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First college grads mark K Center’s 10th anniversary Ryan Hoerger The Chronicle Shalom Hernandez has an important decision to make. By May 1, Hernandez, like millions of high school seniors across the country, must choose a college to attend for the next four years. Luckily for Hernandez, she has nine acceptances to choose from, a product of several years of work at Durham’s Emily Krzyzewski Center. For the last 10 years, the Center—named after the mother of Duke men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski—has mentored and prepared hundreds of kids for college, providing tutoring and counseling to help them navigate the college admissions process. Like Hernandez, about 80 percent will be the first member of their family to go to college. Next Fall, 25 students from the Center’s K to College program will head to college—the nonprofit’s fifth graduating class. This Spring, however, the program will pay off in a new way— the Center’s first-ever group of high school seniors is now set to graduate from college. “One of the greatest gifts that Coach K has given the Center is setting the bar for what good work should look like here really high. That is to say, take this opportunity, take this canvas and make it something fantastic,” said Adam Eigenrauch, the Center’s executive director. “Our ‘make it something fantastic’ has always been education specifically to help great kids— who happen to be from low-income families but certainly who have an academic focus and strong character and strong family support— ultimately reach and succeed in college.”

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northwest of downtown. Just down the street, however, was Christopher Columbus, a public elementary school that hosted neighborhood events in the evenings and during the summers. Those events helped shape Krzyzewski, bringing together kids from different backgrounds and providing an initial blueprint for what became the Emily Krzyzewski Center. “It was a way kids who went to Columbus, St. Helen’s or were in the area—not just Polish kids but Puerto Rican kids, Ukranian kids, they all came together. It’s really without

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parent involvement, but it taught me not to be prejudicial,” Krzyzewski said. “It was tense when we first started it, but…these guys became our buddies.” Krzyzewski was approached by Father David McBrier of Durham’s Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in 1999 with the idea of building a center for the Durham community. Krzyzewski said he thought the location for the site—on West Chapel Hill Street next to the church—created significant parallels to his experience in Chicago, blending together kids and families of different ethnicities and

socioeconomic backgrounds. The decision was made to name the Center after Krzyzewski’s mother, who stopped attending school after eighth grade. But she placed a high value on education—Krzyzewski called her “my best teacher”—and helped Krzyzewski get to the United States Military Academy at West Point as the first in his family to attend college. “I think that makes him a really authentic leader for the Center, because he’s someone See K CENTER on Page 4

DSG VPs to sue president after yearbook funding veto Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle

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Duke Student Government President Keizra Mecklai has vetoed $40,000 of funding for the Chanticleer, Duke’s student yearbook, but other DSG officials plan to sue Mecklai in the DSG Judiciary to stop her veto. Last Wednesday, DSG Senate voted to fund the Chanticleer 19-19. DSG Executive Vice President John Guarco, a junior, broke the tie and voted to fund the Chanticleer. The annual budget as passed by the Senate would contribute $20,000 in funding and the surplus would contribute another $20,000 in funding. Mecklai, a senior, exercised the executive veto power granted by the DSG Constitution for the first time during her presidency Sunday to deny the Chanticleer both funding

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allocations. Guarco and Tanner Lockhead, vice president of Durham and regional affairs, have said that they will sue Mecklai to ensure that the Chanticleer is funded. “I believe that funding the Chanticleer will take enough money out of the programming fund this year and in years to come that it will make it impossible for [Student Organization Funding Committee] to do their job funding worthy student groups for their programs,” Mecklai wrote in an email. SOFC provides for chartered student group expenditures in the annual budget and through the student programming fund, which are both paid for by student activities fees. SOFC Chair Nikhil Gavai, a senior, previously noted that money from the annual budget funding can pay for things that are

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CompSci department sees increased student demand Rohan Kothari The Chronicle Duke’s computer science department has become much more popular in the past decade. There are currently more than 600 students majoring in computer science along with approximately 170 students pursuing minors in the field, Susan Rodger, professor of the practice of computer science, wrote in an email. This increase in popularity is due to the presence of technology in students’ everyday lives, explained Owen Astrachan, professor of the practice of computer science and associate director of undergraduate studies. “I think students are much more comfortable with technology than they used to be,” Astrachan said. “Going 25 years ago was almost going into the stone ages. People didn’t really have computers…. The technology has changed a lot and student expectations have changed.” There have been three surges in popularity of computer science nationwide, Rodger explained. She noted that the first wave arose in the early 1980s, when the personal computer had just been released. The second surge occurred in the mid-1990s as the Internet was developed, but ended during the dot-com collapse in the early 2000s. Rodger explained that the third surge of popularity is underway and that she does not see it ending soon. “I think technology is so engrained in society, I don’t see it going down for a long time,” Rodger said. “And I think

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other people recognize that too. Around the country, departments are hiring more computer science faculty to teach classes and other departments also have huge growth—it’s not just Duke.” Computer science classes have had large spikes in enrollment correlating to the recent surge. Enrollment in Duke’s introductory computer science course rose from 34 students in 2006 to approximately 300 students in Fall 2014, Rodger wrote in an email. The program has modified its structure in order to accommodate the increasing popularity. Astrachan emphasized that the department has

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improved its courses to account for new technologies. “The assignments are different,” Astrachan said. “You can go back and look at assignments from five, 10, 15 years ago, and we have changed the assignment to things that require more computing because the students’ expectations are different.” In addition to the increase in popularity, the computer science program has seen a rise in the number of female students pursuing a degree. Rodger noted that 27 percent of the current majors and 34 percent of the minors are women. Five years ago,

fewer than 15 percent of the graduating computer science majors were female. The introductory course, CompSci 101, has seen even more progress, with female students consisting of approximately 50 percent of the class enrollment. “We’ve had a lot of dedicated efforts to increase the diversity in our classes. We have some women in computing groups here on campus,” Rodger said. “We’ve tried to get women speakers to come in and talk to students. So we’ve done lots of things here and there to try and get more See COMPSCI on Page 4

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CAPS continues search for more diverse staff Heather Zhou The Chronicle Although Counseling and Psychological Services initiated a search for more diverse social workers last semester following student concerns, the positions have not yet been filled. As CAPS’ search continues, demand from students continues to rise. More than 1,900 students visited CAPS in the 2014-15 academic year, representing a 24 percent increase from five years ago, said Libby Webb, interim director of CAPS. Even though the search for new social workers has not been completed, Webb said that the office has hired two psychologist interns and initiated cultural competency training for CAPS staff in response to student concerns about diversity. “I am really appreciative of student activists who discuss bringing more diversity into CAPS,” Webb said. “Our staff wants to visually represent the demographics of our community that we work within. Yet it’s equally important for those of us who don’t come from those demographic backgrounds to hold cross-cultural competence.” Webb noted that one of the interns, Marvice Marcus, a doctoral student in counseling psychology at Washington State University, specializes in working with black students and on social justice issues. He will continue working with CAPS as he completes his Ph.D. The second intern, Gregory Welikson, a Ph.D. student at Fordham University, is completing a one-year residency at Duke that will end this August. Welikson has

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expertise in recognizing white privilege and building cross-cultural communities, Webb said. CAPS’ search for social workers who have experience working with AsianAmerican, Latino/a and international students began last November. The organization is also looking for a new director and starting a two-year initiative with dRworks—an abbreviation for the consulting organization Dismantling Racism Works—to address racial inequities in CAPS, Webb added.

Students have voiced the importance of having staff who can relate to minority students’ experiences. “It can be both extremely tiring and triggering to have to explain one’s own ethnicity, especially if it relates to one’s mental health, and the common experiences that many members of the [Asian and Asian-American] community go through,” wrote senior John Park, executive board member of the Asian Students Association, in an email. Park added that because mental

health and illness is highly stigmatized in Asian culture, CAPS and other cultural organizations should work to make mental health resources more accessible for minority students specifically. Yan Li, an Asian staff psychologist at CAPS, said that students’ call for psychologists of various cultural and racial backgrounds resonated with her. “It is also important not to make the assumption that students of color should only seek counseling or only benefit [from] counseling with therapists who share the similar culture background,” Li wrote in an email. “Addressing issues of equity and inclusion around race, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation and gender identity [is] the responsibility of all therapists at CAPS.” Li noted that the demographic picture of students seeking CAPS clinical services has largely mirrored the percentage of various groups within the Duke student population, with the exception of international students, who are largely underrepresented. Senior Quang Do, president of Duke’s International Association, explained that the underrepresentation of international students at CAPS is largely due to cultural differences and said that they may feel less comfortable seeking help. “We are talking with Li and plan to collaborate with CAPS to promote mental health in the international students community,” Do said. “We are going to help Li reach out to other cultural groups on campus and have a grand meeting. The International See CAPS on Page 4

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CAPS from page 2 Association also wants to build a mentormentee system, to pair up upperclassmen and incoming international students and then bring Dr. Li in to hold mental health workshops throughout the year.” CAPS is also planning on making its website more user-friendly and hopes to allow students to schedule appointments online. “[Duke Student Government] has reached out to us and suggests that more students would come in if they don’t have to call to make an appointment,” Webb said. “We’ve been checking other online appointment programs and talking with developers. We believe that would be an added benefit, and we want

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to move that way.” Students have also noted that the relatively long waiting time between calling CAPS to get an appointment and actually going in can be problematic. “The long queue of students who are often waiting for an appointment is proof in and of itself, that the presence [of CAPS] is necessary,” sophomore Ambika Menon, a peer responder for Peer for You, wrote in an email. “However, the wait while you’re in the queue may allow for the internalization of emotions that need to be understood and spoken about and dealt with immediately.” The average waiting time before getting a first appointment is 4.5 days, but CAPS has an on-call team that can provide immediate service if the student has an emergency, Webb said. with schools to identify promising students, the program’s results have created more and more interest. “We’ve established a reputation for what it is we do and what it is we do well,” Eigenrauch explained. “Our students have become terrific advocates for us.... There is an element of ‘I’ve heard the Emily K Center is somewhere I should seek out if this is what I want for myself.’” Hernandez—who attends the Durham School of the Arts—joined the program in middle school but later decided to take a break. As a high school sophomore, she rediscovered the program at the urging of a school counselor. Now, she meets with a writing coach on Wednesdays and comes back the next day to meet with a tutor. “I think the Emily K [Center], besides being the support I need academically, is also like a second family for me because I’m here so often, and I get to spend a lot of time with the great staff here,” Hernandez said.

who was a kid like our kids,” Eigenrauch said. “The opportunities that college and West Point specifically created for him are not unlike the opportunity that our kids shoot for and the opportunities that are available to them.” Seven years and $7 million of fundraising after McBrier came to Krzyzewski, the Center opened in 2006—and quickly morphed into something more than what either had envisioned. The Center works with more than 70 other organizations and nonprofits in the area, opening its doors to thousands of other members of the community for programs and events without charge. The facility has a stage and a gym, where kids shoot hoops on the same floor that Shane Battier and company did when the Blue Devils beat Arizona in the 2001 national championship game in Minneapolis. But Eigenrauch—a former teacher and Fulfilling the cycle school administrator—began to develop Eigenrauch and the mentors, counselors educational programs, building the Center into and volunteers at the Center spent the first six something bigger than a gathering space. years preparing their students to apply to and get into college, but there was no measure of Getting ready for college how those students would do once they got The Center’s K to College program works there. That changed in 2012, however, when with students from first grade through their the first group of students graduated from sophomore year of college, teaching new skills, high school. tutoring and working with them through the That class is now set to graduate from college ins and outs of the college application process. and bring the Center’s mission to fruition. Elementary and middle school students “We’re hopefully going to start seeing the head to the Center Monday through Friday. labors of [the Center’s efforts with] kids who Students in the high school program come to have now graduated from college—maybe the center on Wednesday nights for discussions, they’ll come back to Durham, but they’ll always and many come back for additional tutoring be part of the Emily K Center and giving back to and test prep for the SAT and ACT. their communities,” said Duke deputy athletic The Center enrolled 36 students in its first director Mike Cragg, co-vice chair of the year, but that figure has ballooned to the 225 Center’s board of directors. currently taking advantage of its offerings. Jasmine Everett graduated from Durham Eigenrauch said the program used to go out School of the Arts in 2012 and was part of and find kids, and although efforts are still made the Center’s first group of graduates. In

CAPS is meant for short-term counseling, and students on average use CAPS for four to five counseling sessions, she added. CAPS can refer students to other clinics near campus if students are seeking long-term therapy. Gary Glass, associate director of outreach and developmental programming for CAPS and a staff psychologist, noted that students have become more involved in addressing mental health issues and that student efforts can complement CAPS’ efforts. Peer For You, a student organization that provides web-based support for other students, received training from CAPS to properly respond to messages from those seeking help. “We want to serve as the frontline when students are stressed out and want to talk to someone, and CAPS is a separate but connected resource that students can utilize too,” said junior Louisa Hanson, co-president of Peer For You. Peer For You and CAPS also collaborate to hold mental-health related events and refer students to each other when needed, Hanson added. “I think Peer for You’s being run totally by students and for students is special because it allows a certain empathy and ability to better relate to the students who message in because we’re all Duke students and understand what that’s like, ” wrote junior Kelly Vittetoe, a peer responder at Peer For You, in an email. Webb applauded students’ efforts to help promote mental health on campus and expressed that CAPS hopes to keep partnering with and advising students. “They can do things in the ways we can’t,” Webb said. “What we hope for at CAPS is that students can open up to each other, and in that opening up knowing that everybody struggling with something and that’s normal.” two weeks, she will graduate from Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., earning a major in math and a minor in computer science, with plans to teach high school math in Chattanooga, Tenn. For Everett, college provided an opportunity to take advantage of her independence and grow up while exploring new interests, like her computer science minor. “Nothing is what you think it would be. I learned a lot about myself, and I think college is there for you to figure out who you are on your own,” Everett said. “I’m really proud that I was part of the Emily K Center and that I was one of the first to experience what they have to offer. Without the Emily K Center, I really don’t know how my life would be right now as far as being in college.” The Center is now trying to create that success on a wider level. The next program, Game Plan: College, will try to help a larger group of first-generation college students understand the process of getting into college, without the in-depth counseling and guidance of the K to College program. “We want to, through workshops and individualized advising sessions, provide an opportunity for those students to start filling in those information deficits so they’re more empowered to make good decisions going forward,” Eigenrauch said. “[We want] to look 10 years forward and look back and say ‘Ten years ago was good, but this is better.’” The May March At the end of each school year, the Center holds the May March, a ceremony to recognize its students and particularly its graduating seniors, who meet Krzyzewski and receive a sweatshirt from the college of their choice. This year, 25 students will be honored, with acceptances from colleges including Vanderbilt University, Georgetown University and Rice University. The event is a celebration of the students’

DSG from page 1 not open to all students, whereas money from the programming fund pays for events that are open to the entire student body. Funding the Chanticleer from the annual budget would reduce the amount of funding available for student programming next year. Earlier this year, Gavai had to request funds from the surplus fund because of shortages in the student programming fund. DSG Senate has an opportunity to overturn Mecklai’s veto with a two-thirds majority, but for now, Guarco and Lockhead plan to sue Mecklai for her decision. “We believe there are discrepancies entwined within our bylaws and constitution that must be prudently addressed by the members of the Judiciary,” Guarco wrote in an email. “As such, we are introducing a case to the Judiciary to clarify the legality of President Keizra Mecklai’s decision to use a line-item veto.” During the last DSG elections, the student body had the opportunity to vote for an “informational, non-binding referendum” regarding funding for the Chanticleer. Roughly 81 percent of voters wanted to continue giving a free edition of Chanticleer to seniors, funded by $14 of every student’s yearly activities fee. However, the budgetary statue and annual budget line item would have acted as a subsidy, instead of fully funding the Chanticleer as the referendum proposed. Mecklai wrote that the referendum implied that all students wanted a free yearbook, but that the funding would only partially pay for the Chanticleer for two years. “Since the Chanticleer legislation was only passed by one vote this year—when it was only $40,000, I am not convinced that the senate will vote to continue to fund the Chanticleer in the future, which means that all Duke students will pay for one or two classes to get free yearbooks,” Mecklai wrote. “I think this is unethical.” hard work as they get ready to begin the next chapter of their lives, but also a goal for younger generations to work toward achieving. “Our younger students are looking at our graduating class—it says ‘Hey, this works,’” Eigenrauch said. “It’s not hard for our students to look ahead two years or six years [and say], ‘That could be me—I could be the one holding up the University of North Carolina sweatshirt or the Salem College sweatshirt or the Wake Forest sweatshirt, because that student was sitting right where I am in this seat three years ago.’” Krzyzewski said that, for him, the ceremony is one of the most rewarding parts of the program. “I’m on stage and I’m looking at the kids, but then I’m looking at their families,” he said. “All of them come in, thanking Adam, [saying] ‘Coach, thank you.’ Those are the biggest pluses for me, that our group is doing something that good…. What our team is doing there is spectacular.” At the May March two years ago, Hernandez received the Center’s Dream to Achieve Award from Krzyzewski. Now, she is about to go through the ceremony for the final time—but her sweatshirt choice is still up in the air. Hernandez said she is intrigued by Salem College—an all-girls school in WinstonSalem, N.C.—in part because of a multi-week all-girls camp she attended at Mt. Holyoke in South Hadley, Mass., that gave her a new sense of confidence. “I’m going to be really sad to leave [because] I’m not going to be here every week, but I’m also going to be really excited and happy because it means that all the hard work—not only myself but the staff, my tutors, my mentors—has finally paid off,” she said. “I hope I will inspire other young Hispanic students to follow their dreams, and that no matter where they come from, there’s always opportunities—you just have to look for them.”

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DUKE STEAMROLLS GOLDEN EAGLES The Blue Devils jumped out to a 9-1 halftime lead against a stout Marquette defense Seth Johnson The Chronicle

On the brink of missing out on the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006, the Blue Devils needed to make a statement in their final game before the postseason. And Friday night at home, they decided to open the floodgates and do just that. No. 16 Duke dismantled No. 15 Marquette 16-1 at Koskinen Stadium, exposing the Golden Eagles’ top-ranked scoring defense, which arrived in Durham allowing just 6.5 MARQ 1 goals per game. Led DUKE 16 by hat tricks from sophomore Justin Guterding and junior Jack Bruckner, the Blue Devils jumped out to a lopsided 9-1 halftime lead and continued to pour it on in the final 30 minutes. Entering the game, Marquette’s defense had only surrendered double-digit goals once this season—a 12-8 loss at Ohio State March 4. But Duke’s second-best scoring offense—which averages 14.0 goals per game—could not be stopped en route to the 15-goal win, the Blue Devils’ largest margin of victory since a 19-4 win March 18, 2014 against Furman. “There is no complacency because we’re not even sure that we’re going to make the NCAA tournament, so for us we’ve been [in] that kind of mode,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “There is no way that anybody here can be complacent—there’s just no room for it.” After outscoring Virginia 5-1 in the fourth quarter last weekend, Duke (9-6) picked up right where it left off and kept its

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Junior Jack Bruckner netted a first-half hat trick and wound up with four goals as the Blue Devils cruised to a 16-1 win against No. 15 Marquette Friday night.

foot on the gas from start to finish Friday. The Blue Devil offense scored its 14th goal with 1:57 remaining in the third quarter, with 10 different players contributing to the scoring outburst by the final buzzer. After each netting first-half hat tricks, Guterding and Bruckner finished the night with 10 total points. Guterding contributed three goals and three assists, and Bruckner chipped in four goals for an offensive unit that lined 27 shots on cage out of 39 attempts. “We’re a very confident group. We scored 16, 17 goals against some of the best teams in the ACC, so we knew that

our offense is very capable, and seeing the defense hold the other team to one gives the offense a lot of juice,” senior midfielder Myles Jones said. “We knew that we can play, take a [few] more chances than normal, but we capitalized on great opportunities and I couldn’t be more proud of everyone that got on the field.” Marquette (9-3) could not find the back of the net on the other end of the field. After scoring their first goal with 8:36 remaining in the first quarter, the Golden Eagles went scoreless for the remainder of the contest. For the final 51:24, the Duke defense was the strongest and most consistent it has

been all season, holding an opponent to just one goal for the first time in Danowski’s 10year tenure in Durham. Despite its roller-coaster ride this season with six losses, the Blue Devil defensive unit found its groove against Marquette— goalkeepers Danny Fowler and Luke Aaron combined for 12 saves and the Duke back line forced nine turnovers. The Blue Devils won 12-of-21 faceoffs and dominated the ground ball hustle statistic 35-21 to keep their opponents at bay. “We put a huge emphasis on ground balls every week, but especially this week because we know that [Marquette head coach Joe] Amplo and his team is a very blue-collar work ethic team. And we wanted to make sure that was really important going forward,” Danowski said. “It was the only statistic that we were going to keep. It was 19-11 at half and it was the only statistic that we talked about after the game.” With 7:12 remaining in the first quarter, Jones added another record to his historic career in Durham. After notching the opening tally of the game on his own, Jones found Guterding for the second Duke goal of the game, becoming the first midfielder in Division I history to record 100 goals and 100 assists. The Huntington, N.Y., native is the fifth player in Blue Devil history to reach the century mark in both statistics, joining four former attackmen. “It’s awesome. It’s great to play with great players. I could name a list of 15 great players that put me in this position to break records like that. And it is a pretty cool record,” Jones said. “I think it’s just a testament of See M. LACROSSE on Page 9

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Tar Heels cruise past Blue Devils in regular-season finale Mitchell Gladstone The Chronicle CHAPEL HILL—It was a gorgeous 78-degree April afternoon at the opening draw as Duke made the 11-mile journey with hopes of bringing home a signature win. By game’s end, though, rain was pouring down, making for an ugly finish—and nothing about the scoreboard was pretty for the Blue Devils either. No. 3 North Carolina used a dominant 7-0 first half run to roll to an easy 16-8 win on its Senior Day against No. 15 Duke in another edition of the Tobacco Road rivalry Saturday at Fetzer DUKE 8 Field. The back-to16 back ACC regular UNC season champion Tar Heels used a balanced offensive attack with six different players scoring multiple goals— including hat tricks from sophomore Ela Hazar and senior Aly Messinger. Senior Kelsey Duryea struggled in goal for the Blue Devils, saving just 34.8 percent of the shots she faced—far below her 54.5 percent clip entering the season finale. Duke sophomore Kyra Harney and senior Kelci Smesko combined for five goals and an assist, but the third-ranked Tar Heels simply had too

much firepower, sending the Blue Devils into the ACC tournament having lost three of their final four regular-season contests. “We weren’t doing a good job of winning the draw [and] when we did, we were turning the ball over quickly and, more than anything, defensively we were really slow,” Duke head coach Kirsten Kimel said. “I don’t think Kelsey Duryea was seeing the ball very well in the first half and we weren’t helping her much defensively, taking away things that we knew Carolina was working for.” For the first seven minutes, the Blue Devils (9-7, 4-3 in the ACC) seemed to have some control against a North Carolina team that had thoroughly beaten Duke in the past two meetings. Smesko and Harney netted consecutive goals to give the Blue Devils a quick 2-1 lead. That lead, though, did not last long. The Tar Heels (13-2, 7-0) ripped off seven straight goals in rapid succession, blanking Duke for the next 16:41. North Carolina midfielder Marie McCool slid a bounce shot past Duryea to give her team the lead and Messinger capped the stretch nearly nine minutes later with her second goal of the game. Within minutes, the Blue Devils’ narrow advantage had vanished and they found See W. LACROSSE on Page 9

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More program records fall at Duke Invitational Ali Wells The Chronicle In the final home contest of her collegiate career, Megan Clark set a new meet and facility record of 14 feet, 10 1/4 inches on her third attempt. But the senior had two more records to break before taking her last jumps in Durham. Clark claimed the Duke Invitational title, school and conference record and top mark in the NCAA so far this season with a clearance of 15 feet, 2 1/4 inches Saturday—one of two wins and two program records set by Blue Devil seniors in the two-day meet at Morris Williams Track and Field Stadium. Taking three attempts at 15 feet, 5 3/4 inches, Clark nearly tied the NCAA record held by Sandi Morris of Arkansas. “That’s the first time that I’ve jumped a national record,” Clark said. “I had a huge support group here—my family, my first pole vault coach. It was awesome to be able to jump so well in front of them.” Her mark stands as third all-time outdoors by a collegiate athlete, but the Fort Benning, Ga., native has room to climb up the NCAA rankings before turning her attention to the Olympic Trials. “Her attempts to tie the record—her hips were over on two of those jumps,” Duke director of track and field Norm Ogilvie said. “It’s there. Everyone here is thrilled for her. For now, we have two number-ones in our program—Megan and Shaun Thompson [in the 10,000 meters]. This is huge for us.” With Clark’s performance as the

Jack White | The Chronicle The Duke Invitational was disrupted by hour-long rain delays both Friday and Saturday, but the inclement weather did not stop the Blue Devils from setting a few more program records.

spark, the Blue Devil seniors continued to shine in the field events. High jumper Madeline Morrow cleared a collegiate-best 5 feet, 9 3/4 inches for the win in her signature event Saturday. The North Canton, Ohio, native faced a tough test from Campbell’s Shenelle Mckay—who cleared her first four heights with just one attempt—and Morrow needed a second pass at 5 feet, 7 inches. But Morrow sailed over the bar set at the winning height on her second attempt, and Mckay could not produce a clean jump. In Friday’s rain, Michael Foley earned the second of Duke’s two new records from the weekend with his new personal

best in the hammer throw. Hurling the implement 95 feet, 5 inches—59.56 meters—on his third attempt, Foley shattered his own program mark by nearly five and a half feet. The Paradise Valley, Ariz., native now has his sights set on breaking the 60-meter barrier before hanging up his Duke uniform. “It was big. I’ve been hovering around 57 [meters] for a while, so I’m excited about it,” Foley said. “I’ve been staying head to the grindstone—that’s what hammer throwing is all about.” The younger Blue Devils also tallied four more event wins to add to the seniors’ highlight reel.

The women’s squad picked up its lone win on the track in the women’s 4-x-100-meter relay. Freshman India Lowe, redshirt senior Teddi Maslowski, junior Madeline Kopp and sophomore Maddy Price faced a close race with East Carolina through the first three legs of the race. A strong anchor by Price helped Duke pull ahead to cross the line first in 45.26 seconds, but it did not matter for the Pirates, who were disqualified for their timing of the baton pass in the final exchange. Domonique Panton won the women’s triple jump with a mark of 39 feet, 11 1/2 inches. The freshman sits second on the Blue Devils’ all-time list thanks to her personal best jump of 40 feet, 2 inches from the Battle of the Blues April 2. The men’s middle-distance harriers dominated the field in the 800- and 1,500-meter events. Junior Dylan Murphy claimed the win and meet record in the two-lap race with a personal-best of 1:50.12, and classmate Alec Kunzweiler also clocked a career-best for the win in the mile in 3:46.23. “That will give Alec a ton of confidence heading into the Penn Relays,” Ogilvie said. “That was faster than his personal record indoors, so that’s definitely the best race he’s run. A lot of guys turned in PRs and got their ACC marks, so hopefully that means we can use [some] wildcards to bring some other guys to Tallahassee.” The Duke athletes were not the only ones breaking records, though. Scott Houston of RunGum set the meet and facility record in the men’s See TRACK & FIELD on Page 12

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Blue Devils pick up third ACC series win in 4 weekends Sam Turken The Chronicle Duke’s offense exploded Saturday afternoon, but it was the Blue Devils’ pitching that keyed a pivotal conference win Sunday. Brian McAfee hurled eight strong innings and southpaw Mitch Stallings recorded his sixth save of the season as the Blue Devils defeated Virginia DUKE 2 Tech 3-1 Sunday 3 afternoon at English TECH Field at Union Park DUKE 19 in Blacksburg, Va. 9 Duke lost a pitchers’ TECH duel in the series DUKE 3 opener but blew out 1 the Hokies 19-9 in TECH the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader before squeaking out one more well-pitched game to win yet another ACC series. After surrendering a career-high seven runs on 10 hits in five innings in a loss against Miami April 17, McAfee returned to form against the Hokies. The Cornell transfer—who lowered his ERA to 3.78— allowed no walks and kept Hokie batters guessing as he worked the bottom of the strike zone and consistently painted the

corners. The right-hander also received help from the defense behind him, which turned three double plays. “We played very well today as a team,” Duke head coach Chris Pollard said. “We felt like going into the ballgame that if [McAfee] executed at the bottom of the zone, he could produce a lot of ground-ball contact against this team and he did…. We took a couple of hits away from them with our infield defense.” After the Blue Devils (23-18, 9-12 in the ACC) left freshman centerfielder Jimmy Herron stranded in the first inning, they provided McAfee with run support in the top of the second. Sophomore right fielder Peter Zyla led off with a single up the middle past the outstretched glove of shortstop Ryan Tufts before freshman Zack Kone reached on a grounder through the right side. Following a Michael Smiciklas walk to load the bases, the Blue Devils broke through when Herron drew another free pass with two outs. But the Hokies limited the damage when a leaping grab by second baseman Matt Dauby robbed freshman catcher Chris Proctor of a potential bases-clearing double. Duke had another opportunity to score two innings later when Kone and sophomore See BASEBALL on Page 12

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Duke fifth as Shuman ties for second at ACC championship Ryan Hoerger The Chronicle Jake Shuman knew he needed a strong close to the weekend to contend for the individual title. “I checked the leaderboard on the 10th tee to see where I was, see where the team was and kind of figured I needed to do something,” he said. “After 13, I figured if I wasn’t leading, I had to be close.” The sophomore birdied the first four holes on the back nine Sunday afternoon at the ACC championship, part of a sixbirdie final round en route to a fiveunder-par 67. Shuman entered the final 18 holes tied for second, but his strong close to the round was not enough to elevate him to the top of the podium at the Old North State Club in New London, N.C.. Louisville’s Robin SciotSiegrist birdied the 17th hole and eagled the 18th to capture his second straight individual title at 10 under par, forcing Shuman to settle for a tie with N.C. State’s Jacob McBride for second. Shuman carded 14 birdies in the 54 holes, shooting a combined nine under par on par-fours and -fives for the weekend. The Needham, Mass., native was the lone Blue Devil under par, though, as No. 18 Duke finished in fifth place at one over par, 26 shots off the lead. Despite vaulting himself into

Ian Jaffe | Chronicle File Photo Sophomore Jake Shuman birdied the first four holes on the back nine Sunday, finishing in a tie for second at the ACC championship, one off the individual lead.

contention with the four consecutive birdies, Shuman said he tried to approach the rest of the round the same way, rather than focusing on where he stood on the leaderboard. “I didn’t check after that. I didn’t want to change my game plan or change what I was doing because of anything else,” Shuman said. “I learned two weeks ago in Princeton that I’ve got to keep the

pedal down and not play conservatively on the way in, even if you have a lead. I didn’t want to know where I was, I just wanted to keep trying to make birdies on the way in.” A bogey on the 17th hole slowed Shuman’s momentum, but he responded with a birdie on his last hole of the day to wind up tied with McBride. Shuman’s weekend began with six

birdies Friday, but three bogeys kept him tied for second at three under. He carded a clean scorecard of one under Saturday— with just two birdies and one bogey— before heating up again Sunday. “Although he didn’t make as many birdies on the front nine [Sunday], he knocked on the door a lot,” Duke head coach Jamie Green said. “He recognized a couple holes you didn’t need to hit driver, and he had an extra club or two into a green, but that gave him the best chance to get a putt at it. He did that when he had to, other times he trusted his driver and he did drive it well.” Freshman Alex Smalley—fresh off the first collegiate win of his career April 10 at the Princeton Invitational— had an up-and-down weekend, carding at least three birdies in every round. But the rookie also hurt his chances with a double-bogey on the 11th hole Friday, and balanced his five-birdie final round with six bogeys that kept him at one over par for the day and tournament. Smalley finished in a tie for 23rd. The par-five 11th—which played as the third-easiest hole for the weekend—was also unkind to junior Matt Oshrine, who triple-bogeyed that hole Sunday, marring what would have otherwise been an even-par close to See M. GOLF on Page 12

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W. LACROSSE from page 3 themselves in a deep hole—one that Duke could not find a way to escape. “We got away from our game plan,” Kimel said. “We weren’t being aggressive going to goal—that was part of what we wanted to do…. We didn’t have enough people doing those things throughout the game. The second half we got a little bit better with that, but we just didn’t have enough people attacking the goal.” Although the Blue Devils trailed 10-5 entering halftime, the momentum appeared to swing back in their direction as Harney and freshman Ella Bonafede each scored a goal in the last three minutes of the first half. But both teams came out of the locker room slow—the teams notched just two goals apiece in the first17:18 of the second half. kakuro_529E.txt But then the Tar Heels caught fire again,

as consecutive goals from three of their top four goal-scorers—senior Sammy Jo Tracy, McCool and Messinger—extended the North Carolina lead back to eight. The rivals combined for 45 fouls and 27 turnovers in a game that turned sloppy at times. The Tar Heels took advantage of Duke’s miscues, scoring on both shots they took off free position fouls. “We had a lot of turnovers today that were pretty uncharacteristic of us,” Harney said. “If we capitalize on those, we start strong and take advantage of our man-up opportunities, today would’ve been a different outcome.” And although the Blue Devils utilized their usual, methodical pace on the offensive end, North Carolina brought constant offensive pressure early and often, forcing Kimel to pull Duryea for a 2:16 span before the senior goaltender returned to the cage. “I just think she needed to reset herself mentally and I think it worked,” Kimel said. “She was able to come back and make stops.” Offensively, Duke found itself in a rut, stifled by a Tar Heel defense that had only surrendered 8.1 goals per game entering Saturday. Duke tried to start a late push with a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes from sophomore Maddie Crutchfield and Smesko, but a huge stop from Tar Heel goalkeeper Megan Ward—one of eight for the North Carolina senior—slammed the door shut. Duke has four days off before returning to action Thursday in the ACC tournament at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va., where it faces fifth-seeded Virginia. “The ACC tournament is going to huge for us,” Harney said. “It’ll be a testament to our character to see how we’re going to be for the rest of the season.”

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Sophomore Justin Guterding spearheaded the Duke attack against the Golden Eagles, contributing three goals and three assists in a game the Blue Devils had to win.

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ooking back, the Brothers Grimm were well worth their namesake—the big bad wolf, Rumpelstiltskin and the rest of their characters are more than a little creepy, they’re truly grim. The moral motive wrapped in most of those stories takes form in plotlines and characters that are, in a modern context, pretty dark. Those tales have been repurposed over the years in a variety of ways, and as Disney would have it, they’ve often been made more savory. Less blood and less death seems in tune with the times, and mothers across the country are

dangerously misleading at worst. The ability to own a gun does not make it a panacea for your daily dissatisfactions, and I have a hard time believing that they belong in a children’s story. These rewrites, well intentioned as they pretend to be, are an overt attempt to introduce and normalize guns to the youngest and most influential members of our society. No matter which way you spin it, guns are weaponry, and pointing a barrel at someone’s face has very real and substantial ramifications. In Hamilton’s rewrite, the Big Bad Wolf is only scared stiff when he “heard the unmistakable sound of a shotgun’s

Caleb Ellis MORE OR LESS probably content with those interpretations. Yet, as hard as I try, shoving a 12-guage into the hands of Little Red Riding Hood doesn’t strike me as a more secure reimagining. That revision is brought to you by the National Rifle Association, which just this past January launched a pair of reinvented fairy tales on its NRA Family website. Those stories—Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun) and Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns), respectively—now illustrate a world in which human-devouring wolves and childeating witches are held in check by shotguns. Dice that up any way you want, but these new synopses teeter less towards fantasy and more towards lunacy. I don’t want this to sound like a diatribe against the Second Amendment because, truthfully, it is not. I am concerned far more with the moral implications of stuffing lethal weapons into the hands of a preteen—even if it is in the name of self-defense. That byproduct, that the characters are able to protect themselves and “defuse” the perilous situations they encounter, is what the NRA and partner author Amelia Hamilton are arguing these revisions present. There is an instructive quality to children’s literature. The ideas of learning right from wrong, not talking to strangers and not wandering too far from home serve as education embedded in entertainment. Yet, those thinly veiled allegories also ask that children develop their own sense of moral reasoning and critical thinking. Sure, Little Red Riding Hood teaches us that listening to mom is always a good call, but without the Big Bad Wolf, a five-year-old wouldn’t be shepherded towards that decision. Telling a child that the best way to get rid of a stranger is to point a loaded gun at them is morally dubious at best and

safety being clicked off.” As far as interpretation goes, this story presents a series of conflicts that are better remedied by bullets than anything else. Blurring the line between gun safety and gun promotion at such a young age is a disingenuous. It promotes guns as a problem-solver under the guise of education and imagination. In all honesty, the likelihood of these NRA bedtime stories hitting the mainstream—or gaining any traction for that matter—are slim. Even if the intention is really, “all about safety and it’s for parents to start those conversations,” as Hamilton states, few families I know seem intent on weaving the intricacies of shotgun safeties into their children’s bedtime routines. There is a time and place gun safety and education, but that should target the people who are of age to actually wield guns. For whatever reason, kindergarteners don’t seem like the intended audience. The easy answer might simply be, “don’t go to the NRA for your children’s entertainment,” but it feels like there might be a little more to it than that. These rewritings are solicitations to young children and their families, asking them not only to learn about the safety of guns, but the ethical circumstances for their use. That’s not something that feels appropriate for young children, particularly when administered by the NRA. Spreading gun safety and awareness are important tasks, and I agree wholeheartedly that the NRA should play in active role in that process. However, it’s not a task that should be left to Hansel and Gretel—otherwise the Brothers Grimm might have given them crossbows to begin with. Caleb Ellis is a Trinity senior. This is his final column for The Chronicle.

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erception is a powerful thing. It causes us to act against our own best interests and to maximize image over substance. Ask the question—what looks best on a resume, to an employer, to my friends and family or to the world at large? What makes me as good or better than everyone else? How can I look composed when it feels like the Jenga tower of my life is crashing to the ground? Perception drives us at Duke. I think it is why so many of us feel disillusioned at one point or another in our four years on

The world around us calls for much the opposite. Duke has taught me to project a faultless image that must be constantly affirmed. My internal self would much rather be the authentic me in every moment. The interplay is one we struggle with daily, conversing with friends about how busy we are or reminding everyone on social media how awesome and impressive we continue to be. Rarely do we find opportunities to get past the superficial to thinking about what we can do right now

Jay Sullivan HOPE, FOR THE WIN this campus. Even this column, which has become a refuge for me to process and write, has been an exercise in perception. In some respects, writing this column has been about self-affirmation, that the views I put out to the public are respected and widely circulated on social media. But this column has never truly been about perception or what I want you to think of me. I wouldn’t have written about my personal conundrums and struggles had I wanted the world to see me as a model edifice of the “Duke student.” Perception might drive us but it is not what gives life meaning nor is it a reflection of who we fully are, all the frustrations, faults and struggles. If there is one thing I want to communicate today, it’s that perception cannot be what drives us. We can build perception by acting according to what should matter—our values and morals and how we define ourselves—not by how others seek to define us. Every day we have to work to make that a reality, but living a life guided by that deeper sense of self is far more rewarding and genuine than any Duke-imposed identity ever could offer. The process to move past this identity, in my experience, starts not with the self but with the engagement in the issues, problems and challenges of the lives of others. To distill it all into a few words, look up and commit to caring about what you see. Whether that’s on this campus in the lives of our friends or across this community and around the world in the lives of others we may never know. That’s what this column has been about for me over the past two years, a personal reminder and a broader call to action. Whether what I spent hours poring over actually resonates with me and others on this campus or at the least causes them to pause and think for a moment. There was a time I bought into this myth far too heavily that permeates our campus that we have to do the thing that is most impressive or seemingly prestigious. When everyone seems to be heading in one direction driven by personal ambition, no matter how hard you push you’ll inevitably find yourself caught in the rush. It becomes quite easy to look inward to the self more than we dare to look at the lives of those around us and think what could we do for someone else that might not advance our careers or strengthen public opinion but might actually do some good. Duke has taught me to be selfish.

that matters and makes the world and the people who inhabit it a little better for even just a moment. Listening to a friend as opposed to bludgeoning them with our far more important and demanding concerns. Pausing to learn about a topic or an issue we may have never fully considered or a perspective we’ve never heard. Taking the time to recognize that the privilege and power of this education and the position we inhabit as students here must be used for something other than accruing personal wealth or prestige. My Duke experience has been made infinitely stronger, more complicated and more meaningful when I finally learned to look up and commit to caring. I believe this campus would be far stronger and more equitable if more of us rejected the notion that perception is self-driven rather than self-created. It’s a subsidiary to the tangible, that which we do and are, the abiding sense of identity and acceptance of self to be fully present, fully engaged and fully committed to something greater than ourselves. The tagline—hope, for the win—came out of a 2 a.m. message the night before my first column was published, a snap judgment that has increasingly become a life philosophy. I think it summarizes much of what I offered every other week. I started out at The Chronicle as a sports reporter four years ago, incurring the chagrin of editors when I skirted with deadlines, though not much has changed in that regard in four years. Writing a column became the challenge of applying myself fully to saying something meaningful every other week that might do something more than make me feel important. If that meant how I was perceived changed, then I could live with the consequences. What mattered was that I put my whole self into these words and committed to using this space for voices and issues that impacted more than just me. This was my hope, that all these words meant something to someone who took a moment to experience them with me. Perhaps, this was the reality, but I take comfort in knowing that I gave this pursuit my all. Signing off, forever grateful to the editors and peers who challenged and supported me and to four years I will never forget. Stay strong. Jay Sullivan is a Trinity senior. This is his final column for The Chronicle.

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Letter to the Editor

lue Devils United, Mi Gente, The Duke University Asian Students Association, The Asian American Alliance, The Duke Muslim Students’ Association, Duke Voices for Interfaith Action and Women’s Housing Option are in solidarity with student efforts to stop the relocation of the Women’s Center. We call on University officials to begin a process of working with students to find a mutually agreeable space that will suit the Center’s needs. Blue Devils United, the undergraduate organization for LGBTQ+ students and allies, understands the importance of a visible space. Not long ago, the Office of Student Affairs attempted to move what would become The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity to a derelict house on Central Campus. It took the courageous work of organized students, similar to the efforts of 1,000 students who are in opposition to Women’s Center’s relocation, to assure that the CSGD is located at its current home on the Bryan Center’s first floor. Many members of Duke’s LGBTQ+ community find safety, support, and care inside the Women’s Center. As a result, Blue Devils United feels as though the Women’s Center’s location and the safety of Duke’s LGBTQ+ Community is closely interconnected. We cannot stress the importance of having easily accessible PACT Training, readily available sexually diverse resources and inclusive staff in order to make our campus a place where LGBTQ+ students can thrive. Mi Gente, the umbrella undergraduate Latinx student organization, is opposed to the proposed relocation of the Women’s Center. There are many factors that make this new location undesirable. Among them are the lack of visibility, the physical distance from the majority of the student body and the disorientation that it would cause for current students. The staff has managed to establish a safe space in the Few quad (alongside the Women’s Housing Option and the Baldwin Scholars Housing) and this space would no longer exist below the Office of Student Conduct. Instead, this home would become a place where one must go when in need as opposed to where students can continually seek help, learn about their bodies, and educate themselves on safe sex practices. Instead we suggest that the Women’s center maintain its current space and obtain a satellite office on east campus to address the needs of the first year class. This way, students, many of whom are Latinx, in need of these services, are not required to travel long distances to seek help. The Duke University Asian Students Association opposes the moving of the Women’s Center to the Crowell Building on East Campus. As a student group that seeks to actively engage in and support our constituencies’ intersectional identities, we are concerned that such a move undervalues the concerns and experiences of the students who love and benefit from the center. Moving forward, we hope the administration can work closely with student leaders and organizations to more clearly identify the needs and opinions of students. We urge our administration to be transparent in their decision-making, and to take this opportunity to grow with us as we all continue to work to make Duke University a better place for all who work, study and live on this campus. The victory that the Asian American Alliance achieved in demanding our own space and staff person was immediately dampened when we realized that administration decided that the space

arrangements necessitated a moving of the Women’s Center. Many members of AAA frequent the center, and a number of us are current or former student staff there. Whether intentional or not, the moving of the Women’s Center happening in concert with Asian American (and Latinx and Native) students gaining additional space sends the implicit message that different marginalized groups are in competition with each other for space. This is not true. The majority of AAA are womxn, battle sexism and need supportive spaces for both Asian Americans and womxn. We join the rest of the student groups here to stop the move of the Women’s Center. The Duke Muslim Students’ Association stands against the relocation of the Women’s Center to East Campus. We believe that such a move would hinder students in need from accessing help and other resources provided by the Women’s Center. Accessing these services as is can often be a difficult step to take, and moving the Center to a far less accessible location adds an extra hurdle for the students seeking these services. Moving the Women’s Center away from its visible location on the West Campus bus circle to the outskirts of East campus signifies a demotion of the importance of gender issues and sexual health that the Women’s Center represents. Furthermore, the relocation to the Crowell building, which is used for Student Conduct hearings, may cause visitors to the Women’s Center serious distress by increasing the likelihood of coming in contact with their abusers. Thus, the Duke Muslim Students’ Association firmly believes that The Women’s Center would best fulfill its purpose by remaining on West Campus. The conversation about gender violence is often limited in traditional faith settings, but Duke Voices for Interfaith Actions understands that gender equity is an issue that touches all of us on this campus. We believe that moving the Women’s Center would further harm the opportunity for meaningful engagement with the issues of gender equity and gender violence with students across all faith backgrounds. Furthermore, the decision will directly hinder survivors and students in need from accessing vital resources. Space is a powerful representation of value and accessibility. Basements and invisible locations do not yield a welcoming, inclusive, or productive space for progress, as many religious life groups understand. Our campus should be one in which all voices and stories are visible and heard. This decision serves in direct opposition to that goal. The members of Duke Women’s Housing Option (WHO), a living learning community, oppose the relocation of the Women’s Center to East Campus. A key component of our organization is our interactive relationship with the Women’s Center. Through our relationship, we are able to plan joint events, receive advice and membership and discuss community building for women’s issues on campus. Moving the Women’s Center to less accessible space hinders our ability to bring awareness to race, culture and gender challenges at Duke. United in solidarity Blue Devils United Mi Gente The Duke University Asian Students Association The Asian American Alliance The Duke Muslim Students’ Association Duke Voices for Interfaith Action Women’s Housing Option

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Jack White | The Chronicle Freshman Jimmy Herron had two walks and two RBIs in Sunday’s series finale.

BASEBALL from page 7 Justin Bellinger each singled with one out. But Hokie left-hander Pack Naughton escaped the jam when he forced Zyla to hit a chopper to first baseman Phil Sciretta for an inning-ending double play. The Blue Devils added to their lead in the sixth with two insurance runs. Kone led off with a single through the right side and advanced to second as Smicklas reached on a blooper up the middle. After Naughton hit Max Miller to load the bases, Kone raced home on a sacrifice fly by Herron. Duke manufactured its final run of the afternoon when Proctor walked and Smiciklas crossed the plate on a passed ball. Kone—who is batting .321—stayed hot at the plate, finishing 3-for-5 with a run scored. Herron drew two walks in addition to his pair of RBIs. Although Duke left 12 runners stranded, Pollard said he was impressed with his hitters’ at-bats and contact.

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“[The 12 guys] left on base [is] a little misleading because we hit some balls hard with runners in scoring position [and] didn’t have anything to show for it,” Pollard said. “Our approach was good. We were also good situationally. We executed the sacrifice bunt. We executed the RBI sac fly and we ran the bases smartly.” Virginia Tech (13-28, 4-17) tried to mount a comeback in the ninth. Sciretta led off with a double down the first-base line and scored when designated hitter Nick Anderson singled up the middle. The two hits spelled the end of the afternoon for McAfee as Pollard brought in Stallings, who registered the first out of the frame when Herron tracked down a fly ball off the bat of Sam Fragale on the left field warning track before running into the wall. Stallings then induced Andrew Mogg to ground into a gameending double play. “[McAfee] ran into a little trouble there. After the leadoff double, [pitching coach Pete Maki] and I discussed it and said that if the next batter reaches base, it’d be time to get him,” Pollard said. “Mitch did a great job of getting him off the field.” With Sunday’s win, the Blue Devils have now won three of their past four ACC series and must continue to do so if they are to secure a spot in the conference tournament, which accepts just the top five teams from each division. Duke currently sits tied with North Carolina for fifth place in the Coastal Division standings. “Certainly, we’ve played well in conference play over the last month,” Pollard said. “We’ve had to win two of those series on the road, and that’s tough to do in the ACC…so I’m proud of our club.” The Blue Devils will be a visitor in their hometown Wednesday, when they make the short crosstown trek to the Durham Athletic Park to meet N.C. Central at 6 p.m.

M. GOLF from page 8 the event. The Loyola transfer finished tied for 36th at five over par, one shot back of sophomore Adam Wood. The owner of the Blue Devils’ lowest scoring average entering the weekend, Wood carded three similar rounds in New London, but was kept out of contention by front-nine struggles each day. Duke made the third-most birdies for the weekend with 48—just five fewer than champion No. 10 Clemson—but could not convert that success into lower scores. “Historically in this championship, unless there’s heavy rain or wind, you’re bound to see some low scores by the leading teams,” Green said.

“We knew that going in, we prepared for that coming in, we just didn’t quite wedge it close enough and convert the putts that we would have liked.” Duke will await an invitation to the NCAA regionals May 16-18, when it will need to be in the top five in order to qualify for a second straight trip to the NCAA championship, held this year in Eugene, Ore. “You’re not going to make every putt, but I still feel like I could have made more putts on the front nine. I had four or five putts within 20, 25 feet that I didn’t make, so if one of those goes in and I had the back nine that I had, I’m in a playoff and not finishing second,” Shuman said. “I played well, but there’s always room to work on things.”

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pole vault by more than a foot and a half, eclipsing the automatic qualifying mark for the Olympic Trials with his clearance of 18 feet, 6 1/2 inches. Two Nike harriers broke the meet records in the 200-meter dash with Barbara Pierre clocking 23.53 seconds on the women’s side and Josh Edmonds 20.98 on the men’s. Avion Jones of East Carolina moved up to four on the men’s high jump national leaderboard—tied with Kyle Landon of Southern Illinois—with his winning clearance of 7 feet, 3 1/4 inches Saturday, but the Pirate might have been able to sail even higher. Jones was interrupted in his attempts at 7 feet, 5 inches by inclement weather, and lost his momentum after an hourlong delay.

women interested in computing.” There are also many national efforts to increase women’s interest in computer science, such as Girls Who Code, an organization that helps give women opportunities to enter the field, and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference. Duke’s department has partnered with the National Center for Women and Information Technology to develop strategies to make computer science more appealing to women. Although the computer science program has expanded in the last few years, Astrachan said he sees even more potential for growth. “We’ve been told we’re going to grow, but we think we need to grow faster so that we could be able to innovate,” he said.

Look who’s graduating! Only 19 more days, Class of 2016.

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