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A racial epithet written on a door during the night. Students overheard chanting a racial slur loudly along with the lyrics of a song. Snapchats containing the same word exposed on the Duke Memes for Gothicc Teens page. As students prepare for exams, a series of racially charged incidents have come to light on campus in recent days. First, a student’s Snapchat story appeared Thursday in Duke’s meme page. The first image showed a hand holding a bottle of Hennessy with the caption “Howdy, I’m a n*****.” A second photo pictured two men holding bottles captioned “JK i am not a n*****.” The next day, an email from Janine Weaver-Douglas, associate dean of Central Campus residence life, informed Central Campus residents in an email that a 300 Swift apartment complex resident’s door was defaced with the racial epithet. Lisa Beth Bergene, associate dean of East Campus, wrote in an email sent to East Campus resident assistants and graduate residents Friday night that the slur used was “n***** lover.”

As students prepare for exams, incidents including racial epithets have come to light on campus, resulting in a petition by some students to create a formal policy against hate speech.

“Behavior and action in this vein are unacceptable on this campus,” Weaver-Douglas wrote in the Friday morning email. The same morning as the incident at 300 Swift, a recently created Facebook account—listed under the name Michael Scayfield—posted a message in the meme page Friday morning with a racially charged request to “discuss why people say blacks are feeling unsafe right now.” No one with the name Michael Scayfield is enrolled at Duke. Duke’s administration has denounced the acts—but with no policy banning hate speech, no formal action has been taken on the Snapchat incident. According to Bergene’s email, no responsible party had been found for the 300 Swift incident. Two weeks prior to these incidents, a student reported to a residence coordinator that in a West Campus residence hall, a group of students was “loudly” and “enthusiastically singing the word racial slurs along with the lyrics of a song,” according to Bergene’s email. These events are not the only ones to spark campus-wide discussion in recent years. See INCIDENTS on Page 3

Protesters want the Board of Trustees to increase transparency. We asked Board members for their response. By Adam Beyer | Digital Strategy Director Sarah Kerman | Senior News Reporter Two weeks ago, a group of student protesters demanded greater transparency from the Board of Trustees. In an effort to gather the Trustees’ opinion on that demand, The Chronicle investigated the matter and found that even contacting the members could be a challenge. The student group—who calls themselves the People’s State of the University—interrupted President Vincent Price’s speech to demand changes at the University. Their second demand calls for greater transparency in the University’s Board of Trustees meetings. “In opening up Board of Trustee meetings to public review, Duke gives its community a chance to weigh in on significant policy decisions,” the group wrote in their manifesto.

“These necessary reforms can only be made possible with a more transparent Board of Trustees and community-based approaches to monetary budgeting.” Responses to the demand We reached out to the Trustees to ask whether they plan to bring up the demand for transparency at the Board’s next meeting. We also asked whether the Trustees would support reinstating a public session for the Board or whether they would favor any other transparency measures. The inquiries to the Board members were largely met with a unified response—silence. When Trustees did respond, they deferred all comments to Board Chair Jack Bovender. In an email sent by Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, Bovender wrote that the Board

attempts to maintain confidentiality in its When asked about the Trustees deferring governance and that this is common practice all comment to the Board Chair, Riddell wrote among other peer institutions. in an email that this “has been a Board practice “As fiduciaries of the for a long time, and University, Trustees seek As fiduciaries of the University, was in place when [he] to create an environment Trustees seek to create an started working with at their meetings where the Board in 2007.” everyone is encouraged environment at their meetings The Chronicle asked to speak openly and where everyone is encouraged to whether the policy of candidly, confident that deferring to the Board what one says will not be speak openly and candidly... Chair was written. reported to others who Riddell responded that were not in attendance jack bovender it is not, but rather is or participated in the long-established CHAIR OF THE BOARD “a discussion,” Bovender practice, consistent wrote. “For this reason, the minutes of Board with that at boards of peer institutions.” meetings are confidential for 50 years.” John Burness, who formerly served Subsequent inquiries to Bovender were as Duke’s senior vice president for public directed to Richard Riddell, senior vice president See BOARD on Page 4 and secretary to the Board of Trustees.

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Last day of Quenchers Students reminisce about the smoothie bar on its last day By Stefanie Pousoulides

switch for financial reasons. Rather, the administration was not happy Barren protein shelves and empty produce with the services Quenchers offered despite trays can only mean one thing—the Quenchers many attempts to fix the issues, he wrote. Jack era has come to an end at Duke. Chao, owner of Quenchers, told The Chronicle Sunday marked the smoothie bar’s final in February that he never refused to listen to day operating in Wilson Gym before it will be suggestions or make changes. replaced by Red Mango, which currently resides On Quenchers’ final day, students flocked in the Bryan Center. Quenchers’ contract the smoothie bar. I decided to see if Quenchers expired at the end of this year and Duke Dining lived up to the hype for myself. announced in February that Red Mango would I arrived at Quenchers around 10:15 a.m. fill the location currently occupied by Quenchers with a couple of my friends and ordered a Peachy with an “entirely new menu compatible with Keen protein smoothie. Some of the proteins the market at Wilson Recreation Center.” and other ingredients were already dwindling— Senior Julia Medine, DUSDAC co-chair at the my friend ordered the last chocolate protein time of the announcement, told The Chronicle shake Quenchers will ever serve. in February that the revamped Red Mango will While I waited for my smoothie, I observed include a wider variety of selections—from Quenchers’ remains. smoothies to soups and sandwiches. Across from the register was a stand of harvest Students pushed back against the decision, cheddar Sun Chips that only held seven bags. circulating a petition to keep Quenchers that The refrigerator next to the stand held a scattered received nearly collection of beverages: Deer I think a lot of Duke 2,000 signatures. Park water, fruit punch Gatorade, “Aside from students love Quenchers coconut water, Red Bull, two providing students chocolate flavored monster milks with some of the because there is nowhere and a lone Naked orange juice. healthiest foods else on campus where you Quenchers’ supply of selfon campus and serve snack shelves was not fostering healthy can get protein that you as sparse, with considerable habits, Quenchers would have after a work-out. numbers of yogurt almonds, has carved out an Skittles and peanut butter emotional niche, as pretzels left over. audrey kornkven students genuinely The options from the SOPHOMORE love the staff and neighboring protein shelves culture it provides,” were sparse, with only three senior Adam Kershner wrote in the petition. protein powder jars and scattered chai and “Losing Quenchers would be an extremely cave man protein bars remaining. heartbreaking event on campus due to the loss Sophomore Audrey Kornkven frequented of a dedicated and beloved staff and healthy Quenchers three to five times per week and viewed food options we rely on.” Quenchers as a “really good motivator” to look In a post on Fix My Campus, former forward to after a work-out at Wilson. She said the DUSDAC co-chair Brian Taylor—Trinity “biggest problem” with Quenchers closing was that ‘16 and current student in the Master of things that are not broken do not need fixed. Environmental Management Program at the “I think a lot of Duke students love Nicholas School of the Environment—said Quenchers because there is nowhere else on that Wilson’s administration did not make the campus where you can get protein that you University News Editor

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would have after a work-out,” Kornkven said. “So, it’s perfect that its located in Wilson.” Kornkven did not shed a positive light on the switch. “Even though Duke seems to have an obsession with making things more extravagant, they don’t need to,” Kornkven said. Sophomores Blaire Zhang and Jie Cai also shared their reflections on Quenchers. Zhang said that she was “really sad” about Quenchers closing, and both of the sophomores spoke to how they “did not understand Duke’s decision in replacing Quenchers with Red Mango.”

“I feel like Quenchers has done a really good job with providing healthy, nutritious food that’s especially really good for the gym atmosphere,” Cai said. “I don’t think Duke made a very good decision.” Sophomore Alicia Sun said that she was sad to see Quenchers go and that the smoothie bar had been an important part of her Wilson experience. But Sun also provided a more optimistic outlook on Quencher’s closing. “I’m also excited to see what Red Mango will have,” Sun said. “I’m sure it’ll be good, too. It’s bittersweet.”

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Duke’s student body. “As far as we know, it’s just hit-and-run graffiti,” Moneta said. Henry Washington, Trinity ‘17, was president He added that he does not plan to make of the Black Student Alliance in Oct. 2015 when significant changes following the recent spate a Black Lives Matter event poster was defaced of incidents. when someone crossed out the word “black” and “I don’t have a plan for a major initiative,” replaced it with “white.” Moneta said Friday. “You want to be careful— That same year, a number of racially you want to react appropriately and not just charged incidents occurred across campus. A run around to do things that have no meaning. noose was hung on the Bryan Center Plaza in I think we need to just sit back and think about April, and allegations were made that white what is going on that a few people would feel students chanted a song that included racial like that was a good way to behave.” slurs at a black female student. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for Washington doesn’t think that these two public affairs and government relations, series of incidents are part of a snowball responded to the incidents in an email effect. Saturday night. “Students are going to continue to be “Racial incidents such as the ones reported targeted by hate this week are a scourge speech until there History has shown that the best, at Duke, and on the is a policy that is most effective and most enduring many other campuses implemented to stop that experience them,” them,” Washington response to bad speech is more he wrote. “That said. “The snowball speech and better speech. conduct is contrary effect undermines to our values of the extent to which inclusion and respect michael schoenfeld and should be called these incidents are VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND related to a systemic out and condemned GOVERNMENT RELATIONS problem of race quickly and harshly. and racism that has In no way does it existed for as long as black students have been represent the Duke that we aspire to be.” on Duke’s campus.” In a tweet Friday morning, Moneta Washington expressed solidarity with suggested that those who want to ban hate Duke People’s State of the Union, an activist speech should read “Free Speech on Campus,” group that organized a “study-in” outside a book by Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC the Allen Building Saturday to push for a Berkeley Law, and Howard Gillman, chancellor “standardized set of consequences for acts of and professor of law at UC Irvine. hate and bias.” The group posted a petition “Freedom of expression protects the with nearly 500 signatures to the doors of oppressed far more than the oppressors,” the building. Moneta wrote. When asked about the incident at 300 Schoenfeld noted that he does agree Swift, Larry Moneta, vice president for with Moneta’s statement about freedom of student affairs, said it was not reflective of expression being important for protecting

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oppressed groups. “History has shown that the best, most effective and most enduring response to bad speech is more speech and better speech,” Schoenfeld wrote in an email. “That can be a challenging task on a diverse campus, but it is the foundation of our commitment to an open community.” Washington said he envisions a system in which students that perpetrate hate speech are vulnerable to disciplinary consequences from the student conduct board. But Washington said he doesn’t think that discipline alone is the solution. Education on the violence of hate speech and its history would encourage them to act different, he noted.

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“It would be balancing discipline with consequences so that we’re not just singling out students who use hate speech, but so that we’re moving towards an institutional culture that is different,” Washington said. Washington said that the administration should have responded with less apathy. “There’s a way to balance those acts better than they have in the past and doing a better job of listening to students instead of just telling them to read a book,” Washington said. “[As a student], I just wanted reassurance that the administrators actually cared about the racism that students were experiencing and that they were willing to do something to promote change.”

Chronicle File Photo An email Friday morning informed Central Campus residents that a 300 Swift resident’s door had been defaced with a racially charged slur overnight.

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BOARD FROM PAGE 1 affairs and government relations, said he has served on a number of both private and public boards and explained that it is a “very common” practice for board members to defer to the chair as their public spokesperson at private universities. “There is nothing particularly odd about that at all,” he said. Burness, currently an adjunct professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, said that he thinks this policy exists to allow the Board to address the public with a unified voice and to avoid publicizing conflicting messages prior to making a decision. “There can be debates that are going on privately among the Board members who may have differences, either very substantial or by nuance and until the whole Board has acted, there is no Board action,” Burness said. “So generally the Board members themselves prefer to have the chairman be the spokesperson.” When asked about whether it is typical to also defer to the chair on matters related to their personal thoughts about good governance, rather than about policy decisions, Burness replied “not exclusively but pretty much.” Engaging with the Board To contact trustees, Riddell wrote in an email that community members should email boardchair@duke.edu. He clarified that information and feedback sent to this account would only be shared with other trustees at Bovender’s discretion. In his email, Bovender wrote that Riddell collaborates with the presidents of Duke Student Government and the Graduate and Professional Student Council to arrange for interaction between students and trustees.

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“He would be pleased to hear ideas from any students regarding ways to strengthen communication between students and the Board,” Bovender wrote. However, it is unclear how many opportunities for interaction he helped coordinate this past year. Riddell noted that there was a dinner for women student leaders and trustees in February that resulted from his meeting with DSG. That event featured several women of the Board of Trustees and invited women campus leaders. But Riddell said he could not recall any other programs for student-trustee interaction in the past year. Former DSG president Riyanka Ganguly, a senior, and former GPSC president Rashmi Joglekar did not respond to a request for comment.

Contacting the Board In general, we found searching for contact information for trustees was a timeconsuming endeavor. Initially, we spent several minutes on each member, Googling their name with search terms such as “email” or “contact.” For trustees whose biographies listed current or former employers, we searched their name with their employer in an attempt to find phone numbers or email addresses. In addition to internet searches, we also searched for each member’s contact information in Duke’s internal directory. We were able to find NetIDs for most of the Trustees—however, more than half of the emails we sent to those NetIDs were undeliverable. Between both methods of searching—

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through Google and the internal directory—we were only able to send 15 emails that did not bounce back, which amounts to approximately 40 percent of the trustees. Riddell confirmed that not all of the trustees possess Duke email addresses. He did not respond to a question about why Trustees do not generally have active Duke email accounts. “Anyone can send a message to boardchair@ duke.edu, which is the email address of the chair of the board. Trustees are not issued duke. edu email addresses,” he wrote. During the next several days, we obtained more contact information from deeper searching and various other sources, including calls to listed employers asking how to get in touch. We also attempted to contact them by phone when phone numbers were available. In his explanation for the Board’s accessibility to students, Bovender called Duke “a leader among peer universities” in having students and faculty serve on the Board’s standing committees. The Chronicle reached out to multiple students serving on those committees to seek contact information for several trustees. Those students declined to share contact information or said they did not possess contact information for trustees themselves, despite Riddell writing that students on the standing committees have access to member emails. Bovender also noted there will be more opportunities for student involvement with plans to add four more students to the present 21 who serve on the Board’s standing committees. In terms of acting on student demands for greater transparency, Burness said that though he believes the Board values transparency to some extent, it is difficult to implement. “I think that they probably struggle to find the right balance and in some ways you never find the perfect balance,” Burness said. “But I don’t think it’s because they felt that they wanted not to be transparent.”

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The Ride My Dad used to listen to this station called 95.7 The Ride all the time growing up. It wasn’t my favorite music (lots of Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, etc.) but now that I’ve come to college I made a Spotify playlist with a bunch of ride classics. I find myself listening to that music when I’m missing home and feeling sentimental and also because I’ve realized it’s actually Good. Something I think about a lot is it’s hard to predict which aspects of my Duke experience will make me most sentimental years from now. One cool part of identity is that sometimes we don’t necessarily realize how an event or experience has impacted our personal development until much later. I think that’s true for me—I’m very aware that

Sarah Kerman SENIOR NEWS REPORTER I’m a different person than when I entered this place four years ago. I think I will continue to realize the impacts of these four years in the months and years after I graduate. In my past few times leaving the Chronicle office I’ve thought about the selective nature of memory. What will stick out most to me about the office when I visualize it miles away from Chapel Drive? Will it be the white walls, odd collection of artifacts past editors have left behind, the comfy couches or maybe the carpet that has seen better days? Unclear. I may not retain all the details held within those walls: quotes from the funny interactions we had with sources and the ridiculous commentary amongst the staff who became my good friends. What I will remember is the freedom I felt in that office to be creative, pitch new ideas and figure out how we could

get them to work. They didn’t always, but it was fulfilling when they did. My phone still autocorrects the phrase chron to churn which is funny and I guess is somewhat true because one definition of churn is to move about vigorously. That we did! Every year, I moved about campus and the Durham community trying to get perspectives for articles and in doing so, had the opportunity to speak to people who I otherwise would not necessarily have interacted with. I’d find myself learning details about student initiatives and fields of study I didn’t know existed. Some of my favorite articles were ones I wrote this past year covering the local plans for the Light Rail project and the municipal elections. I reported on forums where community members voiced their opinions on issues ranging from affordable housing to policing. As someone interested in public policy, I learned so much about what good governance should look like at the local level. Student journalism made me feel so much more connected to both the campus community and the Durham community. That feeling of connectedness was not necessarily present throughout my Duke experience, however. I’ve learned that we can be critical of the institutions we’re part of out of love and wanting to see them improve. It is because we see what they have the potential to be that we push through with our critical questions. I’m grateful to the Chronicle because it has facilitated so many conversations, deepening my relationship with the University and those who have a vision for improving it. My friends may be tired of me saying this, but the phrase “home is a feeling, not a place” has been incredibly true for me this year. I want to extend my gratitude to the people at See KERMAN on Page 8

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My ‘Why Duke?’ essay worked out We all remember our “Why Duke?” essay. It’s the first time most of us are asked to reflect critically about ourselves in relation to this University. When it was time to write mine, I didn’t waste words on DukeEngage or the basketball team. I knew what I wanted to say. As a kid from Durham, I was frequently on campus growing up. What I recall most vividly from those visits is picking up issues of The Chronicle and reading about the Duke community. In one issue that stands out in my memory, there was a massive graphic on the front page tracking the social connections between

Adam Beyer DIGITAL CONTENT DIRECTOR Young Trustee semi-finalists and members of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee. Wow! Students were doing that work, I thought. It was so cool. I wrote in my essay that I knew I wanted to get involved if I got into Duke. But as many Durham kids will tell you, we don’t always look up to Duke as an institution. For a long time, I couldn’t see myself coming here, a place where the rich send their entitled children to trash the city. My simplistic aversion became complicated by my positive experiences at Blue Devil Days, but I still felt there was some truth present in that feeling. I knew that if I did attend Duke I would want an opportunity to be able to ask hard questions about it. The Chronicle was that opportunity. But during my four years on staff, it helped me find answers to questions I hadn’t anticipated: Who

are your friends? What do you like to do? What is important to you? To be sure, I did relish my on-the-job education in journalism. I was empowered by amazing leaders as a young student to talk to important people and investigate whatever (sometimes silly) things I wanted. But with empowerment came humility, as I made many mistakes early on. I was reminded that just because I asked a lot of questions and felt confident, I didn’t necessarily always get my answers right. I also learned that the important people I should be asking questions of aren’t always in the Allen Building. As I spent more and more time with The Chronicle staff, I began to feel at home. Our core group of committed news writers grew closer as friends, which was a comfort to me as someone who felt lonely at times. The turning point that drew me in for good was the Allen Building sit-in. Sparked in part by the amazing accountability journalism I love, the week-long sit-in had the news staff frantic. We were up in the office and out on the Quad constantly—drafting, editing, posting—trying to stay on top of the always-evolving story. I was incredibly stressed, but it was a stress with purpose. And it was a stress that forged strong friendships. That week, I also learned about how to tell stories digitally, something I hadn’t anticipated learning or even wanting to do. Ultimately, it was useful preparation for the Digital Content Director role I held for the next two years. Sometimes, I don’t think people outside The Chronicle understand how much work it is for the top staff. My junior year, I was in our office four days a week, usually from 4:30 p.m. until we See BEYER on Page 8

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Giving up my thing Every first year has their thing. Usually, it’s something they did in high school and really excelled at or some incredible accomplishment. For me, it was journalism. When I first moved into my sweltering third floor room in East House, I had the typical mix of O-Week nerves and excitement, but I was determined to attend an information session for The Chronicle. I had been an editor for three years on my high school paper, and if you had asked anyone from my high school about me, the newspaper would have inevitably come up. Being a journalist was my identifier in high school, and I was ready to continue that at Duke (along with being pre-med, of course). I didn’t hesitate to get involved with The Chronicle and was thrilled to land my byline on the front page within the

Samantha Neal CONTRIBUTING REPORTER first week of classes. I applied to be a staff writer as soon as I could and eagerly attended every Sunday news meeting in 301 Flowers. Like many Duke experiences, everything changed during my first spring semester. As an independent watching others embrace their new affiliations, I threw myself into The Chronicle. On a campus where too often our first instincts are to ask someone what selective group they’re in, I was proud to be a part of an established campus organization that everyone knew. My sophomore year, The Chronicle was especially important to me and became a support system of sorts. Assuming the role as dining and construction beat reporter, I had no shortage of material and felt like I had found my place at Duke through writing or editing stories on major University news. Covering the Allen Building protests that Spring was a hectic but thrilling time. We never knew when something would happen, so in true Duke fashion, we assigned A-Ville shifts.

I was so wrapped up in my articles, my editing shifts and the people of 301 Flowers that I never took a step back to re-evaluate. I accepted the position of Assistant News Editor for my junior year, not realizing that I wasn’t able to commit the time or mental energy and maintain the balanced life I needed after a difficult sophomore year. In early October, I called my mom in tears, and she suggested something that was at the time unthinkable. “Maybe you should take a step back from The Chronicle.” I’m not a quitter, and I made a commitment, I thought. But after a few deep breaths, I realized that, as with most things, she was right. Stepping down from my upper masthead position was upsetting, but doing my job had lately been fueled more by obligation than love of journalism. I sometimes still feel like I let down my team—Claire, Neel, Abby and Adam—but they did a fantastic job despite my abrupt departure, and I appreciate their understanding. The freedom afterwards was almost more terrifying than making the decision in the first place. I had come to Duke certain of this: journalism was my thing. Who was I without it? Interestingly enough at this juncture, I was still pre-med and realized that I now had the opportunity to explore those interests further. I continued to write for The Chronicle, especially for stories that I thought were important, and still care deeply about the organization and its mission. But it’s not the only thing people know me for, and I’m excited to be applying to medical school this summer. If I’ve learned anything at Duke and through The Chronicle, it’s that we don’t just have our one thing and we’re more than just what others perceive. Even though I’ll be ending my journalistic career on this paper, The Chronicle was really more of a beginning for me by encouraging me to expand my identity. Samantha Neal is a Trinity senior. She’d like to thank Emma, Danielle, Ryan, Rachel and Amrith for being such supportive mentors and pushing her to be a better journalist. She’d also like to give a huge shoutout to all of the Chronicle seniors: you are all amazing, talented, driven people that make her proud to be affiliated with y’all.

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Being a female leader was rewarding, but also painful Being the editor of The Chronicle is the most worthwhile thing I could have done at Duke. It was also the hardest thing and it challenged me in incredible ways. And the days when I was ready for it all to end pale in comparison to the overwhelming satisfaction I felt every other day of the past year. It’s hard criticizing things you love. But, I have spent my time at Duke holding people and institutions accountable—and that doesn’t stop with The Chronicle. It is because I love The Chronicle so much that I want to critically reflect on my year as its leader.

Likhitha Butchireddygari EDITOR-IN-CHIEF There are also so many inspiring women in leadership roles and who aspire to be leaders at Duke, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that that leadership journey is a fair or equal one. So, I want to share my experience to highlight some gender inequities in student organizations at Duke. The best way I can express what I’ve learned is to start last September in a dark movie theater at Southpoint: There was a knot in the back of my throat—like I was about to cry. I was shifting uncomfortably in my seat. Soon enough, tears started rolling down my face as I watched a screening of Darren Aronofsky’s mother! I hadn’t expected to feel this emotional—the usual tropes of a sad scene weren’t present. There wasn’t sad music. There wasn’t death or loss. There was just chaos. In the movie, Jennifer Lawrence’s character, the mother, was hosting a wake. At first, a few strangers arrived, who already made her uncomfortable. She hadn’t expected to host so many people she didn’t know. Then, more and more people entered. She’s trying so hard to be good host, while everyone around her seems to be doing everything in their power to wreck her fragile, unfinished house.

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BUTCHIREDDYGARI FROM PAGE 7 As she’s telling them not to sit on a sink that wasn’t bolted in or to not repaint the walls or to not go in her husband’s study or to stop throwing around vases, they don’t listen to her. And it’s when the people bouncing on the sink—despite the mother telling them multiple times in various ways not to do so—detach the sink from the wall with their weight and cause a massive water main break, tears start welling up in my eyes. And then, she loses it and so do I. Tears fall freely from my face as she yells at everyone to get out of her house. I cried because what I was seeing on the screen reminded me so fundamentally of my experience with female leadership. The most frustrating thing about being a female leader, in my experience, is the lack of respect that comes from being ignored or taken for granted. It’s those times you ask people to stop doing something that is counterproductive, frustrating, destructive, abrasive, rude, unprofessional, inappropriate, etc. and your request disregarded—as if it were a casual suggestion from a peer and not a directive from the person in charge. It’s those times when you ask people to do something and they don’t do it and you remind them again and again and again and they still don’t do it. It’s also when you sit down with them and they question why you told them to do that task in the first place. It’s feeling like people see you in only two ways— either not aggressive enough or a b••••. It’s those instances when you give your blood and sweat to take care of your co-workers and you do not receive that care back. These things are definitely not isolated to The Chronicle or even to women. But, I often wonder if some of those same requests—which are truly as simple as not destroying an unfinished kitchen by being careless in mother!—would have been treated with such resistance if a man were at the helm. And having seen men at the helm of The Chronicle and elsewhere, I don’t think they would have. The other difference in leadership styles I’ve seen in men and women is the emotional labor women put into their roles and their staffers. Consistently, the female leaders I’ve witnessed at The Chronicle and at Duke are more likely to inquire about the lives of the people they supervise. They’re more likely to offer emotional and

material support during stressful times. I view this as smart leadership. Only when you know the people you work with—what is weighing on them, what they are passionate about—can you position them to produce their best work or plan for situations when their work will not meet expectations. I don’t mean to paint all men as aloof and all women as compassionate, because that wouldn’t be true to my experience. But, I think for women and men who do put in the emotional labor of learning about the people they work with, it can be draining and likely not reciprocated—though that’s manageable. What’s not manageable is putting in all that work but still having people who you’ve now come to care for so deeply, professionally and personally, disrespect you or undermine your leadership. As a society, we have to be more accepting of female leadership in real ways, not just in writing or words. We have to support women who choose to lean into their careers and those who choose to follow other passions. And I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been complicit in the exact things I’ve been critical of in this column. As an example, for most of the year, my entire upper masthead and the section editors—the leadership of The Chronicle—were male and I chose them. When I was deciding who to put in positions of power, their gender was not in the forefront of my mind. In recent history, The Chronicle leadership has not been so male. Ten of the last 17 editors have been female and there are similar numbers of women and men at The Chronicle. In fact, next year, only two of the six section heads will be male. But, in a fluke of my own making, I found myself surrounded by men, which in itself is not wrong. The problem occurs when female voices are being drowned out or female work is not sufficiently acknowledged. I’ve tried my best to provide opportunities for leadership and acknowledgement for women, but there are people I wish I could have supported more. At the end of mother!, Lawrence’s character is so outraged and frustrated that she lights her house—the thing she loves most—on fire. I can’t say that I share that feeling. Although there have been moments where I have felt powerless and frustrated, this past year has been one of the best in my life.

BEYER FROM PAGE 6 finished production. Getting back to my apartment at 2 a.m. wasn’t unusual. But I loved every minute of my time as a member of upper masthead. We were a team with a mission. Claire was truly a fearless leader and she taught me so much about how to handle difficult situations (and people) with poise. She always accomplished what she set out to do and I still look up to her. Neel was a tough managing editor who asked hard-hitting questions and wasn’t scared to disagree when necessary. Yet his sharp mind shouldn’t obscure his heart of gold. As news editor, Abby took on a massive role and executed it flawlessly even as she somehow worked in a lab and studied for the MCAT. I don’t know how she did it but she amazes me. Sarah is one of our strong moral voices, and she also never fails to make me laugh at all the beautiful strangeness we observe as reporters. She has become one of my best friends and is one of my favorite people. When our team was together and responding to some breaking news, everything felt right. It has been hard to take a step back

KERMAN FROM PAGE 6 Duke and The Chronicle in particular who supported me in my journey as a student here. Likhitha, congrats on a wonderful year. Bre, I’m so eager to see what’s in store for the paper under your

and let go after we passed off running the paper to the next masthead. Seeing the work Likhitha’s team accomplished has been so exciting though, and I am thrilled to see what Bre’s team will do. My newfound free time has brought space for reflection: did the questions I had for Duke matter? I’ve definitely learned a lot, from how nuanced and complex the world can be, to how valuable clean prose is, to how important it is to push hard and stick up for yourself. I hope the reporting, editing, social media-posting and strategizing I have done in my four years has had an impact on this place. But even if it hasn’t, I know it’s had an impact on me, and I couldn’t be more grateful. If I had to give any advice based on my time at The Chronicle, it would be to keep asking questions. And whether yours is more “Why Duke?” or “Why, Duke?” I hope you find some answers. At the very least, I hope you find answers to questions you didn’t think to ask. Adam Beyer was The Chronicle’s digital content director. He’d like to encourage people to be gracious with Chronicle reporters who really just want to understand this place they call home. He also has a lot of thoughts about college that didn’t fit in this column. If you’d like to hear them, please reach out. leadership. It’s been a great ride and I can’t wait to see where the paper is headed. Sarah Kerman is a Trinity senior and was Senior News Reporter. She would like to thank her family for their support, and her Duke friends who have become family. To Adam: never sit!

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THUNDERSTRUCK Storm-ignited furious comeback falls short for Blue Devils in ACC tournament opener By Ben Feder Associate Sports Editor

Trailing by six goals with less than nine minutes left, the Blue Devils almost pulled off the impossible. Almost. But almost does not get your team into the NCAA tournament. And Duke knew that once the final buzzer sounded, as players slumped off the rain-soaked field defeated. Battling treacherous conditions with two rain delays—each spanning more than an hour—the sixth-seeded Blue Devils could not finish their comeback effort Thursday night, losing 13-12 13 against No. 3 seed VT DUKE 12 Virginia Tech at Koskinen Stadium in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. Duke had a chance to tie the game with less than a minute left, but All-ACC attack Olivia Jenner’s shot went high, and senior captain Grace Fallon’s ensuing pass went out of bounds to end the Blue Devils’ bid at landing a vital upset. “We’re not .500, so that’s the thing that’s really, really hard. We’ve got quality wins, we just have a loss too many. That’s where this game was so, so important,” Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “This was really a mustwin for us, and that’s why it’s really tough for the kids right now.” After senior attack Kyra Harney’s first of two goals with 8:48 left in the contest, the referees called for the second weather delay. With ongoing thunderstorms in the area, the two teams sat in their respective locker rooms, waiting 78 minutes to get back on the field. Something clicked, though, for the Blue

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The nation’s leader in draw controls per game, Olivia Jenner, added 11 to her total Thursday. Devils (7-9) during the course of the break. Duke simply dominated in the grass-turnedmud field in the final minutes. With Abby Landry’s goal off a feed from Fallon 45 seconds after the restart, the Blue Devils roared back. Two consecutive goals from freshman phenom Charlotte North, who broke Duke’s freshman points record, cut the deficit to three, and the pro-Blue Devil crowd exploded when North ripped a free-position goal with 1:41 left to make it 13-12. The ensuing draw—which Jenner had dominated during the course of Duke’s scoring streak—went Virginia Tech’s way on a foul by senior midfielder Maddie Crutchfield. Luckily for Kimel’s squad, though, secondteam All-ACC defender Callie Humphrey forced a turnover with a clutch interception

moments later, setting the stage for the underdog’s empty final possession. “It might have been the most fearless eight minutes that we’ve played. There were times this year where we played like that,” Kimel said. “We just played with so much courage and no fear, and we played with a lot on the line.” Despite heading into the locker room at halftime winning by just one, Virginia Tech (13-5) capitalized on its momentum stemming from the final minutes of the opening half. With the Blue Devils winning 4-2 with less than 12 minutes left in the period, the Hokies stormed back as the weather quickly worsened, taking advantage of a sloppy Duke offense and lackadaisical defense to turn the tide in their favor despite freshman walk-on goalkeeper

Chase Henriquez’s best efforts. Henriquez, who entered the contest with just five saves to her name, turned in arguably the best performance of a Blue Devil netminder this season. Henriquez finished with 14 saves, including a few in the second half that stopped the game from becoming a complete blowout. “It’s a lot to ask of a walk-on freshman to step into what was arguably the biggest game of the year and have the performance that she did,” Kimel said. “We felt like she deserved to start, and she did a great job.” After halftime, Duke lost its legs. Between the first and second weather stoppages, the Blue Devils were outscored 7-2, often failing to snag groundballs after a Henriquez save. The rain became a downpour as well, as Duke had trouble getting shots on goal, despite having plenty of possessions. “Anytime you’re in a weather situation, it’s really hard, and I don’t think we came out of the first delay really well,” Kimel said. “We got on our heels pretty quickly, and we really made stops defensively, we struggled offensively to just keep ourselves in the flow like we were in the first half.” Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, that hole was too deep to climb out of. Despite North’s game-high and ACC record-tying seven goals for a quarterfinals matchup, Duke could not put the finishing touch on the comeback, and with that goes its chances at postseason play. The Blue Devils will finish up their season with Senior Day next week against East Carolina. “It’s a shame because this group’s put a lot of good work into this year on and off the field,” Kimel said. “I just think we were too inconsistent to end up with a record that we needed to be eligible for NCAA play.”

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Blue Devils drop nail-biter to Tar Heels in ACC championship By Spencer Levy Associate Sports Editor

The Blue Devils and the Tar Heels had already met twice this season, but their most important matchup came Sunday with a chance to hoist the ACC championship trophy on the line. No. 1 seed Duke fell to third-seeded North Carolina 4-2 in the ACC championship match at the Cary Tennis Park, giving the Tar Heels the conference title for the third year in a row. Duke, on the other hand, has not won an ACC title since 2012. The Blue Devils got off to an early lead on the doubles side as Duke’s junior duo of No. 12 Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin defeated No. 3 Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham 6-1 on Court 1. The Tar Heel pairing broke Duke’s serve in 2 the first game, but DUKE 4 the Blue Devils UNC responded with six straight games for the victory. After the Duke tandem of sophomore Meible Chi and freshman Hannah Zhao fell to Marika Akkerman and Makenna Jones 4-6, the doubles point came down to the match on Court 2. No. 5 Samantha Harris and Kelly Chen went down 3-4 midway through the set, but

eventually earned the 7-5 win against No. 22 Sara Daavettila and Alle Sanford. On match point for the Blue Devils, Daavettila hit an underhand serve to Chen, who responded a forehand cross court as she approached the net beside Harris. Chen then lofted a soft backhand volley that set up her overhead slam to Daavettila’s feet for the match. “On the changeover right before that, I told [Kelly] if you get a higher ball like that, don’t settle for a high backhand volley. Move your feet and hit an overhead. She did a great job of that,” Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “The exact target that I talked about was the service line and that’s right where she hit it. She did a good job of getting that ball first and then finishing it obviously when it was a big point like that.” On the singles side, the Tar Heels (26-3) quickly evened the score at one apiece as No. 6 Harris—who was forced to retire due to injury in the semifinals—battled her injury, but lost to No. 7 Jones 1-6, 0-6. “She’ll be fine. She just needs some time off. It was something that she suffered last week against UNC at the end of the match,” Ashworth said. “We just haven’t been able to give her the days and the time that she needs.” No. 118 Hamlin defeated No. 96 Aney 6-2,

7-6 before Zhao fell in her match for Duke (22-2), losing in the third set. No. 54 Chi was then defeated by No. 27 Sanford in straight sets 6-7(4), 5-7, leaving the Tar Heels one win away from the championship with the final two matches entering the deciding third set. “Ellyse [Hamlin] played well, competed well, was vocal and aggressive,” Ashworth said. “When she is like that, she wins matches like today. I was proud of her and proud of the effort that she put in.” No. 28 Chen and No. 92 Graham split the first two sets with the Duke freshman taking the first one 7-5 before falling 4-6. After a break point for Chen barely sailed long with Graham leading the third set 5-4, the Tar Heels were one point away from the championship. However, the Cerritos, Calif., native stepped up on the deuce point, responding with a winner past Graham to even the set. In the meantime on Court 3, No. 105 McCarthy also split the opening two frames with No. 41 Daavettila. In the third set, it was the Duke junior that broke Daavettila to open up a lead and soon after bring her just four points away from a victory. But Daavettila— who was out due to injury in last week’s See W. TENNIS on Page 13

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Duke sweeps Virginia, wins 3 straight series for first time Liz Finny Associate Sports Editor

After taking the series with Virginia Tech last weekend, Duke returned home looking for similar success against the Hokies in-state rival this weekend. The Blue Devils closed out a three-game sweep against Virginia with a 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon at the Duke Softball Stadium. The Blue 2 Devils are looking UVA 3 the strongest they’ve DUKE been all season and 1 with a doubleheader UVA 9 and one more home DUKE game to go before UVA 1 its first ever ACC the team 5 tournament, DUKE hopes to take this momentum and close out its inaugural season with a bang. “It’s huge for us,” Duke head coach Marissa Young said. “We were really trying to build momentum, continue getting better at the end of the season and take that into the ACC tournament, which is great for us. I think we’ve kind of found a groove, and the girls are excited. It’s the end of the year and they’re just playing their hearts out at this point in the season.” Duke (29-23, 13-11 in the ACC) battled Friday evening to edge the Cavaliers by a score of 3-2. The Blue Devils made quick work in the first inning with Rachel Abboud crossing the plate on a Virginia error. After the Cavaliers tied it up, the Blue Devils got back on top with a Katherine Huey homer in the fourth inning—her third of the season— following her two strikeouts on the mound.

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Peyton St. George hit a walk-off single in the series opener Friday after striking out two in the previous inning. The game seemed as if was going to go into extra innings, with the score knotted 2-2 as the Blue Devils approached the seventh inning. However, closing pitcher Peyton St. George struck two out in the top of the seventh and then hit the walk-off single—one of nine Blue Devil hits on the day—to win the team the game. “Peyton has settled in as that closer for us,” Young said. “Amelia and Kat get the starts and they do as much as they can for as long as they

can, and Peyton comes in and closes.” The following day, Duke made much quicker work of its ACC foes, coming away with a 9-1 run-rule victory. This victory gave the Blue Devils three straight ACC series wins for the first time in its young program’s history. The day showed success across the lineup, with seven of the 11 players who had at-bats contributing a hit to the nine the team totaled over four and a half innings. Jill Ferraro and Dominique Salinas

each had two hits, while Raine Wilson and Rachel Abboud contributed two runs each. Amelia Wiercioch gave up four hits and one run on the mound, and St. George closed the game for the Blue Devils with no runs and a strikeout. On the final day of the series, Ferraro was honored as the team’s lone senior. While the Blue Devils were not able to score in the first, runs in the next three innings led them to a 5-1 win over Virginia (12-29, 3-21). Jameson Kavel had an RBI single in the second to put the Blue Devils on the board, followed by a monster triple by Wilson in the third that drove in two, putting her in scoring position. Wiercioch then took the plate and drove her home. “Our kids, these last couple series, have a done a really good job of hitting with runners in scoring position,” Young said. “That’s been a big focus for us.” While the Cavaliers were able to get one back in the fourth, Duke answered with one of its own when Salinas hit one up the middle to drive in it’s fifth and final run of the game. The last two innings proved uneventful, with Ferraro exiting the field in the seventh to a standing crowd. “One game at a time,” Young’s said her message to the team was. “Enjoy playing this time of year. Enjoy every opportunity to be out there, put on the uniform, and play together.” Following Sunday’s win, the Blue Devils will face Longwood in Farmville, Va., in a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. They will then close out their regular season the following afternoon against Campbell at home.

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Blue Devils’ ACC tournament run ends with loss to Seminoles By Andrew Donohue Associate Sports Editor

The Blue Devils headed to Cary, N.C. determined to make some noise in the ACC tournament and set themselves up well for a NCAA run in May. But after a strong opening match, Duke ran into a familiar foe and was unable to advance to the semifinals, instead pushing its NCAA tournament hopes a little closer to the bubble. The sixth-seeded Blue Devils won their first matchup against 11th-seeded Clemson Thursday 4-2, DUKE 1 booking their place in the quarterfinals. 4 However, they ran into third-seeded FSU Florida State, losing 4-1 at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C. on Friday evening. That defeat marked the third loss in Duke’s last four matches with two of them coming against the Seminoles. Thursday started off on a high note for the Blue Devils (16-13) as they pulled out the doubles point thanks to a late break point at No. 2 doubles from freshman Sean Sculley and sophomore Nick Stachowiak. Duke then continued the hot start by quickly racking up wins at No. 4 and No. 6 singles from sophomore Robert Levine and Sculley. Clemson (10-13) then battled back to make the match competitive, grabbing wins at No. 1 and No. 5 singles as senior Nicolas Alvarez lost his third match in a row. Things were on the ropes for a little while before junior Catalin Mateas squashed the comeback with a dominant final two-set performance to win 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 to clinch the victory for Duke. “[Catalin] did a really good job of digging in,” Blue Devil head

coach Ramsey Smith said. “He played a poor first set and then changed his tactics, he was tough mentally and really just found a way to win ugly. He did a very good job with that.” That win brought Duke to the quarterfinals where it matched up with Florida State (27-3) for the second time in three matches after losing to the Seminoles in the last game of the regular season by a score of 4-1. The Blue Devils started strongly though, winning the doubles point thanks again to a late break from Sculley and Stachowiak. However, things fell apart from there as Florida State won the first five sets and quickly established a 3-1 lead thanks to dominating wins on courts 1, 3 and 5. “We just got off to a bad start in singles and let a couple matches get away from us pretty quickly,” Smith said. “I was very happy with our doubles, we played great at one and two and really came through in the clutch at No. 2.” Duke had brief hopes of a comeback when Levine won three straight games to tie the second set at 5-5 on Court 4, but Jose Gracia broke him in the next game and closed out the win 7-6, 7-5 to seal the Seminoles’ berth in the semifinals. “They have a great team,” Smith said. “You look at the records for all six of their guys and they’ve all had stellar seasons in singles. Our matches were a lot more competitive in singles last time we played…. For whatever reason, we didn’t bring it in all six spots and that’s disappointing to me.” After seeing their ACC tournament come to a close, the Blue Devils now turn their attention to the NCAA tournament, where they will look to improve on their showing last season when they lost 4-0 in the first round to South Florida. “We have one more shot,” Smith said. “I don’t think we gave it

our best shot for the ACC tournament, but fortunately our body of work has put us in the NCAA tournament. We’ll take a couple of days off so guys can focus on exams and then we have to get back to work.” Duke will figure out where it will play in the NCAA tournament during the selection show, which is scheduled for Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

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Duke’s weekend got off to a disappointing start, but for the second straight series after topping then-No. 2 N.C. State last Sunday, the Blue Devils finished strong. Despite losing 4-3 in 11 innings Friday night to Virginia Tech at English Field at Union Park, No. 12 Duke outscored the Hokies in the last 12 4 13-0 VT innings of the series 3 to win the last two DUKE games of the weekend 5 in Blacksburg, Va. VT DUKE 11 The Blue Devils followed up an 11-5 0 victory VT Saturday 7 with a 7-0 shutout DUKE Sunday, fueled by a spectacular start for senior Ryan Day. Duke (33-11, 15-8 in the ACC) fell into an early 2-0 hole in the first inning Friday night before sophomore Adam Laskey settled in for a quality start. But the Blue Devils’ bats did not wake up until the eighth inning, when junior Griffin Conine tied the game at three with a two-out, two-run double. Graduate student Ethan DeCaster shut down Virginia Tech (18-26, 8-16) for three frames out of the bullpen, but the Hokies took immediate advantage when he left the game at the start of the 11th inning. Bryce Jarvis walked the leadoff batter, and after a sacrifice bunt and a pitching change, J.D. Mundy slapped a walk-off single with two outs off freshman Matt Dockman.

meeting with these two teams—would go on to win the next three games, jumping out to a 6-5 advantage. Minutes later—on championship point for the Tar Heels— McCarthy double-faulted. Following back-to-back lets, the Cary, N.C., native missed the first serve into the net and then hit the second serve long as the Tar Heels clinched their third consecutive ACC tournament title. “We put ourselves in opportunities to win and to close out matches and we just couldn’t,” Ashworth said. “If we want to be a championship team, then we have to go take it. Nobody is going to give anything to us at this level.... It is the first time this team has been in a championship team situation. Hopefully, we learn from it and in two weeks when we play again, we’ll be better because of it.” Moving forward, Duke will take a break for final exams prior to taking the court once again in just about two weeks. The Blue Devils will likely remain in the top four of the ITA rankings, which would result in a Jack Dolgin | Contributing Photographer Jack Labosky’s home run capped a four-run fourth inning for Duke in Sunday’s shutout top seed in the NCAA tournament and keep victory. the Blue Devils in North Carolina for the rest of the postseason—they would play the opening weekend in Durham before moving The second game of the series was tied and senior Jack Labosky launched a home at five before four Duke players walked and run to cap the inning. That was all the on to the latter stages at Wake Forest in another was hit by a pitch in a three-run offense the Blue Devils needed, as Day Winston-Salem, N.C. seventh inning. Junior catcher Chris Proctor breezed through seven shutout innings “I still believe that we’re the best team in broke it open with a two-run homer in the and DeCaster and Labosky recorded the the country,” Ashworth said. “Literally, we eighth inning, the Blue Devils’ third long ball last six outs, but Conine added insurance were three points away from winning the of the game after freshman Joey Loperfido with a deep 2-run homer in the top of the match today without our best player playing and Zack Kone both hit solo home runs. seventh to cap the day’s scoring. to the best of her ability. We just have to Duke seized control earlier in Sunday’s Duke will take the week off for exams regroup and refocus and again, run through The New Times Syndication Corporation rubber match to clinch the series, scoring before returning toYork its on-campus home Salesthe finish line. Not get to the finish line and 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 four runs in the fourth inning when its first at Jack Coombs Field for a doubleheader hope that someone just says, ‘Here you go, For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 four batters reached on singles or doubles against Gardner-Webb next Sunday. you can win this match.’” For ForRelease Release Thursday, Monday, April April30, 26,2018 2018

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Glad I stayed Of the six or so clubs I joined at the start of my freshman year, The Chronicle was the only one I stuck to until the end. Yet I strongly considered quitting The Chronicle at the end of that year. My first foray into journalism had been a little rocky. Many of the articles I wrote—about the North Carolina Court of Appeals and constitutional amendments, or how the southern drawl was declining in the state—all failed to evoke interest among my fellow students. That quite possibly included my editors as

Neelesh Moorthy TOWERVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS CO-EDITOR well. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed writing those articles. It was just that the reach of my articles didn’t match the zeal with which I went about researching and writing, finding six or seven sources when I quite frankly probably only needed three. I still remember why I decided to stick around. The thenincoming editor-in-chief and my good friend, Amrith, was an RA in my dorm freshman year. We were watching a rivalry basketball game—my Portland Trail Blazers versus his Oklahoma City Thunder—in the common room when we got to talking about The Chronicle. He was enthusiastic about his ideas for the paper moving forward—about allowing writers to explore longer and more investigative

stories—and I trusted Amrith, so I figured I’d give it a go for another year. Looking back, that’s probably one of the best decisions I’ve made at Duke. Some of the highlights of my time here come from those long production runs, hanging out in 301 Flowers from 4:30 to midnight. I never imagined spending my junior year doing that, but I can’t imagine a more rewarding experience, even if it occasionally meant staying up until two in the morning to fact-check a DSG article or until five to finish the election issue. Working with others who shared a common dedication to an organization—Claire, Adam, Abby, Amrith and so many others—created a community and camaraderie that truly defined the past four years. As my time at The Chronicle comes to a close, I’ve had time to reflect on how the paper has evolved and what impact it has on the Duke community. We have become more digitally-oriented—through Facebook Live videos of protests on campus, through interactive graphics, and more—and have made investigative reporting a larger part of what The Chronicle does. Sometimes we had to improvise to make it happen— frantically trying to find someone to cover a protest— but we made it work. There have been some things I wish had turned out differently. Idealism is a part of college journalism, where we aim to hold the University accountable. Between my junior and senior years, Claire and I wrote a series of

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The Chronicle articles examining complaints about unfairness in our student conduct system. I naively hoped they would spark change, but that is nowhere to be found. Perhaps this is common to all large institutions, but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. These problems still remain. A student accused of sexual misconduct and found responsible by two different Undergraduate Conduct Board panels was released from a suspension because a district court judge found the University violated its own conduct procedures. Another student—who sued Duke for a similar reason—settled with the University, with all terms confidential. It’s hard to see how anyone—on whichever side of the case they are— benefits from a student conduct system that has to be later litigated in court, or one that isn’t transparent about its shortcomings. Change might not happen right away, but it certainly won’t happen without our investigative work and documenting of Duke’s history as it happens. I’m proud to have been a part of this long tradition of student journalism and to have worked with people pursuing this common goal day-in and day-out. Neelesh Moorthy is a Trinity senior. He served as managing editor of the Chronicle’s 112th volume and Towerview and Investigations co-editor of its 113th. He would like to thank everyone on staff and at the business office for how much they’ve put into The Chronicle and for creating a great environment to work in at 301 Flowers.

The benefit of the doubt If there’s a reason I’ve contributed as much as I have to The Chronicle in four years, it’s because of a desire for truth. I think we reporters serve a real purpose in bringing topics to light that deserve the light—I have proudly seen my friends write about sexual assault, Tallman Trask and even Pitchforks at its prime hour, 2 a.m. on a Sunday. One of my biggest takeaways is learning about giving a subject the benefit of the doubt. It’s the journalistic equivalent of innocent until proven guilty, and for whatever reason, I really do believe in other people. I really do believe many of us have good intentions, and often we are blinded from seeing the full picture when we are angry at someone else.

Jack Dolgin CONTRIBUTING REPORTER I held a slight grievance against one administrator at Duke for a mean email they sent one of my fellow graduating senior writers after a story. I thought it was terse, and I didn’t consider that maybe that administrator was pressed for time with a bunch of other things on their plate. I was reminded of how I had forgotten to give that person the benefit of the doubt when I met with them for a story and was struck by their candor—I can be cynical about administrators because my job is to shed a critical light on the university, but I was heartened by how it really seemed this administrator really cared about students. I sometimes forget how easy it is to just blame the school for things I don’t like. But the people we interview do not always do themselves favors. In my time at Duke, I have focused mostly on the athletic department, and though this may not be Duke-specific, I’ve seen significantly different attitudes between revenue and non-revenue coaches. I remember idolizing Mike Krzyzewski before I ever had braces on my teeth. And I remember my first press conference covering the men’s basketball team, in which I asked perhaps a stupid question about who the team’s point guard would be that year. But there was no reason Krzyzewski had to make fun of me for my question with obnoxious sarcasm. In fact, he has a tendency to do as much with young reporters, though again, that applies to other college basketball coaches too. The other revenue coaches have also picked on us. Joanne P. McCallie, the women’s basketball coach, alleged outgoing sports editor Hank Tucker misquoted her when he certainly did not, and David

Cutcliffe chose to go off on the only tirade I can remember when my fellow Chronicle writer asked a very legitimate question, if he considered benching Daniel Jones after four first-half interceptions. (GoDuke.com edited out the tirade from the postgame press conference). I don’t think this attitude toward student journalists is as much a reflection of coaches’ characters as just the power dynamic—it’s seen even with professional reporters. The News & Observer beat writer never interacted with us, much less complimented our work, even though she wrote for The Chronicle only a few years earlier. The one interaction I had with her was her condescendingly laughing at a question I asked. Likewise, I didn’t appreciate the paper’s sports columnist interrupting my questions to Grayson Allen, and then reeling off five straight questions, when I had clearly been talking to Allen first. Fortunately, I really don’t think it has to be this way. Non-revenue teams are Exhibit A. Faced with his toughest career loss, the Duke women’s soccer coach Robbie Church was gracious to me after I pressed him on his tactical choices. He went up to me after the press conference, thanked for me covering the team for two years and shook my hand. The local beat writer Kip Coons was equally friendly. Like I said before, I trust that people at Duke want the school to be its best, including revenue sports coaches. But unfortunately no one is perfect, including reporters. So if you’re upset that you’re coverage isn’t peppier—though we always do strive for the truth—maybe write nicer emails back to student journalists, publish data and certainly don’t retract it, and make an effort to meet with us for interviews rather than just communicating via email or turning us down? In other words, make it easy for us to give you benefit of the doubt. It’s a win-win. Again, like every reporter, I haven’t been perfect either. Hopefully I’ll remember to hold up my end of the bargain going forward (in life, that is) and give benefit of the doubt before settling on the truth. Jack Dolgin is a Trinity senior and former sports associate editor for The Chronicle. He’d like to thank his sports editors over the years, particularly Ryan Hoerger, Amrith Ramkumar and Hank Tucker, for being terrific mentors and incredibly generous with giving out responsibilities. He also wants to thank The Chronicle’s members, readers and contributors for an unforgettable four years. Finally, he wants to note that when we write a good story we, the authors, get the credit rather than the sources—so he thanks everyone whom he’s gotten to interview. He hopes he’s made their time investment and trust worth it.

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No other way About a month ago on a late Tuesday night, I was in The Chronicle’s office finishing production with several other editors when we saw a Fix My Campus post saying the first floor of Perkins was flooded. Five of us quickly

Sam Turken MANAGING EDITOR grabbed a camera and rushed over to see what happened. We didn’t know if the flood would be worth an article, but we were curious. Once inside the main Perkins stairwell, we encountered yellow “Caution Do Not Enter” tape blocking us from going to the lower level. The musty odor of the flood was already emanating from below. At first, we looked at the tape and hesitated. Then we hopped over it and herded down the stairs to find puddles of water spread across the bottom floor. The flood wasn’t worth a breaking news write-up, and it certainly wasn’t as challenging as some of my other reporting experiences over the past four years. But that’s just the point. As Frances—a fellow Chronicle editor— and I agreed as we walked back to the office, that short field trip was the most exciting, fun thing we had done that day. It exemplified our power and responsibility as members of The Chronicle. If something happened, we were the first ones on the scene. And we weren’t going to let some caution tape stop from us going after a potential story. As I now sit at my desk looking into space

and thinking about my last remaining days in Durham, I’ve realized that field trip in a way encapsulates my time with The Chronicle. And I can’t help but marvel at these past four years with the paper. From meeting some of my best friends at Duke to driving and flying around the country to cover basketball and football games to asking University spokespeople tough questions about institutional decisions, I’ve done things I couldn’t have imagined as a freshman in September 2014. When I arrived at Duke four years ago, I knew little about journalism. I didn’t work for my high school newspaper and had never interviewed anyone before. But I was already passionate about reporting at that point. And The Chronicle seemed liked the perfect place to start. I had no clue how to write a news story, but I would learn, as Nick Martin—then the sports editor—told me at an orientation freshman year. I first started covering sports, thinking sports writing would be easier because I knew more about it. I began reporting on women’s soccer, women’s basketball and baseball among other teams. The repetition of writing gamers and previews gradually made me more comfortable with pushing out stories. Of course, there were some rough experiences that freshman year. I’ll never forget my disastrous trip to Boston to cover a women’s basketball game against Boston College. The assignment was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down. I had never travelled to report on a road game before. The Chronicle also had a special agreement with the women’s basketball team that allowed our reporters to travel on the

team’s private charter plane for away games. To make a long story short, the trip saw me make a Duke player cry after a bitter loss and mispronounce the name of the team’s best player in a question to head coach Joanne P. McCallie. I also froze while writing my recap of the game, forcing Nick to essentially write the entire story himself after the final buzzer rang. You can think of it like failing an exam. Worse, it was a major blow to my pride. But Nick calmly met with me afterwards and told me how I could improve. And so I kept writing and writing and ultimately became a sports managing editor my junior year. Still, I’ll admit that I remained hesitant to completely commit to The Chronicle over those first three years. I could have done a lot more my junior year. I was instead focused on classes, grades and other obligations outside the paper. But then I made the transition to covering news and became managing editor this year. I finally started spending 35+ hours per week working on the newspaper. And it’s been the best year I’ve had at Duke. I’ve written about topics ranging from an NFL Hall of Famer’s thoughts on football brain injuries to students’ reactions to Hurricane Harvey to the absence of female managers in the men’s basketball program. I realized the importance of independent student newspapers while watching my teammates write marvelous watchdog stories about sexual harassment allegations against a former professor, diversity within Greek organizations, the mayhem of this year’s walk-up line and much more. I’ve spent countless late nights in 301 Flowers, editing articles instead of doing

homework; coordinating coverage of events with fellow editors and reporters; huddling with staff as we play “HQ”; and shooting the—should I say infamous—soccer ball into our little rickety wooden basketball hoop. (I really miss that soccer ball, Likhitha.) I’ve also met some of my best friends at Duke. Joining a Greek organization or other selective living group was never an option for me. That’s even after an academic advisor told me my freshman year it can be hard to have a social life at Duke if you aren’t in a Greek organization. It’s the reality for a school that supposedly prides itself on diversity and inclusion. But my time with The Chronicle demonstrated that Greek life isn’t the only way. The Chronicle became my niche. It wasn’t just a full-time job that involved holding the University accountable for its decisions. It didn’t just make me decide that I want to do this journalism thing for the rest of my life. The Chronicle was a part of my all-around Duke experience from the very beginning. Yes, it may have taken me a bit longer to completely commit to it. But I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Sam Turken is a Trinity senior. He served as managing editor of The Chronicle’s 113th volume this year and was a sports managing editor of its 112th. He would like to thank Likhitha, Kenrick, Vir, Frances, Bre, Shags, Isabelle, Nathan, Lexi, Sarah, Adam and countless others for making his time at The Chronicle so special. A huge thank you also goes to those outside The Chronicle who have been his mentors along the way.

My final column, my first byline We all have moments we operate on autopilot. For many of us, these moments are frequent during our first year at Duke, but I’m not sure when we adopt this cruising attitude. Maybe it begins with orientation week pushing us through the unfamiliar Durham heat from information sessions to hall meetings to social events with dormmates we don’t quite know. Maybe it’s sparked by our first class registrations when we aren’t sure if we’ll be engineers in a semester or

Surabhi Beriwal FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR how difficult the math classes here are. Maybe it’s heightened by applications for our summers or majors or post-graduate lives before we’ve even completed our first semesters, as we struggle to match pace with classmates who are better with plans and goals and lists than we are. Even in a current as fast as our university’s, it can feel most comfortable to just be swept along. And comfort was exactly what I was seeking during my first year at Duke. Still reeling from the death of my grandfather, I arrived feeling unprepared and confused at a university I didn’t understand. I’m lucky The Chronicle found me. Sometime during Spring semester, I was recruited to the

Editorial Board, and from that point on, our meeting room in Flowers 201 became my home. But those first few months on the Board were far from comfortable. It would be an understatement to call the beginning overwhelming and a lie to say that I didn’t think about quitting at least once a week. When I joined the Board, I collaborated with a group of upperclassmen who brought confidence and knowledge to the table. They participated in this university. They asked questions. They listened. From their example, I learned to do the same. Months later, behind the nom-de-plume of our daily editorials, I found my voice. Over these past six semesters, I’ve contributed to editorials about hate and bias and sexual assault on campus, about the complacency of our student body and our tunnel vision for success, about the steps we’ve taken forward and the ways in which we haven’t moved at all. My first-year self coasted through a university that glistened. While in some ways I miss the naive positivity, I’ve found that autopilot is overrated. I’m not the only one. We all come to Duke a little confused, and together, we’ve tried and failed over and over, from intramural softball to organic chemistry. But I’ve witnessed classmates discover passion in some of those failures and steer that into success. I’ve been inspired by friends who devote hours to studying infectious disease, who build devices that will revolutionize the healthcare industry one day and who write gripping personal monologues for sold-out shows. I’ve admired those who

protest for fairness and equity, who champion institutional changes and who always initiate difficult but necessary conversations. I’ve seen my friends reject autopilot, push past the uncomfortable to accomplish what I would definitely describe as greatness. As I finish writing this column, although I’m graduating, I really have no profound advice to pass on to others. But I know I’ll always remind myself to not be afraid of what I don’t know and to try something new even when I’m comfortable with where I am because Duke has taught me that there’s always something out there that’s worth the exploration, no matter the risks. Over four hundred editorials later, as I sign off on my first by-line, I’m learning that even with under two weeks to go, Duke still has more new opportunities to throw my way. I know that I will take them. Surabhi Beriwal is a Trinity senior. She served as co-chair of the Editorial Board for The Chronicle’s 112th volume and as a voting member of the Board for The Chronicle’s 111th and 113th volumes. She would like to thank Lenny Giarrano for recruiting her to the Board and patiently editing some horrendous early editorials she wrote, Asa Royal for being a phenomenal cochair who will forever know more than she could ever fathom knowing, Claire Ballentine for her commitment to the Board and The Chronicle in general and, finally, the ever-changing but consistently-talented Editorial Board who made these past three years so worthwhile.

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