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Duke’s handling of sexual assault reports under scrutiny Claire Ballentine The Chronicle The University is currently facing a Title IX lawsuit brought by a former student as well as two ongoing investigations into Title IX complaints by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. To date, the federal government has initiated more than 300 investigations into dozens of colleges for potentially violating Title IX—the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational settings. This month, the OCR opened a new investigation into Duke’s handling of sexual misconduct reports, while a separate probe that was initiated in November 2015 remains open. Also this month, a former Duke student filed a Title IX lawsuit against the University, alleging the school mishandled her sexual misconduct complaint from several years ago. The OCR only releases the names of students who file complaints at the end of its investigations, so at this time it remains unclear whether the lawsuit and either of the two OCR investigations against Duke are connected. The female student’s lawsuit—which was moved to federal court Aug. 9—alleges that she was subject to “a drug-facilitated rape” by two other students while they were undergraduates, one of whom is the stepson of then-Provost Peter Lange. According to the suit, she reported the assault to University officials and the Duke University Police Department, as did other students against the same men.

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The plaintiff brought the issue to Duke’s Office of Institutional Equity after the University’s only sanction was putting Lange’s stepson on probation July 12, 2013, the suit states. The OIE later issued a decision which concluded that the University’s response was “sufficient to remedy the hostile educational environment that Plaintiff suffered as a result” and was “sufficient to meet its obligations under Title IX.” “Duke does not comment on pending

litigation,” wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, in an email. “What we can say is that the well-being of all our students is Duke’s highest priority. We follow a careful process when a sexual misconduct allegation is made, one that ensures we are responsive, thorough and fair as federal law and our own policies require.” According to the lawsuit, the Office of Student Conduct hired Celia Irvine, an independent psychologist, to investigate

multiple claims against the two male students. Her report, the complaint alleges, concealed evidence of “drug-facilitated” sexual assault. Irvine could not be reached for comment in time for publication. “The purpose of Ms. Irvine’s report was to fabricate a basis for the University to not suspend, expel or remove [one of the accused students] from the University,” the complaint alleged. Outside legal experts noted that in the female student’s lawsuit against the University, the plaintiff has the challenge of providing concrete evidence in support of her case. “That can take many forms, anything from eyewitness testimony to video to text messages to voicemail messages to emails, something that corroborates or substantiates what the victim said occurred, so it’s not just a ‘he said, she said,’” said Andrew Boutros, a partner at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. A video of the alleged assault was taken by Lange’s stepson and seen by Duke Police investigators, according to the complaint. Erin Buzuvis, a law professor at Western New England University, said the plaintiff has to show what is called “deliberate indifference” on the part of the University, which is different from just arguing that the University took insufficient action. “The plaintiff needs to show intent, intent to not take action, like the University intentionally disregarded the problem,” Buzuvis said. Parts of the complaint referring to See TITLE IX on Page 6

‘A spectacular building’: West Union opens for students Samantha Neal The Chronicle The West Union will be opening its newly renovated glass doors and serving food to all next Monday, Aug. 29. The building is holding a soft opening this week and began serving just lunch this Monday, wrote Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, in an email. The West Union—which contains 13 new eateries operated by nine vendors—will be fully open to students and the public Aug. 29, the first day of classes. As a part of its “First Big Week” programming, there will be a “West Union First Big Welcome” event the afternoon of Sept. 2 before the annual Heatwave concert, and Duke University Union will also be hosting a trivia night Thursday in Devil’s Krafthouse. Students said that they are looking

forward to finally enjoying additional food options on campus and having a central location to eat and socialize. “I’ve been really excited just walking by it and talking with incoming family members about West Union and what it has to offer, so when I actually get a chance to go eat inside of it and see everything, I think it will be really nice,” sophomore Analese Bridges said. During the last few weeks of the summer, workers have been putting final touches on the $95 million construction project, such as installing doorknobs and glasswork. With the exception of a few minor tweaks that will wrap up as students begin to use the West Union, Moneta said that the construction on the building is complete. “It’s a spectacular building, and I think students are going to be blown away by it,” he noted.

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FAC co-chairs share advice for freshmen during O-Week Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Few freshmen can forget their arrival on move-in day, when a hoard of upperclassmen in neon shirts ambush their cars to help them move into their new dorms. These first-year advisory counselors facilitate students’ transition to college life and provide advice on everything from the best classes and eateries to making Duke feel like home. Seniors Andres Camino and Jay Rathinavelu, who serve as FAC Board co-chairs, shared their tips for navigating O-Week and beyond with The Chronicle.

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individuals meet new people. Another thing would just be to stay in your dorm and meet some of the people that you’ll be living with because you’re going to be with them all year, and it’s a great time to just hangout in the common room and meet new friends. AC: A big worry that I think a lot of firstyears have is a scary outlook on college. Like they come in and are like, ‘I’m going to be a first-year and there are already all of these upperclassmen who know how college works and I don’t want to get in their way’ So I really think it’s nice to have the FAC program with upperclassmen who can be like, ‘It’s okay, we’ve all been there.’

tripped and the pie flies everywhere and it’s all over me. Everyone around just looks at me and I thought I was going to have to transfer. But it was actually great because everyone came around and was laughing at me dropping the pie—well, I hope they were laughing with me. But those people ended up being in my dorm and we became friends and still bring it up.

and that’s how you end up finding new things that you really love.

TC: What’s the best place to get food on and off campus? AC: I’m a huge proponent of Heavenly Buffaloes. And then on campus, my favorite is the Devil’s Krafthouse. JR: One of my favorites is Parlour Ice Cream. They have tiramisu ice cream TC: What was something that you wish there, which is amazing. On campus, I like you had known as a freshman? Blue Express. JR: That other people are probably just TC: Do you have any tips for living on a as scared as I am. When I came to college I was very intimidated because I’m from college budget? JR: A big thing is using your Marketplace Pennsylvania, so this was far away from home and I was really nervous about swipes and understanding how they TC: What is the best way to meet new being here on my own. But upon talking work and also just to go to Marketplace people during Orientation Week? Which to other people, I realized a lot of other whenever you can—it’s a buffet. AC: And everyone else goes to events do you absolutely recommend people were also scared and I think that attending? had I known that, I wouldn’t have been so Marketplace, so you’ll see the same people AC: Well, definitely the mandatory ones. intimidated or hard on myself. and you can make friends with them. I would also say the carnival on the first night AC: Well definitely for me, knowing Especially in the first week, just go up to is a really awesome way to meet people. It’s how the bus stops work. And then that tables and ask if you can sit with them. But everyone’s first night and there’s a ton of when people say to just join random clubs, my number one tip is downloading the fun games. It’s actually where I ended up actually do it. Looking back, you can join Duke app and then you can find any event meeting my best friend at Duke. a lot of organizations and clubs and if that has free food. You can save so much JR: I agree, the carnival is a fantastic you don’t fit, you don’t have to go to it money, and go to these amazing events time. Also the mandatory events, because a anymore. People won’t have hard feelings, and meet new people. lot of those events have the more intimate and serious topics that students will be experiencing at Duke. And afterwards there are discussions that are opportunities for students to be vulnerable and to really be genuine with one another outside of the standard get-to-know-you questions.

The Chronicle: What is your favorite part of Orientation Week? Andres Camino: I honestly think the best part of Orientation Week is move-in day. There’s so much energy—it’s so exciting to have all the first-years on campus. It’s their first look at Duke life and everyone’s out there having a good time. I love it so much. Jay Rathinavelu: I agree, I think movein day is probably the highest energy day of the experience. It’s really cool seeing a lot of first years come in and all of a sudden they’re just overwhelmed by this large group of people in TC: What was your most embarrassing highlighter color shirts… Everyone’s moment during O-Week? laughing and there’s music playing and AC: I had to go to my advisor meeting everyone’s excited to be there. in the International House and I had to get off the bus on Central and I didn’t TC: What do you think is the biggest really understand which stop to get off worry freshmen have and how should they on. So I ended up getting off the bus on handle that? the bus stop off [early] and had to walk JR: The thing from my experience is a mile down the road. It was so hot and worrying about not making friends. Going I was sweating and I felt so embarrassed. to eat alone or ending Orientation Week But then I got there and my advisor was and still having no one that I could hangout so nice and she ended up driving me back with...is a very understandable fear. The to my dorm. biggest thing is just to attend as many of the JR: My toughest one was at the carnival. events as you can during Orientation Week You know how they have pie and cake? Special to The Chronicle because a lot of the events are tailored Well, that year I was really excited about The FAC Board, which is tasked with overseeing this year’s group of 230 FACs, was led by to help facilitate conversations and help the pie. But as I was eating the pie, I seniors Andres Camino and Jay Rathinavelu.

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FAC program remains disproportionately affiliated Abigail Xie The Chronicle The first-year advisory counselor program has seen slight changes compared to last year in regards to diversity. The 230 FACs this year are meant to serve as resources for freshmen and facilitate their transition to Duke, particularly in group discussions during Orientation Week. Criticisms in past years of the FAC program have focused on a lack of diversity among FACs—particularly regarding race, ethnicity and Greek affiliation. “I would say it’s not really a part of the process itself. We don’t actively select for specific types of diversity—it’s just kind of the way it happens,” said senior Andres Camino, FAC board co-chair. “We’re happy about the process of selecting FACs because we do think it’s able to help us have good representation of the diversity on campus.” Last year’s FACs were 54 percent Greek-affiliated and 12 percent SLGaffiliated, leaving only 34 percent of the FACs as non-affiliated. This year, statistics provided by co-chairs reflect a decrease in proportion of Greek-affiliated FACs— down to 42 percent—and an increase in proportion of SLG-affiliated ones— doubled to 24 percent. The percentage of non-affiliated, or independent, FACs is still 34 percent. According to statistics provided to FAC Board co-chairs and seniors Andres Camino and Jay Rathinavelu by Housing, Dining and Residential Life, 55 percent of the Class of 2018 is either Greek or SLG-affiliated, and 45 percent are

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classified as independent. According to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life website, only 34 percent of Duke students overall are Greek-affiliated. Thus, the percentage of FACs who are affiliated in some way has not changed over the past two years and still is disproportionately high compared to the Class of 2018. Greek-affiliated FACs have seen a relative decrease in proportion,

although still remain higher than the reported overall average. Camino wrote in an email that the doubling of SLG-affiliated FACs and the drop in Greek-affiliated was not intentional, and that “the affiliation of a candidate is not under consideration at any point in the application process.” Kunal Potnis, who was part of the FAC program as a sophomore in 2014 and is again this year as a senior, wrote in an email

that changes over the past few years in FAC recruitment and training have led to a recent improvement in how representative FACs are of the general student body. “I do think the FAC population is diverse. It is not perfect, but it gets better and better every year in my view,” he wrote. “This diversity spans from cultural backgrounds to living preferences to oncampus affiliations to academic interests to numerous other areas. I think this is very important to foster an inclusive environment for first-year students and highlight the wide range of opportunities available at Duke.” Camino acknowledged that in the past, the FAC program was not representative of the student body. “So that’s definitely something that has changed I think in recent years— making sure that it is as diverse and representative of Duke as possible,” he said. “It’s something that we look at every year, to make sure it’s still going in that trajectory.” According to the statistics provided by Camino and Rathinavelu, 55 percent of the FACs this year identified as white/Caucasian, 28 percent as Asian/ Asian American/Pacific Islander, 6 percent as black/African-American, 8 percent as Hispanic/Latino and 3 percent as multiracial. These numbers are relatively similar to the race and ethnicity breakdown of the Class of 2019, as provided by HDRL. According to the Office of News and Communications, only 46 percent of all Duke students enrolled in Fall 2015 identified as Caucasian, 22 percent as Asian-American, 10 percent as AfricanAmerican and 7 percent as Hispanic.

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TITLE IX from page 1 Lange and Irvine could fit that definition, but only if proven, she said. “The mere fact that this person is the Provost’s step-son does not tell you that was motivation to suppress a disciplinary response,” Buzuvis explained. “You would need to have some evidence that would show that affected the investigation.” The plaintiff’s attorney, Bob Ekstrand of Ekstrand & Ekstrand LLP, will likely look for such evidence, if it exists, in the discovery process before trial, Buzuvis said. Ekstrand declined to comment. Kerry Sutton, a partner at Sutton & Lindsay PLLC and Lange’s attorney, said the lawsuit’s implication that Lange did something improper was false. “There are no facts to support that in the complaint, and there will be no facts to support that because he did not do that,” she said. Federal investigations In addition, Schoenfeld confirmed Friday that the

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University is also facing a second Title IX probe by the Office for Civil Rights. Such probes are separate from lawsuits filed by private citizens. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s database of Title IX complaints, the OCR began investigating this new complaint Aug. 11. This marks the second Title IX probe opened against the University within a year and the second ongoing investigation, as The Chronicle previously reported that the OCR began investigating an earlier Title IX complaint in November 2015. Prior to these two investigations, Duke faced an OCR Title IX probe in March 2013 that was resolved July 2013 when the OCR determined the allegations were “untimely,” according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The day prior, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the University on aTitle IX lawsuit by a former Duke student, saying the plaintiff’s allegations were outside the statute of limitations.

In 2013, Lewis McLeod, who entered Duke with the Class of 2014, was accused of sexually assaulting a female freshman student. After a hearing by the Office of Student Conduct in 2014, McLeod was found responsible for sexual misconduct and became the first and only known Duke student to be expelled for sexual assault. McLeod filed a preliminary injunction against the University in May 2014, arguing that his expulsion came after an unfair investigation and hearing. Much of McLeod’s complaint once again centered on Irvine, whom Duke hired to independently investigate McLeod’s case. McLeod’s suit claimed that Irvine was not properly licensed to be conducting such investigations in the state, and he is now suing the University for his diploma and damages. His trial in Durham County Superior Court—which was originally set to begin in February 2015 then rescheduled for Feb. 1, 2016—has been postponed again, with a new court date yet to be announced. Prior incidents From January to July 2015, the Durham Police Recent scrutiny of Duke’s policies come on the heels of Department also investigated a female freshman’s claim several sexual assault cases and allegations in recent years. that she was drugged and raped the evening of Jan. 8 after a party at Alpha Delta Phi fraternity’s house on West Chapel Hill Street. Durham District Attorney Roger Echols announced July 2, 2015 that his office would not seek an indictment charging any subject of the investigation with a criminal offense. Also in 2015, men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced that then-junior guard Rasheed Sulaimon was dismissed from the Duke for being “unable to live up to the standards” of the Duke Basketball program. This marked the first time Krzyzewski had ever dismissed a player from his team. Sulaimon’s dismissal was clouded by claims of sexual assault. Separate allegations against Sulaimon came from two female students in the 2013-14 academic year. Both students voiced allegations publicly, but neither filed a complaint through the Office of Student Conduct or took legal action through the Durham Police Department. In an interview with ESPN, Sulaimon denied the allegations, saying “I have never sexually assaulted, not only anyone on the Duke campus, but anyone period.” Neelesh Moorthy contributed reporting.

WEST UNION from page 1 Senior Paola Vallejos worked for the Conference and Event Services office this summer and was able to see the progress in the final months of the West Union’s transformation, which was open only to summer camp participants. She noted that the building’s design combines both modern and classic elements. “I had gone in the West Union for Blue Devil Days, and it was really musty and dark,” Vallejos said. “It’s the complete opposite now—it’s bright and very inviting. I think everyone’s going to like it.” Moneta added that the role of the West Union in student life will ultimately depend on the students. “I’d like to think that it will contribute to community,” Moneta said. “If we’ve done our jobs right, we’ll see all of this contribute to a sense of belongingness and community.” The West Union will offer a larger, more centralized dining location that had been lacking on West Campus for years, many students noted. “I think that it will foster an atmosphere that’s similar to Marketplace but for upperclassmen, serving as a main hub of a dining hall for all upperclassmen on West Campus,” Bridges said. Junior Megan Conroy added that she is looking forward to grabbing dinner with friends once the West Union opens. “I’m hoping that they have some cheaper options and it’s not just restaurant-style food but more home-style food,” she said. Although students are excited for the opening of West Union, upperclassmen have some mixed emotions as most have never experienced the West Union during their time at Duke. “Sophomore year, I lived in Kilgo and my room overlooked the construction, and my room would shake sometimes,” Vallejos said. “I’m just happy we at least have it for a year. We never had it to begin with so we kind of have a low expectation.” Moneta said that he recognizes the disruption to student life that the construction on the West Union created in the last few years, noting that food options in the Bryan Center and Penn Pavilion were meant to alleviate those difficulties. “I certainly think students rose to the occasion,” Moneta said. “I would be remiss not to acknowledge the inconvenience. Hopefully, everyone will see how much it was worth it.” The Chronicle communicated with Moneta via email and phone. Abigail Xie contributed reporting.

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Mike Krzyzewski becomes first U.S. coach to win three straight gold medals Staff Reports The Chronicle Last year, Mike Krzyzewski became the first Division I men’s basketball head coach to win 1,000 games. What will likely go down as his most significant accomplishment of 2016 involved fewer wins but extends to international waters. The Duke head coach became the first national team head coach to win three Olympic gold medals when Team USA beat Serbia 96-66 Sunday afternoon. Krzyzewski finished his 11-year tenure as national team coach with an 88-1 record and a 76game winning streak. The Americans have captured the last five major international tournaments—the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cups. With Sunday’s win, Krzyzewski completed a 38-year run as an assistant and head coach with USA Basketball. Before the Olympics, USA Basketball Managing Director Jerry Colangelo said he wants the 69-year old to replace him after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Krzyzewski was not the only Blue Devil to win gold in one of the final events of this year’s Olympics. Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel was part of the national team coach staff and part of his first Olympic team. And former Blue Devil and current Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving became the fourth U.S. player ever to win Olympic gold and an NBA championship in the same year. The 24-year old NBA All-

Jack Dolgin | The Chronicle Mike Krzyzewski ended his 38-year run as an assistant and head coach with Team USA by winning the last five major international tournaments from 2008 to 2016.

Star joined LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as the only players to accomplish the feat. Irving had to battle foul trouble, finishing with four points on 1-of-6 shooting, but averaged 11.4 points, 4.9 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game in his first Olympics. The trio of Sunday medals brought Duke’s Rio total to five after fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and Blue Devil women’s soccer senior Rebecca Quinn won bronze medals

earlier in the week. Muhammad won a bronze medal in the team saber competition Aug. 13, competing with Dagmara Wozniak, Mariel Zagunis and Monica Aksamit to knock off Italy 45-30 in the bronze medal match. Earlier in the day, Muhammad and her teammates narrowly lost a 45-42 battle against Russia in the semifinals after squeaking by Poland 45-43 in the quarterfinals. An All-ACC performer, Quinn played in

Canada’s first four Olympic wins, starting two matches and posting an assist on a free kick from midfield in a 2-1 groupstage win against Germany. The preseason first-team All-ACC selection did not play in the semifinal loss to Germany or Friday afternoon when Canada beat Brazil 2-1 in the bronze medal match. Another current Blue Devil, medical student and diver Abby Johnston, went to Rio seeking her second career medal after winning a silver medal in the 3-meter individual competition in 2012. Johnston tied for fifth in the event semifinals, but had a few miscues in the final Aug. 14 and ended up finishing 12th. The Olympics were Johnston’s final diving competition. The former NCAA champion now plans to continue her medical school journey. One of the many Rio feel-good stories was that Duke football head coach David Cutcliffe let Johnston’s fiancé, graduate assistant Sam McGrath, skip the first week of practice to cheer Johnston on in Rio. Blue Devil diving head coach Nunzio Esposto was also with Johnston as part of the U.S. coaching staff. The final current Duke student who competed was women’s golf junior Leona Maguire, the No. 1 amateur player in the world. Maguire finished tied for 21st out of 60 players with a four-day total of 2-underpar, highlighted by a second-round 65. More complete recaps of how each of the 12 Blue Devils in Rio fared and features on their preparations can be viewed online at www.dukechronicle.com.

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Place your bets: Duke’s QB battle heats up Hank Tucker The Chronicle If Thomas Sirk is not fully recovered from a torn Achilles tendon in time for Duke’s season opener Sept. 3, most Duke fans likely assumed redshirt junior Parker Boehme would step in as the starting quarterback. It might not be that simple. Redshirt freshman Daniel Jones took most of the first-team snaps at quarterback and threw two touchdown passes during an intra-squad scrimmage Friday night at Wallace Wade Stadium, revealing a complicated quarterback competition with two weeks left in the preseason. Although Sirk says he has been improving each day as he recovers from the February injury, he continues to sit out of live action in practice and sat out Friday. And even though Boehme filled in for Sirk last year, head coach David Cutcliffe opted to give Jones

and redshirt freshman Quentin Harris more opportunities Friday. “There’s a point with quarterbacks you have to put them in with units to see how they respond,” Cutcliffe said after the scrimmage. “It’s not a statement, but it is an indication that we think he’s potentially the player there, but you have to find out.” Boehme—who started against Pittsburgh last year when Sirk was injured and played in 10 games—stepped in for a couple of series late in the scrimmage and completed 4-of-7 passes for 26 yards. Harris led the second-team offense for the entire scrimmage and threw a touchdown pass. Both redshirt freshmen showed flashes of effectiveness and Boehme did not make any mistakes while he was on the field, but none of the three quarterbacks had consistent success Friday evening. If Sirk has to miss any major time during the season, the Blue Devils might See FOOTBALL on Page 11

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CHAPEL HILL—Head coach Robbie Church said after Duke’s 9-1 clinic against Wofford that the level of competition was going to go up very quickly Sunday against a Central Florida team that has made nine straight NCAA tournament appearances. Someone should have told his team that. The No. 3 Blue Devils picked up right where they left off against the Terriers, cruising to a 3-1 victory against the Knights Sunday afternoon DUKE 9 at Fetzer Field. As WOFF 1 it did in its first game of the UNC 1 Nike Classic, Duke UCF DUKE 3 scored three goals in the game’s first 15 minutes and got its starters plenty of rest. Even with several blown scoring chances in the second half, the Blue Devils had little trouble winning convincingly. “We got to get to the point where we don’t worry what the score is, got to get to the point we just worry about the game and about the minutes,” Church said. “We didn’t play as sharp as we could today, but some of that was Central Florida, some of that was coming on Friday and Sunday. They’re not easy to play, it’s not easy to play

For a young team coming off an upand-down season and replacing its top two scorers, perhaps the best thing that could have come out of two preseason exhibitions was confidence. The Blue Devils got that and then some this week. After playing No. 10 Georgetown to a scoreless draw in 110 minutes Tuesday, Duke led No. 3 Clemson 2-1 for almost 70 minutes Friday before the Tigers equalized with a penalty kick late in CLEM 2 the contest Friday DUKE 2 night at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils nearly maintained an early 2-1 lead and will now look ahead to their regular season opener against San Diego next Friday. “[Tonight] was a great experience for everyone, knowing that Clemson was in the national championship last year, and we hung with them for 90 minutes,” midfielder Cameron Moseley said. After just eight minutes of play, the Tigers found themselves trailing for the first time in three exhibition games. Freshman midfielder Suniel Veerakone drew a foul inside the box to set up a penalty kick that junior defender Carter Manley finished

Ian Jaffe | The Chronicle Senior forward Toni Payne had an early goal in each of Duke’s two games this weekend.

on a day as hot as this, but we gutted it out and the scoreline could’ve been higher, but sometimes it doesn’t work out and we fought through it.” The Blue Devils (2-0) wasted little time gaining the upper hand against a team that held No. 9 North Carolina to two goals in a 2-0 loss Friday. Less than 75 seconds into the contest, senior Toni Payne threaded a pass in between two Central Florida defenders to junior Imani Dorsey, who sent a shot from the right side of the box See W. SOCCER on Page 12

easily to the bottom left side of the net, putting the home team up 1-0. Clemson answered less than a minute later when midfielder Thales Moreno crossed the ball from the left side ahead to an undefended Diego Campos, who finished from 12 yards out to even the score. More than an hour later, Moreno buried the penalty shot that erased the Blue Devil lead for the second time. Well before Moreno’s final tally, the Blue Devils grabbed a 2-1 lead in the 11th minute when Veerakone fed a well-covered Moseley heading toward the goal. The 6-foot-4 See M. SOCCER on Page 12

Jack White | Chronicle File Photo Cameron Moseley had Duke’s highlight of the preseason with an early goal Friday.

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UNC takes advantage of Duke penalties in scrimmage Delaney King The Chronicle Anytime Duke and North Carolina meet, there are usually fireworks. Even in a preseason scrimmage, that was still the case Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils fell 3-2 in their second and final scrimmage to the Tar Heels at Jack Katz Stadium in a fast-paced contest featuring two of last 3 year’s top four teams. UNC DUKE 2 North Carolina beat Duke in the 2015 Final Four, and despite trailing for most of the first half came away victorious again in large part because of its eight second-half penalty corners. Inexperience showed for the Blue Devils, who are trying to replace three-time All-American goalkeeper Lauren Blazing and two other starting defenders. Duke was in position to tie or best last year’s national runner-up, but the Tar Heels capitalized on a second-half penalty to break a 2-2 tie and escape with the win. “We were a little too soft, so we’ve got to work on that to eliminate some unforced errors—but that’s something we can do,” Blue Devil head coach Pam Bustin said. Coming off a 13-0 demolition of Davidson Monday morning in its first scrimmage, Duke dictated tempo to start Saturday’s contest. The Blue Devils got North Carolina goalkeeper Shannon

Johnson out of position, then senior forward Heather Morris got her stick on the ball in heavy traffic to give Duke an early 1-0 lead. Blue Devil senior goalkeeper Kelsey Wagner and the Duke defense held a highpowered offense that averaged 3.8 goals per game last season—third in the nation—in check for most of the first half, but the Tar Heels equalized just before halftime. After squandering three penalty corners, sophomore Ashley Hoffman beat Wagner with a shot in the bottom right corner of the net. North Carolina’s momentum continued following the break when the Tar Heels scored less than three minutes into the second half on another penalty corner. Despite allowing two goals within five minutes of game action, the Blue Devils fought back. Duke answered later in the period when freshman Margaux Paolino stole the ball from a North Carolina defender and found graduate student Aisling Naughton for an easy finish. Saturday’s scrimmage marked Naughton’s first taste of ACC rivalry action. The Dublin native spent a season at Michigan before competing with Ireland’s senior national team while completing her college education. “You always hear of the UNC-Duke rivalry, so to get to play them in a friendly match before the season starts is absolutely brilliant,” Naughton said.

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FIELD HOCKEY from page 9 compete against a top opponent for the first time. Eighteen Duke players logged at least 20 minutes, and all except Wagner had at last eight minutes of rest on the sideline, a trend that the team’s coaches hope continues in the regular season. “The energy we brought from start to finish just reinforces our belief that our depth is going to be a strength of ours this year,” Bustin said. “The more our depth gets the opportunity to play, the stronger that depth gets.” Duke opens the regular season at home Friday against William and Mary at 6 p.m. The Blue Devils will look to build on Saturday’s effort and start the journey to their third Final Four in four years. “It’s just a high-energy group, and everyone’s really eager for what the season holds, and today that showed,” Naughton said. “I don’t think the result reflects the performance—it was a positive game for us.”

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W. SOCCER from page 8 into the bottom left corner of the goal past goalkeeper Vera Varis. Varis’ day only got worse after that. A little more than 10 minutes later, Duke junior Ashton Miller sent a free kick about 30 yards from goal toward the middle of the box. Freshman Ella Stevens—who made her first career start—then finished the play with a header over Varis’ head into the back of the net. The goal was Stevens’ second after a highlight-reel goal against Wofford Friday. The Blue Devils’ next tally came less than 90 seconds later when Dorsey and Payne hooked up again. But this time it was Dorsey finding Payne, who fired a shot from about 12 yards away on the left side of the box to the right side of the goal, giving Duke a seemingly insurmountable 3-0 lead. The speed of Dorsey and Payne gave the Knights (0-2) fits throughout the game, opening up the field for Duke to create numerous scoring chances. The Blue Devils’ efficiency with their shots was also on display again as Payne’s goal made Duke 12of-15 on shot attempts this season. “We’ve been working really hard on practice that every shot we take has to be on target and our goal is to just take it to them in the first few minutes and get a good lead and play out the rest of the game,” Payne said. With a huge lead and their strength on defense, Church wasted no time bringing in fresh legs, using eight subs in the final 20 minutes of the first period.

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The Knights got on the board in the 31st minute when Saga Fredriksson found Cortney O’Connell on the left side of the box. O’Connell had a poor angle for the shot, but it went through Blue Devil goalkeeper E.J. Proctor’s hands. Central Florida had another chance to cut into Duke’s deficit, but AAC Offensive Player of the Year Carol Rodrigues’ shot hit the crossbar. One of the Blue Devils’ best chances to score in the second half came on a penalty kick after sophomore Kayla McCoy went down in the box. But after having essentially no chance to save Duke’s first three goals, Varis was equal to the task, stopping senior defender Christina Gibbons’ penalty kick to keep her team within two. “We have a lot of great players in our attack and we work well off each other,” Payne said. “We have a very deep bench and anyone that comes in is going to be dangerous.” The Blue Devils had other golden opportunities to add to their lead when Payne and Dorsey got behind the defense, but an offsides call and another Varis save kept the final margin at two. “We wanted that fourth goal, we wanted to break that game open, but we just couldn’t quite find it,” Church said. “You give Central Florida credit, a lot of teams are going to come at us and good teams don’t quit. We’re not going to have big games like we had on Friday night and exhibitions.” Duke will return to action after four days off at Arkansas Friday evening and is expected to get senior Rebecca Quinn—fresh off a bronze medal in the Olympics for Canada—back with the team next weekend.

M. SOCCER from page 8 junior was able to maneuver around the two defenders covering him, sending a shot that was deflected just out of goalkeeper Ximo Miralles’ reach. “It was a good ball to my feet, and I realized I could beat both center backs at pace,” said Moseley, who was an All-ACC Freshman Team selection in 2015 but struggled last season. “I just took one touch and let my athleticism take over.” The Tigers outshot Duke 11-7 and used four corners to generate scoring opportunities, but the same Blue Devil defensive effort that held the Hoyas scoreless Tuesday showed up again for head coach John Kerr’s squad. And once again, 6-foot3 goalkeeper Robert Moewes—a graduate transfer from Binghamton—was a big part of that success, even on a night when he only registered two saves. “[Moewes] had some really key saves in crucial moments for us, and he made himself big—he’s already big, but he made himself even bigger,” Kerr said. Continuing another trend from Tuesday, freshmen defenders C.C. Uche, Max Moser and midfielder Veerakone started, with forward Colby Agu entering the game in the first half to replace an injured Macario HingGlover and midfielder Brandon Williamson clocking 45 minutes on the evening. The five freshmen stood in contrast to a veteran Clemson squad, which started all five of its seniors. The Blue Devils’ 10 freshmen will likely have some growing pains during the season, but they could also be the key to the team’s 2016 success. “[The freshmen are] making an impact

Chronicle File Photo Cody Brinkman committed a foul in the box late in the scrimmage, leading to the game-tying penalty in a physical contest.

already,” Kerr said. “It gives us promise for the future, but also in the immediate future we have weapons and backups just in case.” After the two draws, the Blue Devils are encouraged, but they also know how far they need to go to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011. On Tuesday, Duke squandered the contest’s best scoring opportunities. Against Clemson, the Blue Devils were unable to preserve their early lead when the Tigers equalized on a penalty kick following a foul in the box by midfielder Cody Brinkman. “We have to find a middle ground. Take the result—2-2 against a national finalist, yes—but there’s still a lot of room to improve,” Moseley said. “We’ve got to learn to close out the game with eight minutes left when we’re dominating.”

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oday, as eager hordes of FACs and Resident Advisors rush forth to greet the 1700 odd firstyears arriving on East Campus, we give Duke’s new arrivals a warm and wholehearted welcome. After a few quick hours of frenzied unpacking and awkward introductions, they will officially embark upon what will hopefully be a life-altering four-year adventure. As new students watch their rooms transform from drab cubes to colorful homes and their halls morph from deserted corridors into burgeoning living centers, they will learn that the only true constant on campus is change. As room decorating and hall population will hopefully evidence, change has the power to brighten life. President Brodhead will, no doubt, reiterate that when he regales first-years with metaphors about construction projects on campus and how their existence symbolizes the university’s dedication to constant evolution. Although the metaphors may ring corny, they are sound and true. Duke really is always changing; although it has its weaknesses, it constantly works to improve on them. Students of the Class of 2020 should seek to mimic the institution in that manner—constantly seeking to evolve as they mold themselves throughout their four years on campus. The beginning of those four years—orientation

week—will indubitably feel overwhelming. As students scramble to become acquainted with a new campus, a new set of peers and a wholly new cultural environment, they will find themselves pushed and pulled around by strange currents. Governed by a new set of rules, surrounded by unfamiliar groups of people and exposed to a huge breadth of attitudes and persuasions, they might find themselves feeling lost, foreign and longing for comfort. That is more than understandable. We

Editorial would caution new students, however, not to respond to the forceful currents of campus by ossifying their identities and beliefs in fear of change. Instead, we would encourage them to seek out new experiences, people and opinions and use them to form worldviews that they can add on to their core character. Over the next four years, members of the Class of 2020, like all students, will find that embracing change allows seemingly disordered parts of undergraduate life to fall together into an organized pattern. Embracing

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change might come in the form of a Science Olympiad student exploring a non-pre-med class, leading him/her to discover a latent passion and proceed down a whole new course of study. Similarly, embracing change might take the form of a high school debate star set on becoming a lawyer deciding to experiment with an extracurricular that could lead him/her to a track of academia. Embracing change can start with O-week, whether it takes the form of attending a multicultural convocation or knocking on the doors of hall mates. It ought to continue further beyond. Students should stay excited about the new possibilities. They should explore activities on campus that were unavailable in high school. They should enroll in classes with interesting titles and of new academic genre. They should seek out classmates from foreign states and countries. They should begin first-year fall by embracing change and continue to venture over the course of their campus lives. Change and exploration are not easy, but they are worth the effort. First-years should remember that they are in college to grow and evolve; change is the only way to make that happen. Editor’s Note: This editorial was written by members of staff rather than The Chronicle’s independent editorial board.

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he only slightly obnoxious call by members of Duke University’s Project Waves soon morphs into a relatively simple question for many of the other first-years. “You participated in ‘P-What?’” The “P” of course stands for “Project” and the word following it might include Arts, BUILD, Change, Search, Waves or WILD. Most of them (Arts, Change, Search and Waves) simply sum up the major feature of their respective program. P-WILD and P-BUILD get only slightly more elaborate and are actually acronyms for “Wilderness Initiatives for Learning at Duke” and “Building Undergraduate Involvement in the Life of Durham.” Either way, by Orientation Week, those first-years who did not participate begin to wonder what they might have missed the week before. Pre-orientation programs represent the beginning of many students’ four-year long journeys at Duke. These paths are made up of so many simple parts intricately woven together with the result of thousands of different possible combinations. The beginning (in this case, a pre-orientation program) is so crucial for deciding which path a student will end up taking.

In my experience, though admittedly not totally encompassing, P-BUILD especially defines itself not by what it does by what it is. P-BUILD not only promotes community service in Durham but also promotes individuality among its participants. Each night an individual gets the opportunity to share their “interview” or life-story, which is a common characteristic of some other pre-orientation programs as well. No participant is ever forced but each is invited to engage in this tradition. The process of sharing one’s story, even the years before Duke, allows for the respect of an individual’s uniqueness and reminds all students that Duke is only four years out of a much larger personal journey. P-BUILD establishes that conformity is not necessary for college. A student can in fact interact with others while still being their own person. Someone can truly be themselves and nothing more. Moreover, this validation and reflection is shared with seven other fellow students. Through sharing and most importantly listening, students are better equipped to develop empathy, a quality that I feel is missing amongst most campus organizations.

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In my instance, the answer to the question “P-What?” is “BUILD.” After all, in discussing the intricacies of how students perceive campus organizations, it helps to have a baseline. For me, P-BUILD serves as a model for authenticity at Duke and captures the heart of what should make Duke great. It helps to shatter any preconceived notions about Duke. It celebrates the uniqueness of each student’s journey, while still preparing them for their future at Duke. From its very organizational structure, P-BUILD is set up purposefully to promote diversity of opinions and reject certain assumptions. The P-BUILD Administration Team, six juniors, selects 48 crew leaders from previous participants who apply. Subsequently these 48 crew leaders are placed in trios, each trio leading a group of five first-years. There are only two mandatory prerequisites for being a crew leader. An individual must have previously participated in P-BUILD (though this isn’t the case for all programs) and a junior individual can’t go abroad (though this also isn’t the case for all programs)or have conflicts with P-BUILD. Beyond that the P-BUILD Administration Team is able to select and pair students who come from many organizational backgrounds and represent the different paths available at Duke. As a result, P-BUILD helps first-years enter Duke with a “tabula rasa.” Open to any and all of the possibilities Duke has to offer. I might agree with the statement that all preorientation programs seek to help students enter Duke with an open mind.

The friendships made here are healthier because they are built on this authenticity and trust. The connections to other campus organizations become more genuine. Students enter college happier because they feel more comfortable being themselves. I would be remiss to say that no form of conformity exists within Duke’s P-BUILD. Life does go on after P-BUILD and eager first-years will eventually begin to join different communities each with their own associations. The very inclusion of upperclassmen leaders means that, to some extent, first-years will develop certain assumptions about student life. But, for one week, individuals from all different walks of campus life and first years still untainted by the expectations inherent at Duke get to celebrate their personal journeys. This experience is the beauty of BUILD, and each other pre-orientation program. In our overall campus journey, pre-orientation programs take on a greater significance. Currently, close to 30 percent of first-years apply to pre-orientation programs and the number of people who end up participating would only continue to rise without an administrative cap. Furthermore, given the general openness and authenticity that most pre-orientations promote only one question remains. How can other campus organizations so quickly promote conformity and alter the perceptions and paths of first-years? George Melgard is a Trinity senior. His column, “esse quam videri,” will run on alternate Wednesdays.

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on’t go downtown alone at night.” What do you know about Durham? Perhaps you spend time on Ninth Street and frequent Cosmic late at night. Happy + Hale is now your second home, and you’ve even ventured to Dame’s for chicken and waffles. It is your adopted city, it is comfortable to you, but perhaps you rarely make it far from campus. Perhaps you have been told to stay in bounds, been warned of the perceived dangers of this historic city. Durham defies essentialism.

the aid granted to its white counterpart. Black neighborhoods were subject to disinvestment and dilapidation. Furthering the blow in Hayti, the construction of NC Highway 147 began in 1962. This Durham Freeway purposefully cut straight through the heart of Hayti, cutting the once-thriving black community off from the heart of downtown Durham, and rendering it incapable of expanding its businesses. After years of relatively steady impoverishment, the so-called “Durham

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ULYSSES Renaissance” began. Young professionals moved into the neighborhoods near East Campus, startups and entrepreneurial ventures popped up across the city, and farmers markets became trendy. While the arrival of commerce and jobs was welcome, acts like the 2001 redevelopment of the American Tobacco Campus came at a cost. And as is customary in the United States, that cost was paid by communities of color. As trendy bars and restaurants sprung up across once blighted and heavily AfricanAmerican areas of cities like Brooklyn, Oakland and Atlanta, housing prices have soared, leaving residents who have spent decades in their neighborhoods unable to pay rent. Durham is no exception. High rent pushed many out of their homes and onto the street. But this does not have to be. This city that is now beginning once again to thrive, a city that is known as the foodie town of the South and an intellectual capital of North Carolina, can and should establish the services and affordable housing policies to accommodate all of its citizens. With better regulation of the housing market and a dedication to keeping these historic neighborhoods diverse, Durham can honor both its past and its future. Durham need not be reduced to an either/or: black/white, poor/ rich, blighted/thriving, us/them. Durham can make history by demanding prosperity and success for all of its inhabitants. And that’s where we come into play. Duke students are powerful and intelligent, and we have the opportunity to change our relationship with our city. This column aims to bridge the divide between historic downtown and “The Plantation,” and inform our students— who hail from across the globe—of the rich political, cultural and social history of their new hometown. Duke has played its part in the intense revitalization of Durham, with its wellspring of knowledge and innovation serving as a magnet for entrepreneurship and success. But Duke has also had an equal hand in the gentrification, segregation and exploitation of Durham neighborhoods. So often, Duke students remain indifferent to the problems that plague their neighbors, choosing to ignore North Carolina politics and legal changes, dilapidating public schools, the presence of violence right down the road. Throughout this semester, we must examine real voices and issues that afflict our town. In an effort to let go of the myths of violence and cruelty that surround Bull City, it’s our responsibility to meet its residents and connect with its stories. We will acknowledge that Durham is both its esteemed Academy and its historic Hillside High. If anyone can understand duality, it’s Duke. Leah Abrams is a Trinity freshman. Her column, “cut the bull,” will run on alternate Fridays.

Arm in Arm

y next column will be penned on the banks of the River Liffey. In a pub. With a pint of Guinness beside me. As the warm smell of salt-sprinkled soda bread tickles the nostrils. And Dubliners merrily proclaim the words of some historically relevant folk song, “Arm in arm.” It’s a nice vision. The scene above is one which I described to my study abroad companion as I tried to get him excited about our destination after we abandoned the Istanbul pipe dream. Ironically, the day after the debut of my column in which I announced my decision to forgo spending

Leah Abrams Inexplicably, it is home to wild extremes, a thriving ecosystem sustaining both film festivals and gang-enrollment. Committed to authenticity, Durham’s historic buildings have been converted into bars and niche shops. It is remarkable and one of a kind, this city and the way it has changed. Old James B. Duke tobacco warehouses now house tapas restaurants, film centers and tech startups. Baseball, theater and food are supreme. And yet, spending time in this sparkling, newly developed city is somewhat tempered by knowledge of the history of Durham. It is altered by the fact that what is now “quintessentially Durham” to half of the city is completely foreign to the other, for Durham is a city of extremes; it is so utterly diverse and comprised of such different experiences that it sometimes feels like a dichotomy. But it is all the more beautiful for both stories of the city, which could be even stronger if woven together. Duke plays a unique role in the fabric of the city. City planners and Duke administrators spent years courting businesses and investors, planning the revitalization and renaissance of the American Tobacco Campus and Brightleaf Square. Though the grandeur was in the works for a long time, little was done to provide a safety net for Durham’s longtime residents. With every wonderful ice cream shop, rent prices rise, pushing Durham’s poorest and most vulnerable out. Duke students seem to partake in the pleasantries of Durham with glee. At a school with so much knowledge and compassion for the world, there is some irony in the relative apathy that many Duke students feel for Durham. Though many clubs do amazing work in the public schools and recreation centers, the majority of Duke students that I’ve met have little interest in the history of Durham or in the systemic segregation that Duke helped to impose. The roots holding Duke to Durham are weak and brittle after years of neglect and indifference. Durham was once home to one of the nation’s thriving African-American communities. In the 1880s, many former slaves settled here, working to establish the Hayti District, which still exists today. Hayti developed successful businesses, a large AME church and North Carolina Central University, one of the country’s top HBCUs. However, in turn, this community suffered from heavy disenfranchisement. In the 1930s, in an effort to relieve the distress of the Great Depression, the Federal Housing Administration began offering low-interest mortgages to homeowners in desperate need. Unfortunately though perhaps not unexpectedly, certain neighborhoods were zoned as “too risky” to lend to. The “Fourth Grade” neighborhoods were, almost without exception, poor communities of color. Thus, through extensive redlining throughout the country, black America was excluded from

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the fall semester on the Golden Horn, I received an email stating that the IES study abroad program in Istanbul had been suspended. Sadly, not so ironically, yet another terrorist attack rocked the city of Istanbul a week later. I considered this event a sign from God. I struggled with using this terminology. It didn’t seem right to think that fate would send me a message about something as trivial as where I am going to spend four months travelling in the form of three gunmen wearing explosive belts, but I didn’t know what else to call it. The day of the attack, I received several texts from close friends, which expressed the same thought process--first, a lamentation for the city of Istanbul and the poor souls affected by the tragedy, and then an acknowledgement that the incident was a “sign from God.” As much as I would like to omit that one event from the list of signs from God that I made the correct study abroad decision, and focus on Ireland upsetting Italy in the Euro 2016 soccer tournament the day my column debuted, that too doesn’t seem right. In my internal debate on whether or not to categorize the ISIS terrorist attack at Ataturk Airport as a sign from God, I came to the conclusion that some, if not most, beliefs are inflexible. One cannot make exceptions to their beliefs for convenience’s sake. If you believe in signs from God, many might describe that belief in an all-knowing and omnipotent being who controls everything by executing it personally or allowing it to happen rather than changing course. Therefore, picking and choosing signs from God compromises the integrity of your beliefs. To say that God can carry out trite occurrences, such as the outcome of a soccer game, but to chalk tragedy up to chance is irresponsible. Either everything happens for a reason, or everything is random and inconsequential. Some beliefs, such as the one that lead me to consider the death of 45 innocent people an omen from one possibly bearded man (or bearded woman?) in the clouds, are so consequential that they cause other beliefs to be organized around them. Our perception of God’s existence is just one example of the binaries that decide our belief systems. Like links in a chain (probably supporting a cross, a Star of David, a crescent moon or some other religious symbol), our values are interlocked. A belief about God necessitates a belief about human

nature, which necessitates a certain political stance. These beliefs are about as inflexible as their metaphorical equivalent. The only way to alter a link in a chain is with bolt cutters. And then, when one link breaks, the entire chain falls apart. This is why our backgrounds are especially important. The experiences that determine one’s values determine their entire belief system, which is comprised of connected and unaccommodating notions. Adapting a belief will contradict the belief itself, in a manner similar to the discussion of God’s existence above, or it will contradict

another related belief. For this reason, one’s environment has an immeasurable impact—it shapes every single belief that one holds directly or indirectly. Over the course of the summer, I had the opportunity to begin my immersion into Irish culture early. I worked at a summer camp where eight of my co-counselors were Irish natives (yet another occurrence that I considered a “sign from God”). Their beliefs were reflected in their accents. Just as every one of them shared a common Irish accent, each had a relatively similar belief system. And yet, Terry Feeney from Donegal spoke differently than Nathan Foley from Dublin. While the Irish counselors had similar beliefs, motivated by a shared Irish heritage, on many major topics of discussion from this summer ranging from the “Brexit,” to Pokémon Go, each take was different. The twang of the Donegal accent was accompanied by a difference in opinion, and the lightness of the Dublin accent aided in voicing an original perspective. Each Irish counselor had their own views as a result of their own environment and personal experiences in the same way they had a unique accent. The way we think is just as much a product of where we come from as the way we speak. In Dublin and abroad, I will have the opportunity to see how differences (and similarities) in beliefs come to be. I also will evolve my own viewpoints as a result of my experiences and new environment. Maybe my time in Ireland will leave me with a distinctly Irish view that won’t break my chain of beliefs. At the conclusion of my summer at camp, I thought again about the scene that I described to my study-abroad partner when I pitched Dublin as a study abroad destination—and this time, I was able to include several more hypothetical details. This time, despite their varying backgrounds and resulting beliefs, 32 Dubliners— one from each of Ireland’s counties— came together to sing the words of “The Auld Triangle” before the start of a Gaelic football contest, Ireland’s most popular amateur sport. As the Dubliners sang the words of the uniting anthem, they linked arms and all belief systems could agree on one thing: “the auld triangle goes jingle jangle.” Jacob Weiss is a Trinity junior. His column, “ulysses,” will run on alternate Thursdays.

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