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How Duke appeals to politicians to fund its endeavors Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle

How Duke appeals to politicians to fund its endeavors

Lobbyists on Capitol Hill are typically associated with political groups and big businesses, but Duke has its own lobbyists who fight for the University’s interests. Last year, the University, including its Health System, spent $362,542 in lobbying expenses at the federal level—ranking 44th in dollars spent in the education industry— according to the Center for Responsive Politics. On the state level in 2014, Duke spent $9,906.63 in lobbying expenses, according to University disclosures to the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office. Much of these lobbying expenditures are spent advocating for the University’s diverse interests, including student aid, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, research funding and the DREAM Act. “You would be hard pressed to find anything on campus that wasn’t in some way affected by federal policy or politics,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. “If you pick anything that’s going on in Washington today, we can draw a line to Duke.” Duke’s lobbying expenditures—which Schoenfeld referred to as a “microscopic” part of the University’s overall budget—are similar to some of its peer institutions. The University of Chicago spent $369,223 last year, and the University of North Carolina spent $349,296,

according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Lobbying expenditures vary widely from university to university, however. The University of Pennsylvania reported spending $850,000 on lobbying in 2014, while Emory University reported spending only $195,000.

Institutions like Duke are typically more conservative in how much they spend due to their already privileged status, said Michael Munger, director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program. Duke and its peer institutions are prohib-

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Project Arts finds its niche among students Samantha Neal The Chronicle

Special to The Chronicle The newest pre-orientation program used the theme of classism to help 19 freshmen immerse themselves in the arts upon arrival on campus.

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After two years of development, Project Arts—the newest pre-orientation program—allowed 19 incoming freshmen to bond through creativity. Project Arts was junior Shelby Wailes’ platform when she was elected to Duke Student Government as a freshman, an idea designed to introduce incoming freshmen to the arts scene at Duke and in Durham. Despite the five other preorientation programs—Project BUILD, Project Change, Project Search, Project Waves and Project WILD—Wailes felt that Project Arts would fill an interest

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that had not yet been met. After working with Duke administrators including Jordan Hale, assistant dean and director of new student programs, the pre-orientation program was approved last year. “When I was applying to pre-orientation programs, I was shocked that there was a science pre-orientation program—Project Search—but there was nothing in the arts,” Wailes said. Project Arts separated participating students into four crews based on interest—music crew, dance crew, visual arts crew and theater crew—with rotating creative writing crew leaders. In order to experience the art scene

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in both Duke and Durham, students visited the Bull City Dignity Project— a documentary theater performance reflecting Durham’s history—the Nasher Museum of Arts as well as the Arts Annex. Each year’s program will have a different theme to explore within the arts, Wailes said, and this year’s theme was classism. Each crew created a final project related to the theme, and many of the program’s crew-led discussions centered on the topic. Wailes added that the program attempted to present heavy thematic material in a more “fun” way. Although some enjoyed the theme and See PROJECT ARTS on Page 4

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Activists celebrate women’s equality downtown who works at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh. “It’s cool to see The Chronicle that support locally where we live, and to feel like you can do something.” Multiple generations of men and wom- The event included speeches by Mien marched through downtown Durham chelle Laws, head of the North Carolina Friday to celebrate Women’s Equality Day. NAACP, and Cora Cole-McFadden, More than 300 people, including members Durham mayor pro tempore, among of the Durham City Council and Durham others. Although acknowledging the County Board of Commissioners, gathered victory achieved by the women’s sufon the steps of the Durham County Court- frage movement, they focused on the house in an event centered around the problems women face today and postheme “Women’s Equality Through Time.” sible solutions. Although Women’s Equality Day was creDespite the addition of the 19th ated to commemorate the ratification of Amendment to the Constitution in the 19th Amendment—which occurred 1920, it was not until 1971 that North Aug. 18, 1920—the event also centered on Carolina subsequently ratified the the lack of gender equality in healthcare, amendment—the second to last state labor and education. to do so. Cole-McFadden noted that “It’s nice to be around a community of there is still much to be done to achieve like-minded people who actually want to gender equality in North Carolina. fight for our rights,” said Noreen Elnady, See MARCH on Page 4

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Victor Ye | The Chronicle More than 300 people gathered in downtown Durham Friday afternoon to celebrate Women’s Equality Day.

Duke helps unwanted spuds find a home Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Potato lovers in the RaleighDurham area have a new reason to celebrate. Several Duke departments— including Religious Life at Duke, the Food Recovery Network and Sustainable Duke—organized a “potato drop” Saturday in the Smith Warehouse parking lot during which volunteers bagged potatoes for food relief agencies in the Triangle area. The Society of Saint Andrews—a national organization that works to feed the hungry—delivered 40,000 pounds of potatoes, which were sorted into ten-pound bags by students and faculty. “A significant number of people will be directly fed as a result of this,” said

senior Greg Poore, one of the organizers of the event and leader of Duke’s chapter of the Food Recovery Network. He said that the potatoes at the event were perfectly edible vegetables but had the wrong size, shape or color to be sold in grocery stores. The Society of Saint Andrews worked with farmers to collect non-aesthetically-pleasing surplus potatoes and then delivered them to be bagged by volunteers. Students, faculty and staff in the Duke community were able to sign up for onehour shifts beginning at 10 a.m. The event was scheduled to last until 3 p.m. but the over 400 volunteers finished the project in two hours. Poore explained that the bagged potatoes will be picked up by charities such as the Durham Rescue Mission and the Urban Ministries of Durham, which prepare meals for the hungry in Durham. He said that the Food Bank of Central See POTATOES on Page 4

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Khloe Kim | The Chronicle The Duke Dance Program performed at Saturday night’s Dance Council showcase.

Matthew Rock | The Chronicle Students helped bag 40,000 pounds of potatoes at Smith Warehouse Saturday afternoon.

Victor Ye | The Chronicle Friday’s celebration of Women’s Equality Day also centered on a lack of gender equality in healthcare, labor and education.

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle The Irish dances of Rince Diabhal were one of many styles on display.

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Duke DBS Raas was one of the 16 teams that danced at Page Auditorium.

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Catherine Farmer | The Chronicle Danish rock band New Politics was wellreceived as the headliner Friday night.

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PROJECT ARTS from page 1 found the discussions insightful, other participants did not think it was a good choice. “I probably would have changed the theme,” freshman Chris Kleypas said. “It was more difficult for some crews to delve deep into the theme than others.” Wailes said that next year’s theme will depend on the new leadership and feedback from this year’s participants. In its first year, Project Arts faced a few challenges, Wailes said. Unlike other preorientation programs, participants in Project Arts paid for on-campus housing and did not have p-cards that allowed students to pay for meals on campus. However, DSG subsidized the program this year, and some financial aid was awarded to participants. The budget for Project Arts was $15,275,

wrote sophomore Alexis Shindhelm, who co-ran Project Arts along with Wailes, in an email. Project Arts cost $395 to participate, equivalent to Project Build, but Wailes said she hopes the cost will be lower in the coming years if housing is not factored into the equation. $7,500—nearly half the program’s budget this year—was allotted for housing the students, though the exact expenditure is not yet known, Shindhelm wrote. Several participants noted that they appreciated being immersed in the arts and getting to know each other throughout the week. “Seeing so many people gathered to share and celebrate their work reaffirmed that the arts are still a valid medium of discourse in the twenty-first century,” freshman Tim Kowalczyk said. “It was a great balance of making art, exploring Duke and Durham, and

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“It appears that we have moved from women’s suffrage to women’s ‘sufferage,’” she said to the crowd of activists, feminists and allies. Participants at the event agreed that progress for women’s rights is still needed. “We have not achieved the equality for women that I thought we would have by now,” said Sherry Altman, one of the marchers. “I’ve been marching all my life for equality and peace in the world. We can’t ever give up. We have to keep striving.” Wage inequality, unequal access to job opportunities, domestic violence and access to contraception were also discussed as pertinent issues facing women today. “Women are still underpaid,” said William Little, an advocate for women’s rights. “They are still underappreciated, and as a male in the workplace, I also see that.” A significant gender wage gap continues to exist, with women earning only 78 cents to every dollar made by men, according to data released by the White House. That number drops even lower for racial and ethnic minorities. Even at Duke, women are underrepresented on the faculty in higher paying departments. Only 15 percent of engineering faculty, 18 percent of business faculty and 21 percent of natural sciences faculty are women. According to data released by the University to the Department of Education, the average female tenure track professor at Duke is paid $34,532 less than the average male tenure track professor over the course of a nine-month contract. In her speech, Laws discussed the importance of closing the gender wage gap in lifting North Carolinians out of poverty. Problems such as domestic violence and sexual assault were addressed as well. Beth Dehghan—president of WomenNC, an organization committed to eliminating injustice against women— discussed the necessity of implementing the proposals put forth in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international treaty that was signed in 1979. Referencing the 64 reported domestic violence murders in North Caro-

lina in 2014 and the over 100,000 domestic violence calls in in North Carolina from 2013 to 2014, Dehghan proposed an action course involving a comprehensive gender analysis across cities and counties. Following the speeches, marchers took to the street toward Durham Central Park, chanting slogans promoting solidarity in the face of sexist policies and attacks on women’s rights. “We hope that we can touch and we can connect with other women that can feel

POTATOES from page 2 and Eastern North Carolina will then pick up the expected 20,000 pounds worth of remaining potatoes. In addition, Duke Dining will receive a small number of potatoes for use in their cooking to promote sustainable food education, he added. Christy Sapp, associate dean for religious life at Duke Chapel and an organizer of the event, said that she hopes the potato drop will spread greater awareness of food waste and food-related issues. “We waste a lot of perfectly edible food in this country,” she wrote in an email Aug. 28. “I’d love for people to become more interested and involved in foodrelated ethical questions as a result of this event.” Poore said that he thinks the potato drop showed students that they can easily get involved with their community. He added that in total the 40,000 pounds of potatoes will be able to provide 33,000 meals. Ismail Aijazuddin, a sophomore and resident advisor on East Campus who made the potato drop an RA event for his residents, said that he thought the event was well-organized and efficient. Although all 40,000 pounds of potatoes were bagged in record time, Sapp explained that the event leaders experienced some difficulties. She said that the shipping company tried to deliver the potatoes a day early, which posed a problem because there was no location to store them. Fortunately, the truck driver waited a day to unload his truck. Poore added that redistributing the potatoes is “a logistical headache” at times because of the large number of organizations receiving the bags. Despite the challenges, Sapp noted that she thinks the potato drop brought together diverse groups across campus. “It’s a community building event that touches on concepts that are important across so many different departments and interest groups in the University,” she said.

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Through an uneventful and scoreless first half, Duke was playing without much urgency or intensity. Senior Zach Mathers saw to it personally that the sluggish Blue Devil play would end there. Just 44 seconds into the second period, the Keller, Texas, native cut through the top of the box and put the ball DEPAUL 0 into the back left of DUKE 1 the net. That was the lone goal of the day for both teams as Duke defeated DePaul 1-0 at Koskinen Stadium Sunday afternoon to cap the John Rennie Nike Invitational. “We’re very happy with the win,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t easy. All credit to DePaul and coach [Craig] Blazer—they put our game plan together and they made it really difficult for us. They defended stoutly and had a couple of opportunities, but not too many, so I’m pleased.” The first 40 minutes of play were quiet for both sides. Although not reflected on the scoreboard, the Blue Devils (2-0) dominated from kickoff. Sophomores Macario HingGlover and Jeremy Ebobisse connected on a combination up the right side of the field within the opening minutes to put the Blue Demons (0-2) on their heels. Duke outshot DePaul 6-2 in the first period, but failed to convert on any of the scoring chances. Neither of the Blue Demons’ shots required a save from goalkeeper Wilson Fisher. The Blue Devils also had multiple opportunities to score off of set plays. Duke defender Jared Rist took the only two corner kicks of the half. DePaul committed 10

known—catching up in both shot count and corner kicks—that the Blue Devils snapped back into shape. Although DePaul refused to go down without a fight, Duke tightened its defense and held on through the rest of the half to ensure the victory. With Sunday’s win, the Blue Devils secured their first shutout victory since last October against Virginia Tech, allowing just eight shots and three corner kicks in the defensive showcase. After yielding a conference-worst 34 goals last season, Sunday’s effort was a signal that the offseason emphasis on the defensive end of the pitch may be paying off for Duke. “For our club it’s good to get a shutout,” Kerr said. “We’ve been searching for shutouts for a long time and to get one is a really good thing for our defense and for Wilson Fisher.

Another year older, another year wiser. The strength of the Blue Devils’ sophomore class was on full display Friday, as Duke held on to defeat Saint Mary’s 3-2 at Koskinen Stadium in its season 2 opener. The Blue SMC DUKE 3 Devils enjoyed a 24-10 advantage in shots taken, but struggled to convert on their scoring opportunities until sophomore defender Markus Fjørtoft sparked the offense with a header in the 43rd minute. Sophomore Jeremy Ebobisse added a pair of goals early in the second half to propel Duke to a 3-0 lead midway through the period, but the Gaels would not go away quietly, recording two unanswered goals in the final 28 minutes. In the waning minutes, the Blue Devils clamped down on defense and prevented Saint Mary’s from scoring the equalizer to secure their first win of the season. “Overall—for the first game of the year— I’m pleased with the performance,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “I’m disappointed that we gave up two soft goals at the end, but there’s some really good signs out there, and that’s exciting for Duke soccer.” Friday’s contest provided the best look yet at the offseason development of Duke’s sophomore class, which has gone through nearly half a year of training after the Blue Devils (1-0) missed out on an NCAA tournament berth in 2014. The 11 second-year players on the roster combined for 13 shots, three goals and two assists against the Gaels (0-1), with eight

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Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Senior Zach Mathers provided the only offense Sunday, scoring in the opening minute of the second half to propel Duke to a 1-0 win against DePaul.

fouls, which set the Blue Devils up for some close-range shots, but junior goalkeeper Quentin Low was able to ward off the two ontarget attempts fired at him. The offensive prowess of two-time All-ACC choice Mathers proved to be too much for the Blue Demon goaltender to handle, though, as the senior scored right out of the gate in the second half. He finished the game leading the team with three shots—two of which were on goal—in his 79 minutes of play. “As a captain I have to step up to the next level and I try to do that all the time,” Mathers said. “They kind of stepped off me a little bit and gave me the opportunity to get into that space and get shots off.” After Mathers’ goal, Duke seemed to slump into the slow, tired play that plagued the team throughout the first half. It was not until the Blue Demons made their presence

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Duke goes 2-1 in West Coast swing to open season Jack Dolgin The Chronicle The Blue Devils will certainly take the two victories they garnered this weekend, but a five-set heartbreaker Saturday will feel all the more painful considering they had nearly wrapped up a perfect DUKE 3 road trip. Playing in the 0 SMC LBSU/CSUF DUKE 3 Baden Invitational California, No. 0 in CSF 25 Duke defeated Mary’s 3-0 DUKE 2 Saint (25-14, 25-13, 25LBSU 3 23) and Cal State Fullerton 3-0 (2513, 25-15, 25-17) Friday to start its season. But the Blue Devils let a 2-1 advantage slip away as Long Beach State roared back to claim a 3-2 victory. “We were a little bit more tentative [Saturday] than I see every day in practice,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We just need to have trust in each other

more…a team early in the season is always trying to find itself.” Long Beach State (2-1) proved to be Duke’s toughest challenge of the weekend, and junior outside hitter Nele Barber was a big reason why, putting down a game-high 19 kills. Still, Duke (2-1) fought star power with depth, as 15-of-16 Blue Devils played, and setters Maggie Deichmeister and Emma Paradiso countered Jenelle Hudson’s 41 assists by combining for 46 of their own. “It’s been a while since I’ve really felt that strongly about the level we’re all on,” Nagel said. “I feel like all of [our players] could get out there and do a good job.” The 49ers won the first set, thanks in large part to their kill percentage of .333 compared to Duke’s .146. Trailing 16-12 in the second set, though, the Blue Devils sprang back to life, as sophomore Cadie Bates made two diving digs to help win a long rally. Duke continued to claw back, and after facing one set point, the team won three straight points to steal the set, 26-24. The momentum seemed to carry over to See VOLLEYBALL on Page 8

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Junior Alyse Whitaker (left) put down nine kills on 11 attempts in Duke’s second match of the weekend against Cal State Fullerton.

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the shot, and she fired one that beat the goalkeeper but rocketed off the crossbar and back into the field of play. Fortunately for the Blue Devils, Racioppi was waiting, and she quickly deposited the rebound into the back of the net—her fourth goal of the season— to break the scoreless tie and give Duke a 1-0 lead. After a first half filled with scoring chances—the Blue Devils outshot the Tribe (3-1) 10-0 in the opening period— and an overtime game Friday that ended without a goal, Church said Racioppi’s score could not have come at a better time for his club. “The timing where it came was before panic set in. A lot of people don’t know how hard it is to break down a 10-player

Traveling to a hostile environment for the first time this season, sophomore goalkeeper E.J. Proctor saved the evening for the Blue Devils on a night when there was not much to be had on the offensive end of the pitch. Thanks to Proctor’s career-high 11 saves, No. 21 Duke held on for a 0-0 draw in overtime against No. 6 Penn State Friday night at Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pa. Despite outshooting the Blue DUKE 0 Devils 21-14, the 0 Nittany Lions were PSU not able to get a ball past Proctor in 110 minutes of play. In three games as a starter this year, the Wilson, N.C., native has yet to allow a goal. “It was one of the toughest places that we have been in my 15 years at Duke,” head coach Robbie Church told GoDuke.com. “We have a young squad. It was our first time in this type of environment. This is a win-win game for everybody. We are going to grow and get better from this game. I thought at times we played really, really well.” Even though Penn State (2-0-1) had the best opportunities to break the deadlock and outshot the visitors 10-3 in the first half, Duke (2-0-1) managed to keep a clean sheet thanks to its stalwart defense and the Nittany Lions’ lack of accuracy. Despite being on the offensive early and attempting six of the first seven shots of the game, Penn State could not cash in. Forward Mallory Weber, who entered the game with two scores and one assist, could have put the home team ahead in the 18th minute.

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Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Junior Toni Payne found the back of the net for the first time this season Sunday, putting home a rebound to give Duke an insurance goal.

Racioppi, Payne score in home opener Brian Pollack The Chronicle For 110 minutes Friday, the Blue Devils were unable to put the ball in the net despite plenty of scoring chances. The first half of Sunday’s game brought more of the same, but the second half was an entirely different story as the Duke offense broke out of its slumber. W&M 0 The No. 21 Blue Devils defeated DUKE 2 William & Mary 2-0 Sunday night in their home opener at Koskinen Stadium. The two goals give Duke 11 through four games this season—already halfway to last season’s

total—and the offense controlled the pace for most of the game, outshooting the Tribe 27-4 and earning an 11-0 edge in corner kicks. “Our attacking line has so much versatility. We can score goals from the outside, we can dribble-penetrate and beat some players [one-on-one] and this just adds even more to our versatility,” freshman Taylor Racioppi said. “We’re not only good players on the ball with shots, but we’re going to work hard to put the ball in the back of the net.” The Blue Devils’ luck finally turned in the 52nd minute, when a handball by William & Mary defender Meghan Musgrove inside the penalty box gave Duke (3-0-1) a penalty kick. Head coach Robbie Church sent junior captain Christina Gibbons to the line to take

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Blue Devils split in California after falling in overtime Ali Wells The Chronicle The Blue Devils came within 32 seconds of returning from their West Coast road trip with a 2-0 record and a hard-fought victory against a top-10 opponent. Instead, Stanford junior Fran Tew split two Duke defenders and scored at the end of regulation to knot the score at 2-2 and send the contest into overtime. Once in the extra session, the No. 6 Cardinal capitalized, as Casey Deeds finished a pass from Caroline DUKE 5 Beaudoin for the game-winner to 1 beat No. 5 Duke 3-2 CAL at the Varsity Field DUKE 2 Hockey Turf in STAN 3 Stanford, Calif. The Blue Devils defeated California 5-1 Friday night in their seasonopener and carried that momentum into the first half of Sunday’s match against Stanford but could not close out the win. The Blue Devils scored twice in the opening period Sunday but could not find the net in the second half while the

Cardinal found its footing in the final minutes to tie the game. “We just have to be able to lock in and play it all the way through to the end,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “Both the goals we gave up in regulation were in the waning seconds. That’s unacceptable and that’s not how we play the game. It’s something that we’ve got to address in practice as we get back on the field next week.” Stanford (1-1) was locked in another close match Friday against No. 4 Syracuse, falling behind in the eighth minute of the game. Senior midfielder Maddie Secco found the net in the 68th minute to save the Cardinal from a shutout in their season opener, but the Orange put away the game with a second goal with less than two minutes remaining in the first period of extra time. The Blue Devils’ matchup with Stanford Sunday got off to a similar start but the home team refused to allow another loss. Duke (1-1) was more aggressive on offense in the first period, taking seven shots to the Cardinal’s four and See FIELD HOCKEY on Page 8

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Senior Sarah Urdahl notched the first goal of the game Sunday, but the Blue Devils could not make it hold up, falling 3-2 to No. 6 Stanford in overtime.

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PENN STATE from page 7 The Penn State senior received a through ball inside the box, dribbled by a defender and fired, but her shot hit Proctor’s right post. Freshman forward Charlotte Williams recovered the bouncing ball, but her rebound attempt went wide left. Williams had another scoring opportunity nine minutes later, as she connected on a header 20 yards away from the goal, but a Duke defender turned it away before it crossed the line. “In the first half, they were attacking us with a lot of long balls after transition so we just had to drop quicker and try not to make errors,” Proctor told GoDuke.com. “In the second half, we definitely handled that better and we got some more opportunities. We didn’t test their goalkeeper as much as we liked but overall we hold our own.” Freshman forward Taylor Racioppi, who poured in three goals at the UNC Nike Classic last weekend, led Duke’s attack in the first 45 minutes with two shots. “We didn’t play as well as we’re capable of playing [in the first period] but I thought we did in the second half,” Church

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told GoDuke.com. “We started connecting passes, we started running at them, creating opportunities. We had better movement in the second half and played the ball quicker.” Duke outshot Penn State 9-5 in the second half making things more interesting for the 4,207 spectators of the game. Junior forward Toni Payne had the first of two Blue Devil goal attempts in the first two minutes of the closing period. Racioppi had another chance that was blocked by the Nittany Lions’ defense. With 12 minutes left to play in regulation, freshman attacker Kayla McCoy had the best opportunity of the night to break the scoreless draw for the Blue Devils. The Lincolnwood, Ill., native received an inviting cross from junior captain Christina Gibbons, but her right-footed shot sailed over the crossbar. After the regular 90 minutes had elapsed with no score, the Blue Devils and Nittany Lions played two additional 10-minute periods, but the defensive struggle continued. In the extra 20 minutes, Penn State outshot Duke 6-2, but Williams and Weber were unable to net a strike as Blue Devil defenders snuffed out their shots. Proctor added two more saves during overtime to the nine she had registered in the first 90 minutes.

bunker. It’s not easy,” Church said. “I thought we were close to doing it, but then [in] the second half the goals came at such a critical time because in another 10, 15 minutes, panic would have set in a little bit with coaches, players on the sideline [and] players on the field.” Racioppi very nearly added her second goal of the game less than 10 minutes later when she launched a shot off her left foot from the edge of the 18-yard box that scraped the bottom of the post. The ball bounced straight down—just inches shy of crossing the goalline—and junior forward Toni Payne headed it past William & Mary goalkeeper Caroline Casey to stretch the Duke lead to 2-0. Church pointed out how pleased he was to see both of the Blue Devils’ goals come on hustle plays, and Payne said the concept of following a teammate’s shot was one the coaching staff has been preaching consistently. “I think in practice for a couple weeks we’ve been harping on crashing the ball every time there’s a shot,” Payne said. “So I knew every time there’s a shot on goal, I’m just going to crash it every time,

and it ended up being in the back of the net when I did that.” Although the offense has been a bright spot for the team thus far, Duke’s sterling defensive play has been just as responsible for its undefeated record through four games. After recording a career-high 11 saves against No. 6 Penn State Friday, sophomore goalkeeper E.J. Proctor added another clean slate against the Tribe, giving the Blue Devils four straight shutouts to open the season for the first time since 1997. The play of Proctor has certainly been a big factor in the team’s scoreless streak, but Church continued to praise his team’s defensive efforts from all positions. Duke held William & Mary—which had scored 11 goals in its prior three games—without a shot until the 63rd minute, thanks to an offense that dominated possession and a midfield that stifled potential counter-attacks that made it a fairly easy night for Proctor. “I think we knew we had the ability to defend like this and it was a priority because we’ve given up way too many goals,” Church said. “To play for championships, you can’t be giving up goals. We knew that, we saw that ourselves in 2011 [when Duke made it to the national championship game]. It’s a high priority. I just want to stress how much it’s been team defending.”

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the beginning of the third set, as the 49ers failed to return a Blue Devil serve over the net six straight times. Seizing the opportunity, Duke won the set 25-17, and the visitors would go up 14-9 in the fourth set, too. But suddenly, Long Beach State clicked into gear with the Blue Devils threatening to close out the match. The 49ers went on a 9-1 run and ultimately won the fourth set, opened the fifth set with a steadily increasing lead and defeated Duke 15-11. The Blue Devils had struggled earlier in the weekend with service errors, committing 13 against Saint Mary’s and eight against Cal State Fullerton. The woes came back to haunt Duke again Saturday night, as it made 16 errors on serve compared to just five by the 49ers. In its season opener Friday, the Blue Devils jumped out of the gates to win 11 of the first 16 points in a 3-0 win against Saint Mary’s (2-1). Seniors Breanna Atkinson and Emily Sklar combined for 24 kills, allowing Duke to dominate the second set with a .533 hitting percentage compared to the Gaels’ .069 clip. In the Blue Devils’ second match of the day, Duke swept all three sets from the Titans (0-3) with 11 aces and a 9-for-11 kill rate by Murrieta, Calif., native Alyse Whitaker. Freshman middle blocker Leah Meyer made an immediate impact in her collegiate debut, playing in all 11 sets, recording four aces and putting down 22 kills. “I think her impact is huge,” Nagel said. “Leah is playing a big role offensively for us.” The Blue Devils will play their second double-header in as many weeks Friday, traveling to the Kansas Invitational to take on University of Missouri-Kansas City and Kansas before facing Western Illinois Saturday.

scoring twice. In the 23rd minute, senior midfielder Sarah Urdahl took advantage of an opportunity inside, sending a rebound over Stanford goalkeeper Dulcie Davies for the first goal of the game. Eight minutes later, junior Heather Morris sent a long ball across the circle to midfielder Alexa Mackintire, and the sophomore tapped in the Blue Devils’ second goal. “I thought that those two goals, particularly, were earned by the Duke players,” Bustin said. “They really fought hard to finish it, they did it as a team, they did it together—and that’s something that we stopped doing in the second half.” The Cardinal came back in the second period with nine shots on goal. Blue Devil goalkeeper Lauren Blazing was able to make seven saves, adding to her four from the first period, but Secco scored in the 51st minute to cut Duke’s lead in half. Blazing weathered two Stanford penalty corners in the final minutes of regulation, giving the Blue Devil squad hope for their second victory of the weekend. “[Lauren] made some key saves,” Bustin said. “Particularly in the second half I think we were a little more appreciative. The Stanford goalie had an outstanding game. She saved a goal where we could have finished it and she kept Stanford in the game, and I think she gave them a lot of energy on the other end.” Duke fared better in Friday’s contest. Sophomore forward Ashley Kristen earned the first hat trick of her collegiate career with her first goal coming off of a penalty corner and two goals in the second period. Morris and classmate Hunter Bracale also found the net to help the Blue Devils down the Golden Bears 5-1. Duke’s schedule will not let up as the regular season heads

SAINT MARY’S from page 6 different players contributing. Ebobisse led the way with six shots, four shots on goal and two scores. “[The sophomores] have come a long way,” Kerr said. “Everyone can see that their talent level is way up there. They’re maturing together and they understand what’s needed to be successful. That’s the big turning point.” The sophomores’ impact on the field could be seen from the first minute to the 90th, but a telling moment of the group’s intangibles came late in the first half, when Fjørtoft registered the Blue Devils’ first goal of the season. When the Asker, Norway, native scores a goal, he usually celebrates by performing a summersault and gesturing with his hands to mimic smoking pistols. “As a defender you don’t score much, so you have to make your mark,” Fjørtoft said. But when the sophomore knocked in Duke’s first goal of the season, he decided the moment called for something different— and, instead, ran toward his teammates on the sideline, arms outstretched, looking for someone to hug. He wound up in the center of a celebrating mob of blue and black jerseys. “That’s who we are,” Fjørtoft said. “We’re a brotherhood and a family and that’s key.” The sophomores might have made the biggest impact on the offensive side of the ball, but graduate student defender Tyler Hilliard deserves credit for the defensive play of the game. With the score still tied 0-0, the Gaels set up for a corner kick and the ball arced into the goal box, connecting with Saint Mary’s senior Will Kendall’s head in what looked to be a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Blue Devil goalkeeper Wilson Fisher leapt to deflect it, but it was out of his reach and darted past him. But Hilliard squared up with the goal, threw all of his weight backwards and redirected the ball back out of the 18-yard box with a bicycle kick. “When I’m on the field, everything is pretty much a blur,” Hilliard said. “Instinctively, I saw the ball going up and I made a play on the ball. Really it was instinct, definitely not something off the practice field.” Although there were many positives to glean from Friday’s home opener, the final 28 minutes were also a sobering reminder of the importance of a disciplined defense. After allowing a conference-worst 34 goals last season, defense is a top priority for Duke this year. “Whenever you get a goal scored against you, it’s deflating, but unfortunately it does happen and we did not react to it well,” Kerr said. “We let them hang in there and that’s something that we have to work on going forward. You can’t let a team get back in the game.” into its second weekend. The Blue Devils have another pair of games at a neutral site this weekend, taking on No. 10 Northwestern Friday at 7 p.m. and No. 3 Maryland Sunday at 3 p.m. in Lancaster, Pa. “Every game is going to be a close game and every game is going to be one that we’re going to have to stay in it for however long it takes,” Bustin said. “Mentally and physically, we have to be the tougher team.”

DEPAUL from page 6 We held them out and we didn’t give them too many looks at the goal, so I’m pleased with the defensive effort.” On the other end of the field, the Blue Devil offense struggled to connect with the midfield and convert on its best opportunities. Only one of Duke’s four shots on goal was put forward by a member of the front line. After a strong showing Friday night against Saint Mary’s, Kerr said that the Blue Devil attack felt the effects of playing two full matches in less than 48 hours. Duke will have plenty of time to recover while enjoying a five-day break before their next contest. The Blue Devils will host Iona Saturday and Loyola Sept. 8 before hosting reigning NCAA champion Virginia for the start of conference play. “We need to keep getting those wins up on our ledger and keep moving forward,” Kerr said. “We need to pick it up a notch because the meat of our season is coming up soon with the ACC schedule. Those games aren’t going to be easy, so we need to be more consistent throughout the game. It’s early in the season and we’ve got a long way to go, but we’re happy to be 2-0 right now.”

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Campus readership: a new direction

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ast Wednesday, Duke Student Government canceled the existing undergraduate campus newspaper readership program. Started in 2000 by University President Nan Keohane and taken up in 2002 by DSG, the program sought to engage students with national and world affairs through print subscriptions of major newspapers like The New York Times and USA Today. After its cancellation, however, DSG now has plans to reboot the program to match the rapidly-evolving digital news media landscape that now defines the market among college readers. While the old newspaper readership program may have been of great value to previous generations of undergraduates, low readership was symptomatic of the recent shift in news consumption. Current undergraduates are increasingly likely to consume news via online and mobile platforms, specifically through social media networks and headline notifications. A new readership program that takes that as a sign to allocate money towards more mobile and online platform access would correctly respond to student demand and attract more users. Further, emphasizing online access over print distribution allows for closer regulation of who benefits from the program. The old readership program was often

onlinecomment “The most underrepresented areas for Duke are in poor white communities such as Appalachia. If Duke really wants to improve diversity, it will reach out to rural areas that are most underrepresented.” — “Fidel Cashflow” commenting on the Aug. 28 article “Admins striving to increase socioeconomic diversity”

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used by faculty, staff, administrators and graduate students despite the program being funded by undergraduate student activities fees. Requiring academic reading passes to go through Net IDs or other unique forms of identification would properly address this issue. That

Editorial said, we also encourage these groups to begin funding readership programs of their own or to work with DSG to join the new program. Increased online subscription, unfortunately, comes with a few drawbacks. Experiencing news in print form is still attractive to some, and DSG should consider retaining a small order of print copies for students to use. Ideally, students would be able to opt-in to a print subscription at the beginning of the year. Of course, we suggest that the issue of who picks up the papers be addressed perhaps with one centrally located new distribution box that limits access depending on what kind of Duke ID is swiped. But beyond reorienting the readership program towards technology, we believe DSG should also strongly consider adding a newspaper like the Wall Street Journal to the program to expand the types of coverage and ideology

provided by the program. You only have to compare the headlines and editorial columns of the two newspapers to see how having access to both would be a benefit for intellectual conversation. We further encourage DSG and the University to promote the other reading material available on campus. The subscriptions Duke has to The Economist, Foreign Affairs and other publications should be much more widely used by students, many of whom just are not aware of how easy they are to access. In addition to a new, expanded undergraduate readership program, initiatives along the same lines by other University communities and the promotion of all our content subscriptions, our campus community should have no shortage of ability to stay in tune with the news cycle that we are otherwise fed through phone updates and the occasional social media link. We therefore continue to recommend that the undergraduate community deepen its understanding of the ever-changing outside world while they concurrently live in the all-encompassing undergraduate experience at Duke. While some students will inevitably not take advantage of the new readership program, we hope that a new program will better enable those who are just an academic pass away from engaging with the content-rich world of current news and affairs to do so.

Freshman chooses not to read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’

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ebate continues to rage on campus over one freshman’s choice not to read his class’ assigned summer reading, Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Writing in The Washington Post, freshman Zach Stuman explained that he could not read the work on account of the objectionable images it contained.

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novel centers around one caterpillar who, sensing the ultimate void of meaning within life, goes on a nihilistic rampage destroying the pantry of a poor family. At the end of the novel (spoilers), the caterpillar, profiting from its violence, is transformed into ‘a beautiful butterfly.’ By depicting this unrepentant destroyer in a heroic light, Carle forces his

SATIRE, PROBABLY “After researching the book and reading a small portion of it, I chose not to complete the assignment. My choice had nothing to do with the difficult themes presented within the book but instead the cartoons used to convey them. For those that do not know, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’is a graphic novel that focuses on one caterpillar who, in a bid to deal with life’s emptiness, eats a number of items, including one salami and one other not-explicitly-identified sausage product.” “My Salsiccian belief is that the act of eating cured Italian sausages is sacred and not something that should be devalued by public ogling. My belief extends to depictions of salami eating in popular culture and even within Renaissance art. I am well aware that my ethics make me an oddity on campus and even among many other practicing Salsiccians. However, my interpretation of the scriptures lead me firmly to believe that the experience of being in the numinous presence of glorious Italian sausage should just be between you, your salami and Sausage Jesus.” “I would like to add that I am not opposed to other opinions and viewpoints. I have recently become friends with a caterpillar, so you can see that it is not a lack of openness or a dislike of the Lepidoptera larvae community in general that drives my actions.” Writing for The Chronicle in a column entitled “JUST READ IT YOU BIGOTED ...,” senior Zach Lin accused Stuman of closemindedness. “He says it’s about the images of salami, but it is clear that Stuman is just uncomfortable reading a piece written from the perspective of an insect.” “College isn’t a place you come to be mollycoddled, which is why reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ is so symbolically important. The

audience to question their understandings of right and wrong and good naturally winning out over evil.” “It is an uncomfortable book to read, that’s for sure. I myself find these brutal ideas hard to consider. But refusing to read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ as a knee-jerk reaction to its content is, frankly, childish. Stuman is like a kid in a high chair, tossing away Dr. Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ without even briefly entertaining its notions of existential angst. Such behavior has no place at an institution as open-minded and unbiased as Duke, which is why he must be silenced.” The Chronicle took to the quad to get some student perspectives on the controversy. “It’s all just more of this fascist liberal PC politics,” said sophomore Luke Tailer. “The left is trying to shut down this one kid for expressing an opinion that doesn’t match their dogma. All these progressives are rushing to attack him as a Salsiccian – but you just know that if he were a Muslim they’d let him privately eat all the sausages he’d want. Which, like, I guess would be none. But still.” “I agree, he’s gonna have a difficult time at Duke if he can’t deal with the kind of stuff in that book,” said junior Laura Jones. “He’s a global health major, right? What if one day he like, has to study caterpillar-caused salami blight in southern Italy? It comes up a lot. I’ve taken at least two classes that have had that as an overarching theme, and I’m a comp sci major.” In other news, 700 students in the Class of 2019 today published a joint letter in The New York Times also titled “Here’s why I refused to read ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’” The letter says only the word “Laziness.” Monday Monday would like to propose the script for the “Minions” movie as the Class of 2020’s summer reading.

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hether in writing or in oratory, proper argumentation is an essential component of any serious attempt at persuasion. Unfortunately, public discourse in America is largely bereft of well-reasoned arguments and instead features fallacious thinking, logical non-sequiturs, inapposite redherrings and other intellectually spurious attempts at defending or critiquing a

these important issues, which do deserve to be discussed in a thorough and critical manner. The last form of an ad hominem to be discussed here is guilt by association. In this variation, instead of addressing the message, the messenger is discredited by linking him or her to some other idea, person or group through a shared trait. For example, a suicide bomber clutching a Quran walks into a crowded marketplace, killing dozens. Does it

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ollege students are coddled children incapable of engaging difficult content without dissolving into an emotional frenzy. This sentiment appearing in a string of recent articles, such as in “The Coddling of the American Mind,” is what The Atlantic and others would have you believe about the modern university student. It couldn’t be further from the truth. The source of this widespread panic over students’ mental fortitude appears to be trigger warnings. The Atlantic

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position. Even more lamentable, the level of dialogue at Duke, a supposed beacon of higher learning and enlightened thought, often fails to rise above the low standard set by the public at large. Thus, this column will shed light upon some of the most common failures of argumentation in the faint hope of elevating the intellectual quality of the discussion, exchange and interplay of ideas here on campus. The most typical shortcoming is the usage of an ad hominem when addressing an idea. The phrase “ad hominem” is Latin for “to the person,” and when one engages in ad hominem, one is making an argument about someone instead of the ideas he or she is espousing. There are several variations of this fallacy which will be explored below. The first version of the ad hominem is to simply assume that the opposition is either, one, too incompetent to understand the issue or, two, uninformed about the pertinent facts. That’s always the easiest and most intellectually lazy way out of any argument; just call the opponent stupid or ignorant. For example, I have frequently heard on this campus that those who do not support gay marriage are either “bigots or uneducated.” Sure, you can just assume a priori, without justification, that a full 40 percent of Americans either hold an irrational animus or don’t know what they’re talking about. Even though that’s an easy and perhaps tempting course of action, such an assumption robs you of the opportunity to constructively engage with the opposition and discuss the merits of competing ideas, while also discrediting your own thinking as lacking in rigor. Continuing with the same example, instead of knocking down a caricatured straw man of those who support the traditional, conjugal view of marriage, serious proponents of gay marriage should mentally joust with the likes of Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, or Sherif Girgis, a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton and a Rhodes Scholar, both of who unabashedly oppose gay marriage. It stretches the credulity of the incredulous to claim that these two scholars lack the intelligence or awareness to hold a learned view on the issue of marriage. While you may not agree with them, which is your prerogative in a free society, it behooves you to address the substance of their arguments. Another form of the ad hominem is to attempt to discredit the opposition simply because of certain characteristics they do or do not possess, such as age, race, gender or wealth. For example, if you’re not a woman, you are disqualified from offering your opinion on feminism. Or if you are not yourself black, your views on race relations in America are void, irrespective of the actual merits of the argument. Or if you are not a white law enforcement officer, your thoughts on policing are irrelevant – oh wait, this example is purely rhetorical. In any case, these specious ad hominem arguments, based on an intellectually bankrupt form of identity politics, undermine the legitimate debate of

logically follow that those who own a Quran are radical terrorists? No, of course not, and I will freely and readily defend any Muslim against this charge. Likewise, if a deranged individual bearing a Confederate battle flag murders a church full of worshipers in Charleston, it does not logically follow that those who fly the same flag are also racist white supremacists. As a general matter, one should always engage with the most charitable and compelling version of an opponent’s argument, even if they themselves are unable to articulate it. This principle of charity ensures that your argument gives a fair but critical evaluation of the opposition’s ideas. In the words of Bryan Caplan, “the ability to pass ideological Turing tests – to state opposing views as clearly and persuasively as their proponents – is a genuine symptom of objectivity and wisdom.” Sadly at Duke, the vast majority of students have never had to constructively engage with an opposing viewpoint because this university is an echo chamber of a single world-view. In a series of excellent columns, my good friend Daniel Strunk describes the value of facing opinions you find fundamentally incorrect or even offensive, the importance of respecting the opposition and why most students at Duke should be upset at being deprived of this essential learning experience. Michael Munger, a tenured professor at Duke and the former chair of the Political Science department, also notes the problem of professors unashamedly and purposefully attempting to indoctrinate students with their own ideological views instead of allowing students to develop their own views through mentally sparring with their peers. More so than recalcitrant students who fail to thoughtfully consider the arguments of their opponents and the professors who giddily enable this ideological narcissism by actively pushing their own personal views, the larger failure here is higher education itself. A century ago, you couldn’t call yourself an educated person without having read Plato’s dialogues, Cicero’s orations or Kant’s critiques of reason, among other works in the Western canon. Now, you can graduate from a top university with a bachelor of the arts, purportedly receiving a liberal arts education, without having to encounter any of these works. As such, most students have never been educated in the art of argumentation. I hope that this column will not be a vain voice in the wilderness, but rather the impetus for students to reflect upon their own thinking and the way in which they argue with others, particularly those they disagree with. It is incumbent upon us to raise the level of campus dialogue to a standard consistent with the intellectualism we aspire to as a university. Duke deserves nothing less from her students.

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defines trigger warnings as “alerts that professors are expected to issue if something in a course might cause a strong emotional response.” The article goes on to detail numerous cases the authors feel illustrate college students in crisis. The Atlantic authors, and others, seem to be confused as to what, exactly, a trigger warning is. Simply put, a trigger warning is a notification that a writer or professor may choose to include warning people that the subsequent material may elicit an intensely emotional response. Good writers, professors and journalists have been doing this for years: letting students know that a particular reading may be difficult to get through so students can prepare themselves. If you’re watching the news, you generally expect a warning before a particularly grisly murder scene pops on screen. Fans of the shows “House” and “Law and Order” can recall a “Viewer discretion is advised” warning at the beginning of each episode. These are the kinds of trigger warnings we have grown accustomed to – and appreciative of – in everyday life. Trigger warnings are a simple courtesy, a “heads-up,” that difficult material is to follow. A very common use for a trigger warning is on material related to sexual assault. You may have noticed that my last column began with this kind of trigger warning. I chose, as a writer, to include a warning because for some survivors of sexual assault, reading materials that detail assault can be especially traumatizing. I’m not talking about the “oh that makes me uncomfortable and sad” kind of emotion. I’m talking about reading materials that elicit flashbacks to intensely horrific memories, physical responses related to PTSD, disorientation resulting from depression and a quickened heartbeat from anxiety. When reading articles that don’t include trigger warnings and then suddenly happening upon detailed descriptions of sexual assault, survivors are left completely unprepared. What if they were reading the article in math class? Alone walking at night? Attaching a trigger warning is a courtesy to survivors, so that they may either choose to pass on reading the content or choose to read it at another time. No one is going to force a writer to include a trigger warning, but we as writers can ourselves choose to respect the experiences of the many survivors around us by including them. A common critique of trigger warnings is that they lead to emotional Jonathan Zhao is a Trinity senior and the coddling. According to critics, this is Editorial Page Editor. His column runs on an unkind and dangerous world, so you must face your problems head on. For alternate Mondays.

instance, The Atlantic article authors argue that the only way for a woman to get over her fear of riding elevators is for her to ride them. Allowing her to avoid her fear thus forever retains it. This analogy is problematic on a number of levels – comparing the fear of elevators to the trauma of sexual assault – but the conclusion that we are not responsible for respecting her fear and are even complicit in encouraging it is inaccurate. While the solution may indeed be to encourage her to comfortably ride elevators again, you

probably aren’t going to successfully achieve this by telling her you’re going to take the stairs, and then suddenly shoving her onto an elevator. You would probably warn her first, rather than just force her to suddenly face her intense fear without any sort of preparation. Survivors already know that this is a dangerous world by virtue of our experiences. Adding a trigger warning to content doesn’t coddle us, and it isn’t a critic’s job to make sure that we “face our fears.” We don’t tell veterans to get over their PTSD by watching war films. Trigger warnings just provide the wonderful, rare instances in which we aren’t being shoved onto elevators. Another common critique of trigger warnings is that they lead to the censorship of material, especially in universities. Trigger warnings are not meant to be censorship devices, and they don’t lead to censorship. They are not meant to change the content of what they accompany. Trigger warnings are a courtesy that professors can use to play an important role in respecting the experiences of survivors. In my time at Duke I’ve had three professors provide trigger warnings. The first was before we began reading a book that detailed the repeated, graphic rape of a young child. The second was for a class where we would be talking about rape as a tactic of war. The third was regarding rape in a legal studies context. These were all courtesies; my professors were not going to change their content or eliminate controversial sets of reading. But they recognized the intensity of what they asked, especially for the victims of trauma. Professors aren’t being forced to add trigger warnings. Their content isn’t being censored. In fact, being told that you are unable to include a trigger warning on material is an actual, tangible act of censorship. I experienced this while writing my last column, when I had to fight incredibly hard with the editorial staff to be allowed to begin my editorial, in the opinion section, with a trigger warning, even though it was completely my prerogative to do so. It can be easy to toss aside the idea of trigger warnings as frivolous and silly, especially if you aren’t a victim of trauma. But as human beings, we should care about the experiences of other people and in having authentic interactions with our peers. We shouldn’t be trying to ambush people and throw them onto elevators. We give each other warnings, we acknowledge each other’s experiences and we walk forward in this dangerous world together. Dana Raphael is a Trinity junior. Her column runs on alternate Mondays.

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LOBBYING from page 1 said Christopher Simmons, associate vice president of federal relations. While the public often has a negative perception of lobbying, Melissa Vetterkind, director of the office of federal relations, said that the type of lobbying Duke does is different. “The vast majority of what we do is more educational versus active lobbying,” Vetterkind said. “We’re telling the story of what federal research dollars mean to Duke and how Duke uses it and puts it out to general society.” Duke in Washington Simmons and Vetterkind are Duke’s only two registered lobbyists—defined as spending more than 20 percent of working hours on lobbying work within a three month period—at the federal level. The University focuses its lobbying on issues that have a direct impact on the University, its faculty and its students. In particular, research funded by federal agencies—such as the National Institutes of Health and National Science Founda-

tion—is a priority for the University. In 2013, 35 percent of the money Duke received in federal revenue came from research awards, per the Office of Federal Relations’ website. Simmons explained that Duke gets access to research funding by having faculty go through a peer review of their project proposals by the award-granting agency in question. Each agency is, in its budget, appropriated a certain amount of money that it can dole out to research proposals. Duke’s goal is to increase the size of that overall pot in order to give faculty more opportunities. One way Duke does this is by encouraging faculty and administrators to testify in front of Congress on the importance of research to universities, Simmons wrote in an email. As such, fluctuations in the University’s research funding depend more on faculty competitiveness across universities than they do on decisions made in Washington, Simmons noted, adding that a decrease in the overall pot need not imply a decrease in the amount Duke receives. Duke’s awards from the NIH—one of Duke’s top providers—have remained relatively stable since 2012 despite five percent cuts in the NIH budget in 2013 due to budget sequestra-

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The Chronicle tion, falling from $392 million in 2012 to $363 million in 2013 before rebounding to $383 million in 2014. Munger noted that, for the most part, universities like Duke lobby in order to prevent threats from “budget hawks” to cut research funding from reaching fruition rather than advocating for increases. One potential exception to that rule, however, is the 21st Century Cures Act—which Simmons said Duke has actively weighed in on—that just passed the House of Representatives and is pending confirmation in the Senate. If it passes, the bill will increase NIH funding to $8.75 billion over five years starting in 2016. Duke has seen cuts in funding due to budget cuts on Capitol Hill. For example, in 2011, the University saw significant cuts to its foreign language and international studies programs due to budget reductions in Title VI of the Higher Education Act. Simmons explained that the act is supposed to be reauthorized every six years and that Duke will be closely following current debates over the reauthorization in Congress. Another piece of legislation Duke has actively lobbied for is the DREAM Act, which—if ever passed—would offer undocumented students in college a pathway to legal status. While acknowledging that support for such proposals is a divisive issue in the current political climate and potentially amongst Duke faculty and students, Simmons said that the legislation had a direct impact on Duke. For instance, undocumented students who might want to be able to study abroad or participate in other activities would be unable because of the lack of legal documentation. DUHS and State Level Although DUHS’ lobbying expenses are reported along with those of the rest of the University, a separate office from the Office of Federal Relations manages DUHS’ efforts—the DUHS Office of Government Relations. Paul Vick, associate vice president for government relations at Duke Medicine, oversees both DUHS’ lobbying efforts as well as all of the entire University’s state-level lobbying. The University has one registered state lobbyist—Doug Heron, assistant vice president for government relations at Duke Medicine. One of DUHS’ main concerns at the federal level is Medicare, Vick said, noting that any reduction in Medicare funding means DUHS gets less reimbursement for its Medicare patients. Health reimbursements made up 64 percent of Duke’s total revenue in 2013 according to the Office of Federal Relations website. At the state level, DUHS is engaged with potentially imminent changes to North Carolina’s Medicaid system that would take the State’s Medicaid program from a “feefor-service” program to a “managed care” system—where a specific amount of money in reimbursements would be allocated for any given patient. Vick added that DUHS isn’t lobbying for or against the change, but rather to ensure that the final legislation allows Duke Medicine to continue to provide quality patient care. Another big potential change that would affect the University regards tax policy. As a nonprofit, Duke is eligible to get refunds on its sales tax payments, Vick explained, adding that the N.C. Senate is currently considering proposals to phase that program out. Vick confirmed via email that DUHS is aggressively lobbying against the proposed change, because it would cost an estimated $40 million split evenly between DUHS and the University. 2016 Entering an election year, the procedures for University lobbyists on Capitol Hill do not change, in large part because Duke is prohibited from making campaign contributions, Simmons said. Schoenfeld added that issues Duke cares about are expected to play a large role in the candidates’ platforms, namely student aid. Candidates have already begun unveiling their plans for lowering college debt. Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders recently proposed their New College Compact and College For All Act, respectively, which both aim to cut college costs for students. Ohio Governor John Kasich and Florida Senator Marco Rubio have also discussed ideas for student aid reform. Simmons wrote in an email that Duke has historically supported student aid proposals that lower interest rates, simplify repayment plans and allow for refinancing loans at lower rates. “The fact that we can’t make campaign contributions or endorse candidates doesn’t mean that we can’t meet with people to advocate for our issues and our interests,” Schoenfeld said. “We’re going to continue to be very active in telling Duke’s story.” Editor’s Note: The Chronicle spoke with Simmons in person and by email, and with Vick by phone and by email.