April 20, 2018 by Duke Chronicle

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T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018 DUKECHRONICLE.COM

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 81

Duke EMS to resume operations Senior News Reporter

Duke Emergency Medical Services has been resuscitated after a two-semester break. Student-run Duke EMS will partner with Duke LifeFlight—an emergency transport service based at Duke Hospital—to provide event medical services at basketball and football games next semester, said junior Spencer Flynn, director of Duke EMS. When the service was shut down last September with Durham County EMS taking over full-time, Duke EMS reached out to the Duke Hospital administration. After several meetings and negotiations, they are now finalizing the details of the merger, Flynn said. “Duke EMS has been in continuous service for about 24 years since 1995, so it was very difficult for all of us to hear that we were at least going to be temporarily out of service, losing the medical oversight of Durham County [Emergency Medical Services],” Flynn said. “We are a very proud organization— both of the educational experience we offer to our members and also [of] the value we provide to the Duke community through our medical skills.” Up until last Fall, Duke EMS operated under Durham County EMS. But Durham County had unreasonable expectations for Duke’s student volunteers, wrote John Dailey—chief of the Duke University Police Department—in an email to The Chronicle in September 2017. “[Durham County wanted] Duke EMS to operate 24/7/365 and meet local educational See EMS on Page 6

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS SPEAKS AT CHAPEL Joined by Rev. William Barber II, Sanders discusses the challenges of a “moral economy” By Jake Satisky Staff Reporter

Two of the biggest preachers of the American progressive movement took to the Duke Chapel Thursday night, but this was no rosy sermon. Exactly three months after originally scheduled, Bernie Sanders and William Barber II spoke at Duke and argued that the United States isn’t doing nearly enough to promote economic equality. “A moral economy is one that says, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, all of our people should be able to live with dignity and security,” said Sanders, the longest serving independent in congressional history and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. Barber, a reverend who graduated from Duke Divinity School and formerly led the North Carolina NAACP, agreed with Sanders, noting that for a nation that claims to hold deeply

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religious values, the United States neglects to properly care for its less fortunate. He quoted the North Carolina Constitution, the U.S. Constitution and the teachings of Jesus to reinforce the point that elected officials put their hands on the Bible and swear an oath to defend the Constitution. “We have to change our domestic policy agenda or stop lying,” Barber, who now runs the non-profit Repairers of the Breach, proclaimed. “We can’t have it both ways!” The event, entitled “The Enduring Challenge of a Moral Economy,” honored the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Perhaps it was fitting then that the talk took place in April, suggested panel moderator and Dean of the Chapel Luke Powery—King was assassinated fifty Aprils ago. Both speakers spoke reverently about King’s achievements, remarking that he not only fought for desegregation but also the end of poverty, or a See SANDERS on Page 6

Faculty sign letter against disciplinary action for protesters By Isabelle Doan University News Editor

More than 60 faculty members have signed a letter urging administrators not to pursue disciplinary action against students who protested Saturday. Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct, sent an email Monday to students involved in Saturday’s disruption of President Vincent Price’s address to alumni, stating that OSC is “launching an inquiry into this matter in order to determine whether to proceed with possible university disciplinary action.” William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin professor emeritus of history, and Robert Korstad, professor of public policy and history, announced Thursday evening that dozens of faculty members have signed on to a letter they wrote asking the administration not to punish the students. “As teachers of undergraduates here at Duke University, we, the undersigned faculty members,

urge the Duke administration not to pursue disciplinary action against those who took part in student protests at the Reunion week-end on April 14th,” the letter states, with original emphasis. “Rather, we propose that discussions proceed over the next six months to find common ground on how to address the issues that were raised.” The letter—addressed to President Vincent Price, Provost Sally Kornbluth and Deans Valerie Ashby, Kelly Brownell, Arlie Petters and Ravi Bellamkonda—asks administrators “to try to resolve these issues through discussion [rather] than to risk continued conflict between students and the university’s administration.” “A remarkable similarity exists between the demands of the Vigil Class of 1968, the demands made by black students the next year, and the demands made by student protestors every few years since then, including in 2016 and 2018,” the letter states. A list of the faculty who have signed the letter can be found online at dukechronicle.com.

Bre Bradham | Associate Photography Editor After leaving the stage at Saturday’s protest, the students gathered on the Chapel’s steps.

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