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Arts and Sciences Council pauses curriculum approval process Rob Palmisano The Chronicle Arts and Sciences Council will take a pause and evaluate the next steps to revamp the Trinity curriculum. Valerie Ashby, dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, addressed the Council’s Thursday meeting, explaining that she had recently met with nearly all of the 32 Trinity department chairs about the proposed changes to the curriculum. The primary consensus that came out of these conversations was that council members should slow the curriculum process in order for them to become collectively excited about it. “A narrow passing [of a curriculum] doesn’t feel great to me as a start for a successful implementation which is our responsibility,” Ashby said. She encouraged faculty to cast aside all “negative energy” moving forward and to “take a pause of any length” if necessary. The new curriculum proposal—called “The BluePrint”—has received criticism, especially at the Council’s March 10 meeting in which representatives of multiple departments said their department had told them to vote against the proposal. Faculty members in departments like philosophy, statistical science, history and sociology said they would vote against the curriculum in its current iteration. “The faculty on the [Imagining Duke Curriculum] committee would like to incorporate feedback into another proposal before we move to the amendment and voting process,” Interim Council Chair Sherryl Broverman, associate professor of the practice
Lilliana Reyes | The Chronicle Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby told the Council that she thinks it is important to secure broad support from faculty before making changes to the curriculum.
of biology, previously told The Chronicle. “[The Executive Committee of the Arts and Sciences Council] and the deans are trying to carefully balance moving forward with a new curriculum and moving forward with the right curriculum that excites the most faculty.” Several of the faculty proposed ways to get more feedback about a potential curriculum. Shai Ginsburg, associate professor in the department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies, said he wants to see students involved in the process. He added that the Council must also
decide whether the new curriculum will target a particular “type” of student, and if so, whether a closer collaboration with the admissions office will be necessary to identify those types of students from the time they initially apply. But Duke does not select students in that way, argued Carol Apollonio, professor of the practice of Slavic and Eurasian studies. She noted that many of the challenges students face during their time on campus are not going to be solved by simply drafting a new curriculum.
J. Lorand Matory, Lawrence Richardson professor of cultural anthropology, encouraged fellow council members to recognize the maturity of undergraduates and their capacity to “think critically enough to change the world themselves.” “These are not children, they are young adults,” he said. “So how do you persuade young adults to embrace your values?” In addition to ways to increase feedback about a proposal, another key subject of discussion was how to assess the role of requirements within the new curriculum. Jonathan C. Mattingly, professor of mathematics and statistical science, noted that Curriculum 2000—the existing curriculum for Trinity undergraduates—is often criticized as “anti-intellectual” and as a series of “checkboxes.” Faculty have a responsibility to teach their students intellectual curiosity by requiring a representative sample of the liberal arts education, argued Thomas Pfau, Alice Mary Baldwin professor of English. The process of laying out requirements is not unlike laying down the rules as a parent, he said. “Much of parenting boils down to some requirements too, and it can’t always be about what you want or what is good for you,” he said. Junior Surya Prabhakar—a student in attendance—mirrored Pfau’s view by explaining that had it not been for the various requirements of the existing Duke curriculum, he probably never would have deviated beyond his “pre-professional” economics track and developed the intellectual curiosity that he has See CURRICULUM on Page 5
New IFC president looks to increase diversity in Greek system Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Junior James Bradford, president of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity, was recently elected president of the Interfraternity Council. The Chronicle spoke with Bradford about the issues IFC currently faces and the organization’s efforts to increase diversity and prevent sexual assault on campus. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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emphasize is the aspect of diversity in the IFC. I think that the perception of the IFC is that we are white, privileged males, and I think my goal for the IFC is to become a more approachable body to all types of people. The first thing we really have to do is gather context. Our first step will be reaching out to identity groups— simply gaining insight, asking questions and listening. A couple questions that would be important are how can we as IFC foster an environment that is successful for individuals of all types of identities, how are we not doing that right now and how can we get better. And then the second thing is we have to connect on a personal level with people that we are trying to recruit. While the perception of IFC is of a white male privileged group, everyone has their own experiences and stories to tell as IFC men. It’ll be important to communicate on a personal level and tell what the IFC means to them. Lastly is sexual assault awareness and prevention. This is a large point. Obviously,
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DSG president Tara Bansal Junior Maya Durvasula reflects on year’s progress chosen as Truman Scholar Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle With senior Tara Bansal’s tenure as president of the Duke Student Government drawing to a close, The Chronicle spoke with Bansal and asked her to reflect on the past year’s DSG projects, low voter turnout and the organization’s demographics. TC: What would you say is the accomplishment you’re most proud this year? TB: I think the creation, piloting and expansion of the living learning community. I think that is a project that really has the potential to change the social culture on this campus. It’s a pretty visionary project, and it’s also a collaboration between students, faculty and administrators, so it’s pretty large scale. It’s also particularly exciting because it’s a totally free and non-exclusive housing option that develops intellectual engagement in a new way. TC: What do you think have been the three
most important projects this year that impact the student body? TB: Apart from the living learning community, the first would be that we worked with Academic Affairs to completely rewrite the course evaluations. This is the first time they’ve been rewritten in nearly a decade, and they’re a lot more useful to students in terms of getting information out of them. The second thing is we’ve worked with admissions and Dean [Steve] Nowicki to ensure that undocumented students are treated as need-blind domestic applicants, rather than international applicants. The third big thing is that we’ve negotiated with student affairs a new group alcohol amnesty policy, where if you’re having a social event and you needed to call [Emergency Medical Services], you would get amnesty for doing so. There’s been a verbal agreement, and we’ve been allowed to publicize it. The official policy change will happen in about a month. TC: If you had one main critique of what happened this year, what would it be? TB: Internal affairs and internal decisions can be misinterpreted by external actors. I think to some extent you can’t do much about that, you just have to focus on the work. We’ve tried really hard this year to better communicate what we’re doing with the student body. If you’ve seen the new website, the new blast, all the infographics that go out on the social media pages—the more we can do that the better. I definitely want to keep encouraging students to pursue communication before judgment. There’s sometimes just going to be judgment of internal decisions that doesn’t always have all the facts.
TC: Could you give an example of when you think a decision was misjudged this year? TB: The decision when DSG approved the Sexual Health Center. There was a lot Chronicle File Photo of pushback because of just one specific Bansal said that DSG has worked to increase part of what that health center was going to its communication with the student body through a new website and email blast.
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Vir Patel The Chronicle Junior Maya Durvasula was named as a Truman Scholar, the University announced Wednesday. Truman scholars are chosen based on their leadership, public service, academic achievement and likelihood of becoming public-service leaders. Durvasula will join a cohort of 62 other students across the country and will receive up to $30,000 for future graduate studies. Additionally, she will receive priority admission to some graduate schools as well as leadership training and specialized internship opportunities within the federal government. “Maya has a real commitment to using her exceptional academic and social skills to make the nation a better place for those who are not as fortunate as she is. She does this not out of guilt, but out of a sense of responsibility,” said Robert Korstad, associate professor of public policy and history, in a Duke Today release. Durvasula, who is also a Robertson scholar, is majoring in economics with a minor in mathematics as well as a certificate in politics, philosophy and economics. After graduation, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in economics, with an emphasis on the microeconomics of poverty and strategies for its elimination. “I’ll probably spend two years after graduating from college doing research with the University or a group like the World Bank,” Durvasula said. “Then I’d use the scholarship itself to offset the cost of tuition.” Durvasula considers her passion to be poverty alleviation. “It sounds really trivial to say I want to do the things that work,” she said. “But it’s really surprising how much policy that you see designed to address poverty or social challenges is based on some good idea or good intention someone had.” In the upcoming academic year, Durvasula will serve as co-editor-in-chief of Duke Political Review and president of
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Graduate students protest Trump action on Fair Pay order on quad for free gym access irks women’s rights advocates Bre Bradham and Joyce Er The Chronicle
“The University has been working with the Graduate and Professional Student Council on this issue for some time, and we’re optimistic that we will have a satisfactory resolution soon,” wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations in an email. Many research studies have shown the benefits of exercise, noted Hamza Ghadyali, a sixth-year mathematics graduate student. He signed the petition, noting that Duke
Graduate students exercised their right to protest Thursday on Abele Quad. The Duke Graduate Students Union held yoga classes on the quad, while collecting signatures for a petition against the revocation of free gym access for fourth and fifth-year graduate students. In Fall 2015, the Graduate School decided to no longer cover gym fees for students after their third year because of See GYM ACCESS on Page 5 rising student health insurance premiums. “A lot of us were told when we came in that we would have access to the Duke gyms as part of our package through our fifth year,” said Jess Issacharoff, a fifth-year graduate student in the literature department. “Then we were told that was no longer the case and that it was only going to go through our third year. So, a lot of us either lost access to the gym entirely or had to pay a fee, and since we make $21,000 a year, that’s not really doable for a lot of us.” Previously, graduate students could “optin” for the access to the gyms and not have to pay a fee. Now, there is still an opt-in program, but graduate students who want to use Wilson Recreation Center or Brodie Recreation Center have to pay a $130 fee every six months. Issacharoff explained that she did not know exactly how much the fee was because she could not afford any extra expenses and did not pay it. Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Some departments continue to cover the Graduate students held yoga classes fee for their students through the fourth and Thursday and circulated a petition calling for Duke to cover their gym fees. fifth year, she claimed.
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IFC PRESIDENT from page 1 something that I would like to begin to open up with other peer institutions and just to ask them that exact question. I think that part of it is a change in perspective from the chapters where it’s less of me and more of us. And also IFC facilitating the right events. TC: What are your thoughts on the social scene increasingly taking place off campus for IFC fraternities? JB: A lot of the perception is that offcampus events tend to be unsafe. Regardless of where events are being held, our events need to be safe. As for on-campus versus off-campus, the IFC exec is really pushing with chapters to have events on campus. We would really like to see the IFC have a good representation of social and philanthropic events on campus. One of our goals is to communicate to chapters that these resources exist. The other thing is working to have a better relationship between IFC, [Housing, Dining and Residence Life] and [the Student Health and Wellness Center] because I think there are people in the IFC who resent the on-campus policies which in some ways have pushed the events off campus. It’s not that we need to go into the Office of Student Conduct and complain about policies. It’s figuring out how to host events that people are going to be excited about on campus and about collaborating and finding a medium where we can host things on campus.
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TC: What are your plans for the IFC sexual assault prevention team? JB: I’m a member of that team and was a member before I ran for president, and my vision for that is for that team to become better integrated into the workings of the IFC. So last year, they gave a presentation to presidents with certain recommendations and those recommendations stand right now. The IFC will subsidize water bottles because that is something that team found to be a step toward making events safer. Over the last year, those recommendations TC: It’s no secret that fraternities have become less evident to presidents, and I frequently face disciplinary action and are don’t think presidents know to take advantage put on probation at Duke. Why do you think of them. What this takes for us as IFC is to work that is? more closely to implement recommendations. JB: First thing to note is that in previous We’re working on a project with them that talks year fraternities and [the Office of about training for sexual assault awareness and Student Conduct] have had a pretty testy prevention. One thing is that it was mandated relationship. But what’s important to note that all incoming new members have “Prevent. is that when chapters are put on probation, Act. Challenge. Teach.” training. We found
that having a continuous conversation about sexual assault was what was really going to be important. Having had those new member classes who have gone through PACT training, it facilitated an honest conversation about sexual assault and how sexual assault and sexual assault prevention intersect with Greek life at Duke. I think moving forward it’s going to be a matter of the team recommending initiatives and the IFC exec making sure chapters know about those recommendations and are taking advantage of them. One thing I’ve found as a chapter president is that mandating things isn’t the best way to engage chapters. People tend to resent IFC when they do that. [It’s better to] work toward engaging chapters in doing the right thing because you see the value in them and you’re engaging in the cause not because I’m telling you you have to do them.
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that the Trump administration seems to be discouraging information collection entirely. “It’s just a really troubling stance to say we don’t want to encourage even the collection of data,” she said. “On one hand, Trump and people like him don’t believe that there are larger structural patterns in discrimination, but on the other hand they want to reduce the ability to get the data that shows we do.” The 2014 order’s ban against forced arbitration clauses among contractors was brought to public attention last year by television commentator Gretchen Carlson, who received a settlement after accusing former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment. In subsequent testimony before Congress, she publicized the problems with forced arbitration. “If Ms. Carlson had followed Mr. Ailes’s
reading of her contract, her colleagues might never have learned that she was fighting back,” wrote Senators Richard Blumenthal, Dick Durbin and Al Franken. “They might never have followed her example; Roger Ailes might never have been exposed; and Fox News might never have been forced to change its behavior. Decades of alleged abuse— harassment that should disgust and astound any reasonable person—could have been allowed to continue.” Wilson explained that Trump’s order focuses on protecting businesses from litigation. “He’s interested in expanding the license of businesses to do what they think they need to do to be profitable,” she said. Overall, Wilson noted that she is concerned about the current administration’s discourse regarding issues of sexual assault. “The kind of conversations that were confined to specific media and specific audiences are being aired more publicly,” she said. “Some of the people on mainstream news shows now, some of the people interviewed or some of the people appointed to government hold views that, until recently, most of us would have considered incredibly problematic.” However, Trump has also spoken out for increasing women’s empowerment. “Only by enlisting the full potential of women in our society will we be truly be able to make America great again,” Trump recently said at a March 29 Women’s Empowerment Panel. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is also scheduled to attend a summit on the economic empowerment of women in Berlin—at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Wilson remains skeptical of the Trump administration’s positions. “The policies of this administration over the next four years will not be good for the majority of women,” she said.
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that, I think you end up losing interest. So, trying to capitalize on those first couple of weeks, and also partnering up more with the incorporate, which was about sexual health Graduate and Professional Student Council and included demonstrative models of sexual and Duke University Union. We’ve been health. I think that really eclipsed the broader coming together more at the end of the idea of what the center was going to do. year, coming up with ideas for a collaborative platform for communication, but I do wish we TC: What do you think is the president’s had done that earlier in the year. role in handling these sorts of controversies? TB: I think the first thing is making sure from page 2 that students are aware of what’s on the docket. So, we’ve started including in the blast those updates so students know about them. “Figuring out some way to balance an And I think providing forums for students to interest in service and politics with a real be able to give their opinion. We have public commitment to getting good at research... forum and office hours every week for those that’s ultimately where I want to be moving,” types of opportunities. But then at the end Durvasula said. “I want to be the person in the of the day, it’s the president’s job to make a room with the numbers.” decision about whether, with all the facts, they She noted that she is thrilled and honored believe that that project or funding allocation to be named a Truman scholar. should move forward or not. “It’s such an incredible testament, I think in a lot of ways, to the amazing resources of TC: Voter turnout in this last election was this University, and the really fantastic mentors pretty low—lower than that in prior years. Why and advisors I’ve had over the past three years, does this continue to be an issue and what and I feel really privileged and grateful to have steps will be taken and have been taken to had the ability to grow up academically here,” address this? Durvasula said. TB: At the end of the day, it can’t just be Diane Hu contributed reporting. about getting people to vote on the day of. It’s really about people believing that DSG is from page 3 valuable and it’s worthwhile to get to know the candidates and vote. The more that throughout the year you see DSG is making should financially support gym access for all progress on projects, which we are doing graduate students. slowly but surely, I think voter turnout will Alex DeForge, a fourth-year graduate increase over time. student in philosophy, penned a guest column in The Chronicle Thursday, calling for Duke TC: A column was published earlier this to publicly commit to covering the fees for the week in The Chronicle that criticized how duration of graduate students’ studies. difficult it is to get elected to DSG as an “Failing to provide access to gym facilities unaffiliated student. How big of a concern undermines Duke’s support for its graduate do you think that is, and what can DSG do to students and is inconsistent with the change that? University’s mission,” he wrote. TB: I do think it is a trend. Obviously having Issacharoff said that they had gathered a larger network of people, the larger the approximately 280 signatures for their petition, network is the more likely you are to win, and which requests “that the administration of being affiliated does give you a larger network. Duke University reinstate the coverage of gym I think there’s an element of correlation fees for doctoral students without delay.” without causation, where a lot of times the type Behind the table where the petition of people who are engaged and extroverted was being signed, approximately a dozen enough to run for a position are those who are graduate students sprawled across the grass affiliated. So a lot of the time the people who in yoga poses. The students took part in run for these positions are affiliated, although three yoga classes the union planned for the that might be because unaffiliated people are sunny afternoon. unsure about their potential for winning. I’m The lack of complimentary gym access not sure. The things we’ve talked about are is part of a larger frustration many graduate which positions can be made meritocracies students share about their health care coverage. instead of democracies, so they don’t have to Issacharoff noted that graduate students are run for a position. For example, the entire on thesame health plan as undergraduates, cabinet is all a meritocracy, and we try to have instead of on the Duke employees’ plan. This a lot of diversity in the cabinet, so trying to limits students’ access to certain health services increase the number of positions that aren’t such as dental care, she said. elected is an effort that we’ve made. “This is part of our effort to get better health care for graduate students, since access TC: What have you learned the most as to the gym is really important for our mental president? and physical wellbeing—especially for those TB: I think that students would be of us who might not have access to some of surprised at how low the barrier is to change the health services that we want or need,” some issues. There are some things that are Issacharoff said. harder for students to get passed, but there Going forward, Issacharoff plans to are some proposals and policies that you present the petition to the graduate schools to only need to bring to administrators once or demonstrate that it is an issue “that people feel twice and they’re willing to listen and make very strongly about.” those changes. So, I really recommend to “For some of us, access to the gym is crucial any student, even if you aren’t interested to our health and part of the reason that we in student government at all—if there’s came to Duke in the first place,” she said. something at Duke you think could be better, even just writing someone an email and from page 1 letting them know is a really effective way of making change. I was pleasantly surprised by how many initiatives my team or I personally today, prompting applause from everyone in advocated for that did end up happening. attendance. David Malone, professor of the practice TC: If you could redo one decision you of education, pointed out that in his 27 made this year, what would it be? years of attending Arts and Sciences Council TB: I think what I would have done meetings, Thursday’s was the most welldifferently is probably try to engage first-years attended. He added that it is this dedication more at the very beginning of the year. Given on the part of faculty members that will be the number of freshmen who run for DSG, instrumental in approving a new curriculum there’s obviously a lot of enthusiasm about down the road. DSG when they first come to Duke, but if you “We have to start with our values, vision and don’t hear about student government after what it means to us as faculty,” he said.
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Blue Devils eye a third straight ACC win and their eighth victory in 9 games Phil Coons The Chronicle It is starting to look a lot like late spring in Durham. The Blue Devils, coming off a strong 11-8 win against then-No. 4 Notre Dame last weekend, appear to be finding their groove at the right moment as they have so often in the past—the victory against the Fighting Irish was Duke’s ninth win of the year and fourth against a top-20 No. 18 Virginia opponent—and the Blue Devils now have vs. a chance to lock up No. 8 the No. 2 seed in Duke the upcoming ACC SATURDAY, 1 p.m. tournament. Koskinen Stadium No. 8 Duke will welcome No. 18 Virginia to Koskinen Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Cavaliers—led by firstyear head coach Lars Tiffany, the former head man at Brown who replaced lacrosse legend Dom Starsia after last season— feature star freshmen Micheal Kraus and Dox Aitken but enter the weekend without a win in conference play. The Blue Devils, on the other hand, have won two straight conference games and will be looking to wrap up their ACC slate with yet another win Saturday afternoon. “Virginia has always been a team that plays hard and plays for a full 60 minutes,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “They are very talented. If you sleep for
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a second on any one of their guys, they shoot the ball as good as anybody you will see and they have multiple guys that can make plays.” Star attackman Justin Guterding, the Blue Devils’ leading scorer, took a back seat against Notre Dame, with Duke’s two midfield lines providing eight of the team’s 16 total points in the win. After struggling to initiate offense from the top of the box early in the season, the current combination of midfielders now looks ready to propel the Blue Devils late into
the postseason. During the past two weeks, Duke (9-3, 2-1 in the ACC) has dismantled a pair of top10 defenses in the Fighting Irish and North Carolina—the fantastic off-ball movement created by the Blue Devil midfield stretched the Tar Heels too thin and managed to take slides away against Notre Dame. Against North Carolina, nine of Duke’s 12 goals were assisted— midfielders dodging from the top of the box consistently drew slides, then dropped the ball off to Guterding and
fellow star attack Jack Bruckner. One of those midfielders, sophomore John Prendergast, has come on strong lately, notching back-to-back goals in the second half against the Fighting Irish. Last Saturday, primary downfield dodgers for the Blue Devils—Brad Smith and Kevin Quigley—also showed what they can do on an island, as six of Duke’s 11 goals were unassisted. The team’s midfield transitions seem crisper than they were in February, and the emergence of the redhot unit has the Blue Devils looking ready for the Cavaliers, who allow a miserable 12.5 goals per game. “You’ve got to play and you’ve got to make mistakes,” Danowski said. “One of the biggest misconceptions at Duke is learning how to make mistakes and live through it. The greatest lessons we can learn are from losing [earlier in the season] and getting knocked down a bit. Our guys are learning how to do that now.” Virginia (8-5, 0-3) brings a new identity and a new head coach to Durham, but history may not be in its favor. During the Danowski eara, Duke is 15-1 against the Cavaliers, and seven of the 15 wins have come by five goals or more. Virginia is coming off a 15-7 victory against Robert Morris and brings a pair of high-powered freshman in Kraus and Aitken. Kraus is just five points away from beating former Tewaaraton Award winner Steele Stanwick’s freshman scoring record. Senior Zed Williams, the heart and soul of Tiffany’s run-and-gun offense, See M. LACROSSE on Page 9
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Duke looks for second straight top-20 road win Ben Feder The Chronicle The Blue Devils finally got the monkey off their back with a first ACC victory their last time out, making strides toward securing a 20th consecutive NCAA tournament bid. But Duke is not out of the woods yet. With just three games remaining in the regular season after a 15-12 victory against No. 20 then-No.14 Boston Duke College last Saturday, vs. the Blue Devils will No. 18 need to keep their NW foot on the gas pedal SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m. down the stretch after Martin Stadium an early-season slide put their postseason hopes in jeopardy. Coming off its first conference win
in nearly a calendar year, No. 20 Duke will travel to Evanston, Ill., to face No. 18 Northwestern at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Martin Stadium. After their highest scoring output against a ranked foe this season, the Blue Devils are looking to build on their last contest against another team fighting for an NCAA tournament bid. “Our juniors on offense are really starting to find their groove. Grace Fallon, Maddie Crutchfield and Kyra Harney were really instrumental last weekend,” Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “For whatever reason, it’s taken us a little while to get to [where we want to be], and now we have to go out and be able to play that way this weekend too.” Although the Blue Devils (7-6) have had no problems distributing the scoring See W. LACROSSE on Page 8
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Blue Devils seek record 20th ACC championship in S.C. Drew Johnson The Chronicle Note: Duke began play at the ACC championhip Thursday morning and enters Friday’s second round leading by one stroke. The Blue Devils shot 4-under-par as a team, with Leona Maguire tied for first place as an individual following an opening-round 68—also 4-under-par. Duke struggled to turn close finishes into victories early in the spring, but the team’s recent resurgence has made it clear that the Blue Devils are ready to contend yet again heading into the postseason. No. 7 Duke will tee off at The Reserve Golf
Club Thursday through Saturday to compete in the ACC championship, which the historically dominant Blue Devils have not won since 2014. The team saw its stars come into form during its last full-field contest and will look to carry that momentum to Pawleys Island, S.C., as it battles against 11 other teams—four of which are also ranked in the nation’s top 20. After knocking at victory’s door for three straight events to begin the spring, Duke finally earned its first stroke-play victory of the year March 24-26 at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic. Stars Leona Maguire and Virginia Elena Carta emerged in full strength for the first time this season, with the duo occupying the top two spots on the
Sanjeev Dasgupta | Chronicle File Photo Leona Maguire sits tied atop the leaderboard after posting a team-best 68 on day one in Pawleys Island, S.C.
90-player, 15-team leaderboard. Head coach Dan Brooks’ team followed up the win two weeks later with an 8-4 match-play victory against then-No. 14 Northwestern. “Northwestern, I mean they were tough,” Brooks said. “That second match they played hard, and you notice Leona lost a match, so that was good competition. That was a new deal for us—two matches, 36 holes, on the Duke course in one day. It was great.” The conference championship will be the first held at the unfamiliar 6,192yard, par-72 Reserve Golf Club. The ACC moved the event from its original location in Greensboro, N.C., in response to North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2. The change of venue could be good fortune for the Blue Devils, though, as the team struggled mightily in Greensboro the last two years—finishing a combined 56 strokes off first place—as Virginia dominated the event in 2015 and 2016. Brooks said the new course should yield lower scores than Sedgefield Country Club, which saw a winning score of 9-under-par in 2016 and hosted the championship from 2009 to 2016. The two courses are also owned by the same company, North Carolina-based McConnell Golf. “I’ve never been here actually,” Brooks said. “The crew, everybody here, the shop, the staff, it’s just like the other McConnell [course]. I mean everybody is just fantastic…. I would assume that the numbers are going to be lower and that there will be more teams in position to do something going into the last day.” Just as they did at the LSU Tiger Golf
Classic, Maguire and Carta paced Duke in last year’s ACC championship—both tied for 10th place at 3-over-par—and are in great position to do the same again. Maguire has been the team’s best scorer all season and currently averages 69.6 strokes per round, as the junior has finished outside of the top three individually just once in six stroke-play events. She earned her first outright individual victory of the season at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic before going 1-1 against Northwestern, losing her afternoon match 2-and-1. A native of Udine, Italy, Carta also posted her best result of the season in Baton Rouge, as the sophomore shot 73, 67 and 70 to take second, four strokes behind Maguire. Although last year’s individual national champion was the only Duke player to go winless against Northwestern, Brooks said a recent grip change should allow Carta to have a successful postseason opener. “I see her as in a better position to play well here than at the Northwestern match,” Brooks said. “We just weakened her grip a little bit, and we really have just put it back to where it was when she won nationals last year. In fact, her setup and her grip are as close to what she had back then as we can get.” But even if Maguire and Carta are at their best, the Blue Devils should face stiff competition from No. 3 Florida State, No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 17 Miami and No. 20 N.C. State. The Seminoles bring one top-25 player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings to the event in senior No. 20 Matilda See W. GOLF on Page 9
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Duke desperate for second conference series victory “The reality is over the course of the ACC season to be where you want to be The Chronicle at the end of the season, you have to win series,” Blue Devil head coach Chris After dropping two of three games Pollard said. “The way you do that is by against Miami last weekend, the Blue focusing on winning baseball games one Devils have now lost their last four game at a time.... You can’t get caught conference series. up being forward And with a little looking, you’ve got to he sky is the limit for more than a than a stay in the moment Griffin in terms of the third of the season and that means remaining, Duke potential that he has for growth, competing one game enters this weekend and not only to be successful at at a time.” in desperate need this level, but to play the game In order for Duke of a series win as (18-17, 6-9 in the at the highest level. the window for a ACC) to come away second consecutive — Head coach Chris Pollard victorious for a third NCAA tournament consecutive contest run continues to close. after winning the series finale in Coral The Blue Devils will be hoping Gables, Fla., and defeating Campbell for a spark to their postseason hopes Wednesday, the Blue Devils will likely when they host need to continue to ride the red-hot bat Boston College this of sophomore Griffin Conine. Boston weekend at Jack The Weston, Fla., native has emerged College Coombs Field. The as a team leader amid what is becoming a vs. teams will battle breakout campaign. Conine is coming off Duke Friday at 6 p.m. a two-home-run, five-RBI performance and then at 1 p.m. against Campbell, and the sophomore Friday, 6 p.m. both Saturday and enters this weekend’s series leading the Jack Coombs Field Sunday, with Duke team in runs, home runs, RBIs, slugging searching for its percentage and hits. first ACC series victory since it earned “He’s having a terrific year and he’s a pair of wins against Virginia Tech in obviously had a terrific stretch of late,” early March. Pollard said. “The sky is the limit for
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Griffin in terms of the potential that he has for growth, and not only to be successful at this level, but to play the game at the highest level.” As Conine and the Blue Devils have had success at the plate lately, Boston College (10-20, 1-14) has struggled getting on base and scoring runs for much of the season. The Eagles are hitting just .235 as
a team and severely lack in terms of power. Boston College has hit just five home runs this season, compared to 29 for Duke, and averages fewer than four runs per contest. Defense and pitching are also not strengths for the Eagles, who surrender more than six runs per game. See BASEBALL on Page 8
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Blue Devils eye a third straight ACC win and their eighth victory in 9 games Phil Coons The Chronicle It is starting to look a lot like late spring in Durham. The Blue Devils, coming off a strong 11-8 win against then-No. 4 Notre Dame last weekend, appear to be finding their groove at the right moment as they have so often in the past—the victory against the Fighting Irish was Duke’s ninth win of the year and fourth against a top-20 No. 18 Virginia opponent—and the Blue Devils now have vs. a chance to lock up No. 8 the No. 2 seed in Duke the upcoming ACC SATURDAY, 1 p.m. tournament. Koskinen Stadium No. 8 Duke will welcome No. 18 Virginia to Koskinen Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Cavaliers—led by firstyear head coach Lars Tiffany, the former head man at Brown who replaced lacrosse legend Dom Starsia after last season— feature star freshmen Micheal Kraus and Dox Aitken but enter the weekend without a win in conference play. The Blue Devils, on the other hand, have won two straight conference games and will be looking to wrap up their ACC slate with yet another win Saturday afternoon. “Virginia has always been a team that plays hard and plays for a full 60 minutes,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “They are very talented. If you sleep for
Jeremy Chen | The Chronicle Junior Kyle Rowe ranks second in the ACC in faceoff percentage and ground balls won per game, giving the Blue Devils plenty of offensive opportunities.
a second on any one of their guys, they shoot the ball as good as anybody you will see and they have multiple guys that can make plays.” Star attackman Justin Guterding, the Blue Devils’ leading scorer, took a back seat against Notre Dame, with Duke’s two midfield lines providing eight of the team’s 16 total points in the win. After struggling to initiate offense from the top of the box early in the season, the current combination of midfielders now looks ready to propel the Blue Devils late into
the postseason. During the past two weeks, Duke (9-3, 2-1 in the ACC) has dismantled a pair of top10 defenses in the Fighting Irish and North Carolina—the fantastic off-ball movement created by the Blue Devil midfield stretched the Tar Heels too thin and managed to take slides away against Notre Dame. Against North Carolina, nine of Duke’s 12 goals were assisted— midfielders dodging from the top of the box consistently drew slides, then dropped the ball off to Guterding and
fellow star attack Jack Bruckner. One of those midfielders, sophomore John Prendergast, has come on strong lately, notching back-to-back goals in the second half against the Fighting Irish. Last Saturday, primary downfield dodgers for the Blue Devils—Brad Smith and Kevin Quigley—also showed what they can do on an island, as six of Duke’s 11 goals were unassisted. The team’s midfield transitions seem crisper than they were in February, and the emergence of the redhot unit has the Blue Devils looking ready for the Cavaliers, who allow a miserable 12.5 goals per game. “You’ve got to play and you’ve got to make mistakes,” Danowski said. “One of the biggest misconceptions at Duke is learning how to make mistakes and live through it. The greatest lessons we can learn are from losing [earlier in the season] and getting knocked down a bit. Our guys are learning how to do that now.” Virginia (8-5, 0-3) brings a new identity and a new head coach to Durham, but history may not be in its favor. During the Danowski eara, Duke is 15-1 against the Cavaliers, and seven of the 15 wins have come by five goals or more. Virginia is coming off a 15-7 victory against Robert Morris and brings a pair of high-powered freshman in Kraus and Aitken. Kraus is just five points away from beating former Tewaaraton Award winner Steele Stanwick’s freshman scoring record. Senior Zed Williams, the heart and soul of Tiffany’s run-and-gun offense, See M. LACROSSE on Page 9
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Duke looks for second straight top-20 road win Ben Feder The Chronicle The Blue Devils finally got the monkey off their back with a first ACC victory their last time out, making strides toward securing a 20th consecutive NCAA tournament bid. But Duke is not out of the woods yet. With just three games remaining in the regular season after a 15-12 victory against No. 20 then-No.14 Boston Duke College last Saturday, vs. the Blue Devils will No. 18 need to keep their NW foot on the gas pedal SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m. down the stretch after Martin Stadium an early-season slide put their postseason hopes in jeopardy. Coming off its first conference win
in nearly a calendar year, No. 20 Duke will travel to Evanston, Ill., to face No. 18 Northwestern at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Martin Stadium. After their highest scoring output against a ranked foe this season, the Blue Devils are looking to build on their last contest against another team fighting for an NCAA tournament bid. “Our juniors on offense are really starting to find their groove. Grace Fallon, Maddie Crutchfield and Kyra Harney were really instrumental last weekend,” Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “For whatever reason, it’s taken us a little while to get to [where we want to be], and now we have to go out and be able to play that way this weekend too.” Although the Blue Devils (7-6) have had no problems distributing the scoring See W. LACROSSE on Page 8
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Blue Devils seek record 20th ACC championship in S.C. Drew Johnson The Chronicle Note: Duke began play at the ACC championhip Thursday morning and enters Friday’s second round leading by one stroke. The Blue Devils shot 4-under-par as a team, with Leona Maguire tied for first place as an individual following an opening-round 68—also 4-under-par. Duke struggled to turn close finishes into victories early in the spring, but the team’s recent resurgence has made it clear that the Blue Devils are ready to contend yet again heading into the postseason. No. 7 Duke will tee off at The Reserve Golf
Club Thursday through Saturday to compete in the ACC championship, which the historically dominant Blue Devils have not won since 2014. The team saw its stars come into form during its last full-field contest and will look to carry that momentum to Pawleys Island, S.C., as it battles against 11 other teams—four of which are also ranked in the nation’s top 20. After knocking at victory’s door for three straight events to begin the spring, Duke finally earned its first stroke-play victory of the year March 24-26 at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic. Stars Leona Maguire and Virginia Elena Carta emerged in full strength for the first time this season, with the duo occupying the top two spots on the
Sanjeev Dasgupta | Chronicle File Photo Leona Maguire sits tied atop the leaderboard after posting a team-best 68 on day one in Pawleys Island, S.C.
90-player, 15-team leaderboard. Head coach Dan Brooks’ team followed up the win two weeks later with an 8-4 match-play victory against then-No. 14 Northwestern. “Northwestern, I mean they were tough,” Brooks said. “That second match they played hard, and you notice Leona lost a match, so that was good competition. That was a new deal for us—two matches, 36 holes, on the Duke course in one day. It was great.” The conference championship will be the first held at the unfamiliar 6,192yard, par-72 Reserve Golf Club. The ACC moved the event from its original location in Greensboro, N.C., in response to North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2. The change of venue could be good fortune for the Blue Devils, though, as the team struggled mightily in Greensboro the last two years—finishing a combined 56 strokes off first place—as Virginia dominated the event in 2015 and 2016. Brooks said the new course should yield lower scores than Sedgefield Country Club, which saw a winning score of 9-under-par in 2016 and hosted the championship from 2009 to 2016. The two courses are also owned by the same company, North Carolina-based McConnell Golf. “I’ve never been here actually,” Brooks said. “The crew, everybody here, the shop, the staff, it’s just like the other McConnell [course]. I mean everybody is just fantastic…. I would assume that the numbers are going to be lower and that there will be more teams in position to do something going into the last day.” Just as they did at the LSU Tiger Golf
Classic, Maguire and Carta paced Duke in last year’s ACC championship—both tied for 10th place at 3-over-par—and are in great position to do the same again. Maguire has been the team’s best scorer all season and currently averages 69.6 strokes per round, as the junior has finished outside of the top three individually just once in six stroke-play events. She earned her first outright individual victory of the season at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic before going 1-1 against Northwestern, losing her afternoon match 2-and-1. A native of Udine, Italy, Carta also posted her best result of the season in Baton Rouge, as the sophomore shot 73, 67 and 70 to take second, four strokes behind Maguire. Although last year’s individual national champion was the only Duke player to go winless against Northwestern, Brooks said a recent grip change should allow Carta to have a successful postseason opener. “I see her as in a better position to play well here than at the Northwestern match,” Brooks said. “We just weakened her grip a little bit, and we really have just put it back to where it was when she won nationals last year. In fact, her setup and her grip are as close to what she had back then as we can get.” But even if Maguire and Carta are at their best, the Blue Devils should face stiff competition from No. 3 Florida State, No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 17 Miami and No. 20 N.C. State. The Seminoles bring one top-25 player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings to the event in senior No. 20 Matilda See W. GOLF on Page 9
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Duke desperate for second conference series victory “The reality is over the course of the ACC season to be where you want to be The Chronicle at the end of the season, you have to win series,” Blue Devil head coach Chris After dropping two of three games Pollard said. “The way you do that is by against Miami last weekend, the Blue focusing on winning baseball games one Devils have now lost their last four game at a time.... You can’t get caught conference series. up being forward And with a little looking, you’ve got to he sky is the limit for more than a than a stay in the moment Griffin in terms of the third of the season and that means remaining, Duke potential that he has for growth, competing one game enters this weekend and not only to be successful at at a time.” in desperate need this level, but to play the game In order for Duke of a series win as (18-17, 6-9 in the at the highest level. the window for a ACC) to come away second consecutive — Head coach Chris Pollard victorious for a third NCAA tournament consecutive contest run continues to close. after winning the series finale in Coral The Blue Devils will be hoping Gables, Fla., and defeating Campbell for a spark to their postseason hopes Wednesday, the Blue Devils will likely when they host need to continue to ride the red-hot bat Boston College this of sophomore Griffin Conine. Boston weekend at Jack The Weston, Fla., native has emerged College Coombs Field. The as a team leader amid what is becoming a vs. teams will battle breakout campaign. Conine is coming off Duke Friday at 6 p.m. a two-home-run, five-RBI performance and then at 1 p.m. against Campbell, and the sophomore Friday, 6 p.m. both Saturday and enters this weekend’s series leading the Jack Coombs Field Sunday, with Duke team in runs, home runs, RBIs, slugging searching for its percentage and hits. first ACC series victory since it earned “He’s having a terrific year and he’s a pair of wins against Virginia Tech in obviously had a terrific stretch of late,” early March. Pollard said. “The sky is the limit for
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Griffin in terms of the potential that he has for growth, and not only to be successful at this level, but to play the game at the highest level.” As Conine and the Blue Devils have had success at the plate lately, Boston College (10-20, 1-14) has struggled getting on base and scoring runs for much of the season. The Eagles are hitting just .235 as
a team and severely lack in terms of power. Boston College has hit just five home runs this season, compared to 29 for Duke, and averages fewer than four runs per contest. Defense and pitching are also not strengths for the Eagles, who surrender more than six runs per game. See BASEBALL on Page 8
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and figuring out who I am and who I want to be. As second years, we are faced with this uncertainty--making big life decisions that will influence our path going forward. We can’t necessarily make a bad decision, but we can make a decision that isn’t our own. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching to figure out my plan going forward, and it’s been really hard. I’ve questioned everything that I’ve done to get me to this point—how I got to Duke, why I’m on the cross-country team, why I write, why I declared for my political science major, and how I got to having the life I live. I came to Duke with instant friends from the crosscountry team, classes chosen for me from my academic advisor and a schedule so jam-packed that I never had a chance to figure out if it was something that I wanted. I realized I needed to stop. I don’t want to graduate with a degree in political science that carries nothing with it because I didn’t take the time to engage in my classes or professors. I don’t want to take an internship in which I end up filing papers, and only walk away with some extra words to put on my resume. And I don’t want to leave my career as a D1 athlete only to say my best times were from freshman year. I realized I can just check off boxes, but none of them would mean anything if they weren’t the result of a deliberate choice. Just like getting a driver’s license didn’t make me a good driver (4 tickets and a few accidents later) or
exams to study for, social events we feel compelled to attend—and never take a step back and wonder why we’re up to whatever we’re up to. This semester has been pretty damn awful to say the least, and more stressful than I’d like to admit, but I also think I am lucky enough to have the freedom to make these choices of change, or re-engage in commitment. Change can be sexy and give us the illusion of happiness in a new setting, whether we place it in study-abroad—away from this place that is steaming in stress—or jumping into a new friendship—or out of an old one—to avoid the drama of an overworked social life. I’ve realized all of my ills, stresses and anxieties won’t be relieved by temporary distractions. The most rewarding experiences are those that I dive into fully, committed and sure that they are made with decisions of my own volition. I’m not sure if my running career will lead me to national champion status, or if a political science degree will result in a six-figure salary or if my internship across the country will be a rewarding experience. But I know that if I can control the people I am with, the things that I am doing and goals that I am setting, I can live with that. Sheridan Wilbur is a Trinity sophomore. Her column usually runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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t times, writing about the American healthcare system can feel a bit like pulling the fire alarm in a burning building. Many still cling to notions of American exceptionalism—unwavering in their belief that the American healthcare system in the best is the world. As such, I often feel like my writing is an attempt to dispel these illusions with a firm dose of reality. Simply put, the cost of care in our nation is a terrible burden to the individual and the collective nation. And, simply put, our health outcomes increasingly lag behind nations of similar wealth and technological advancement. Widespread awareness of this reality is critical to creating the sense of urgency necessary for meaningful change. If the first step of addressing a problem is admitting you have a problem, the next step is figuring out what to do about it. Recent political machinations suggest that reform on a national level will not be a driver of change in the near future. Bipartisan cooperation, or even uni-partisan cooperation, seems difficult to muster. While national and state level policies are powerful drivers of reform,
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This knowledge creates the potential for intervention, by addressing barriers the health care access, psychosocial stressors and the behavioral choices that exacerbate disease. While this approach was pioneered by groups such as the Camden Coalition, in Camden, NJ, similar efforts are being carried out at Duke. Medical students have the opportunity to participate in a hotspotting initiative with the Duke Outpatient Clinic, and are paired with patients who use lots of healthcare services. Working with an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, the students support patients in making changes that reduce their risk of chronic disease. Another innovative model—the Community Asthma Initiative—was founded to address health disparities in the city of Boston, where Black and Latino children are hospitalized for asthma at a rate 5 times higher than White children. The initiative is unique in providing comprehensive wrap-around support to children with asthma. This includes medical management of asthma, as well as home visits to help families identify and ameliorate asthma
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they do not represent the only means through which change can be enacted. This week I was fortunate hear Dr. Lloyd Michener, the chair of the Duke Department of Community and Family Medicine, speak to the Family Medicine Interest Group. Dr. Michener’s talk acknowledged the more depressing realities of the American healthcare system, before expanding in scope to address a critical question: what are we going to do about this? He is able to speak authoritatively on the issue, given his own personal involvement in initiatives to improve the health of communities and reimagine the relationship between academic medical centers and the communities they serve. One example of reimagined healthcare looks to the past for inspiration—house calls. Once a staple of medical care, these visits allow providers to take into account medical, as well as environmental, challenges. Is there food in the fridge and pantry? Is there mold on the walls? Are prescriptions filled? The benefit are also logistical—patients who are housebound may not seek medical care because they are physically unable to reach a doctor’s office. While house calls may seem like a tool of the past, they are experiencing a resurgence, as evidence demonstrates reduced cost and improved patient health. A Medicare demonstration project found that home visits were successful in keeping recipients with multiple chronic illnesses out of hospitals, emergency rooms and nursing homes, and resulted in per-patient costs savings of $1,010 per year. Just for Us, a Duke-affiliated program offering home-based primary care to lowincome seniors in Durham, was successful in diverting funding from inpatient and emergency care to preventative care. In 2013, 5,000 primary care providers conducted 1.7 million house calls across the country. Hotspotting initiatives are another innovative method of reimagining care delivery. Vast troves of data are analyzed to discover patterns of health care utilization. The data can be used to identify patients who utilize the system at an unusually high rate or utilize the system inefficiently (such as going to the ED for a non-urgent concern).
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J-Wrassle Park
s you all know, I was once transported to the Jurassic time period due to a freak transdimensional accident, so I decided to see how it paired up with the actual park of movie fame. I did some Googling and found a Jurassic Park knock-off called “J-Wrassle Park.” Assuming it was a typo, I trudged on. However it was nothing like I could have expected. When I showed up to the park, it dawned on me: this was not a dinosaur theme park but a theme park dedicated to Wrestling Jerry Jameson and his 16 brothers. I showed up to the supposed departure point to go to this Wrestlemania-themed island where I supposedly would be challenged to fisticuffs by 17 former circus strong-men led by their nefarious ringleader/brother Jerry. Yet when I arrived at the destination marked on the Craigslist ad, all that stood was one large wooden shack in a dusty field where a large dirt circle had been drawn into the ground. One would expect an array of dinosaur cutouts or at least some attempt to connect itself to the horribly
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arm and took me into the shed. Inside Maurice was nailing copious amounts of Jell-O to the wall while crying softly to himself. He turned to me and said amidst tears, “Brother, have you brought him to see the real secret of the island?” Jerry promptly slapped Maurice so hard that Maurice flew into the pile of Jell-O collected on the ground. “Do not ever address me, eldest brother, because you cannot fight-because you are weak,” Jerry said to Maurice. Maurice rose to his feet and silently resumed his task. Jerry then opened a secret panel on the wall, behind which was a stairwell to a hidden basement. This secret basement seemed to actually be the real secret of the island. It was a entirely metal laboratory filled with beakers and chemical experiments; it looked like something out of...Jurassic Park. Baby dinosaurs floated in jars, and paleontological blueprints lined the wall. So I asked him what all this was, since it seemed to be a real-life version of Jurassic Park. Jerry then said, “Oh, these are all props,” and then the 16 brothers emerged from the walls, as
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triggers. The program provides the tools needed to address triggers, such as HEPA vacuums or bedding covers. Social work services address issues such as substandard housing or lapses in insurance that are additional barriers to asthma control. The results for participants are impressive: a 57 percent reduction in ED visits, a 79 percent reduction in hospitalizations and a 43 percent reduction in missed school days. The costs of providing this comprehensive care are more than recouped by the reduction in hospital expenses. For many years “innovation” in the American healthcare system has meant a novel surgery, a new class of drugs, or a new medical device. While there are certainly benefits to these treatments, they do not address flaws in the underlying structure of the healthcare system. I see innovation as truly addressing the social determinants of health: poverty, homelessness, prejudice, environment and education. I see innovation as designing healthcare that is coordinated and proactive, rather than reactionary. An innovative system addresses the practical challenges of everyday life and intervenes to address lifestyle as a driver of health and disease. Innovation relies on data to tailor resources for maximum impact and efficiency. While political rivals remain deadlocked in discord, communities, non-profit organizations, hospitals, local health departments and independent providers have been busy reimagining the healthcare system. Dr. Michener’s speech reminded me that many people are not waiting for national or state leaders to reform healthcare, but are out in communities, working to enact change and demonstrating impressive results. We do not have to wait for national policy reform to make revolutionary changes on a local level and make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients. Lauren Groskaufmanis is a graduate student in the school of medicine. Her column, “the picture of health,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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plagiarized theme park title, but no. The only things vaguely reminiscent of the park were that 12 of the 17 brothers were dressed as Jurassic Park characters—specifically just the two kids from Jurassic Park. Jerry greeted me from inside the arena dressed as John Hammond from Jurassic Park. “Welcome to J-Wrassle Park,” Jerry called to me, “Come meet my 16 brothers, whom you will fight soon enough.” Each brother then marched single file out of the wooden shack and stood behind Jerry beyond the dirt arena. “This is Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jedidiah, Jebidiah, Jacob, Jacoby, Jan, Janos, Jack, Jak, Jax, Jane, Janice, Juan, Jeremy pronounced ‘Yeremy’ and Maurice. Maurice is the first-born and you will not be fighting him,” Jerry said. Maurice winced at the sound of his name, and ran into the hovel with tears streaming down his face. “The rules are simple,” said Jerry, “You must fight each brother one-by-one for a minute until you defeat one of us, however every minute that passes another brother will join in.” He went on to explain that nobody had ever beaten any brother before, and most visitors died. “I don’t want to scare you,” Jerry said, “but my family has collectively killed 55 men, except for that weak snail Maurice, he’s never killed anyone.” I asked if this was at all legal, to which Jerry said, “Technically due to a geographical logistics error in 1878 that was never cleared up, this is considered international waters.” Before I could argue the merits of maritime law, Jerry handed me two boxing gloves with paper clip removers attached to the ends, and said, gesturing to each glove, “This is Hall and this is Oates. They will be your only defense today.” At first, I was upset that I paid $250 to embark on this journey, but I decided to get my money’s worth. I asked to have a tour of the place before initiating the fight, to which Jerry said, “Look around you stupid b***, this is everything we have to offer.” All the brothers cheered and slapped their pectorals loudly in agreement with Jerry then he quietly added, “Or is it?” I obviously asked if it was, and Jerry then pulled me close and said, “No, I lied. I couldn’t have my brothers know about the real secret of the island.” Ignoring the fact that we simply were not on an island or anywhere near one, but actually somewhere outside of Tulsa, Jerry grabbed me by the
they had painted themselves chrome silver to blend in and had been waiting there for me the whole time. “You still have to wrestle all 16 of my brothers.” There I was stuck between a rock and 16 angry men looking for a sweaty battle of brawn. I was terrified of the prospect of fighting each brother; namely Jan, who was wearing the same outfit as the girl from Jurassic Park but over chainmail and wielding a large black mace, and especially Jedidiah, as he was just a large rabid dog wearing a luchador mask. However, it dawned on me that Jerry said I would be fighting all 16 of his brothers, yet Maurice was nowhere to be seen. “I want to fight Maurice first!” I declared to the room full of brothers. A loud gasp filled the room followed by a long silence. “Nobody has ever wanted to fight Maurice,” said Jeremy-pronounced-“Yeremy.” “What do we do Jerry?” Juan cried out. Jerry pondered for a second, and said, “The laws of pugilism dictate that this man shall have the challenger of his request, for our grandfather Janek Jandorsi wrote it in the bylaws.” At the utterance of this word, every brother began bowing and repeating the word “bylaws.” Maurice emerged from upstairs with his burgundy turtleneck sleeves stained with the snot from his weeping face and with Black Cherry Jell-O. “You can finally fight,” said Jerry with a stern voice, “Begin!” Maurice looked at me with the intensity of a rooster with newly shined spurs at the start of a cockfight, and charged at me. I dodged the charge, and punched him in the gut, and he immediately collapsed. The other brothers dragged his flaccid body away silently. “Well,” said Jerry, “I guess you beat ‘J-Wrassle Park.’” I got in my car, and drove away from the park content with my actions. I couldn’t help but feel bad for Maurice, being the most pathetic out of the 17 brothers, but the feelings faded quickly. I just hope that the next souls who stumble upon this Gardenof-Eden-of-Being-Beaten-Up-by-17-Men-atOnce are as resourceful as I was. All the brothers seemed like formidable foes, so always remember to read the fine print. Nick Younger is a Trinity senior. His column, “medical professionals hate him!” runs on alternate Fridays.
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