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A doctor-turned-mathematician and an art historian interested in politics are just two of Duke’s new faculty members Staff Reporter

For the Class of 2021, the first semester at Duke may feel too fast. Some new faculty members also appear to echo that sentiment.

This semester, Duke welcomed many new faculty members from a number of fields.

These new figures on campus noted that the University is a place that emphasizes both theory and practice, fosters collaboration across disciplines and allows individual development for every faculty member.

Simon Miles “Duke provides me with a space to do my work, to collaborate with other scholars and to enjoy what are all here to do, which is to learn,” said Simon Miles, assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, who joined the Duke faculty this semester.

He studies international politics through the lens of history. In particular, Miles said he focuses on how the Cold War has influenced

the contemporary global political structure, approaching politics and policy-making through in-depth case studies of historical event. Miles has mastered several Slavic languages and conducted research in multiple Eastern European countries.

“When it comes to international relations, the only evidence we have to make most of our assessment is from the past,” he said. “[Studying politics through history] has enabled me to situate myself right in the machinery of policymaking.”

Miles is also a faculty affiliate of the American Grand Strategy Program, which was one of the reasons he chose to teach at Duke. He noted that the program attracts enthusiastic students and faculty members from different disciplines who share similar interests.

Currently organizing the American Grand Strategy Program’s latest speaker series that focuses on how history affects international security, he aims to bring more foreign policy historians like himself onto the campus.

Gustavo Monteiro Silva Duke is a place where students and faculties grow as a unit, said Gustavo Monteiro Silva, an assistant professor who joined the biology department this semester.

“I was welcomed not only by the colleagues in my own department, but also by [Dean Valerie Ashby], [Provost Sally Kornbluth] and even [President Vincent Price],” he said. “Duke has been embracing me as a new member and made me feel I belong.”

Silva said he has started to build his lab and research team to study the different roles of ubiquitin, a small protein that gets its name from the word ubiquitous, referring to its prevalence in the tissues of various organisms.

Ubiquitin is known as the “kiss of death” because when it binds to other proteins, it will trigger their degradation, Silva explained. But he has discovered that ubiquitin also influences how proteins are produced and how they respond to cellular stress.

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Late 9-0 run helps Duke top No. 8 Buckeyes

By Conner McLeod Staff Reporter

Charles York | Staff Photographer Lexie Brown scored of 13 of Duke’s first 21 points and also made a key 3-pointer during the Blue Devils’ late 9-0 run.

A battle of the 3-ball commenced Thursday night with two of the best backcourts in college basketball facing off at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Duke walked away with its biggest win of the season.

Although No. 8 Ohio State rallied from a 17-point deficit to tie it in the fourth quarter, it could not keep up with the 14thranked Blue Devils, who closed the game 60 on a 12-3 run to win 69-60 in the ACC/ OSU 69 Big Ten Challenge. Graduate students DUKE Lexie Brown and Rebecca Greenwell both led the charge with 19 points.

“We got better tonight. It was hard work,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It was a very physical game and it’s a great experience for us to go through that together and learn from it.”

The Buckeyes began the fourth quarter with a lot of energy, evening the score at 57 with a wide-open layup to cap a 22-5 run. Two Duke turnovers ended in buckets for the Buckeyes, but Greenwell eventually hit a layup to stop the bleeding and put Duke back in front.

A Brown triple extended the lead to five, and freshman Mikayla Boykin quickly earned two steals that resulted in fast-break layups to help the Blue Devils take control for good.

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John Podesta discusses Dem. Party, 2016 election

By Katherine Berko Senior News Reporter

John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president, spoke at Duke Wednesday as part of the Ambassador Dave and Kay Phillips Family Lecture series. During the 2016 election, Podesta—who has also served as chief of staff for President Bill Clinton and founded the nonprofit organization Center for American Progress—was thrown into the national spotlight after his private emails were obtained in an attack by Russian hackers and released online by WikiLeaks.

Podesta spoke to The Chronicle and Duke Political Review about Donald Trump’s presidency, the future of the Democratic Party and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

On the Democratic Party’s “Fair Trade” deal platform ability to inspire voters in future elections: “I think that the Democrats are trying to respond to the very real needs of working people and middle-class voters to say that, ‘We have set ideas to get your wages growing again, to restore balance in the economy, to concentrate on the middle class and working people.’ And that’s multifaceted, but the core of it is job growth and wage growth for the working people and for the middle. That’s going to be kind of differentiated in individual races based on different places but the heart of it is really in that core economics that build a strong economy from the middle up.”

On whether he sees a populist message emerging in the Democratic Party: “I think it’s emerging as we speak because Trump ran as a populist and is governing as a plutocrat. This tax bill is a monstrosity. It is completely weighted to the top. It completely See PODESTA on Page 3

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Study: Using less antibiotics may not fully stop resistant bacteria

By Nathan Luzum Health and Science News Editor

For people wary of using too many antibiotics, a recent Duke study offers some worrisome news.

The study—published in the journal Nature Communications—focused on a phenomenon called horizontal gene transfer, which refers to the ability of bacteria to transfer genes from one bacterium to another, to show that reducing the usage of antibiotics may not be enough to stop the spread of resistant bacteria. Resistant bacteria can swap genes with non-resistant bacteria fast enough that the antibiotic resistance gene can thrive even when antibiotic usage is reduced, the paper states.

“We’re not claiming at all to say that reduced antibiotic use is not useful—on the contrary, it’s very useful, it’s very critical,” said Lingchong You, Paul Ruffin Scarborough associate professor of engineering and the senior author of the paper.

“In addition to that, what we’ve also discovered is that to make the overall strategy more effective, we may also need to develop strategies to directly target horizontal gene transfer.”

Genes that confer resistance to antibiotics are typically

Think of it as if you were to pet your dog and grow a tail the next day—that’s how different these bacterial species are.

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located on a mobile, circular piece of DNA known as a plasmid, explained Allison Lopatkin, a former graduate student in You’s laboratory—the Laboratory of Biological Networks— and current postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This means that resistant bacteria can send their antibioticresistant DNA to other bacteria, thereby causing those bacteria to become resistant as well. Lopatkin added that the speed of

this transfer is astonishing.

“That literally means that bacteria are sharing their genes among one another, so think of it as if you were to pet your dog and grow a tail the next day—that’s how different these bacterial species are,” she said. “They can swap genes readily, in a matter of minutes even.”

However, Lopatkin explained that possessing this resistance-conferring plasmid does come with a cost. Resistant bacteria typically grow more slowly because of the proteins being produced to fight off the antibiotic.

A prior hypothesis stated that removing the antibiotic from the bacterial environment would cause non-resistant— or sensitive—cells to thrive while causing the resistant cells to dwindle, she explained. In other words, when there is no antibiotic present, the resistant bacteria no longer have an advantage over the sensitive type.

“The idea is that if you remove antibiotic selection, you don’t favor the cells that carry the burden—that carry that plasmid,” she said. “We should theoretically see the sensitive cells overtake the population and displace the resistant cells, and basically, resistance would go away.”

The paper’s findings call this hypothesis into question by showing that horizontal gene transfer can even the playing field between resistant and sensitive bacteria. You explained that the plasmid was able to spread fast enough so that the resistance was maintained even in an environment without antibiotics.

This showed that merely reducing the amount of antibiotics prescribed—an “incredibly important” initiative nonetheless— would be insufficient in preventing the growth of resistant bacteria. Instead, a different type of treatment would need to be introduced to address horizontal gene transfer.

Lopatkin mentioned that some hopeful evidence appeared in an otherwise dismal study—employing a cocktail of drugs known to interfere with horizontal gene transfer showed promise in reducing the spread of resistance. The drugs reversed the resistance in four out of the nine plasmids tested and prevented the transfer of another four, she added.

In the future, the researchers hope to continue examining the role of horizontal gene transfer in bacterial resistance.

“Moving forward, a really great place to start would be to partner with industry and do some sort of high-throughput

Special to The Chronicle In addition to reducing antibiotic usage, a different type of treatment is needed to prevent resistant bacterial growth.

screening for chemicals,” Lopatkin said.

High-throughput refers to using automated machines to conduct tests very rapidly to test whether a large number of chemicals would be effective.

She explained that this would shed light on the most potent combination of molecules that could be harnessed to target resistant bacteria spreading their DNA. It is also important to examine the effects of these drugs on the gut microbiome— where horizontal gene transfer is commonplace—to ensure that there will not be any harmful effects on the human body’s natural functions, Lopatkin noted.

You added that this study was performed on a relatively small scale, but that it would be important to “investigate the dynamics in more complex communities” to analyze “to what extent our results with a limited number of bacterial populations can be generalized to a larger setting.”

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FACULTY FROM PAGE 1 “Our cells are constantly exposed to stress through pollutants, UV radiation and food we intake, for example,” he said. “And cellular stress can lead to severe diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and the development of cancers too.”

Silva said he ultimately aims to enhance the resistance of cells to stress by first decoding and later manipulating the multiple functions of ubiquitin.

Born and educated in Brazil, Silva came to the United States for a postdoctoral program at New York University. He shared that he had never expected to become a professor at an international research institute such as Duke before that.

“Everywhere I go, I meet talented people who deserve to be part of a university like Duke but cannot because they lack the resources and networks that can endorse them,” Silva said.

Silva added that he chose to come to Duke because on top of its prestigious research program, the University also encourages diversity and inclusiveness for racial, ethnic, gender and other minorities. During his career here, Silva hopes to become a role model and help disadvantaged students to access high-quality education and the academic resources available.

“Duke is where I can see myself having a long-term career,” Silva said. “We should talk in a few years and we will see the new stories I will have to tell.”

Hau-Tieng Wu Hau-Tieng Wu, a newly hired associate professor mathematics and statistical science, said his career at Duke perfectly combines his interest in the two fields.

Trained as a physician, Wu was captured by the spikes and dips on the electrocardiogram during his rotation at a hospital in Taiwan.

He thought that there might be a bigger story behind the constantly changing diagrams.

“Physicians usually make diagnoses based on a snapshot of patients’ information or their historical records, which is a snapshot of the patient,” Wu said. “But human bodies are dynamic and information exchanges happen in our bodies from time to time.”

After earning his Ph.D. in mathematics at Princeton, Wu resumed his research in physiological and medical research with analytical tools. Wu shared that he aims to provide new solutions to clinical challenges by studying continuous and high-dimensional time-series data on human health.

Recent advancements in digital technology have enabled scientists to record extra longterm continuous data, which was not common five or 10 years ago, he noted.

“Recording how a human body changes over time provides another dimension of information,” Wu said. “It enriches physicians’ understanding [of the patients].”

Wu was recruited via the Quantitative Initiative, a program launched by Provost Sally Kornbluth to promote biomedical research through a quantitative approach and to encourage collaboration between Duke Health and other departments in the University.

Duke has dedicated itself to interdisciplinary research and created a platform for experts in different fields to communicate intimately, Wu said. This atmosphere motivated him to pursue a professional career at Duke.

“There will be a limit to their studies if researchers keep working on their own,” Wu said. “I would say [interdisciplinary study] is the key for the future.”

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visual studies, said. “We rarely consider the active role of art itself in the political process.”

Architecture is an especially good medium to learn about politics, he explained. For example, skyscrapers in New York are not only artistically valuable, but also by studying skyscrapers and their histories, scholars can learn more about zoning legislation, labor politics and development and political economy on the global level.

Jaskot will teach a course on politics and modern architecture next semester. He noted that he hopes to engage in students from different fields on campus.

“Art is not something you do on vacation or read about on Saturday afternoon when relaxing,” Jaskot said. “Art in our history is part of society and touches us in a lot of different ways in our daily life.”

Jaskot is now also the director of Duke’s Wired! Lab for Digital Art History and Visual

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law who joined the Duke faculty this semester, said Duke enables him to study criminal procedures from both an empirical and theoretical approach.

Duke has a number of experienced criminal law faculty who are widely respected for their practices and expertise in criminal litigation, he added.

Grunwald said he finds Duke to be a perfect place for him to start a professional career because many of his research projects focus on criminal procedure in North Carolina.

For example, North Carolina enforced the open-file discovery in 2004, a law that requires prosecutors to present the evidence they have against the defendant before the bargaining.

The attorneys of defendants in legal cases are usually publicly funded, meaning that these attorneys often lack the time and resources to carry out robust investigation in all of their cases, Grunwald said. Legal

Chicago is a dream for architectural historians, but Duke allows me to make an impact, hopefully on a much broader level. I just cannot pass up this opportunity.

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Culture, a program that encourages researchers to study art history though computational analysis and big data.

Art history has encountered new questions in the digital age, Jaskot said. Art historians have started to study large-scaler urbanism or a painting among a million others on the art market.

“Computational methods help us scaling up the questions when traditional research approaches may not be applicable,” Jaskot said.

Jaskot noted that he came to Duke after living in Chicago for more than 30 years because what Duke offers—its vision on digital art history, emphasis on research and collegial support—is unique.

“Chicago is a dream for architectural historians, but Duke allows me to make an impact, hopefully on a much broader level,” Jaskot said. “I just cannot pass up this opportunity.”

Steve Roady After decades of law practice and involvement in federal court cases and advocacy work, Steve Roady, Law School ’76, came back to Duke as a professor of the practice of law at Duke Law School and as a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

Specializing in ocean-related environmental policy-making, Roady has had a long career as a lawyer at Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest environmental law organization.

Roady said that he hopes to enrich students’ knowledge about environmental policy using his real life experience to illustrate both successful examples and challenges he faced during his career.

Holding a joint appointment at the Law School and the Nicholas Institute, Roady said that working with experienced faculty members from both sides will provide insights to solve large-scale environmental issues such as sea level rise and seabed mining regulations.

“Duke now has a tremendous amount of world-class scholarship [in environmental policy making], and there is a heightened awareness about various pressing environmental issues,” Roady said. “This was not the case when I was [studying at Duke Law School] in the 70s.”

The Marine Lab at Duke is another valuable resource for students and faculty members to engage in field trips and conduct their own research in ocean-related studies and Paul Jaskot conservation projects, he noted.

Want to learn about politics through art?

“I am struck by the fact that Duke is uniquely Use digital technology to study architectures? positioned in the country to deal with ocean A new art history professor Paul Jaskot might issues,” Roady said. “I hope more students could have some answers. come to explore these opportunities too.”

“When we think about politics in art, we usually only think about who pays for the work Ben Grunwald of art,” Jaskot, professor of art, art history and Ben Grunwald, an assistant professor of

scholars believe open-file discovery helps these attorneys prepare for plea bargaining and trial. But Grunwald’s recent study shows the adoption of the open-file discovery generated few observable impacts on outcomes of the criminal cases in North Carolina.

With a background in philosophy, statistics and sociology, Grunwald explained that in the future, he aims to include graduate students from other departments on campus—such as economics, public policy and public health—in his criminal law courses too.

“It will be interesting to see how social science evidence helps us answer the big questions in criminal procedure,” he noted.

Leila Bridgeman Leila Bridgeman—a newly hired assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science whose appointment will start Jan. 1—noted that she seeks Duke as being dedicated to bridging different disciplines.

“When I first looked at the list of faculty members in the mechanical engineering department, I thought the department was huge,” Bridgeman said, “Only later did I find out that many of them have joint appointments.”

Bridgeman shared that she aims to fill the gap between theories and application in the field of control systems and robotics study.

“Some scholars have been studying complicated development theories but hardly ever apply them,” she said. “Others focus mainly on pragmatic questions such as how to make a robot walk but only rely on theories developed 50 and 60 years ago.”

With a background in applied mathematics, Bridgeman said she plans to use the most advanced theories in the actual development of control systems and reinforce the connection between theory and practice.

She noted that she was also attracted to Duke because of its inclusive and diverse university culture.

“Mechanical engineering is one of the STEM fields with the smallest populations of women,” Bridgeman said. “I was really impressed with the statement on Duke’s website that emphasize the inclusion of women and other minority groups.”

Also part of the Duke Robotics Group—a program established in 2014—she added that she looks forward to working with faculty members from other departments such as computer science and electrical engineering, as well as undergraduate students.

For the future, the mechanical engineering department is also developing a robotics concentration for graduate students and potentially undergraduates.

“I am glad to be engaged in the Robotics Group in its early stage,” Bridgeman said. “It feels like I am growing with it.”

PODESTA FROM PAGE 1 abandons working people. It raises taxes on people making $75,000 a year or less, in order to give massive tax breaks to the very wealthiest.

And I think if you can’t make a populist message out of that then you probably shouldn’t be running. I think the same thing was true, which really I think bubbled up from the ground up—the defense of the Affordable Care Act came from people who really were on the front lines, knew what it would mean to basically lose the benefits that were afforded to them by the passage of the ACA. And I think it was that groundswell of grassroots support—those town meetings that the Republicans had to endure—that created the voice that kept the Affordable Care Act in tact. They’re still trying to obviously dismantle it through executive action, but I think even there, there’s a lot of pushback and a lot of fight back in the states and particularly amongst ordinary citizens.

So, I think there is a sense that the elites are just winning even more in this administration and so I think that the fire that’s out on the street partly relates to the divisiveness that Trump exudes, the misogyny, the racism. It all continues unabated, but I think it’s also that having argued that he was going to help working people, he’s kind of abandoned that mission in favor of the wealthy.

On whether Trump will continue to get away with some controversial actions he has done: “Well I think Bob Mueller had lots to say about that. I think the Republicans on Capitol Hill will stick with him until they can’t and I have no insight into either the pace or the ultimate conclusion after Mueller’s investigation. The White House is living, I think, in the dream world that this is all going to be wrapped up by the first of the year and it’ll come to a happy conclusion. It doesn’t feel that way quite frankly. And Mike Flynn seems like the next big domino to fall.

But, I think that [Republicans on Capitol Hill] essentially decided they can live with anything as long as they retain power and they’ll keep doing that until that becomes untenable for them...it’ll destroy the party if they stick with it too long. I think their discomfort with Trump’s embrace of Roy Moore is evidence

I think the president has the capacity to fire [Mueller] but I think there’d be dire consequences from that.

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that he has no restraint, so the question is do they finally hit the breaking point? He did it to some extent with [Bob] Corker and with Jeff Flake, but there haven’t been a lot of profiles in courage up there yet. But, I think that there could come a point where they just cannot ignore what Mueller is uncovering.”

On whether Republicans will push back if Trump fires Mueller: “I think that he has tried to undermine Mueller and there are certainly voices, particularly in the House, that have tried to get on his side of that question. I think it’s a very tricky proposition for him to follow. That is, if you didn’t need the split screen picture of him and [former president Richard Nixon], you’d certainly produce it from that. So, I think Mueller is likely to stay. I think the Senate is likely to try to protect him. I think the president has the capacity to fire him but I think there’d be dire consequences from that.”

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‘AN INCREDIBLE WILL TO WIN’

Duke holds Indiana without a field goal for the last 5:26 to pull away for another comeback win

By Mitchell Gladstone Sports Managing Editor

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—The last two times a top-ranked team had walked into Assembly Hall, it left the famed arena as a loser.

Wednesday night, the Blue Devils made sure that streak ended.

Despite a feisty effort from a Hoosier side that would not fade, No. 1 Duke slipped past Indiana 91-81 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, holding its opponent without a made field goal for the last 5:26 to keep the Blue Devils’ undefeated start to the season alive in DUKE 91 their first true road 81 contest of the year.

IND Duke got 23 points from freshman Marvin Bagley III to lead the way in a raucous environment with another 21 points from senior Grayson Allen.

“We have a lot of heart, and when it comes game time at the end, we tend to turn it up,” Allen said. “It’s just that will to win that gets us through, and I’d prefer for us to play like that from the beginning for 40 minutes, but I think you can see that our intensity picks up when it gets to the last few minutes.”

After trailing by as many as 10 early in the second half, Indiana (4-3) chipped away at the Blue Devil advantage until a Collin Hartman triple just before the 13-minute mark brought the Hoosiers level, tying the contest at 57 apiece.

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Grayson Allen scored 21 points and knocked down a key 3-pointer late in the second half to give Duke a four-point advantage.

With the building rocking, Indiana then seized its first lead of the game since the 6:40 mark of the first half, and only added to it, stretching its advantage to as many as four.

But just as it did in Portland, Ore., at the PK80 Invitational, Duke fought back from a second-half deficit.

“I can’t tell you how proud I am of my team.

We’re exhausted,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “They have such a will to win—this is our ninth game in 20 days and 10 of those days, we’ve been on the road. They’re dead right now, but they certainly played those five minutes at the end with an incredible will to win.”

Consecutive and-ones from Wendell Carter Jr. and Bagley knotted the game at 67, and the Hoosiers continued to see a heavy diet of the Blue Devil big men down the stretch. Duke (9-0) fed the ball inside frequently throughout the night, racking up 44 points in the paint and getting to the line 29 times as a team.

Carter then brought the Blue Devils back even with just more than five minutes to play, nailing 1-of-2 at the charity stripe before converting yet another old-fashioned 3-point play the following possession. The freshman posted his fifth double-double of the year with 18 points and 12 boards, and from that point, Duke would not trail the rest of the way.

Allen knocked down a slick stepback trey— just his second of the night—after Indiana had closed to within one, and thanks to poor freethrow shooting and missed opportunities on offense down the stretch, the Hoosiers failed to regain the momentum With Gary Trent Jr.’s and-one jumper just before the two-minute mark, Duke slammed the door shut.

“All of us are winners,” freshman guard Trevon Duval said. “We all hate losing and we don’t want to lose. Losing isn’t really a choice for us, so we find a way to win.”

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Blue Devils open College Cup vs. young Bruins

By Jack Dolgin Staff Reporter

There is that theme in sports that is so easy to love. A showdown between a team that has one last hurrah, and another team that is just beginning its rise to the top.

Friday night, Duke will try to advance to the national championship for the second time in three years with a starting lineup of six No. 1 Duke seniors and redshirt vs. seniors. UCLA, the Blue Devils’ opponent, has No. 2 eight starters who are UCLA underclassmen. It will FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. almost surely be back Orlando City Stadium to this stage during the next few years, so perhaps there is more on the line for the veteran Duke team.

But make no mistake, the Bruins are likely the Blue Devils’ most difficult challenge so far.

Duke head coach Robbie Church and his topseeded Blue Devils face what he calls a “who’swho of women’s soccer” in second-seeded UCLA Friday night in the NCAA semifinals at 7:30 p.m. at Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Duke is looking for its first national championship in the program’s four trips to the College Cup, and

the Bruins are looking for their second after the team’s current head coach, Amanda Cromwell, won in her first year on the job in 2013.

“With so many of our seniors graduating, it is [our last chance],” Church said. “There’s been very little highs and very little lows.... They’ve been very consistent and playing at a high level, so in that aspect, and probably offensively, this is our most talented team.”

The Blue Devils have two losses this year, but both came at the hands of the same team, North Carolina, and in both games Duke was without its best player, Rebecca Quinn.

Quinn—who was injured for all but four games last season—has not lost in a Duke uniform since a 1-0 loss to Penn State in the 2015 national championship.

Church admitted she is the best player he has coached in 17 seasons at Duke.

“I don’t know if we’ve ever had a player who’s just as smart as she is,” he said. “The ball’s just glued to her foot, [she] makes great decisions and she’s just a connector.”

The team’s use of Quinn has been a way of going all in on this season. Church chose to redshirt her last year when she was dealing with a lingering foot injury so that this year, she would be fully healthy and the team could make a title run.

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Rebecca Quinn will be facing off Friday against Canadian countrywoman Jessie Fleming, a sophomore at UCLA. Without the redshirt senior in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils (23-2-0) struggled to get the ball from midfield to the attack, resulting in many long balls and Duke winning just 1-0 against UNCGreensboro. Since Quinn has been back, the

Blue Devils have outscored their last three opponents a combined 14-0.

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M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 4 it was all offense for both the Blue Devils and Hoosiers. Although neither side found success from beyond the arc—the teams combined to shoot just 5-of-25 from 3-point land in the half—both attacked the rim at will, racking up 44 total points in the paint.

With the Indiana faithful rocking Assembly Hall from the get-go, the Hoosiers hung around for much of the opening half as the lead changed hands 10 times. The hosts doubled both Bagley and Carter early and often in the post, yet the duo scored 11 and nine before the break, respectively, staking Duke to an early 4238 advantage.

After a big-time weekend at the PK80, it was a slightly quieter night for Bagley. The freshman

W. SOCCER FROM PAGE 4 has played alongside Quinn on the Canadian national team. Whereas Quinn plays holding midfield at Duke and shifts to defense with Canada, Fleming plays attacking midfield both collegiately and internationally.

In addition to Fleming’s speed, the Bruins (19-2-2) boast three players with more than 20 points this season—Hailie Mace, Anika Rodriguez and Ashley Sanchez. Mace is tied for ninth in the country with 15 goals this year, one more than the Blue Devils’ Kayla McCoy and Imani Dorsey.

Friday’s game might have even been tougher for Duke if not for a UCLA decommitment. U.S. national team starter Mallory Pugh planned to begin college at UCLA in the fall of 2017 but instead turned pro.

The Bruins needed overtime to defeat Northwestern 1-0 in the second round and beat third-seeded Virginia 2-1 in both the regular

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to a Brown 3-pointer in transition.

“They can put up a lot of points,” McCallie FROM PAGE 1 said. “But, I think our team did a good “At that point, I’m just trying to keep job of playing off each other defensively... everybody calm,” Brown said. “We knew particularly in the fourth quarter.” that they could make a big run with Despite Greenwell’s early troubles from their shooting ability and how fast they the field, missing all four of her shots in the are...we just had to stay cool, calm and first quarter, Duke finished the period strong, collected to make a run of our own by leading 26-17. The Blue Devils received a spark slowing down on offense and getting big off the bench from redshirt sophomore Haley stops on defense.”

Gorecki, who scored 10 points in the first half Hard work down low ultimately was and spread the floor well. the difference maker for Duke. Although “We really have six starters, including Haley,” the Blue Devils’ offense looked stagnant McCallie said. “She just gives us enormous for some of the fourth quarter, 13 offensive confidence off the bench.... Those seven rebounds in the game gave them second rebounds in 26 minutes is exactly the type of chances to run down the clock. The Buckeyes game we need from our guards.” went cold from the 3-point line for the rest Kelsey Mitchell, the leading scorer in the of the night, which silenced their hopes of nation, finished with 24 points for Ohio State, getting back into the game. but needed 27 shots to do it and was just 4-of-17 Senior Erin Mathias notched her from long distance. Mitchell and her teammates second career double-double with 10 entered the locker room facing a 12-point deficit boards and 10 points, dictating the and came out in a full-court press to begin the game in the post. Her defensive energy second half, but it backfired at first, as Duke and tenacity near the rim helped Duke stretched its lead to 52-35. outrebound Ohio State 49-30.

But turnovers still plagued the Blue “Everyone was really vibing and playing Devils, who gave it away 21 times and together as a team,” Mathias said. “We all allowed the Buckeyes to stay in the game just kind of fed off of each other so I was long enough to get hot from 3-point range just playing my game and doing what I and make their run. could to help the team.”

“We turn the ball over way too much, and The Blue Devils (6-1) came out with a lot that has got to stop,” McCallie said. “That can of energy to begin the game, feeding off an really come back to haunt you, so we have to energetic crowd and a deep Brown 3-pointer improve on that as we go on to Sunday.” to open the scoring. Brown scored 13 of Duke’s Mitchell knocked down a pair of first 21 points and finished the day 7-of-14 3-pointers and Duke transfer Sierra Calhoun from the field with four triples. added two more 3-pointers to pull Ohio Duke’s defense came out in full force, State all the way back, but the Buckeyes ran refusing to give anything up in the paint. out of steam down the stretch.

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superstar posted yet another double-double, tallying 10 boards to go with his 23 points, but he was just part of a balanced Blue Devil offense that got double-figure performances from four of its five starters.

Krzyzewski said that the Phoenix native was “exhausted,” adding that the entire team has been “running on fumes” after landing back in Durham at 9 a.m. Monday before leaving for Indiana Tuesday afternoon.

But just like his teammates, when it came to the most crucial moments Wednesday night, Bagley delivered, reminding basketball fans why they remain the nation’s most dangerous team.

“We just played hard,” Bagley said.

“Somebody had to do it and those guys got stops when we needed them. We ended up winning the game off of that.” season and NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils beat the Cavaliers 1-0 twice.

“When [our players] step on the field, they’re ready to go and they’re looking to attack from the opening minute,” Church said, adding that the toughest part Friday will be “how are going to react with the nerves? Even though we’re veteran, it’s still a tough situation.”

The Blue Devils will hope to jump out to an early start, something they have done increasingly well. Duke did not score a goal in the opening 10 minutes of its first 13 games of the year, but has done so in six of its last 12 games and each of the last three.

If the Blue Devils win, they will play the winner of top-seeded and top-ranked Stanford’s matchup with top-seeded South Carolina Sunday at noon. It would mark a chance for redemption in the finals for nine current starters, and if they play the Cardinal, redemption for Church after they beat Duke 1-0 in the 2011 finals.

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ast Saturday, The New York Times published a controversial article that profiled the seemingly benign daily existence of a Tony Hovater, an Ohio neo-Nazi. The backlash has been swift and unforgiving, leading the Times’s national editor to publish a response explaining their editorial decision to publish the article. Though we respect the journalistic spirit upon which this article was written, its crude implementation must nonetheless be condemned.

Many readers of the Times took issue with the article’s irrational refusal to contextualize Hovater’s abhorrent views. Richard Fausset, the Caucasian male reporter of the piece, failed to recognize that it is impossible to present Nazism in a neutral light without considering the immorality of its intrinsically racist ideology. Hovater is described by Fausset as the “Nazi sympathizer next door, polite and low-key…,”—as if Hovater’s beliefs represent nothing more than a mere neighborly quirk rather a genocidal system of beliefs. Through presenting Hovater as someone who places “Books about Mussolini and Hitler” on the same shelf with “a stack of Nintendo Wii games,” Fausett sets a dangerous journalistic precedent—rather than presenting such a juxtaposition as abnormal and un-American, Fausett has normalized it.

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Moreover, he writes about Hovater’s manners and politeness without acknowledging that his presence as a white, blue-eyed male reporter has given him Hovater’s respect in a way minority reporters would never experience.

In their editorial response, the Times explained their motivation as an attempt to shed light on the most extreme corners of American life. As an editorial board, we respect the sincerity with which this venture was undertaken, especially during the

Editorial Board current polarizing political climate.

Nonetheless, at the same time, journalism demands a high standard of ethical reporting not unlike that demanded from academia. If the intention was for the Times’s readership to better understand neo-Nazism, Fausset could have chosen to examine the structural underlying reasons for Hovater’s racism, dissecting the means by which Hovater came to his ideology rather than the means by which Hovater prepares his evening pasta.

He could have also reached out to those affected by neo-Nazism, to present both sides of the ideology rather than focusing on the sole perspective of a

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racist white man. Instead, what is left is a deeply troubling attempt at normalizing neo-Nazism as an acceptable phenomenon in America’s heartland. Not even Fausset himself walked away with much insight as to the underlying reasons behind Hovater’s ideology.

The New York Times wields the responsibility to influence our national consciousness in an instrumental manner few media organizations can.

Particularly now, when neo-Nazism is attempting to trespass into the American mainstream, it is perilous give them such an influential media platform to sell their armbands and to spread an ideology that undermines our intrinsic national values. While this type of reporting has its place, its implementation here is a slap to face of every minority reader of the Times, for whom Hovater’s obvious racism takes a backseat to more typically “American” behaviors in the article. Indeed, it is curious that the Times chose to vignette a white, male nationalist rather than a Black Lives Matter organizer or a member of Antifa. With the current political climate, it is more imperative than ever for our media, from the Times to the Chronicle, to contextualize our reporting within a nationally-conscious moral compass that avoids normalizing dangerously un-American ideologies such as Nazism.

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“The beauty of capitalism is that you don’t have to partake of any of the activities and products you mentioned, including the food, the music, the gifts, or the decorations.”

—Gus Barkley responding to “Have yourself a capitalist Christmas, published on Nov. 28, 2017.

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check out the newest addition to the library exhibit wall on the first floor of Perkins, featuring a history of honor at Duke.

We’ve talked a lot about honor this semester— explaining what the Community Standard is, the gray areas in current policies, and how all of us can contribute to the culture of integrity on campus.

And during final exams, you’ll be reminded of honor yet again, when you sign the Community Standard at the top of each test you take. But while honor has always been a fundamental value at Duke, honor codes are a relatively new innovation.

We hope our exhibit can shed light on how students past and present have played a role in shaping campus norms.

Honor systems have existed in one form or another since Duke’s formal founding in 1924, but they were largely informal and lacked institutional backing. The impetus for change actually came from the Women’s Student Government, which began a dialogue about “academic and social integrity” in 1957. The student leader of this movement was Liddy Hanford, who spearheaded a coalition between the Men’s Student Government and university leaders to present a new honor system, which was implemented in 1959. Liddy Hanford is known to most of us as Elizabeth Dole—the Duke alumna who served as the first female Senator from North Carolina.

But alas, honor systems are nothing without community buy-in, and the lack of infrastructure for integrity caused campus to literally veto the honor code in 1965. Honor remained dormant until Terry

Sanford exhorted the student body to give Duke’s “outrageous ambition” a moral compass. This manifested in the form of an “honor commitment”, which was passed in 1982. The commitment is notable for bifurcating integrity into “honor” (preventative) and “judicial” (reactive). This model was upheld in the 1993 Duke Honor Code, which became the basis for the Community Standard a decade later.

To be clear, the presence—or lack thereof—of an honor code didn’t make cheating okay. Academic dishonesty (when caught) was still punished. So why the focus on honor systems and community standards? Why have generations of Duke students and even Duke Presidents dedicated so much social and political energy to trying to get it right?

Because conduct is about consequences— whereas codes are about community.

President Keohane took the first step at the turn of the millennium, candidly releasing data about the state of integrity on campus to start discussions about what honor means at Duke. The discussion continued with the ratification of the Community Standard, and was furthered by the 2007 referendum which added a third pillar to the Standard: that we will “act if the Standard is compromised.” A decade later, the conversation continues, with each of us contributing something new during our time in the Gothic Wonderland.

We hope that our exhibit, which will go live during reading period, can add to this tradition, while provoking some thought and conversation. If you’re looking for a place to talk, head to Vondy.

We’ll be giving out thermoses with the Community Standard and sponsoring a free cup of coffee for a “fill up for finals.” If you’re looking for help, check out the Academic Resource Center, or give any of us a call. Honor begins with each of us, and is especially important this time of year. Like President Keohane once said, “be mindful of the trust that your peers and professors have placed in you. You worked too hard to get into to Duke to cheapen your efforts, and so did they.”

Best of luck with the last week of classes, and with exams beyond that. We look forward to continuing this conversation in the spring and beyond.

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Just ‘American’; plain and simple

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n the seventh grade, I decided that I wasn’t going to be called “black” or “African American” anymore. I reclassified myself as “chocolate,” which I felt was a better descriptor of the actual shade of my skin.

Victoria Priester ON THE RUN FROM MEDIOCRITY I told all of my friends about my new racial identity, told my parents, and checked “Other” on multiple tests or surveys that asked me my race. My family has no idea where we’re from in Africa, and I was old enough to notice that my skin wasn’t actually black.

Since eighth grade, I’ve stopped seriously referring to myself as chocolate, and I don’t check the box that says “Other” anymore.

However, I’ve retained the lurking idea in the back of my mind that neither “black” nor “African American” are accurate descriptors of who I am. Maybe I haven’t experienced the same brutal awakenings as to our county’s maltreatment of African Americans, but I’ve never thought of myself as anything but American. Most days, I don’t consider myself African American, and I wish the blanket geographical qualifier wasn’t constantly pinned to my identity.

Toni Morrison and Muhammad Ali became two distinct role models for me

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t sounds strange to say that I feel fortunate for never having been sexually assaulted. Fortune and assault should never go hand in hand. Full autonomy over one’s own body is a right that everyone should be able to take for granted.

Nevertheless, the pairing of these words is increasingly appropriate these days when congressmen seem more intent upon making passes than passing legislation, and when newscasters themselves are the stars of the headlines they report.

In spite of my own “luck,” I, like all of us, know countless women who have been denied their rights to bodily autonomy. I wouldn’t dare tell their stories or pretend to know that I fully comprehend the extent of their pain and trauma. I would imagine, however, that in addition to unfathomable emotional burdens, many of my female peers are just plain tired—the kind of tired that can’t be remedied by a day off of work or a good night’s sleep.

I’m sure they’re tired of explaining and re-explaining, of seeking some shred of justice through re-traumatization, of convincing others—and even themselves— of their righteousness. I bet they are weary from people like me attempting to pare down indescribable experiences into neatly packaged op-eds. Acknowledging my limited capacity to understand, I ask that victims and survivors of sexual assault in its myriad forms allow me to relate in some minuscule way to their exhaustion because I, too, am tired. We are all tired.

I’m tired of apologizing. As I write, lyrics from Beyonce’s feminist anthem Sorry emerge forcefully in my head. The song is not just a battle cry against relationship infidelity, but a desperate plea for women to stop apologizing for their very existence. It speaks to my compulsive need to apologize for abstaining from sexual activity yet also for engaging in it. It explains a tendency also to ask forgiveness for answers that I haven’t even

in their own right. The feeling Morrison’s writing was able to evoke became a model for my own, was the warm comfort and reminder that I wasn’t alone; Ali’s fearlessness was the spark that burned inside me to be fierce, confident, and unapologetic.

We come to believe that our heroes are just like us, or just like who we aspire to be once we achieve our ideal place in life. Consequently, it comes as a shock to find that these personal heroes, who I felt shared my identity and understood my subsequent identity conflict, had resolved their own identity conflict by completely rejecting the only part of my identity I felt sure of. I have grown up knowing that, if nothing else, I’m American.

It’s the only nationality or geographical affiliation I’ve been able to claim with confidence. The same realization about both of Morrison and Ali came within a week of each other: while I’ve only been able to comfortably describe myself as American, during their lifetimes, both Muhammad Ali and Toni Morrison rejected the American part of their identity entirely, and both said they had never thought of themselves as American.

Muhammad Ali was an Olympic gold medalist in 1960 and won the world heavyweight boxing championship in 1964, but once he returned to the United States, white Americans still refused to serve him in restaurants because he was black. When he received a notice to enlist for the U.S. Army, Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam War. He

was expected to risk his life fighting for the freedom of a country that didn’t allow him to live free.

It is said that after Ali won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games, once he returned to the U.S. and received the same racist treatment, he threw his gold medal off of the Second Street Bridge and into the Ohio River. An Olympic medal, besides a symbol of world-class athletic achievement, also represents the spirit of the winner’s country of origin. All of Ali’s achievements clearly did not mean enough to Americans to merit dignified treatment for him or other black people, and I can see why his experiences and a similar sense of forced alienation for Morrison led them to completely reject “American” as a part of their identity.

For me, I felt like I had no other option, and I haven’t had any jolting and identityaltering experiences that push me to sever my ties with my American identity. My family has absolutely no idea where in Africa we would be from.

All we’ve known, possibly for longer than some of my non-black friends’ families have lived in the U.S., is America. My parents grew up in America. My grandparents grew up in America. My great-grandparents lived in America. Other than a few vacations and one study-abroad experience, all I’ve known is America. And since we’re arguing now that there isn’t one way to look American, act American or speak like an American, I feel like I am one.

It still hits me with indignation and anger

when I think of the Three-Fifths Compromise, see videos of civil rights marchers being attacked by police dogs and fired at with fire hoses, when I hear about another instance of police brutality. I’m not always proud of America. I’m not always proud to be an American. But for lack of any other place to belong to and too many gaps in my family’s historical records to lay claim to any other place, I am just American.

Which is why I don’t like being called “African American,” especially with the additional revelation that white Americans are never called “European Americans.”

For them, just “American” is sufficient. I’ve never been to Africa, and while I wish I knew what country my ancestors came from, so few records were kept of where American slaves were from that anyone would be hardpressed to pinpoint an exact country. People see my dark skin, brown eyes and curly hair and immediately classify me as “African American”—which isn’t their fault.

It’s the way we as a country have decided to categorize people based on race. I’ve had friends, Uber drivers and random people in public tell me I “look like I’m from Kenya” or “could definitely be Tanzanian,” but their guess is just as good as anyone else’s. Despite my skin tone, I feel no more attachment or affiliation with Africa than I do with Japan.

Victoria Priester is a Trinity first-year. Her column, “on the run from mediocrity” runs on alternate Fridays.

Tired of being tired given. It sheds light on the way in which I beg pardon for not sharing a suitor’s romantic interests. I even say sorry for my overuse of the word “sorry” in a world that constantly draws it out of me.

I’m tired of feeling the full weight of my body, often in the most literal sense of the word. I can barely remember a time in which I didn’t analyze the impact that each meal would have on my physique. Nor can I fully escape the sickening notion of my self-worth as a function of my appearance. I begrudgingly drag the chain that links spirit and body everywhere I go. All this while playing roles that I never asked for: entertainer, plaything,

I’m ashamed by the antics of public female figures like Snooki, Paris Hilton, and Tila Tequila while simultaneously finding amusement in the replication of this behavior by male reality stars. On a much more personal level, I sometimes catch myself dismissing quieter women as cold and aloof, while attributing the same trait in men to sensitivity and emotional intelligence. I reenvision attributes of confidence in men as signs of arrogance in women. I invert male strength to female brutishness.

And perhaps, above all, I’m tired of not being allowed to say that I’m tired. Often, to even hint at my fatigue is to validate

God forbid a disgruntled woman inconvenience anyone with what might be perceived as shrill whining.

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emotional punching bag, just to name a few. I dress, paint, prick, primp, squeeze, and adorn myself to gain the approval of men whose names I’ll never know.

I’m tired of being an unwilling competitor in a game that pits women against each other. I’m disgusted by my compulsion to tear down and one-up other women in order to maintain my own standing in the competition. We learn in the schoolyard to seek protection in calling other girls too curvy, too skinny, too needy, too prudish, too flirty, too everything. In order to reap the full benefit of this self-defense mechanism, I’m required to hold men and women to a different standards.

I generally admire Bill Clinton in spite of his predation and admonish Monica Lewinsky because of it. By the same token,

responsible for my feelings and responses.

I know that many of these enumerated struggles reflect insecurities I’ll have to work through on my own. I don’t fault men for a system of gendered power imbalance in which we’ve all been complicit at various points. On the contrary, I’ve been blessed with nearly 23 years of healthy coed relationships that I trace to my dad’s immense love and insistence that the world is mine for the taking. Yet, try as he might to protect me from harm, I know that my femininity has has left me with no choice but to navigate the world in ways that my male peers wouldn’t imagine.

Of course, I’m thrilled to witness what could be a turning point in a long history of sexual violence against women. I’m heartened to see some of the world’s most influential predators finally be called to accountability by the same women they’d threatened into secrecy. As brave women risk their livelihoods and emotional wellbeing to unearth injustice, I search for ways that people like me, who don’t carry the baggage of physical abuse, can do our part.

Rather than focusing my attention on the perpetrators, I will turn instead to my fellow women. Before playing devil’s advocate, I will allow my female colleagues the time and space to complain about the men that speak over them. I won’t roll my eyes the next time a girlfriend seeks advice for escaping what seems like the hundredth unhealthy relationship. I will give more women the benefit of the doubt, knowing that I wouldn’t even think to pass the same judgement on male peers. As more blame continues to be rightfully cast on wrongdoers, I can only hope that less blame will be placed upon women, and that finally, we can rest.

stereotypes that women are weak, nagging, and dependent. God forbid a disgruntled woman inconvenience anyone with what might be perceived as shrill whining. Rather than risk acquiring a reputation for being overly sensitive and self-involved, I normally prefer to suppress my frustration. In fact, I’ve become so adept at said suppression, that just last month I tried to convince my friends that maybe this whole notion of the patriarchy had been an over exaggeration by white women looking to mitigate their own racial guilt. Shortly thereafter, when I felt threatened by an encounter with a small group of aggressive preteen boys nearly half my size, I immediately messaged these same friends to retract my silly theories.

McCall Wells is Duke ‘17. Her column, Even knee deep in the muck of my rhetorical tirade, I recognize that I alone am “duke, forward,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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A STORY OF FAITH Chaplain and U.S. Army Captain Kimberly Hall, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, has not only had her life changed by her work within civilian ministry, but also by a surprising call to work with Army Soldiers. Originally, life as a minister was not a part of her plans. But after a lot of soul searching, Chaplain Hall eventually heeded God’s call to work in and pursue the path of ministry. She served her community for ten years as both an associate and senior pastor, but then found herself answering yet another call, one that led to the U.S. Army.

ANSWERING A CALL OF NEED After three separate encounters with Army chaplains, each trying to convince then Pastor Hall to join, she realized working with the Army might be a new path God had designed for her. While the call to serve in the Army was unexpected, she does not regret changing her life once again.

Her choice was not only one of faith, but also one that helps fill an important need within the Army.

As the number of clergywomen in the civilian world continues to expand, more women are joining the military as chaplains. Chaplain Hall not only helps fill a need within the Army, she represents a growing voice within all faiths.

THE WORK OF FAITH Just like her life, her work with the Army hasn’t been predictable. But Chaplain Hall has already made an impact on the Soldiers she serves.

“My chaplain assistant and I executed and implemented ‘Operation Smile,’ a series of events designed to boost the morale and spirits of the Soldiers and the civilians under our care. Our [most successful event] was when we stood out in the early morning hours holding colorful homemade signs that simply read, ‘Have a Beautiful Day!’ We would wave and smile at all incoming cars that came on to the Army post. As it turns out, we made an indelible impact by this simple act of cheer.“ With a blend of traditional and non-traditional work, it is easy to see why each of Chaplain Hall’s days are different. And while she always has a lot to do,

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Chaplain Hall finds that her work with Soldiers is worth the effort that it takes.

“The most rewarding experience is seeing solid transformation occur in Soldiers’ lives that range anywhere from relationship healing, to baptisms and just simply journeying with them and pointing them to the light at the end of the tunnel and having them grasp it. That is a joy!”

SERVING SOLDIERS “Our motto in the Chaplain Corps is ‘Pro Deo et Patria.’ It derives from the Latin, which means ‘For God and Country.’ Putting on this uniform, I have a unique opportunity to do great work in caring for the souls of Soldiers. … The motto I personally live by as a chaplain is this: ‘I am here to serve and not to be served.’”

Ultimately, the work she and the other chaplains do each day helps take care of Soldiers’ hearts and minds. And Chaplain Hall’s experiences in the Army have helped to solidify her own faith as well.

“Living this Army life has further cemented my belief that God has not and will not fail or forsake me.

My ultimate faith lesson in all of this is to trust God and to not be afraid.”

If you feel the call to serve with the Army Chaplain Corps by serving Soldiers as a chaplain in the U.S. Army, visit goarmy.com/hc42

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“In the first few months [of] wearing this new ‘hat’ as an Army chaplain, it felt very surreal. I kept looking at my uniform and my surroundings and saying to myself, ‘Wow!’”

CAPT. KIMBERLY HALL