Li continued, the objective is simply to have fun, to appreciate what is, in her words, “one of the coolest holidays ever.” “There is a need for someone to fill this,” Sng added. “We hope that through the activities that are organized, through interacting with the exec members of all the different cultural groups—we hope that people can get a purer understanding of how the Lunar New Year is celebrated in different countries.”

Special to The Chronicle The Lunar New Year Festival this year is more large scale than it has been in years past.

Saturday marked only the beginning of a month-long celebration. Through Feb. 25, at least one event per weekend will take place, including a Karaoke Night, a movie screening and the Chinese Lantern Festival. A “passport book” invites students to collect stamps at ever y event in order to win prizes in the final weekend. The Lunar New Year Month culminates with the ASA Lunar New Year Showcase Feb. 24-25, a series of per formances by music and dance groups. The showcase, in previous years, has

been one of the only consistent events to ring in the Lunar New Year at Duke. As a combined effort between groups, LNY Month may set a precedent for the celebration of Asian cultures at Duke. The new month fills what has long been, to Byun, a “cultural deficit” on campus and unites organizations in a common cause. “At the end of the day, we’re all ultimately celebrating the same thing,” Byun said. “So why not make it as good as possible?”

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Cancel the Rose Parade. I know “La La Land” has earned the undying praise of critics, the Academy and lovers of symmetrical faces everywhere, but all that is over now. There’s a new sheriff in Tinseltown, and his name is TWMUWTTP (The White Male Undergrad Writing This Think Piece). You may expect TWMUWTTP to have nothing but praise for “La La Land.” After receiving 14 Oscar nominations (!?), the film has catapulted to the upper reaches of the Things White People Love power rankings (resting snugly between golf and British musicians with sex appeal). But TWMUWTTP is a rare breed. He knows a problem when he sees one. And “La La Land” had its share of problems. Before I give this film the smackdown it deserves, I want to stress that there are no gray areas in film criticism. Just as it is a totally valid exercise to deem one of the year’s pictures “best,” if TWMUWTTP takes any issue with any aspect of a film, that means you should not go see it. And if any friend of yours suggests that you go see it, you should give that friend the ol’ Dick Spencer treatment. PROBLEM THE FIRST: Why does the salvation of jazz fall on the shoulders of Ryan Gosling? We get it, director Damien Chazelle. You dig jazz, and that makes you incredibly interesting. But for someone whose entire film career is predicated on the love of a music genre, Chazelle asks strikingly few questions about his work’s orientation toward the subject of his affection. TWMUWTTP is not saying that it is essentially problematic for Ryan Gosling, a white, Caucasian, non-black man, to play jazz’s white, Caucasian, non-black savior. After all, that would imply that Ryan Gosling is fallible.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Damien Chazelle’s musical “La La Land,” though entertaining, is still problematic.

Yet it is strange that if a person who knew nothing about jazz were to see “La La Land,” she might have no idea that the transcendent genre was largely forged in the crucible of American black oppression. The movie is only tangentially about jazz, so this oversight is merely a deal breaker rather than the subject of a Supreme Court case. (I’m still waiting to hear back from my lawyers about Russell Crowe ruining the film version of “Les Mis.” Step up, RBG!) But still. TL;DR, if you want to have a nuanced conversation about “saving” jazz, it’s kinda weird to not remark on the fact that a white dude is spearheading the conversation. PROBLEM THE SECOND: Emma Stone’s character does ever ything Ryan Gosling’s character says. Emma Stone’s character, Mia, is a struggling actress. Gosling’s character, Sebastian says (I’m paraphrasing), “Keep struggling. Creative passion is fuel for the soul.” So Mia does. Then Seb says, “JK, grow up.” So Mia moves home from LA. Then he says, “Disregard what

I said about growing up. You must be an actress even though the film thus far has offered little evidence that you have talent.” So Mia returns and becomes a star. Female agency is a tricky pickle. Actually, no it’s not. Just give females some agency. TWMUWTTP recognizes that Emma Stone’s Mia is an actress. Her need for approval may merely be a symptom of the disease of the stage. Still, when a film released in the year of our Lord Justise Winslow 20 seems unaware of the fact that its female protagonist acts pretty much exclusively on the wishes of its male protagonist, that is a problem. And because of that problem, you are not allowed to pass go, collect $200 or like this movie. PROBLEM THE THIRD: The entire movie is an orgy of Hollywood self-congratulation. Did TWMUWTTP mention that “La La Land” got 14 Oscar noms? Think that’s a coincidence? Hollywood loves high-fiving itself for fueling America’s dreams. Yet a skeptic, and TWMUWTTP is nothing if not

a skeptic, would argue that the film functions as a sort of Horatio Alger tale for struggling artists. “La La Land” tells us that we should be aware of Hollywood’s problematic ideals and anti-meritocratic structures, but we needn’t dwell on them. As long as we resign ourselves to a life of mediocre personal relationships and throw ourselves into the work (spoiler: Gos doesn’t get ‘em dawg), any career is possible. Of course, one could argue that the beauty of “La La Land” is in the struggle, not its realization. Songs function in the film as lovely daydreams; dialogue presents the often brutal reality of artistry. Both Sebastian and Mia achieve their respective dreams because they are zealously dedicated to their crafts, yes, but more importantly, they’re devoted to the larger idea that beauty is worth fighting for. One could argue these points, they’d just be guilty of light treason punishable by, of course, death. Quick tangent: TWMUWTTP is not denying that Chazelle, director of 2014’s “Bullying Sometimes Gets Results” (editor’s note: The film was titled, “Whiplash”) is unskilled in cinematography. Some of the shots in “La La Land” (read: all of the shots involving Ryan Gosling) are downright gorgeous. Chazelle is, indeed, a talented weirdo who makes films that are less than perfect. Therefore you shouldn’t see any of them. Back to my enumeration of problems 4 through 99… PROBLEM THE F— (Editor’s note: this goes on for thousands of words more, but we’re going to shut it down here. It’s OK to like movies even if they’re imperfect, especially if we have an inclusive conversation about those imperfections. Let’s just skip to the end.) Anyway, that’s why I should be elected president for not liking “La La Land” before it was cool to not like it. End of list. Take that, beloved Hollywood movie. But more importantly, congrats to me, TWMUWTTP.

Recess Post-Rush Playlist: Because we’re all friends again Recess Staff The Chronicle Have the post-rush blues? Celebrating a bid from the frat or sorority of your dreams? Need some sick beats to remind you that you can’t push off school anymore and need to get back into the grind? Recess has got you covered for post-rush with the simple reminder that ever ybody at the end of the day will still be friends and not destroy our freshmen friend groups and that ever ything is going to be just the same. Cheers! “Friends Theme”–The Rembrandts Who doesn’t love feeling warm and fuzzy with “Friends?”

freezing and the sidewalks are ice. “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”–War Sometimes, things just don’t work out. Move on, buddy. “I Will Remember You”–Sarah MacLachlan Cry about ASPCA commercials, or appreciate MacLachlan’s vocals. Whatever floats your boat. “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”– Randy Newman Toy. Story. Enough said. Buzz and Woody forever.

“You’re My Best Friend”–Queen Queen is still royalty in our book.

“With A Little Help From My Friends”–The Beatles Friends are important. But not as important as the Beatles.

“Sleeping With A Friend”–Neon Trees Because who needs relationships when you have really good friends?

“Clique”–Kanye West, Jay Z, Big Sean All of your favorite rappers in one decent song.

“All My Friends”–Snakehips Going out with friends is important, even when it’s below

“Wannabe”–Spice Girls Blast it at a party, studying, reminiscing back to 8th grade.

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others are film references or French references,” Bolzan said. “We’re just very influenced by political issues,” Halpert admitted. This political influence is most pronounced in Madeleine & Tartine’s Reproductive Health collection, from which they donate 50% of their profits to Planned Parenthood. It’s a form of resistance that’s especially salient in light of the new administration’s unyielding attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization which provides Americans with family planning and sexual health services across the nation. “Maybe in the future we would consider other organizations, but we’re both interested in women’s rights and I think that Planned Parenthood is a very pertinent issue that we both feel pretty strongly about,” Halpert said. One of the more farcical shirts in the collection is a manipulation of the Texas Longhorns logo, which resembles a reproductive organ more than a football team’s brand. “Madeline always wanted this famous uterus sweatshirt but it was super expensive, like $200,” Bolzan said. “And I thought that we could totally make a uterus shirt that’s not $200… and so I was designing a uterus and I thought it looked like the Texas Longhorn logo.” “We try not to take ourselves too seriously,” Halpert added. But the absurdity works–Madeleine & Tartine was able to break even on their profits after their first month selling attire online and they’re in talks with a Houston-based record store to sell their Texas Longhorn shirt. The two Duke sophomores aren’t necessarily in it for the money, though, as noted by Bolzan. “Our profits are not huge, but one of the motivations for doing this–because we essentially got the idea right after the election–was doing something awesome and democratic and in line with our ideals. It’s not all about making money,” he said. Because of the ease with which they can make their t-shirts and distribute them, and the added encouragement of profit, Bolzan and Halpert are only looking to expand with Madeleine & Tartine. Perhaps new collections are on the horizon (“I would love to donate to an organization working against gun violence,” Halpert mentioned) or their distribution will expand to new venues. But one thing’s for sure: attire for politically-active and French-savvy people just became way more exciting.

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DUKE FOOTBALL’S GOOD NEIGHBOR Richard Brodhead’s role in hiring David Cutcliffe changed the program’s trajectory

Amrith Ramkumar The Chronicle As Duke President Richard Brodhead navigates his final semester, The Chronicle will be examining his impact on athletics with a series of articles, continuing with one about Brodhead’s relationship with Blue Devil football head coach David Cutcliffe and his program during its transformation. Check back in the coming days for stories about Brodhead’s impact on Duke’s athletic facilities and much more, and read about Brodhead’s bond with men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his program online. Every year toward the end of Duke football’s fall camp, President Richard Brodhead speaks to Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe and his players. “What do I say to the football team? I used to have to say something to the football team, which is that our football team used to be notoriously not very good. You can count how many games our team won in my first four years as president. I’m sure it’s not a doubledigit number,” Brodhead said. “Someone once said to me, ‘Why does it make sense for everything else to be about excellence at Duke, and football to lag so far behind?’ It was not a question I could easily answer.” From 2004 to 2007, the Blue Devils actually won four total games. But Brodhead’s decision to hire Cutcliffe in December 2007 changed Duke’s program forever, and his final months as president offer a unique perspective into how far the Blue Devils have come. ‘Don’t worry, Dick, it’s not your fault’ Brodhead’s tenure as president has seen the University cement its elite status with progress in many areas, including athletics. Duke has captured 10 of its 16 total

Photo Courtesy of Duke Photography The Blue Devils captured their first bowl win in 54 years in December 2015 at the Pinstripe Bowl in New York. Brodhead (right) is pictured with Cutcliffe (middle) and Faculty Athletics Representative Martha Putallaz, professor of psychology and neuroscience.

national championships since 2004, with its men’s basketball and women’s golf teams among the best programs in their respective sports. But as the Blue Devils made progress in each of their 26 varsity sports, Duke’s football program continued to flounder, to the point that it claimed to be the worst team in the nation to win a lawsuit and get out of playing Louisville in nonconference play in 2007. “The games were so long and so errorridden. The thing is you have to train just as hard to be on a losing team as a winning team,” Brodhead said. “But why shouldn’t the University give you a chance to be on a

Han Kang | Chronicle File Photo Wallace Wade Stadium has undergone major renovations during the Brodhead-Cutcliffe era as the team has gone from perennial cellar dweller to a consistent postseason threat.

winning team?” “When I came and I’d go to those games, all credit to the people who were on the teams at that time, I have a lot of respect for them, but a year when you have a 1-11 record or you’re ahead until the very last minute and somehow contrive to lose the game, very dispiriting. It’s meant to be a source of inspiration, instead it was a total downer. Someone said to me in my first year as president, ‘Don’t worry, Dick. It’s not your fault. Our team hasn’t been good for 40 years, except for the [Steve] Spurrier years.’” Other former senior administrators echoed Brodhead’s point, noting that Duke’s lack of success hurt the University’s sports culture and image as a school that is successful academically and athletically. “Football is obviously the huge hole in any perception of athletics at Duke. We were just awful,” said John Burness, former senior vice president for government affairs and public relations. “Someone who shall remain nameless had retired sometime back. I asked what it was like to be retired. He said, ‘Every day feels like Saturday except you don’t have to go to a Duke football game.’” “I actually felt when we were in that period when we had just horrible football teams, just really bad, it actually detracted from some of the character that makes Duke a special place,” former provost Peter Lange said. “We had this campus spirit which is partly built around athletics, and having a season when we were so bad and we had that horrible tailgate at that time—it almost got fed by the weak quality of the football team.” “I always thought if you could have a

stronger football team, so that football would be a little more of a presence in the fall, a little more something to build spirit around, that that would actually enhance the culture.” That culture transformation has occurred since Cutcliffe’s hiring as Duke won 38 more games in his first eight seasons than it did in the eight that preceded his arrival. The immediate connection between the former SEC Coach of the Year and the University’s ninth president is a major reason why. ‘Who are you going to get?’ After Duke fired Ted Roof in late November 2007, former athletic director Joe Alleva and company set out to find a new head football coach. Burness noted that Brodhead had long wanted the football team to take a new approach to achieve different results, and the University’s president had an active role in vetting Cutcliffe—and making the Tennessee offensive coordinator want the job. “Dr. Brodhead played a significant role in me wanting the opportunity to coach at Duke. He was the person I visited with early in the morning in the interview process,” Cutcliffe said. “I think immediately, we hit it off. I knew he was the type of person I wanted to work with. I hope he felt the same immediately, I believe he did in conversations we’ve had since.” Because of how quickly the interview process moved, Cutcliffe said he drove all night to get to Durham to meet with Brodhead. “I chose to drive where if I wanted to turn See BRODHEAD on Page 12

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BRODHEAD from page 11 around, I could,” he said. “I wasn’t sure, I did not know much about Duke, I had never visited Duke.” Cutcliffe stopped in Hillsborough for about two hours before arriving on campus at about 3:30 a.m. He walked Duke’s campus, noting that the still and quiet campus landmarks like the quad, chapel and Wallace Wade Stadium “told a story of some history” that interested him. To get to know an unfamiliar university, Cutcliffe spoke to a few people in housekeeping—the group that arrives on campus that early in the morning. Their long periods working at Duke and the way they spoke about the University drew him in further before he met with Brodhead. “I knew the facts of his career. He’d been a head coach. He had the notable feature of having been the coach of two extremely famous quarterbacks [in Peyton and Eli Manning]. He also showed his appreciation of Duke,” Brodhead said. “It was a funny time to be hiring somebody, to be hiring someone to be the coach of what was then the poorest team for 40 years in Division I football. Who are you going to get? But his combination of his very high-end experience and his humility and his instinctive appreciation of Duke, you just knew it right away.” “When I talked to him, a moment I’ll never forget. He came early, drove all night from Knoxville. He came early and he walked the campus. It was one of those late fall days when there are these golden leaves everywhere. He got it. He talked about the appearance of the campus in a way that made you realize this wasn’t going to [just] be his next job, he was going to connect with the meaning of Duke.” ‘I fell in love with his vision’ One of the main topics for Brodhead and Cutcliffe to discuss was how to improve Duke’s talent level without compromising the University’s academic and admissions standards. Despite his background as a player at Alabama, assistant coach at Tennessee and head coach at Mississippi—all three traditional SEC programs—Cutcliffe wanted his new program to stay unique. “He said to me, ‘I’ll never ask you to admit an academically weak student to make our football program,’” Brodhead said. “He said, ‘They won’t do me any good because they’ll be so anxious about their academics when they’re on the field that they won’t perform that well.’ We have never had one moment of arm wrestling over this kind of issue in his

Ian Jaffe | Chronicle File Photo The Blue Devils have had four National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award winners since 2012, including DeVon Edwards in 2016.

eight years here.” Brodhead’s belief that Cutcliffe could improve the on-field product with that approach also made the highly-touted quarterback guru want the job—Duke’s president wanted someone with a vision and plan different than what had been done before. One of the first things Cutcliffe did when he arrived was ask his new players to collectively lose 1,000 pounds, the first step in building a program around fitness and discipline. “[Brodhead] believed we could do both— be better in football and maintain the integrity that this university has displayed through the years, not only academically, but in every aspect,” Cutcliffe said. “I fell in love with his vision, and I felt strongly if we could bring the right people here. That’s what I talked with him about, that we needed the quality of people that it would take to run a major college football program. He kind of lit up in that conversation, which I was pleased with.” In addition to typically ranking among the nation’s best football programs in graduation success rate, the NCAA’s measure of studentathletes who graduate within six years, Duke’s football team has had four recipients of the National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award since 2012. The 12 honorees each year are finalists for the Campbell Trophy, known as the academic Heisman. Quarterback Sean Renfree (2012), offensive lineman Perry Simmons (2013), linebacker David Helton (2014) and redshirt senior safety DeVon Edwards last fall were Duke’s recipients, with Helton going on to

Juan Bermudez | Chronicle File Photo Quarterback Daniel Jones and his teammates have been part of some of the best recruiting classes in program history.

win the Campbell Trophy. Brodhead is extremely proud of the Blue Devils’ four-year bowl streak from 20122015 and 2013 Coastal Division title that highlighted a 10-win season. But the program’s academic success also makes his eyes light up. “I can’t tell you how proud that makes me. The National Football Foundation came down and had a luncheon, they do it with the nominees so I’ve been to two of them,” Brodhead said. “The Sean Renfree year, he invited six faculty members, one of whom did not know he played football while he was in her class.” “Jeremy Cash signs with the [Carolina] Panthers, but he was the scholar athlete of the year in the ACC [in 2015]. That’s the kind of program I want. So when I talk to the football team, I talk about how the team has risen. I talk about the commitment a Duke athlete makes to their sport, their education and to education of character, which is a big part of sports.” An annual National Coach of the Year candidate After Brodhead spoke to the Blue Devils last fall, one of their captains noted how much they appreciate the support of Duke’s president. “There’s so much he’s done for our program. Going out his last year, we want to make it a special one for him so he can remember Duke football. He always will,” redshirt senior quarterback Thomas Sirk said. “He’s been so supportive of our football program, and obviously the new press box and [new facilities] have to go through him and

The Chronicle the university, so we’re just so thankful for him accepting that Duke football is relevant.” Brodhead also has a unique relationship with the team because of his house’s close proximity with Wallace Wade Stadium and Duke’s practice facilities. “Every year, when Dr. Brodhead comes amongst our team, our guys are at immediate attention, particularly the older ones. Our older guys have learned what I learned. Dr. Brodhead doesn’t have to prepare a speech,” Cutcliffe said. “He’s never going to be overlengthy. But the message is genuine, it’s sincere, it hits the spot, it’s delivered with a quietness that maybe football players aren’t so used to. There’s an excitement to it.” “They know he’s our neighbor. He always refers to us as his neighbor. God bless he and Cindy for the whistles, the music and the loudness. We’re a morning practice team, so I’m sure at some point he doesn’t feel so good about Duke football, but he does speak to us as a neighbor as well as being our leader.” Although Cutcliffe saw his team’s four-year bowl streak end last fall with a disappointing 4-8 campaign defined by serious injuries to three of the team’s four captains, including Sirk, it is worth remembering that Duke only won four games once in the nine years before he arrived. Since reeling in four-star punter Will Monday in 2011, signing four-star prospects has become common for the Blue Devils. In each of Duke’s last three recruiting classes, Cutcliffe and his staff have signed multiple four-star talents as rated by ESPN, including seven in the Class of 2016. In November 2012, Cutcliffe signed a contract extension through June 2019—he has since become the Blue Devils’ longest-tenured coach since the 1960s. Although he has been linked to several recent coaching vacancies, including at Michigan and Tennessee, Cutcliffe has elected to stay in Durham as his program continues its rapid ascent. “I’m actually not surprised. If it hadn’t happened, I couldn’t have complained. It’s unreasonable, the quickness with which we’ve advanced. He’s an extraordinarily superb person,” Brodhead said. “As far as I’m concerned, he should be the National Coach of the Year every year.” “This is what David Cutcliffe understood. It wasn’t a matter of having a winning season, you really had to turn around a long history. I remember when David would say whether he won or lost, in his first year, he would say, ‘We’re not here to win this game. We’re here to build a program.’ It was a multi-year strategy. That’s what paid off.” Hank Tucker contributed reporting.

Chronicle File Photo Duke won 48 games in Cutcliffe’s first eight seasons—38 more than the Blue Devils won in the eight years before he arrived—and made the 2013 ACC championship.

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But once again, Duke clamped down on defense when it mattered most and held the Fighting Irish without a made field goal second half. Although the 6-foot-8 forward for the next five minutes. finished with four fouls, with the Fighting The Blue Devils also controlled the Irish attacking the basket relentlessly down glass in the second half to make sure the stretch and his teammates forced to they did not give up any second chances. help without fouling, he still played a Tatum’s 14 boards propelled Duke to a 38career-high 37 minutes. 26 rebounding advantage, and classmate “[Defense] was a big focus,” Tatum said. Harry Giles also grabbed all five of his “We were just trying to be a well-rounded rebounds after the break, making the team tonight and I most of his time on think it showed.” the court after Amile e’re becoming the Tatum and the Jefferson fouled out to team we want to be, Blue Devils’ efforts seal the win. held Notre Dame to the team we’ve been working Notre Dame only just 25 points in the to be. had four secondfirst half—its lowest chance points all day, — Sophomore Luke Kennard with all of them coming halftime total of the season. Instead of in the first half. faltering in the closing minutes of the half “It really started with our defense in the like Duke did in its last three games against second half,” junior Grayson Allen said. “We Miami, N.C. State and Wake Forest, it held knew a team like them, they’re going to the Fighting Irish scoreless for the last make some shots, so it was just staying with it 3:41 before the break and scored the last and limiting them to one shot.” seven points of the period to open up a The final box score will show that the 12-point lead. Fighting Irish still managed 74 points Notre Dame shot just 2-of-10 from 3-point and 49 in the second half, and the Blue range in the first half, as senior sharpshooter Devil defense did slacken up for a bit to Steve Vasturia had to force several contested let them back into the game. But Duke shots and finished the night with just seven played as close to a 40-minute game points on 1-of-9 shooting. defensively as it has in several weeks, “We didn’t want to give up straight-line fueled by its lone freshman starter drives, and we didn’t want to over-help Monday night, and the crucial road win when they did drive, because they’re so should give Tatum and the Blue Devils dangerous because of how they shoot the confidence heading into the second half basketball,” Capel said. “We did a really of the conference schedule. good job of that.” “We really locked in.... We can be a really Defense became a challenge to start the good team when we get the stops that we second half, when Notre Dame switched did, especially in the first half,” sophomore to a smaller lineup and made 13 of its first Luke Kennard said. “We’re becoming the 18 shots to trim the Blue Devil lead to one team we want to be, the team we’ve been at one point with 6:24 left in the game. working to be.”

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ften, the statistic that one in five women will be sexually assaulted while attending college is met with eye rolls and a belief that this must be an exaggeration. It’s easy to see where this misconception comes from. Despite Duke University’s undergraduate population of 6,639 students, student conduct received only 124 student sexual misconduct reports during the 2015-2016 school year. However, remember that 90 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses are not reported, allowing for explanation of this low number. Looking further into the Sexual Misconduct Review for the 2015-2016 school year reveals an even greater crisis: lack of completion of these misconduct reports. Out of only 124 student sexual misconduct reports, 101 reports were closed without investigation. These reports consisted of 22 reports against nonDuke students, 11 reports that ended with a request to not proceed from the complainant, 29 reports that had insufficient information for an investigation and 12 reports in which the complainant asked only for a no-contact directive with the accused. Of the reports that actually were able to

class attempted to tackle the problem of sexual assault at Duke. Through the class, the group We Are Here Duke was formed, which has expanded from a group within an academic course to a club open to all students who are interested in gender violence activism on Duke’s campus. Van Meir, a co-president of We Are Here Duke, has been with the group since its founding in 2014. Along with Duke Support, an organization that supports survivors of sexual assault and gender violence on campus, We Are Here Duke currently is creating a map of locations where Duke students have been sexually assaulted. The organization is collecting data anonymously through a survey that will ultimately be turned into a public display of sexual assault on campus. The survey has already received 40 responses and Van Meir has hopes that once the map is displayed publically, more people will feel compelled to add the locations of sexual assaults. Along with her involvement in We Are Here Duke, Van Meir also founded Duke Students Against Gender Violence (DSAGV), an organization dedicated to fostering the coalition of all campus groups that work against gender violence. This organization is

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proceed to investigation, five students withdrew from the university before receiving sanctions, two students were still waiting for the results of the administrative hearing and 16 students had gone through an administrative hearing to determine responsibility. After narrowing down the reports from 124 to the 16 that reached an administrative hearing, 10 of these hearings resulted in sanctions. Six resulted in a finding of insufficient evidence to find the student responsible. Of the 10 students found responsible, five students received disciplinary probation, one student was suspended for three to six semesters and four students were expelled. The fact that only 16 of 124 reports reached an administrative hearing is shocking. Perhaps the difficulty of taking a report all the way to an administrative hearing is one of the deterrents influencing why only 90 percent of sexual assaults are reported. I am not the only one who has seen the breakdown that this report shows. There are students and student-run organizations on campus dedicated to supporting survivors, preventing assaults, and improving the way in which Duke handles sexual assault cases. Jessica Van Meir, a Trinity senior, is one such student. In the fall of 2014, Van Meir was one of the first students to take a service learning class titled “Telling Stories for Social Change: Confronting Sexual and Domestic Violence at Duke and in Durham.” This

currently working on a campaign to improve the safety and experience of Shooters II Saloon. A survey will soon be distributed to students asking for stories from Shooters in order to assess safety. DSAGV plans to present these stories to Kim Cates, the owner of Shooters, to discuss ways to improve safety. This particular campaign idea was conceived after a student emailed Cates and Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs, explaining the story of a friend’s assault at Shooters and the harassment she faced while trying to intervene. DSAGV hopes to be able to work with Cates in order to make Shooters a safer place for everyone. “I get the sense that the majority of students understand that [gender violence] is a problem and position themselves against sexual assault,” said Van Meir. “We definitely need more people actively engaged in activism in order to address it.” Activism is exactly what Duke and other college campuses need in order to combat gender violence and sexual assault. Without the impassioned students who work tirelessly for organizations such as We Are Here Duke, Duke Support, DSAGV and others, the dismal prospects outlined in last year’s Sexual Misconduct Review will remain the common trend. Delaney Dryfoos is a Trinity sophomore. Her column, “let’s talk sex,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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The Blue Devil crossroads Trump and China

hen I got accepted early into Duke, I could not pronounce “Krzyzewski”— let alone spell it. My friend had told me some kid named Jabari was going to be in my class. I said “great” and pretended I knew who he was. The only Duke basketball game I have attended at Cameron was last year’s game against UNC—a disappointing loss. In short, basketball has not had a direct impact on my Duke undergraduate experience. I would argue that for an increasing number of students each year, basketball is not the defining reason that makes or breaks their decision to apply to Duke. While people weren’t paying attention, Duke became a top-ten school: one that can thrive without the athletic or social appeal of a state school. With an increasing number of facilities such as the West Union, Student Health Building, Arts Building and universitydefining programs like DukeEngage, Bass Connections and the Focus

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home since 1995. The last time we had lost to NC State on home turf was also when Coach K had been unable to coach due to back problems. What struck me most about this fact was that the last time we lost to NC State at home, I, a senior at Duke, was not yet born. Our streak against NC State at home has literally lasted my lifetime. I recognize that this one defeat does not reflect the current state of the program. After all, the current team is still incredible despite setbacks, including injuries both to players and to Coach K. This loss pushed me to reflect on how long Coach K has been at Duke and how much I have taken his program and Duke basketball’s impact on campus for granted. This impact extends beyond just the personal. Regardless of Duke’s success as an institution, Duke basketball influences almost every sphere of Duke. The Chronicle is dominated by articles related to the team, Duke Alumni is defined by their continued dedication

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Program, Duke unequivocally has built an undergraduate experience worthy of a top-ten institution. I would conclude that with this academic and social development, Duke as an institution does not need basketball. But that conclusion would ignore the true indirect impact that Duke basketball has on the Duke Community. So while Duke as an institution might not need basketball, Duke as a place of community and personal growth certainly does. Without a doubt, Duke basketball helps build quintessential school spirit in an awe inspiring and natural way, which is something other more constructed methods have failed to do. There is no doubt in my mind that Duke basketball creates a certain sense of belonging for every member of the Duke community. This belonging does not require applications, interviews or rush to enter, but is defined only by one’s willingness to commit to believing in Coach K, his team and a love for Duke basketball. Take tenting, for example. While the process surely can be miserable at some points in time, it allows students to maintain and strengthen friendships. Tenting as a process cannot function if every individual has the same schedule. As a result, it encourages the development of diverse friendships that might have otherwise died out. There is something magical about the burning of the benches after a victory against UNC. This magic does originate in the defeat itself. There are many teams we beat each year, but this tradition creates a unique moment in which every member of the Duke community shares a common interest and happiness. I worry for the future of our school and what might be a disappointing crossroads. I recently watched last week’s game against NC State. When the final score proclaimed NC State the victor, the commentator mentioned that this game was our first loss against NC State at

n intense anti-Chinese rhetoric has characterized Donald Trump’s campaign and first days in office. Criticizing China for having “ripped off” the U.S. with unfair trade deals, Trump has threatened on multiple occasion to slap high tariffs on Chinese imports in order to bring industrial jobs back to the U.S. He has also threatened to recognize the independence of Taiwan, an outstanding break from the “One China policy,” as well as to impose a blockade on the artificial islands that China has built in the South China Sea in order to reassert territorial claims. American-Chinese tensions have reached such a height that a Chinese army official recently said that war with the U.S. is increasingly a “reality.” At the same time, Trump has continuously voiced his support for improving diplomatic relations with Russia, and also has scrapped the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a treaty that many foreign policy experts deem essential to counter China’s growing influence in the Pacific area. Why is Trump aggressive towards China yet friendly to

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their money. This huge inflow of capital to the Treasury and U.S. stock markets allows the government to borrow without any risk of insolvency, and more generally feeds the domestic demand for imports. The economy becomes “financialized,” increasingly stripped of real-value production in favor of speculation in varied sectors such as the housing market—thus, the 2008 housing bubble and the subsequent financial crash. In addition, China has been enacting hidden protectionist measures in recent decades, such as keeping its currency artificially low to favor exports. The American people have gradually come to realize that the “happy” globalization promised by elites was actually “happy” for the sole “1 percent” of the population—mainly high-ranking employees of multinational corporations and financial institutions. In 2016, they voiced their anger through Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. One could argue that even though free trade is bad for the average American, it contains China. In fact, when economies

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to the sport and each spring the student body commits to living in tents for the sake of a single game. With such an influence, a question remains: what will happen to Duke basketball without its god? What happens when Coach K finally leaves? Duke is unique in its position as a top-ten institution. Few other elite private universities boast such a stellar academic record while maintaining a top-notch athletic program. However, it is my fear that Coach K has propelled Duke basketball beyond expectations. That without him, the spirit of Duke will be changed. Is Coach K’s legacy enough to carry on this intangible spirit of Duke basketball as well as its history, tradition and culture? Or does Coach K’s inevitable retirement mark the decline of the program? The question then becomes: does the magic of Duke basketball belong to the university, or to Coach K? There are those who reassure me that Coach K has plans in place and that plenty of universities maintain stellar basketball programs without such a coach. Duke basketball will not die completely without Coach K. But I worry that it might lose that special spark—the one that unites this campus as a whole and provides a collective sense of community. To echo a friend of mine, “There is no replacement for Duke basketball.” I trust those words. The question then remains: if we cannot replace Duke basketball, what happens when the Blue Devils eventually arrive at this crossroads? I wish I had an answer or a way to preserve the current spirit. However, we should not ignore the issue at hand. I believe this provides all the more reason that we seek to give thought to the inevitable and find our way through. George Mellgard is a Trinity senior. His column, “esse quam videri,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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Russia? And why would the new President scrap a trade deal that supposedly would contain his seeming foe, China? In order to understand those questions, one needs to grasp the essence of Trump’s political platform. The new President wants to put America, and American working and middle classes “First,” therefore bringing back to the country industrial jobs that are good-paying, stable and prone to wage increases. In sum, he wishes to reduce America’s trade deficit (exports minus imports) by enacting protectionist policies and preventing China from being protectionist. Many people have told me Trump was a fool who did not understand anything about economics. If protectionist barriers were put in place, they argued, prices would go up, either because of the tariffs or the higher costs of relocalized production in the U.S., which would hurt the purchasing power of the very working and middle classes Trump aims to help. But there is no evidence that in aggregate terms the mass outsourcing of industrial production to developing countries, which started at the end of the 1970s, has had positive effects on American workers and middle classes. The U.S. average wage adjusted for inflation has remained steady at roughly $20 per hour from the beginning of the 1980s to 2014; yet the U.S. GDP (adjusted for inflation) grew every single year—often more than 4 percent—during that period, except for the years 1982, 1991 and 2008. Worse, the real hourly federal minimum wage has actually decreased during that period, from $8.89 (2015) dollars in 1980 to $7.25 dollars in 2015. It is true that the outsourcing of most American industrial production chains decreased prices for many products, but for many Americans, this decrease in price has not matched the decrease in income that they have known. In reality, the decimation of American working and middle classes that has led to the election of Donald Trump reflects the humongous imbalances of the world economy. The status of the dollar as the world’s currency reserve leads net exporters like China, South Korea or Japan to purchase US-denominated financial securities—most notably U.S. Treasury Bonds—in order to safely store

become dependent, the stakes of economic actors are too high for war to occur between two countries. But this theory has failed to materialize in the Chinese case. The American elite thought that in the long run, multinational corporations that produced in China would gain total access to the Chinese domestic market. This would require China to adopt American commercial norms and institutions and turn into an allied liberal democracy. But the U.S. soon came to realize that the Communist Party had an economic strategic plan: upgrade China’s industrial production to highervalue goods and become the world leader in innovation, research and technology. Instead of containing China, the West offered this country access to its technology, expertise and markets, therefore allowing an economically-robust China to become a world leader that could project diplomatic, military and cultural power. What about the argument that Trump should not have scrapped the TPP in order to contain China? Now that the U.S. has retreated from a trade deal in the Pacific, China could set up its own free trade agenda, therefore exercising hegemony. In fact, just like the U.S. in the 1940s, China is now a major economic powerhouse with huge savings that it is ready to invest in other countries, thereby setting the rules of the game. But Michael Pettis, a Beijingbased economic theorist and financial strategist, debunked that argument. In fact, in the 1940s, Europe and East Asia, destroyed by war, were in dire need of investment to rebuild their economies. However, today these regions mostly have developed economies and do not need such reconstruction investments. China is the rising power of the 21stcentury, the only one that can actually challenge U.S. hegemony. Trump aspires both to keep China in check and rebuild the U.S. economy, while all of his threats and provocations towards China aim to give him bargaining power in the negotiations. Most importantly, Trump believes—and I agree with him—that he can break a deal with Russia and bring it to his side in the new cold war that is slowly taking shape. Emile Riachi is a Trinity sophomore. His column, “the voice of dissent,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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STEPHEN MILLER from page 1 of open borders, and Peter Brimelow, an immigration restrictionist, focused on whether America is in fact a nation of immigrants and the economic consequences of closing or opening the the U.S. border with Mexico. “My impression is that this was height of their collaboration,” said Bill English, Trinity ’03, who helped found DCU as an undergraduate and was in graduate school with Spencer at the time of the debate. English added that he would not characterize Spencer as a mentor to Miller, although he did say that both himself and Spencer “periodically played advisory roles” in the DCU. It is now clear, English noted, that Spencer and Miller “had different sorts of critiques of immigration.” “[Spencer] certainly believes that some races are biologically superior to others with regard to intelligence, creativity, selfcontrol and such,” said English, now a professor in the business school at Georgetown University. English said that neither he nor members of DCU, including Miller, embraced Spencer’s views “when he occasionally tipped

his hand” about his beliefs. But Spencer told Mother Jones that he found it “funny” that so few people had picked up on the connection between him and Miller. “I knew him very well when I was at Duke,” Spencer said in the article. “But I am kind of glad no one’s talked about this because I don’t want to harm Trump.” Miller told Mother Jones that he had “absolutely no relationship” with Spencer and completely repudiated his views. Neither Miller nor Spencer responded to repeated requests for comment from The Chronicle. David Bitner, Trinity ’10, was a member of the Duke Conservative Union for two years and a friend of Miller’s, whom he affectionately referred to as “Miller-Time”—the tagline Miller used in his columns for The Chronicle. Bitner—who called Miller “provocative and hilarious”— noted that he never heard Miller discuss banning immigration from specific countries and never heard him talk about refugees. “I don’t think that in terms of the substance of the executive order there was any foreshadowing during Miller’s time at Duke,” Bitner said. He said the primary issue that he associates with Miller was

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In another column, Miller drew links between illegal immigration, “political correctness” and the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. “We criticize our concerned officials for fear-mongering,” he wrote. “We oppose common-sense security measures. We give driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. Meanwhile our enemy yearns to attack with all the force of Sept. 11 multiplied a hundred times. What will it take for us to understand?” Miller also implied in the same column that lax border security could lead to a weapon of mass destruction being unleashed inside in the United States. “Does anyone seriously believe that with our porous, undermanned, underfunded domestic security we can really hope to prevent the release of a WMD on our soil once terrorists get their hands on the necessary materials?” he asked. From Duke to the West Wing After his time at Duke, Miller’s focus on immigration intensified as he charted an unusual path to the White House. While working in the congressional office of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who has been nominated by Trump to be attorney general, Miller created an “immigration handbook” full of talking points against a bipartisan immigration reform bill being considered by Congress. According to Politico, that handbook was essential in defeating the bill. “We had been working on the ideas in it for months, and Stephen put it in the handbook in a very quick time in a very cogent fashion,” Sessions told Politico. “It was very timely, and it impacted the outcome of the vote.” Looking at the common threads running through Miller’s career, it is not surprising that he was chosen to write and defend Trump’s order on immigration. Miller has appeared on network and cable TV shows a number of times during the past few days defending its rocky rollout. Some have suggested that Miller has been given too much free reign to implement his personal political agenda. North Carolina Rep. David Price, a Democrat, specifically singled out Trump’s political advisors for their focus on ideology instead of competent administration during a Monday event at Duke. “President Trump’s action shows the pitfalls of surrounding himself with amateur advisors, advisors who may be long on ideology but certainly are short on competence, short on experience, short on any sense of this country’s history and what we stand for,” Price said. “Amateur advisors who have no experience in government, no interest in making government work. They welcome the chaos.” Ideology vs. reality Those who knew Miller during his time at Duke say that even then, he was more interested in big ideas than the nuts and bolts of governance. Elliott Wolf, Trinity ’08 and former president of Duke Student Government, noted that Miller never held any significant leadership positions on campus. “I don’t think Stephen has ever been in a governing position,” Wolf said. “He was never the leader of the conservatives on campus, but a fringe fighter as head of the Students for Academic Freedom.” But Miller’s apparent prioritization of ideology over practicality may not survive the withering attack it is currently facing. On Monday, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough lashed out at Miller on his show “Morning Joe.” Scarborough suggested that after a meteoric rise based on an immigration-focused ideology, Miller may run into problems when his aggressive style and deepseated ideology meets the reality of government. “It was Stephen Miller sitting in the White House saying, ‘We’re not going to go to the other agencies, we’re not going to talk to the lawyers. We’re going to do this all alone,’” Scarborough said about Miller’s role in pushing the executive order. “You’ve got a very young person in the White House on a power trip thinking that you can just write executive orders and tell all of your cabinet agencies to go to hell.”