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Gautam Hathi The Chronicle This is the second of a two-part series about political contributions from Duke employees. The first story ran Monday and focused on federal campaign contributions by all employees, and the second looks at federal and state donations by current and former administrators.

Current and former University administrators have made significant financial contributions to political campaigns, public records show.

The Chronicle obtained campaign contribution data from the Federal Election Commission and the North Carolina State Board of Elections, revealing a number of campaign contributions at the state and federal level by University officials.

Administrators have also given money to the political campaigns of members of the Board of Trustees as well as to the campaigns of faculty members.

“Making campaign contributions is a protected form of political speech,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.

“What individuals do with their time and

with their money is their business. That would apply to any faculty member, any administrator, any student and anybody connected to Duke.”

Schoenfeld noted that University funds are not permitted to be used for campaign contributions or for partisan political activity.

Phail Wynn, vice president for Durham and regional affairs, has been particularly active in donating to campaigns, giving tens of thousands of dollars to candidates and political organizations both locally

sexual assault prevention app Claire Ballentine The Chronicle A personal security app new to Duke aims to help students combat sexual assault on campus.

The UASK Duke app—which stands for University Assault Services Knowledge—and a corresponding website were launched April 5 to provide information about reporting sexual assault and receiving treatment.

Brought to Duke by the Women’s Center and the Office for Institutional Equity, the app started on college campuses in Washington.

“We believe that students are probably most likely to use a free and private app to find information on counseling, healthcare and reporting options,” said Amy Cleckler, gender violence prevention and services coordinator at the Women’s Center.

The original app began as a result of a partnership with Men Can Stop Rape—an organization that works to stop sexual assault—and the Washington Mayor’s Office of Victim Services. The app is currently being used in five locations across the country by more than 50,000 people.

Howard Kallem, director of Title IX See SAFETY APP on Page 4

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Social justice memoir chosen for summer reading Staff Reports The Chronicle One year after a graphic memoir dealing with sexual identity caused controversy as the Class of 2019’s summer reading book, a memoir focused on social justice and equality has been chosen for the Class of 2020.

“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by attorney Bryan Stevenson has been selected as Duke’s Class of 2020 Common Experience summer reading book, the University announced Tuesday. Stevenson’s memoir details his battle against biases in the American legal system and focuses on one of his most famous cases, in which Stevenson defended a black man

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convicted of killing a white woman in 1986. Stevenson’s client, Walter McMillian, was held on death row for six years before Stevenson exonerated him and got the conviction overturned.

Last year’s summer reading book, “Fun Home” by Alsion Bechdel, ignited controversy when some freshmen chose not to read it because of the graphic images presented and said doing so would compromise their moral beliefs. “’Just Mercy’ is an amazing book in the way it tackles racism, justice and the criminal justice system,” said Paula Ajumobi, a freshman on the summer reading selection committee, in a Duke Today release. “It will frustrate you, but you should still read it anyway.”

McMillian’s alleged crime took place in Monroeville, Ala., where Harper

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Lee grew up and set her famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” As part of the program, incoming freshmen will receive a special copy of Stevenson’s book this summer and Stevenson—who founded the Equal Justice Initiative, is a MacArthur Fellow and is a professor of clinical law at New York University—has been invited to speak at Duke during Orientation Week in August.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chose “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” for its summer reading book for the Class of 2019.

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Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle Elected Duke Student Government senators attend meetings slightly more frequently than appointed at-large senators, but are less likely to run for another term.

The student body votes for elected senators late in the Spring semester and freshmen vote for freshman senators at the beginning of the Fall to serve a year-long term. All other senators are appointed through the at-large process, in which the president, the chief of staff and the vice presidents interview applicants to fill remaining seats in the Senate. After last week’s election, 19 seats remain vacant and will have to be filled through the at-large process.

This year, elected senators have an average attendance rate of 80.9 percent and appointed senators have an average attendance rate of 75.9 percent, according to DSG’s public attendance records as of Tuesday evening. Approximately 71 percent of elected senators have been present for roll-call votes—recorded votes at the request of senators—this academic year, compared to 57.5 percent of appointed senators.

“A lot of people say that they just don’t want to spend hours upon hours every week in the Senate,” said freshman Adam Bullock, an appointed senator for equity and outreach.

Despite their slightly higher attendance rates, elected senators are more likely than at-large senators to step down before the end of the year or choose not to run for a second term.

Only 67.7 percent of elected senators are still in the Senate compared to 88.2 percent of this year’s appointed senators.

In the most recent election, 33.3 percent of elected senators ran, compared to 61.8 percent of appointed senators.

“We see higher retention for atlarge senators because to a certain extent, being a senator favors the type of person we see apply at large,” wrote DSG Attorney General Annie

Adair, a junior, in an email. “Running an election requires a certain type of boisterousness and a lot more work depending on the position, which is a turn off for a lot of people. Many will opt out of the election process, knowing that they can avoid it altogether and just apply at large in the Fall.”

In addition to elected and appointed senators, DSG Senate has ad-hoc senators, who are not required to attend senate meetings and solely work for their appointed committee.

Despite this difference, Bullock noted that ad-hoc senators often feel just as effective as senators who are required to attend meetings.

Sophomore Taylor Panzer was elected last Spring as a senator for academic affairs. However, she no longer serves in that capacity and is instead an ad hoc senator for academic affairs.

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Researchers improve mass spectrometer performance Nidhila Masha The Chronicle Duke scientists are developing technology that could be used to better detect methane leaks and hidden explosives, among other substances.

A research team led by Jeffrey Glass, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is using software to improve the performance of mass spectrometers.

These instruments can identify almost any compound by electrically charging its molecules and detecting the degree they bend in an electric or magnetic field. Glass’ team is working to increase mass spectrometers’ resolution and decrease their size and cost.

The scientists have developed the

Special to The Chronicle Research scientist Jason Amsden noted that NASA often seeks more advanced spectrometers.

technology to build a coded aperture spectrometer, which can be smaller and more portable without compromising its performance, Glass explained. The spectrometer has potential applications in many areas, including in detecting explosives and possibly in space travel.

“NASA’s missions always have mass spectrometers on them, and they’re always looking to make things smaller, but they still want the level of performance of a larger instrument,” said Jason Amsden, manager of the project and a research scientist in Glass’ Nanomaterials and Thin Films lab.

Glass said that the team is now funded by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop a spectrometer capable of detecting methane leaks, which pose environmental risks.

Although mass spectrometry has been used since the 1930s, the spectrometers are usually confined to the lab because of their large size. Amsden noted that there is usually a trade-off between size and resolution, so it is difficult to scale the instrument down.

Glass compared this challenge in developing spectrometer images to how a camera functions.

“If there’s an eclipse, what you do is put a pinhole in a piece of cardboard and project the image of the eclipse onto the ground,” Glass said. “If the pinhole is small, you’d get a very sharp image of the eclipse but the image would also be dim and you’d barely be able to see it. Make the pinhole too large, and the image would not have any resolution.”

He explained that the way to fix that problem is to put a thousand pinholes in

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Special to The Chronicle Coded aperture spectrometers can be used to detect trace amounts of methane that could potentially be used in explosives.

a piece of paper, getting a series of low intensity images. Each of these images produces a slightly different shot of the original object but these can then be layered on top of each other.

“The coded apertures allow the number of ions or the number of molecules we’re detecting to be increased dramatically without hurting resolution, meaning that we’ll get much more signal and we’ll still be able to identify more molecules from one another,” Glass said. “It breaks the traditional trade-off between resolution and signal intensity.”

The coding uses the sizes and positions of the apertures to help combine these

images and account for the slight lateral shifts when layering multiple pictures into a single image.

Glass explained that the higher resolution of the coded aperture spectrometers could be useful for analyzing smaller amounts of compounds, such as infant blood samples. He said that he hopes this type of mass spectrometer will eventually be placed in every doctor’s office, which will allow patients to get quicker blood sample results.

Amsden added that the coded aperture spectrometers developed by the team will also likely be less expensive than the current high resolution spectrometers.

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SUMMER READING from page 1 DSG from page 2 and racial bias that is present in it,” said Maggie Haas, another freshman committee member, in the release. “I think ‘Just Mercy’ will be an extremely eye-opening book for our freshmen, and I believe it will be one to inspire productive conversations among not only our incoming class, but Duke as a whole.”

The other finalists for this year’s summer reading book were “The Prince of Los Cocuyos” by Richard Blanco, “Between the World and Me” by TaNehisi Coates and “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel.

Past selections include “Fun Home,” “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann and “State of Wonder”

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affairs as I realized my skill set was better suited and I was more passionate about creating and planning programs for students and faculty rather than being a voting member of the Senate,” Panzer wrote in an email.

Some students cite other reasons for choosing to leave the Senate during the year.

Junior Zoe Bakker, a former senator for residential life, wrote in an email that she chose not to continue in the Senate because she decided to study abroad this semester.

Of the 12 senators that currently have three or more unexcused absences, from both not being present at meetings or from leaving meetings early, 10 are appointed. One of the appointed senators is sophomore Riyanka Ganguly, an appointed senator for equity and outreach and the vice president-elect for equity and outreach.

As was the case regarding previous Chronicle questions about senator attendance, Ganguly noted in an email that she did not think the attendance record was accurate.

“There was a lot of confusion with changing of secretaries, and I don’t think that is accurate. I’m not sure why that is the case, especially since I clarified things with [Executive Vice President John] Guarco,” Ganguly wrote.

Guarco previously noted that attendance inconsistencies were due to a switch in executive secretaries, who are responsible for keeping track of the attendance and voting records.

Special to The Chronicle Even though elected senators have a better Attorney Bryan Stevenson founded the Equal attendance record overall than appointed Justice Initiative and is a professor of clinical senators, Executive Vice President-elect law at New York University.

Ilana Weisman, a junior, noted that during the recent debate on restructuring the Senate, only 11 of the 21 elected senators were present at the meeting.

“We see higher turnover of freshmen elected senators especially from the fall to the spring,” Adair wrote. “This can be for a variety of reasons, including more commitments second semester, realizing that senate just wasn’t what they thought it would be, and choosing to pursue other activities. This happens every year.”

SAFETY APP from page 1 compliance, noted that the app features a panic button, which can be used to call Duke University Police Department and Durham police. It also allows users to send preprogramed emergency messages to friends—including, “Help, please come and get me!” and “I’m in an uncomfortable situation. Please call or text me.” Users can also create customized messages to alert friends if they have a problem.

Kallem explained that the app also provides directions to nearby counseling centers, hospitals and the Women’s Center. Other sections instruct users about bystander intervention techniques and reporting assaults to the police and Office of Student Conduct.

“The emphasis is on resources and support services,” Kallem said. “It gives you information on how to get support and counseling.”

Cleckler noted that she had the idea to bring the app to Duke after hearing a story on National Public Radio about the app’s creation by Men Can Stop

Rape. She contacted the organization to make a Duke-specific version of the app with relevant campus information.

Staff members at Men Can Stop Rape are responsible for the design and maintenance of the app and website.

“We liked the app’s focus on confidential counseling and access to resources, as that is how most students initially seek help following an assault,” Cleckler said.

Kallem said that he believes the app is useful because it is easily accessible on students’ phones at all times.

Students are more likely to use a free and private app to find information on counseling, healthcare and reporting options, Cleckler added.

“Some people might initially be hesitant to walk into an office and see someone face-to-face to ask personal questions, so UASK Duke provides some basic help with getting familiar with what options and resources students can access for themselves or a friend,” she said.

Although similar apps exist on other college campuses, Kallem explained that UASK places more emphasis on resources instead of reporting, which he felt was important to meet the safety needs of Duke students.

Kallem said that the app has received positive feedback so far, along with suggestions on how to improve its usability. The app will eventually link to a Title IX website, which is currently being developed, Kallem said.

A campaign during late summer will work to promote the app and encourage incoming and returning students to download it, Cleckler noted.

“It’s all part of the broader efforts to bring attention to this very important issue [of sexual assault],” Kallem said.

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DUKE HANGS ON TO BEAT LIBERTY The Blue Devils kept the Flames off the board for the final four frames to protect a one-run lead Hank Tucker The Chronicle Both Duke and Liberty came out hot offensively Tuesday night, but the Blue Devil bullpen snuffed out the Flames when it mattered most to key a wild win.

Sophomore Justin Bellinger drilled a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the sixth inning that proved to be the gamewinner and both teams did not score the rest of the way in an 8-7 Duke victory at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, DUKE 8 Va. Sophomores Ryan Day, Jack LIBERTY 7 Labosky and Mitch Stallings combined to toss four shutout innings to finish the contest after the lead changed hands five times in the first five innings.

Liberty seemed set to come back from its fourth deficit of the night when junior Will Shepherd singled and stole second with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth, but he strayed too far off the bag on a sharp grounder to Labosky at third and could not dive back to second in time as Labosky’s throw retired the lead runner.

The Flames put a runner in scoring position again in the ninth when senior Dalton Britt led off with a single and

Kristen Shortley | The Chronicle Sophomore Jack Labosky tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief and knocked in four runs at the plate to lead Duke to an 8-7 victory at Liberty Tuesday.

advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt.

He reached third on a groundout, but was stranded 90 feet from sending the game to extra innings as Josh Barrick grounded out to end the game, as Stallings earned his fifth save of the year.

“They had some momentum, and then Bellinger had the big home run in

the top of the sixth, and then that was a really good combined effort by those three guys at the end of the ballgame,” Duke head coach Chris Pollard said.

“Mitch Stallings and Jack Labosky made some really key pitches there in the eighth and ninth innings.”

Liberty (20-18) manufactured a run

in the bottom of the first inning with two walks, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout by junior Andrew Yacyk, but the Blue Devils (21-17) wasted no time taking their first lead in the second.

Sophomore Max Miller hit an RBI single through the right side of the infield to tie the contest, and two straight walks from freshmen Jimmy Herron and Chris Proctor put Duke in front 2-1.

Despite reaching base five times with four walks and a hit-by-pitch, Herron’s 12-game hitting streak ended when he grounded into a fielder’s choice in the ninth inning in his only official at-bat.

Proctor added three walks, a hit-by-pitch and a single as the pair of freshmen set the table for the offense, reaching base a combined 10 times on the night.

“They really strung together good atbats,” Pollard said. “When you get that type of on-base production out of the first two guys in your lineup, and Labosky and Bellinger are your three- and fourhole guys swinging it as well as they are, you’re going to score some runs.”

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‘Light-years ahead’: A look at the Warriors and 73 “We’re light-years ahead of probably every other team in structure, in planning, in how we’re going to go about things.”

When venture capitalist and majority owner of the Golden State Warriors Joe Lacob touted his team as “light-years ahead” in a profile for New York Times Magazine March 30, owners around the NBA had mixed reactions.

In the midst of what will go down as the best regularseason in NBA history, Lacob’s not-sosubtle reminder was the last thing general managers wanted to hear after watching their squads struggle mightily on the court against the juggernaut Warriors. Finding a way to contain reigning NBA MVP Steph Curry and his All-Star teammate Klay Thompson, along with the boisterous Draymond Green and a complement of

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dangerous perimeter shooters, remains a puzzle that only a handful of teams in the league appear capable of solving.

But to claim to be in another stratosphere as an organization seems to be a stretch, even considering the Warriors 73-9 feat—a record that I never imagined possible even in my wildest dreams.

The team’s upward trend began with the now-heroic decision—one made by the regime before Lacob’s—to take Curry with the seventh pick in the 2009 draft, despite questions about his size and durability translating to the next level. After inheriting a team with both Curry and Thompson—who was drafted 11th in the 2011 draft—Lacob and general manager Bob Myers followed it up in 2012 with what may go down as the greatest draft by any NBA team in history, with the Warriors coming away with Green, forward Harrison Barnes and center Festus Ezeli.

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Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The Golden State Warriors set an NBA record this year with a 73-9 regular-season record after claiming the NBA title last year, prompting majority owner Joe Lacob to tout how his franchise is “light-years ahead” of its competitors.

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COLUMN from page 12 spot-on timing has always appeared to carry the Warriors when threats were made to the NBA’s newest emerging dynasty.

With concerns about Curry’s health and the durability of center Andrew Bogut in the summer of 2013, Lacob’s team pursued big man Dwight Howard—yes, the same Dwight Howard who now appears content to start his offseason early by meandering aimlessly in the paint for the Houston Rockets.

It seems like a distant memory now, but the Warriors also came close to pulling the trigger on a trade centered around Thompson and forward Kevin Love in the summer of 2014. If not for a greedy Minnesota Timberwolves front office looking for more in the package and a shrewd demand by board member Jerry West to keep Thompson, the Splash Brothers as we now know them may have never become a spectacle.

When injuries have struck the Warriors, it seems that things have always turned out well for the team. Without an injury to forward David Lee—who was traded by the team last summer—Green would have been hard-pressed to enter the rotation.

After all, a subpar training camp a year ago convinced head coach Steve Kerr that the forward was only worth 10 to 12 minutes per game before Lee’s strained hamstring paved the way for more playing time.

Along the way, the NBA itself entered the small-ball revolution—one often attributed to Curry and the Warriors, but that actually originated with the 2012-13 Miami Heat, which played LeBron James heavily at both the four and five positions. sudoku_530B The following year, the San Antonio

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Spurs—who, ironically, remain the biggest threat to the Warriors’ championship aspirations—used a now-famous pace-andspace attack to eviscerate the Heat with crisp ball movement to create open shots on the perimeter.

All of a sudden, a Warriors team that had trouble getting past the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs in 2014 found itself with the ideal roster to compete for multiple championships.

As has become customary in sports media today, an article doing anything but lauding Golden State’s success in the past two seasons is bound to receive a slew of “Warriors hater” comments. Yet, I sincerely acknowledge just how impressive the teams’ accomplishments are to date and the tremendous job the organization has done building a complete roster.

The biggest statement made in favor of Lacob’s sentiment was made on the court Monday night, when the Warriors took the floor without Curry—who suffered an ankle injury in Game 1 of their first-round series— and still made quick work of the Rockets in a 115-106 victory. Personally, picturing the Warriors succeeding for extended periods without their transcendent superstar is nearly impossible. An ankle twisted by few inches could be the difference between “light-years” and a team that is at the same level as many of its competitors.

If Lacob’s Warriors are just as far ahead as he says they are, he above all should know that it hasn’t been exclusively by his doing and the team has received some favorable bounces along the way.

With Curry, the Warriors are far and away the class of the league and the favorites to bring home the NBA title. But they’ve been beaten and they still can be beat in a seven-game series with the right balance of experience and depth.

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Herron and Proctor each walked once again in the fifth, loading the bases to set the table for Labosky with two outs. For the second straight time, Labosky delivered—lining a single into center field to drive in two runs to put the Blue Devils ahead 7-6.

“That just shows you how much Jack’s grown as a player—the ability to put that [error] behind him and go out and do his job. Errors happen. Infielders make errors at every level of our sport, and you have to be good at putting it behind you and getting on to the next play,” Pollard said.

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housands of alumni descended on campus last Friday, reveling in cherished memories, old friendships and immortalized exploits over the course of Alumni Weekend. While alumni weekend seems to attract large crowds, it is concerning that personal interactions between alumni and the campus only visibly manifest this one time each year. Many students feel that post-graduation, all Duke wants from its alumni is their money. Even just before graduation, undergraduates are asked for a senior gift as a foot in the door. To some extent, the loosening of the relationship between alumni and campus is natural, as old ties fade and college relationships are replaced by professional ones. However, it is important to recognize and take advantage of the fact that our alumni are a tremendous resource, not just for the University or in a pecuniary sense, but as a multidimensional resource for students.

There is already precedent and an extant scaffolding for students to make direct connections with alumni. For the many students seeking professional relationships, the old DukeConnect was a useful tool for connecting undergraduates to alumni in different fields. Although it was recently phased out and its presence is missed,

the administration has promised to roll out a replacement service soon. In the meantime, while students can connect to alumni via LinkedIn, the platform forces students to scan a huge pool of users in order to find Duke alumni and requires them to perform awkward cold calls.

The creation of the new Duke Intros program promises to fill some of the gap left by DukeConnect. The two seniors who designed it, James Brock and Braden Tierney, deserve

Editorial applause for creating a means to draw alumni and students together in a more personal way such that both sides feel comfortable with the relationship.Their project has already garnered significant student demand in the short time since it has launched. If the program is to scale up, however, it will need to expand beyond the two seniors and become formally run by the Alumni Association or the Career Center. Duke Intros, combined with the already-existing Duke Angel Network and the coming replacement for DukeConnect, will provide undergraduates with a host of excellent ways to find jobs, experience

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and advice through alumni. In the future, we hope to see such programs also expanded to take care of graduate students, who are sequestered to the underfunded Graduate Career Center and do not have a corresponding graduate alumni affairs office.

Although alumni offer much opportunity for career advancement, student-alumni relations do not have to be ends-based. For example, the Duke Reader Project pairs undergraduates and graduates with alumni for feedback on writing projects, demonstrating one way in which alumni stand to share themselves as resources for current students. Further, seeking internships, jobs and funding help achieve material gains, but students equally stand to benefit in an abstract way by learning about alumni experiences. Mentorship should be a real goal for the alumni-student relationship.

College is anxiety-producing by nature, and alumni relationships offer a chance to seek the advice of people who have already weathered their undergraduate careers here at Duke. For any student seeking long-term mentorship and advice, alumni promise the opportunity for fruitful, life-long connections that can provide far more than just a shot at stable work.

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o, how did you enjoy Duke?”

As my college career comes to a close, I have thinking been thinking more and more about how to answer that question. I truly love Duke and am so grateful for all the opportunities I’ve had. But my experience has also been riddled with complexity—I have had some of my best times here, but also my worst, and everything in between. Duke has changed me, and while everyone wants to think they come out of an experience better than before—at least for me—change has not always been good. So as I wrap up my time here, both

invited to the coolest parties so we can join the most exclusive social circles, to have the best grades and be involved in the coolest things on campus, to eventually land the most lucrative internship that will lead to a high-powered career. I have spent far too much time believing I wasn’t good enough to be here, feeling like I didn’t belong because of my background or accomplishments. At a school with students as incredible as ours, we can’t all be the best. Yes, some people can and will, and that can feel demoralizing, but that’s not the case for most of us. And that’s okay.

Michelle Menchaca A WORK IN PROGRESS as a columnist and a student, I want to dedicate space to the parts that maybe weren’t so great, the experiences that make me cringe and the times that Duke turned me into person I didn’t like very much. When I tried to narrow down the three issues I struggled with most here, this is what came to mind.

Lack of personal responsibility.

These last four years, I have heard unrelenting complaints about Duke’s social climate. People love to complain—I do it too—about the toxic hookup culture and work hard, play hard mentality that seems to preclude the presence of serious relationships. As I have written before, there’s nothing inherently wrong with so-called hookup culture. You do you and anyone else you want. But I think the widespread dissatisfaction at least indicates that a significant portion of the population does not like the assumed status quo.

And yet, no one seems to do anything about it. We accept and tell others “that’s just the way Duke is” without actively trying be the change we want. I have both watched friends resign themselves to mediocre situations because they think it’s the best they can get and listened to them rationalize treating their partner poorly because it’s “not like we’re in a relationship anyways.” I have fallen into a similar pattern more times than I should have. While everyone is different, I do wish I had taken greater responsibility to demand my own happiness rather than submitting to what appeared most prevalent.

The nagging need to compete on every level.

I wouldn’t say Duke is a cutthroat environment, but there is a deep pressuring to continue being the best like most of us were in high school. And the pressure hits the moment we step on campus during O-Week—to get

Difficulty sharing vulnerabilities and expressing needs.

By now, we have all heard the term “effortless perfection,” where we’re supposed to be successful and put together but without looking like we’re trying. And while students and groups have been trying to dismantle that trope for years now, it nevertheless persists. We all want to think we’re strong and independent—and most of us are—and can handle whatever life throws at us, but that assumption also fosters a toxic climate where people struggle to ask for help when they need it. I know more people who struggle with mental illness and trauma than people who don’t, and it’s terrifying that on a campus of 7,000 undergraduates so many people feel so alone. We have no problem supporting Facebook campaigns or telling our friends to go to CAPS, but when it comes to confronting our own vulnerabilities and our own pain, it is exponentially more difficult.

We don’t talk about these issues, at least not on a personal level, and the impact of that is detrimental to individual wellbeing. Opening up is hard, but I often wish I had done so sooner and I hope future students will feel empowered and supported enough to break the cycle.

This is not some presumptuous list intended to make myself feel morally superior or anything like that—it is based off of my own lived experiences, after all, and I am well aware I’m still learning. But, after four years of navigating these muddy waters, I finally feel at peace with my time here. These lessons have been an integral part of that.

Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity senior. This is her final column for The Chronicle.

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came to Duke to be challenged. As the valedictorian of my high school, I was in awe when just weeks before the end of my senior year in high school a thread on Duke’s Facebook page where valedictorians complained about writing their graduation speech had more than 100 people comment. At my high school, Ivy League acceptances were hard to come by, and even though some peers challenged me I had never expected someone my age could be as intelligent, driven, organized, fantastically accomplished and uniquely

picked my tagline, the shorthand “pleb” had become vernacular to refer to those who followed crowds, were unaware of world events, had trouble thinking independently and were generally ignorant. I intended for the tagline “Patricians, etc.” to signal to my readers that if they were aware of world events and wanted an independent analysis not based on whatever the latest article out of the New York Times, Foreign Policy or the Huffington Post was they could read it there.

But over time, it took on a different meaning to me. The tagline “Patricians, etc.”

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ear President Brodhead, Dean Wasiolek, Dr. Moneta and Provost Kornbluth, We write in the spirit of justice and transparency to express our deep concern with the administration’s initiation of student misconduct investigations against seven of the nine representatives of Duke Students and Workers in Solidarity who held a sit-in at the Allen Building from April 1-8.

We condemn any disciplinary action taken

Tyler Fredricks

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different as some of the people I have met at Duke University these past four years.

But darn if it’s not competitive. For example, my sophomore year Duke Political Review rejected my application to write foreign policy articles for them, which was maybe the 10th organization to reject me that year alone. I then joined The Chronicle as a columnist, partly to continue to write about foreign policy and partly to spite DPR since The Chronicle publishes more frequently.

Yet, when it came time to write my first column, I was disturbed by nasty remarks and comments thrown at a certain Duke student who doubled as an adult actress. I decided to momentarily put my thoughts on international issues on hold. Afterwards, I switched between writing about international issues and personal reflections, noting that my personal reflections were typically more passionate and written more simply.

I increasingly wrote articles tailored to Duke’s campus, such as one discussing the unclear training processing for panelists on sexual misconduct hearings and one about a “Yik-Yak race war” back when I barely knew about the app. After the former article, I met privately with two faculty members intimately involved with Title IX, Howard Kallem and Victoria Krebs. After the latter, I took my first real stance on a divisive campus issue, stating my support for the administration’s affirmation it would not ban Yik Yak from campus. After these two experiences, I began to realize the platform that my column gave me to ensure hundreds, perhaps even thousands would read my thoughts. It was a real opportunity to impact Duke’s culture.

Since then, I have authored columns about contentious issues such as Duke’s politically-correct pack mentality, the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and campus safe spaces.

I have authored columns on general musings and observations ranging from Jewish identity as a minority to why senior donations are low to how it always seems people’s faces are buried in their smart phones.

While I was initially afraid to touch many of the most contentious issues on this campus for fear of social repercussions, I found these articles have ultimately been the ones I am most proud of having authored.

I have been asked many times what my tagline “Patricians etc.” means, and why I haven’t changed it. For those unfamiliar with Roman social structure, plebeian is the term for a commoner while patrician is the term for those born to nobility. When I first

meant being willing to take a stance on an issue even though I knew large sections of Duke’s student body disagreed. It meant taking stances on issues as they come, dealing with them individually, and not taking a default position because you believe it is the “progressive” or the “conservative” one.

It means not classifying people in black and white. And above all that, it means not falling complacent to how things are or the direction they are heading in at Duke. It means working actively to not be a “pleb.”

Writing columns for The Chronicle has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my four short years here at Duke. I would highly, strongly, extremely encourage anybody who has opinions on campus issues to apply to be a columnist. Seeing your own ideas and words repeated and discussed by other people who both agree and disagree (and not always politely!) has let me realize how many people see the world differently than I do, but that I still have something important to contribute.

When I think of the endless critics, whether they be mean-spirited Yaks, vandalism in the dead of night, cruel ad-hominem Facebook attacks or snide remarks delivered in private, I am reminded of a quote by Theodore Roosevelt.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again … who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst … his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

With these words I encourage everyone who reads this to strive to be a patrician, take chances with your thoughts regardless of whether they’re popular, stay informed and think of your own position on each issue rather than blindly following people you may typically agree with.

Thank you for joining me every other week as I tackled some of the more difficult and painful issues on our campus, the critical ones abroad and my musings about Duke life. Thank you for taking the time to read my 700-to-950-word columns. My hope is I challenged you as you challenged me.

All my best.

Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity senior. This is his final column for The Chronicle.

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against them, as it is in direct violation of the unconditional amnesty agreement reached between the students and administrators on April 3. Subsequent attempts to impose conditions on the sit-in on April 6—including prohibiting use of the balcony in the Allen Building and of bathrooms located outside the administrative office suite—were out of compliance with the amnesty agreement and should not be used as a basis to pursue sanctions against the students.

It is our understanding that administrators initiated misconduct proceedings with the Office of Student Conduct upon receiving an email from a Duke student alleging that s/he/they observed several of the DSWS students on the Allen Building balcony at a rally on Wednesday, April 6. While none will deny that the students used the balcony on that date, their use was in full compliance of the April 3 amnesty agreement. In that agreement, the nine students were told by Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek that their amnesty for the sit-in was unconditional, and that they would not face consequences for their actions (which included use of the balcony) so long as they did not destroy any property. Following that agreement, in an April 4 email to the Duke community, the administration stated: “In order to facilitate productive dialogue and move towards a peaceful resolution, the nine students will not be subject to student conduct sanctions and legal penalties for their actions. In addition, it is university policy to prohibit retaliation against students, faculty and staff who express their views.”

By closing the Allen Building for nearly a week, the administration placed its own agenda over the health and well-being of the students and foreclosed the possibility of productive, interpersonal dialogue between the students and the larger Duke community.

Because the students were not permitted to leave the building during the sit-in, the balcony was the only place where they could access fresh air and the only way they could

make in-person connections with the rest of our community. Despite signs of emotional and spiritual distress, not even clergy were allowed to visit the students in the building.

The administration also prioritized controlling the physical visibility of the students over the progression of negotiations for worker’ rights. The Allen Building balcony made the DSWS political campaign for antiracism and workers’ rights highly visible, as demonstrated by the globally distributed

images of the students posed on the balcony, fists up in solidarity with the black and brown workers that the administration claims to support. Visibility is power. But rather than use that opportunity to move publicly towards greater protections for workers, the Duke administration attempted to take power away from DSWS and render the campaign invisible by retroactively prohibiting access to the balcony, in direct violation of the amnesty agreement.

The administration’s blatant retraction of amnesty further demonstrates the climate of profound distrust, retaliation and silence that it has fostered in the Duke community. This same climate also plagues Duke workers, who must support DSWS anonymously out of genuine fear of losing their jobs and their ability to provide for themselves and their families.

Further, the structure of the initial student misconduct investigation, spearheaded by Associate Dean of Students Stephen Bryan, only exacerbates our lack of confidence by placing the students in a similar situation as a defendant without an attorney. No student should have to fight for third party witnesses or advisors in any misconduct investigation or proceeding.

To suggest that students can best advance justice on their own behalf through one-onone meetings with top administrators is a shameful abuse of power.

We are dismayed by the lack of good faith with which the administration managed the sit-in and by the retaliatory actions it has now initiated against DSWS student representatives, in direct violation of its own agreement and its own written policies. For the sake of restoring faith in the institution and setting an example of true justice for our community, we ask that the administration end these spurious student investigations and resume discussions with DSWS to advance workers’ rights at Duke University.

Duke Students and Workers in Solidarity. The full list of authors can be found online.

Interested in writing for the Opinion pages?

Contact Jackson Prince at jrp56@duke.edu.

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ADMIN DONATIONS from page 1 and nationally since 2008. Wynn, who did not respond to repeated requests for comment, has contributed exclusively to Democratic candidates and organizations.

Most of his contributions have been to candidates in North Carolina, but he also contributed to President Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign.

Wynn has also donated to a number of elected officials representing the Durham area. FEC records show that he contributed more than $3,000 from 2008 until 2012 to the campaign of Rep. David Price, who represents parts of Durham and is also a professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Some of Wynn’s largest contributions have been to the campaign of North Carolina State Sen. Dan Blue Jr., Law School ’73, who represents a district that includes Raleigh. Blue is also the minority leader in the Senate and previously served as chair of Duke’s Board of Trustees. Wynn made a $5,100 contribution to Blue’s campaign committee in 2015.

Two other administrators, Schoenfeld and Richard Riddell, vice president and University secretary, contributed to Blue’s campaign in 2010 while Blue was chair of the Board. Riddell declined to comment on his personal contributions.

The Board elects the University secretary and approves compensation levels for University officers, including Schoenfeld, Riddell and Wynn.

Schoenfeld denied that administrators contributing to Blue’s campaign created any conflict of interest and said that he did not believe that the contributions could create a perception of a conflict either.

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leader in North Carolina,” Schoenfeld relations, agreed with Schoenfeld that said. “Those who support him support him neither the volume nor the nature of because he’s an important and effective and administrative contributions created a valuable leader for North Carolina. Do I see conflict of interest. Like Schoenfeld, he any of this as being a conflict of interest? emphasized that all Duke employees, No. Do I see the appearance of a conflict of including administrators, have the right to interest? No.” make personal contributions to political Wynn, who oversees Duke’s relations with candidates. He added, however, that the Durham community, has also contributed during his time in the administration, he to the campaigns of maintained a policy of several state legislators not giving to particular aking campaign representing the area. candidates. contributions is a He contributed $3,250 “You certainly are to the campaign of protected form of political not denied your right of N.C. Rep. Larry Hall endorsing a candidate or speech. between 2012 and 2015, supporting a candidate contributed $1,000 to by virtue of being in an — Michael Schoenfeld the campaign of N.C. administrative role,” Sen. Mike Woodard, Burness said. “But I who also serves as a business analyst for always in my personal case, and usually I the University, between 2014 and 2015 and think President [Nannerl] Keohane, we had contributed $1,500 to the campaign of N.C. a policy of not doing it, and we limited that Sen. Floyd McKissick between 2009 and policy to ourselves.”

2011. Wynn has additionally contributed to Several other administrators have also several other candidates running for North been politically active. Dr. A. Eugene Carolina state office.

Washington, chancellor for health affairs Only one administrator in a role similar and president and CEO of Duke University to Wynn’s at a dozen peer institutions has Health System, has contributed thousands contributed a similarly large amount of money of dollars to the presidential campaigns to political candidates, according to records of President Barack Obama and Hillary from followthemoney.org. Thomas Lewis, vice Clinton. Washington declined to comment president for government and community for this story. affairs at Johns Hopkins University, has Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School contributed roughly $30,000 to candidates of Medicine and vice chancellor of academic for federal office and state office in Maryland. affairs, has contributed more than $10,000 Lewis served in state government for more to the campaigns of Democratic candidates than 17 years before coming to JHU, according for federal office since 2008. She has also to the JHU Gazette. contributed $8,700 to the campaigns of Schoenfeld said that he did not believe Democratic candidates seeking North Wynn’s contributions would create a conflict Carolina office. Andrews could not be of interest with his work in Durham. reached in time for comment.

John Burness, visiting professor of the Dr. Victor Dzau, who was previously practice in the Sanford School of Public chancellor for health affairs and is Policy and former senior vice president currently a James B. Duke professor of for public government affairs and public medicine, has contributed more than

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He has also given more than $5,000 to the campaigns of Democratic candidates for North Carolina office.

President Richard Brodhead does not have any disclosed state or federal contributions. Past University presidents have made political contributions, however.

FEC records show that Dr. Keith Brodie, James B. Duke professor of medicine and president emeritus, contributed $3,000 to Price’s campaign in the late 1990s, several years after his term as president finished in 1993. He also contributed to the U.S. Senate campaigns of John Edwards and David Beasley. In addition, Brodie has also contributed to two candidates for North Carolina office.

Keohane, who served as president from 1993 to 2004, contributed $250 in 1998 to EMILY’s List, a political action committee focused on electing pro-choice Democratic women to office.

Special to The Chronicle Phail Wynn has given tens of thousands of dollars to various political candidates and committees.