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At the May 2018 Board of Trustees meeting, the Trustees created four strategic task forces at the behest of President Vincent Price. After a year, the task forces sent in their reports to the Trustees, where the reports will guide policy going forward. The Future of Central Campus task force offered little immediate development plans for the campus currently in the process of demolition. It cautioned against whittling Central down with small projects so it can be kept available for “developments of significance.” The Next Generation Living and Learning Experience task force called for more task forces to look at selective living, increase facultystudent interaction and more. The Advancing Science and Technology task force recommended that Duke “pursue a range Chronicle File Photo of approaches to recruiting and retaining top Say good-bye to Central Campus apartments, which are in the process of getting torn down. The faculty,” from focusing on experts in specific topics to hiring well-known scholars. Central Campus task force did not offer any immediate suggestions for what to do with the land. Activating the Global Network suggested incorporating alumni into other task forces and initiatives, continuing pilot programs and While other students work, intern and Hopkins University. vacation over the summer, Chronicle reporters... “I look forward to deepening connections considering how to involve all those affiliated also do those things. But we’re still covering across the university and health system among with the University in developing a plan. what’s happening at the University, and there’s those who are engaged in diversity work, and plenty to cover. Here are the top headlines from to building on the legacy of the Office for Duke study recorded thousands summer 2019. Institutional Equity to develop a vision for how of students’ faces for researchers we will move forward as a community,” she said worldwide to use Researchers recorded passersby on Kimberly Hewitt named VP for in a news release. institutional equity The Office for Institutional Equity focuses campus during one day in 2014 and created After long-time Vice President Ben Reese on handling complaints regarding harassment a public data set for other researchers across stepped down, Kimberly Hewitt was named and discrimination, fostering Duke’s diversity the globe to test their facial recognition vice president for institutional equity in and inclusion efforts and overseeing equal and multi-target, multi-camera tracking early June. Before Duke, she served as the opportunity initiatives such as Title IX and technology with. The site with the data set vice provost for institutional equity at Johns affirmative action. was taken down in April 2019.
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Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote to The Chronicle that an Institutional Review Board investigation revealed that the Duke study had violated the parameters the IRB had approved by taking place outdoors and making the data completely public. One of the researchers said that posters were put up in the areas that they were filming to warn people. “I have never worked on facial recognition. We recorded the data to research methods to analyze the motion of objects in video, whether they are people, cars, fish or other,” wrote Carlo Tomasi, an author of the paper, in a letter to the editor. “I take full responsibility for my mistakes, and I apologize to all people who were recorded and to Duke for their consequences.”
International House to remain on Central Campus during demolition
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As the rest of Central Campus is brought down, the International House will remain at 300 Alexander Avenue—across from the former Pi Kappa Phi section—until at least the end of the school year. The president of the International Association was unhappy that the administration couldn’t find an alternative. “For right now, [I-House is] just stuck on Central because there’s no other space to move them to, and there’s no other place for an institution as large as the I-House,” senior Shyam Pradheep said. I-House provides programs, service and advocacy for international students at Duke, according to its website. Pradheep worried there would be “less bus access and less incentive to actually visit the I-House” this year. “Consideration of alternatives will proceed into the coming year and I’m confident that good options will be identified by my successor working with many others at Duke,” wrote Larry Moneta, former vice president of student affairs who stepped down June 30. “In the meantime, conditions will be fine for I-House staff to maintain their excellent work.”
Former student dies, is remembered for warmth and selflessness
Morgan Rodgers, from Warrenton, Va., died in mid-July. She played on both the varsity and club women’s lacrosse teams, where she was a beloved teammate. She was also a talented artist. Her friends and family remember her for her humor, kindness and “bouncing-off-thewalls energy.” “Morgan exemplified a good teammate,” senior Caitlin Luby, who played with her on club lacrosse, wrote in an email. “She lit a bit of a fire in the rest of us.”
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“My favorite memories with Morgs range from having home cooked meals at her apartment, listening to music together on the patio, to talking more intentionally about life’s hurdles,” senior Haley Schleicher wrote about Rodgers.
After $112.5 million settlement, Duke forms new Office of Research
After Duke settled a $112.5 million scientific misconduct lawsuit earlier this year, President Vincent Price created Duke’s external Advisory Panel on Research Integrity and Excellence. It advised Duke to create a centralized office of research, and that’s what the University did. Lawrence Carin, James L. Meriam professor of electrical and computer engineering, will take the helm as the new vice president of research.
Courtesy of Duke Athletics Morgan Rodgers died in July.
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Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish all drafted in the top 10
After taking the college basketball world by storm and leading Duke to an Elite Eight berth in the NCAA Tournament, Duke’s 2018-19 top recruits all went in the top 10 in the NBA draft. Zion Williamson was drafted first overall to the New Orleans Pelicans. The New York Knicks drafted R.J. Barrett third, and the Atlanta Hawks drafted Cam Reddish tenth. Marques Bolden went undrafted to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although Barrett and Williamson will now be rivals on the court, the two friends were incredibly happy for each other after the draft. “We just told each other how happy we were for each other. I told him I loved him, he told me he loved me, and we’re ready to get to work now,” Barrett said.
Henry Haggart | Assistant Sports Photo Editor Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett were both drafted in the top three of the NBA draft this past June after coming in as top two recruits in college basketball.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
Move-In 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - East Campus Residence Halls
New Student Convocation 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Cameron Indoor Stadium
Office of Information Technology 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Marketplace
Office of Information Technology 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Lilly Library
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
DukeCard Make-Up Photos 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Marketplace
University Life Resource Fair 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Wilson Gym
Y.O.U. (Your Own Uniqueness) @ Duke (Session 1) 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Locations assigned by FAC group
Bank Representatives 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Crowell Building, Rooms 106, 107 and 108
Creating YOUR Narrative: The Value of a Liberal Arts Education at Duke 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Location was emailed in August
True Blue (Session 1) 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Page Auditorium
Move-In Milkshakes 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Women’s Center
Meet your Pratt Academic Dean 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. - Bio Sci 111 (Dean Cooke), French Science 2231 (Dean Rawls), Physics 128 (Dean TemiquelMcMillian)
The Tradition Continues: Duke and Durham History 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. - White Lecture Hall, Room 107 New Student Picnic 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - East Campus Gazebo Lawn The Tradition Continues: Duke and Durham History 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. - White Lecture Hall, Room 107 Resident Assistant Floor Meeting 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Residence Hall Common Room
Pratt School of Engineering Welcome Assembly 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. - Griffith Film Theater Trinity College Group Advising Meetings 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Location was emailed in August African and African-American Student and Family Reception 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Penn Pavilion
Movie on the Quad 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. - East Campus Quad Hoof ‘n’ Horn Orientation Cabaret 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. - Brody Theater
Meet the Pratt E-Team 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. - E-Quad Lunch with your RA 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - West Campus Eateries Multicultural Connections Luncheon: Embracing the Spirit of Community 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Penn Pavilion Trinity College Academic Advising 1:1 Appointments 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Advisers choose location and time Office of Information Technology 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Lilly Library
Meet Your First-Year Advisory Counselor (FAC) 8:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. - Residence Hall Common Room
FAC Chat 1 and Dinner 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - East Campus locations, determined by FAC
Pratt School of Engineering Drop-In Advising 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Teer Student Lounge
Class of 2023 Welcome 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. - Williams Athletic Field
RA Floor Meeting 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. - Residence Hall
FAC Chat 2 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - East Campus locations, determined by FAC
Late Night Carnival 10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. - East Campus Quad
Brodie Blowout 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - Brodie Recreation Center
Class Photo 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - East Campus Quad
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ORIENTATION WEEK The Duke Common Experience 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. - Durham Performing Arts Center
Duke Men’s Soccer 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. - Koskinen Stadium
Closing Speaker 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Duke Chapel
Hoof ‘n’ Horn Orientation Cabaret 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. - Brody Theater
Duke University Improv (DUI) Show 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - Page Auditorium
First Art Night at the Nasher 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - Nasher Museum of Art
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Duke Players Show 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. - Brody Theater
Duke Players Show 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. - Brody Theater
Financial Aid and Student Loan Orientation 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Financial Aid Office
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Academic Exploration Sessions 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - See DukeGuides app for locations
Math Placement Open House 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Physics Building Room 123
University Worship Service 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Duke Chapel
Y.O.U. (Your Own Uniqueness) @ Duke (Session 2) 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Locations assigned by FAC group
Duke, Durham and Beyond: Faculty Outings 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Outside of Baldwin Auditorium
Campus Tour with FAC 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. - East and West Campus
True Blue (Session 2) 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Page Auditorium
Fearless. Focused. Female: Women’s Center Breakfast 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - GA Downunder
Drop-In Trinity Advising 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Academic Advising Center
Lunch with your FAC 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - West Campus Eateries
Drop-In Trinity Advising 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Academic Advising Center
The Cornerstone 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Divinity Cafe
Focus Luncheon 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Brodie Recreation Center
Office of Information Technology 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Lilly Library
Campus Life Open Houses 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Various Campus Life Offices
Trinity College Academic Advising 1:1 Appointments 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Advisers choose location and time
Music Department Ensemble Info Session (Session 1) 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Biddle Music Building
RA Floor Meeting 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Your Residence Hall’s Common Room
FAC Chat 3: Gatekeepers of Community 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - West Campus locations, determined by FAC
Academic Exploration Sessions 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - See DukeGuides app for locations
Faculty-in-Residence Open House 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Residence Hall FIR Apartment
DukeEngage Information Session 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Baldwin Auditorium
Disability Advocacy and Allyship at Duke 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - GA Downunder
Music Department Ensemble Info Session (Session 2) 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Biddle Music Building
Latinx, Latin-American and Allies Welcome Reception 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Fredric Jameson Gallery (Friedl Building)
First Big Shabbat 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Freeman Center for Jewish Life Dinner and Evening with Duke Athletics 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Blue Devil Tower
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If you’re just arriving on Duke’s campus, the thousands of new faces you see may be a bit intimidating. But The Chronicle is here to help— here are some of the University’s most prominent administrators, staff, students and animals to keep your eye out for as you get adjusted to campus life.
Administrators Valerie Ashby Valerie Ashby is dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, a title she has held since 2015. She is a chemist by training and chaired the department of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2012 to 2015, where she did research on synthetic polymer chemistry. In recent years, Ashby has championed a reform of Trinity’s introductory undergraduate curriculum, which some departments are beginning to implement. Ravi Bellamkonda The Vinik dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, Ravi Bellamkonda came to Duke in 2016 after teaching at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He formerly served as the president of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering.
Tallman Trask Executive Vice President Tallman Trask has been Duke’s chief financial officer since 1995 and has presided over significant capital fundraising campaigns for the University. He was also Duke’s liaison to GoTriangle in the negotiations to build the Durham-Orange County Light Rail, which Trask and Duke declined to endorse Chronicle File Photo in Spring 2019 due to concerns about Courtesy of Duke Today Tallman Trask is the Executive Vice President. Mary Pat McMahon is the new VP of Student Affairs. electromagnetic interference at Duke Hospital, among other reasons. Trask’s tenure was marked with controversy written testimony. in 2016, when parking employee Shelvia Mary Pat McMahon Michael Gustafson Mary Pat McMahon has entered her first year Underwood accused Trask of hitting her with A long-time Dukie, Michael Gustafson, as Duke’s vice provost/vice president for campus his car and calling her a racial slur. Trask has associate professor of the practice of electrical life. Formerly the vice president of student denied the allegations. and computer engineering, has racked up Duke affairs at Tufts University, McMahon oversaw degrees. After earning his bachelor’s in 1993, he a reorganization of Tufts’ undergraduate Faculty returned for his master’s and doctorate in 1998 residential life and curriculum. Sandy Darity and 1999, respectively, before becoming part of She replaced Larry Moneta, former vice Sandy Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Duke’s faculty. president for student affairs, whose final years Interested in undergraduate course at Duke were marred with controversy after professor of public policy, is known for his study of inequality and reparations. Politico development, Gustafson is often the numerous controversies. recognized him as one of the top 50 political professor for the University’s introductory thinkers in 2017, and he has served as editor- engineering classes and has taught more than Vincent Price President Vincent Price is entering his third in-chief for the International Encyclopedia of 5,000 students. academic year at Duke’s helm. Price’s tenure Social Sciences. Darity was recently asked to testify before Robert Lefkowitz has seen the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue, an increase of the University minimum the House Judiciary Subcommittee regarding wage to $15 per hour and the renaming of the his reparations research, and he submitted See KNOW on Page 9
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Chandra Guinn Chandra Guinn has served as the director Robert Lefkowitz is the James B. Duke of Duke’s Mary Lou Williams Center for Black professor of medicine and one of two Culture since 2005. She has taught classes at Nobel laureates currently at the University. both Duke and UNC in the departments of Honored as one of the 2012 Nobel Prize in sociology and African and African American Chemistry recipients, Lefkowitz is credited studies. with discovering G protein-coupled receptors, important components in biological signaling Students pathways with a role in everything from vision to cancer. Guinness world record holders Chronicle File Photo Students in the Duke Electric Vehicles Big Mike is a friendly bus driver. Staff club have been hauling in the awards during the past four years, claiming a second Mike Eubanks Guinness world record this summer— students and recent graduates. Mike Eubanks, or Big Mike, is a bus driver the record for electric vehicle efficiency. known for his enthusiasm and energy. Greeting Guinness confirmed the record of 797 miles Liv McKinney students with a fist bump—and sometimes by per kilowatt-hour July 9. Senior Liv McKinney serves as president name—as they get on the bus, Big Mike can be The 17-member team included current of Duke Student Government and aims to increase the University’s physical and financial accessibility for students. McKinney was also behind the increase in the first-year meal plan, which hiked the number of food points from 500 to around 800. She formerly served as vice president for services and sustainability.
Mamabean, another calico cat—may appear to be Peaches, but don’t be deceived. You might hear of a student-created rivalry between fans of Nugget and Peaches, but there’s no reason you have to pick sides. Squirrels Although the campus squirrels aren’t called by name they’re an omnipresent part of Duke’s campus. Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em, you’ll undoubtedly encounter squirrels popping out of trash cans and refusing to budge from the middle of campus walkways as you stroll to class.
Chronicle File Photo Peaches is a calico cat that lives on campus.
Animals Nugget A golden retriever who makes appearances all over Duke’s campuses, Nugget provides stressed students with a respite from their hectic schedules. Her owner is Keith Upchurch, Trinity ‘72, who is spotted alongside Nugget and gets to know many Duke students over their four years on campus. Peaches Peaches, a calico cat with her own Facebook Bre Bradham | News Photography Editor group of fans, lives in a heated home near OSC has stripped appeals boards of their power to resolve cases, which must now be returned to OSC Keohane Quad on West Campus. To the for a final decision. untrained eye, other campus cats—such as
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You belong here, you are a very important part of this community we call Duke, and we are here to support you through this journey. Please ask for help and just do your best but not too much! —Sue Wasiolek, Dean of Students
The Chronicle Don’t worry if you don’t know what to study yet. Use all your resources (e.g. identity centers, wellness, academic resources, etc.). Take time for yourself and practice self-care. It is really normal if you don’t find your community right away. Go to all the themed dinners at Marketplace. —Allie Rauch and Ally Perez, FAC Co-Chairs
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Stray outside of your comfort zones. In this first year take at least one course and make a personal connection or two that will surprise your current friendship group and your parents. Don’t get constrained by the well-worn paths. Instead, explore the varied academic and intellectual opportunities Duke offers. As an undergraduate, lean more towards becoming an accomplished generalist rather than a narrow specialist. Think now about how you can help Duke be better off in four years than it is today. —Kerry Haynie, Chair of Academic Council
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Tickets and tenting
The Chronicle answers sports questions from the Class of 2023 By Ramona Naseri Associate Sports Editor
A few weeks ago, The Chronicle let incoming first-years ask their pressing questions. Here are responses to a selection of sports-themed questions. Please keep in mind that although some questions are straightforward, not every question has one cut-and-dried answer. This article will answer questions about getting tickets to sporting events, showing up to basketball games, tenting for the North Carolina game and going to Countdown to Craziness.
Do Duke students have to pay for tickets to University sporting events? How do they pick up the tickets?
No, you don’t have to pay. Duke offers its students free admission to all home sporting events as long as students show their DukeCard upon entry. Some sporting events require a ticket— notably football games—which can be picked up with a DukeCard at the Duke Athletics Ticket Office. To avoid a line at the ticket office on football gameday, there is usually a table set up in the Bryan Center Plaza for a few days before the game where students can pick up their ticket. Each student gets a single ticket with a DukeCard, and tickets cannot be picked up for friends.
Can I just show up to a men’s basketball game a few minutes
before game time?
of this, groups are expected to reside in a tent for weeks prior to the big game, which occurs in the Spring. How long you have to tent depends on whether Duke first plays North Carolina at home or away. Tenting groups can have a maximum of 12 members. There are four consecutive tenting periods with successively more lax requirements. The order of tenting periods is Black, Blue, White and Flex. Your tenting group can join at any point during Black or Blue tenting, provided that there are fewer than 70 tents already in K-Ville. To join during White tenting, your group has to be one of the first 30 groups to complete a one-night scavenger hunt. Black Tenting—the first tenting period— requires that two group members are in K-Ville during the day, and 10 members are on duty at night. During the second period, Blue Tenting, one member must be on duty when the sun’s out, while six members have to be in K-Ville at night. For White Tenting, one member has to be on duty during the day with two people on duty at night. The rules for Flex Tenting are the same as those for White Tenting, except Flex tenters are not guaranteed to get into Cameron. To make sure that groups are abiding by tenting rules, the line monitors hold random What are the rules for tenting for checks throughout the day and night. If a group the Duke vs. North Carolina men’s misses two tent checks, they get put at the back basketball game? of the line—behind all the tenters in K-Ville The Duke vs. North Carolina game is and the ones on the waitlist. incredibly popular, since the Tar Heels have As the rules are complicated and subject to historically been Duke’s greatest rival. Because change, refer to K-Ville Nation for the most This depends on the game you’d like to go to. During most nonconference games, a group can walk up right when the game starts, and there should be enough room in Cameron Indoor Stadium to fit that group in toward the back rows of the student section. However, there is a higher demand from students to enter a conference game, so the process looks different for these sporting events. Since many conference games have longer wait times, a group would expect to wait all morning and afternoon before the start of a game. For all games, if you want a front-row seat at any game, you’ll have to get in line in the morning. Instead of requiring that all group members remain in line during this time, there’s a walk-up line to rotate members of a group. There is a walk-up line for every Duke men’s basketball game, except for games over break and the Duke vs. North Carolina game. The walk-up line policy is that one-third of a group remain in Krzyzewskiville, the designated area in front of Cameron, at all times. A student group known as the line monitors are in charge of keeping track of the process of getting into Cameron. Bigger games will have a different walk-up line policy—where tents will be allowed—since line monitors expect multiday wait times for these games.
Chronicle File Photo Students will tent through any sort of weather.
accurate tenting information. For a more complete list of the rules, you can read last year’s K-Ville rules on that website.
What is Countdown to Craziness?
Countdown to Craziness is a preseason blue/ white scrimmage to get Duke men’s basketball fans excited for the upcoming season. This year Countdown to Craziness will be on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.
Can I bring my parents to a game?
Section 17 is reserved for Duke students only. However, students are given the opportunity to bring their parents to a game during family weekend, which will be an exhibition contest against Northwest Missouri State this year. Students will line up on a given night to receive one free ticket as well as up to two $20 tickets. For this game, students will have to bring the ticket instead of their DukeCard.
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