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Haley discusses embassy in Israel, Russian nerve agent attack By Sam Kim Staff Reporter

Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, walked across the stage Thursday to a standing ovation from a sold-out audience. “As some of you might know, I’m a Clemson girl,” Haley said. “We’ve enjoyed our relationship [with Duke] on the football field—not so much on the basketball court though.” During the lecture—entitled “Confronting Today’s Global Governance Challenges”—Haley discussed issues such as the proposed American Embassy in Jerusalem and U.S. relations with Russia, including the response to the nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom. The event was presented jointly by the Program in American Grand Strategy and the Sanford School of Public Policy. Keeping with the title, former South Carolina Gov. Haley’s lighthearted introduction quickly changed tone as she switched to talking about the international threats to American security. “The biggest difference between being governor and being ambassador is the nature of the opposition,” she said. She explained that, though she and her political colleagues battled over tax laws and social policies, the arguments were in the interest of the South Carolinian constituents. “But in the United Nations, I’m butting heads on nearly a daily basis with people who represent actual tyrants,” Haley said. “I sit across the negotiating table from representatives of regimes that commit genocide and See HALEY on Page 8

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Last Wednesday, it was Marvin Bagley III announcing his NBA future. This week, it is Trevon Duval. Duval will join the growing ranks of one-and-done Blue Devils after announcing Wednesday evening that he will declare for the 2018 NBA Draft in a team release. Although there was no specific information as to whether or not Duval will sign with an agent, the young floor general seemed to leave little doubt that his career in Durham is finished. “I loved my time here at Duke and I enjoyed every second of it,” Duval said. “I want to thank all of the Duke fans, thank each of my teammates— they’re all brothers to me, and each of the coaches that have helped me grow as a young man both on and off the court. I hope to be part of the Duke brotherhood the rest of my life.” See DUVAL on Page 5

Commerce Deptartment includes citizenship question on census despite professor’s advice By Bill McCarthy Staff Reporter

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross received advance warning that his plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census would stir controversy, according to a Duke professor who served on the Census Scientific Advising Committee. D. Sunshine Hillygus, professor of political science and director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology, said the committee sent Ross an official recommendation urging him to abandon the idea. Despite the committee’s suggestion, Ross announced on March 26 that the 2020 census would inquire about citizenship at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice. Ross’s plan received immediate backlash from immigrant rights advocates and Democratic policymakers who said it will deter immigrant participation and lead to an undercount of the national population. Seventeen states, seven cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors have already sued the Commerce Department and the Census

Bureau in an effort to remove the question from the census questionnaire. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed a lawsuit Tuesday. “North Carolinians pay taxes to the federal government every year,” Stein said in a statement. “In return, they rightfully expect to receive our state’s fair share of federal funding for our roads and schools and an appropriate number of Representatives in Congress. That’s what an accurate census provides for and why I will fight any effort to politicize it.” But before the lawsuits and the public outcry, Hillygus and her team of CSAC experts told Ross via a set of recommendations that the citizenship question would be controversial. Hillygus said they warned that the question would politicize the census in a way that could lead to undercounting, hacking and distrust. “[Ross] heard from everybody in the expert community,” Hillygus said. “There was lots of clear messaging about the fact that this was going to be problematic, which is one of the reasons @dukechronicle @dukebasketball |

that its very hard to interpret this as anything other than political.” CSAC is an advisory body that consists of up to 21 members and advises the Census Bureau on statistical data collection, survey methodology, geospatial and statistical analysis, econometrics, cognitive psychology, business operations and computer science. Hillygus, the only political scientist on the committee, was appointed in 2012 and renewed for a second three-year term in 2015. Now in the last year of her term, she said she has seen several change proposals go “through extensive testing because there is recognition that even very minor changes in the design of the census can have critical implications for people responding.” But the late addition of the See CENSUS on Page 8 @thedukechronicle | © 2018 The Chronicle

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Former researcher under fire How unhealthy are foods from PETA over monkey study advertised during sporting events? By Maya Iskandarani Staff Reporter

Duke is in trouble with PETA. In March, PETA called for an investigation of Duke’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee for approving a study in which 10 rhesus macaques were deprived of fluid to compel participation. The purpose of the study was to test whether sex and status in advertising is as potent on the monkeys as it is in humans. “Any teenager in this country can tell you that

sex sells,” said Emily Trunnell, PETA research associate and IACUC liaison. “The monkeys were deprived of water in order to coerce them into participating in the experiment for small drops of fruit juice, to draw conclusions we already know. The experiment was pretty much a waste of time and money, and animals suffered in the process.” Michael Platt, former director of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and current James S. Riepe University professor See PETA on Page 3

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assigns a score to all foods. These scores can be converted to a 100-point scale that is called the Nutrient Profile Index, with a It seems that sports and junk food just score of 64 or higher indicating that a food go well together. What’s the point of even is nutritious. watching a football game without chowing They analyzed the 10 sports organizations down on pizza and wings? However, new that were the most watched among kids ages research has revealed that many of the food 2 to 17 in 2015, which included the National items marketed through sports sponsorships Football League, the Major League Baseball are bad for you—and may be contributing Association, the National Hockey League and to nationwide obesity rates. the National Basketball Association. The study—co-authored by Kelly More than 412 million kids watched Brownell, dean of the Sanford School of sports programs from these 10 organizations Public Policy—found that the majority in 2015, according to viewership data. of food and beverages advertised through The research showed that more than companies’ partnerships with television and 75 percent of the products marketed online sports programs are unhealthy. during the sports programs did not meet Marie Bragg, minimal standards assistant professor for nutrition, with of population the average NPI score health at the New falling between 38 York University and 39. School of Medicine Alysa Miller, and the study’s research coordinator lead investigator, Number out of 173 products at the New York noted that she in advertisements studied that University Langone was motivated to Medical Center who were healthy foods investigate this worked on the study, topic because it said she found it struck her as strange that people watch surprising that plain water was only advertised athletes exercise and then see a commercial six times out of 200 beverages. advertising junk food. “These organizations are sports-related, “I think it sends a mixed message to so you would think healthier products everyone watching but particularly to kids,” would be featured the most,” she said. she said. Out of the 173 products in advertisements In the study, the researchers used that they studied, only 41 of them were guidelines from the Nutrient Profile Model, See FOODS on Page 3 which identifies items’ nutritional value and Towerview Editor

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and health transferring over to the candy brand. This kind of marketing also sends the message that it’s okay to eat as much junk food as you want if you exercise. “It places an emphasis on physical fitness as opposed to diet, and we know that maintaining a healthy weight is done by dietary behaviors,” Bragg said. Although previous studies have shown that food marketing is a major cause of childhood obesity, this study is unique in that it examines how major sports organizations are contributing to the problem, Bragg said. Miller added that kids are heavily influenced by the

programs they view, which could lead them to engage in unhealthy behaviors leading to diet-related diseases like Type II diabetes. Bragg indicated that future research should consider what kind of food marketing is happening on social media exposure and how that relates to food consumption behavior. Policy makers also need to consider who is responsible for the prevalence of these ads—the sports organizations or food companies. “Probably the answer is a little bit of both, but it’s an important piece of the puzzle,” Bragg said.

and fecal matter of the monkeys during the fluid deprivation period to monitor their health and hydration status. FROM PAGE 2 “Other IACUCs have denied [fluid deprivation] protocols because they’re unnecessarily inhumane and of neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, was the there are other, more humane methods that can be used, principal investigator of the study. He hypothesized that such as giving animals a preferred treat,” Trunnell said. the animals would show a preference for brand logos after “The problem that experimenters have with foregoing fluid being conditioned to associate them with certain images of deprivation is that the monkeys don’t work as long as they other macaques. want them to, so they have to spend more time and more The investigators paired logos for brands like Nike, Adidas, effort to complete their experiment.” Acura, Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza with images of either In a letter addressed to President Vincent Price, PETA female macaque genitalia, subordinate male macaques, further argued that there was no need to use macaques as a dominant male macaques or scrambled model organism for this study in the control images. first place. The study mostly confirmed the The experiment was pretty The letter states that “macaques experimenters’ prediction—finding that much a waste of time and do not possess purchasing power in “monkeys formed preferences for brand society, [so] we have no need money, and animals suffered current logos that were paired with images of female to know what influences their brand hindquarters and the faces of dominant males, in the process. preferences.” Human volunteers but not for brand logos that were paired with could easily have been used in their emily trunnell place, Trunnell noted. She claimed the faces of subordinate males.” THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PETA’s main concern with the study PEOPLE FOR that Platt chose the monkeys instead ANIMALS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE was its lack of detail regarding how long for convenience. the investigators deprived the macaques of “Rhesus macaques have been fluid for. The methods section described how much water the bred for research and the experimenter, Michael Platt, has monkeys had access to during the study—at least 20 mL of been using them almost his entire career,” Trunnell said. “Ten water per kilogram of body weight “with the opportunity for years ago, he was drilling metal screws into their skulls and more during the task”—but did not specify how long the fluid implanting wire coils under their eyes.” deprivation went on for before the monkeys completed the task The study emphasized the importance of understanding of selecting images on a screen for a fruit juice reward. how humans’ receptiveness to sex and power in advertising The section did, however, describe how veterinary staff originated in our shared ancestry with more ancient closely monitored the appearance, body weight, skin turgor primate species. The authors claimed that their findings

demonstrate how the “neural mechanisms that prioritize information about sex and status are shared between macaques and humans.” In its letter, PETA implored Price to investigate the Duke IACUC for approving the study. PETA also wrote to University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann asking that she suspend any planned or current monkey advertising experiments and request Platt’s resignation. PETA has also contacted the companies whose logos were part of the experiment to let them know how their logos were used. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for government relations and public affairs, defended the study’s ethical use of the monkeys. He wrote in an email that “all animal-related research at Duke adheres to the highest standards set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes of Health and AAALAC International,” a voluntary accrediting organization for animal care units. Platt corroborated the soundness of the study, writing in an email that it “adhered to the [U.S. Public Health Service] Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, was overseen by Duke University Laboratory Animal Resources staff and veterinarians, [and] was funded in part by the National Institute for Mental Health.” “A poll came out a few years ago showing that 50 percent of the U.S. population opposes the use of animals in experiments, and the 50 percent that doesn’t is only okay with it on the basis that the harm animals suffer will somehow benefit humans,” Trunnell said. “But this experiment obviously doesn’t, and it involved harm to animals. We just want the IACUC to be accountable. It has the public’s trust and needs to follow the letter of the law.”

FROM PAGE 2 healthy foods, she added. Bragg explained that the research is important because the association between unhealthy products and athletes or sports can give viewers a false perception that these items are healthy. This involves a concept called “brand transfer”—for instance, watching a commercial for candy bars sponsored by the NCAA could result in your feelings about the NCAA

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Blue Devils visit Notre Dame after splitting last year’s 2 matchups with the Fighting Irish By Sid Bhaskara Associate Sports Editor

Fresh off their first ACC win of the year, the Blue Devils have no time to rest, heading up to the Midwest to take on the Fighting Irish. No. 6 Duke faces No. 12 Notre Dame Saturday at 4 p.m. at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend, Ind., as the two conference rivals battle for second place in a tight ACC race. One No. 12 week after a thrilling Duke vs. come-from-behind home victory against No. 6 North Carolina, the ND Blue Devils have a SATURDAY, 4 p.m. stiff challenge ahead Arlotta Stadium of them, against an opponent reeling from a conference loss of its own and hungry for a win. “They’re going to be tough on the faceoffs and the wings,” Duke head John Danowski said. “They play such great individual and team defense, and offensively they always have some great players.” The Fighting Irish (5-3, 1-1 in the ACC) are eager to find some consistency this season after going 2-2 in their last four matchups, the most recent of which was a 10-6 loss to Syracuse on the road, but junior Ryder Garnsey and company will contend with Duke’s sixthranked scoring defense. Despite struggling for stretches against the Tar Heels last week and Syracuse the

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Brad Smith will be part of a Duke attack that has to prepare for first-team All-American defender John Sexton at Notre Dame. week before, the Blue Devil rope unit is in the top 10 in the nation in both caused turnovers per game and man-down defense, giving it a leg up against a Notre Dame offense that has only scored 10 or more goals once in its last five games. The Blue Devils (9-2, 1-1) and Fighting Irish traded off in the season series last year, with Duke emerging victors from the regular-

season matchup before Notre Dame took revenge with a one-goal victory in Durham during the ACC tournament. What is most startling for the Blue Devils is the talent they will face from the Fighting Irish attack this year despite their low scoring totals. Between Garnsey, junior Brendan Gleason, senior Mikey Wynne and sophomore Bryan Costabile—the architect

of Duke’s undoing the last time these teams met in the postseason—Notre Dame has four offensive powerhouses who could all pick up the scoring load for their side. Garnsey and Wynne utilize slick stick skills and elusiveness at attack, and Gleason and Costabile complement them with exceptional shooting ranges and the ability to engage the defense physically. “There’s a fine line between being aggressive and playing defense with a certain energy,” Danowski said. “The last two weeks, we’ve kind of waited to see what the offenses were doing, but we need to be more assertive early.” One week after struggling against the Tar Heels’ complex zone defense, the Blue Devil offense will have an opportunity to play against a man-to-man scheme again. The Fighting Irish are led by senior defender and 2017 first-team All-American John Sexton, the anchor of his squad’s top-20 scoring defense. Duke can counter with offensive firepower in the form of Justin Guterding—the nation’s leader in goals per game—and midfielders Brad Smith and Peter Conley, who have a combined 41 goals this year. “We’ve always struggled against Notre Dame offensively,” Danowski said. “They scout us really well and they play really sound, fundamental defense. They have also had terrific goalie play, so the combination of a really good scouting report, good prep by them, they don’t change too much week to week, and terrific goalie play makes it like a three-headed monster.”

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Duke baseball seeks fifth straight ACC series win By Michael Model Assistant Blue Zone Editor

Coming off their first three-game ACC sweep since 2014 last weekend against Notre Dame, the Blue Devils will go on the road looking for their fifth consecutive series win to start conference play. No. 10 Duke will travel to Winston Salem, N.C., this weekend to take on Wake Forest in a No. 10 Duke three-game set at David vs. F. Couch Ballpark. The teams will first take the Wake Forest field Friday at 6 p.m., followed by games FRIDAY, 6 p.m. David F. Couch Ballpark Sunday and Monday with first pitches set for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively. The Blue Devils are hoping to extend their recent dominant stretch. Duke is sporting a 25-3 record since dropping two of three at Vanderbilt to start the season, yet head coach Chris Pollard still feels his team has plenty of room to grow and cannot remain content down the stretch. “We always talk about trying to be the best

versions of ourselves. We haven’t done that yet,” Pollard said. “We’re constantly competing against our own standard of excellence, and as we look at this team, there’s always room for growth and improvement. One thing we have to guard against is getting too comfortable, getting too enamored with people tapping us on the back and reading nice things about ourselves, and getting too caught up in the destination and not focusing on being in the here and now.” Duke (26-5, 9-3 in the ACC) has ridden a recent offensive surge during its ongoing seven-game winning streak. The Blue Devils have scored at least six runs in six of their last seven games, including a total of 40 runs in their last three contests. Wednesday at home against Campbell, the Blue Devils offense poured in 11 runs on 13 hits. After falling behind 1-0 in the first, Duke used consistent hitting to string together long innings at the plate, getting 13 hits off the bat of eight different Blue Devils. Duke scored twice in the bottom of the first and three times in the bottom of the third, using two-run doubles by freshman See BASEBALL on Page 5

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BASEBALL FROM PAGE 4 Joey Loperfido and junior Griffin Conine to take a 5-1 lead. The Blue Devils added six runs in the fifth inning to break the game open with an 11-1 advantage. With the win against the Fighting Camels, it seems as though junior Griffin Conine is beginning to get over the hump. Entering the season as a top-20 draft prospect, the Weston, Fla., native has struggled, hitting just .229 on the season while striking out a team-high 36 times. Yet, after a solid two weeks and another big hit Wednesday, it seems as though Conine will be much more like his old self down the stretch. “He’s played exceptionally well over the last two weeks,” Pollard said. “If you look at his at-bats over the last two weeks— going back to the Pitt series—he’s amongst our team leaders in average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. He hit two of the hardest-hit balls that we’ve hit all season last night, so he continues to get back into a good place offensively, as have some other guys.” The Blue Devils will need Conine and the offense to stay hot against one of the conference’s best starting rotations from Wake Forest (12-18, 5-7). Colin Peluse—who Duke will face Friday— has been dominant in his seven starts this season, going 4-0 with an ERA of 2.91. The Blue Devils are also set to go up against strikeout machine Griffin Roberts, who has struck out 71 batters in a mere 48 innings pitched this season. “They’ve got three really good weekend starters,” Pollard said. “Tomorrow night we’ve got a challenge ahead of us because we’re going to see one of the best Friday night starters not only in the ACC, but maybe in the country.” Although the Demon Deacons’ rotation has been successful, their bullpen has been their Achilles’ heel this season. Seven out of their eight relievers with at least 10 innings pitched have ERAs north of 4.00, and four have ERAs worse than 7.00. If the Blue Devils can continue their recent stretch of big innings, they could have a chance to feast against a struggling pen. Following this weekend’s series against Wake Forest, Duke will return home Tuesday for a midweek battle against Davidson before traveling south for a series against Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla., next weekend.

FROM PAGE 1 The freshman point guard was highly touted as a recruit coming out of IMG Academy, ranking as the nation’s No. 1 point guard in his class. Duval delivered on that promise at times in an up-and-down year and finished the season strong. The New Castle, Del., native scored 10.0 points and dished out 5.6 assists per game in his lone season in Durham, and he stepped up big-time in March. Duval led Duke with 20 points in a season-ending loss to Kansas and combined for 30 points and 15 assists in the first two games of the NCAA tournament. Turnovers and controversy plagued Duval at times this season, none more evident than when he retweeted a clip of his own flashy dunk minutes after a Feb. 8 loss to North Carolina in which he coughed the ball up four times. He lost

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his starting job toward the end of conference play and closed ACC play on a six-game stretch in which he never scored in double figures, but was able to play well on the big stage. “We wish Trevon the very best,” Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He showed unbelievable improvement, especially at the end of the year. His athleticism and his ability to guard at the next level will help him. We know that great things will happen for Trevon as he embarks on his pro career and will be watching and supporting him every step of the way.” Boasting a 6-foot-9 wingspan while listed 6-foot-3 and 186 pounds, scouts value Duval for his athleticism and length. Lethal while driving to driving to the basket, Duval has significant upside, but has struggled with his shot, converting at just a 28.7 percent from deep this season for the Blue Devils. Sports Illustrated ranked Duval as the No. 44 player in his draft class March 20, but others project him as a late first-round pick.

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resident Donald Trump’s most recent overture to his voter base has come in the form of restrictive tariffs being imposed on imports of steel and aluminum entering the United States. Initially, the president decided to impose taxes of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports in a move to “protect” domestic manufacturing industries. Stoking increasingly valid fears of a trade war with the world’s greatest exporter of goods, China, Trump has been uninhibited in continuing his anti-trade efforts with subsequent tariffs amid reciprocal trade measures taken by the PRC government. One finds it painfully difficult to believe that these recent trade barriers have been erected for the sake of the American people. If we are to peer beyond the scope of the steel sector, we actually will endure a net loss in jobs (146,000) as predicted by the Trade Partnership. Moreover, Trump’s shortterm oriented pandering does not consider the core of what ought to be done in the face of mass structural employment: retraining. Equipping workers who have understandably been discontented by the side-effects of free trade with the necessary job skills to survive within America’s service-based

economy is one such policy solution that the current administration has neglected to consider. Free trade agreements allow the United States to break down barriers to foreign markets and grow the demand for American goods, creating the need for greater employment at home. Most worrying about this recent pattern is the exacerbation of already poor tensions between the United States and China—considered by many to be the two major global powers of the 21st century. As explained by prominent scholars of international

Editorial Board relations, China’s rise as a global hegemon risks carrying the U.S and China into the historically deadly “Thucydides Trap.” The idea holds, in most basic terms, that a rising power triggers great fear in the mind of an established power: Germany versus France in early 20th century Europe, the U.S versus the U.S.S.R in the mid to late 20th century, and now the U.S versus China in the 21st century. It is this fear of being overrun that often triggers a preemptive war, because there is no guarantee that the enemy

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Theater has also adapted the poetry collection into a play, staged in the Atlanta History Center right next to the museum’s Civil War exhibit. We can learn from Tretheway. Recent conversations on campus, such as the Provost’s Symposium on American Universities, Monuments, and Legacies of Slavery last weekend, acknowledge Duke’s flawed and forgotten histories. However, these conversations

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will not act first. Explicit within this idea of whoever blinks first is intentions. If one actor is unable to aggregate the intentions of the other, they must hedge and prepare for the worst because the cost of being unprepared would be unimaginably grave. The economic interdependence that heightens the threshold for armed conflict and yields reassurance in times of foreign crises is now being broken down in the midst of increased tension over islands in the South China Sea. More pressingly, as China plays a crucial role in bringing a peaceful end to North Korea’s nuclear efforts, this move could not be less timely. The doctrine of the Thucydides Trap was developed around a global political paradigm of hard power primacy: the dog-eat-dog Hobbesian realm of little mutual trust for benevolent intentions. In enacting tariffs against China at such a time, Trump has, should tensions in the South China Sea come to a head, removed a critical rung from the escalation ladder in a would-be dispute. Ultimately, this has been done for the sake of Trump’s voter base, and Trump will stop at nothing to pander to his isolationist base that sees the U.S as the world’s supreme hegemon in which the presidency can act independently of rational foreign relations.

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at the Franklin Humanities Institute to sit down with Trethewey, two-time US Poet Laureate, to discuss the writing process behind her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection at an event hosted by the Franklin Humanities Institute. “Native Guard” is based on the history of a regiment of black Union soldiers who guarded Confederate captives on Ship’s Island off the coast of Gulfport, Mississippi during the Civil War. Although the Confederate POW’s have a plaque of dedication at the entrance of the fort, the Native Guards—some of whom even wrote letters on behalf of the commemorated POW’s to send home to their families—are erased almost entirely from the physical landscape. For the past two years, as part of a Bass Connections project to engage with University history organized by the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, I’ve been sifting through archival collections, too, to uncover forgotten histories of Duke—“firsts” among women and students of color, measures won by students activists, as well as successful efforts by staff to improve their working conditions. Like that of the Native Guards, these community members’ contributions have been institutionally neglected, through either purposeful choice or the implicit bias of those in leadership, in favor of memorializing donors and white supremacists. Trethewey’s work teaches us one way to resist these institutional erasures, by turning them into opportunities for artistic creation in the service of activism. Since writing her book, she has advocated for a memorial to be erected in recognition of the Native Guards on Ship’s Island, and the Atlanta Alliance

should be a means to an ends, not the ends themselves. The University can continue to hold conferences and create task forces to address this issue, but until it creates sites for people like Oliver Harvey, who organized the first labor union for Duke staff, or the first five Black undergraduate students to enroll in a desegregated Duke—sites that rival Thomas Jefferson and Braxton Craven in prominence and size—then these efforts remain in vain. Helen Yu is a Trinity senior.

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Do SLGs really need housing?

f we’re being honest with ourselves, the cracks have been showing for a while now. Scrolling through the pages of this newspaper, it’s clear that the calls for housing reform have reached a fevered pitch. It seems like everyone has a story to tell about housing at Duke. In reading their stories, one thing is clear: it’s broken and we need to fix it. In order to do that, it’s important that we take a look at some of the arguments from the “other side of the aisle” on housing reform. What do selectives say about housing and how can supporters of housing reform respond? I spoke to friends of mine who are in SLG’s and had some of those conversations. This is what I heard: When I argued that we should decouple housing and selectivity, my friends who are

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university crackdowns on misconduct, selective groups move around or lose their housing all the time and they don’t just disappear. While there are some exceptions, many groups continue to function exactly as they would have had they been living in section all along. Selectives in 300 Swift This year, the two SLG’s that lived in 300 Swift were Wayne Manor and Cooper House, two sizable organizations that serve as great case studies for how selective groups survive without section. The answer? They adapt. Cooper House attracted more than 400 first years during this year’s rush process. They rented university venues for their open houses, held interviews in Swift apartments, and hosted events off-campus. At the end of the day, they accepted around 20 students and rejected hundreds more. Business as usual for the most selective SLG on campus. Wayne Manor rented out the Loop for their open house event, which wasn’t nearly enough space to fit the hundreds of rushees who came to visit them. I don’t know much about the rest of Wayne’s rush process because I didn’t go through it, but I’ve heard nothing but positive reviews from my friends who are now “Men of the Manor.” Another successful year for a strong SLG. Obviously resources and rush statistics alone cannot tell the full story of these groups. When I rushed Cooper this year, a few members told me that they didn’t like living in Swift because the apartment-style setup made them feel distant and decentralized as an organization. I understand these concerns and I acknowledge them. However, change will always be disruptive. When East Campus was first designated an allfreshman campus, students were upset at first, but today students and administrators alike regard the decision as one of Duke’s best. Sometimes short-term discomfort is the price for long-term success. The fact of the matter is this: Cooper and Wayne lived in 300 Swift this year and they did not fall apart. They did not crumble under their new housing situation. In fact, they barely even broke stride. They adapted to changing circumstances this year, and if we decouple housing and selectivity in the fall they will adapt to that as well.

selective usually gave one of two responses. First, they claimed that independent houses were clearly the problem—why don’t we just improve them? And second, they pitched that selectives rely on housing to keep their communities together, so why take that away and destroy those social groups? To the first question, it’s pretty obvious that independent houses are overlooked because they are often treated like overflow housing. In many cases, unaffiliated students are forced to enter independent housing because of circumstances completely unrelated to housing: either they disliked the rush process or the rush process disliked them. Stories of people choosing to enter independent housing of their own volition are rare for a reason. It’s no surprise that independent houses are having problems; they’re a series of communities largely composed of people that were cut from SLG’s. That’s not exactly a strong foundation for building a healthy community. After the stress of putting themselves out there once before and being rejected, some independents lose faith in their peers. Hearing some of the stories from this year’s rush process, I can’t say I blame them. Answering the second question is actually pretty easy. Do selectives require housing sections Greek communities in order to keep their communities together? Before I begin talking about Greek No. Between renovations on West Campus and organizations, let me offer a disclaimer. I’m going

to talk about fraternities and sororities that have been punished for misconduct, but their bad behavior should not be taken as a characterization of the Greek community as a whole. No two Greek organizations are the same, and to say that the whole barrel is spoiled because of a few bad apples would be inappropriate and inaccurate. However, sometimes looking at a few individual cases can yield some insights into the community at large. It’s no secret that Kappa Sigma was kicked off campus, leaving its members to enter the independent housing system like their unaffiliated peers. And yet, there are still people in the freshman class who rushed K Sig and were accepted. A fraternity surviving without a section? Intriguing. But it doesn’t stop there. Pi Kappa Alpha lost their housing privileges to university sanctions, so their members will also be blocking and living together in the regular system next year. But if their recent “Shave for Schreiber, Buzz for Bobby” fundraiser is any indication, they remain a popular and cohesive brotherhood despite their loss of section. Sororities have their place in the housing conversation too. After all, sorority housing is a relatively new development at Duke, introduced in the fall of 2012. Despite a lack of housing, sororities survived at Duke for decades. Why? While I have no personal experience to point to, I have a theory. I think it’s because sororities in the pre-housing era knew something that we’ve since forgotten: a community is a group of people, not a building. The social connections we form with people are like invisible strings that keep us connected to each other, no matter how far away we are. Anyone who’s ever had a friend move away, or been in a long-distance relationship, or written to a pen-pal knows that you don’t just stop caring about people once they leave your immediate vicinity. Looking at these sororities and fraternities, it’s clear that the social bonds formed between brothers and sisters is the true backbone of Greek life, not housing. East and West Campus are profoundly different and it has nothing to do with the buildings we live in. It has to do with their atmospheres. On East we’re not afraid to reach out and meet new people, try new things, and explore. On West, the housing system labels us, sorts and categorizes us until there’s nothing new to discover because we look around and find that we are surrounded by people just like us. A perfectly homogeneous bubble of our own design. I can’t speak for everyone, but if

I had wanted to surround myself with more of the same, I would’ve stayed in my hometown. Why does any of this matter? This past weekend, I attended a Duke Students for Housing Reform general body meeting. At the meeting, rising senior Jackson Prince said something that stuck with me. Housing at Duke is a contradiction, he pointed out, because while there are amazing and brilliant Duke students from all backgrounds, our housing system divides us such that you may never get to meet them. By coupling housing and selectivity, SLG’s are given total control over who gets to live with them and why. They can accept or reject whoever they please, so it’s inevitable that these communities start to become more and more homogenous over time. As a result, incredible Duke students become enmeshed in selective housing communities, surrounded more and more by people who look, think, and act like they do. Although they don’t realize it, there are so many people on this campus that they’ll never meet because of it. There’s no single person to blame. There’s no shadowy rush council behind the scenes plotting the homogenization of West. This is a product of the system we’ve built. But that doesn’t mean we need to accept it. To my classmates that are selective, I ask that you take a minute to think about those that don’t live in situations like yours. For the sake of Duke as a whole, I ask that you step outside the bubble of your selective group and take a look at the people living and working all around you. All these amazing, talented students are Blue Devils just like you. They study at Perkins and eat at West Union. They spend more food points than they have and stay up later than they should. They worry about fitting in, but they shouldn’t have to. None of us should. We all deserve to live on a campus where people feel like they matter, like we’re all connected. So talk to that person on the bus you’ve never met before. Ask them about their Duke experience and tell them your story. Maybe you’ll hear something you’ve never thought of before. I know I have. We are all one Duke family. It’s time we start acting like one. Sign the Housing Reform Petition: bit.ly/ DukePetition. Will Brodner is a Trinity first-year.

Amnesty day begs the question: What the fork?

s a small, weakling freshman, I was giving hoards of advice during O-Week. But, to young Friday Friday, one piece of advice has stood out as both unexpected and lingering. As O-Week Friday Friday passed under the PerkinsBostock bridge after wandering into the depths of E-Quad for the first and last time, I bumped into a scruffy senior, who was taking a mid-morning smoke break. As I started to profusely apologize, my overstuffed backpack hurting my spine, the senior raised his

Friday Friday TRUTH BE TOLD sunglasses, adjusted his t-shirt with a local brewery ad screenprinted on it, and said, “Kid, my best advice to you is this: steal as much as you can from Duke. Not big things, but small stuff. Pens, staplers, department shirts from religious studies, forks, whatever.” This senior is probably now sitting in his price-gouged San Francisco apartment at an IKEA desk looking over files for his most recent client at Deloitte, but claims he’d leave it all behind to brew kombucha. How prophetic his words have become. Over the weekend, Duke Dining announced they would have a “Fork Amnesty Day” in an effort to get students to return the thousands of forks that have been taken from West Union. Students could return any number of forks they might have to West Union, no questions asked. On this amnesty day, students will be free from the usual punishment that comes from returning WU cutlery that

must not be named. Duke Dining expects that due to this generous act, several forks, as well as spoons, knives and cups are likely to be returned to West Union. Duke Dining explained that students probably didn’t mean to take the forks, it was just another instance of highly-motivated, engaged Duke students being too lazy to carry their fork back inside after pushing through the ridiculously heavy doors of the West Campus dining hall. With the anticipated success of “Fork Amnesty Day,” the Duke administration is planning more amnesty days in the future. Duke Facilities spokesperson, Bob Builder (no relation to Bob *the* Builder), said, “Oh yeah. We’re planning on vindicating all the petty theft students have been engaging in for years. Pens, paper, the sticky things you put on the back of your phone. We’ll have all kinds of amnesty days.” When pressed if Bob was upset about the amount of small items taken from classrooms, libraries and offices, he replied, “Sure, it’s annoying to be constantly reordering pens. Particularly the kind with nice nub ends. But, I think if we bring attention to the issue, students will be more aware and change their mentality. Can we fix [the sense of entitlement Duke students have]? Yes we can!” Amnesty Days are extending past office supplies and kitchen utensils as well. Fraternity [name redacted after legal threats from fathers of current members] is planning on tabling next week for it own amnesty day. The president of the tabling fraternity, Chad Kristopherson, says, “We get stuff stolen from us all the time. Ping pong balls, bedsheets with crudely painted theme slogans, innocence, flags, ugh, the flags are the worst.” Brothers of the fraternity explained that the mornings after they

host mixers or parties, they often noticed their hanging flags missing. “Man, once I really got cleaned out,” one brother explained, “Both my ‘Saturdays are for the Boys’ and letters flag were gone. It was brutal.” He went on to explain that he sent GroupMe messages to the girls he knew in the sorority they had mixed with, but the sorority members denied having any knowledge of the stolen flags. However, the girls did mention that unfortunate things like that wouldn’t happen if the frat had gone ahead and bought Ciroc instead of Burnett’s. The Caretakers of Peaches Facebook page, which coordinates health care for Duke’s since-reformed feral cat Peaches, is also planning an “amnesty day.” According to a recent Facebook post, someone keeps stealing cans of cat food from Peaches’ personal supply. “Whoever keeps stealing tuna delight from Peaches, please return it,” reads the post. “You’re stealing processed cat food. That’s weird, man.” The post received angry reacts only. When the Chronicle asked the various groups what punishments they might have pursued if amnesty weren’t being granted, they didn’t have many answers. “Well, we don’t actually have any real authority,” said Duke Dining, with the sentiments echoed by Facilities management. “Maybe we could artificially inflate lines? Or keeping dragging our feet on a Latinx restaurant? That’ll show them.”

Friday Friday is an anonymous satirical column that runs on opposite Fridays. Currently, Friday Friday is sitting atop their throne of stolen forks and tuna cans, laughing at the simpletons granting of amnesty. Also, if anyone has seen Friday Friday’s stash of allergy medicine, please return it to them, no questions asked.

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To ensure accurate results over the last few decades, the Census Bureau has avoided politicized questions that could FROM PAGE 1 lead to undercounting, Hillygus said. “[The Bureau] had worked very hard to try to avoid being citizenship inquiry meant little testing was done to assess the viewed as political in recent decades, and Secretary Ross’s potential impact of the question on response rates. decision has just thrown all that effort out the window,” Still, the question is not Hillygus said. new. The census last featured The new question—coupled with a citizenship question in Because the census count has the fact that the 2020 census will occur 1950. However, the Trump been politicized, the ways that during a presidential election year— administration’s hardline means politicization is especially likely, stance on immigration could people might take political action or she added. In addition to the potential mean both documented and expression are more likely to include of seeing lower response rates among undocumented immigrants immigrant communities, there might will not reply for fear that hacking and trying to interfere. also be fewer replies from liberals who their information will d. sunshine hillygus choose to opt out of the census as a form not remain anonymous. PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND DIRECTOR of protest. An undercount of this OF THE DUKE INITIATIVE ON SURVEY METHODOLOGY “Even without the citizenship question, nature could have serious the Census Bureau faces a very difficult repercussions because census information is used to allocate task of trying to count people in today’s political climate,” federal funding and apportion seats in the U.S. House of Hillygus said. “Absolutely, I would expect that the citizenship Representatives among the states. question would make it less likely for non-citizens to reply,

HALEY FROM PAGE 1 governments that starve their own people.” Haley pointed to Russia as an example of these “bad actors.” To prove her point, she listed Russian actions opposed by the current U.S. administration—the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and, most recently, the March nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent living in Britain. “Who’s to say Russia doesn’t do this again?” Haley asked. “But next time, maybe it’ll be in New York or Washington, D.C. or Durham, North Carolina.” In retaliation for the poisoning, whose involvement Moscow has denied, the United Kingdom expelled 23 Russian diplomats from the country. Later, allies in NATO and the European Union followed with more than 130 such expulsions, including 60 from the United States. Haley pointed to this response as an example of American leadership on the world stage. “United States leadership doesn’t have to involve military

but they have also just made it less likely that citizens will reply as well.” She noted that social media movements, such as the #LeaveItBlank Twitter campaign, could be early signs that the census data will be flawed due to a lower response rate. Opponents could also look to interfere with the online interface that administers the census, she added. “Because the census count has been politicized, the ways that people might take political action or expression are more likely to include hacking and trying to interfere,” Hillygus said. “[The census] has now become something where they are going to make a political point with it.” As opposition continues to mount, the Census Bureau will have more trouble handling its responsibilities. Hillygus said more lawsuits not only mean more expenses and more distraction but also more Freedom of Information requests for the Bureau to manage. “It’s one of the reasons that I consider this change at the last minute to be so devastating, because it is also just an additional task and obstacle that the Census Bureau has to deal with as they’re trying to get the decennial going,” Hillygus said.

action,” Haley said. “Our most effective leadership is when city’s borders was still left to the two rival countries. we lead by example—when we embrace the fact that we are a When asked by event moderator Peter Feaver, professor special nation with a special message to the world.” of political science and public policy, whether she and her Haley took a similarly strong stance on Israel, specifically colleagues were being censored by the Trump administration, in defending Trump’s controversial decision last year to move Haley strongly denied such notions. the American Embassy to Jerusalem, which is claimed by both “I can honestly tell you, no one is being muzzled in this Israel and Palestine. administration,” Haley said, and the audience arose in “The amount and the tenor of [the U.N.’s] anti-Israel bias laughter in response. “I’ve never been muzzled. No one on the is shocking,” she said. “Israel is our great friend.” [National] Security Council gets muzzled.” Haley touched on the Trump administration’s efforts to She insisted that her views and actions in the United shift the focus of the U.N. Security Council’s monthly debates Nations were backed by the administration. on the Middle East away from Israel toward other subjects like “The administration is completely supportive of everything Iran and Assad. that I say because they don’t tell me to stop,” Haley said. “We made these changes to have the back of our friend and Jason Grill, a first-year who attended the event, said he ally, Israel, absolutely. But we’re also sending a message that thought Haley was very knowledgable of foreign affairs. She the era of the United States leading from behind is over,” Haley had some good ideas, especially given her previous post as a said. “It’s a new day for the United States and the world. We state-level official, Grill noted. will not hesitate to protect our interests—defending our allies First-year Rahul Krishnaswamy, a student in Feaver’s class, and standing up for our values.” was also among those at the lecture. But Haley argued that the recognition of Jerusalem as “She’s a very interesting person,” he said. “She does a good The New York Times job Syndication Sales Corporation Israel’s capital did not change the holy city’s international of balancing both sides politically. I can definitely see her 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 status. She assured the audience that the decision over the as a future presidential For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550candidate.” For April6,5,2018 2018 ForRelease ReleaseThursday, Friday, April

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