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ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 5
‘No longer an appropriate name’
Guttentag reappointed to lead undergrad admissions until 2023
As Carr Building’s name is challenged, a look inside the process for changing it
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By Sam Kim Senior News Reporter
The new renaming process for buildings, created last year after the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from the Chapel, is about to get its first test. Duke’s history faculty initiated the procedure when they filed a request to rename Carr Building—home of the history department— on East Campus. Dedicated to the industrialist and tobacco magnate Julian Carr, the building’s name has been under fire due to his white supremacist views and actions. “Our views of the past shift over time,” said John Martin, chair of the history department. “We came to believe that Julian Carr was no longer an appropriate name for Duke.” The renaming procedure is a product of President Vincent Price’s Commission on Memory and History, which he formed last year to address the space where Lee’s statue stood and controversial building names on campus. Although any member of the Duke community—students, alumni, faculty or staff—can submit a request to rename a building or other “acts of memorialization,” the proposal will face several bureaucratic See NAME on Page 4
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Christoph Guttentag has led Duke’s office of undergraduate admissions since 1992, when he took over as the director of undergraduate admissions. Guttentag has just been re-appointed to another five-year term as dean— meaning he will extend his time at the office’s helm until 2023, the University announced Tuesday morning. He became dean of the office in 2006. “Christoph has not only been an effective, creative, energetic leader of our admissions efforts, but is also highly respected in the university admissions community more broadly,” Provost Sally Kornbluth said in the news release. Guttentag wrote to The Chronicle that he intends to fulfill the five-year term. “This has been the most rewarding work I’ve done, and I’m privileged to be reappointed,” he wrote. The decision to reappoint Guttentag to the role came after a customary faculty committee review that focused on the
past five years. During that time, his office saw nearly a 10 percent increase in the undergraduate application pool and “an increasingly talented and diverse pool of students,” according to the release. Guttentag, who grew up in California, came to Duke from the University of
Pennsylvania. With the Class of 2022, Duke’s acceptance rate dropped below that of Penn. In February, he told The Chronicle that he was chairing the Admissions Committee at Penn when he learned that he was being offered the job at Duke. “I remember telling [people in Penn’s Admissions Office] that I had hit the jackpot. I was very, very excited about coming here, very excited about the next step,” Guttentag said earlier this year. “I did not know how long I would be here.
If you had told them then that I would be here now—it’s my 26th year—and that I would have met my wife, had a child, and our daughter is in college now, that all of that would have happened—I’m not sure I would have expected that.” Aside from leading Duke’s admissions efforts, he has also helped advise Duke Kunshan University’s officials in admitting its first class, the news release said. “We are fortunate to have him, and the entire University benefits from his intelligence, integrity, and the fine work he and his staff do to recruit and select our outstanding undergraduate students,” Kornbluth said in the release. Guttentag announced in July that Duke would no longer require SAT essay or ACT writing scores in its admissions process. Brown University, Princeton University and Stanford University had all done the same during the summer. In recent years, Duke has become even more selective—it accepted just 8.3 percent of applicants for the Class of 2022. Duke admitted 9.2 percent of applicants for the Class of 2021.
Electronic duo Snakehips to headline Heatwave Thursday By Nathan Luzum Senior Editor
Courtesy of Duke University Union Snakehips will take the stage on Abele Quad Thursday night for Heatwave.
If you feel that you need more than First Day of Classes to kick off a new school year, Thursday’s Heatwave concert on Abele Quad will surely do the job. The concert’s headliner is the British duo Snakehips, who has recorded music with a number of well-known artists including Chance the Rapper, Zayn Malik and The Weeknd. Also performing will be Small Town Records affiliates Apollo J and jiggy riKO, who will open the concert. “As a [Duke University Union] Committee, we always strive to maximize our appeal to Duke’s
diverse interests in music genres,” wrote senior Dylan Posner, chair of DUU campus concerts, in an email. “Based on the past two years of student survey data for LDOC, rap and EDM are the two most popular genres on campus and we wanted to pair these genres for the first big concert of the year.” Snakehips’ most popular songs include the 2015 single “All My Friends,” which features Chance the Rapper and Tinashe. The song peaked No. 2 in New Zealand, No. 3 in Australia and No. 2 on the Billboard chart of U.S. Dance Club Songs. Posner explained that Snakehips checked See SNAKEHIPS on Page 3
O-Week social scene recap
Chapel Hill food hall opens
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Senate candidate, alum catches heat for criticizing McCain, loses primary By Likhitha Butchireddygari Investigations Editor
On Saturday, Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward’s campaign suggested on social media that the announcement on Sen. John McCain stopping his cancer treatment was timed to damage her candidacy. A few hours later, McCain died. The comments have landed Ward, Trinity ‘91, in hot water, and the former state senator fell in her Tuesday primary for the Arizona Senate seat to U.S. Representative Martha McSally. One of Ward’s campaign staffers questioned on Facebook if McCain’s statement was released on the same day that Ward kicked off her campaign bus tour “to take media attention off her campaign.” Ward’s response, which has since been deleted along with the original post, was that “they wanted to have a particular narrative that they hoped was negative” for her. Ward later explained that her comments were targeting the media, not McCain and his family, according to an Arizona Central report. “The media loves a narrative...” wrote Ward in a followup comment which has also since been deleted. “I feel compassion for him and his family as they go through this. It’s not the McCains creating a narrative—it’s the media making something out of nothing.” Since McCain’s passing, Ward has expressed her condolences on Twitter. “We are saddened to hear of the passing of [McCain],” Ward wrote in a tweet. “His decades of service will not be forgotten by the men and women of Arizona. May God grant the McCain family comfort and peace during this difficult time.” This was Ward’s second campaign for Senate, and she trailed McSally in polls leading up to the election. Ward fell by double digits to McSally but finished ahead of former sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently pardoned by Trump for criminal contempt related to his hardline immigration
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policies. McSally will face U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema in the November general election for the seat. In 2016, Ward ran against McCain for his seat as the hard right candidate. She was an early and vocal supporter of then-Presidential nominee Donald Trump and has campaigned on a platform that includes increased fortification of the U.S.-Mexico border and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Ward has not shied away from controversy. In June 2016, she told Breitbart that McCain was “directly responsible” for the rise of the Islamic State, calling his foreign policy “dangerously distracted.” Ward’s statement came after McCain said he “misspoke” when he said President Arizona Republican Primary Results Barack Obama was responsible for the rise of the Islamic State, and that he had meant Obama’s national security decisions were to blame for the group’s rise. A few months later, Ward shared a tweet from an anti-Semite and her campaign later issued a press release in response to the media attention that followed. “I believe we are all created in the image of God and that our Creator loves us all the same,” Ward said at the time. “I am appalled by the accusations of racism. I am sickened that my opponent has stooped so low. I pray that the next generation will know less of this hatred. I pray for the healing of our land.” With this latest scandal, Ward has blamed the outrage on a culture of political correctness. “Political correctness is like a cancer!” she tweeted Monday morning. Graphic by Jeremy Chen, graphic design editor
Fall brings back normal hours for Marketplace workers By Sanha Lim Contributing Reporter
The Class of 2022 has just flooded East Campus for the first time, but the campus is busy in the summer, too. During the summer, camp groups housed on East Campus are treated to the usual selection of Marketplace dishes. However, Marketplace employees typically work less during this time than the 40 hours per week they work during the school year. “You can never get a handle on your bills,” said Marketplace employee Valacey Bey. “You try to here and there, but it’s hard to take care of everything.” Robert Coffey, executive director of dining services, wrote in an email that union leadership and team members are given advanced notice of summer schedules. The local vendors serving in the Brodhead Center hire their employees themselves and Duke contracts with these vendors, but because Duke Dining operates Marketplace directly, it hires and manages the employees who work there. In 2012, Marketplace workers’ summer hours came under scrutiny when Dining considered cutting back the number of employees working there during the summer. Workers petitioned in response. In an effort to increase hours during the summer, Duke Dining offers a sign-up sheet where workers can put their names down for extra hours, according to Charles Gooch. Gooch is the president of AFSCME Local 77—a union that represents the University’s service workers and housekeeping employees. This system potentially allows workers to reach the 40 hours that they work during the academic year, but Gooch mentioned that full-time employees usually work between 30 to 35 hours See MARKETPLACE on Page 4
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From EMS to cake: O-Week social scene in review By Stefanie Pousoulides University News Editor
Orientation Week is a special week for Duke first-years—a time of moving in, going to parties, attending info sessions and meeting new friends. According to David Mallen, assistant director of the Duke Wellness Center, there were six Emergency Medical Service calls during o-week and over the weekend, five of which resulted in visits to the emergency room. The number of calls was quite comparable to last year’s four students who were taken to the hospital for alcohol-related issues, wrote John Dailey, chief of the Duke University Police Department, in an email. “The numbers that we observed this past week are similar to those of previous years so there weren’t any specific events that led to the assessments,” Mallen wrote, in an email. “Similar to what we have been seeing over the last few years, increasingly more students are using low-risk strategies to drinking and it is paying off with them having a good time while also staying safe.” During O-Week, all first-years attend a training called True Blue, which entails student performances and discussions on various wellness topics. Mallen wrote that the instruction is “designed to communicate messages not just surrounding safe choices related to alcohol use and sexual health, but other holistic wellness topics that will help students manage the stresses of moving into a new environment and meeting new people.” “DuWell aims to not just be reactive when it comes to alcohol and other substance use but also be proactive to help students manage the issues that might lead to higher-risk behaviors,” Mallen wrote. When first-years are considering how to stay
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safe during orientation week, Mallen advised for students to take the time to prioritize wellness and put their orientation week training into action. When reflecting on the social scene during the week, various first-years noted a strong sense of community on campus. First-year Cameron Jarnot said that there always seemed to be something going on during her first week on campus. She added that she is looking forward to her upcoming years at Duke. “It seemed like so many groups had stuff going on,” Jarnot said. “I’m excited to see other communities.” Living on East Campus provides first-years with the opportunity to grow close with one another.
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First-years also recalled their experiences bonding with others in their dorms. “We’ve had a really good experience with people in our dorm, staying up until 3 a.m., eating cake and talking,” first-year Maddy McNee said. However, living on a different campus doesn’t prevent first-years from meeting upperclassmen. First-year Maddie Cecchini discussed how the orientation week social scene acts as a bridge that connects the tight-knit community of East Campus to those of their elder peers. “Upperclassmen make you feel welcome,” Cecchini said.
SNAKEHIPS FROM PAGE 1 many of the boxes for being a hit with students. “Snakehips has a really great sound, and often synthesizes electronic music with rappers, R&B singers, and pop stars,” he wrote. “They also have a few banger remixes, which give off a summer vibe and the high energy we’re looking for with this concert.” The student-run record label Small Town Records will present the concert’s opening artists Apollo J and jiggy riKO. Rapper Apollo J counts J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar among his musical influences. He “passionately blends emotional lyricism with unmatched liveliness and energy,” according to the Small Town Records website. A hip hop and rap performer, jiggy riKO “draws on the individuality and versatility” of the artists who inspire him, including Masego and Travis Scott, according to the website. Posner wrote that both of these artists are popular with students on campus and highlight the collaboration between different committees in DUU. Last year’s Heatwave concert was headlined by rapper Sage the Gemini and opened by rapper Luke Christopher. “Heatwave is all about bringing back together upperclassmen to kick off the year in a celebratory mood and giving the first-year students a taste of Duke’s concerts and social culture,” Posner wrote.
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FROM PAGE 2 weekly in the summer months. Gooch also said that these sign-up sheets are posted at the discretion of the manager, and not all types of jobs are always covered. Bey noted that workers budget their finances around stretches in the summer and winter when students aren’t on campus. But with shortened hours in the summer, workers have a hard time keeping up. For example, on top of her work at Marketplace, Bey said she works another 40 hours at a food service job. The uneven nature of the hours means that workers often come in on days off, creating a seven-day work week. “I don’t get to see [my children and grandchildren] because I’m trying to pay
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NAME FROM PAGE 1 hurdles before landing on Price’s desk. The first person to read the proposal will be Richard Riddell, senior vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees, who will review it with leaders from the administration and the Academic Committee. If he finds that the request “warrants the attention of the president,” the proposal would be handed to an impromptu committee of Duke community members. Formed by Price, it would encompass students, faculty and alumni, as well as Executive Vice President Tallman Trask III and Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Once the committee makes a recommendation, Price would choose whether to pass the renaming request on to the Board of Trustees—possibly with his own revisions—who would issue the final decision. Martin declined to share the renaming proposal with The Chronicle, describing it as an “internal document.” The history department filed its proposal on Aug. 24, just before the start of classes. Following the violence at the farright Charlottesville rally and the removal of Lee’s statue, the department’s faculty unanimously voted this past May to rename their building after Raymond Gavins, the first AfricanAmerican history professor at Duke, who died in 2016. The People’s State of the University—an undergraduate group that advocates for social justice on campus—has demanded that the Carr Building be renamed since April 2018. But PSOTU told The Chronicle that it never sent an official request to the Board of Trustees, and Riddell confirmed that the history faculty’s proposal was the first of its kind. “We do our part to educate students about the legacy of Julian Carr and hope to work alongside faculty as well,” senior Trey Walk wrote for PSOTU in an email. “We will continue to push the administration to rename the Carr building, a symbol of white supremacy that continues to undermine the university’s expressed support of its Black community.” In 1913, Carr espoused his racist beliefs at the dedication of the now-toppled Silent Sam statue at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. However, though his racial views seem clear, historians have struggled to characterize Carr. As a wealthy industrialist and a Confederate veteran, he advocated for women’s suffrage and donated to AfricanAmerican schools, which he then undermined through the racist policies he helped enact. He aided entrepreneurs such as John Merrick—who created the black-owned North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance company—yet he also supported the Ku Klux Klan. Despite controversy, Carr’s legacy is still visible today. His “Bull Durham” trademark permeates the city, and the nearby town of Carrboro carries his name. There is also a Carr Building at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. “We’re not seeking to erase Carr from memory,” Martin said. “But taking his name off would stop memorializing him.”
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Christy Kuesel .........................sweaty Sarah Derris.....................Snakehips? Will Atkinson .............. underwhelming Nina Wilder ...................... overfunded Selena Qian ....................... indifferent Eva Hong...............................exciting! Alizeh Sheikh ............................ who? Lexi Bateman .......................pumped! Sydny Long ..........................pointless Jessica Williams .............could be fun Bre Bradham......... bring back goldlink
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It wasn’t until I was some twentythousand feet in the air that I realized how green North Carolina is. The constant green, to me, was dull. Living in both rural and suburban North Carolina at points in my life, I longed to drive by illustrious mountains like those out west, see the grand Red Rocks in the arid parts of the United States or take a walk through an endless cityscape, as if I were instinctively cosmopolitan. Finally, I had the opportunity to dive headfirst into one of the nation’s highly-regarded centers of culture. I had transcended the westernmost boundary of North Carolina only once before in my visit to Park City, UT just months prior, (my family tends to stick to small cities along the eastern seaboard) so my experience with the western frontier was still relatively uncharted. Packing as much as my backpack could hold, I set off – alone – into my vision of Los Angeles. Walking out into the terminal at LAX, I was surprised that the airport was so underwhelming. It was just a dull airport, albeit crowded, and sprinkled with a few overpriced gift shops and duty-free outlets. Stepping out of the airport was of course, a different story. I had never visited a city so large before, and immediately the pungent odor of marijuana wafted my way while the turbulent LA airport traffic made me wonder exactly what I had gotten myself into. During my stay I learned a few things. Least importantly, I finally understand why there are people out there that actually enjoy summer. Even at a peak of 95 degrees, the humidity that always soaks my shirt and plasters it to my back was missing and a cool Pacific breeze accompanied me at every turn. The gravity of the drought was also apparent – a view of the LA River near Marina Del Rey revealed the city’s desperate lack of water – the once steady waterway now reduced to puddles.
But one issue pervades the boundaries of the infamous Skid Row, whose encampments stretch for blocks, with high rates of crime, sexual assault, drug abuse and disease that, contrary to popular belief, disproportionately affect the homeless individuals that reside there, rather than the “innocent” passerby. This extends from Venice Beach, to Echo Park to the exorbitantly wealthy Beverly Hills. From an outsider’s perspective, homelessness has become so normalized that its landscape of suffering is no more out of place than a flock of pigeons gathered on the sidewalk. As I was advised
editor’s note by a fellow pedestrian wandering the expanse of downtown Los Angeles, the general attitude surrounding homeless individuals is to “ignore them,” as if the issue would simply go away, providing a staggering reminder that people are willing to turn their backs on a fellow person in need. It feels wrong to briskly walk past those seeking assistance or to casually step around over the men, women and children who must endure nights huddled up on the sidewalk. Even for local establishments to put locks on their bathrooms to keep out homeless individuals without access to public restrooms. Los Angeles has made and continues to make strides toward reducing the number of displaced and homeless individuals in the city. With votes to increase taxes for
the construction of homeless facilities. I directly encountered activists petitioning and collecting donations for the betterment of poorer LA neighborhoods, and billboards advertising NGOs that work with these communities were scattered about the city. It has worked to an extent, but the number of homeless individuals 62 and older has seen an increase by 22 percent, indicating shortcomings within the political sphere. It’s funny that Hollywood should portray Los Angeles as an oasis, a carefree wonderland where residents are always hitting the beach, living it up at the hottest club or restaurant, and reveling in the art, film and music the city churns out in excess each year. Even some of the films that do portray life in the “slums” of Los Angeles tend to glamourize gang life and crime that are a result of an oppressive cycle of poverty while downplaying what it actually means to be poor. I realized during my time in Los Angeles that to propose a definitive solution would be a tall order. But it is important to be aware of the roots of poverty: systematic racism, inequitable policy, flaws in the education system and even the mindset that the poor are somehow “deserving” of their situation. Upon my return to North Carolina, I could not stop thinking about what I had witnessed. Los Angeles, the City of Angels, was beautiful – so full of life, opportunity and vibrant scenery. I am anxious to return, but behind the vision of palm trees dotting the Hollywood Hills lies an ugly truth that we must be ready to confront. —Sarah Derris An abbreviated version of this editor’s note appears in print. For the full version visit www.dukechronicle. com/section/arts-culture
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Indie film company A24 to promote brand via student program By Will Atkinson Culture Editor
Since its founding in 2012, the independent entertainment company A24 has quickly gained a reputation — at least among dedicated moviegoers — for putting out some of the most provocative and artistic films in popular cinema. This fall, the indie powerhouse is bringing its brand to Duke’s campus with a series of special events and screenings. Senior Zoey Kang, who is an oncampus intern with the company, is leading the program, which seeks to raise awareness of A24’s work among the student body. Producing and distributing titles that often straddle the line between audience hit and arthouse darling, A24 is responsible for 2016’s Best Picture-winning “Moonlight,” last year’s coming-of-age drama “Lady Bird” and this summer’s horror sensation, “Hereditary,” among many others. With the partnership, Duke joins nine other colleges and universities throughout the country that are launching programs with A24, a list that includes schools, like UCLA, New York University and University of Southern California, that have well-known film programs. “They just really want to get their culture, brand awareness of A24 out to people in our demographic,” Kang said of A24. “And being A24, they want us to be really creative with the way that we go about things.” The partnership — whose Facebook page, “A24 at Duke,” has garnered over
160 likes since its launch in early August — began officially began this week with a poster giveaway on the Bryan Center plaza. Later in the semester, Kang has planned events for Homecoming Weekend, on Sept. 22 and 23, including screenings of A24 films “Eighth Grade” and “Lady Bird,” as well as a short film by Josh Kalejaye, Trinity ‘16, who recently received an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles. Kalejaye’s film, presented in conjunction with the “Eighth Grade” screening, will be followed by a panel including a film professor and a psychology professor. With alumni back on campus for Homecoming, Kang joked, there was a definite “growingup theme” to the selections. To many, Duke may not have been an obvious choice as a location to market a relatively small, growing film company like A24. While the university has options for students interested in pursuing film as a career or simply as an academic passion — including undergraduate programs like the arts of the moving image certificate and the visual media studies major, as well as the M.F.A. in experimental documentary arts — Duke does not boast a unified film or television major, unlike its peers at UCLA and NYU. The lack of a central film program, Kang said, can make accessing Duke students with A24 films a somewhat difficult prospect. She compared many busy students’ attitudes toward film with their attitudes toward binge-watching television series.
“I feel like no one cares [about film],” Kang said, reflecting on her experience of returning to campus from the entertainment world of working in L.A. “And TV is more just watching ‘The Office’ to go to sleep. … I think the artistic, beautiful, cinematic works that A24 produces can help Duke students realize in general that it’s not just ‘The Avengers.’” The presence of entertainment and film, however, seems to have grown significantly on Duke’s campus in recent years. An increased push toward funding for the arts — as evidenced by the opening of the Rubenstein Arts Center, which itself includes a soundproof theater with digital, 16mm and 35mm film projectors — along with popular
student organizations like Freewater Presentations, Freewater Productions and Duke Film Club have contributed to film’s increased profile on campus. Kang said that in its early stages, A24 at Duke will work with some of these clubs to establish its presence. She expressed hope, though, that the program would grow beyond her own involvement and attract new students to the partnership, perhaps even drawing students to film who might not have otherwise considered it. “I just hope to … get students aware, not only of A24 and how they create films of such quality and uniqueness,” Kang said. “But also, hopefully, that can help Duke students realize that film is much more than what they’re used to.”
Image Courtesy of A24 at Duke Indie film company A24 launched a new initiative to host film screenings and giveaways on campus.
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From arepas to pizzelles: A look at Chapel Hill’s new food hall By Christy Kuesel Recess Editor
Food halls have finally come to the Triangle, but when Kelly Taylor first dreamed up Blue Dogwood Public Market three years ago, no one else was thinking about this new national food craze. Taylor, the managing partner at Blue Dogwood and owner of Pizzelle Bakery, was seeking a location for an Italian bakery in the Triangle. She loved the space she found near West Franklin Street, but realized it was too big for just her. She met Jeff Boak, owner of the building, and the pair came up with the plan for the market. The cooperation did not stop there; almost all of the vendors in the food hall own their stalls, and they all collaborate with one another. “We wanted to make it so we would all help each other,” Taylor said. Blue Dogwood opened in June, making it the first food hall in the Triangle. Morgan Street Food Hall & Market in Raleigh opened shortly after. Transfer Co. Food Hall in Raleigh has delayed its opening until 2019, and Durham Food Hall has also delayed its opening after relocating from a spot in Lakewood to 530 Foster St. Taylor is well-acquainted with food halls: She spent time in Seattle and frequently visited Pike Place, one of the most famous markets in the United States. But the concept of a lot of stalls in one place is catching on across the country. “You can go with a bunch of people and not have everyone eat the same thing,” Taylor said. Taylor said food halls are a new concept to a lot of visitors, but after people come to the market, they keep coming back for more. “I think people are tired of eating sit down dinners,” Taylor said. Recess reviewed each of the vendors
at Blue Dogwood, which features many vegetarian, gluten-free and soy-free options without minimizing taste. The Bar A drink from The Bar at Blue Dogwood is a great complement to any meal from one of the other market vendors. Following the theme of locally sourced foods, The Bar is unique in its selection of local and regional beers and ciders; it only imports its wines. From Cameron to Rocky Mount, The Bar’s Beer and Cider partners provide a taste of the region, often with interesting flavors – a sweet potato lager and a jalapeño saison were on tap last Sunday. The hard cider on tap was surprisingly crisp and fresh, with just enough sweetness to cover the alcohol. Rumi Persian Cafe Featuring a seasonal menu of gluten-free food, Rumi presents vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisine unlike anywhere else in Chapel Hill. While the meat options are grass-fed and flavorful – the beef ghormeh sabzi was seasoned well and the vegan fesenjoon stole the show. Traditionally a pomegranate-flavored stew made with poultry, the fesenjoon was given a complete makeover with Rumi’s creative take. Featuring jackfruit rather than meat, the dish perfectly balanced the line between sweet and savory without being too powerful. While I was skeptical at first due to the dish’s chicken-like appearance, I was excited to find it to be an original, nutritious meat alternative. Pizzelle Bakery Taylor markets her bakery as the only gluten-free bakery and possibly the first Italian bakery in the Triangle. But neither
of these achievements make for subpar food. The cherry pound cake and citrus olive oil cake were moist and decadent, and packed a lot into a small serving size. The name of Taylor’s bakery comes from the word “pizze,” meaning round and flat. The bakery features a wide array of small, circular cookies, or pizzelles, that can be eaten plain, dipped in chocolate or turned into a cannoli. Chocolatay Confections Chocolatay Confections won a Good Food award for its sunflower crunch cup, a peanut-free take on a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. The dark chocolate sea salt caramel was just a little sweet with plenty of sea salt on top, and gooey caramel in every bite. Its rich flavor makes it impossible to eat more than one. The shop has chocolate available in every shape, size and flavor, including vegan, peanut-free and glutenfree options. Left Bank Butcher y Left Bank Butchery features a wide array of cuts, with fresh meat coming in every Wednesdays. The shop gets its meat from two local farms, Cane Creek Farm in Saxapahaw and Braeburn Farm in Snow Creek. Blue Dogwood is the butchery’s second location; they also operate a butchery in Saxapahaw. Aside from raw meat, the butcher sells a variety of sandwiches. They also sell cheese and flowers from other local farms. Soul Cocina Soul Cocina is plant-based and rooted in Latin American culture, offering tamales and arepas. The plantain, zucchini and black bean arepa
filling was piping hot and cooked to perfection, and the arepa itself was fluffy and filling. Vegan Flava Cafe Vegan Flava Cafe was the standout vendor at the market. Yah-I Ausar Tafari Amen and his wife came up with the concept when promoting his wife’s book. They had plant-based diets, but others took an interest in what they were eating. The Cafe opened in 2011 off of U.S. 15-501, but closed the store in anticipation of Blue Dogwood opening. “We wanted to remove the stigma associated with vegan food,” Yah-I said. After realizing customers had more food sensitivities than just being vegan, Yah-I started to minimize the soy and gluten in his food. Most of the customers are not vegan, and there’s no need to be: The Daiya cheese grits and black beans with a walnut topping were good, and the vegan pancake, made with tapioca, sorghum, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla was show-stopping. Blue Dogwood has already hosted a drum circle and has plans to start cooking classes in the next few weeks. Taylor envisions it as a community space with rotating art displays. The venue will host part of the Chapel Hill Art Walk in a few weeks. Taylor said she thinks food halls provide high quality food without necessitating an hour-long sit-down dinner. The market’s focus on collaboration and locally-sourced food makes it unique from other places on Franklin Street. “It’s a different kind of place,” Taylor said.
Jessica Williams | Media Production Editor Blue Dogwood Public Market in Chapel Hill opened in June, and prides itself on offering a wide variety of gluten-free, soy-free and vegan options.
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‘Sad to see it go’: Students reflect on last year of Central Campus By Selena Qian Features editor
The new school year is here, but for Central Campus residents, this is a year of endings. It’s the last year that undergraduate students will live on Central Campus. Plans for the space have yet to be announced. While Central has been notorious for student complaints, many current and former residents of the apartments do think the campus still has its perks. One of the clearest differences between Central and other on-campus living is the apartment style versus the dorm style of most residence halls. Students will still have a similar living option, as The Hollows — due to open in summer 2019 — will be set up suite-style but with only about half the capacity that Central currently offers. Senior Samantha Votzke said that suite-style living is probably the best option in lieu of apartments, but Central also allows a sense of independence due to its separation from West Campus that the Hollows likely will not provide. That separation allows students to step away from the high-stress academic environment of classes and library buildings. “Being on Central, it already felt like I was off campus because when you’re on West, you see the same architecture, you’re still in the same general area, and it’s easy to get stuck in the mindset of ‘I’m at school,’” said Scotty Shaw, Trinity ‘09. Shaw lived on Central in the summer of 2008, and thought it was “awesome.” He enjoyed the open structure of Central that allowed students to mingle more with Durhamites, and often played basketball on the outdoor courts with anyone who were in the area. Brianna Whitfield, Trinity ‘16, also liked the more relaxed and residential nature of the
campus when she lived there. Students spent time on Central because they lived there, not because they were going to class or to West Union for food. “It was very similar to East Campus where you kind of just, people are just out and hanging out,” Whitfield said. “It’s not like you’re running to class or seeing people on the quad you’re wanting to avoid.” Central’s separation from the rest of campus also creates privacy during certain big events throughout the year. For instance, during LDOC and other concerts on the main quad, Central Campus residents don’t have to deal with the noise of the loudspeakers near their rooms. Whitfield also said it was easier to host their own events without people invading their privacy or wandering in uninvited. Whitfield lived on Central as an independent her sophomore year and as part of Ubuntu her junior and senior years. She said Ubuntu had its own little quad, with three buildings that enclosed a green space. This allowed the group to build its own community and host events in what was essentially a personal campus. Living on Central as an independent, though, can be somewhat isolating because people tend to stay in their own apartments rather than spending time in common spaces. Shaw lived on West during the school year and said it was much easier to randomly make friends in the common rooms there. On Central, he didn’t see other people quite as much. On the other hand, living with a group, like Whitfield did with Ubuntu, can be quite different. Whitfield said it was a lot of fun since that group created a strong community to come back to each day. Junior Allie Rauch similarly enjoys that most of her friends live in the four buildings
around her. Rauch lived with her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, last year and now lives in Delta Gamma section. However, with the planned phasing out of Central, Rauch said some of the issues she has had with the space seem to receive less attention. She feels that Central Campus HRL is less accessible than East or West: They don’t always answer the phone and often don’t call back. Rauch moved in early this year due to her role on the FAC board, and has had major issues with ants in her apartment that she claims HRL has failed to resolve. “They’re not using it for residential stuff next year — I think because of that, they are less willing to actually solve a problem,” Rauch said. “They just put band-aids on the problem, and I swear to God, you could tap on the building and it would fall over.” Ideas for what to do with the space include potential graduate and professional student housing or leasing the land to private developers. Whitfield, though, feels that they should keep the space for student housing, maybe not in the next year or two, but sometime in the future
after doing renovations or rebuilding of some sort. She said that Central provides students with another type of housing option and that the planned megadorm will be less conducive to the kind of tight-knit community provided by more private housing like that on Central. “I will say that it needs to be torn down because the buildings are very old, and who knows what’s in the walls,” Whitfield said. “I think it’s a great opportunity to rebuild nicer apartments and a couple more restaurants or food options on that campus.” Some, though, like Central just the way it is. For Votzke, the slight inconveniences such as the difficulty getting home after class or the age of the appliances mean little when compared to the perks of the campus. “I really like Central. I think it’s misunderstood, a lot of times. I think when people get assigned to Central and they’re not sure about it and they weren’t prepared to be living there, it can be a little bit scary … But I think it’s a really nice space to be in, and I think it’s a cool part of Duke,” Votzke said. “I’m sad to see it go.”
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‘Staircase’ documentary follows trial of Duke alum Michael Peterson By Lexi Bateman Design Editor
America’s fascination with violent crime is not a uniquely millennial phenomenon, though true crime documentary series seem to have exploded almost overnight. This summer saw the Netflix release of the docu-series “The Staircase”, which tells a story close to home. In 13 episodes that span roughly 15 years, “The Staircase” covers the trial, imprisonment, and appeals of Michael Peterson, a Durham novelist and former editor of The Chronicle accused of killing his wife in their home in 2001. In the first episode, we learn that, according to Michael Peterson, he and Kathleen watched “America’s Sweetheart” on the evening of December 9, 2001 before heading outside to sit by the pool. When Kathleen decided to go inside, Michael stayed by the pool. Upon his return a few hours later, he found Kathleen bleeding to death at the bottom of their staircase. He called 9-1-1 twice and told the operator that Kathleen had fallen down the stairs and was badly injured. When paramedics arrived, Kathleen was dead. Given the severity of Kathleen’s injuries — most of them lacerations to the top of her head — Peterson was arrested on the scene. The series goes on to show us the aftermath of Peterson’s arrest in a way that few other series of its kind have done. “The Staircase” is a story not about Kathleen and her premature death, but about Michael Peterson — that much is unmistakable. We see him in meetings with his defense lawyers discussing strategies. We listen to him rant in his car about the downfall and corruption of Durham. We watch him interact with his children and, eventually, his grandchildren. At times it’s easy to forget that a woman has died. Documentary as a whole is a genre much debated, and arriving at a definition that satisfies everyone about what a “documentary” series
requires is nearly impossible. That being said, there are a handful of things consumers have come to expect of documentary films — namely, that they attempt to tell the facts of a story, and that they tell that story while maintaining the best ethical practices they can. Sadly, these are expectations “The Staircase” doesn’t fulfill. The series intentionally eliminates evidence against Peterson to the detriment of the story’s cohesion, and the filmmakers crossed the ethical boundaries that should separate documentarian from film subject. A few things that “The Staircase” doesn’t tell you about Kathleen Peterson’s murder and Michael Peterson’s testimony: One: When the paramedics arrived to Michael Peterson’s house, Kathleen Peterson’s blood was dry on the floor where it had pooled. First, we know that Kathleen bled out due to her head injuries over the course of several hours. And given that it takes hours for blood to dry, and that Michael Peterson’s bloody footprints and clothing were recovered all over the house, we know that it took him a significant amount of time after he found her to call 9-1-1. Two: Kathleen Peterson was found holding clumps of her own hair in her hands. We see this in victims who’ve attempted to defend themselves from a beating; they clutch at their own head and hair in an effort to block blows from landing. Additionally, some of the hair found in her hands had been cut clean off with scissors, as if she died holding her head and someone cut her hands from the hair. Numerous other significant pieces of information exist in the autopsy and paramedic reports, and the trial transcripts — all of which are available online but make no appearance in the docu-series. What’s more than an attempt to intentionally expunge damaging information is the long-term relationship that developed between Peterson and a film crew member. Not a camera operator or a
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sound mixer, but with the very editor of the film, Sophie Brunet. How can documentarians do their jobs well when they are tied so closely to the subject? It is the very reason health care professionals like doctors and nurses aren’t permitted to date patients in their care. All semblance of impartiality and objectivity are shattered, and personal loyalties can’t help but seep in. A long-term romantic relationship between a vital documentary film editor and the documentary’s subject should make any viewer cringe. While I researched the facts of the case and the series’ production while I binge-watched, fact checking and scouring for additional information are not things the average consumer is likely to do. We like to watch documentaries and take them at face value. It is easier to trust that the filmmakers are telling us whole, complete stories. The problem lies in the fact that so few documentaries actually do that. Of course, no filmmaker can make an unbiased documentary; every documentary has an angle, a position. But not every documentary intentionally omits pertinent information in order to construct a story that isn’t actually there. At that
point, a documentary becomes fiction, a based-onreal-events story. Like “Making a Murderer” before it, “The Staircase” omits damning evidence that supports Michael Peterson’s guilt in order to convince us that not only is he not guilty of murdering his wife, but that he is being treated unfairly by the Durham police and prosecutors. It paints a skewed picture designed to outrage a consumer base that would rather watch mindlessly than critically. It sensationalizes a woman’s murder, demonizes the victim’s family, and exposes Peterson’s contradictory stories without ever drawing attention to them. “The Staircase” can barely be called a documentary series, and it exemplifies what it means to make an ethically irresponsible piece of art. “The Staircase” is also a reminder to us that no documentary should be taken as truth. When we view these films, we assume responsibility to educate ourselves, because they won’t always do it for us. Passive consumerism of art presented as fact is dangerous, and in an era of “fake news,” we should all be wary of the information we uptake.
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Nicolas Alvarez to forgo final year of eligibility for Duke By Spencer Levy Associate Sports Editor
Thought to be returning its entire starting lineup after bowing out in the first round of the NCAA team championships last spring, the Blue Devils found out this week they’ll enter 2018 without a key contributor. The end of an era has come sooner than expected for Duke as redshirt senior Nicolas Alvarez has decided to forgo his final year of college eligibility in order to jumpstart his professional career. In his three-plus years, Alvarez collected 71 wins, including 31 dual match victories at the top of the Blue Devil lineup. But he missed a significant portion of his third season donning the blue and white. After graduation last May with his Duke peers, Alvarez spent the ladder portion of the summer playing professionally on the ITF Futures circuit where in a three-week stretch, the Lima, Peru native saw his ATP ranking soar to a career-high 554th in the world for singles and a career-high 888th on the doubles side. “Nico had an excellent summer on the ITF Futures Tour and has decided to forgo his final year of collegiate eligibility to pursue a professional career,” Duke head coach Ramsey Smith said in a statement. “We are proud of his accomplishments at Duke, including his graduation this past May, and look forward to following his successes.” Alvarez entered the program after a very successful run in the junior circuit where he
August 31, 2019: Duke runs out onto the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The crowd politely acknowledges their appearance. The attention then turns to the opposite corner of the stadium. Head FRESHMEN, EH? coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide storm out onto the turf with easily 50,000 Alabama fans cramming into their home away from Tuscaloosa with red-and-white pompoms filling the air. to host camp Quinn Cook returns to Durham For the Blue Devils, next year’s ChickFil-A Kickoff game against the perenniallycontending Crimson Tide will be a rare occurrence. For the first time since 2012, Duke will face a ranked nonconference opponent. This is not to say that head coach David Cutcliffe and the Blue Devils aren’t trying to challenge themselves. Bre Bradham | Contributing Photographer They have played Northwestern—a team Alvarez is the only departure from the Blue Devils starting lineup from last season. with eight bowl appearances in the last 10 seasons—every year since 2015, and will do reached a career-high junior ranking of No. the year off ranked ITA No. 11. After a so again in 2018 as well as in 2021-24. They 17 on Oct. 3, 2014 after playing some of the sophomore season where Alvarez earned scheduled a home-and-home series with top tournaments worldwide including the a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Baylor well before the Bears were rocked by Junior Grand Slams. singles championship, the junior looked a sexual assault scandal that has resulted in to continue his strong play for a third them becoming one of the worst programs Injury halts memorable career year in a row—and with a top-15 ranking in Power 5 football. In his freshman campaign, the entering the fall slate, Alvarez won nine And after Duke pulled off a stunning international recruit became only the matches and lost five. fourth Blue Devil to ever be named an AllSee ALVAREZ on Page 12 See CHALLENGE on Page 13 American in their first season as he finished
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Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett shine together during Duke’s Canada tour
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LAVAL, Quebec—Entering the 201819 season needing to replace its entire starting lineup, Duke took advantage of an opportunity to take a foreign tour hoping to use extra practice time and team bonding to accelerate growth on and off the court. According to the Blue Devils’ players and coaches, the Duke Canada Tour 2018 achieved just that. Duke closed out its first foreign tour since 2011 with a 103-58 victory against McGill at Place Bell Sunday afternoon. The win secured a sweep of the three-game set north of the border, which included game action, tourism and team bonding activities between Toronto and Montreal. “This tour has been unbelievable for us,” Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “To play against three very different teams, well-coached and in packed venues, it’s been classy the whole way.... As good as we thought we would feel about the whole experience, it’s exponentially better. Thank you for that and the three coaches and their teams. They were fabulous in preparing and testing us.” The tour provided the first look at the nation’s top two recruits in R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson wearing a Duke uniform. Barrett electrified the crowd in his return to Mississauga, Ontario earlier in the week. Between contests against Ryerson
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Freshman Zion Williamson closed out Duke’s Canada tour with 36 points and 13 rebounds Sunday afternoon against McGill.
and Toronto, the 6-foot-7 forward averaged 34.5 points and seven rebounds per contest, failing to disappoint his hometown faithful. Barrett shined once again Sunday, adding 23 points and 10 assists including a couple of alley-oop passes to Williamson—a running theme throughout the tour. McGill had no solutions to Williamson’s size and athleticism anywhere on the floor.
The Spartanburg, S.C., native stole the show with a dominant team-high 36-point, 13-rebound performance. Williamson was a menace defensively as well, adding three steals and two blocks to his ledger. It appeared the freshman tandem had been lifelong teammates despite playing in their first week of action together. The duo sparked the Blue Devils’ offense throughout
the tour, scoring 64 percent of Duke’s points in Canada. “I just think it’s a matter of us wanting to feed off each other and make each other better,” Williamson said of his chemistry with Barrett. “People know us for scoring, but when you make the pass and your teammate does the amazing play, that’s even better than scoring yourself.” The Blue Devils have a hole to fill after Grayson Allen’s graduation in terms of leadership. But it appears that void is being filled by a growing upperclassman core including role players Javin DeLaurier and Jack White, who learned from Allen last year and Matt Jones and Amile Jefferson during the 2016-17 season. “Obviously, Grayson is a highly valuable guy to replace,” White said. “Those guys before us...that were there when we were freshmen really paved the way and set the standards for us. It’s just kind of like a seamless transition for us to step into that leadership role and put these guys in the right direction.” White added that the hard work and motivation by the incoming freshmen has made that transition a lot easier in the early going. “Everyone has been stepping up in their own way,” White said. “They’ve bought in, they’re all into the program, they’re all about winning, they do all the little things off the See CANADA on Page 12
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The Emily K Center was filled with shoes squeaking, basketballs banging against the backboard and the floor, and children’s voices on Saturday morning—the first day of Quinn Cook’s Basketball Camp. Cook could be seen helping instruct some of the 125 campers in the gym, chatting with the coaches, or trying to make the children feel more comfortable. A little boy who had been nervous when he got to the camp, and was standing in the corner of the noisy gym dribbling, was approached by Cook, who talked to the boy for a little while. “One of the big reasons for the camp, and why coming here is so special, is because this is where it all began,” Janet Cook, his mother, said. The Washington native took some time after winning the 2018 NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors to continue his children’s basketball camp. This is the third year the camp has taken place, but the first time it’s being held outside of Maryland. “My mom wanted to bring it here,” Cook
said. “It’s a second home for us...so many fans, friends and family down here. For us to have it here at the Emily K is truly a blessing, and I’m thankful. There are a lot of great people who’ve been supportive.” Cook attended Duke from 2011-15, winning the NCAA championship with Duke during his senior season. “That was the beautiful thing about that team—there was no superstar,” Cook’s mother said. “They all jelled. That’s why they won I believe.” After going undrafted in 2015, Cook played in the Las Vegas Summer League and in the NBA G-League, where he was rookie of the year in 2016 as a member of the Canton Charge, the affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers. “To wake up every day and go play basketball is something that’s been my strongest passion,” Cook said. “Obviously it wasn’t where I wanted to be, so it was more motivation and something that made me tougher. I didn’t have the easy way. I didn’t think I would have to take that road, just with all I’ve done with basketball, but I had to. See COOK on Page 12
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Duke set to stop Army’s triple-option offense By Derek Saul Blue Zone Editor
For the majority of this young millenium, both Army and Duke occupied the cellar of all of college football. Like Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe did in recent years, Jeff Monken helped lead the Black Knights to their most successful two-year stretch in decades, capped off by bowl victories in each season. Unfortunately for Army, nearly all of the talent that led the team to that 18-8 combined record between 2016 and 2017 is no longer with the team. Three-year starting quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw, who finished his career as the school’s all-time leading rusher, is gone after graduating last spring. That’s not all—the Black Knights lost seven other offensive starters, including four of five on its offensive line. And despite returning eight defensive starters, Army
graduated arguably its two most important defenders in Alex Aukerman and John Voit, the team’s two sack leaders with half of the team’s 25 total between them . Although the Black Knights’ outlook for 2018 may seem bleak, they still have talent remaining at skill positions. Army led the nation in rushing last season, and will return three of its four top rushers in Darnell Woolfolk, Kell Walker and Andy Davidson, all of whom put up more than 600 yards apiece. Heading the offense will be junior quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr., who, unlike his predecessor, can affect the game with his arm downfield in addition to running the ball. Even with new pieces in place, the tripleoption offense will still cause headaches for Duke’s defense. “Well I don’t really love opening up with See FOOTBALL on Page 12
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Duke had an impressive start to the 2017-18 season, with four wins against teams including Tobacco Road rival North Carolina and Baylor. The team was led by then redshirt sophomore Daniel Jones, who boasted career high numbers in the first four games. Jones had a dominant outing in the team’s 41-17 defeat of Northwestern, rushing for 108 yards and two touchdowns. However, despite this four-game win streak, the Blue Devils faltered and lost six-straight games, before winning their last three to end the season above .500. While Jones had some tougher games, completing only 33 percent of passes with two interceptions against Virginia, he bounced back to end the season on a high note against Wake Forest. Jones passed for a season high 346 yards, adding two touchdowns. Jones is one of three returning quarterbacks to the team, with redshirt junior Quentin Harris the only other quarterback on the team with any game experience. Daniel Karlin is the third member of the group, with no playing time his freshman year. Joining them are freshmen Gunnar Holmberg and Robert Nelson, along with redshirt freshman Chris Katrenick.
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Ever since Ross Martin’s departure at the end of 2015, Duke’s kicking game has been unsettled. The Blue Devils struggled in that area throughout 2016 and it took a long preseason battle in 2017 to determine who would handle those duties last season. But after Austin Parker took control of the kicking and punting responsibilities last fall, he turned things around. Still, Duke ranked in the bottom third of the conference in PATs, punting, and punt returns. And for a unit that gave head coach David Cutcliffe “acid reflux” throughout 2016, last season didn’t show much improvement, meaning things will need to change come 2018. Key players lost: None The Blue Devils averted a crisis in May when it was announced that Austin Parker would return after being kicked off the team for plagiarism last year. Although Parker was far from one of the ACC’s better punters in 2017, he was one of the league’s better placekickers, hitting on 17 of 21 attempts, including a long of 45 yards. Parker will now refocus on being just a punter—a role he played throughout high school and his sophomore season in Durham before being knocked out with a fractured clavicle midway through the campaign.
Key player lost: Parker Boehme Duke only lost one quarterback after the 2017-18 season— Duke alumnus Parker Boehme. In his last season with Duke, he played in all 13 games but mainly as a holder on placement kicks. He only had two passing attempts and rushed twice for 15 yards. Projected starter: Daniel Jones Jones has secured his starting position for a second year See JONES on Page 12
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Duke had three 500-yard rushers for the first time in program history last season, including quarterback Daniel Jones, and found the end zone 22 times on the ground. The Blue Devils’ top big-play threat in its 2017 backfield, Shaun Wilson, is gone this fall, putting more pressure on redshirt sophomore Brittain Brown to perform. Key player lost: Shaun Wilson Wilson was one of the Blue Devils’ top playmakers of the decade, rushing for 2,463 yards during his fouryear career—fourth in Duke’s all-time record books— and racking up another 725 yards through the air. Add in his prowess in the return game, and he found the end zone a total of 26 times, accumulating the third-most
all-purpose yards of any Blue Devil in history, behind only Chris Douglas and current NFL wide receiver Jamison Crowder. After leading last year’s Duke squad in both rushing yards and receiving touchdowns, Wilson is now in training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is expected to have a good chance to make the final 53-man roster. The Blue Devils will certainly miss his NFL-caliber speed and explosiveness this season. Projected starter: Brittain Brown For the last several years, the Blue Devils have largely platooned running backs, as Wilson, Brown, Jela Duncan, Shaquille Powell, Juwan Thompson and Josh Snead have been among the backs to share carries since 2012. This year, there should be little doubt who the feature back is.
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Brown rushed for 701 yards and seven touchdowns in his first season of action last year on 5.4 yards per carry, providing more power at 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds to complement Wilson’s speed. If he takes another step forward as a redshirt sophomore, he could develop into Duke’s most dangerous offensive weapon. Dark horse: Deon Jackson Jackson rushed for almost 100 yards as a true freshman last season in limited time on the field and has caught the eye of head coach David Cutcliffe in fall camp. Don’t be surprised to see Jackson and Brown both on the field at the same time occasionally this year, and when Brown needs a breather, Jackson appears to be a cut above veteran Nicodem Pierre and redshirt freshman Marvin Hubbard III in the coaches’ minds.
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in a row. After having a few breakout games—and breaking the school’s freshman record for passing yards—in his first season, Jones guaranteed himself a starting position over former quarterback Thomas Sirk. Now, as a leader on the team and a whole season worth of starts under his belt, nothing has changed. The redshirt junior had six games with two passing touchdowns last season. He has proven to be a dual-threat quarterback, having the potential to throw over 300 yards while also having the agility to rush for over a hundred yards and score the touchdown himself. Despite a few bad games in the middle of the season, Jones finished on a high with a Bowl win against Northern Illinois where he boasted 252 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and one rushing touchdown. The Charlotte native showed the potential that had head coach David Cutcliffe discussing his NFL potential at the beginning of last season. After a season of averaging 207 passing yards per game with 14 total touchdowns, Jones showed what he can do. With that year of experience under his belt, this season could prove to be an exciting one for the Charlotte native.
With Parker punting, Duke will turn to Collin Wareham as its placekicker. Wareham, a walk-on redshirt senior from McLean, Va., has never seen the field as a Blue Devil but had a streak of 70 consecutive made PATs during his highschool career. Sophomore Jack Driggers will once again handle kickoffs for Duke, a role he handled nicely during his freshman season with 17 touchbacks on 64 kicks. As far as returning duties, T.J. Rahming will likely field punts again—he fielded 13 of 19 punts for the Blue Devils last season but didn’t do much, averaging just 7.0 yards per return with no touchdowns. Deon Jackson left most of the kick-return duties to Shaun Wilson in 2017, but with Wilson gone to the NFL the versatile Jackson might provide a spark to the return game.
Dark horse: Gunnar Holmberg While Duke has a backup quarterback in Quentin Harris, who was able to complete seven-of-13 pass attempts and ran for 71 yards and two touchdowns, the Blue Devils have an exciting newcomer in Gunnar Holmberg. The Wake Forest native was rated a four-star prospect as well as a top 30 pocket passing quarterback by ESPN. He finished his high school career with just under 7,000 passing yards and 65 touchdowns, with 26 of those coming in his senior year. He set the passing yard and touchdown total records for a single-season at Heritage. Holmberg led his team to a 12-2 season his senior year, as well as a third-round appearance in States. The six-foot-three freshman has shown improvement throughout his high school career, with fewer interceptions and more passing touchdowns. While he may not bring the rushing component to the field that Jones does just yet, he has the potential to grow into this role, as his former high school coach described him as “a legitimate fast guy.”
ALVAREZ FROM PAGE 10 But he suffered a devastating wrist injury, for which he was awarded a medical redshirt for that season, allowing Alvarez to return for two more seasons. Alvarez returned to the court last fall and picked up where he left off. In his first dual match schedule in nearly two years, the redshirt junior notched 15 wins, including one over top-ranked Tar Heel William Blumberg. The Peru native reached No. 11 in the singles poll on April 17 and then finished the year in the No. 23 spot. Along with junior Catalin Mateas, Duke’s premier doubles duo completed their season ranked No. 31. Representing Peru in the Davis Cup In 2016, Alvarez was selected as the youngest member of the Peruvian Davis Cup team and has played in seven matches for his home nation during the past three years. In only his fourth match, the Duke standout clinched the victory against Venezuela to move his country to Group I Americas for the upcoming Davis Cup season. Overall, Alvarez is a perfect 4-0 when playing on clay courts, but is only 1-3 when the Davis Cup match is played on a hard court. Alvarez’s singles ability has left the 22-year-old with a 5-2 record with one doubles loss to accompany the singles. Transition to professional tennis Last December after the fall semester,
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Alvarez went home to Peru to play in two Future level tournaments, the lowest of three echelons in men’s professional tennis. After securing four victories on the clay courts, he fell to the No. 2 seed Daniel Elahi Galán—currently ranked No. 184— in a tightly contested match. The following week, Alvarez won his first match and lost in the Round of 16 to move his singles ranking up to 1073th at the year’s end. In the last week of July, the Duke rising redshirt senior saw his ranking rise to 870th without playing in ATP matches. Then he played in the Futures event in Decatur, Ill., and everything changed. Alvarez racked up three wins as the top seed in the qualifying draw to earn his way into the main draw. After four wins, he was into his second singles championship match of his career against 2018 Australian Open juniors champion and current No. 3 junior Sebastian Korda. Off six aces and an 85 percent win percent on first serves, Alvarez took the match 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. In the next week’s tournament in Edwardsville, Ill., Korda, who is currently ranked 546th on the men’s side, got the better of Alvarez, winning 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals. In the first round, Alvarez knocked off teammate and sophomore Sean Sculley 6-1, 6-3. On the doubles side, the Peru native earned his first title with Liam Caruana in a 6-7(6), 7-6(3), 1-0(107) victory against a pair of Americans after reaching the semifinals the week prior. Alvarez lost in straight sets to top-seeded and then No. 221 Antoine Hoang 3-6, 3-6 on the singles side.
Dark horse: A.J. Reed To say 2016 was a struggle for A.J. Reed is likely still an understatement. The then-freshman made only three field goals on 10 attempts, burying him on the bench as Parker took over the role in 2017. But Cutcliffe seemed optimistic that the now-junior could battle with Wareham for the starting placekicker spot, saying that Reed has added strength during the offseason and is more confident than in the past.
FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 10 an option team because it creates some issues,” Cutcliffe said. “We have less days than we’ve ever had with this new model of preseason, so you’re trying to get your team ready for the season, but we’ve had to interrupt part of that because we’re opening with an option team. “If I had my preference, I would never open with an option team.” With such a run-dominant offense, it comes as little surprise that the Black Knights finished 2017 with the fourth-highest time of possession per game, coming in at 34:44. If Army can jump out to an early lead, it is quite difficult to surpass given its ability to drain the clock. Conversely, though, if the Blue Devils can score early, a hurry-up style is nearly impossible to execute in the Black Knights’ triple-option offense. Defensively, Army had quite the contrast in 2017. Its rush defense was poor, allowing 5.3 yards per carry. On the flip side, its passing defense yielded a meager 176.8 yards per contest, putting them in the upper third of FBS teams. Due to a lack of size, the Black Knights’ defense is known for often being creative with its schemes and blitzes to disrupt opposing offenses. “With Army a lot of their pressures aren’t as much of a one-on-one battle, they’re more so going to bring different pressures and looks to confuse you or get you to look the other way,” Duke quarterback Daniel Jones said. “So that’s a lot on my shoulders, to make sure we’re in the right situation and protection to let us be successful.” The Blue Devils will look to avenge last year’s 21-16 loss in West Point, which marked the nadir of the team’s midseason woes, when the Black Knights make their return to Durham Friday night in the teams’ season opener at Wallace Wade Stadium.
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Catalin Mateas filled in for Alvarez at first singles when Alvarez was out due to injury during the 2016-17 season. The immediate impact of this decision will be seen with the Blue Devils this season. Smith’s team did not lose any other players to graduation and welcomes freshman Robert
Maciag to the team as the eighth member. The Sterling, Va., native is No. 14 in the Tennis Recruiting Network’s Class of 2018 rankings and is rated as a five-star player.
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CHALLENGE FROM PAGE 10 upset at Notre Dame in 2016, it will get to host the Fighting Irish in 2019 before returning to South Bend the following year—part of the ACC’s agreement with Notre Dame despite the program remaining independent from the conference in football. But consider the rest of the FBS opponents the Blue Devils have scheduled for the next six years: Army, Alabama, Middle Tennessee State, Charlotte, Kansas and Temple. Combined with Northwestern and Baylor, those teams have a total .506 winning percentage during the last five seasons. Then, take out the ever-dominant Crimson Tide and that number drops to .443. In Week 1 of the 2018 season alone, here are some teams that ACC opponents will face: Alabama, LSU, California, Western Michigan and 2017 FCS runners-up James Madison. Over the next six seasons, every ACC Coastal Division team other than Duke will play nonconference FBS foes that have combined for winning records since 2013. At the end of the day, though, there are several factors at play. First, there is no real “selection committee” that matters to the Blue Devils. Yes, if Duke were a College Football Playoff contender, then that committee might consider the Blue Devils’ strength of schedule—or lack thereof. But for now, that’s a very unlikely scenario. Second, no matter who it plays, Duke needs six wins every season to guarantee bowl eligibility. Although the ACC schedule is pretty much set, the Blue Devils have the option to set themselves up with easy opportunities for victories during the nonconference season to increase their odds of a postseason berth. Lastly, money is a factor. Most major-conference teams, like Duke, want to play as many home football games as possible in order to generate revenue that they can use to pay for other sports. By simply hosting FCS schools like N.C. Central, North Carolina A&T and Elon, the Blue Devils can pay a small chunk of guaranteed money, knowing that they’ll not only get a relatively easy shot at a win but also a chance
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onlinecomment “I am withdrawing my donations to the university. Granted Carr was a white supremacist, should we change the name of Duke because he was a tobacco peddler? I think the whole attitude of political correctness has gone too far and it is a shame that the school has lost its legacy.” —Lee Davis, reacting to “Duke history department files request to rename Carr Building,” Aug. 27, 2018
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around the legitimacy of these types of monuments. As a result, focus on campus has now been shifted to another stone memorialization of a prominent white supremacist of yesteryear: the Carr building. Julian Carr—namesake of the Carr building— was a wealthy tobacco tycoon whose is institutionally remembered by his status as one of the earliest donors to Trinity College, the donor of the land that now constitutes East Campus and as the sponsor of Charlie Soong, the first international Trinity College student. Carr served in the Confederate Army as a private in the Third North Carolina Cavalry and, later in life, sat on the Board of Trustees at Trinity
Editorial Board College. In 1913, he delivered an infamously racist speech for the dedication of the Silent Sam statue, in which he bragged about whipping a black woman. His other documented statements are similarly violent and dehumanizing, including advocating for black voter disenfranchisement, sympathizing with lynch mobs, propagating anti-black, racist stereotypes and unambiguously supporting the Ku Klux Klan. With all of this in mind, it’s no wonder that the History Department faculty officially filed to have it changed last Friday. In response, Academic Council Chair Don Taylor parroted a common, ill-conceived defense of the dedication to Carr by stating that “Duke wouldn’t exist were it not for the generosity of Julian Carr” and that Carr’s clear, well-documented white supremacist ideology needed to be contextualized within the financial contributions he made to Duke. The moral and ethical implications for allowing Carr’s monetary standing to singularly impede any consideration for changes are troubling, especially given the current consistent pattern of racist incidents targeting black students, faculty and staff on campus. The only potential benefit from Don Taylor’s statement is that it serves as an unintended reminder that the hallowed grounds we walk upon are inextricably connected to legacies of white supremacy and the wealth generated by subjugation. What would Dear Old Duke be without the historical funding and support of white supremacists? The systematic slaughter of indigenous tribes that once lived in this land we now occupy? The wealth generated either directly or indirectly from chattel slavery? These questions cannot help but be posed when the naming of buildings or creation of statues function to memorialize and therefore recognize—usually
in a linearizing and complementary fashion— historical figures connected to these painful historical moments. The renaming of Aycock Residence Hall to East Residence Hall three years ago hopefully bodes well for the petition filed by the History Department. However, the Commission on Memory and History’s procedure for addressing these types of complaints is worryingly bureaucratic and opaque. A submitted proposal would theoretically be sent through an unknown panel of closed-door decision makers as well as the Board of Trustees’ Ad Hoc Committee before landing anywhere near President Price’s desk for consideration. Throughout the process, there is little transparent conversation on why and how decisions are being made or why these specific committees members have been chosen to decide these issues. Furthermore, the renaming of buildings, even with the best of intentions, can remain problematized because the process for doing so can easily devolve into willful erasure of the violent past the university carries—regardless of whether buildings are renamed or not—and potential for dishonest self-absolution of a history that has not been rectified. The hurdles of addressing buildings like Carr certainly aren’t simple, but confronting them in all their complexity is crucial. Now more than ever, Duke must seize this opportunity to go forward in the removal of these odes to racist violence in a critical and intentional way. This history, carefully hidden away from brochures and prospective students, will not disappear: it will always be entangled in the fabric of this university’s legacy and, in this case, staring down at us every day from the balcony of the Carr Building, waiting.aggressive pressure or intimidation to which there is little debate given the aforementioned incidents. We acknowledge that no system is perfect and can often fail in pursuing its intended mission. However, there is a clear difference between proactively eliminating a problem and reacting once harm has occurred. While a policy recommendation is a necessary step in preventing future disrespect towards African Americans and other marginalized groups, it is not enough. The root causes of racism, bigotry and the like must be addressed if there is to be any significant progress. But doing so poses a difficult challenge, as if years of social conditioning and upbringing can be eliminated with one quick policy change. What more can be done? As we delve deeper into the academic year, perhaps time will tell if we have truly grown and developed as a campus community.
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here is a difference in noticing that you are not like everyone around you and feeling like those differences ostracize you. Noticing my own Blackness comes when I recognize how little Black people there are in the social circles I find myself in. Whether it be my social group, my major, my extracurricular clubs and activities, or my workstudy job, I am constantly noting the disproportionately low
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number of familiar faces in a concentrated environment. These moments, however, are not what concerns me about Duke’s commitment to Black students. Coming from a suburb of Texas, I’m more or less used to be the only Black face in a classroom, church auditorium or Friday night football game. In a sense, noticing my Blackness and the way it changes the atmosphere is normal. It’s only when I got to Duke—a school that promised me the world upon entry—and realized that my peers could be both openly racist and receive little more than a slap on the wrist for acting upon those view that I began to feel my Blackness constrict my ability to thrive. Granted, some of this is due to my own naivete. I often
forget that before Duke was the gothic wonderland that it is today, it was Trinity College; a college funded by men who were openly racist. Even after the University moved cities and established itself as Duke University, its doors were closed to African American students for nearly 25 years. It wasn’t until 1963 that African American students were permitted to enroll as undergraduates. Since then, the University has shifted toward tolerating Black students. With every passing year, it seems as if upper administration is placing a bandage over the racial wounds that we, as a campus, fail to reconcile with. In some cases, these bandages work to make Duke a better place for Black students—a place that welcomes more into the school, provides a space for them to congregate and get to know each other. But, until upper administration prioritizes accommodating, not just tolerating, the needs of Black students, my Blackness will continue to be felt. The University’s shortcoming in creating policies to punish the behavior that counters my ability, as a Black student, to live peacefully on this campus leaves me feeling like who I am as an individual is not equally celebrated or respected. In the year that I have been at Duke, there have been four highly publicized incidents of racial animus against Black students. In each of these incidents, the word “n****r” was thrown around as if Duke were a plantation, and all Black students only received strongly worded emails promising that upper administration does not share in the ever more
common “cowardly and hateful” views behind these actions. To Duke administration: I would only hope that you, as figureheads of one of the world’s leading research institutions, do not harbor the kind of insensitivity and ignorance that would endorse open and explicit racism. But, after a certain point, there is nothing left to say in defense of the cyclical trend of racial incident, strongly worded email, inaction. After the incident at the Mary Lou on Sunday, I had to take a step back and analyze why these events keep happening. After thinking over the four incidents that have taken place while I have been a student (and the countless others that transpired before I arrived on campus) I have realized that the reason why Black students have to console each other more and more frequently is because the University fails to put policies in place that both identify and punish open racists. I don’t think the logic is hard to follow: if there is a racial incident on campus then there must have been a racist on campus. If there was a racist on campus, the best course of action to remove said racist should be to cultivate a campus climate that does not make racists feel comfortable performing racism. Black students and student activists alike are only asking for the University to do two things. Punish hate speech and make Duke welcome to all. If minority students have to bear the work in making this campus more diverse, the least we deserve in compensation is to be respected. Ryan Williams is a Trinity sophomore.
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ecause of their significant resources, influential alumni and academic authority, elite universities play an outsized role in influencing public discourse. Reflecting the importance of elite colleges in our culture, the general public lavishes them with praise, attention and, occasionally, anger. Primarily, the focus is on the actions and attitudes of the young adults who attend these institutions. This preoccupation not only calls our national priorities into question, but is also absurd. What other demographic in modern America is nitpicked like college students? To date, I have not read an article about the dangerous
then it is no wonder that their institutional political bias toward liberal values is such a point of contention. These secular churches no longer exist to discover a universal higher truth, as they advertise, but to advocate for their chosen truth. How do we know this? It is implied by the values that elite schools hold most dear, values such as diversity (amongst those who are liberal) and inclusivity (of all those who are liberal). At the center of it all are Harvard and the rest of the Ivy League, the informal Vatican of this system. However, the belief that colleges are special and holy is not only damaging, but also reflects a failure
Reiss Becker COLUMNIST ideas of McDonald’s employees. Obsession with higher education and its students stems from a powerful belief—a belief so powerful that it calls into question whether or not colleges are “secular” institutions. Our cultural consensus is that elite colleges are beacons of wisdom that operate as cultural pacesetters and moral authorities. They are treated as unique institutions endowed with a holy and civilizing mission of education and burdened with the responsibility of enlightening both their students and society. Especially amongst liberals, higher education operates similarly to a system of secular churches. The reason Fox News and major news outlets cover every development surrounding the status of the Robert E. Lee statue in the Duke Chapel or of UNC’s Silent Sam Confederate memorial is not because they want to give their audiences a lesson about our nation’s history. They cover these controversies because they recognize power and influence when they see it and they know that the decisions made by these Universities on a variety of subjects have significant ramifications for our national discourse. In any given debate, the backing of elite universities can lend significant moral and intellectual authority to their chosen side. If elite universities wield such power,
to appreciate the driving impulse of these organizations. To better understand elite colleges and why they hold the biases they do, we should turn our gaze and, with it, our expectations, away from Saint Peter’s in Rome and towards Burbank, California, the home of the Disney Corporation. Attending a liberal arts college has more in common with visiting Disney World for four years than it is does with a journey down the Buddha’s eightfold path. Whereas Buddhism presents you with an immaterial spiritual journey, both college and Disneyland offer you a tangible experience. The main difference is that the “happiest place on earth” leaves you with stuffed animals and funnel cake and, at their worst, elite colleges leave many students with an average debt load of 37,000 dollars, a set of skills that often have limited economic value and a nagging substance abuse issue. That being said, Disney World does not offer the opportunity to write a term paper on the problematic socio-political power dynamics within Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. Life is full of tradeoffs. Thus, at its core, elite colleges are offering a “consumer experience” similar to Disneyland. We have simply convinced ourselves otherwise. Maybe there was a time when our secondary education system deserved to be called “higher,” but there is little question as to today’s reality—
elite colleges are businesses that offer luxury educational experiences to their predominantly wealthy and liberal consumers. Say what you will about “for profit” colleges, but at least they are honest about their motivation: money. Regardless of “nonprofit” status, elite colleges, like all good businesses, succeed by paying close attention to what their consumer base wants to see, hear and receive. As a result, these colleges basically are businesses that offer a service (education), seek to attract consumers (wealthy liberal parents and students), and strive to beat the competition. Former Duke President Richard Brodhead did not authorize a $90 million renovation and expansion of then-West Union dining hall out of the goodness of his heart. He did it to “set a new bar for college dining,” to make the experience Duke offers more attractive to potential customers. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Like many other businesses, the fact that these institutions are motivated by money keeps them accountable to their consumers and driven to offer the best possible experience. In fact, it could be argued that many actual religious and spiritual institutions, especially those of hulking proportions (now you should turn your thoughts back to St. Peter’s in Rome), are far less accountable to public demand than private businesses are. My issue is not with the fact that elite higher education is a business, but with the cultural denial of that. Instead of treating colleges like sacred and special institutions, we should approach elite colleges as businesses that offer educational experiences with a liberal slant. So where does this conclusion leave average college students? In need of a mentality shift. One of the sad consequences of our inaccurate view of elite higher education is the idea that the trend of “elitism” is an unfortunate and accidental stain on these schools. Across Duke’s campus, students often reflect on how Duke (and elite schools broadly) is a “bubble” insulated from the real world. These statements are made with good intention and a genuine desire to promote greater inclusion, but they ignore a core premise of higher education. The elitism did not sneak in and corrupt some original mission of making higher education
accessible to all. Higher education was never meant for the many. It was always intended for the few. The reason it is so odd that many college students do not recognize the inherent elitism of top colleges is that, at one point, they did. Why did we students apply to these schools in the first place? With little doubt, one of the reasons is because these institutions are inaccessible to most people—and that is attractive. Attending Yale is an exciting prospect for many more reasons than just “light and truth.” The exclusivity was something that we, the prospective students of these elite universities, accepted and were excited by throughout the entire college application process. Yet, a sudden, dramatic shift occurs upon entrance to college. The feelings of elation and pride are replaced by guilt and self-doubt. From the window of our ivory tower, we look out on the unwashed masses and wonder why they can’t join us. To soothe our aching consciences, we condemn our initial motives and adopt a “higher-minded,” self-critical perspective. This mindset is just as unhealthy and hypocritical as it is unproductive. Very little can or will be done about ending the elitism in America’s top colleges. Ending elitism in higher education would likely mean ending elite schools in general, because the value of such institutions is derived, significantly, from scarcity. Moreover, our guilt about being among this elite, especially after achieving elite status, means awfully little to those who are not among us. Our guilt does not win hearts and minds and it certainly does not shift material reality. Rather than bemoaning elitism, I propose that we collectively revive the best of our original motivations, acknowledge the truth behind them and embrace them. We should embrace our prior achievement for the tremendous opportunity it offers and remind ourselves that with wealth, power and prestige comes responsibility. Each and every Duke student, by virtue of their attendance to a privileged place, has an obligation to do well today so that they can do good tomorrow. Reiss Becker is a Trinity sophomore.
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