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Students remain inside Allen late Monday after negotiations with admins reach impasse

Han Kang | The Chronicle Students began pitching tents outside the Allen Building Sunday and protestors have since added more to show support for those inside the building.

Staff Reports The Chronicle Administrators ended negotiations with the nine students holding an Allen Building sit-in until the students leave the building, which will remain closed Tuesday. The sit-in participants—who have been inside Allen since Friday afternoon and remained in the building as of midnight Monday—have said that they will not leave until administrators meet all of the seven demands they issued Friday. After their demand for amnesty was met late Sunday night, a second demand was met Monday afternoon when Executive Vice President Tallman Trask issued a public apology for his conduct during an August 2014 incident in which he hit parking attendant Shelvia Underwood with his car and did not stop to help her. However, negotiations broke down once administrators and students moved to discussions about working conditions at Duke. The sit-in participants have demanded an investigation into working conditions at the University and an

increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The students in Allen wanted to have Duke workers present at the negotiations, but administrators would only allow faculty and graduate students inside Allen for negotiations. “The students are putting themselves on the line because there’s a lot of intimidation around the workers, threats to their jobs, and the students have just a little more security and now they’ve gotten amnesty,” said Danielle Purifoy, a Ph.D. student in environmental policy who participated in negotiations inside Allen. “But we want to have the workers at the table, because so much of this is about students being in solidarity with workers, and if the workers are not at the table to meet the demands that are impacting their lives, then these are not real negotiations.” Administrators have said that they cannot open the Allen Building—which was also closed Monday as a result of the sit-in—until the nine students inside Allen leave the building, citing safety and security concerns. “[With] the closure of the Allen Building, there were 35 classes [disrupted], close to 1,000 students, not to mention staff and faculty,” said

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Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs in a Q&A with The Chronicle Monday. The protestors said, however, that the Allen Building did not need to be closed while the sitin continued. “That was never the plan for the protestors, to shut the entire building down,” Purifoy said. “I think it’s a bit ridiculous to say that you can’t figure out how to secure the administrative offices of a building as big as this so that people can go to classes.” A recap of Monday’s events with most recent updates at the top can be viewed below. For full coverage with tweets, videos and pictures from Monday, visit dukechronicle.com. 11:50 p.m. Administrators announce that the Allen Building will remain closed Tuesday as students refuse to leave voluntarily. An email to students and faculty notes that administrators are trying to ensure that classes can be relocated. 8:30 p.m. Protestors held a “teach-in” near the

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entrance to the Allen Building. Students, faculty and community members discussed the context of the ongoing sit-in and gave words of encouragement to the occupiers. Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African American studies, linked the protestors to the 1969 student takeover of the Allen Building. “Those young folks who sat-in in this building in 1969 were also being unreasonable,” Neal said. “And because that generation of student scholars were unreasonable, I can actually teach here in 2016.” Other speakers praised the protestors for their efforts. “I’ve just always been amazed and shocked by the great stuff that people do when they have a love for people and a love for justice,” Alan Colston, a P.h.D student in history, said. 7:45 p.m. Students staging a sit-in in the Allen Building announced in a statement Monday night that night that they will not negotiate with

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Q&A: Admins discuss stalemate with sit-in students LM: As it pertains to the students themselves—we’re not reneging on our amnesty commitments. They’re still not subject to disciplinary or criminal [actions].

Claire Ballentine and Amrith Ramkumar The Chronicle Following administrators’ announcement Monday afternoon that they will no longer negotiate with the Allen Building sit-in students unless the students voluntarily vacate the building, The Chronicle’s Claire Ballentine and Amrith Ramkumar spoke with Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs; Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education; and Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, about the announcement, the decision to give sit-in students amnesty and the ongoing negotiations with students at 5 p.m. Monday. This interview was condensed for length and clarity. The Chronicle: We’ve been hearing a lot about the discussions with students that have been going on in the Allen Building since Friday. What have those discussions been like and where do they stand now? Larry Moneta: We started this morning with preliminary thoughts about all of the demands. We spent last night, a fairly lengthy period of time, everyone as a team working through, each looking seriously for ways to resolve it, ways to find solutions. And we began this morning, with an apology from [Tallman] Trask and I think you saw that it was pretty quick, not as quick as it appeared in public, but I think it was a pretty quick agreement on that. It just became clear that these [issues] are much more complex, much more nuanced— they require more voices both from within the student community and others that the students are working with as well as from the administration and faculty. We went on for quite a bit of time. When we took a break, that’s when we

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Steve Nowicki: One thing that’ll happen is that Duke students will suffer because they won’t be able to take classes, and Duke faculty will suffer. The biggest impact of the Allen Building being closed is not on the administration, it’s on the students. Michael Schoenfeld: It’s easy to think of the Allen Building as the second floor and the dean’s office, but there are academic departments there, there are important advisory functions there, the arts leadership, provost’s office and a lot of classrooms and faculty offices. So it’s a very active crossroads of the University. Having it closed because, frankly, we need to ensure the safety and welfare of the people inside the building and those who are passing by, with crowds of protestors out front— it has created over the weekend a potentially TC: The question then is what will happen intimidating and hostile environment for if they don’t vacate the building? people walking through. began to realize that this is going to be a longterm marathon—this is not a sprint. And the closure of the Allen building, there were 35 classes [disrupted], close to 1,000 students, not to mention staff and faculty. We concluded that we believe we’ve demonstrated good faith. It didn’t take us very long to agree to amnesty. We don’t want our students to be arrested. We don’t want our students to suffer unnecessarily for being activists. We three in our age group probably have more support for activism than you might even find among some of the students themselves. So it didn’t take us long to support that, it didn’t take us long to want to dig into the demands to see what resolutions we could find.

TC: Why was it decided that they would be asked to leave today after administrators originally saying they would be asked to leave Sunday? MS: We never said anyone was going to be forced to leave, evicted, arrested. When students entered the building on Friday, they had implicit permission because we did not revoke it even though the building was closed over the weekend. They had permission until the permission to be in the building was revoked. We indicated that to the students early on, that at some point on Sunday, their permission to be in the building would be revoked. That’s the process we are in right now. Students do not have permission to be in the building. LM: We were heading down a more punitive path and I think as we thought about it, we concluded that that wasn’t going to get us anywhere, and that we would rather have been on a collaborative path. So we shifted course on Sunday to move towards the amnesty with the hopes we could actually advance the conversation. TC: What is the state of negotiations at the moment? LM: We’re on hold. We’ve met with them, we’ve shared our requests with them. SN: But I think it’s fair to say, I went in Saturday—we did not make progress. But we actually have developed a set of responses beyond what was published—specific action items—to address many of the specific 76130

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at times. I’ve gone through it and it was very intimidating to me. I had to be escorted out by a police officer. I worry about my demands. The challenge was that the students administrative assistant. I wouldn’t want her as I understand, what you and Dean Sue to run that gauntlet. I wouldn’t want a typical and Provost [Sally] Kornbluth said, simply Duke student to run that gauntlet. wouldn’t give at all. LM: We went in with a couple, and actually TC: Can you elaborate about what is offered recourse that was stronger and more intimidating? We have seen decorations of the significant than their requests. As an example, inside on Twitter. one of their demands was about investigation LM: It looks like a dorm now on the inside. inquiry into a couple of offices. And we said, SN: It’s gaining access to the building what if we actually offered to create a grievance entrance and egress from the building [that process including anonymous calls where a is intimidating], that’s why we can’t let the staff member or employee or any worker who building be opened. From what several of us feels like they were discriminated or subject to have experienced now, going in and out— [harassment] could report that. It wouldn’t we just can’t subject the Duke community to be limited to one or two departments but that. So far there has not been any violence, basically for the whole university. We weren’t but when I was coming out a second time, I able to get past that. felt like it was just a hair away from somebody doing some unfortunate spontaneous thing TC: What is the policy regarding tents and throwing a punch at me. outside? LM: We’re crossing our fingers and LM: There are any number of policies maintaining our lean to non-provocation regarding outdoor gatherings, and there and for the hopes that we have a responsible are policies we could interpret to make this community, we generally do. It’s not to say that inappropriate and there are policies that we don’t have precautions and it’s not to say that suggest we’ve let students put up tents. There we don’t have Duke police and other [security] are times you lead with policy and then there keeping a watchful eye but unless there’s a are times you lead with logic. We concluded it reason to intervene we’re going to lead with was in Duke’s best interest not to be provocative thoughtfulness. You know there are policies when we didn’t need to be provocative. We and there are occasions where we may have to didn’t want students to believe we had an leverage those but right now that doesn’t seem ulterior motive or hidden agenda that we told to be the wisest approach to take. them we were still going to negotiate in full faith and then we come out and swoop in on TC: I know you gave a speech at one their supporters outside. I think we’ve been point earlier in the year about questioning pretty hands-off in trying to let this thing play authority—is that one of the reasons that you out safely. all switched course? Because they were all SN: We hope that the safety and security questioning authority peacefully? of the other 13,000 members of the Duke SN: If you talk about that speech, I actually community isn’t compromised by a hundred pointed out that the way that slogan was people or whatever, which can happen. used back when it was coined was not always Certainly, the mood outside the Allen Building the wisest way. I asked people to question has been very provocative and intimidating authority with wisdom. I don’t believe that

giving non-negotiable demands presented without a conversation is an effective way to question authority. At some point, questioning authority has to happen from a dialogue and a discussion to understand what the issues are. I fear that the political mood of this country in a number of dimensions is what we’re seeing here—my way or no way at all. TC: What has the working process been like for all of you? SN: I think most of us are here pretty much all of the time anyway, but we’d rather be doing good things for all of you. I was going to be on campus working with a group of students on a particular issue, but I’ve had to cancel that. MS: We’re usually here through the weekend, although not always quite as much or quite as intensely as this weekend. We all also have remote other offices that we can work from. Our staffs are either working from home or other locations. The cascading impact of keeping a building closed sounds like it would be most damaging to the administration, but as we’ve talked about with classes and offices being closed, we’re starting to think about things like work-study students who work in Allen and employees who work in the building. It’s a cascading, rolling implication—a disruption that is starting to accumulate. SN: I’ve told work-study students who work in my office that they can’t come in, but that I will pay them anyway. I can’t have them suffer for this. TC: What has the media policy been for external media? MS: Duke has a longstanding policy as a private institution that if someone wants to come on campus with a news camera then they have to check in with the news office. We almost always grant access. Our policies are pretty open and pretty transparent—you can go to the place where you want to go, but

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you’re not allowed to go inside buildings or residence halls. We want to protect the safety and privacy of the people who go to school here, the people who live here and the people who work here. TC: What has the policy for students inside to get supplies been? SN: We’ve offered from the very beginning to get them whatever they need, and they’ve chosen not to have us provide them with food and supplies. LM: Except today, when I asked what they wanted, and they said Grace’s [Cafe], so I had Grace’s delivered. SN: They’ve chosen to have their friends deliver supplies, so the only reason there is a two-hour window is logistics. This is managing for safety and security. LM: I will say having been there most of the day—they’re not starving. They have more food than Harris Teeter. There’s a humor to all this, but we’re being serious about wanting a resolution that is safe and that is authentic in our commitment to maintaining our decision. We know that is a hard thing to convince students who do not trust the administration— whose activism is centered on their distrust. We understand and appreciate that, and I think that’s why we’ve been so earnest about trying to prove our authenticity by being as forthright as we can. There is a leap of faith, to be sure, that they would need to take in order to walk out and believe that now that they have no occupying leverage, we will still continue to negotiate. All we can say is that we have to be as good as our word. The statement we issued said publicly—now read by tens of thousands, I assume—that we are committed to maintaining the negotiations. MS: Negotiation by its very nature is a two-way street. A non-negotiable position is a very selfish one. That’s not what we’re about, and that’s not what we believe the students are about.

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SIT-IN from page 1 administrators until workers are included in discussions. The post, on the Duke Students and Workers in Solidarity Facebook page, followed the administration’s announcement that it would not continue negotiations until the nine students left Allen. It states that administrators have “not acted in good faith” by denying workers the opportunity to participate in discussion. “Yet again, administration is showing that they only value the opinions of a few members of Duke’s community, and only when they are forced to by overwhelming media attention and campus support,” the statement reads. Purifoy said it is not an “unreasonable request to have the people who are directly impacted by the policy” at the table when negotiations include discussion of their futures. Protestors also noted that they should not be considered responsible for the closure of the Allen Building—which administrators said was closed Monday because of the ongoing negotiations. “The implication that the occupation is not peaceful and Anthony Alvernaz | The Chronicle has disrupted the normal functioning of the Allen Building is An aerial view of the tents sitting outside the Allen Building on the fourth day of the sit-in completely untrue,” the statement reads. “DSWS continues to reiterate that closing down the Allen Building is unnecessary. Faculty and administrators can easily access their offices and meeting spaces.” Purifoy added that students are only occupying administrative office, not classrooms or hallways that students might walk down. “Unless you’re looking for them, they’re not really very visible in the building until you get into those back executive offices,” Purifoy said. “There’s no obstruction to any movement on the students’ part or on the professors’ part to go to classes.”

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4:10 p.m. Administrators said they will not continue negotiations with students staging the sit-in in Allen until they leave the building because of the disruptions caused by the closing of the building Monday. “Closing the Allen Building while these negotiations go on has presented a significant disruption to students, faculty, staff and visitors, and cannot continue indefinitely,” the statement reads. “As a result, the University will only continue negotiations after the nine students voluntarily leave the Allen Building.” The statement also noted that the University is committed to “completing these negotiations and reaching a mutually agreeable resolution in a peaceful and productive way.” 12:20 p.m. Trask put out the following statement regarding his incident with Underwood: I want to say a word to the Duke community about my interaction with Shelvia Underwood in August 2014, which has been a subject of much recent discussion. While the details of what happened are a matter of disagreement and subject of civil litigation, I recognize that my conduct fell short of the civility and respectful conduct each member of this community owes to every other. I express my apology to Ms. Underwood and to this community and re-commit myself to ensuring that these values are upheld for all. This resolved one of the protestors’ demands, which was second of seven demands they have checked off the list hanging outside Allen. Outside Allen, Cliff Cunningham, a professor in the department of biology, discussed students’ goals with them—suggesting they should “actively and visibly be preparing for civil disobedience.” “Trask is untouchable,” Cunningham told a group of students outside Allen. “He’s the most powerful person at the University.” Cunningham spoke about tuition hikes and lack of transparency in the administration with students. He also told them if they “were to start digging around,” they could find cases to give them leverage in their current protest.

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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski alluded to it at times throughout the season, but Brandon Ingram made it official Monday— the Blue Devil standout will not be returning for his sophomore campaign. Ingram declared for the NBA draft Monday, forgoing his remaining three years of eligibility and becoming the sixth Duke player in the past five years to leave Durham after his freshman season. Ingram made his announcement in a piece published on The Player’s Tribune titled “Farewell Duke.” The ACC Freshman of the Year, Ingram averaged 17.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game and was the Blue Devils’ most consistent scorer in the NCAA tournament, averaging 23.0 points per contest to go with 6.3 boards. The swingman started the year slowly before coming on strong midway through nonconference play, bolstered by a 24-point outburst against Indiana Dec. 2. The Kinston, N.C., native was forced to adjust his game after senior Amile Jefferson’s season-ending foot injury in mid-December—stepping up his production in the rebounding department as the Blue Devils’ unofficial power forward—but still did plenty of damage on the perimeter, hitting 41.0 percent of his 3-pointers. With Jefferson sidelined, Krzyzewski leaned heavily on Ingram throughout the

Lisa Borders, Trinity ’79, is the former vice President of Global Community Affairs at the Coca-Cola Company and a member of the Duke Board of Trustees. On March 21, Borders began her role as the fourth president of the WNBA, where she will report to fellow Duke alum and NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Trinity ’84. The Chronicle’s Cassie Calvert spoke with Borders about her perspective on the WNBA and memories of Duke. Their conversation has been condensed for clarity.

Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Freshman Brandon Ingram—who scored 17.3 points per game this season for the Blue Devils—announced Monday that he will enter the 2016 NBA draft.

season—the freshman played 34.6 minutes per game, trailing only sophomore Grayson Allen for the most on the team. “Brandon Ingram was a special player at Duke this year, and his best basketball is still ahead of him,” Krzyzewski said in a press release. “He is a no-maintenance player who loves the game, has a strong desire to get better and competes every time he steps on the floor. Brandon is also a creative and thoughtful young man who comes from a beautiful family. We’re proud that he’ll always

be a member of the Duke basketball family as he pursues an exciting future in professional basketball. I have absolutely loved coaching Brandon.” Ingram is likely to be one of the top two picks in the NBA draft in June after spending the regular season jockeying with Louisiana State freshman Ben Simmons. At 190 pounds, Ingram will need to fill out his lanky frame as he adjusts to the professional game, but his versatile skill-set will be coveted by all the teams at the top of the draft board.

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Jones changing the game at midfield for Blue Devils Seth Johnson The Chronicle In the past four years, one name has reverberated through the college lacrosse world, becoming synonymous with unstoppable. And that name is Myles Jones. Without being a flashy attackman or impenetrable defender, Jones has become a transformative figure in the lacrosse community as a prominent role model out of the midfield. That’s in part because the senior has shattered the norm of the game, shining as an AfricanAmerican star in a sport that consisted of just 1.9 percent African-American players in 200910, according to an NCAA study. “I know it’s a big responsibility, but it’s something that I think about all the time,” Jones said last month. “I knew that it’s very attention-grabbing, obviously, being an African-American male. Playing at the level that I’ve been playing at the past few years, you know it’s going to grab attention and a lot of kids are going to want to emulate the things I do. I think of it as being a great role model first, and finish out my career here

before I take the responsibility of changing the game and taking the game to a new level post-college.” Although Jones is certainly not the first African-American superstar in the sport— former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown played at Syracuse in the mid-1950s when he was not outrunning opponents on the gridiron and Kyle Harrison won the Tewaaraton Award as the national player of the year as a senior at Johns Hopkins in 2005—his success for the Blue Devils has changed the way many view the ever-growing sport. Since he arrived in Durham to join Duke head coach John Danowski’s squad, Jones has become the new face of the game. After winning two national titles, earning numerous postseason honors and being selected first overall in January’s Major League Lacrosse draft by the Atlanta Blaze, Jones has turned the game into his own playground. Earlier this season, Jones became the first Duke midfielder to surpass 100 goals in program history, and currently sits eighth See JONES on Page 8

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Duke hosts Spartans in season’s first on-campus game Hank Tucker The Chronicle Professional teams all over the country open up their seasons this week, pushing the Blue Devils out of their flashy downtown home and back on campus for the first time all season. Duke heads into a midweek clash against UNC Greensboro Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field with some momentum after a series win at then-No. 23 Georgia Tech. The Blue Devils have played all UNC Greensboro of their home games so far this season vs. at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Duke but they will try to TUESDAY, 6 p.m. keep their pregame Jack Coombs Field routine consistent as they host Tuesday night’s game and this weekend’s series against Clemson at their on-campus park to accommodate the Triple-A Durham Bulls’ first week of the season. “The timing of everything is the same. We have the cages, we’ve got the indoor hitting building at Coombs, which I think helps us,” Duke head coach Chris Pollard said after Sunday’s win against the Yellow Jackets. “But for the most part, it’s going to look pretty similar to what we do when we’re on the road in terms of the timing.” The change in scenery will present a challenge to Duke’s newfound hitting prowess from the series against Georgia Tech. The DBAP is more of a hitters’ park than Coombs, with the Blue Monster in left field towering above the warning

JONES from page 5 in points with 212, seventh in assists with 94 and 12th in goals with 118. “The one thing about Myles is that he’s a super personable guy and really takes time to talk to everyone and get to know fans,” senior Deemer Class said. “[Being a transformative figure is] not something that he really keys on or lets bother him…but he always does a great job of engaging fans and making sure with us he knows it’s a group effort. Myles has never had a problem if anyone is focusing on him too much, letting that get to his head. He’s always been evenkeeled and he’s a great teammate.” Jones plays the game with reckless abandon—the towering 6-foot-5, 240-pound bruiser is unlike any other player when the ball is in his stick. He does not pretend to finesse any of his motions or wait for an opening. Instead, the midfielder creates his own opportunities by lowering his shoulder and running directly at his defender—the patented bull dodge—and frees his hands to either rip a powerful shot through the pipes or find an open teammate. The sheer athleticism in his movement and playing style is not surprising. Inside Lacrosse rated Jones among the top 10 players in the country throughout high school, but he was also a football and basketball standout at Walt Whitman High School. The Huntington, N.Y., native lettered in both sports for four years, becoming both a 1,000-point scorer on

Jesús Hidalgo | Chronicle File Photo Cris Perez smacked the go-ahead double Sunday against Georgia Tech and will try to stay hot as the Blue Devils move to their on-campus home Tuesday against UNC Greensboro.

Wednesday at Campbell, which split two games against the Blue Devils this season. UNC Greensboro also split a pair of March contests against Coastal Carolina, which bested Duke in February. The Blue Devils will likely turn to several different pitchers in short stints to slow down the Spartans, as they have done in their last two midweek games since graduate student Kellen Urbon moved into the weekend rotation. Duke’s bullpen finished the weekend strong with three shutout innings Sunday, and young relievers like James Ziemba, Mitch Stallings, Ryan Day and Labosky may be called upon to continue strong seasons Tuesday. The Spartans have also varied their midweek pitching throughout the season, but have started senior Keaton Haack—who boasts a 3.78 ERA—on four occasions. Sophomore right-hander Andrew Wantz is a workhorse in long relief out of the bullpen, tossing 41 2/3 innings in 16 appearances with a 1.73 ERA and a 5-0 record. UNC Greensboro’s pitching depth thins out behind Wantz, though, and the Spartans surrender 5.1 runs per game. A renewed approach at the plate may help the Blue Devils keep up with the Spartan bats, and even at Coombs, no lead will be safe Tuesday. “We have changed up some things in practice this past week to get back to the offensive approach we did in the fall and we felt like we had success with,” Pollard said. “That sort of created a spark versus Liberty [last Tuesday] and then we were able to carry that over to this weekend.”

track just 305 feet from home plate. Coombs is 325 feet deep down the left field line, which could make it harder for right-handed sluggers like sophomore Jack Labosky or Cris Perez to pull fly balls over the fence for home runs or smack doubles off the wall. The Blue Devils (14-14) had no problem scoring in another pitchers’ park in Atlanta, though, pushing 24 runs across in the last two games against the Yellow Jackets. Labosky drilled two homers and drove in a career-high eight runs Saturday evening in a 14-13 win, and Perez sparked a seven-run fifth inning in Sunday’s series finale with a go-ahead two-run double. Pollard’s squad will now try to replicate this power Tuesday at Coombs. “It’s a different park. Our guys are

obviously very comfortable there because we practiced there all fall and we practice there a good bit during the spring,” Pollard said. “So the park plays different, but our guys will be used to it.” Duke may need to score runs in bunches again when it faces a potent Spartan squad that is scoring more than nine runs per game. All but one regular starter for UNC Greensboro (23-6) is hitting .333 or better, and the Spartans hit well for power, too—junior Dillon Stewart is tied for 10th in the nation with nine home runs. Freshman Andrew Moritz leads the team with a .409 batting average, 10 doubles and five triples. The Spartans enter Tuesday’s game riding an eight-game winning streak, including a comfortable 8-2 win

the court and all-league quarterback on the gridiron. “My style of playing is a mesh of two sports, basketball and football. Being able to lower your shoulder is more like football and running downhill is similar. Basketball, using similar [moves like] crossover to split dodge, roll dodge to a spin move in basketball,” Jones said. “Those athletic tools I grew up with are just translated to your game in playing lacrosse, and it’s made it a lot easier for me to excel playing midfield, especially when teams slide, I can roll out of double teams and I can scan the field like in playing [the] quarterback or guard position that I played growing up.” After starting just five games his freshman season, Jones made 16-of-20 starts on the first midfield line as a sophomore in what would become his breakout season for the Blue Devils. The midfielder garnered USILA second-team All-America, All-ACC and AllNCAA tournament team honors as a member of the highest-scoring midfield in program history, which included Class and then-senior Christian Walsh. The trio scored 97 goals, registered 79 assists and tallied 176 points as a unit, with Jones contributing 37 goals, 26 assists and 63 points of his own. Class has grown alongside Jones ever since they arrived in Durham in 2012 and reached the 100-goal milestone March 5 against Harvard, just a week after his classmate. As another key component of the 2014 midfield line, the Baltimore native started in all 20 games and scored 65 points that season. With their collegiate careers in the books at the conclusion of this season, Class will join Jones

Kristen Shortley | The Chronicle As the No. 1 pick in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse draft, Myles Jones has the potential to be a transformative figure in the lacrosse community.

with the Blaze next season after being selected 10th in the 2016 draft. “We got to know each other throughout freshman year. We didn’t play on the same line to start and then as we got more comfortable on our own, just playing college lacrosse, we started to build up our skills,” Class said. “Then sophomore year we had a great senior leader on the midfield in Christian Walsh and he really took both of us under his wing and us three as a group really grew together throughout some tough games. I think those tough games early on sophomore year really cemented that bond that we have, and then from there we’ve just been growing together and playing off each other.” With three more games left in the regular

season before the ACC championship semifinals April 29 in Kennesaw, Ga., Jones has not shown any signs of slowing down. In Saturday’s 17-16 overtime loss against thenNo. 17 North Carolina, Jones tied a program single-game record with 11 points—five goals and six assists—a week after Class notched a career-best seven goals in an overtime win against then-No. 5 Syracuse. But as the postseason looms, it is business as usual for the Blue Devil standout. “I’m going to keep doing what I’ve always done,” Jones said. “Let the game come to me. Play one play at a time, one moment at a time and hopefully all of the chips fall into place.” Ryan Hoerger contributed reporting.

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TC: What lessons that you learned at Duke have you seen pay off in your career? LB: The notion of perseverance. When I started at Duke, I started as a science major. Like many people who come there, I wanted to go to medical school and follow in my father’s footsteps. I learned that I liked science and medicine, but I didn’t love it. But I was able to change majors, graduate and have a very successful life. Duke taught me to persevere regardless of if I was not successful in the first path. This is the way my mother explained it: ‘Failure is not fatal. It’s feedback.’ The example I would give is that I did not become mayor even though I ran for that office after being vice mayor. But if I had been mayor, I would not have been available when the job at Coca-Cola became open. If I hadn’t gotten the Coca-Cola job, I wouldn’t have traveled all over the world

simple. I happen to be a woman. There’s no place in the world that women are on equal footing as men, except in the cabinet in Canada. The prime minister said that it will be 50-50 in his cabinet— half men and half women. Someone asked him, ‘Why did you do that?’ He said ‘Because it’s 2015.’ Right? It’s like ‘Duh?’ I have the opportunity at this point in my life to choose exactly what I want to do and it’s to support women. By supporting women…you actually help everybody. When you support women, women always reinvest.… It’s a great investment when you invest in women because you lift all boats.

had, the number of schools that we had, feeders to the pipeline of the league. She made a very compelling case not only for basketball, but specifically for women’s sports.… Atlanta’s the cradle of the Civil Rights movement—we believe that everybody [should have] an equal opportunity and equal access. So this was an opportunity for women to follow their dream and play as professional athletes.

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TC: You’ve said your love of basketball began as an undergrad at Duke, what drew you to the sport? LB: [Basketball] was not the culture when I was there. Coach K came in [1980]; I graduated in 1979. [Jim] Spanarkel was in my class. Mike Gminski—as we call him, G-man—was the year behind me. Kenny Denard and Gene Banks came in that third year—which was my junior year—and that was the year we went to the finals. We lost to Kentucky— that night was a heartbreaker—but we were the Cinderella team. We were just beginning to build the foundation for the dynasty that we see today. So I was drawn to the game because it’s an easy game to understand. We didn’t have Krzyzewskiville, or to sleep outside for a month or a week or whatever you guys are doing now. We were not the Cameron Crazies. We were not painting our faces. But we were surely going to the games cheering for our friends.

TC: What are your main goals for the league as president? LB: This is our 20th year, so we want to celebrate what’s been done. That’s huge. Two decades in existence and the incremental progress is not to be understated. But when you think of a 20-year-old…[they’ve] lived for a long time, done some terrific things, had some terrific experiences but the best part of [their] life is probably in front of [them]…. I would submit to you that that’s exactly where we are with the WNBA. We’re thrilled we have lived for 20 years, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. TC: What was the principal reason that you wanted to be president of the WNBA? LB: Supportingkakuro_528C.txt women, it’s that

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ast Thursday, DSG rejected a resolution calling for administrative action in response to Executive Vice President Tallman Trask’s hit-and-run incident. The resolution noted that Trask’s behavior had violated the Duke Community Standard—an observation that evidently carried little weight with DSG as the discussion turned to unfavorable political impacts and hesitation because DSG is holding elections next week. It is time to revisit the standard and increase its presence and weight on campus. The Community Standard means much less than it should to students across campus, mostly staying out of sight and out of mind. Every student of course recognizes it and signs it frequently, but most begin to view its affirmations as nothing more than a meaningless page on the front of final exams and select assignments. Sexual assault allegations, common knowledge of Greek hazing practices and recent memories of cheating that verges on rampant leave too sour a taste in our mouths to believe that our community standard is doing enough. Several universities have robust honor systems that are made widely public and are impressed upon students as an end-all be-all of conduct and expectations. When students at the University of Virginia witness a violation of the honor code by

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any community member, they fill out a simple form documenting the incident and punishments are not kind to any found guilty. The result is a campus that highly values honorable behavior among its students, faculty and administrators. The first step Duke ought to take to revive its community standard would be to follow UVA’s strict and community-based approach that promotes a healthy honor culture. Further, we feel not only students but all faculty, staff and administrators ought to be expressly part

Editorial of the standard’s commitments. Dishonorable conduct can occur at any echelon of Duke and the ethical expectations should be the same regardless of a person’s status. A well-designed system would allow any Duke citizen to safely and surely challenge another under the standard and within the University’s conduct system. Power differentials and intimidation are real barriers to realizing an honest community but are fully possible with any faculty member violating Title IX, widely shared test banks in “elite” Greek organizations or a staff member harassing a student. In our vision, a renewed community standard

would not promote vigilantism, but would instead be a moral framework lived and breathed by students to promote a better academic and social culture. When academic lying and cheating occur, the whole of Duke suffers from the degradation of its academic environment. When sexual assaults are swept under the rug, cultures of misogyny, misandry and indecency fester on campus. By its very nature, a community standard that is a force to be reckoned with as it is at UVA is one that takes a step to resolve those issues. Weight coupled with buy-in is essential. Any failure to “act if the Standard is compromised” is shameful as current trends of cheating and indecent behavior continue relatively unchecked. There is no tolerable level of dishonorable conduct, and under a more robust community standard, Duke, its culture and its reputation stand to change for the better. The spirit of the community standard is far too important for students to let it languish in the forgotten pages of their long-lost Blue Books. The standard is Duke’s shorthand for being a decent, responsible, value-driven person and University community member. A revitalization of the standard would not only create a culture which espoused those values, but could rebrand our university for the better.

Let it go

ou know that amazing song titled “Let It Go” from the Disney animated children’s movie Frozen? Well, I’ve decided that Elsa was really onto something. I’ve been watching, in fascination and horror, as conservative America has latched onto a surprising social issue: gay rights. As a Duke student, this issue hits close to home given the recent passing of the HB2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, in our home state of North Carolina. N.C. Governor Pat McCrory recently signed this legislation, which prevents cities from allowing transgender individuals to use the public restrooms of the gender with which they identify. The American Civil Liberties Union

the majority of Americans have dramatically shifted their opinion on. According to a Pew Research Poll in 2001, 57 percent of Americans opposed same-sex marriage, but by 2015 it had a 55 percent approval rating. This represents one of the quickest and most dramatic shifts in public opinion in American history on a social issue. It is even more confusing, then, why the backlash on gay rights seems to intersect at the exact moment in history when Americans seem to collectively be moving on from this issue. By continuing to launch petty assaults on gay Americans in various states and cities, this movement will only continue to demonize and isolate itself. Not only do the majority of Americans now support the

Shruti Rao TAMING OF THE SHRU calls it the “most extreme anti-LGBT measure in the country.” If the content of the legislation isn’t troubling enough, there is the added factor that a special early session was called just to pass this bill. That’s right. North Carolina’s legislature was so eager and desperate to get this passed that they called an early session, a measure that they weren’t willing to take to raise teacher salaries. The animosity toward the LGBTQ+ community isn’t isolated to North Carolina. I am genuinely baffled by this newfound obsession over limiting gay rights, with states like North Carolina seeming to go out of their way on their crusade. For instance, Mississippi’s HB 1523 is being hotly contested by the Human Rights Campaign since it would “allow individuals, religious organizations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against LGBT Mississippians in some of the most important aspects of their lives, including at work, at schools, in their family life and more.” I’m starting to notice a trend here, and it has to do with relentless discrimination against gay Americans, even though almost a year has passed since the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized gay marriage throughout the nation. The conservative response to the opinion certainly wasn’t warm and fuzzy, but there were a few key players that seemed to go out of their way, with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal instructing court clerks to hold off on distributing marriage licenses for at least 25 days, and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton informed state officials that they had the right not to issue licenses as a form of their free speech. Now folks, these are not irrelevant people we can simply write off as people who who just didn’t get the memo. These people are governors and attorney generals of U.S. states who seem to have taken irrational and extreme measures on an issue that

rights of gay Americans, but millennials are by far the most fervent supporters, with 70 percent supporting gay marriage. If conservative groups continue to fixate over the issue of expanding rights to gay Americans, they will lose support not just in the current election, but supporters for generations to come. The gay rights movement is one of the fastest ideological shifts that Americans have ever made and will likely continue to gain momentum. It has evolved as a human rights issue, and thus those against the movement are perceived as hateful, ignorant and “on the wrong side of history.” I cannot possibly imagine the net benefit for conservative groups to continue to wage this anti-gay war. America has arrived at a crossroads in the face of an international power vacuum. We have hard-hitting domestic issues to address: crumbling infrastructure, a failing education system and the loss of our economic competitiveness. Thus, it seems irrational for politicians to continue to fixate on this single issue. This is a call for conservative Americans to start talking about real issues and put aside this bizarre obsession over limiting the most basic rights of gay Americans. Liberal Americans may relish watching conservative America dig its grave while it fights tooth and nail against the “gay agenda,” but ultimately their ignorance is bad for all of us. We have real issues to solve and only diversity of thinking and problem solving that will ultimately bring about the progress we so desperately need as a country. So to conservative America, for yourself and for the rest of us, please take a deep breath and realize that this is not the right fight, not the sensible fight and not the relevant fight. Seriously, let it go. Shruti Rao is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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y view of Islam was profoundly affected by a trip I made to Speaker’s Corner this past summer. Speaker’s Corner is a small part of London’s Hyde Park, where any individual can begin a discourse about an issue of his or her choosing and then be challenged by the surrounding crowd. Over the course of the four hours I spent marveling at this spectacular—and, at times, disturbing—manifestation of free speech, I heard a radical Christian pastor proclaim that all non-believers were

literally, word for word. Why is this problematic? Because, again, just like the Old Testament, the Quran and the Hadith condone a litany of vile practices, which include sexual slavery, beating women for disobedience and the murder of non-believers, homosexuals and female adulterers. However, when the majority of Muslims around the world believe their holy book is the eternal and perfect word of God, it is difficult to argue why one lesson must carry more moral weight than another or why one passage is less divine than another.

Protests: the good, the bad, the ugly I’m breaking from my scheduled programming this week to talk about an issue that’s on everyone’s mind: the soda machine in The Link is broken again. Just kidding. There’s a sit-in going on right now in the Allen Building. Everyone seems to have an opinion, so here’s mine. First, I must give credit where credit is due. I’ve been critical of many student protests this year for being counterproductive and unnecessary. That’s

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destined for hell and an imam defend the stoning of adulterers as God’s law. However, the most shocking moment was an altercation that broke out between two groups—one Christian, one Muslim. In what eventually escalated into a shoving match, one Muslim woman shouted something at the Christian group that has stuck with me until this day: “your Christian holy texts are the work of men and therefore fallible, but the Quran is the literal word of God channeled through the illiterate prophet Muhammad.” The point I took away was probably not the one she intended to make. The barbarism in Christian and Jewish texts—such as Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Exodus—is on par with the worse passages from the Quran. Further, biblical passages are still used to justify atrocities such as the oppression of homosexuals in Uganda, a Christian nation. However, in most Western countries, the majority of Christians and Jews do not take the Bible to be the literal word of God. In the United States, one of the more religious Western countries, only 28 percent believe the Holy Bible is the actual word of God (a number that is nevertheless too high and probably linked to much of the intolerance that exists in America). As a result, the widespread interpretation of these holy texts in the West has evolved in order to be more consistent with classically liberal values. Indeed, the vision of the American founding fathers was deeply influenced by the Bible, but it was also highly reflective of the liberal thinking that emerged during the Enlightenment. Our founding documents reflect this ideological intersection. Thomas Jefferson, believing that the teachings of Jesus were “the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man” yet disgusted by the traces of archaic tribal practices and political agendas in Christian holy texts, actually rewrote his own bible called The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. However, this reinterpretation is more difficult with a religion that prides itself on possessing a holy text that is the eternal word of God as dictated by the angel Gabriel to Muhammad. As a result, the strong majority of Muslims in parts of Africa and the Middle East believe not only that the Quran is the actual word of God, but that it should be read literally word-for-word. In 2007, 86 percent of American-Muslims said that they believed the Quran was the actual word of God, while 50 percent said it should be read

In short, we can see how one might make the case that it is sacrilegious to select the teachings of the Quran you like and discard those that are less pleasant. There are other features that differentiate Islam. For instance, take the moral example set by its central figure, Muhammad, whose life is “a beautiful pattern of conduct for anyone whose hope is in Allah” (33:21) according to the Quran. Unfortunately, many of ISIS’ most despicable actions follow a precedent set by Muhammad himself, who led military efforts to spread Islam and had sexual relations with the slaves he owned. It would be very difficult for a radical Christian organization (and there are many) to justify a militant effort equivalent to those of Jihadist organizations through the teachings of the meek prophet from Nazareth. While there are violent Buddhists, their actions do not reflect those of Buddha, who spent the length of his days meditating in the shade. This helps explain why “radical Islam” is not only an appropriate term, but actually describes a much larger proportion of practitioners than the small group of jihadists. For example, even in “moderate” countries such as Malaysia and Bangladesh, 51 and 45 percent of Muslims, respectively, support stoning as the punishment for adultery and 53 and 36 percent favor using the death penalty on those who leave Islam. I encourage you to look at the rest of the data here. There is a pressing need to reform the barbaric and archaic features that are embedded in—not “brought to,” as people like Reza Aslan have claimed— the religion. Many Muslims have valiantly taken on this effort, and this should not be neglected. Further, Islam will only adapt to the norms and institutions of liberal, open societies if its practitioners can expect to reap the benefits from doing so. Therefore, Westerners must continue to reject the far right’s discriminatory policies that risk alienating those peaceful Muslims that have come to accept our values and culture. But just as non-Muslims have a responsibility to promote inclusivity and combat generalizations about Muslims, I think Muslims need to do more to bring moderation to their faith. For a religion that is unique in the authority and divinity it accords to its holy book, the introduction of a little skepticism might be the best place to start. Julian Keeley is a Trinity junior. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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not the case here. Some might have issues with the methodology or temperament of the protestors. Come on, though—they are college students. Cut them some slack. Holding protestors to the (idealized) standard of MLK Jr. or Gandhi is just an excuse to ignore the substance of their argument. The more I read about the alleged 2014 incident involving Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, the more it seems like he probably got away with flagrantly offensive behavior. If the claims turn out to be true, then consequences and restitution, not to mention a genuine apology, are in order. Of course, such an apology could have avoided this whole fiasco. That was all Ms. Underwood had previously requested. Heck, Duke could have even hired an apology consultant if they didn’t think Trask would deliver. Surely someone could have seen this case’s potential to metastasize. If someone did have such foresight, they did not act. Instead, Trask doubled down with a half-baked non-apology. I’m someone who believes deeply in forgiveness. However, forgiveness requires an authentic attempt to make amends— not an apologetic mumbling written on an index card. It is logical that if the Duke Executive Vice President was not held accountable for this kind of behavior, such a devaluing of minority issues could be a systemic problem. Corruption of this sort is rarely confined to one or two individuals. It’s thus entirely reasonable to suspect that it runs throughout Duke Parking and Transportation Services, and possibly beyond. Testimony received from Duke workers corroborates this notion. Even if these particular allegations turn out to be false (let us not forget that possibility), the handling of the situation suggests incompetence. It certainly warrants further investigation. Current incident reporting procedures do appear to be biased against workers. If they are not protecting the vulnerable, then it’s important to demand better. Right now, it seems there is an impossibly high bar for evidence, which practically ensures that such grievances will go unaddressed. On the other hand, we must balance a desire for justice with prudent skepticism. Hasty judgments in the Duke lacrosse case, UVA rape case and University of Albany bus incident have done more harm than good to the cause of progressivism. Discarding due process and resorting to mob rule is extremely dangerous, even if the cause is righteous. History provides us with ample examples of noble causes turning sour due to the capriciousness of the masses. Demanding the immediate termination of Trask, DePinto and Cavanaugh without proper inquiry is tantamount to trial in the court of public opinion. That could

start a chain reaction and ultimately turn against protestors. Following French student protests in the 1960s, students initially won major victories. Immediately after, however, the right-wing Gaullist party swept the electorate. The students’ victory was short lived. We can see this same reactionary phenomenon today looking at The University of Missouri. Following protests last year, the school has faced a dramatic drop in applicants and a $35

million budget shortfall. It doesn’t matter whether it is “right” or “wrong” to protest— the question one must ask is, “What are we going to accomplish?” Here’s a thought experiment: consider what would happen to student protestors across the country if they were subject to the same court of public opinion. Many would likely be expelled, jailed or have their futures compromised. Thankfully, we have due process, we have freedom of speech and assembly, and we have an established tradition of supporting civil disobedience. Let’s not erode that by impulsively throwing Duke administrators to the wolves. However, let’s recognize that these protestors are lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. They are not violent, significantly obstructing anyone’s education (unless you had classes in Allen today) or disrupting essential university functions. Their actions might be distracting or annoying to some, but they are a far cry from shutting down campus like students frequently did during the 60s. Those who decry microaggressions and hypersensitivity should thus temper their criticism of these protestors. Microdisruptions (and so far the disruption is micro) do not warrant expulsion, arrest or other heavy-handed sanctions. Protestors’ rights should be supported, even if one does not agree with the substance of their demands. In turn, I hope protestors will respect the rights of other students to express dissent. For example, if conservative students were to stage a counter protest or write a critical editorial, I hope the protestors will support their right to speak as well. All of that said, the protestors should leave the building. The longer they remain, the more disruption they cause. Eventually, they will be seriously infringing upon the rights of other students. That would be a foolish and self-defeating action. It could grievously harm their cause. Protestors should accept the amnesty that has been granted (a victory in its own right) and continue the discussion elsewhere. This would not be backing down; it would be showing strength. I will close with a confession: my initial reaction to this protest was ambivalent. Previous incidents had left a bad taste in my mouth. Right now I am supportive, but that will not continue indefinitely. Please, if you’re a protestor or supporter— consider how you are perceived. If you want the support of the larger student body, it would be wise to save your energy for big battles like this one (and not to overstay your welcome). Thank you for your service—now please vacate the Allen Building. Ted Yavuzkurt is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays. If you have a comment for him, he can be reached at tdy@duke.edu.

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DUKE THEATER STUDIES PRESENTS

April 4-11 EXHIBITIONS

MFA|EDA 2016: Thesis Exhibition. Works from the MFA|EDA Class of 2016. At the Power Plant Gallery and other Duke and Durham venues, mfaeda2016.org. Thru April 24, 2016 A Material Legacy The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art. Thru June 26, 2016. Reality of My Surroundings: The Contemporary Collection, demonstrating the museum’s ongoing commitment to collecting contemporary work by global artists, with a focus on artists of African descent. Thru July 10, 2016. The New Galleries: A Collection Come to Light. Thru September 18, 2016. Odili Donald Odita. Two large-scale murals by visiting artist and abstract painter Odili Donald Odita have been commissioned by the Nasher Museum; one is at Duke and one is in downtown Durham. Thru October 1, 2017.

EVENTS

April 7 The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Come to downtown Durham for the 19th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, four days of incredible nonfiction film from all over the world. Films show continuously all four days of the festival. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival takes place at the Durham Convention Center, the Carolina Theatre, the Durham Arts Council, and other downtown Durham sites. Tickets and passes available for purchase in early 2016 at fullframefest.org/passestickets/. Bob: A Life In Five Acts. Peter Nachtrieb’s rowdy and thought-provoking road-trip comedy, directed by Ellen Hemphill for Duke Theater Studies. 8pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. $10 Gen. Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens. Duke Wind Symphony: Broadway in Baldwin. “Favorite melodies from “Wicked,” “Into the Woods,” “Les Miserables,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and more. April 8 ChoreoLab 2016. Dance performance featuring new works by Duke faculty and advanced choreography students. 7:30pm, Reynolds Industries Theater. $17 Gen. Public; $12 Sr. Citizens; $7 Students. Bob: A Life In Five Acts. (See April 7) The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. (See April 7) April 9 The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. (See April 7) ChoreoLab 2016. (See April 8) Bob: A Life In Five Acts. (See April 7) April 10 [dnme] Duke New Music Ensemble. Sid Richardson, dir. “The premiere of Kenneth Stewart’s “The Dogma Loops” and works by Gavin Bryars, Alex Burtzos, David Kirkland Garner, and Sid Richardson.” 3pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. Verdi Requiem: The Duke Chapel Choir will perform Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Requiem, together with the Duke Chorale, the Choral Society of Durham’s Chamber Choir, professional orchestra, and soloists. Because Verdi used his typical Romantic Italian operatic style in setting the text of the traditional Requiem Mass, this piece has been described as a “stunning intersection of the sacred and secular.” 4pm, Page Auditorium. $20 Gen. Public; $5 Non-Duke Students; Duke Students Free. Bob: A Life In Five Acts. (See April 7) 2pm. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. (See April 7) Techni’Ka Contemporary Dance Workshop. Dance workshop that draws from the seven rhythms of Gwo-ka music. Led by Guadeloupean dancer/choreographer Lénablou as part of the Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective: Feminist Performance Routes series. 12pm. Ark Dance Studio. Free (DDP) Capoeira Residency: RODA. Music and movement jam led by capoeira Mestre Cabello. 4:30pm. Ark Dance Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP) Beyond Contingency: Making Art at the End of the World. Artist talk by Jessi Knight, exploring the implications of being a black female choreographer. 5pm. Hull Ave Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP)

April 11

Dance Workshop with Jessi Knight. Dancer/choreographer Jessi Knight, will offer a dance workshop as part of the Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective: Feminist Performance Routes series. 3pm. Ark Dance Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP) Afro-Atlantic Sacred Epistemologies: Movement Workshop. Dance workshop by Jamaican dancer and choreographer Yanique Hume as part of the Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective: Feminist Performance Routes series. 4:40pm. Ark Dance Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP) Zimbabwean Dance with Rujeko Dumbutshena. Dance workshop by Zimbabwean dancer Rujeko Dumbutshena as part of the Africa in Circum-Atlantic Perspective: Feminist Performance Routes series. 6:15pm. Ark Dance Studio. Free and open to the public. (DDP)

SCREEN/SOCIETY

All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus. (G) = Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. All events subject to change – for details, updates, and additions, see: ami.duke.edu/screensociety

April 4

Köksüz (Nobody’s Home) New Turkish Cinema

Bob a comedy by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

directed by Ellen Hemphill April 7-17, 2016

The Rocking Sky (G) Cine-East [Taiwan] April 5 Tribute to Chantal Akerman (1950-2015): No Home Movie AMI Showcase April 7 Kisses to the Children (Greek documentary) + Q&A w/ dir. Vassilis Loules Special Event April 11 Yartsa Rinpoche: Precious Caterpillar + Q&A w/ dir. Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang Cine-East [Tibet]

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Sheafer Theater • tickets.duke.edu This message is brought to you by the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Chapel Music, Duke Dance Program, Duke Music Department, Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts, Nasher Museum of Art, Screen/Society, Department of Theater Studies with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.