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DUKE FOUND ONE PROFESSOR RESPONSIBLE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT Story by Likhitha Butchireddygari | Editor-in-Chief Photo by Jeremy Chen | Associate Photography Editor

Content warning: This story includes detailed accounts of sexual harassment. Editor’s note: The Chronicle has changed the names of students with asterisks next to their names due to the sensitive nature of their stories.

Now, he works at the University Why some students are of Maryland at College Park hesitant to report harassment Last semester, Duke found a professor responsible for violating its sexual harassment policy. Now, he’s at the University of Maryland at College Park, where he will be teaching a course next Fall. His supervisor there was not aware that he violated the harassment policy at Duke until The Chronicle contacted him. In an Office of Institutional Equity investigation, multiple current and former students and staff made sexual harassment allegations against William “Tony” Rivera, former visiting professor with the Social Science Research Institute and director of the Laboratory for Unconventional Conflict Analysis and Simulation (LUCAS). The allegations documented in the OIE sexual harassment report obtained by The Chronicle include making sex-related jokes—such as jokes about genitalia, performing oral sex and the size of his penis—and engaging in “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature.”

In January 2018, the University of Maryland announced that Rivera would work for one of its centers. The center’s director later confirmed he was not aware of the allegations. Rivera said in a statement that the Duke investigation was not fair. “In an odd way, though, I’m glad this is public so that a) I can speak to this once for all and b) so that I can finally heal, let this go and move on to doing great work with committed students—the vast majority of whom continue to work with me because they know me, trust me and know not just my mind, but my heart (some have testified in the OIE kangaroo court and spoken to The Chronicle on my behalf),” he wrote. The Chronicle spoke with seven individuals who were both Rivera’s students and LUCAS staffers about their experiences See MARYLAND on Page 2

Students who participated in Duke’s investigation of their professor and supervisor for harassment discuss how issues of harassment could have persisted for as long as they did. Last semester, Duke’s Office of Institutional Equity found William “Tony” Rivera, former visiting professor with the Social Science Research Institute and director of the Laboratory for Unconventional Conflict Analysis and Simulation (LUCAS), responsible for violating its harassment policy. Rivera now works at the University of Maryland at College Park. One former student and LUCAS staffer, Robert*, contacted OIE in 2014, 2015 and 2017, but did not name Rivera until a fourth time, in May 2017, according to an OIE report. He said he was worried that he wouldn’t be able to get someone to vouch for his time at the lab to potential employers. After the first incident in 2014, Robert

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actually told OIE what allegedly happened. He said Rivera took his students to an offcampus bar on the last day of Rivera’s class. Robert, who was drunk, said that he was walking back to his East Campus dorm when he noticed Rivera behind him. When they were on East Campus, Robert said Rivera told him that he wanted him and Robert felt compelled to kiss him. But, he soon regretted it and went to his room. In the 2017 OIE investigation report, Rivera said “he ‘bumped into’ [Robert] after leaving [the off-campus bar], and [Robert] kissed him unexpectedly. He did not recall placing his hands on [Robert] or telling [Robert] he wanted him.” At the time of the incident, Robert could not bring himself to name the professor. “I felt extremely worried and scared about my future at Duke because he was still here. See HARASSMENT on Page 4 @thedukechronicle | © 2018 The Chronicle

MARYLAND FROM PAGE 1 with him. Three of those students said that Rivera’s conduct was always professional. But the others had a different experience. ‘I just f***ing froze’ One former student, Robert*, described several incidents when he felt Rivera was being predatory. The first incident occurred on the last day of Rivera’s class in 2014, when Rivera took his students to an off-campus bar. Until that point, Robert said Rivera had dropped a few hints that he might be interested in him, such as inviting him to get away for a few days. Robert said he denied that request. At the off-campus bar, Robert, who was underage at the time, and other classmates were served alcohol and Robert got “quite drunk.” He left the bar and was walking back to his East Campus dorm. To his surprise, he realized Rivera was just behind him. Robert said they got onto the lawn when Rivera stopped him and said “I want you” multiple times. “I just f***ing froze,” Robert said. “I had no idea what to do. It was kind of like everything flashing before your eyes—me deciding whether or not to stay or go. As tipsy as I was, I was really thinking, ‘What happens now? Is this guy going to ruin me if I don’t…’ All these thoughts raced through my mind.” Robert said he thought a safe thing to do would be to kiss Rivera on the cheek, but almost immediately after, he realized it was a big mistake. He told Rivera “I don’t want to do this” and left for his dorm. A few days later, Robert also texted Rivera that he was “uncomfortable with any kind of relationship that exceeds being professionals, teacher and student, and good friends.” Rivera responded that the “gist” of Robert’s message was “clear,” according to the report. In the 2017 OIE investigation report, Rivera

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said “he ‘bumped into’ [Robert] after leaving [the off-campus bar], and [Robert] kissed him unexpectedly. He did not recall placing his hands on [Robert] or telling [Robert] he wanted him.” For about a year, Robert said he and Rivera didn’t communicate. Robert knew some of his friends were taking Rivera’s capstone seminar and were involved in his lab. He decided to work with Rivera professionally, as students he trusted worked in Rivera’s lab. At an out-of-state conference more than a year after the first incident, Rivera and other conference-goers made plans to go out after dinner, during which some of them drank alcohol, Robert said. They went to a whiskey

me, tries to forcibly kiss me,” Robert said, adding that he was able to lean back so there wasn’t any contact and that he forcibly told Rivera, “No!” Rivera had a different version of events. In the 2017 OIE investigation report, he “indicated no recollection of attempting to kiss [Robert] during the conference.” “I categorically deny, in the strongest possible way, any accusations that state or imply that I have inappropriately touched someone,” he said in his statement to The Chronicle. “Anyone who knows me knows I would never violate someone’s physical space and anyone who knows me well, who knows my personal history, knows why that’s the case.”

Dr. Rivera has consistently made it really clear that he values feedback on his communication style. I’ve never once seen him respond to any feedback like that negatively or disrespectfully. one former student of Rivera bar and drank there as well. Robert and Rivera headed back to the hotel. Another student was in Rivera’s room because he was a lastminute addition to the trip, so Robert ended up discussing lab work in Rivera’s hotel room while the other student was asleep. “I thought if [the student] is there, this should be okay,” Robert said. “Like if [the student] is there, I’m okay. I can go there to his room, I can bring my journal and we can talk business.” At first, everything seemed normal. Rivera was receptive to Robert’s ideas and wanted him to follow up via email, Robert added. Then, they stepped out of the room to get a bottle of water. On the way back, Robert said Rivera surprisingly made a physical advance toward him. “This time, he more aggressively stops me, turns me around and tries to like kiss

Three current and former students referred by Rivera to The Chronicle said that Rivera has never made advances toward them. Those students said that he has always conducted himself in a professional way. One said his experience working with Rivera was “overwhelmingly positive.” Other allegations Another student, Noah*, reported unwelcome advances from Rivera since the beginning of their working relationship. For Noah, it was smaller incidents over time. Noah said Rivera told him that he was attracted to him soon after they first met. Noah replied that he was uncomfortable with Rivera saying that. “[Rivera] wanted to assure me that he would never act on his urges, which I think is so strange that he should have to say

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that,” Noah said. “I didn’t think much of it at the time.” Noah said he felt that Rivera was resisting the urge for sexual advances. However, Rivera disputed this in his comments to OIE in the report. “[Rivera] indicated, ‘without context,’ he did not recall telling [Noah] that he found him attractive, physically and as a person,” the report says. “Dr. Rivera explained he could possibly see himself telling someone he/she was attractive in the appropriate context. Additionally, he explained he could see himself telling [Noah] that he found him attractive in terms of his leadership potential and his potential to contribute to the lab.” Noah, Robert and another male student, who worked at LUCAS, said that he would make inappropriate comments. However, three other students The Chronicle interviewed denied ever hearing such comments during the time they have worked with Rivera. In the OIE report, Rivera had an explanation for unsavory comments and the allegation that he simulated unzipping his pants and asked if his penis was sufficient to make a measurement. “Dr. Rivera replied that he could not categorically deny he has ever made jokes related to parts of the anatomy. Dr. Rivera stated, ‘As a caveat, I always ask students and staff in the lab to tell me if they are uncomfortable with anything I say,’” the report noted. “In response to the allegation that he simulated unzipping his pants, Dr. Rivera said he did not specifically recall doing so, but it could have been possible, depending on the context and who was present.” The three students echoed Rivera’s statement, saying that Rivera made it clear that if they felt uncomfortable by his comments, they could tell him. See MARYLAND on Page 3

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than a year after the most recent conduct alleged to constitute harassment.” The report says Robert spoke with OIE in 2014, 2015 and 2017, but did not name Rivera until a fourth time, in May 2017 after his senior spring semester, for fear of retribution. Without the name, OIE could not act. So, although Robert spoke with OIE within a year of each incident, the actual investigation happened two or three years after the events.Rivera wrote in a statement that because the events took place long ago, it made it hard for him to remember what happened. “It is impossible to remember years after the fact (which is why Duke has a statute of limitations, which was totally ignored),

violation,” he wrote. OIE’s statute of limitations policy does have exceptions. The policy says these exceptions apply “if the nature of the allegation or complaint is particularly egregious,” which will be determined by OIE, and if OIE initiates the complaint within a year of learning about the incident. There is another way the investigation might not have been in accordance with OIE’s policy. After Robert reported Rivera by name in May 2017, the OIE investigation gathered comments from seven other current and former students—male and female—who had

“At no point have I witnessed any behavior that I would even remotely consider to be unprofessional,” one of the students said. “Dr. Rivera has consistently made it really clear that he values feedback on his communication style. I’ve never once seen him respond to any feedback like that negatively or disrespectfully.” Another former student and staffer, Emma*, felt that Rivera had treated her differently after she rejected his proposals to start a romantic relationship. After she rejected him, he turned cold toward her, she claims. “When I rebutted him the last time, our working relationship changed drastically,” The information gathered in this investigation is sufficient to she said. “His mood around me, which had always been joking and friendly with non- support a finding that Dr. Rivera’s conduct created a hostile work work situations and serious and considerate and learning environment. for work-related interactions, turned cold, bordering on hostile.” the office of institutional equity report In the report, Rivera “declined to provide further response” when asked if he had ever expressed a romantic interest in Emma. whether this or that was said, the context in worked at the lab. The report was released Sept. which it was said, who was or was not present 4, 2017. Was the OIE process fair? and a bunch of other important details, However, page seven of the OIE policy In his statement, Rivera wrote that the OIE that any researcher (let alone a competent states that “the informal process shall extend investigation was unfair. investigator or news outlet) worth their no longer than 45 business days after the “When these accusations were first salt would want to know before judging or allegation is made.” In another place of the brought to me I refuted with logic, fact and publishing,” he wrote. same policy—page 10—it says the informal evidence certain key points in these scurrilous Hinton, equal opportunity and compliance process “will generally take no longer than 45 allegations,” he wrote. “These were ignored by investigator for OIE and the investigator on this business days from the time of the filing of the ‘investigator,’ Lonnie Hinton. Not one piece case, did not respond in time for publication. the complaint; if the process will take longer, of exculpatory evidence that I brought forth Howie Kallem, assistant vice president of OIE, the parties will be notified (including as to the made it into the final report, not one. Further, replied on his behalf, noting first that Duke reasons for the delay).” I pointed out to officials at Duke that the does not comment on specific cases. However, This case went through the informal investigation violated Duke policy on several he did make a general statement about the process, as there was no hearing. critical points.” statute of limitations policy. “The complaint process is designed to One of his points was that the investigation “Harassment complaints often consist of a provide a timely, fair and balanced investigation ignored OIE’s statute of limitations. According series of acts over time; while an individual act and outcome,” Kallem wrote. to the policy, there is a statute of limitations may not be a policy violation, a number of acts for when a complainant can file a complaint taken together can cumulatively be sufficiently Did Duke comply with Title IX? against professors and supervisors—“no more severe, persistent or pervasive to be a policy The OIE investigation found that Rivera’s

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conduct was “sufficiently egregious or persistent so as to violate the harassment policy.” “The information gathered in this investigation is sufficient to support a finding that Dr. Rivera’s conduct created a hostile work and learning environment. The interviews indicated Dr. Rivera consistently made sexually explicit comments to staff and students,” the report stated. “Given the information obtained from the investigation, there is a sufficient showing that Dr. Rivera engaged in unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature with...students and staff under Dr. Rivera’s supervision.” It is unclear whether Duke had to report this finding to the federal government because of a grant Rivera received. In 2014, LUCAS under Rivera’s leadership received a three-year, $1.6 million grant from the Minerva Research Initiative, which is administered by the Department of Defense. Because it involves federal funding, the Minerva Initiative must comply with Title IX, said Carla Gleason, public affairs specialist for the Department of Defense. She added that Title IX complaints, which can include sexual harassment complaints, should be filed in accordance with a university’s policies and in coordination with the university Title IX coordinator— Kallem at Duke—who is required to report information about those complaints to the Department of Defense. Those reports could initiate DOD investigations and possibly affect the grant. “We do not have any Title IX complaints [from Duke] at this level,” she wrote last Monday. “That does not mean they don’t exist.” However, Kallem wrote last Friday that Duke did not have to report findings of sexual harassment to the Department of Defense in this case. “It is our interpretation that the grant that you reference has no requirement for Duke to

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HARASSMENT FROM PAGE 1 He’s still connected,” Robert said. “I had mentioned to [OIE] what class I was in, but I didn’t tell them the name because I wanted assurances first. And that was what I was really trying to get at—like what assurances can you give me so that I can give you the name?” Because he didn’t feel assured in this first conversation about his future, Robert didn’t report Rivera’s name the first time. He was told that without a name, OIE couldn’t do anything. He went back later to talk to OIE after the last day of classes his senior Spring semester. Soon after Robert contacted OIE, Noah* also contacted OIE in June 2017. “I decided pretty soon after I left the lab that I just wanted to do it—to just go through with the process,” he said. “Like this now, it’s not fun to talk about, but I felt I had a duty to do it. That it would be worth it to share it.” ‘That’s just Tony’ Another former student worker in the lab, Emma*, said that Rivera was a “charismatic and personable guy.” She added that his personality and behavior were possibly attempts “to make students comfortable to talk in class or work on his research projects with him.” At first, his behavior seemed “harmless,” but after she rejected him when he approached her about the possibility of starting a romantic relationship, he turned cold toward her, she claims. “When I rebutted him the last time, our working relationship changed drastically,” she said. “His mood around me, which had always been joking and friendly with non-work situations and serious and considerate for work-related interactions, turned cold, bordering on hostile.” In the report, Rivera “declined to provide further response” when asked if he had ever expressed a romantic interest in Emma. Some of the students The Chronicle interviewed justified Rivera’s behavior as “that’s just Tony.” Emma was one of those students. “You can’t ask someone to not be them, right? I mean, that’s not fair,” Emma said. “And in trying to be fair to who that person was, I think myself and maybe other people in the lab might have just made that excuse almost consciously for him.”

In a statement to The Chronicle, Rivera said that he would not change the way he expressed his masculinity. “If [the investigator] or this or that student do not like the way I express my masculinity, that is too bad,” he wrote. “That does not constitute sexual harassment in any reasonable world. That it does so in this world is just too bad.” Another reason a few students stayed quiet was that they feared no one would believe them given their perception of Rivera’s connection to Human Resources and other faculty. “I just felt like I didn’t have the same kinds of relationships to be able to get somebody maybe on my side or see my side of the story because ‘Tony’s such a cool, funny guy. Like, what do you mean he’s making this workplace hard for you? You’re a student with this awesome lab position.’” Emma said. Emma also noted that Rivera asked all information about day-to-day office management issues, such as pay and hours, to go through him and not HR. She added that she didn’t feel like she could go to HR because “he was closer to them.” ‘You rely on your professors’ Some of the students The Chronicle talked to said they felt as though the lab did not have proper oversight. A few students said that they told certain political science faculty members about what was going on in the lab, but that the professors did not seem to take any intervening action or perhaps were unable to do so. One professor told one student that he would keep an eye on the situation for other complaints and told another that the lab was sort of like a startup, where workers are “expected to punch above their weight.” Emma also used the idea of a startup when describing the lab’s structure, saying that it made it hard to identify where to go with complaints. “There wasn’t a lot of these mechanisms that you might see in the more professional company-type settings that would have some sort of structure for students or interns to go to when these policies were violated,” she said. Ultimately, Emma felt that the power dynamic between Rivera and his students and interns created a situation where these incidents could occur. She added that unfair power dynamics can be seen everywhere in academia. “You rely on your professors for grades, for letters of recommendations. You rely on your [principal investigators] for the same thing. Even if you leave the job at some point, you need a letter from them saying that you did good work and

that they’re happy to recommend you to somebody else,” she said. “So, I think there’s a level in academia where a student might be hesitant to characterize something as inappropriate with the fear of cutting those ties and missing that opportunity of a recommendation letter or glowing review for a possible internship just because that’s the kind of student, career-driven environment [in which] we exist,” she added. ‘We must do more’ Currently, all Duke employees have to undergo online training modules regarding harassment when they first get hired by Duke and occasionally after, according to the Duke Human Resources website. Students have said that they think this training is inadequate. Students were also disappointed in the lack of transparency in the process. Both Robert and Noah said they were disappointed they didn’t know what disciplinary action, if any, had been taken against Rivera. According to page 14 of the OIE Harassment Policy and Procedure, the office will notify the parties of any sanctions that “relate directly to them” and will verify that remedial actions have been implemented. It does not say whether OIE will inform both parties of sanctions, nor does it mention informing anyone not a party of the case of disciplinary actions. “The reason I came forward was to stop him from doing this to other people,” Noah said. “Because I never was informed of the result of the OIE process, I assumed that nothing had changed. So I was under the impression that he was still at Duke, which was tough.” President Vincent Price last month announced a campus “self-assessment” of sexual harassment and wrote, “We must do more.” He asked the leaders of all academic units to self-assess the current sexual harassment climate. Provost Sally Kornbluth, Chancellor for Health Affairs A. Eugene Washington and their teams are developing an assessment plan by May 15 and will work with academic leaders to develop action plans by Sept. 1, 2018. “Over the past few months, we have experienced a profound moment of reckoning about sexual harassment in the academic world,” Price wrote. “We have seen situations around the country, and here at Duke, in which faculty and students have been subjected to behavior that creates a hostile environment or leads to damaging consequences for work, careers and personal welfare.”

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ANOTHER GUTTY EFFORT

Senior star Justin Guterding finishes with 7 points to help Duke rally past Tar Heels in fourth quarter By Sid Bhaskara Associate Sports Editor

For three quarters, Duke chased North Carolina on the scoreboard, battling back from deficits as large as three goals to tie, but despite the Blue Devils’ best efforts, they could not get in front of the Tar Heels. Until the fourth quarter. In front of a capacity crowd of 4,000 on a warm Friday evening, No. 5 Duke took down North Carolina 1110 10, leading for just UNC DUKE 11 11 minutes and 32 seconds of game time but squeezing out a win with a huge defensive stand to prevent overtime. “One of our goals each year is to beat Carolina,” senior attackman and captain Justin Guterding said. “And that was as much of a team win as you’re ever going to get. Defense stepped up when they needed to, faceoffs were dominant.... Guys were able to hit their shots.” Guterding’s assessment rang true in the sense that the Blue Devils needed major contributions from all three units to overcome North Carolina. The Tar Heels scored efficiently to start, winning the faceoff and breaking the Duke defense down during three continuous minutes of play before North Carolina’s captain, attackman Chris Cloutier, put his squad on the board. The following possessions for the Blue Devils (9-3, 1-1 in the ACC) were riddled with errors and bad luck, as shots came off of pipes and passes flew errantly. The Tar Heels capitalized as Timmy Kelly tore his way through a double team and beat Duke goalkeeper Danny Fowler in a one-on-one situation.

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Freshman Joe Robertson’s goal just before the buzzer in the third quarter started Duke’s run of four straight goals to take the lead. Guterding answered soon after, though, putting the Blue Devils on the board, and the two sides traded saves and clears for the remainder of the first quarter. Duke struggled mightily on offense in the first 15 minutes, as it tried to solve the unique zone defense that North Carolina (6-5, 0-1) threw at it. The Blue Devils struggled against Towson’s zone as well earlier in the season before managing to break through for a narrow win. “It’s a really interesting zone. It’s really different,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “They play the two short sticks in the middle

defensively and on the crease, so when you lock on, they don’t pass the man on.... We needed ball movement, ball speed...the six quarters of zone offense we’ve played now are the most we have in my time here.” Although the Tar Heels pushed their advantage to 4-1 thanks to goals from Cloutier and William Perry, Duke responded. With outstanding ball movement, a run of wins at the faceoff X from freshman Joe Stein and chemistry between Guterding and junior Brad Smith, the Blue Devils went on a threegoal run to knot the contest at four goals

apiece. In the process, Guterding earned his 300th career point. He finished the night with seven points and 304 in his career, putting him in a tie for second with Jordan Wolf on the Duke all-time leaderboard. Kelly and Smith traded goals to end the first half, with both teams headed into the locker room deadlocked at five. The Tar Heels responded quickly to start the third quarter. Although Stein won 10 of 12 faceoffs in the first half, the Tar Heels gained the upper hand by putting longpole Jack Rowlett out at the X to challenge the freshman. The result was goals from Justin Anderson and Ryan Macri, as the Blue Devil defense was back on its heels. Peter Welch and Smith answered for Duke with strong shooting from the midfield and scrappy groundballs, but Kelly and Cloutier kept North Carolina out in front. Despite a quiet afternoon, though, freshman Joe Robertson put an exclamation point on the third quarter by snagging a pass from Guterding and slotting it home just before the buzzer sounded, bring the Blue Devils within one. Duke finally mastered the zone and found key defensive stands in the fourth quarter while also putting everything together at the faceoff X. Danowski countered North Carolina head coach Joe Breschi’s use of Rowlett with sophomore Brian Smyth at the X. With Stein and Smyth trading off on the draw, the Blue Devils went 4-of-5 in the highest leverage moments. “We have a different one-two punch than See M. LACROSSE on Page 9

MEN’S TENNIS

Sculley seals Duke’s first win vs. Virginia since 2002 By Dani Schneider Staff Reporter

Sean Sculley’s racquet went flying over the fence of Ambler Tennis Stadium’s Court 6 Friday night as he clinched the biggest win of his rookie season. Down 4-1 in the third set, Sculley found a way to take the deciding match in a tiebreaker to give No. 21 Duke its first win against Virginia in 16 years. It took the Blue Devils four hours, four threeset singles matches, and two deciding matches to close out the 4-3 3 victory at home. The UVA 4 Cavaliers, winners of 10 DUKE out of the last 11 ACC championships, came into Friday’s match playing their best tennis of the season, but could not close out two match-winning opportunities. “I was just trying to focus on my court,” Sculley said. “Earlier in the year, I was getting too excited when I was on court. I let it affect my game and I was focusing on the other courts too much. In the middle of the second set, I knew I was going to be the last one out there. It was going to be me.” The Blue Devils (13-8, 4-2 in the ACC) were down 3-2, and Sculley and redshirt junior Nico Alvarez were the only two players left under the lights. Alvarez dropped the first set to Virginia’s

Carl Soderlund in a tiebreak, but quickly bounced back in the second set, taking it 6-4. Alvarez was more in control during the third, when he broke to serve for the match and took the set 6-3, tying the team score at three points apiece. And then there was Sculley. The freshman, who went through a five-match losing streak in Feburary, was on the rise again. Sculley has won four of his last five completed matches and was the only Blue Devil to get a win off the nation’s top team, Wake Forest. Sculley took the first set 6-4 against Virginia’s Kyrylo Tsygura and kept it close in the second, but couldn’t finish it and lost 5-7. As Alvarez tied the match for Duke, Sculley quickly found himself in a hole in the third set. But Sculley had back-toback breaks and held serve to get back into the match at 4-4. Sculley continued holding serve to then go up 6-5 and even had a match point, but Tsygura came up with a big shot and held, taking it to a deciding tiebreak. Sculley never trailed in the tiebreak. He took the match 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4), and racquets went flying as the team stormed the court. “It came down to Sean,” said Smith. “All through the recruiting process, I thought he was a clutch player and lived for the big moment and certainly had an opportunity to show his toughness there at the end.” Despite having trouble in past doubles matches, the Blue Devils came up big Saturday,

taking a point that made a big difference in the outcome of the match. Sculley and Nick Stachowiak took their set 9-7 in a dramatic tiebreak against Aswin Lizen and Gianni Ross. Ryan Dickerson and Spencer Furman clinched the point with a 6-3 win against Ammar Alhaqbani and Spencer Bozsik.

But Virginia (11-6, 4-2) bounced back and shut off Duke’s momentum at the start of singles. The Cavaliers’ Matthew Lord took a decisive win against Furman, 6-4, 6-2, followe by Lizen’s 7-5, 6-3 win against Catalin Mateas. Duke’s Robert See M. TENNIS on Page 8

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Sean Sculley clinched Friday’s match against Virginia with the deciding singles win and threw his racquet over the fence after the last point.

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Duke comes back 3 times to sweep Notre Dame By Daniel Landa Staff Reporter

After trailing late in all three games, the Blue Devils wrapped up a thrilling weekend sweep of Notre Dame at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Sunday. The No. 13 Blue Devils trailed 4-1 with just three outs remaining in the series opener Friday night, but rallied to win 5-4 before a 6-3 victory 4 Saturday and a 16-4 ND 5 win Sunday that DUKE featured a 12-run 3 eighth inning put an ND 6 exclamation point on DUKE the weekend. It was 4 Duke’s first sweep in a ND DUKE 16 three-game ACC series since 2014. With the Blue Devils’ backs against the wall entering the ninth inning Friday night, their veteran lineup could not be counted out. A combination of five singles and a walk tied the game for Duke, sending senior outfielder Michael Smiciklas to the plate with two outs and a Blue Devil on every base. Notre Dame head coach Mik Aoki elected to put the game in the hands of freshman southpaw Tommy Vail in an attempt to silence the rally. But on only the second pitch of the at-bat, the veteran prevailed. Vail

plunked Smiciklas in the back on a sailing fastball, sending the Duke dugout into pandemonium and giving the Blue Devils an unconventional walk-off victory. “We had been stymied for eight innings. Their starter, [Scott] Tully, threw a tremendous ballgame and kept us off balance. For eight innings, we just couldn’t solve them,” Duke head coach Chris Pollard said. “They put in their closer...and we just had really good atbats. Kennie Taylor started it off with a single, and from there we just kept following it up with good at-bats.” Seven different batters recorded singles for the Blue Devils in the game, and Matt Mervis picked up his third win of the season out of the bullpen. Duke didn’t skip a beat in game two, striking first off a pair of Notre Dame errors and hits from Chris Proctor and Zack Kone to take an early 2-0 lead. The Fighting Irish (11-14, 4-6 in the ACC) quickly responded after a leadoff double off the bat of Nick Podkul followed by an RBI single from Matt Vierling. Blue Devil senior Mitch Stallings was tagged for two more in the sixth following a go-ahead home run from Eric Gilgenbach, who leads his club with five homers on the season. For the second time in as many days, Duke (24-5, 9-3) entered the late innings on the wrong end of the scoreboard, this

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Jack Labosky’s late three-run homer gave Duke the lead for good in Saturday’s victory, and he also hit an RBI single during the Blue Devils’ ninth-inning rally Friday night. time trailing 3-2. After another crucial hitby-pitch taken by Smiciklas to lead off the bottom of the seventh, Jimmy Herron, hitting .295 on the year, roped a single through the left side to put runners on first and second with nobody out.

The big swing came off the bat of senior Jack Labosky, who connected on a three-run home run to dead center field, giving the Blue Devils the lead. See BASEBALL on Page 9

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Blue Devils control singles in pair of home wins By Winston Lindqwister Associate Sports Editor

Facing a challenging second half of their ACC slate, the Blue Devils looked to secure a pair of key conference wins a week before taking on one of their most challenging opponents of the season. And Duke handled 1 its weekend FSU slate with 6 ease, showing yet DUKE 1 again that it is a true LOU national contender. 6 DUKE The No. 4 Blue Devils took on No. 24 Florida State and Louisville

Thursday and Saturday at home at Ambler Tennis Stadium. In both contests, Duke took down its competition 6-1, securing both hardfought doubles points and only faltering once in each match on the singles courts. “We learned a lot about having to play our own game and not worrying about how other people are playing or getting drawn into how other people are playing,” Blue Devil head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “Against Florida State, we played with a lot of emotion which was great and something we need to build. [Against Louisville], we got sucked into playing how Louisville likes to play. I told the girls after the doubles we have to stay true to ourselves

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Samantha Harris is now tied for second in Duke’s program history with 36 career ACC singles wins after two more victories this weekend.

and stay focused and be mentally the stronger team on the court.” At the outset of Duke’s contest with the Seminoles, the Blue Devils (16-1, 8-0 in the ACC) knew they were in for a battle. Florida State (12-7, 4-5) rocketed out to a strong start in doubles, with the tandem of Gabriella Castaneda and Petra Hule knocking out sophomore Meible Chi and freshman Hannah Zhao 7-5. But the Blue Devils on Courts 1 and 2 both broke through 5-5 splits to secure the advantage. The No. 6 duo of juniors Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy were the first from Duke to take a win, toppling Julia Mikulski and Andrea Garcia 7-5. With the doubles point hanging in the balance, the No. 5 tandem of senior Samantha Harris and freshman Kelly Chen battled through a tiebreaker to win 7-6 (9-7) against the 58th-ranked duo of Carla Touly and Ariana Rahmanparast. “With the doubles, there is such a fine line between winning and losing matches,” Ashworth said. “You get a lot of the three-all points and the no-ad points, so you’ve got to play those better, which comes back to some mental toughness stuff. We’re a strong team mentally. When it did get tight and when we were down in doubles, there wasn’t any panic at all.” But after a tight victory in doubles, the Blue Devils brought down the hammer on the singles courts. No. 60 Chi was the first to secure a win for Duke, cruising to an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory against Hule. 29th-ranked Chen was quick to follow up, downing Castaneda 6-3, 6-1. The Blue Devils concluded their trio of rapid-fire wins to clinch the match thanks to a 6-3, 6-2 win from No. 7

Harris against No. 30 Touly. Although the fate of the match was already decided, the Seminoles refused to let up on the remaining courts. Despite blanking Rahmanparast 6-0 in set one, 73rd-ranked Hamlin had to dig deep to notch a win on Court 5. Although the junior Blue Devil held the lead in the second set, the Florida State sophomore battled forward to knot the ledger 6-6. However, Hamlin put it away with a 7-4 scoreline in the tiebreaker. No. 69 McCarthy played a similarly tight match against Nandini Das. Although McCarthy secured the first set 7-5, Das flipped the script with a 6-2 win in the second. The Duke junior refused to let the match get away from her, though, taking three straight points to win the super-tiebreaker 10-7. Zhao was the only Blue Devil to stumble Thursday, falling 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) against Garcia. With a solid win against Florida State in the rearview mirror, Duke kept its momentum up against the Cardinals (13-6, 3-5). Louisville kept the Blue Devils on the ropes again through the doubles contests. Although McCarthy and Hamlin were quick to take down Sena Suswam and Ariana Rodriguez 6-3, Duke found itself down 4-2 on Courts 1 and 3. However, Chi and Zhao strung together a 5-1 run to secure the doubles point for the Blue Devils. “Louisville played pretty well today on all three courts,” Chi said. “They weren’t fazed by us and they came out playing really well. On Court 3 for Hannah, and I we knew that it wasn’t a great day for us, but we figured that as long as we stayed positive and stayed See W. TENNIS on Page 9

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Duke will once again remain in the family to fill its assistant coaching vacancy. The Blue Devils will hire Chris Carrawell to fill the void left by Jeff Capel’s departure for Pittsburgh last Tuesday. ESPN’s Jeff Goodman first reported the hire last Wednesday night, and the team then officially announced the

hire Friday afternoon, making Carrawell an assistant coach, with returning assistants Jon Scheyer and Nate James promoted to associate head coaches. Carrawell has spent the last four years as an assistant at Marquette under former Duke teammate Steve Wojciechowski. He will join the Blue Devil staff, which has also promoted Nolan Smith to director of basketball operations and shifted David Bradley from

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that role to the team’s creative director. “We are ecstatic, and honored, to have Chris return to Duke Basketball,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a press release. “Chris is an excellent coach who understands what it takes to compete and win at the highest level. He will be an outstanding role model for our current and future players. We are excited that Chris has chosen to become a part of our coaching staff.” Carrawell was the 2000 ACC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American as a senior with the Blue Devils before getting picked 41st overall in the 2000 NBA Draft. He never played in the NBA, but played from 2000-07 overseas. After his playing career he returned to Duke for four years in various roles and then spent three years as an NBA Development League assistant for the Springfield Armor. “What an amazing opportunity,” Carrawell said in the release. “I never imagined I’d have another chance to work for Coach K, who is the best coach of all-time and like a father figure to me. I am thrilled to be a part of this worldclass university and basketball program again, and look forward to working with our staff, the administration, and most importantly, the student-athletes who we have the opportunity to coach, lead and mentor every day. I cannot wait to get back to Durham and get to work.”

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Nicolas Alvarez won a three-set thriller to keep Duke alive and tie the match.

M. TENNIS FROM PAGE 6 Levine took down Alhaqbani in Duke’s first of four three-set victories 6-1, 4-6, 6-0. It was all tied up at two, with Stachowiak, Alvarez and Sculley left on the courts. After dropping the first set, Stachowiak took the second with a 7-2 tiebreak win, but still ended up dropping the third 6-3. But Smith said it was that second-set victory that shifted the momentum in singles for the Blue Devils. “I thought that was the turning point for the singles and gave us a lot of hope,” said Smith. “We were struggling in some spots.” The Blue Devils hope to hold onto their momentum as they travel to South Bend, Ind., to take on the Fighting Irish, another team the Blue Devils came back against to beat 4-3 just a month ago.

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M. LACROSSE FROM PAGE 6 most teams are used to,” Stein said. “I think I’m better at going against short sticks and [Brian’s] better at controlling the ball, getting ground balls and just being a scrappy player.” Smith turned a jump shot into the tying goal, Peter Conley gave Duke the lead with a rocket left-handed shot and Guterding cut through to the middle of the field and snuck one between the pipes to bring the Blue Devil advantage to 11-9, capping a 4-0 run. Although Duke forced turnovers and began to dictate the pace of the North Carolina offense, the team was not immune to a colossal error. After Fowler made a big save, his outlet was intercepted at midfield by Andy Matthews, and with Fowler 30 yards from his own goal line, Matthews put the

shot into the empty net. Smyth won the ensuing faceoff for the Blue Devils, and the offense bled the clock down to 2:40 before a save and clear put the ball back in the hands of the Tar Heel offense with a chance to tie. After a minute of active offense, Breschi called a timeout, and just 34 seconds later, Duke senior midfielder Sean Cerrone, back after missing last week’s loss due to injury, caused a Cloutier turnover. The Blue Devils were unable to clear, and North Carolina got one last shot. With 18 seconds left to play, Cloutier was blocked and defenseman Cade Van Raaphorst sent the ground ball across the field, allowing Duke to hang on for the victory. After their dramatic Tobacco Road rivalry win, the Blue Devils will take the field next in South Bend, Ind., at Arlotta Stadium against Notre Dame next weekend.

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Labosky’s stellar night did not end there, in it, we would have our opportunity to though, as he took the mound in the eighth pull it out.” and pitched two innings of hitless baseball Yet again, Duke bounced back from to put the game on ice after impressive play a tough doubles matchup to crush the at third base in the first seven frames. singles competition. “He is having an unbelievable season Hamlin was the first Blue Devil off the defensively at third base. He makes plays courts, winning her match 6-1, 6-2 against seemingly every game that are really Raven Neely. Minutes later, Chen followed high-level advanced defensive plays at the suit, knocking off Tiffany Huber 6-1, 6-2 to college game look very routine,” Pollard notch a team-high 28th win of the season. said. “He’s come up with several clutch hits Harris contributed the clincher with a 6-2, and home runs. There are home runs, and 6-2 win against Aleksandra Mally thanks to then there are home runs. That came at a a 5-0 run in the second set. The Melbourne, huge spot for us, and he’s been lights out Australia, native tied Rachel Kahan with 36 from the pen.” career ACC wins for the second-most allPollard and the Blue Devils completed time at Duke. the sweep Sunday afternoon after coming On Courts 2 and 6, the Blue Devils back from a 3-1 deficit with three runs continued to dominate, with Chi notching a in the sixth and 12 runs on eight hits 6-3, 6-3 win against the spin-heavy Mariana in a 45-minute bottom of the seventh. Humberg and Zhao taking the 6-3, 6-1 win The slugfest was highlighted by a basesagainst Suswam. clearing triple from Chris Proctor and However, Duke came up just short of nine two-out runs. a perfect sweep, with McCarthy finding Pollard attributed a large part of the lineup’s herself on the other end of a tiebreaker success to its ability to get to Notre Dame’s against Abbie Pahz, falling 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 bullpen, which featured seven different relief (13-11). Although McCarthy led 4-1 in the pitchers in Sunday’s contest. second set, Pahz won five straight games to “One of the things that we talked about in send the match into a first-to-10 tiebreaker. our pregame meeting today was that we felt In a back-and-forth affair, the Louisville like we had had really good at-bats against junior finally found the upper hand. their bullpen,” Pollard said. “They’ve got The Blue Devils face their toughest some really good young arms down there, competition so far in the ACC next week but for whatever reason, we had seen the with a road matchup against No. 3 Georgia ball well, so we talked about the importance Tech Friday in Atlanta. of getting to their bullpen early, and that “It’s going to be a battle [against Georgia seemed to play itself out today.” Tech], and we’re all really excited for that,” Chi Duke will play two midweek games said. “We’ve had a couple good matches against The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation against Richmond and Campbell this them in the past. For sure, [we’re looking 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 week before visiting Wake Forest for a forward to] just bringing it out and showing For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 series next weekend. everything we’ve For gotFor against Tech. ”Monday,March Release Release Saturday, April 2,31, 2018 2018

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ast week, the Office of the Provost hosted a major academic symposium in Rubenstein Library titled “American Universities, Monuments, and the Legacies of Slavery.” During the two-day event, scholars, students and community leaders from both Duke and other universities engaged in dialogue about the importance of remembering and rectifying past institutional wrongs. The final discussion of the symposium, titled “The Arc of Justice: What Universities Ought to Do About Reparation,” specifically focused on how institutions with historical links to slavery and white supremacy can atone for their past through an active reparations program, both symbolic and financial. At Duke, an institution that has had an active role in educating myriads of white supremacists as well as having supported Jim Crow segregation, we should heed such discussions and consider how we as a university community can institute some form of reparations to repay for our past wrongs. American universities have unfortunately had an extremely active role—and in many instances continue to do so—in perpetrating and supporting systems of slavery and racial oppression. Many medical schools in the 19th century, for instance, depended upon the bodies of slaves to carry out dissections and in some gruesome instances, live human experimentation. Duke, supposedly a leader in higher private education

in the American South, continued to institute a segregationist admissions policy right up until the fall of 1963. Most famously, Georgetown recently acknowledged its role in selling nearly three hundred black men, women and children into slavery in the Deep South during the Antebellum period. Given the egregious institutional wrongs committed by universities like Duke, some form of reparations program would do well to atone for our

Editorial Board role in oppressing people of color. As the academic panelists during the discussion pointed out, this can take the form of symbolic reparations, such as a public acknowledgement by the administration and removing the effigies of certain disturbing racist figures—perhaps best represented by the University’s decision to remove Robert E. Lee from the Chapel last year. However, this form of reparations fails to consider the lasting, near permanent socio-economic damage institutions like Duke have wreaked upon black individuals. Studies have shown that even within our supposedly “post-racial” society, white households on average possess almost sixteen times the wealth of black families—a testament to the continued persistence of institutionalized racism.

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Though some may argue that reparations would be impractical and unprecedented, past historical evidence suggests that reparation programs are indeed feasible and can assist in healing the wounds caused by institutional evils. The U.S government famously instituted reparations to victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment—a government sponsored program of human experimentation on black men—during the 1990s. Japanese Americans who were interned in concentrations camps, likewise, received reparations from the government during the 1980s. Though no amount of money can restore the dignity of the myriads of black individuals who were oppressed by American universities, some form of financial reparations such as generous scholarships funds, institutional donations and direct pay checks to their descendants would help the process of racial healing. At a University dedicated to diversity and creating a safe environment for all students, we as a campus community should seek to further discussion on how to best atone for our past and present institutional role in perpetrating systems of racism. A reparations program, as well as an active, open acknowledgement on the part of the institution would help to restore the humanity and dignity of those victims forgotten within our University narrative who were abused by the University.

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could never get into Duke. I don’t do anything special, I’m not in student government or anything, haven’t started a club, and my ACT score just isn’t high enough.” A high school junior recently shared these

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words with me after an information session hosted by the Duke University Office of Undergraduate Admissions. We were in a long line to use the restroom, and while she had initially expressed curiosity about my journey to Duke, the conversation soon began to mirror a counseling session as she began to release some festering anxiety. I offered the typical, “there is no test score cutoff that could ever quantify one’s capacity for learning! That’s why Duke has holistic admissions!” but still swallowed hard as the attempted words of reassurance left my mouth. A meek smile on the high schoolers face reflected her continuing inquietude. There was another factor in college admissions I had yet to touch upon. Regardless of the “qualifications” that indicate whether or not a student would thrive at a university, there is another variable to admissions that to me seems just as important: self-confidence. In other words, without the self-confidence to apply, a potential Blue Devil will never be accepted. My conversation with that high schooler in line, as well as those with my seventeen and sixteen year old sisters, encapsulate both the perils of self-doubt and significance of empowerment. The purpose of this article, directed at all students in higher-education, is two-fold. First, this is a reminder of our fortune and a call for gratitude in all senses of the word. Second, this is a call to action. We must always remain cognizant of the fact that there will always be many excluded from the immense opportunities and privileges afforded by our educations. Due to finances, socioeconomic status, geographic situations and other extenuating circumstances, not all deserving people will receive the opportunity to enter these educational spaces. At the information session I attended, introductory videos depicted a vibrant

undergraduate base invigorated by a shared-love of learning, in the service of society, where Blue Devils are united in their enthusiasm and pursuit of excellence. As I reflected upon my experiences with the programs and research opportunities explained throughout the information session, a refreshed sense of gratitude fell upon my shoulders. If we all take time to reflect on our journeys to apply, we all can continually live and learn with grace. More importantly, this is a call to action. Having a supportive and encouraging mentor is critical in allowing someone to envision themselves at a place they otherwise could not conceive. Mentors are essential in empowering high school students to seek out higher education, begin to understand the SAT and ACT, and walk through the Common Application. In other words, mentors are the compasses who direct students to new opportunities and catalyze deliberate engagement. Current university students have the opportunity to work in this capacity by reaching out to their high schools, and even middle schools, and remaining accessible and proactive in cultivating relationships with students who may be interested in attending college. We can volunteer in local public schools and offer to hop on the line for a phone call with a distant family friend’s sixteen year old daughter. Your words of encouragement and advice might be the deciding factor between whether or not a student confidently writes a few compelling essays, persists through bureaucratic hurdles in order to waive high testing and application fees, and ultimately submits a college application. If my high school counselor had been a little more discouraging, I could easily have given up on applying to schools like Duke. I honestly cannot tell you why I was so committed to applying, especially coming from a high school where no one in the school’s over two-hundred year history had ever been accepted to Duke. But I can tell you that having someone older tell me that I can thrive in a “school like Duke” would have made all the difference. For those in college today, take this time to reflect on our fortune and the potential that radiates through campus classrooms and halls. And above all, cherish every opportunity to empower the next self-doubting student to believe in their potential to flourish. Sabriyya Pate is Trinity junior. Her column runs on alternate Mondays.

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The Republican Identity: Patriot or Insurgent?

ne has to wonder what would drive the Duke College Republicans to host an event called “The American Muslim Identity: Patriot or Insurgent?” After all, since this is the same party that decries identity politics so clearly, I doubt the talk is meant to help Duke students better understand

Shivam Dave COLUMNIST the relationship between American Muslims and the Republican party. Additionally, the most powerful leader of the Republican party, Donald Trump, has a wellknown distrust for Muslims as exemplified by his desire for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”— something that was only hindered by a pesky little thing called the U.S. Constitution. Thus, it’s unlikely that the campus Republicans would stray so far from the views of its national leader to celebrate the American Muslim identity. One could also surmise that this campus event is not meant to bring College Republicans and College Muslims together to understand each other’s identities, given that the Muslim Students Association was not even consulted in the formulation of this event, as per the MSA’s March 29 statement. Duke College Republicans organized this event for the purpose of reinforcing the view of American Muslims as mysterious, and possibly dangerous, wild cards. It’s part of a whole host of clever tactics that Republicans often use to advance insidiously racist ideas through seemingly academic and patriotic concerns. None of the Duke College Republicans have claimed that all Muslims are insurgents. But hosting a speaker who presents a rigid fear-

mongering dichotomy for American Muslims as either patriots or insurgents speaks volumes about the group’s unrefined views on American Muslims. Never mind that M. Zuhdi Jasser, the so-called expert coming to campus today, has no academic background in Islamic studies, religious studies, sociology and political science—or that he has admitted his lack of expertise in Koranic arabic and Sharia law. By inviting such an “expert,” the Duke College Republicans has fabricated a path to validate and reinforce their simplistic views. More problematic fringe views can be expressed at their behest, but with words coming out of Jasser’s mouth instead of their own. They can thus distance themselves from his most disturbing rhetoric, avoiding any social risk to themselves, while ensuring that the inflammatory sentiments are expressed nonetheless. They are utilizing the same feigned degrees of separation shtick that Donald Trump uses to legitimize conspiracy theories, often about Islam and other political opponents. Whatever the method, the result is the creation of a bogeyman that can be blamed for all of America’s problems; when this bogeyman is defeated, America will be allowed to regain some mythical past greatness. Since the days of the unequivocally racist Southern Strategy, Republicans have been experts at demonizing racial and religious minorities as threats to America and its democracy. Trump’s entry into politics—informally through his delegitimization of America’s first black president, and formally through his nonchalant condemnation of Mexican immigrants as rapists—simply threw away the subtleties and veils that allowed Republicans to discuss their opinions without appearing indecent. Not only does this creation of a terrifying nonwhite “Other” stir up the emotions needed to get White Americans to the voting booth, but it also diverts attention from the real

threats to America and American democracy: Republicans themselves. As the Republicans (falsely) cry out about how illegal immigrants voting en masse threatens the sanctity of the ballot, it’s Republicans in Virginia and North Carolina and Wisconsin and elsewhere that engage in blatant voter suppression. As the Republicans trumpet the infallibility of the U.S. Constitution in efforts to protect their beloved weapons of war, it’s Republicans who continue to support a man who, with his various travel bans, alleged violations of the Emoluments clause and blatant obstruction of justice, basically treats the U.S. Constitution like 230-year old toilet paper. It’s Republicans who threaten democracy by gerrymandering with reckless abandon and attempting to forego special elections. It’s Republicans who continually refuse to adequately acknowledge and address Russia’s attack on our elections. And of course, the Republicans who scream from the rooftops about Sharia law and Islamic extremists represent the same party that continues to use the Christian religion to deny rights for LGBTQ+ Americans and still refuses to denounce white neo-nazis. Replicating this insincere and duplicitous behavior on a local level, Duke College Republicans want to put on an event about the “unique responsibility of American Muslims” in the context of Islamic extremism. This very same group previously advertised a Duke event with Sebastian Gorka, who denied the validity of right wing extremist terrorism in America—a phenomenon that poses a far greater threat to America than Islamic extremists. The Duke College Republicans think they have the moral authority to discuss the American Muslim identity, presenting American Muslims as either patriots or insurgents. They willingly sought out this speaker, who calls the Muslim Students

Association—and any number of political opponents—“Islamists,” while trumpeting himself as a moderate with a dedication to ideological diversity. Both the Duke College Republicans and their invited speaker overgeneralize and stereotype their subjects under the guise of academic discourse. It is clear that the hypocrisy and intellectual myopia of the speaker and the sponsors go hand-in-hand. But perhaps the speakers they really need to invite, and the events they really need to hold, would shine a critical light directed on themselves. After all, shouldn’t the Duke College Republicans, and Republicans in general, take a good hard look at what it is about their identities that has led to such a degenerate and anti-democratic party? Would it not be more productive for them to wonder how they allowed for an unqualified sexual assailant with an unabashed bent toward racism to become the leader of their party? Perhaps they could ask what unique responsibilities American Republicans hold in stemming right-wing violence and halting the rise of neo-nazis who claim Trump as their inspiration. Though they would doubtlessly bungle such an event as well, at the very least, they would not be impugning any group other than themselves. And shouldn’t the party that champions the principle of keeping what one has “earned” be overjoyed to maintain the spotlight they’ve garnered, instead of redistributing it to others who don’t deserve it? Ultimately, we deserve to know. Do Republicans really love this country? Or are they tearing it up from within? I’m not saying that they are. But maybe we should talk about it. Shivam Dave is a Trinity senior. His column usually runs on alternate Tuesdays.

Panicking senior arrested for reversing in circles through the Stacks while having sex at the wheel

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onestly we have no idea how he even got the Prius down there,” began an utterly baffled DUPD sheriff as he opened the most bizarre press conference in Duke’s history.

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Late Saturday night a male senior undergraduate student at Duke—accompanied by a female senior suffering from an equally severe case of senioritis—managed to cram his 2014 Prius into the L2 level of Perkins library before hurtling backwards through the Stacks 19 times while simultaneously having intercourse with his female accomplice. Investigators believe the misguided pair, overwhelmed by how little time they had left at Duke, were vainly attempting to fulfill multiple graduation requirements at the same time. The Prius finally came to rest when the driver, overcome by his passion (for literature), crashed into a big, hard pile of books on the topic, “The Anatomy of the Human Climax.” A janitor who witnessed the entire event unfold simply mumbled, “It was like watching a Fast and Furious-50 Shades of Grey crossover movie set in the universe of the Breakfast Club… sickening, yet undeniably impressive. I quit my job on the spot.” When asked whether or not the student

was intoxicated at the time of the incident, the sheriff shuddered, “He blew his GPA on the breathalyzer; he’s lucky to be alive.” Along with the casts of both the 50 Shades of Grey and Fast and the Furious movies, the two students have been charged with crimes against humanity. Although extreme, this desperate attempt to fulfill graduation requirements was by no means isolated. Freshman students living on the third floors of both Pegram and Bassett have received 1,457 separate offers for “free window-cleaning services” as seniors make frantic bids to get to the top of Baldwin. Last week a group of students from the Nobel Prize-winning Pratt School of Engineering registered the “Trampolinists at Duke Club” as an organisation with Student Affairs; meetings take place at 1 a.m. each night in the parking lot behind Baldwin. Because nothing says “I understand engineering” like attempting to use a 3-foot trampoline to ascend a 90-foot domed auditorium. When asked why they had rejected the idea of simply befriending the appropriate freshmen, one senior said, “Are you kidding me? They’re worse than polio. If I wanted more squeaky, hormonal assholes in my life I’d just watch Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 on loop for my final weeks of college. Anyway I gotta a run to a uh...meeting in the gardens… for my seminar… class… that’s about… uh… plants… and other things of that...ilk.” Meanwhile, any form of sentient life that regularly visits or works in Duke Gardens— from the gardening staff to the vast array of ducks and fish that call the gardens home— have been issued with blindfolds and earplugs

as the gardens brace for a harrowing few weeks. Plantus McTreeleaves, the head gardener, explained with a pained tone in his voice, “It’s either that or years of therapy for the employees and animals. Last year we had a duck, Roger, climb all the way to the top of the chapel and jump. Ducks have wings. Roger actively chose not to use them. I’ll never be able to forget that crunching sound when he… when he...” Plantus paused for a moment, visibly shaken. After a few minutes he composed himself: “We have an obligation to spare them that kind of trauma. No duck, fish, bird or employee should have to witness the mediocre fucking that takes place here in the final few weeks of the year.” When asked for their opinion on the situation, a nearby duck hesitated for a second before saying “... quack quack...” Tragic words indeed; Roger was his cousin. Lastly, students this year have had particular trouble accessing the tunnels on East Campus with many of the old entrances now sealed up. Unable to complete it officially, many have resorted to half-hearted attempts to fulfill the requirement. Having given up on getting into the actual tunnels, two seniors armed with small trowels were spotted digging a shallow trench in the East Campus lawn before getting down to business. “3 inches deep counts, right?” said the guy. The guy was in Sigma Nu. The graduation requirements of Duke are eternal; our time at Duke is not. With just weeks left on the clock, seniors will be hardpressed to attain all five pillars of the true Duke experience.

Just remember two things: firstly, be smart—nobody wants another Roger situation. Secondly, if you fail, President Price will shake your hand when it comes your turn to walk the graduation stage and smugly whisper in your ear, “I did ‘em all in nine months.” Correction: Monday Monday earlier stated mistakenly that Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering was “Nobel Prize-winning”; as of yet Pratt has been awarded no such title but if they’d all stop acting like the next coming of Jesus every time E-ball comes around then maybe people would actually take them seriously for once… What a bunch o’ nerds! A three-month medical analysis performed on this joke has concluded with 100 percent certainty that it is officially dead and now decomposing in gruesome fashion. It is utterly inconceivable that it could ever return… It’ll be back next week.

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Jack Dolgin | Contributing Photographer Tony Rivera now works at the University of Maryland at College Park, where he is an “investigator” and “research affiliate.”

Rivera now works at the University of Maryland at College Park. According to UMD’s schedule of classes for Fall 2018, FROM PAGE 3 Rivera is slated to teach an online course called “Motivations and Intents of Terrorists and Terrorist Groups.” report findings of harassment to the Department of Defense,” A Jan. 24 press release from the University of Maryland he wrote. noted that Rivera was taking a new job at its National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses ‘Tony came highly recommended to us’ to Terrorism (START). There, he is a “investigator” and According to page 14 of the OIE Harassment Policy “research affiliate.” and Procedure, the office will notify the parties of any “Tony came highly recommended to us for his passion sanctions that “relate directly to them” and will verify that for counterterrorism focused research that can inform policy remedial actions have been implemented. It does not say and practice, as well as for mentorship,” said William Braniff, whether OIE will inform both parties of sanctions, nor START executive director, in the Jan. 24 press release. does it mention informing anyone not party to the case of There is no mention of who “highly recommended” him. disciplinary actions. When The Chronicle reached out to Braniff, he wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for government in an March 16 email that he was not aware of the sexual relations and public affairs, declined to comment about harassment allegations made against Rivera. whether Rivera was disciplined for violating the harassment “The allegations referenced in your inquiry to Dr. Rivera policy to protect the “privacy of our employees and the are the first that I am learning of this,” Braniff wrote. “I integrity of the investigative process.” However, he noted appreciate you bringing this to my attention, so the matter can that Rivera is no longer an employee of Duke. be addressed.” Braniff declined to comment further on how the matter would be addressed. Read Rivera’s full statement online.

Jack Dolgin | Contributing Photographer The UMD center where Rivera now works is called the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

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