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DUU creates OFFSEASON STARTS WITH A BANG version of ‘The Jeter announces decision to transfer after Tatum declares for NBA Draft Bachelorette’ on campus Caroline Brockett The Chronicle Roses are red, love is in the air and the Duke Bachelorette is trying to create a perfect pair. Working in conjunction with Duke Student Broadcasting, Duke University Union’s first-year internship program is helping to create Duke’s own version of the popular reality show “The Bachelorette.” The show will take the form of three 10-minute episodes in which a bachelorette will choose one of her four suitors, each representing a different type of personality. Episodes will be streamed via Facebook or YouTube April 7 and April 10 with the See BACHELORETTE on Page 16 Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Jeter becomes the Blue Devils’ fifth transfer since 2012 and Tatum is the team’s eighth one-and-done in the past seven years.
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Just a few days after the Blue Devils’ stunning second-round exit from the NCAA tournament, many expected NBA and transfer decisions to come early and often for Duke. And sure enough, five days after the team’s season-ending loss, two players have already announced their decisions to leave Durham early. Star freshman Jayson Tatum announced Wednesday that he will forgo his final three seasons of eligibility and declare for the NBA Draft as expected. Less than 24 hours later, the Blue Devils lost another
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frontcourt player when the team released the news that sophomore forward Chase Jeter will become the program’s fifth transfer since 2012. Although Tatum’s decision was essentially a formality given that the St. Louis native is projected to be a top-five pick, Jeter’s was less certain. The 6-foot10 forward came to Durham as a five-star recruit and was expected to contribute up front for the Blue Devils in each of the past two seasons. However, he struggled to crack the rotation, averaging fewer than three points and three rebounds in fewer than 15 minutes per contest in both seasons. “I have loved my time at Duke, getting a world-class education and competing alongside my brothers every day,” Jeter said
in a release. “After careful consideration, I decided it would be best for me to transfer to a school closer to home. I’ve made long-lasting relationships here and I want to thank my teammates and coaches for the support they’ve given me over the last two years.” The Las Vegas native spoke at length about how he had improved last offseason, particularly at the Adidas Nations showcase, but inconsistent play and a back surgery prevented him from making an impact in 2016-17 as Duke relied on Amile Jefferson, Tatum and Harry Giles in the frontcourt. Jeter will transfer after the spring semester, joining Michael Gbinije, Alex See M. BASKETBALL on Page 16
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that an increasing number of addiction cases are originating from legitimate legal prescriptions. “The number of individuals that for logical and appropriate reasons get an initial… legitimate legal script from a doctor and who ultimately become addicted through that mechanism is relatively high,” he said. “When those patients are no longer able to get the medications that they crave through legal mechanisms, many then revert to… illegal mechanisms. The availability of cheap narcotics on the streets has proliferated in a way that no one ever anticipated.”
Opioid addiction has skyrocketed across the country, and North Carolina has been hit hard. Approximately three people die every day from opioid overdoses in the state, which has four of the top 20 cities for opioid abuse nationally, with rural and poorer areas particularly affected. Yet experts and policymakers are still optimistic that increased awareness and oversight will help stop the crisis. Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers See OPIOID on Page 16 and State Attorney General Josh Stein announced a proposal called Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) aimed at restricting opioid prescriptions and increasing funds for heroin addiction treatment in the state. The proposal asks for $20 million over two years for substance abuse treatment but does not allow state funds to be used for needle exchange programs. Pharmacies would be required to check a controlled substance database for a patient’s prescription history if they have reason to believe the patient may be obtaining the drug for improper use. Doctors would also have to prescribe controlled substances using a computer, rather than paper, to avoid fraud due to stolen prescription pads or forgery. In addition, the proposal would further mandate that pharmacies report what controlled substances they dispense to the database. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Christopher Edwards, associate professor The STOP act would increase funding for of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, noted heroin addiction treatment.
Samantha Neal The Chronicle One year after two brothers were diagnosed with cancer, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is raising money to donate to the new adolescent and young adult oncology program at the Duke University Health System. Shave for Schreiber, Buzz for Bobby— named for junior Mark Schreiber and sophomore Bobby Menges—will take place in Clocktower Quadrangle Friday afternoon and will feature a shave-a-thon for people to shave their heads in solidarity with cancer patients. There will also be an auction at Devine’s Restaurant and Sports Bar Thursday. Through their efforts this year, the fraternity hopes to make the fundraiser an annual event. “We don’t want this to just be an event until I graduate,” Menges said. “We want it to be an event where I can come back in 20 years, and they’re still having Shave for Schreiber, Buzz for Bobby, and they don’t even know who those people are.” The fundraiser began last year in honor of Schreiber, who was diagnosed with brain cancer during winter break, and Menges, who suffers from neuroblastoma. The fraternity raised more than $60,000, with $20,000 donated in the first 24 hours. Senior Petros Palandjian—former president of Pi Kappa Alpha who helped lead the fundraising efforts last year—noted that other fraternities, sororities and sports teams have become involved. “Last year, it ended up going viral, and we had people contacting us from California
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and other countries,” he said. This year, their goal is more conservative with the event’s online GoFundMe amount set at $20,000. Still, Schreiber said he hopes that corporate sponsors will match donations from the Duke community. In addition to the monetary and publicity benefits of the fundraiser, Menges said he is looking forward to Friday’s event because it reminds him of all of the support he has received. “Last year, it was the best day of my year,” Menges said. “It meant a lot to me when a See FUNDRAISING on Page 16
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Academic Council committee Intellectual humility could affect plans to examine faculty rank your view of religion, politics Claire Ballentine The Chronicle At its Thursday meeting, the Academic Council considered two new committees—one on faculty rank and one on student affairs. The Executive Committee of the Academic Council recommended that the Council establish an ad-hoc committee on faculty rank distribution and reinstate a student affairs committee, which were both approved. The idea for the student affairs committee was motivated by results from an undergraduate experience survey, explained Emily Klein, ECAC member and professor of
Bre Bradham | The Chronicle During its Thursday meeting, the Academic Council also approved a proposal for a committee examining student life.
earth sciences. “Student life affects students’ education, and it’s clear that we should have a voice in that,” she said. Duke Student Government first approached ECAC about collaborating on student programs last year, but the Council realized it did not have the bandwidth to appropriately help, Klein noted. The committee—which would include eight members appointed by ECAC, with two-year terms each—will aim to explore matters relating to student life and formulate a faculty response to student requests or activities. Some council members questioned if the committee would be overwhelmed with student requests. Nan Jokerst, J. A. Jones professor of electrical and computer engineering and chair of the Academic Council, explained that DSG would act as a filter. Trina Jones, professor of law and another ECAC member, presented a proposal for the creation of a committee that would examine changes in the numbers and demographics of tenure and tenure-track faculty, as well as regular-rank, non-tenure track faculty and nonregular rank, non-tenure track faculty. The committee plans to summarize its findings on the implications of these changes and report back to the Council in Spring 2018. Jones noted a general increasing trend in non-tenure track faculty at universities nationwide. “No one is suggesting that anyone at See COUNCIL on Page 16
Hannah Palczuk The Chronicle Although some attributes might differ across political lines, psychologists have found that both liberals and conservatives share the trait of “intellectual humility.” In a study conducted by Duke researchers, intellectual humility was defined as being aware of the potential of being wrong. Led by Mark Leary, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, the study aimed to determine how different degrees of intellectual humility affect behavior. “Despite any stereotypes that paint religious people or conservatives as blindly dogmatic or arrogant, there is no correlation between measures of religiosity that we measured or measures of political orientation as far as intellectual humility is concerned,” Leary said. Kate Diebels, a former Ph.D. student and a researcher on the study, said that the extremity of someone’s beliefs—rather than the beliefs themselves—was the greatest indicator of intellectual arrogance. Leary and his team created a unique intellectual humility scale that correlated the trait with other attributes such as openness, curiosity, tolerance of ambiguity and dogmatism. They then conducted four separate studies to measure intellectual humility in participants with different political and religious views. In one study, subjects read essays arguing for or against religion and were then asked to rate the author’s personality. Intellectually humble individuals—defined using the
Courtesy of Duke Photography Mark Leary led the study, which measured intellectual humility in its participants.
scale—were less critical of the anti-religion author’s character than were intellectually arrogant subjects, the study showed. Another case sought to measure openmindedness and tolerance by studying people’s views on politicians who change their minds on an issue. Intellectually humble participants were less willing to criticize politicians for changing their mind in light of new evidence, which is pejoratively known as “flip-flopping.” Those with higher levels of intellectual humility also discriminated between strong arguments and weak ones more successfully See HUMILITY on Page 16
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Duke enters the heart of its ACC schedule riding a 5-game winning streak Amrith Ramkumar and Phil Coons The Chronicle As most Duke students were away from campus enjoying Spring Break, the Blue Devils looked to take advantage of extra time away from the classroom to build on a three-game winning streak. By continuing to improve on both ends of the field, Duke did just that with two more easy victories, and now the Blue Devils will look to show they are true contenders this season. After cruising past Jacksonville and Georgetown by a combined 12 goals, No. 11 Duke will face its second top-10 opponent of the season at 1:30 p.m. Saturday No. 11 when it takes on Duke No. 6 Syracuse at vs. the Carrier Dome in No. 6 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. Two of the Blue Devils’ five SATURDAY, 1:30 p.m. wins in a row came Carrier Dome against top-20 foes, and after collapsing early in the season at then-No. 1 Denver, Duke is trying to show how much it has grown heading into its ACC gauntlet. Head coach John Danowski’s team will take on three more top-15 conference foes following Saturday’s contest in North Carolina, Notre Dame and Virginia, meaning every play will count when the Blue Devils and Orange rekindle one of the sport’s best rivalries. The two historic programs have met as conference foes and with enormous ACC and NCAA tournament stakes, and
Neal Vaidya | The Chronicle Against another veteran faceoff specialist in Ben Williams, Kyle Rowe will need to have a big day for the Blue Devils to earn a top-10 win.
this matchup promises to join a long list of entertaining shootouts. Like Duke, Syracuse is carrying plenty of momentum into the game coming off an 8-7 win at then-No. 14 Johns Hopkins. “We have played [Syracuse] in all these neat venues and places and they have a great tradition of lacrosse,” Danowski said. “They are really well-coached and they have five one-goal victories [this season], so they are battle-tested. They know how to win the close games and that is not going to rattle them at all. They are just flat-out good—good at goalie and faceoff, with some dynamic offensive players and some
strong athletes on defense. They have very few weaknesses we can see.” Although the Blue Devils are relying on a number of new faces around core offensive veterans Justin Guterding and Jack Bruckner, the Orange (5-1, 1-0 in the ACC) boast one of the most experienced offensive units in the nation. Fifth-year senior Sergio Salcido leads the way, as the former walk-on already has six goals and 14 assists so far this season and is his team’s heart and soul. In the overtime win against John’s Hopkins, the Winter Park, Fla., native had a team-high three points.
“The Salcido story is great, he was a walk-on, fifth-year senior and a great story for athletics and young people,” Danowski said. “He’s got 14 assists this year but we also know he can score. He had four goals against us last year, I think he has averaged six points a game against us in his career. He loves playing Duke and has been very successful at it.” Denver transfer Brandon Bomberry will also test a Duke defense that has shown improvement in recent weeks, as the junior has a unique ability to create his own shot. Bomberry netted the game-winner in his team’s last contest and has combined with veteran midfielder Nick Mariano for 25 goals through six games. Like Salcido, Mariano has had past success against the Blue Devils (7-2), but Duke goalkeeper Danny Fowler will look to get his team off to a strong start in ACC play. The Blue Devils gave up 29 goals to the Orange in two games last season, and hope a recent streak of allowing 6.2 goals per contest in their last five games bodes well for Fowler and the defense in front of him. Danowski emphasized the importance of adjusting to Syracuse’s attacking style and doing the little things well in a hostile environment, with many of his underclassmen on defense about to get their first taste of ACC lacrosse. “Winning faceoffs always helps you play less defense,” Danowski said. “Playing smart on offense and not allowing runouts and people to get easy ones always helps your defense and staying out of the penalty box—all those things help.” See M. LACROSSE on Page 13
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Nine former Blue Devils go through annual pro day Hank Tucker The Chronicle On the same day Jayson Tatum, a surefire lottery pick, declared for the NBA draft after just one season, nine Blue Devil seniors tried to make an impression on NFL scouts at the team’s annual pro day with hopes of getting drafted at their sport’s highest level. But with most of the participants completing speed and agility drills in front of a crowd of about 30 scouts on Duke’s indoor practice field at Pascal Field House, the Blue Devils’ best pro prospect could only stand on the sideline and watch with a clipboard in hand. Safety and kick return specialist DeVon Edwards is still recovering from a torn ACL he suffered Sept. 24 against Notre Dame. With six kick returns for touchdowns in his college career—the
most in program history and one shy of the NCAA record—Edwards will likely get consideration from NFL scouts, but he only participated in the bench press Wednesday and could not show off his speed to pro teams. “I encourage those guys to continue to watch the tape.... He’s put together three and a third seasons on tape that may be as good as you can find in college football,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Whomever ends up taking him, and it could be somebody sees a reason to draft him, it could be as a free agent, we will be watching DeVon Edwards play football next year on Sunday. I believe that deep in my heart.” Cutcliffe started the day by addressing the scouts in the team meeting room and brought Hap Zarzour, executive director of athletic medicine, with him to provide See FOOTBALL on Page 13
Photo Courtesy of Duke Athletics Anthony Nash went through workouts in front of scouts Wednesday, but one of his most talented teammates could not run—DeVon Edwards is still recovering from a torn ACL.
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Duke eyes first win against a ranked team in 2017 Michael Model The Chronicle With about two months left in their regular season, the Blue Devils know they have plenty of time to make an NCAA tournament push after a late-season surge got them into the field last year. But after inconsistent play led to a disappointing first month, Duke needs to start stringing together quality performances to give itself a chance to build on last season’s success. The Blue Devils’ first ACC road series will give them an opportunity to do Duke just that and make a statement early in vs. conference play. No. 19 Duke will look Virginia to shake off recent FRIDAY, 4 p.m. inconsistency when Davenport Field it takes on No. 19 Virginia this weekend at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va. The teams will do battle Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. To earn their first victory against a ranked opponent this season, the Blue Devils will need to show more poise on the mound—Duke head coach Chris Pollard’s team has allowed 7.2 runs per game in its last six contests, particularly struggling with walks and wild
pitches that gift opponents free offense. “We’ve seen good clubs offensively speaking over the last 10 ballgames and we’ve got another one ahead of us this weekend,” Pollard said. “The key is the same regardless— force teams to swing the bat early in the count, limit free bases and play solid defense. That’s the formula for success.” In order for the Blue Devils (12-11, 3-3 in the ACC) to combine the ingredients for that formula, they will need stronger performances from their bullpen. Even when Duke has gotten strong starting pitching, starters like junior southpaw Mitch Stallings and freshman lefty Adam Laskey—who will start Friday and Saturday, with the team’s Sunday starter to be announced—have only been able to watch their teammates blow leads or let opponents pull away. That was the case Sunday, when junior Ryan Day gave his team five solid innings before the team’s relievers surrendered 10 runs during the next four frames in an ugly 11-2 loss to Wake Forest. The Blue Devils allowed 26 runs in their first three contests against ranked opponents this season and will need both their starters and relievers at their best to give closer Jack Labosky a chance to put the home team away late in games. “If you get good starting pitching and you play good defense, you’re going to find yourself in a lot of ballgames in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings,” Pollard said. “If
Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Southpaw Mitch Stallings will face one of his toughest tests yet this weekend in Charlottesville. A strong start could put his team in position for a key road ACC win.
Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Chris Proctor and the Blue Devils are hoping to get their offense in gear against a dynamic Virginia lineup batting .309 this season.
you do that consistently, good things are going to happen and I think that’s been something we can build off of.” Holding Virginia (17-5, 2-4 in the ACC) in check offensively, however, will not be an easy task. The Cavaliers—who lost four of their first six conference games in series against top-10 foes in North Carolina and Clemson—are batting .309 as a team. The Blue Devils will also have to be especially careful when facing the heart of Virginia’s lineup. Junior Adam Haseley leads the team with his .390 average and seven home runs, and fellow junior Pavin Smith is right behind him with six home runs to go along with 27 RBIs. Facing one of the most powerful offenses it will see all season, Duke will not be able to survive the self-inflicted wounds that have defined many of its early-season losses—the Cavaliers started the season by scoring at least nine runs in seven of their first eight games, a mark the Blue Devils have only reached four total times this spring. To that end, Duke will need increased offensive production in order to get above the .500 mark in the ACC. The Blue Devils are hitting a mere .262 as a team and will look to continue to swing the bats like they did in a 10-run outburst against Maryland Eastern Shore Tuesday. Led by sophomore star Jimmy Herron, Duke will try to counter the Cavaliers’ offense
with efficient hitting of its own. Batting leadoff, Herron leads the Blue Devils with his .329 average and nine stolen bases through the first third of the season. He will look to get on base and threaten Virginia starters Daniel Lynch, Evan Sperling and Haseley early in contests. Although the Cavaliers boast a loaded offense, their pitching staff has allowed opponents to find a rhythm at times— Clemson scored 19 runs combined in its last two games against Virginia. “I think that certainly Jimmy Herron has played great through the first third of the season as a leadoff hitter, and has really built on what he did last year,” Pollard said. “We’ve got to get one or two more guys going offensively and one or two more guys going from a pitching standpoint, and that will be the difference.” Labosky and junior Justin Bellinger are two of the players the Blue Devils will need to produce moving forward. Bellinger has gotten off to a poor start this season, batting just .215 with only 12 RBIs after leading the team with a .336 average last season. If he can join Labosky as a .300 hitter to add more power to Duke’s lineup, the Blue Devils could find some muchneeded momentum on the road. If not, Duke will likely find itself needing to regroup after another tough ACC series.
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FOOTBALL from page 11 an update on Edwards and running back Jela Duncan, who tore his Achilles’ tendon during the game against Georgia Tech last October. Duncan also only participated in the bench press. Edwards said he started running a couple of weeks ago and expects to be 100 percent in another month or two with hopes of landing in training camp somewhere in the fall. “It hurts. It’s hard being patient,” Edwards said. “This plays out in a lot of different ways, so stressing about it is not going to make it any better.” Duke’s healthy NFL hopefuls had the benefit of having more than three months to prepare for Wednesday, training with head strength and
conditioning coach Noel Durfey. Wide receiver Anthony Nash was unofficially clocked between 4.35 and 4.38 seconds in the 40-yard dash, the fastest of the day, and safety Corbin McCarthy also impressed with his speed, running it in 4.40 seconds. “It’s very different training than training for a season,” McCarthy said. “There’s no point in running a 40 when you’re training for a season much, but Coach Durfey did an absolutely incredible job in preparing us all.” The wide receivers and defensive backs, a group that also included cornerback Breon Borders, safety Deondre Singleton and wide receiver Ryan Smith, also did a 60-yard shuttle run followed by a few pass-catching drills, with former Georgia Tech quarterback and Durham native Vad
Lee also working out for the NFL teams from page 11 and throwing passes to the former Duke players. “I just wanted to enjoy it, smile my The battle inside the faceoff circle way through it, do a few laughs when I will be particularly important Saturday, mess up,” McCarthy said. “I messed up a with Blue Devil senior Kyle Rowe going few times, but that’s life, so I really just up against Orange senior Ben Williams wanted to stress the importance of just in a matchup of veterans who are very having fun.” familiar with pressure situations. Both Offensive lineman Casey Blaser, players currently rank outside the top 20 defensive tackle A.J. Wolf and long nationally in faceoff percentage, but a snapper Thomas Hennessey rounded out particularly strong effort one way or the the Blue Devils’ pro day participants. other could give one of the top-15 teams Most are still long shots to hear their a decisive edge. names called in next April’s draft— As Duke’s young defenders hope to Duke had 10 players participate in pro quickly acclimate themselves in their third day last year and none got drafted—but road game of the season, the Blue Devils some could sign as undrafted free agents will also need freshman attack Joey Manown or join practice squads next fall. and company to continue playing well on “I tell our players all the time, ‘You the other end of the field. better try this because nobody pays as Duke got off to slow starts in its first well as they do,’” Cutcliffe said. “We’ve two road tests before Guterding sparked had a number of people, whether they’re furious rallies, one of which came up short drafted or free agents, make it in the at Denver and the other of which resulted National Football League. Not only in a key win at then-No. 16 Richmond. because of how well they’re doing these But against another potent offense, things we’re seeing behind me, but also Danowski’s club could do itself a big favor who they are as people, so it’s extremely by starting fast and putting the pressure important to give these young men this on a defensive unit that allows almost 10 opportunity.” goals per contest. And if they don’t make it, Cutcliffe Despite the pressure awaiting his team, added that he is proud they will be Danowski said he wants his players to learn equipped to go in a different direction how to handle the adversity themselves as his with their Duke degrees. But the nine unit continues coming together. Blue Devils on the field Wednesday did “It is only a 27-hour trip, it is super not want to give up hope of a football short. They will learn that the Syracuse career just yet. fans are really knowledgeable. They love “I hope to be in a training camp lacrosse and they respect good lacrosse,” somewhere and trying to make a roster,” Danowski said. “They really honor the McCarthy said. “If not that, I’ll end up game. It is a really neat environment if The New York back in California withTimes a jobSyndication where I’m Sales youCorporation can earn the respect of their fans by 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 from and become a regular person, which playing well and competing, you’ve done For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 I hope is delayed forRelease a few years.” a great For Thursday, March24, 23, 2017job.” For Release Friday, March 2017
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scandal would impede necessary progress on these issues on a campus where 40 percent of undergraduate women and ten percent of undergraduate men report being sexually assaulted. The letter argues further that Duke, in considering allowing the Muslim call-to-prayer to be issued from the Chapel, was willing “to advance the activities of one favored religious group at the expense of another.” No evidence indicates the validity of that statement, especially at a university with historical ties to Methodists. While
Editorial Duke has been nonsectarian for years, the recalling of this landmark decision to allow the call-to-prayer was a missed opportunity to combat the current Islamophobia that students face even within the walls of our campus. Duke has long celebrated its diverse student body, and with that, comes a responsibility to provide all students a basic level of comfort while attending the University. While the Ball family argues against the need blind admission of undocumented students, we reject the criticisms, recognizing that there are inherent barriers that prevent these students from attaining educational
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cademic freedom requires that we get to create many different, discrete safe spaces. But you can’t claim your safe space and deny others theirs. And no one can annex the entire university as their intellectual property. I’m afraid there is confusion about “speech” and its place in academics. This confusion radiated brightly from the March 22 Chronicle editorial, “Grading the Bell Curve,” which asserted: “Bringing a figure that has been documented as a white nationalist to Duke so that he can speak in a closed, ticketed event is not in line with the principles of free speech.” Dr. Murray is a “who,” not a “that.” And the “documentation” is an injudicious claim on an advocacy web site with no academic credentials. Still, let us put this to the side and address the core assertion. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution contains 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, association, and petition. These are not lexically ordered, but are all
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fundamental. In particular, the right to freedom of association implies the ability to meet in groups, even if they are “closed and ticketed.” More importantly, the main value at stake is not “freedom of speech.” The 1st Amendment says “Congress shall make no law....” The Duke administration is not Congress; private universities have to satisfy their own missions, which actually have little to do with freedom of speech. Our core value is academic freedom. Freedom of speech and academic freedom are related, distantly. But they have different origins, different purposes, and different implications. Freedom of speech would allow someone to ghostwrite a book for pay, and then have it published under someone else’s name. Academic freedom would come down hard on any student (or professor!) who did that. The philosopher Jacob Levy of McGill University recently wrote about the importance of this distinction, saying, “Universities as a complex association are deeply linked to their enterprise. Universities are not purposeless civil associations, they are devoted to structured, learning, research and inquiry of particular kinds, organized around serious intellectual communities to create questions that channel debate in productive ways, and then have moments of debate across.” The point is that we must somehow balance the debate within groups that associate in productive ways, and then have moments of debate across. Any constituted
room might have been selected, of course. But for the editorial board to invoke some fabricated ex post right of universal access is to transgress, in a way that is dangerous and (frankly) remarkably misinformed about the boundaries of academic freedom. No one group can expropriate the entire university as its safe space. If you are upset because you were denied your “right” to prevent other people from hearing a speaker they invited, you need to realize that academic freedom never gave you such a right in the first place. A “safe space” is a choice, implied by academic freedom, to nurture association and learning. The same “right” of students to have ideologically segregated safe spaces in the Sanford Institute is the right to choose your own group, to invite speakers and to choose an audience focused on a narrow research or policy question. Academic freedom encompasses both (1) the right to constitute a narrowly focused group and (2) the right to challenge—in your own groups--any conclusion that is part of the general orthodoxy. Balancing the advancing of a viewpoint with subjecting that viewpoint to strong challenge is not a contradiction, but is the academic atmosphere required to conduct research and foster learning. Dr. Michael Munger is a professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and director of undergraduate studies of the department of political science.
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hey controlled the majority of the known world for almost a thousand years. They maintained the foremost military of their time. Their might was feared, their wisdom was sought and their wealth was envied. Drumroll please as we welcome to the stage…the Roman Empire! More of Rome was built by power of the sword and spear than the hammer and plow, and her roads were flattened smoother by the marching, hobnailed sandals of her soldiers than by the efforts of any road builders. The 400-plus-page tome by Adrian Goldsworthy, In the Name of Rome, summarized the campaigns of the great Roman generals spanning the history of the civilization. Unsurprisingly, there is much to learn from the example of these men. The first among many lessons is never to fear failure but to strive for greater victories always. “All citizens, and especially the highborn, were expected to fight bravely, but, as
tribes they faced, but they overcame them because that was what they had to do to survive. Make your goals so big that they will crush you unless you surpass them. Constrain yourself so that you have no choice but to escape the bonds of mediocrity. Goldsworthy also wrote how Romans were eternal optimists. “The Romans accepted that they would sometimes suffer defeats,” he allowed, “but refused to accept that these could ever be final… For there would eventually be a next time, and eventually Rome would win.” This is the attitude that allowed Rome to suffer catastrophic defeats, like losing 70,000 men at Cannae doing battle with Hannibal, and still continue forward. It unnerved and disheartened their enemies. Other tribes or civilizations, once they knew they were beaten, would sue for peace in an attempt at self-preservation. The armies who fought the Romans quickly learned that the only way to defeat Rome would be to completely
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ver the past few months, it has become en vogue for wellmeaning middle-aged journalists, social scientists, and politicians to chastise college students for their perceived “sensitivity.” Scholars and pundits from Frank Bruni to Bill Maher have bemoaned the coddling of American students, as well as the development of an awareness of microaggressions and advocacy for safe spaces. Their statements have taken on new popularity in the days since the Middlebury protest. A few weeks ago, Charles Murray, a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)identified white nationalist, spoke at an event at Middlebury College. In opposition to his presence, students gathered in protest within the venue, drowning out his talk with chants. The demonstration turned violent outside, where students attacked Murray’s car. The analysts call this sort of behavior childish and new, an ostensible break from the
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long as they had done so, there was no shame in having been defeated,” Goldsworthy noted. “A leader faced with defeat and disaster was not expected to die fighting, unless there was no way out, nor to commit suicide. Instead he was to begin to rebuild the army’s strength, salvaging as many men as possible from the chaos of a lost battle, and preparing for the next encounter with the enemy.” Initially, it is vital to remember that none of Rome’s generals was specially trained in “military strategy” or anything resembling it. They were chosen simply from the highest ranking political officials in the Senate, and were often middle-aged, with no military experience whatsoever. At best, these men were equipped with what knowledge they could garner from the few texts that described the conquests of Alexander the Great, and from the literary example of Homeric heroes like Odysseus and Achilles. That means that these commanders were forced to learn experientially, through trial-and-error. The most famed generals were not those who had the best training, but those who worked to learn from their mistakes. This is incredibly important. These commanders often had to make decisions that sent thousands of soldiers to their deaths. In the most Roman way, they took the defeats pragmatically and strove to salvage what they could from the wreckage. You can’t be afraid to fail. Simply by trying, you succeed. And even if you fail at the task, you have learned 100 percent more than someone who never tried, thus setting yourself up for success for when you encounter the next obstacle. One way to avoid failure, however, is to give yourself no choice but to succeed. Goldsworthy describes one bold move by the general Cato when he writes of, “[a] night march [that] went undetected by the Spaniards and brought the Roman army to a position with the enemy between them and their own camp, for Cato was determined that his men should have no chance of survival other than through victory.” Throw yourself into whatever you do with absolute intensity. Don’t allow yourself to be distracted or deterred. Cato’s legionaries were massively outnumbered by the Iberian
annihilate every last one of her soldiers. This near-suicidal drive to achieve victory allowed the Roman legions to go up against enemies both numerically and tactically superior to themselves and still come out on top. They had supreme self-confidence. There was no way the Republic could fail to achieve ultimate victory. You can’t stop an opponent who, no matter how many times you knock them down, always gets back up. One way to always come out ahead is to dictate terms from a position of power. “A Roman war ended,” Goldsworthy commented wryly, “when the Republic dictated peace terms to an utterly defeated and subject people.” The Romans were proud. Until their empire began to stagnate and crumble in the early 300s AD, they never gave in to treaties that were proposed against their interests. They realized an important truth—as soon as you grant one concession you can justify giving another. Don’t set that precedent. Even when it seems like you have no choice but to give in, keep going just a little longer. Say “no” to offers at an easy way out. Say “no” to your excuses to give up or to procrastinate. You will reach the light of success if you just keep battling forward. Learning to say “no” to people is a difficult skill, but one that is vital if you want to achieve anything of value. The work you are going to do to achieve your dreams will require you to spend time on yourself, instead of on others. Don’t let anyone make you do something you don’t want to do. That’s a waste of time. And a waste of time is a waste of life. On the other hand, in order to get what you want you need to barter from the strongest possible position. The Romans were able to get what they wanted from subjugated peoples because when their envoys came with treaties it was only after they had crushed their opponents’ armies and all hostile forces sent against them. There was no stopping them. If you can overcome adversity and never give up, pushing onward against all odds with an indomitable will to succeed and maintaining ultimate self-confidence, then there will be no stopping you either.
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behavior of the generations before us. Some even point to it as a sign of totalitarianism, claiming that the college students of today will become the word-police of tomorrow. One of the leading academics in this camp is Jonathan Haidt, an NYU Stern professor who visited Duke last fall to lecture the Visions of Freedom and American Experience FOCUS clusters. In case you were wondering, I chose the word “lecture” deliberately. Last November, Haidt told us that we had all been brought up in sheltered households. Our schools, our parents, and our current academic pursuits were all trying to hide us from the harsh, painful reality of confronting things that “hurt our feelings.” In reference to trigger warnings for survivors of sexual or domestic abuse, Haidt explained that the fastest way to get over emotional trauma is to confront the very topic that weighs on you daily. Anger welled up in my throat and knots formed in my stomach as he asserted that victims of sexual assault were simply “weak” for wanting notification before confronting their trauma in front of a classroom of their peers. Haidt and his colleagues seem to forget that not every college student was lucky enough to be “sheltered.” In fact, many students grow up in the face of unimaginable violence or harassment, and all of us experience the realities of what Haidt condescendingly refers to as “normal life.” Classrooms today are more diverse than ever before, which means
that they include more perspectives than ever before. In assuming that college students all grew up wearing protective bubble suits, critics of millennials indicate their removal from their subjects. To be frank, the “whiny college student” is not a new archetype. College students have always been radical, and it is characteristic of the generations above them to criticize their emerging social and political cultures. The college students of today are quite similar to the college students of the 1960’s, the 1990’s and the 2000’s. We are all confronting the nature of the world before us, and we are all often critical of what we find. We are idealistic and believe that we should keep people from systematic pain in as many ways as possible. This is not to say that I expect to go through life without being hurt, or without confronting theories and opinions that conflict with my own. Debate drives change,
and pain can be a catalyst for innovation. It is undoubtedly important to interact with perspectives that could be considered offensive, and to grapple with the diverse array of available academic thought. Accordingly, I am glad that the American Enterprise Institute branch at Duke invited Charles Murray to spark a conversation. Equally accordingly, protests, walkouts and disruptions staged by college students are, in essence, extensions of this conversation. Though I do not condone the use of violence, peaceful demonstrations let the world know that a certain community vehemently disagrees with a position. Political activism is not petty, and today’s students are no more sheltered than the lofty academics by whom they are criticized. Some students may be headstrong, stubborn and demanding, but their energy is focused toward a new way of thought and life. They choose not to be defenseless and not to give in to the assumption of their naivete, but to continue conversations about their closely-held beliefs with the gusto of youth. So sure, some may disagree with the ideas of trigger warnings and microaggressions, but their attempts to assert that there has been a fundamental shift in the nature of college students is a troubling way of discrediting their intellectual opponents. In 30 years, people will make the same critiques of our own college-aged children. Leah Abrams is a Trinity freshman. Her column, “cut the bull” runs on alternate Fridays.
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Edwards went on to emphasize the importance of education in curbing opioid abuse, noting that doctors, patients and community members all need to be more aware of the effects of opioids. “Education is at the top of list in terms of reducing the morbidities and mortalities associated with opiates,” Edwards said. “Education to doctors is absolutely essential. Many of us who are in the pain area spend a lot of time talking to primary care doctors and other doctors who normally prescribe opiates but may not have the expertise about what resources are available to them.” He explained that education efforts must also work to revise patients’ expectations about when it is appropriate to take opiates. Other efforts to address the crisis include lifesaving dugs to treat overdoses. Last year, former Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill that permitted pharmacies to dispense naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, to some people without a prescription. Many law enforcement agencies around the state have begun equipping their officers with naloxone. So far, the STOP Act has support from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Seventy-five members of the State House and 18 members of the State Senate have signed on as sponsors. The act has been referred to House and Senate committees for consideration. Republican Greg Murphy of Pitt County, North Carolina was one of several Republicans representatives who co-sponsored the bill. “Curbing opioid abuse doesn’t just start at the physician’s office,” Murphy said during the press conference announcing the bill March 2. “Pharmacies need to be accountable as well.”
than intellectually arrogant participants. In Leary’s opinion, the implications of intellectual humility are most noticeable in the political sphere. “When you look at Congress in Washington over the past few decades, why can’t they agree with each other, why can’t they compromise?” he said. “It’s because people on both sides are insufficiently humble.” Both Leary and Diebels said they believe that the trait can be improved with effort. Diebels urged individuals to remain cognizant of the media sources they use to get information, as many have a clear partisan slant. Leary added that a college education itself should improve one’s intellectual humility. “It’s supposed to show you that you don’t know as much as you thought you did and that you can have some confidence in some of what you believe, but you shouldn’t have complete confidence in almost anything,” he said. Going forward, Leary said that he hopes that these findings provide a strong methodological framework for future humility studies. This research area is relatively new, he said, with his own interest in it stemming from prior research on excessive self-preoccupation. “Wouldn’t it be odd if every time you disagreed with someone, you were the one that was right?” Leary said. “What’s the probability that you’re the one who’s correct? We have to assume that some of the beliefs in our own lives are wrong, that we are not all more likely to be correct than the other average, well-informed person.”
Jeremy Chen and Jack White | The Chronicle With four of their teammates from last season gone, Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard will have to decide whether or not to jump to the NBA in the coming weeks.
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December, Tatum worked to shake off the rust and acclimate to the speed and physicality of the college game, eventually Murphy, Semi Ojeleye and Derryck Thornton becoming the team’s eighth one-and-done as touted recruits to leave head coach Mike in the past seven years. Krzyzewski’s program since 2011. The St. Louis native’s play took off during “Chase has been an outstanding young the Blue Devils’ seven-game winning streak in man in our program for the last two years,” ACC play as Tatum starred in wins against Notre Krzyzewski said in Dame, North Carolina the release. “He and Virginia. The decided it would be best for freshman raised his has been one of our top academic game another notch me to transfer to a school performers since he during Duke’s run at arrived on campus. closer to home. the ACC tournament, Unfortunately, he was averaging 22.0 points — Chase Jeter held back this season and 7.5 rebounds per due to injury. We wish game. nothing but the absolute best for Chase and He finished the season averaging 16.8 his family.” points and 7.3 rebounds per contest, Like Jeter, Tatum also had to deal joining Jabari Parker and Jahlil Okafor as with an injury last season, missing about the only freshman during head coach Mike a month with a left foot sprain suffered Krzyzewski’s tenure to put up at least 16 during Duke’s fall pro day with NBA scouts points and seven rebounds per game. Oct. 26. But after making his college “I have absolutely loved coaching debut against Maine in the beginning of Jayson Tatum,” Krzyzewski said in a
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Public Policy, the sociology department and the department of psychology and Duke is trying to undermine tenure, but we neuroscience. The proposal will now move have noticed an increase in non-tenure track to the Board of Trustees. positions at Duke,” Jones said. President-elect Vincent Price will join the According to the proposal, the number Council for its next meeting April 6. of regular rank, non-tenure track faculty at Duke increased by 67 percent between 2004 from page 2 and 2013, but the number of tenure-track faculty increased by only 11 percent. Roxanne Springer, professor of physics, lot of these guys I barely knew—all we had noted that the committee should look at the in common was that we were in the same impact of faculty rank on salary as well. fraternity—were all willing to not just raise a The Council also received a salary equity bunch of money but shave their heads.” report presentation from Merlise Clyde, Schreiber—along with other young adults professor and chair of statistical science, who have been treated for cancer—is an and Joshua Socolar, professor of physics. advisor to the adolescent and young adult The report—which is conducted every oncology program at Duke, which is still in two years—examined faculty salaries for development. The focus of the program is to statistical evidence of discrimination based provide teenagers with resources to help them on gender and race. cope with their experiences with cancer. It The study did not find statistically significant will be modeled off a similar program at the evidence for systematic differences in the Stanford University Medical Center, where salaries of tenure-track faculty by race or gender Schreiber received his cancer treatment. at the ranks of assistant, associate, full and Schreiber explained that through the distinguished professors, Clyde explained. Stanford program, patients receive a Fitbit, The one exception was for distinguished, a free account to a meditation app called full professors—underrepresented minority Headspace and an iPad to promote exercise males had higher salaries than Caucasian males. and mental health. Clyde said, however, that the small sample size “It’s not just about saving lives,” Schreiber led to uncertainty in the estimate of the percent said. “There’s no magic pill that’s going to difference in salary for this category. beat cancer, but more importantly, there’s no magic pill that’s going to make you snap back In other business: and be equal to your peers.” The Council voted to approve the request Although Schreiber’s cancer has gone to give the Center for Population Health into remission, Menges continues to receive Sciences full department status in the School treatment at Duke. of Medicine. “I don’t want to be bogged down by They also approved a joint Ph.D. my disease,” Schreiber said. “I want to do program between the Sanford School of everything I can outside of it.”
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release. “His skillset and work ethic will make him a star in the NBA. Whichever team selects him will be getting a humble, thoughtful and talented young man whom we are proud to call a member of the Duke basketball brotherhood.” Tatum is projected to join Brandon Ingram, Okafor, Parker and Kyrie Irving as Blue Devil freshman selected near the top of the NBA draft. With the versatility to play both the three and the four positions at the next level and an improving jump shot, he projects to be a potential franchise cornerstone in the NBA. “I’m excited to take the next step in pursuing my lifelong dream of playing basketball at the highest possible level,” Tatum said in the release. “With that said, I’ve loved my time at Duke. The brotherhood is a real thing and I’ll always be part of the bond between former, current and future Duke players. I want to thank my teammates, coaches, family and friends for the unwavering support I’ve received as I pursue my dream.” With Jeter and Tatum gone, Jefferson graduating and Giles expected to also declare for the NBA Draft, the Blue Devils currently have sophomore Antonio Vrankovic and freshmen Marques Bolden and Javin DeLaurier as potential options up front. All three players played sparingly last season. Duke has signed five-star big man Wendell Carter for next season and is also still in the running for five-star center Mohamed Bamba. The Blue Devils might need more reinforcements depending on who else elects to leave Durham. Guards Luke Kennard and Grayson Allen will also have to decide whether or not to jump to the NBA in the coming weeks. Duke is still recruiting five-star point guard Trevon Duval and fivestar wing Kevin Knox, and their decisions could be heavily impacted by the decisions Kennard and Allen make. Heavy roster turnover is becoming a familiar obstacle for the Blue Devils, and they will once again have to navigate it this summer as they look to bounce back from a third first-weekend exit as a top-three NCAA tournament seed since 2012.
BACHELORETTE from page 1 finale April 12. The DUU Bachelorette is part of an annual project collaboratively organized by all 20 FIP interns. For last year’s project, the interns created a relaxation station complete with massages and yoga. “We chose to do [the Bachelorette] because it’s novel—Duke hasn’t done it before,” said first-year Dustin Zhu, co-chair of the storyline and filming committee for the Duke Bachelorette. “This year we wanted to do something to level up to the standards.” Individuals who indicated interest in becoming the bachelorette filled out an application that asked them to describe their ideal man, any special talents they have and three adjectives to describe themselves that would surprise others. And for those familiar with the real show “The Bachelor,” they were asked for their thoughts on Corinne, a notorious contestant from season 21. The application also asked how potential bachelorettes felt about on-screen kissing and whether they were affiliated with a sorority or selective living group. The team behind the Duke Bachelorette will also be creating a Snapchat filter and handing out roses with flyers containing information about the show, Zhu explained. Unlike the original “The Bachelorette,” which sees its bachelorette whittle down 25 bachelors, Duke’s Bachelorette will be a much more expedited process—with slightly less glamorous vacation destinations. “Based on the script, we will have several different locations that we will film at,” Zhu said. “Approximately 80 percent of it will be on campus.” The storyline and filming committee team members will be shooting the series from the end of this week into early next week and will spend the rest of next week video-editing and finalizing the show. A finale viewing party will be held April 12 at 7 p.m. in McClendon 5 with a discussion to follow that will explore the sexual inequalities and complexities existing within the show, Zhu noted.