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How a computer game made sophomore Alex Balfanz millions By Shannon Fang Towerview Managing Editor

On the evening of April 20, 2017, sophomore Alex Balfanz released his game Jailbreak on the creation platform Roblox. When he woke up in the morning, more than 60,000 people were concurrently playing, making it one of the most popular games on the site. “Overnight, it all changed,” Balfanz said. “All the things I had been dreaming were going to happen just happened.” Jailbreak is an open-world, multiplayer cops and robbers game, where the players can choose whether to be on the team of the police or the prisoners. The prisoners must escape from jail, and once escaped, can wreak havoc on the city. The police attempt to catch the criminals and put them back in jail. On Nov. 8, Jailbreak reached 2 billion total plays, and it recently hit more than 170,000 concurrent players. The game often has more than 100,000 concurrents, and more than 75,000 years worth of Jailbreak has been played. The game attracts hundreds of millions from all over the world, with only about 65 percent of the players being English speakers, and it is quickly expanding by adding new languages.

Simran Prakash | Staff Photographer Sophomore Alex Balfanz’s game Jailbreak has been played more than two billion times.

Building Jailbreak Balfanz said he never played many computer games as a kid, but he always thought about ways of improving them. He began programming when he was nine years old. His dad worked in programming, so he was surrounded by it as a kid. After being introduced to it, he said he was entirely self-taught. “Programming is something I’ve always loved, never been told to do,” Balfanz said. “The big thing was wanting to create cool things, and then relentlessly researching until I could create those things, and I learned really quickly that way.” Balfanz would learn how to program the main feature of a game, and after he finished, he would quickly move on to learning a new feature of a new game. Through 10 years, his programming skillset vastly grew. At that point, he wanted to build an original See SOPHOMORE on Page 4

Snow stalls campus as students prep for exams By Isabelle Doan News Editor

Finals begin Wednesday morning, but that didn’t stop Duke students from enjoying a snow day. Several inches of snow came down on campus during the night, with snow still falling Sunday morning. The University went under severe weather policy beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday and will remain under the policy until Tuesday at 7 a.m., according to DukeAlert as of Sunday night. Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek noted in an email to students that she was “a bit disappointed that given the timing, classes are not impacted.” However, students still found time for winter fun in between studying. Sophomore Kaitlyn Boncaro participated in a snowball fight with her friends. “We went outside at Swift and built a snowman and had a really great snowball fight and it was super fun,” she said.

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When does Duke make a statement? An ‘art, not a science’ By Matthew Griffin Staff Reporter

Duke students frequently open their emails to see messages from President Vincent Price or other University officials. This semester has seen statements by Price on such subjects as racist graffiti at the Mary Lou Williams Center, Hurricane Florence and on-campus voting. There is no established system for doing so, administration officials said—rather, the circumstances surrounding each statement are different. “This is an art, not a science,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Schoenfeld explained that there are many people who want Price to make a statement on a topic at any given time, and the president must be “thoughtful and judicious” in deciding when to speak. He added that Price often consults with a variety of people—including senior leadership, student leaders, alumni and faculty—before deciding to speak, but that the final decision is ultimately Price’s. Price added that several criteria help him decide when to speak out. These include the importance of the matter to Duke and its values, the probability of the issue receiving significant media coverage and the number of people at Duke who will be affected. Timing is also a consideration—there are certain moments, such as the beginning and end of a semester, the period before a break and the arrival of a storm like Florence, when members of the community may expect a statement. However, Price said he sometimes decides that a statement is not the best way to reach the community. “We do have other ways of reaching out, in combination with or in place of statements, including personal outreach,” he said. Price isn’t the only member of the administration who can make statements to the Duke community. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, has sent emails on a variety of topics this year, ranging from weather conditions during hurricanes and snow storms to criminal incidents on campus. Last month, L. Gregory Jones, dean of the Duke Divinity School, released a statement See PRICE on Page 3

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Climate class heads to U.N. conference Lilly Library to get $10 million upgrade By Maria Morrison Staff Reporter

For most students, finals week is spent cramming in the library. Others are traveling to a United Nations convention. Ten graduate students and two undergraduates will be at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Katowice, Poland as part of the U.N. Climate Change Negotiations Practicum, a Bass Connections-affiliated course. The faculty sponsors are Billy Pizer, professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, and Jonathan Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins professor of law and professor of environmental policy and public policy, along with two graduate student instructors. “They are going to have a lot of basic skills like writing and presenting and quantitative analysis, but they’re also going to be able to work in teams, work with people at different levels, experts, laypeople, work under time under deadlines and constraints,” Pizer said. “That kind of learning, whether it involves the trip or is done right here in Durham, that’s really valuable. This is one incarnation of that kind of learning.” Students have spent the semester learning about the history of the UNFCCC and of climate change negotiations. Each of them also has been working for clients across the world, most for nongovernmental organizations and some for delegations. In preparation for the class, students wrote a memo for their client regarding a specific issue that will be discussed at the conference. Senior public policy major Jacob Glasser focused on climate finance and the Green Climate Fund, one of the mechanisms of the UNFCCC that helps developing countries adapt to climate change. Glasser said that he and his classmates will be acting as extensions of their client’s team. Glasser will be working with the National Resources Defense Council. “We will be acting as eyes and ears on the ground, taking notes at meetings and tracking issues of interest,” Glasser said. Glasser said there were many events happening at once and the students will be spreading out to assist their clients. This process helps the students to participate more than they could if they were simply observing. “The main goal of COP24 is to operationalize the Paris Agreement,” Glasser said.

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Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The class traveled to Katowice, Poland for the conference.

After the Paris Accords were written in December 2015, which Glasser described as the “biggest agreement in climate change we’ve ever had,” there were large frameworks set for climate change control moving forward but limited technical details. At COP24, the negotiators will set up a “rulebook” for the “details of how to make the Paris Agreement work,” Glasser said. This includes “climate finance, adaptation, and mitigation,” as well as conversations about loss and damages, gender, and the transition to a more sustainable future. Pizer, who says he acts as a faculty advisor of sorts for the mainly student-driven class, has been involved in climate negotiations long before coming to Duke to teach. “The negotiations have been going on since 1992 so I think that having some understanding of the history of the negotiations and how they work is important,” Pizer said. “Otherwise you go there and you expect certain things when the reality is that a lot happens behind closed doors in bilateral negotiations.” The course gives students experience working in a team and following a complicated set of issues, giving them practical experience that is very different from a classroom, Pizer said. “Experiencing is different from reading or hearing about [the conference],” Pizer said. “You’re living it 15 hours a day. The last few days are all-nighters filled with people waiting to see how different issues get resolved.”

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Other students made a snowman for first-year basketball player Zion Williamson, which he posted on his Instagram story. Although Boncaro had a great snowball fight, sophomore Anna Go’s snowball fight did not go so well because it startd raining. “We went outside and had a snowball fight for two minutes, and got really wet and really cold and went inside,” Go said. “So that was short-lived winter fun.” First-year Catherine McMillan also participated in the “obligatory snow photoshoot” with friends. “It was especially fun because some of my friends, particularly [international students], have never seen snow,” McMillan wrote in a message. “So seeing their reactions instilled a sense of childhood nostalgia.” Boncaro had also never seen snow. “I’m from Florida, so I basically have never seen snow—well, before last year,” she said. Sujal Manohar | Photography Editor For some, this translated into a lack of Approximately more than half a foot of snow hit campus Sunday. preparedness for the cold and the snow. “I was not prepared for the snow,” McMillan said. “I didn’t have a proper snow jacket so that cold was utterly miserable, but spending time with my friends was still fun.” Some, indeed, spent their Sunday morning inside with friends. Sophomore Sam Miezio spent hers in the Mosaic in Keohane. “Since all of the local churches were canceled, a group of my friends and I got together and had our own church service, and we sang and worshipped,” Miezio said. The snow likely won’t stand in the way of final exams, though. In an email to The Chronicle, Wasiolek explained that unless the severe weather policy is still in effect through the Wednesday exam period, which begins at 9 a.m., there will not be any changes to undergraduate final exams. “If the severe weather policy is in effect through the Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM exam period, we will reschedule that exam period to Saturday (December 15th) during the 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sujal Manohar | Photography Editor reading period,” she wrote. Final exams are unlikely to be impacted, according to the provost. Jake Satisky and Bre Bradham contributed reporting.

about the deportation of Samuel Oliver-Bruno, who had been living in a Durham church for nearly a year. These statements are coordinated among the administration to ensure that they represent Duke’s institutional values, Schoenfeld said. Once Price decides to speak out on an issue, the writing process can vary. Schoenfeld explained that Price sometimes drafts the statement himself—other times, another member of the administration drafts a statement, which Price would edit before its release. Schoenfeld emphasized that Price has the final say and places the final edits on any statement. “Ultimately, it’s [Price’s] voice,” he said. He added that a clearer timeline exists when the administration has advance warning of an event—such as the renaming of the Carr Building—as opposed to sudden and unplanned incidents. He also explained that there is no pre-written statement for any issue. “There isn’t a file on the computer that says, ‘OK, swastika issue. We’ll pull out the pre-packaged message for that,’” Schoenfeld said. Price must account for the views of those who will read a statement. Schoenfeld noted that a message sent to all students, faculty and staff will reach around 60,000 people, not counting those who will view it on social media. A message sent to alumni will reach another 180,000 individuals. “I try to be brief,” Price said. “Brevity is, I think, important in reaching large audiences. But at the same time, brevity puts a lot of pressure on the single words you do choose.” Price said that he shares messages with other members of the administration to get a sense of the ways in which they could be interpreted—or misinterpreted. He said that, as president, he must consider the fact that he speaks for Duke as an institution. “The president speaks not only as an individual, but for the university,” Price said. “So care has to be taken to use that presidential voice wisely, and at times it can be a bit of a balancing act.” Schoenfeld said that although crafting a statement can be difficult, it is also an opportunity. “You have both the challenge and the opportunity to say something meaningful, say something powerful,” he said.

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SOPHOMORE FROM PAGE 1 game to completion. One year before Jailbreak, Balfanz released his first game on Roblox called Volt. The game was mildly successful and gained him a small following. A few months later, someone introduced him to a basic cops and robbers tag game. Usually unable to play a game for more than 10 minutes, he surprisingly found himself enjoying this game. However, he wanted more out of it and decided to take on the task himself. Balfanz then spent four months developing Jailbreak, working a few hours every day on the game. He and his coding partner, who managed the 3D modeling, decided it was finally time to release Jailbreak after months of hard work. ‘Millions’ Within two days, Jailbreak had more than 80,000 concurrent players, making it the biggest game on Roblox at the time. “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Balfanz said. “I remember going to school the next week and coming home every day to all these messages from all these people, and it was so overwhelming.” He felt that life was never going to calm down—the game had become such an instant and huge success, and everything was so new, he said. But Balfanz did not stop there. He updated the game every week, which was something that creators did not often do at the time. He said players loved these changes because they felt more connected to the game, were more engaged and could see their feedback make an impact. “I can’t even imagine Jailbreak as it was when I released it,” Balfanz said. “Right now, it must seem so simple and basic because, for so long, I was adding these huge updates.” Not much changed on a day-to-day basis for Balfanz. He continued to program every day for hours, which he loved, but there were more

people depending on him when a bug needed to be fixed. Balfanz said the game logic is now about 60,000 lines of code, all written by him. Being in college, he now updates every month. Jailbreak is free to play for everyone, but there are in-game purchases such as vehicle skins, game currency and rocket fuel tanks. The money from these purchases goes to Balfanz. When asked how much money he has made from the game, Balfanz replied, “millions.” In a Business Insider interview, Balfanz said he had made enough money to pay for his fouryear tuition at Duke within three months of releasing the game. “It’s hard to even comprehend,” Balfanz said. “It was not something I was looking for.” For a long time, he said he didn’t realize that it was possible to make money from programming if you didn’t work for a big corporation. Because money was never the driving force behind his work, Balfanz said that earning so much of it did not greatly affect him or his mindset. “It is incredible and has opened up a lot of freedoms for me for the future,” Balfanz said. “For example, now I know I love entrepreneurship and would love to just continue that for the rest of my life. I would not work for anyone in a corporate job because I know I work so well when I’m doing things that I love.”

is almost always willing to share that with his friends, Todd wrote in an email. “I’ve probably learned just as much from him as I have from my professors at Duke, whether through working on assignments or just discussing careers and life in general, which is a lot of fun to do when he’s in the room,” Todd wrote. Balfanz said he was initially drawn to Duke because of its machine learning department, and he is now studying computer science and statistics. He said the Jailbreak’s success means he does not have to look for internships or work for a company. “It changed me in the sense that I never had to do anything except what my dreams were,” Balfanz said. “I know if it hadn’t happened, I know my life would be very different here and in the next 10 years for sure.” News about his success with Jailbreak spread instantly throughout his first-year dorm, though he is unsure how people found out. But he said others’ knowledge of his success has not affected him at Duke, likely because people expect to meet interesting people. Todd met Balfanz during orientation week and was in the same linear algebra class as him. Balfanz never mentioned his profession until Todd asked the right questions. Running into Balfanz in the Bryan Center after picking up a check, Todd finally learned of Balfanz’s game and success. College life “It definitely changed the way I viewed Balfanz said people often ask him why he him,” Todd wrote in an email. “By then, I was is even in college. “Because it would feel weird thinking, ‘Damn, I should stay in touch with not to be,” he said. College is a good experience this guy if nothing else.’” to have—being able to make friends and build valuable connections—as well as a good plan B, ‘So much has changed’ should anything go wrong, he added. Balfanz said that his parents are his Sophomore Charlie Todd, Balfanz’s friend, biggest fans. They watch the popular Jailbreak joked that the money and success has not livestreams, read what people tweet him and made him snobby, yet. He noted that Balfanz send him what people are saying about the in most respects is normal—a great friend with game. He appreciates that they never limited a good sense of humor. Balfanz is not only an his time on the computer and raised him with experienced and knowledgeable coder, but he good personal finance skills.

Balfanz later built analytics into the game, allowing him to see which languages the players speak, where they are from and what they tend to purchase. He said it is cool to see how people from different countries play differently, such as how they spend their money and whether they use their mobile device or computer. Jailbreak is also starting to grow in the merchandise market. Jailbreak clothing, books, toys and large playsets are being launched soon. “So much has changed,” Balfanz said. “I always knew I wanted to do programming for my career, and I can remember always thinking I wanted to work for myself. But it was just a dream. I never thought it would actually occur.” Balfanz said he is currently working on a new game but cannot disclose any details about it yet. He is also working on creating a financial suite, or a set of tools to help him manage stocks and investments. The suite would help him look at statistics about his portfolio that he has not seen through other portfolio management services. Although he is making the program for personal use, he said it would be cool to sell in the future. Balfanz hopes to push this new product into the education market. Stock simulators are currently marketed toward teachers, who force their students to use them. Very few students use stock simulators for fun, so he wants to gamify a stock simulator that students would enjoy playing. “I don’t have any strongly defined plans [for the future], I just want to keep doing what I love,” Balfanz said. A few weeks ago, Balfanz predicted Jailbreak would hit 2 billion plays during his statistics class. After considering whether he should go to class, he decided to skip. When the counter hit 2 billion, Balfanz released a new update causing a volcano to blow up, making the city sink to the ground. A new, rebuilt, better-looking city then rose from the ashes. “It’s been a crazy ride, and it’s never slowed down,” Balfanz said.

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R.J. Barrett drops 30 points, adds seven assists as the Blue Devils thrash Yale at home By Winston Lindqwister Sports Managing Editor

R.J. Barrett can do it all. From the paint, from the field, on the boards, his ability to defend and score effortlessly unquestionably ranks him as one of the best players in the nation. And his latest outing just added another line to an already stellar resume for the young Blue Devil. No. 3 Duke trounced Yale 91-58 Saturday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Although the Blue Devils looked rough around the edges, YALE 58 especially in fouls and DUKE 91 converting at the freethrow line, Duke’s defensive dominance and transcendent play from Barrett helped the team maintain its nonconference home-court dominance. “I always have confidence,” Barrett said. “My teammates and my coaches have confidence in me. No matter what’s going on, they always help me. We help each other, that’s why it’s called the brotherhood.” Barrett, who has consistently been topping the Blue Devils’ scoring totals, had yet another stellar outing alongside his young teammates. Finishing with 30 points and seven rebounds, the freshman forward was a force of nature in the paint. Barrett has always been a magnet for

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R.J. Barrett continued his recent efficient stretch with a 30-point, seven-rebound, six-assist performance on 9-of-19 shooting Saturday. contact, and the Mississauga, Ontario, native did not disappoint against the Bulldogs—he got to the line 12 times Saturday, hitting nine. The former top recruit of the Class of 2018 became the first Blue Devil in history to score over 20 points in his first six games in Cameron. Although some of Barrett’s plays may not attract the same spotlight as teammate Zion Williamson’s dunks, the Canadian Blue Devil

took center stage with ease. “You call that quiet? He does have quiet 20-point games but I don’t think that was quiet,” Williamson said. “He’s very consistent with it.” All game, Duke (9-1) hounded Yale at every second of the visiting team’s possessions. The Blue Devils’ defensive intensity was spearheaded by Tre Jones, with Jones spending much of his time guarding Yale’s Miye Oni—the Bulldogs’

top scorer for the season. Jones ended the game with three steals and forced Yale (4-3) into difficult passing situations, setting the Bulldogs up for 23 turnovers, of which Duke converted into 24 points. Jones’ night was cut short, however, after suffering a lower body injury midway through the second half on a collision at mid-court. The Apple Valley, Minn., native would return to the contest briefly, but immediately was subbed out and taken to the locker room. However, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski was confident that the Blue Devil point guard will be back on the court in time for next week’s matchup against Princeton. “I feel like in those moments when our offense is not that strong, when our defense is strong it doesn’t matter even if they score, we’re in position to come down the floor and our offense will be fine,” Barrett said. “We need to feed off that defensive energy. When Tre went down, we were still able to pick it up and push the lead further.” Even when the Blue Devils’ shots weren’t falling early in the game, Duke’s ability to disrupt its opponents’ best offensive weapons allowed the hosts to stay in front. Despite Yale having a strong post presence in Blake Reynolds and Jordan Bruner, the Blue Devils finished the afternoon See M. BASKETBALL on Page 13

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Don’t look now, but Alex O’Connell is undergoing a transformation into a key piece for Duke. After a freshman season in which O’Connell was seen as little more than a spotup shooter—he logged less than 10 minutes in 10 of the Blue Devils’ last 12 games last year—the sophomore guard is opening some eyes with his all-around play. No. 3 Duke’s contest against Yale Saturday night did not start out well for the Blue Devils, and the Bulldogs held a lead for much of the first half. It was not until an O’Connell 3-pointer with eight minutes remaining in the period, Duke’s first of the night, that the Blue Devils took the lead for good, eventually winning 9158. But this time, O’Connell’s outside shot was not his only contribution—in a short span, the 6-foot-6 sophomore was everywhere on the court, getting his hand in a passing lane for a steal and a breakaway dunk before adding a beautiful dime to R.J. Barrett for a layup, capping a 14-1 Duke run. “He’s a heck of an athlete, and he played really good defense. He has great feet and he’s 6-foot-6 and long, and he got his hands on a couple balls today,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “That was a big game for him: one, it helped us, and, two, he finally did something instead of only hitting a shot. We need to keep seeing

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Alex O’Connell provided instant offense off the bench for the Blue Devils Saturday with key baskets midway through the first half. progress from these guys.” Although O’Connell added just one more point the rest of the night, the makings of a crucial rotational piece are clear. He was just a four-star recruit coming out of high school, and is growing into his role unlike his more highlytouted teammates. As one of the few guards that receives any run for the Blue Devils, O’Connell was thrust into a larger role when the team’s starting point guard Tre Jones hobbled off the court early in the second half. While O’Connell has

almost exclusively played off the ball in his college career, if Jones’ injury is serious, which seems unlikely—Krzyzewski dismissed concerns after the game—he may be asked to fulfill a more important position for the offense. “I think being [the primary ball handler] is absolutely something I can do,” O’Connell said. “It’s something I haven’t been able to showcase yet, but I think I could prove it’s See O’CONNELL on Page 13

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Once again, Coach K and the rest of the Duke staff have been able to secure another top freshman recruit. Vernon Carey Jr. announced on ESPN’s noon SportsCenter Thursday from NSU University School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that he will be playing for the Blue Devils next year. Carey also had Michigan State and North Carolina in his final three schools. The 6-foot-10 center is the No. 3 recruit in the ESPN 100 and the second-best at his position behind No. 1 overall James Wiseman, who is committed to Memphis. The lefty has an impressive midrange game from within 15 feet and has been working on his range and face-up game. Built like a traditional old-school center at 275 pounds, Carey can finish with both hands with strong moves and footwork on the block and is a willing passer out of the post. Son of former NFL offensive lineman Vernon Carey, Carey Jr. has produced at the highest level throughout high school. Playing for Nike Team Florida in the D1 circuit, the Southwest Ranches, Fla., native averaged 19.2 points per game during 19 contests between Nike EYBL and Peach Jam. Carey shot 54.4 percent from the field and displayed a developing shooting stroke, knocking down 33.9 percent of his attempts from deep. He was also a force on the glass and on the defensive

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Vernon Carey joined fellow commit Wendell Moore in Section 17 of Cameron Indoor Stadium during Countdown to Craziness this October. end, pulling down 7.9 rebounds and blocking 1.1 shots per game. Although Zion Williamson is truly a unique player, Carey has displayed a similarly versatile skillset. Boasting a 7-foot wingspan, he can throw down monstrous dunks and is very athletic for his size. He can move his feet on the perimeter and defend the pick-and-roll as well as handle the ball and run the floor in transition. The commitment is the crown jewel of Duke’s 2019 recruiting class. Carey will immediately shore up the Blue Devils’ frontcourt, as Williamson and R.J. Barrett are

expected to leave for the NBA Draft following their freshman seasons. With Wendell Moore and Boogie Ellis already committed, Duke’s next two major targets are Isaiah Stewart and Matthew Hurt. Stewart—who also resides in the post—has not ruled out playing with Carey, and if the 6-foot-9 forward eventually commits, look for a similar situation to what Wendell Carter Jr. and Marvin Bagley III provided during the 2017-18 season. Hurt, whose recruitment is more of a mystery, is a prototypical stretch-4 and will visit campus when the Blue Devils take on Virginia in January.

Duke is one of the nation’s top offensive teams—the Blue Devils are scoring with ease, using a lethal transition attack to put them third in KenPom’s adjusted offensive efficiency behind just No. 6 Nevada and No. 1 Gonzaga. Yet, Duke’s effort from the charity stripe thus far has been abysmal. “[Our] free-throw shooting was just so bad,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after the Blue Devils’ win against Indiana last week. “I mean, there’s no nice way to say it.” It doesn’t take a basketball nerd to see Duke’s struggles at the line. On the season, the Blue Devils have made just 65.0 percent of their free-throw attempts—good for 284th of 353 Division I teams with the only other ranked team worse than them being No. 2 Kansas at 64.2 percent. Furthermore, if Duke manages to maintain its woeful freethrow pace, it would be the worst year by a Blue Devil team since 1961-62 when that group hit just 63.3 percent of its 700 chances at the foul line. But it doesn’t necessarily appear as if this is some fluke or a one-year drop-off. As recently as 2009-10—when Duke won its fourth national championship—the Blue Devils finished eighth in the nation in free-throw percentage. Now-associate head coach Jon Scheyer led the way with an 87.8 percent clip and that Duke squad had three players, Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith all shoot better than 76 percent at the line. Since then, the Blue Devils have finished sixth or worse in the ACC in free-throw shooting in four of the eight seasons, with last year being Duke’s worst as it ended 11th in the league at 71.0 percent. Of the Blue Devils’ backcourt regulars this year, R.J. Barrett has left the most points at the line. The Canadian rookie has missed 22 of his 60 tries from the stripe, and classmates Tre Jones and Zion Williamson haven’t been much better— both Jones and Williamson have only hit on two-thirds of their attempts. One of Barrett’s most glaring moments came in the game against Eastern Michigan. After getting fouled on a triple in the opening minutes, Barrett clanked the first two of his three free throws, drawing a handful of groans from the crowd at Cameron Indoor. “It kind of motivates me to make the next one,” Barrett said afterwards. “You’ve just got to put that one behind you.” It doesn’t help that Duke big men Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden are a combined 22-of-39 as well, even though they are as likely as anyone to head to the

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with six blocks, with monster rejections from Duke’s Williamson and Jack White keeping the Bulldogs at bay. When forced to attempt from range, Yale didn’t fare much better, making just 13 percent of its 3-point shots. The Blue Devils had yet another slow start in nonconference play as Yale rocketed out to an early 8-4 lead. However, Duke turned up the intensity on defense to stem the Bulldogs’ play in the post. But Duke’s first half was far from perfect, as the Blue Devils showed some of the same sloppiness from the Hartford game just a few days earlier. Williamson and Cam Reddish committed two turnovers a piece and junior captain Javin DeLaurier—who started for the first time this season—committed two head scratching fouls, one of which occurred in the first 13 seconds of play. Although the Blue Devils were quick to draw contact from the Bulldogs—Barrett managed to draw five fouls in the first 20 minutes of play— Duke’s inefficiency at the charity stripe yet again came back to haunt it. The Blue Devils finished 20-of-31 from the free throw line, an issue that Duke has yet to remedy. “I thought our ball pressure, picking them up early, pushed them out a little bit further from where they normally start there offense, giving us a chance to deny and switch and not get hurt that much by it,” Krzyzewski said. “Our bench came through for us. We started Jav because we wanted to switch one through five, and he done a good job with that and has been doing a good job.” Duke will continue its nonconference campaign with yet another Ivy League opponent, Princeton, Dec. 18 at home.

something I can do for the team.” While the O’Connell-sparked run put Duke ahead for good, a stretch led by Cam Reddish truly put the game away. After Reddish’s quiet first half, in which he tallied just two points on five attempts, the former No. 3 recruit came alive at the beginning of the second half. Reddish scored eight points in a span of less than four minutes, igniting a 16-7 run that quelled any hopes of an upset from Yale. Perhaps most importantly, Reddish turned tenacious defense into points for the Blue Devils. The freshman forward had a teamhigh four steals, and had two assists stemming from outlet passes off those takeaways. Known mostly for his offensive abilities before coming to campus, Reddish is proving that he can be valuable for more than his outside shot. Despite connecting on just one of his 14 looks from behind the 3-point line against Hartford and Yale, he led Duke in steals in both contests, pacing the nation’s top team in steal percentage. “He hasn’t played well, like he can, but in the second half he did,” Krzyzewski said. “He came out well in the second half and got a couple buckets and played good defense. He played well, and that’s something to build on.” The box score may look underwhelming for the two, but O’Connell and Reddish showed flashes of brilliance Saturday night. The pair will have a chance to show more sustained success when Duke takes on Princeton and No. 13 Texas Tech after a 10day break for exams.

line given that they spend plenty of time in the crowded paint. The result? An offense that has missed on plenty of chances to turn blowouts into complete beatdowns. And even in that Maui title game defeat, although the Bulldogs were off the mark on eight of their 19 shots from the charity stripe, the Blue Devils left six points out there as well—enough that could’ve possibly swung the result in their favor. “A lot of times in games we’ve been up by a pretty wide margin, so guys may not be as focused,” DeLaurier said when asked Monday why the team has struggled on free throws. “When you’re up 15, 20 points, it’s like, ‘Okay, if I miss this, what’s really going to happen?’ But that comes back to bite you in close games. When we

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play good teams and we’re in those fights, all of a sudden, those misses hurt on the scoreboard a lot more.” The point is more than a fair one. Of Duke’s eight games, the Blue Devils have been able to turn on the cruise control for the second half in six contests. But after three more seemingly harmless nonconference matchups, the road will get much tougher, with No. 13 Texas Tech, ACC play and St. John’s on the horizon. Still, Duke is going to be able to dominate with its offense on most nights. The Blue Devils have—in Barrett and Williamson— two of the 25 best offensive players in the nation among guys used on at least 28 percent of possessions, not to mention an über-efficient point guard in Jones. The numbers suggest, however, Duke needs start to cleaning things up when it comes to points that are supposed to be, well, free. Hank Tucker contributed reporting.

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after months of pressure, the Board of Trustees has finally voted to remove “Carr” from the East Campus building housing the History Department. The namesake of which is Julian Carr, an industrialist and well-documented white supremacist. In contrast with Duke’s relatively quick decision amid student protests and an official request filed by History faculty, this proposal for Silent Sam is prolonging an expensive, ill-conceived fight for a monument to white supremacy. The history of Silent Sam began over a century ago when the UNC Board of Trustees approved a 1908 request by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to establish a monument to Chapel Hill men who left their studies to fight for the South in the Civil War. The primary cause of this neo-confederate organization, since its founding in 1894, has been to peddle ahistorical, romanticized versions of the Antebellum South and establish monuments to Confederate soldiers. While the UDC claim these statues and monuments are merely benign symbols of veteran remembrance, the periods of high construction rates correspond clearly with epochs of elevated tension around racial civil rights. This correlation rings true for the memorial currently at the center of the fight being played out in Chapel Hill. The historical tendons that connect Silent Sam and white supremacy are further emphasized given Julian Carr’s infamous 1913 dedication at its unveiling. In the speech, he called the Confederates saviors “of the Anglo Saxon race in the South” and boasted of “horse-whipp[ing] a negro wench until her skirts hung in shreds.” The case for acknowledging Silent Sam as a symbol of violence and anti-blackness rather than a neutral historical artifact is a strong one. Testimonies by black students, alumni, faculty and community members further cement the harmful impact this statue has through its presence on campus. In light of this, the fact that UNC-Chapel Hill trustees would choose to allocate $5.3 million to a new facility for

the statue is beyond reprehensible. Silent Sam has always been imbued with white supremacy and has only become a more virulent icon of local fascist and neo-confederate footholds. Framing the center as educational is more nefarious than an attempt to protect the monument as a symbol of historical significance. It is a clear message that the safety and comfort of black UNC students, workers and faculty matter less than a statue. In the past year, Silent Sam has become a new chess piece in a larger culture war struggle that stretches far beyond the Research Triangle. By continuing to protect and maintain the statue’s presence on the Chapel Hill campus, UNC is providing both legitimacy to the racist rhetoric of white supremacists and a rallying site for their many organizations. Regardless of whether Silent Sam is replaced in the original location or housed across campus, UNC-Chapel Hill cannot divorce the statue from its historical genesis in racism and slavery apologism. In many ways the prioritization of Silent Sam is parallel to broader lineages of assignments of human worth in America. The fact that the Board of Trustees is willing to appropriate millions to shelter an inanimate casting of a Confederate soldier while there is considerable food insecurity among undergraduates and Latinx students lack a permanent space for community gatherings, is part of a long history of white bodies—or even symbols of them, in this case—meaning more than black, brown and poor bodies. Ultimately, the 2015 law that has complicated Silent Sam’s future needs to be abolished; the statue has no place on the pedestal or in a multi-million dollar shrine. The more the state legislature continues to protect archaic remnants of the past by any means necessary, the more troubling the future of North Carolina and UNC-Chapel Hill becomes. This was written by The Chronicle’s Editorial Board, which is made up of student members from across the University and is independent of the editorial staff.

Reasons not to support the light rail My name is Amy Petty and I am a 7th year M.D./ Ph.D. student at the School of Medicine. I saw that Duke Chronicle recently published the petition from a bunch of M.P.P. and M.D. students asking Price to join in on the light rail project. However, I feel that Duke Chronicle needs to give a people who oppose the current plan or at least have concerns about the current plan a voice as well. I happen to be one of them. In concept, I also support the light rail but there are many

the past 7 years. Having the light rail construction near our main hospital, as well as all the research buildings where patients are being taken care of and cutting edge research activities are going on to provide the best care for our patients, will prove to be very destructive. The Duke Children’s Hospital building is also right against the street on Erwin Road where many children undergoing chemotherapy are receiving their treatments. Extensive medical research

Amy Petty GUEST COLUMNIST behind the scene facts that I don’t think a lot of students are aware of, including: 1. They plan to put the railyard/maintenance facility within 0.25 miles of one of Durham’s biggest elementary schools and right across the street from a retirement community, in the middle of a residential neighborhood. The noise impact alone is harmful to these children in many ways, let alone the harsh chemicals and solvents they will be using. Despite the city planning committee voting 4-4 and not recommending this plan, the Durham city council voted to rezone this property to industrial on Monday, showing frank disregards for the surrounding neighborhoods and the school. The council and the mayor also refused to delay the vote until an independent noise has been done to assess the consequences this railyard can potentially have on the school and surrounding residents. Lastly but not unimportantly, they obtained the light rail yard location property from local African Americans through eminent domain, a way for government to take private property from citizens at a much lower cost. 2. As a student in the M.D./Ph.D. program, I have had the privilege to work in the main Duke hospital, the VA, as well as in many of the research buildings (Jones, MSRBI, MSRB2, etc.) along research drive in

has shown the harmful effects of noise on children’s cognitive and physical development. As a world renowned hospital, we have every responsibility to provide the best environment for them to heal and to grow. Having a construction project that could go on for years will not only negatively impact these children and all the other patients in the hospital, but also create many barriers to all the medical staff who commute to the hospital every day. Many medical staff and researchers I have spoken to who work in buildings adjacent to Erwin Road have expressed their concerns about this plan. As of now, GoTriangle’s plan to mitigate traffic congestion and noise is far from enough. I am a big supporter of clean energy and believe that this light rail will have many positive impacts on the growth and development of the Triangle area. However, as a community, we will be spending millions of dollars to build this light rail and need a plan that has the least destructive environmental impacts on its residents. It is a huge project for the city and its people. We should definitely not rush into things, especially when our concerns have not been addressed. As the plan current stands, I, along with many Duke and Durham residents, cannot support it. Amy Petty is 7th year M.D./Ph.D. student in the school of medicine.

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The price of expessing your own queer self Consider the price of a single word: of one fluttering of the tongue, one pursing of the lips, one releasing of the self into the world. Some words are worth less than others. There’s no price for the, an, or a— these are careless words, tossed around like worn-out articles of clothing. Some words are worth more than others, but not by as much as you might think. There’s rampant price gouging in the adjective market, at least for certain buyers. I remember the spring of my first college year, when I shaved my itchy beard away and said that I felt “pretty.” Then came the gouge: a few careless words, tossed into my chest, twisting. “Ew,” a listener said to me. “Don’t ever say that word again.”

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“Thanks,” I said. Part of me already knew that presumed men were upcharged for feminine words, like “pretty” or “lovely,” whether as self-description or otherwise. Part of me still didn’t want to believe it. My friends had never upcharged me. And sure, when your friends are the cashiers, they might sneak you a discount— but necessarily in defiance of the corporation, of the social pressures around them. This listener was not defiant. They gave me no such discount; instead, they discounted my claim to “prettiness,” and so to femininity. In that moment, there were really two market forces at play. Certainly, words were one of them. But if a thousand words are worth a picture, and if your appearance is a picture of your self, then the prices of words and appearance are suddenly commensurable. If saying I was “pretty” might cost me a dollar, then appearing “pretty” might cost me a thousand. Meanwhile, my self is stuck with the bill. I feel these two market forces at Lenscrafters, at the corner of the men’s and women’s sections, as my mother hovers at my shoulder. When I lift up a pair of women’s glasses, this corner gives me a cover-up. I can say, “Oh, these are women’s glasses? Oops,” as though those words are anything but the extracted

value of a ransom, a price paid so laissez faire leaves you alone. But my mother doesn’t ask any questions. In fact, she likes the pair I’ve picked: horn-rimmed, fading from black to transparent. I like them too; yes, for their appearance, but more for the symbol of them. I wonder if my mother catches the symbol. The cashier might, but if so, they don’t ask. I see their rainbow tattoo, their smirk as they ring me up. They’re sneaking me a discount. Then again, these glasses may not say much for anyone but me. I know why I chose them— for their femininity— but the logic of femininity differs between people. I want the word “women’s” to do the work of appearance, but the market just sees a thousandfold price inflation. That market wants pink, wants sequins, wants flowers: the canon of feminine code words that only sometimes correspond to any person’s internal symbols. So I may say my word, and still be misunderstood. We may all be trading in different currencies. Yet even when I find a common currency, something is lost in the conversion. I go to the tattoo parlor to get my ears pierced. I spend money and time on the Uber there, then spend money and time on the piercings themselves. While there may be a thousand words in my new purple gemstones, in my proclamations of femininity, there is also a hundred dollars sunk. I recognize the sting of a third market force; as my self tries to externalize, I feel the cash price of that externalization. So I wait for winter sales to begin, when the tootoo expensive becomes only too expensive, and I look at women’s shirts. In this store, the men’s and women’s sections are segregated, with a wide aisle of judgement in between. There is no more corner for refuge, no more cover-up. Each second I linger comes at a risk that I will pay the price of the world’s violent “Why?”s and of my own explanatory words. Each shirt I buy comes at another 40 dollars, another few meals I should be saving for. I feel the three market forces rage through my body: they’re in my sweat, in my throat, in my self-strangling heartbeat. I don’t know what I’m doing here. I feel wasteful and pointless and stupid and small. But still, I wait. I wait until my friends are outside, wait until no one is looking, wait until the line at the register is short enough to stand. And when those planets finally align, I buy my goddamned shirt. It’s a deep-v button down: floral green polyester, faintly polka-dotted. I shove it deep down the anonymizing black shopping bag, run through the aisle, and out through the exit.

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“Well?” my friends say to me. “What did you buy?” With my black bag in hand, I tell them, “Just pants.” I wear my shirt at the next chance I can, when my friends and others will see it at once. It’s a shock and a pleasure when I do. They tell me, “I love it,” and each “love” is an unwitting affirmation. Each “love” says to me, “You’re pretty,” “You’re feminine,” and “Your self is only yours to own.” While some toss their odd looks and their “interesting”s at me, the price is still lower than expected. I barely have words of thanks myself. So I just smile, glowing silent in green. At sunset, my friends disband, and all things must surrender their glow to the night. I am left in my room, alone and wondering. I wonder if I have found our common currency, if they understand me better now. I wonder if I’m the one misunderstanding their affirmations. After all, they may say I look pretty, but maybe that only means I am their pretty queer man. Not my pretty queer person, not my self, not my me. I wonder how I can be more recognizable, and still recognize me as me. I wonder what’s the price of it all. I wonder if and how I can pay it. All night, I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, my mind caught in thundering cycles. And all through my rumbling wondering mind, the three market forces rage quietly on. Avery Boltwood is a Trinity junior.

It’s okay to ask for learning accommodations Effortless perfection: The condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects with minimal physical or mental exertion. A façade that continually plagues the campus of Duke University. Due to the challenges of securing academic accommodations, “effortless perfection” takes more effort for students who learn differently. Students with learning disabilities have come to know this stigma all too well. Many choose to seek out accommodations for conditions such as ADHD and dyslexia, among others, with the hopes of improving their opportunities for academic success. However, the process isn’t as easy as you may assume.

process follows this screening, including three separate tests which can last up to three hours each, weeks of reporting to the Student Disability Access Office (SDAO), and submission of extensive documentation, all of which are not covered under Duke’s health insurance program. If your learning accommodations are approved, you must email the SDAO confirming the classes you will be taking and meet in person with each of your professors every semester to discuss your learning needs. To make matters worse, the spread of information regarding learning accommodations and disability is lacking and has not reached the majority of Duke

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Senior Adi Necalli, president of the Learning Different Club on campus, informed us of the process of getting learning accommodations at Duke. Not only does Necalli have personal experience regarding the process, but they have seen many others go through the experience as well. They stated that if a student believes they may be living with a learning disability but have not been diagnosed, they must visit the Academic Resource Center for a screening. Unfortunately, this screening often fails to address more than stereotypical symptoms such as difficulty focusing, hyperactivity and anxiety: if a student doesn’t show these symptoms, they are turned away. If a student does qualify for learning accommodations, a long and arduous

students. In an anonymous poll we conducted of a random sample of 77 first-year students, 93.5 percent of those surveyed reported never receiving such information. This lack of awareness extends beyond the student body. Many professors also feel uninformed about learning accommodations. For example,Edward Timke, a recently hired professor in the cultural anthropology department at Duke, explained his faculty orientation “did not involve any discussions of accommodations.” This contrasts with his previous experience in institutions like U.C. Berkeley. At Berkeley, Timke said, there is a “pro-active informational campaign via email each semester to provide information and resources to help students

with accommodations needs.” Additionally, Berkeley is home to the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and the university has one of the leading academic programs in disability studies in the country. Ignorance among faculty and students leads to misunderstanding the validity of learning needs. “Most teachers don’t realize how their teaching lands on students,” Necalli said about the lack of awareness faculty have of different learning abilities. “The first semester that I ever had full accommodations, the statistics professor was adamant on not understanding why I needed them…[saying], why do you need that?’” Some students also failed to acknowledge learning differences among their peers, as almost one in five students polled agreed with the statement that accommodations, such as receiving time and a half on tests, are “unfair.” Their objections may stem from a desire for “equality” and a belief that everyone should have the same academic resources. However, “equality,” when one student is already at a disadvantage, is not the same as “equity.” Learning accommodations make progress toward eliminating this disadvantage and allow each student to reach their full potential. Duke Law student Andrew Toig, who has a long history of fighting Duke’s current policies on accommodations and is chair of Law Students for Accessibility, said, “Professors are academics… most of them aren’t aware that these resources exist.” This shared skepticism ultimately stems from a lack of understanding about learning disabilities which runs deep in Duke’s culture. What can Duke, as an institution, do to improve the process of obtaining learning accommodations? The first step is acknowledging the problem. The university has both the responsibility and means to

better distribute information and training to students and faculty. Timke suggested something as simple as an informational email each semester. Another option could be annual, mandatory faculty training(s) to give professors a basic understanding of learning differences among students, as well as ways to better accommodate a wider range of students. Toig believes that with this type of faculty training, “a tremendous amount could be done in half a day.” Duke has the ability to take a leadership role in providing accessible learning environments to students, which would make great strides towards the inclusivity that Duke hopes to achieve. As Toig said, “It’s Duke. We have some of the smartest people in the world here, and as far as I’m concerned, we have unlimited resources. It could really be a leader rather than a follower.” Duke has a history of setting precedent in many other disciplines, such as cutting-edge technologies and learning opportunities, and has the ability to be a leader in changing the culture surrounding learning accommodations across the country. For faculty looking to better accommodate students in the classroom, there’s no need to wait. Resources are already available. If you think you may have a learning disability or another circumstance which necessitates accommodations, talk with your academic advisor and reach out to the Academic Resource Center. Students who are in Learning Different or involved with the Duke Disability Alliance can be a source of social support. Duke students aren’t perfect, but we’re all here for a reason. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Bea Schleupner, Michaela Kotarba, Owen de Leon and Gabriella Braun are Trinity firstyears. This column was written as part of a Writing 101 class.

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or almost the entirety of her Duke career, Sloan has known which issues were central to her. With the question of what matters settled, Sloan has spent nearly four years discerning how to make a difference. As she approaches her final semester here, the answer to that second question is becoming clear. Growing up, Sloan had the sense of being caught between two worlds. Her comparatively racially mixed and low-tomiddle-income community of Ypsilanti, Michigan stood in contrast to nearby Ann Arbor. Home to the University of Michigan, more affluent and more homogeneous, Ann Arbor was a place of aspiration but also seemed remote. This feeling intensified when a confluence of events thrust Sloan’s family into severe situational poverty during her junior year, ultimately forcing an 8-month period of homelessness. Sloan’s parents had always pushed opportunities for the best education possible—ones that had not been available to them. Working through the college application process in the midst of this crisis galvanized Sloan’s drive to use education as her path to success.

Society Certificate and her thesis work. Sloan connected multiple academic opportunities, including the Ethics, Leadership & Global Citizenship Focus cluster and SuWA, a weekly peer tutoring program for refugee women. Her work with refugees continued with DukeImmerse: Deconstructing/Reconstructing the Refugee Experience and later Citizenship Lab, a program focused on building capacity for civic engagement with adolescent refugees in Durham. Sloan’s thesis work on displacement and youths’ articulations of home connects to this latter project. She loved the combination of analytical rigor in her seminars and direct connections with people affected by displacement that many of these programs facilitated. Moreover, she got a wider sense of the ways one could address a single issue. “I saw the breadth of possibilities for doing this work,” she I saw the says. “I didn’t need to be at the UN or to breadth of become an academic to do something impactful.” possibilities

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When she arrived at Duke, she found community in the cohort of students like her, who were the first generation in their families to attend college (1G) and/or came from families with limited financial means. “Being 1G and Low-Income (LI) at a place like Duke is incredibly challenging because these are for the most part, invisible identities,” she says. “The 1G and LI community at Duke provided me a place to feel seen and heard.” Working to build support and community for other 1G students has been a central part of Sloan’s experience at Duke.

for doing this She joined the Kenan Purpose Program during her junior spring in hopes of work. I didn’t finding a way to make her academic need to be at interests in migration align better with her cocurricular passion for 1G/LI advocacy. the UN or to While the two clearly overlapped, for become an Sloan they had mostly existed along parallel tracks. She realized that the academic to do unifying questions for her were: how do something people manage displacement? Further, impactful.” how can we best advocate for people in transition? With those questions in mind, Sloan worked with a local transitional SLOAN TALBOT homeless shelter for her Kenan Purpose Program Summer Fellowship. Sloan learned she is most effective and connected when she’s balancing working with people and working on policy. “I found myself happiest when I could work one-on-one with individuals and listen to their life stories, yet utilize a birds’ eye policy lens to think critically about these issues and act on them.” The middle ground between direct service and wide impact is where Sloan thrives.

Academically, Sloan found intellectual resonance and connection working on issues related to global migration, which would ultimately become the focus of her Ethics &

Sloan is now looking at fellowship opportunities in local government or non-profit advocacy, where she sees the best chance of finding that balance.

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