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Franklin Humanities Institute. Valerie Ashby, dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, delivered opening remarks and described her personal connection to Mother Emanuel, which she called “family.” One theme of the evening was the responsibility of churches not only to their members, but also to their communities, especially on issues of racial and socioeconomic inequality. “As the church, we cannot become an obsolete social club,” Middleton said. “We have a responsibility not to be mute on these subjects, but to stand up and make sure that

Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Duke Cancer Institute Wednesday to discuss his new cancer initiative with Duke scientists and leaders. Biden initially promoted “an absolute national commitment to end cancer as we know it today” in his speech in October announcing he would not run for president. President Barack Obama formalized the government-led push to cure cancer in his State of the Union address Jan. 12, when he called on Biden to lead the $1 billion National Cancer Moonshot initiative— which aims to accelerate progress in cancer research through increased funding to the National Institutes of Health and cancer centers around the country. Biden will host a round table discussion Wednesday with oncologists, researchers and community and public health leaders in the area, said Don Graves, deputy assistant to the president and counselor to the vice president, in a press call Tuesday. “The goal of the moonshot is really to make a decade’s worth of advances in five years and put us on a path to end cancer as we know it,” Graves said. “[Biden is] encouraged by the research that’s being done all around the country and in particular the research that’s going on at Duke.” In addition to increasing data sharing, the initiative focuses on the development of some of today’s most cutting-edge

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Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle The widow of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney was part of a panel discussion focused on faith and race Tuesday at Page Auditorium.

Ryan Zhang The Chronicle Charleston shooting survivor Jennifer Pinckney and other panelists covered topics such as gun violence, human rights and the role of churches in the community in a wideranging discussion Tuesday evening. Pinckney is the widow of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a pastor at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and South Carolina state senator who was among the nine people killed in the June 17 church shooting. Pinckney was joined by two friends of her husband,

the Rev. Chris Vaughn and the Rev. Kylon Middleton. The three panelists discussed the role of black churches such as Mother Emanuel, a black congregation described by Middleton as “the epicenter of African Methodism in the South.” “The AME church itself was born out of a social justice protest,” said Middleton, a graduate of Duke’s Divinity School. “Mother Emanuel continues to stand tall as an example and a beacon of hope for reconciliation and peace in the world.” The event—titled “Reflections on Charleston: A Conversation on Faith and Race”—was held in Page Auditorium as part of a series of discussions hosted by the

DKU student ambassadors working to generate interest Shayal Vashisth The Chronicle The Duke Kunshan Student Ambassador Council will host events this week—including information sessions, a lantern lighting ceremony and a yo-yo show—to promote awareness about opportunities at Duke Kunshan University. Members of KSAC, a student group including students from Duke and DKU, will focus on providing insight and advice about the DKU student experience. Students will table in the Bryan Center to offer information on DKU and its study abroad program, and administrators from DKU will attend events to speak with potential applicants. “I’d like to see people gaining some interest in DKU and potentially applying for the

program,” said junior Justin Bryant, a member of the council. “We want to up the interest in the student body and community.” DKU—which is a collaboration between Duke and Wuhan University— offers a semesterlong visitor program to undergraduates in the Fall and Spring. Each semester is divided into two seven-week sessions, and students take two for-credit classes during each session. Senior Tarela Osuobeni, co-chair of KSAC, said the division of the semester into two sevenweek periods made classes easier because students were able to focus more intensely on the two classes they were enrolled in. DKU also does not have classes on Fridays, which allows classes with service learning components to travel off-campus. DKU began accepting students in Aug. 2014, and Osuobeni was part of the first class of Duke students to attend.

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Two set to graduate in first class of environmental engineers Adam Beyer Duke’s Environmental Engineering major will graduate its first class of two students this spring. The program—offered through the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department—was launched under former dean of the Pratt School of Engineering Tom Katsouleas in Fall 2013. The major seeks to combine chemistry and biological science with public health engineering applications. To earn the degree, students must complete the 19 general engineering requirements—including chemistry, physics and math courses, as well as additional environmental science and engineering electives. It became the fifth major offered by the Pratt School. Senior Sammie Thomas, one of the two graduating students with the major, wrote in an email that she became interested in the field after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. “I wanted to be the one there, on the scene figuring out a way to clean up the mess,” she wrote. “That is when I decided to study environmental engineering.” Thomas—who also plays on the varsity women’s soccer team—wrote that she had to make up her mind to come to Duke early due to the athletics process. Several teachers encouraged her to commit to the field because of her strengths in math and science. There are currently four juniors and four sophomores enrolled in the major, although more sophomores are expected to potentially enroll as they declare their majors over the next several months, wrote Joseph Nadeau, associate professor of the practice and director of undergraduate studies for Civil & Environmental Engineering. “The EnvE major shares a number of requirements in common with the environmental track within the civil engineering

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(CE) major but differs in the ability to select a number of electives which can be tailored to suit the student’s particular interests within environmental engineering and environmental science,” he wrote in an email. The Pratt School does not currently have plans to add further major programs, though options are studied periodically based on faculty expertise and student demand, explained George Truskey, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and senior associate dean for research. Pratt’s other engineering majors are biomedical, civil, electrical and computer and mechanical. The school added energy engineering as a minor in 2013.

“We want to make sure that students who graduate from the school have an opportunity to select from a number of options. Those majors that are able to give students the background and technical knowledge to tackle the major environmental problems facing society that was part of the motivation for its creation,” Truskey said. The program began using current faculty, many of whom already had expertise in the area and teach courses in civil engineering or in Duke’s graduate-level environmental engineering program. Many of the classes are also in the graduate program, which Thomas explained has its advantages. “Getting to learn and study alongside people

with more exposure to a topic can be intimidating, but it is a great learning environment,” she wrote. “It also fosters connections between the grad and undergraduate school.” New hires will be evaluated if more students enroll in the program, Truskey said. Being one of two students graduating with the major does have its disadvantages, Thomas wrote. Although classes are small, many companies do not attend career recruiting events. She noted, however, that faculty provide extra support to compensate. Nadeau wrote that many environmental See PRATT on Page 8

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Clinton expert Chafe analyzes Hillary’s campaign Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle The Chronicle’s Neelesh Moorthy sat down with William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin Professor Emeritus of History, to discuss his new book, “Hillary and Bill: The Clintons and the Politics of the Personal,” as well as how their relationship impacts former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s current presidential campaign. The Chronicle: Could you describe the main aspects of your research? William Chafe: The book primarily looks at the way the personal chemistry of the Clintons’ relationship has been powerful in shaping the careers of both of them. They WILLIAM CHAFE are each brilliant in their understanding of the political process. He is much more all over the place and she is much more focused. He is better at relating to individual people. She is better at structuring arguments. They worked together as a team, in Arkansas after they were married, in politics. Essentially, she saved his political career many times. Most of those times she saved his career had to do with his womanizing and her ability to stand behind him and say that she loved him and that he was a good person even though he had had affairs with a number of women. She basically took advantage of the fact that she was gaining more power because of having saved him to establish her authority within the White House. She became the first First Lady to ever have an executive office within the West Wing right beside that of her husband and Al Gore, the vice president. She had a staff that was comparable to his, and she insisted on taking control of the major domestic reform in the

White House, which was health care reform, just as it had been education reform in Arkansas. She ran that whole operation with a steel fist. She didn’t listen to criticism or suggestions from either Bill’s aides or from other people in the White House. In the end, the fact that she had total control of it and would not let him compromise led to it being defeated because it didn’t come up for a vote, even though the Republicans had said they were willing to compromise and they would get 95 percent of what they wanted. She saved him one last time [during the Monica Lewinsky scandal], but she was also saving herself, because she knew that if his career was destroyed, so would hers be. The very same day he was not convicted by the Senate in the impeachment process, she was meeting with her New York advisors to plan for a senate race in New York. She then became liberated to become her own independent political personality, and she won a very successful campaign in New York. [In the Senate,] she became a very different kind of character than she had been in the White House. She emphasized the importance of listening to the people of New York, not telling them what to do. That’s the way she had been in college and at Yale Law School before she met Bill when she was always looking for reconciliation and building bridges to the oppositon and not alienating people. She got into this sort of alienating role in the White House, but then she went back to being more of a consensus reformer. She was successful in establishing a positive reputation among Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, and when she became Secretary of State she did the same thing. The real question for the electorate this year is which Hillary is running. Is it the Hillary who took control of health care reform in the White House and demonized the opposition, or the Hillary who wants to reach out to people, build

consensus, be a reformer and build bridges.

needs to stay above it also. He needs to not get down into the gutter, because he hurt himself TC: Which Hillary do you see so far? and her very badly in 2008 when he compared WC: I think that for the most part, she’s Obama to Jesse Jackson, and I don’t think he can been showing her consensus-oriented reformer afford to do that again. identity. She’s been trying to reach out to people. The only place she’s been showing her bad side TC: Republicans have brought up Bill is in her insistence on her own privacy, so the Clinton’s attitudes toward women in this private email server is a continuation of her campaign. How do you think refusal to share any of the papers she had in this affects her? the Whitewater scandal with the press because WC: I think that the she was afraid that she would be embarassed country basically has decided and her character would be demeaned by that. through its public opinion Then the whole connection she has with huge polls and then basically let Bill donors to the Clinton Foundation and the whole Clinton get away with it. Even money issue, where she’s continuing some of the though he was condemned patterns from earlier. For the most part she’s for having engaged in sexual been effective in taking the high ground and affairs with so many women, not being someone who is a bitter critic and not when he left the White House someone who is demonizing the opposition. he had a 60 percent approval rating. Most Americans TC: During the first debate, she mentioned thought that her forgiving that she was proud to have made Republicans him and taking the high her “enemies.” Isn’t this less of a consensus ground was an act of great mindset? loyalty which they respected. I WC: No, because she’s really trying to show don’t think she gets in trouble she’s different from the right-wing segment for defending him. I think of the Republican Party. I think she’s actually she benefits from being devoted to the family doing a good job saying that she’s the one who instead of castigating him. cares about broadening the middle class and returning income back to the middle class that’s TC: How big an issue in the campaign is been lost through income inequality, so I think Hillary’s privacy? she’s been okay with that. WC: I think it all depends on whether the She’s gotten into some more trouble in the investigation of the personal emails leads to any past few days when some of her allies like Gloria charges. I don’t believe there’s any evidence so far Steinem attack any women who didn’t vote for that she consciously or with awareness included Hillary, and that was a little bit bad, because it any information that was already defined as was distinguishing older women from younger confidential in those emails. On the other hand, women and saying younger women were being it does continue on a monthly basis, because disloyal and weren’t feminist enough. That was they’re releasing them on a monthly basis, to a problem. underscore the problems with the personal I think also Bill Clinton’s vicious attack against See CHAFE on Page 8 Bernie Sanders is not going to help her. Bill

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Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon Tuesday morning during a team conditioning session and will undergo surgery Wednesday morning, the program announced Tuesday. No timetable has been set for Sirk’s return. The Glen St. Mary, Fla., native missed the 2013 season after suffering the same injury to his right Achilles tendon in April 2013. Sirk threw for 2,625 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2015 in his first year as the Blue Devils’ starter under center. The signal-caller was also Duke’s top rushing threat, plowing ahead for 803 yards on the ground and eight touchdowns. In the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Sirk earned co-MVP honors after finding pay dirt twice with his legs and throwing for another, helping lead Duke to a comeback victory in overtime and the program’s first bowl win in 54 years. Sirk did suffer an injury late in that game and likely could not have continued if the game progressed to a

Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Sirk will undergo surgery Wednesday after tearing his left Achilles tendon in practice Tuesday.

second overtime, but head coach David Cutclife had said Sirk was doing well in recent weeks. Backup quarterback Parker Boehme is the likely quarterback in the event that Sirk is not recovered by the team’s 2016 season opener

Sept. 3 against N.C. Central. Boehme started for Duke against Pittsburgh Nov. 14 after Sirk sustained an upper-body injury and led a Blue Devil comeback that fell just short the next weekend at Virginia.

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Duke takes Tobacco Road rivalry to the mat Seth Johnson The Chronicle When a rival’s name pops up on the schedule, a certain feeling of hatred begins to surge. Make it the Tobacco Road rivalry between North Carolina and Duke, and hatred often does not capture the intensity on the line, especially when one team feels disrespected by the other—and the No. 14 Tar Heels may have provided that spark by rescheduling a dual with Navy right before facing the Blue Devils. “When you have a rivalry match, people say throw records, throw rankings, throw all that stuff out the window because it’s a rivalry,” Duke head coach Glen Lanham said. “[North Carolina is] wrestling Navy before us, To me, I take that in a bad way. For me, you’re bringing another team…. They’re thinking they can get two in one day, so it’s not a rivalry to them, so we’ve got to make it that way. The only way to do that is to win.” After North Carolina competes in a rescheduled dual against the Midshipmen at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Duke will face off against its rival at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill at 7 p.m. Although the Blue Devils gave the Tar Heels a scare last year in a 16-15 thriller in Durham, North Carolina will look to wrap up two wins against a struggling and shorthanded Duke squad for its second straight conference victory. “We’ve got a couple, maybe three, four matches I would look at on paper that we’re favored in, but where they’re favored in

matches, they’re favored heavy,” Lanham said. “We’ve got our hands full…. Right now we’re not the same team [as last year]. We’re struggling a little bit with our identity. Anytime you go into matches [and] you’re giving up six points here and there, it’s tough.” The Blue Devils (4-7, 0-3 in the ACC) will once again give up points in the early portion of the lineup. Freshman Brandon Leynaud missed his matchup at 133 pounds in the previous dual against Virginia—costing Duke six points— after breaking his hand against Gardner-Webb last Wednesday. Lanham said the team believes the injury occurred in the second period and appears to be a spiral fracture, which will leave the team short-handed again. For six straight duals, the Blue Devils have forfeited in at least one weight class—mainly due to sophomore Thayer Atkins’ concussion

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at 125 pounds—but with athletes quitting the team and grapplers moving throughout the lineup, it seems they will have to cope with a lack of depth moving forward. “I wish we had [a guy to fill the spot],” Lanham said. “Obviously, we had a guy in there who decided that he wanted to go up and be a third-string [141]-pounder…. He could have definitely been a starter for us at [133] pounds, but obviously it is what it is, so we’re going to look at that weight. We’ve just got to get depth.” With few options at the start of the lineup, Duke will rely more heavily on its grapplers at 141 and 149 pounds to get things started against the heavily-favored Tar Heels (10-3, 1-2). Twin brothers Zach Finesilver and No. 10 Mitch Finesilver will hit the mats at the two weights for the Blue See WRESTLING on Page 5

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Duke will wrestle North Carolina in Chapel Hill Wednesday, seeking its first win in the rivalry since 2004.

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Blast from the past Last week, Mike Krzyzewski and his Blue Devils dropped out of the top 25 for the first time since the 2007-08 season. It snapped an impressive streak of 167 consecutive weeks of being ranked, which checked in as the fifth-longest stretch by any school Brian Pollack in NCAA history. Two weeks before that, the Duke women’s squad fell into the depths of the unranked for the first time since 1999, breaking a run more than twice as long as that of their male counterparts. Taken separately, either of those events would have been quite newsworthy, but together, they combined to produce, for the first time in my lifetime, a true rarity—Duke men’s and women’s basketball teams that were both unranked. The last time that happened was Dec. 29, 1986. If that seems like a really long time ago, well, that’s because it was. It was eight years before most of the current class of seniors were even born, and many of our parents were still finishing up college themselves. A lot of times, it’s easy to take the success of Krzyzewski’s program for granted, and the women’s squad has put together a similar run of sustained excellence with far less recognition. So to put in perspective how truly rare this unrankedness is, here’s a look at what the world was like as 1986 drew to a close: Instead of Grayson Allen, Brandon Ingram and Luke Kennard firing away from behind the arc, sophomore Danny Ferry, senior Tommy Amaker and junior Billy King patrolled the perimeter for Krzyzewski in just his seventh season in Durham. The No. 1 team in the nation on the men’s side was UNLV, though it was the then-No. 6 Indiana Hoosiers who eventually claimed the national championship with a one-point victory against Syracuse. For the women, Tennessee sat atop the polls, and the Lady Vols claimed the first of head coach Pat Summit’s eight national titles the following spring. The only Curry in the NBA was Dell, who was just beginning his career as a rookie with the Utah Jazz as Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA championship against Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. On the baseball diamond, Gary Carter, Dwight Gooden and the rest of the New York Mets hoisted the World Series trophy after outlasting the Boston Red Sox in a classic sevengame set. The Mets almost pulled off the feat again this October, but the Kansas City Royals got in the way of a déjà vu situation. The “Super Bowl Shuffle” Chicago Bears still held the Lombardi Trophy, but the 1986 NFL season ended with Phil Simms See COLUMN on Page 5

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Warwick, Elton John and Gladys Knight was the top song of the year—a far cry from Justin Bieber, who currently holds claim to the top two songs in America with “Love Yourself” and “Sorry.” Headlined by Tom Cruise, “Top Gun” reeled in the highest gross earnings of any film. The Jerry Bruckheimer production hauled in more than $8 million in its first weekend—by contrast, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” generated more than $500 million during its opening weekend in 2015—but “Out of Africa” won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Unlike most items on this list, though, Tom Cruise is still around in 2016, and has starred in a movie in every year but five during this span. The world, unsurprisingly, has changed quite a bit in the past three decades. One thing that has remained constant, though, is elite (and ranked) Duke basketball on both sides of the gender line. Thanks to Monday’s win against No. 13 Louisville, the Blue Devils stand in position to vault back into the top 25 with a win against a gritty No. 7 Virginia team Saturday. A loss to the Cavaliers could prolong this current state for a few more weeks, given that the women fell twice last week and lost star Azurá Stevens to a left foot injury. But even if it doesn’t happen again until next year’s preseason poll, Duke will be ranked again soon. With a loaded recruiting class coming in, Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils are a good bet to be in the top 10 from start to finish. And head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s talented freshman class will have a year of experience under its belt heading into 2016-17. Who knows when both teams will be unranked again—but it will sure be cool to see what the world is like when that happens.

orchestrating one of the greatest performances in Super Bowl history as the New York Giants pounded the Denver Broncos to earn their first championship. In the boxing ring, Mike Tyson was rapidly ascending to stardom and earned his firstever title to become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of all time. Politics looked vastly different than its modern-day descendant, and the late Ronald Reagan occupied the Oval Office and presided over the waning years of the Cold War. In December 1986, the Soviet Union was still five years from demise, and the Berlin Wall remained standing to separate East and West Germany. In the ensuing 29 years, 28 different countries have gained independence—pushing the world total to 196 autonomous nations. As for the current cast of politicians, Bernie Sanders was serving in his third term as governor of Burlington, Vt., after finishing a distant third in the state’s gubernatorial election. Hillary Clinton was the First Lady of Arkansas, still a few years off becoming the First Lady of the United States as her husband, Bill, entered the White House. And our current White House resident, Barack Obama, was working as a community organizer in Chicago, still more than a decade away from his first foray into political office. A look on the Republican side of the aisle provides an even greater cultural shock. While Donald Trump was busy with a variety of mulitbillion dollar business endeavors, Ted Cruz was a junior in high school, and Marco Rubio just a sophomore. “That’s What Friends are For” by Dionne sudoku_518B

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Falling in love in February I recently fell in love with two things I have a tendency to keep my distance from— nature and exercise. Sure, I can appreciate the beauty of the outdoors, but I prefer to admire it inside and protected from the elements. And before this year, I had ventured to Wilson Gym maybe four times my entire undergraduate career (more if you include visits to Quenchers). But this past summer, I found myself working in a

am truly only going up against myself. And in those moments, I am enough. I was having a conversation with some female friends last week about the importance of finding “your thing”— something that makes you feel happy and strong and confident during times of stress and doubt. For me, running has become that “thing”, but I question why its merits feel so intertwined to my experiences as a

Michelle Menchaca a work in progress city where walking was my primary mode of transport, and I latched onto the idea of moving around by foot. Four months ago, I realized I wanted to tap back into that interest and decided to take up running. Despite my glory days in girls’ soccer, I am an atrocious runner. When I started, I couldn’t run for more than a few minutes without stopping and was fairly certain I had both improper form and incorrect breathing. As a seemingly healthy young female, it was embarrassing. But with the aid of a few YouTube tutorials and Runner’s World articles, I committed to improving. I began with the East Campus trail—with its 1.7 miles of gravel and the ability to quit at any point—and eventually moved onto the Al Buehler trail—outdoorsy rugged terrain that conveniently prevents runners from escaping unless they complete the entire three-plus miles. Four months in and I am probably still an awful runner, but my foray into the activity has transformed into a genuine love and welcomed source of comfort. My outdoor adventures are unapologetic, undisrupted “me” time, which I value almost more than any other part of my day. So when a friends ask if I want to join them for a jog, my immediate answer is a definite no. For one, I literally cannot breathe, run and talk at the same time and am in awe that that is even a thing. But more than that, running is solely a time for me to destress, reflect and simply not worry about the chaos around me. In the climate of campus life, it is easy to compare oneself to others and invariably feel less. There is nothing wrong with healthy competition and admiration for the accomplishment of peers, but running is the one thing where I

woman. And it is something I see not just with myself. I am always shocked to hear a friend talk negatively about herself, whether about her body or intelligence or romantic relationship. I would never even think to disparage others the way they disparage themselves, and then I think back to all the times I have said similar things about myself. At Duke, it can be difficult to feel good about yourself. And as women, I don’t think we are told often enough that it is okay to feel confident, assured, even powerful. An oftcited study from over a decade ago found that Duke women left the University with less confidence than when they arrived. A more recent study at Boston College reached a similar conclusion. While I hope we’ve made some progress since then, it wouldn’t surprise me if that confidence gap is still present. Self-care and self-love are topics that have reached greater prominence as we further discussions about mental wellbeing on campus. Yet, as I write about “loving oneself” in this column, the topic still feels strange, awkward, uncomfortable even. We are not told that it is okay to feel good about ourselves—but it is undeniably important. We give so much love to others; why shouldn’t we do the same for ourselves? Self-care is a constant and evolving journey for anyone, but I would hope that we can all relish in the activities and hobbies that support, enrich and empower us, particularly when we need it most. We all deserve to fall in love with ourselves. Plus, it’s February—this is a good time for that. Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity senior. Her column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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The Chronicle should really start using the singular ‘they’

ow let me say immediately that I already know what your first reaction to the above title is, typical Chronicle commenter! You’re thinking “here goes this beta-male again with that oversensitive, safe-spaceseeking, bedwetting, lib-tard political correctness so typical of Duke’s cry-baby culture.” You may also have followed that thought up by quoting a passage from the Constitution.

the generic he here quietly implied the culprit was a man—totally overlooking the possibility “they” might have been a different gender or indeed a group of people. To have been able to use “they” in this situation would have erased the problem altogether. Defenders of AP style might point out that in such cases saying “he or she” might be permissible instead of he. But come on, people; “he or she” is a clunky

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uke isn’t a good place to be. It’s just a good place to be from.” When I ask students what they think about this phrase, I almost always hear agreement. To be fair, there is quite a bit to complain about. The social scene is rigid. Greek life is hierarchical. Selective living groups are just as, if not more competitive, than Greek organizations. Friend groups formed during freshmen fall shatter come rush, barring deliberate and persistent

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And partially, you would be right. Being as I neither lead a herd nor regularly sire new sets of children with each of the women in my dorm, I am surely ineligible to be considered an alpha male and, alas, must therefore be a beta. (The fact I observe queuing customs and don’t feel I have a right to other people’s bodies probably doesn’t help in that regard, either.) But funnily enough, my support for the singular “they” doesn’t originate in social justice matters. As it happens, it originates in a simple matter of practicality. For those who aren’t aware, The Chronicle—like a great many other publications—uses the AP Stylebook as the source for its house style. This is why you’ll never see an Oxford comma in The Chronicle nor will you ever see a number above nine rendered in letters. What bothers me about AP style (besides the Oxford comma thing), though, is that it makes use of the “generic he.” Here’s an example of the generic he in action: “Anyone, no matter who he is, has at some point cried while watching the 1998 classic kids’ cartoon, “PB&J Otter.” They’re noodle dancing in Heaven now.” Another: “The reader of this column is probably not aware that 10 percent of the cost of his tuition is actually just there to make Duke look more prestigious than Stanford.” If we observe the rule closely enough, we can accidentally create sentences that sound rather more unorthodox than they might have been otherwise. “Hey Bron, do you know whose these tampons and sanitary pads are?” “Nah, but he’s gonna have to come and pick them up before housekeeping puts them in the trash.” Perhaps you would reply that, in the above case, it’s obvious the anonymous individual is female because only women own tampons and that one could therefore reasonably substitute “he” for “she” while still adhering to the generic he rule. In that case, I would have you know that, regardless of your gender, bunches of tampons bundled in mason jars can make for wonderful artificial house plants if your apartment is feeling a little underdecorated. That’s presumably why most states tax tampons as luxury items. It’s important to point out that the issues arising from use of the generic he aren’t just hypothetical. When I was writing anonymously for The Chronicle last semester, I hit upon a number of instances in which the singular they was sorely needed but not permissible under AP style. For example, while writing about both the homophobic death threat and racist graffiti, I was unable to use the singular they— unfortunate, because in both cases the perpetrators were anonymous. Using

phrase to have to keep saying. In real life, what would you be more likely to say—“his or her tampons” or simply the crisper, more satisfying “their tampons”? Truly, it is the latter that feels more pleasant to the tongue. “Bron!” you may scream melodiously at your laptop, “I agree with you on most of your points, but the singular they is grammatically incorrect!” If I were to miraculously hear your tuneful shrieking from the future, I would probably respond that that’s not a particularly strong point. For one thing, people use the singular they in conversation all the time. More significantly, it’s not even a wellestablished rule; they has been used in the singular for centuries, making appearances in such luminaries of the English canon as the King James Bible and the works of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Austen. From what I can tell, it only seems to have become verboten in writing when a bunch of uppity grammarians decided it was improper in the past two centuries or so. Increasingly the singular they is gaining acceptance in written word communities. The American Dialect Society’s Word of the Year for 2015 was the singular they and, more relevantly for The Chronicle, The Washington Post last year decided to end its ban on the plucky pronoun. For both institutions, the increasing visibility of trans issues was a driving factor in the decision. As more individuals stray from the gender binary, the English language has to expand to accommodate them; “they” often does the job nicely. Duke is as subject to these trends as anywhere—and as more trans students arrive or come out on campus, the need for gender-neutral language in its paper of record will only grow. Now I don’t want to make out as though this is an example of The Chronicle obstinately standing in the way of progress; the generic he and AP style are very widely used and it’s natural to stick to convention. But the generic he is a relic of the past and one that literally places men as preeminent over everyone else. Its time, I think we can all agree, is up. Oh, and before an online Chronicle commentator says it, I’ll address this point: this is not a matter of Orwellian language control. This is a matter of adding language, of making our language more expressive to the benefit of the wider range of human experience now on show. Nobody’s taking away your ability to refer to yourself as a man, typical Chronicle commenter; they just wish you’d stop assuming they were one. Bron Maher is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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effort by all parties. Shooters II has a virtual monopoly on undergraduate clubs, and if you don’t like awkwardly waving at people you kind-of know while soaked in sweat, then it is safe to say this isn’t your scene. Something about social life here is off. Watching the inaugural show of Me Too Monologues, I was struck by one performance in particular that seemed to resonate with many in the audience. A performance involving an introvert who analyzed Duke’s social culture was wedged between performances about gender-based violence, depression and racial identity. But it didn’t seem out of place; if anything, it represented what it’s like to be a student at Duke. He hated that people wanted him to “go out” and he confessed that he would rather stay in bed and rewatch the original Star Wars trilogy. He hated that the main campus-wide events the University supports involve alcohol and wondered where are the other students who aren’t going to clubs. He said, “If there’s 6,000 undergraduates here, and 1,000 go to Shooters on a Saturday night, where are the other 5,000? How do we connect?” Judging from the reaction of the audience, most of the people in the room had wondered the same thing. Heatwave, Old Duke, LDOC and other open university events glorify things the speaker viewed as “extrovert activity” while ones that embrace “introvert activity” are hard to come by. Where is the place on campus where people can go Friday night knowing that there will be slam poetry or karaoke or student songwriters? Where is the place that’s running board game tournaments or the venue bringing in regular comedy shows? Many of the things I’d once associated with living the college experience, before I knew about mixers and crush parties and formals, are nowhere to be found. The administration is trying its hand at “social engineering” through bringing places like the Devil’s Krafthouse and the Events Pavilion to campus as a potential space for future “introvert” activities. The powers that be recognize the latent demand for

engaging, recurring events on campus. Truthfully, students would probably enjoy these activities more than Shooters if only there were a place to do them. Even so, more can be done to build a better experience. Aside from the need for a physical space, of course, there needs to be an institutional way to bring people there. Once the Pavilion switches from serving food to becoming geared towards events, it’s hard to imagine that the students who keep their old,

dusty acoustic guitar under their bed will spontaneously group together and figure out how to get a line-up going to fill it. The work to build these groups needs to start now. Maybe it isn’t the University’s role to create a forum for these people to find each other, and I sympathize with that position, but hear me out. Given the way groups operate and what I know Duke to be, I don’t trust these groups to naturally sort themselves out. If anything, they will naturally make themselves exclusionary. Pretend for a moment you enjoy singing. You can try to explore your passion with Small Town Records if you’d like (some of my friends have been rejected from Small Town Records several times) or you can try out for A Cappella groups, which tend to have a selection process more competitive than most SLGs. After all there can’t be just any singer representing the group on campus. Some student-led Duke initiatives have tried to buck this exclusionary trend to figure out new ways for people to meet and spend time. Hardly a semester goes by without someone thinking of a new way to meet people, like Tea With Strangers, Duke Conversations or whoever next figures out a way to put these on an app. Judging from how few people I know that have used these, it seems like it’s not enough or it’s not quite what people are looking. I was struck when I saw how many people identified with the Me Too Monologue that wondered aloud how the 5,000 undergraduates who aren’t at Shooters on a given night can meet. Maybe they can meet at some regular event that won’t turn people away if they aren’t competitive enough but just want to do something they enjoy. Maybe when our social lives aren’t divided, our passions aren’t competitive, our hobbies aren’t exclusionary and our event spaces not under construction, then Duke can provide the full college experience we see in the brochures. Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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DKU from page 1 into the organization—and most of the new members could not read music or harmonize, he said. “We started learning a lot about each other because we were communicating on a deeper level than just school work,” Bryant said. “We were all united in a common cause.” Junior Ibanca Anand—who studied in DKU this fall—said the best part of her DKU experience was the unity in the student body and the diverse community. The residential experience changed during DKU’s first few semesters. When Osuobeni attended DKU in its inaugural semester, students lived for half the semester in a hotel and half in single rooms in the campus’s conference center. Last semester, Anand lived in suites with three Chinese students. Anand said the close quarters allowed American students to have a greater immersion in the culture instead of clustering with other students from Duke. “China is one of those countries where if you go and don’t have that link to the culture, it’s very easy to put yourself on top of it,” Anand said. “Had I gone somewhere where it was all Duke students, I wouldn’t have actually gotten access to how they live their lives.” The students noted that DKU has faced challenges during its expansion, but encouraged students to apply and get involved. “It’s a project,” Bryant said. “It’s ongoing, but they’re very responsive as an administration. If you’re willing to put yourself out there and lead, there are opportunities for you.”

CHAFE from page 3 email server. That’s going to be an ongoing issue, and its all going to depend on whether any type of indictment is handed down by the FBI. TC: Say she wins the presidency, what do you think Bill Clinton’s role in the White House would be? WC: My guess is he would continue to live at least half-time in his New York house and continue to work with the Clinton Foundation and wouldn’t live full-time in the White House. I think he would probably occupy a fairly diplomatic role of not speaking politically about domestic issues, but maybe getting involved in some aspects of world affairs. His role as former president is to be a statesman, not partisan advocate.

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interests at heart, we have to exercise our right, and our right is to vote.” The panelists also touched on the the carriage of justice is fair and equitable.” influence of divisive political rhetoric, an Vaughn agreed, cautioning churchgoers issue that has become especially prominent to avoid becoming complacent and to apply during the current election cycle. lessons learned through their faith toward “We have people running for president solving problems in the community as who say these degrading things about women Clementa Pinckney did. and race and everything else,” Vaughn said. His legacy continues today through the “The United States has a problem because we work of the Honorable Reverend Clementa allow such things to go on.” C. Pinckney Foundation. One of the foundation’s goals is to raise money for a from page 1 mobile health unit in rural areas of South Carolina, a project that the late senator had worked on, Jennifer Pinckney said. approaches to studying and treating cancer, “He was a voice for the voiceless,” she specifically immunotherapy, combination said. “He believed in public education. He therapies and genetic screening for early believed in affordable healthcare.” detection. Graves explained that during his Eboni Marshall Turman, assistant research visit to Duke, Biden will also be touring select professor of theological ethics and black laboratories. church studies in the Divinity School and the Dr. Darell Bigner, director of Duke’s Preston moderator of the discussion, asked the panelists Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, said that about the issue of forgiveness. Shortly after the Nobel laureate Paul Modrich, James B. Duke shooting occurred, several family members of professor of biochemistry, and Dr. Matthias the slain victims offered public statements of Gromeier, associate professor of neurosurgery, forgiveness toward the shooter. were chosen to meet with Biden—Modrich for Forgiveness should be given because God his work in DNA mismatch repair processes forgives, Middleton said. He added that it is and Gromeier for his research on using equally important to “move on” and tackle poliovirus to treat brain tumors. Gromeier’s other problems in society, including poverty, innovative immunotherapy approach, which racial discrimination and gender disparities. works by injecting genetically engineered “I don’t really think it has anything to do poliovirus into the brain and recruiting the with being black or white or whatever race,” body’s immune system to fight the cancer, Middleton said. “I think it has everything to is currently in clinical trials at Duke for the do with being individuals who are centered treatment of glioblastomas. with a moral, ethical compass. We ought not “We’re at a potential paradigm shift hold things that begin to divide, tear down in treating cancer right now, because and totally separate communities.” immunotherapy has finally come of age,” The conversation also included a lengthy Bigner said. discussion of the debate over the Confederate In addition to the poliovirus, Bigner added flag that took place in the aftermath of the that other agents and viruses are being studied Charleston shooting. Although the peaceful for their potential in treating cancer. removal of the flag from the South Carolina “It’s just in its infancy,” he said. “There State House represented a victory, Middleton still needs to be a lot of research done—basic said there was still plenty of work to be done. research on how to turn the immune system “We cannot begin to celebrate because a back on in cancer, and a lot of clinical research flag was removed where systems of hate and in learning how to use these new agents.” oppression still exist,” he explained. Graves said that Biden has already heard Heightening political awareness among from many cancer survivors, oncologists, black communities is a crucial part of the researchers, scientists and cancer advocates solution, Vaughn said, noting that many since beginning his efforts. state senators voted against removing the The chair of the White House Cancer Confederate flag. Moonshot Task Force, Biden also visited the “We have to pay attention to what’s going University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer on politically at all times,” Vaughn said. “We Center in January to meet with its researchers. have to make sure that they have our best The cancer moonshot task force, which interests at heart. If they don’t have our best held its first meeting Feb. 1, is charged with

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