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The Duke Student Government Senate does not proportionately represent Duke’s race, gender and socioeconomic demographics, according to an in-house survey. Junior Ilana Weisman, vice president of equity and outreach, presented results of a DSG demographic survey conducted during the past two weeks to the Senate Wednesday. Fiftyeight senators, 12 executive board members, three cabinet members, three members of the DSG Judiciary, two Fix My Campus members and two Gatekeepers participated in the survey. The Senate also debated decreasing the size of the Senate and approved a referendum to give themselves the power to do so. Some senators raised concerns, however, that doing so would deprive the student body of voting power. The survey found that the average family income of DSG members is at least $134,690, that 64 percent of DSG identifies as male and that approximately two-thirds of DSG is white. Approximately half of Duke’s student body is white and approximately half is male, according to the data Weisman presented as
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Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Many residents of Kilgo Quadrangle are adding earplugs to their list of college necessities. The continuing construction on the West Union has caused difficulties for many of the students living in nearby dormitories such as those in Kilgo. Residents have reported having trouble sleeping and studying in their rooms because of the noise
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caused by construction equipment. “For the past month and a half, construction has been going on at all hours of the night,” sophomore Davis Lovvorn wrote in an email. “Plus, the floodlights have been pointed directly at my room.” Lovvorn added that his room’s location on the ground floor next to the construction site means noise from the work frequently interrupts his sleep despite his soundproof windows. Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez explained that construction hours have
varied throughout the project’s progress, but said that work should cease by 10 p.m. He said that the occasions when work has continued past 10 p.m. occurred either by error or because the work being done could not be stopped halfway through. Gonzalez noted that HDRL has communicated with the construction project manager to minimize the use of floodlights. “They’re supposed to be avoided See KILGO on Page 4
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Duke senior reflects on building ‘Harry Potter’ Weasley clock Rob Palmisano The Chronicle Although many people enjoyed reading the “Harry Potter” series, Trey Bagley III took his passion for the books a step further. The senior—who is majoring in computer science with a visual and media studies minor—has recently made national headlines by creating a replica of the Weasley clock, a timepiece owned by the Weasley family throughout the series that identifies the location of each family member. The Chronicle’s Rob Palmisano spoke with Bagley III about the inspiration behind his project and his future plans for the clock. The Chronicle: How did you first get the idea for the clock? Trey Bagley III: It was through the innovation co-lab on campus. They held a class on how to use the microcontroller chip I used—the photon chip—and the class was designed so the professor would show you some things you could do with [the chip]. So, we could send texts to [the chip] to connect to Wi-Fi, and [the chip] would change the color of one light it was wired up to. I started to wonder what else I could get it to control, and what other information I could send in, or what other kinds of parameters I could set up.
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bunch of letters on it, and [the clock] would light up the ones that spelled out whatever the time was. I think I got the idea at some point to use an LED string, and a clock got crossed in there.
[the idea] was sealed, and I couldn’t go back on it now. So from there, I did all of the measurements I needed, and started figuring out how I could fit all of the electronics—including the display features—inside this clock frame. The TC: Can you walk me through the basic general system is that this photon-board process of constructing the clock? chip microcontroller is directly wired up TB: Everything really hung in the to a big string of lights, and I can turn any balance until I could get the right clock one of the 51 lights on or off, or change body. I searched around on eBay trying any of their colors, and that’s really all TC: Were there any to just find a broken, cool-looking clock, of the electronics inside the clock. It’s influences that led you to choose to and you’d be surprised how there aren’t just this board and a string of lights, and that many cheap, broken clocks for sale they’re connected. The rest is all just a construct a Weasley clock? TB: I can’t really find where I got the online. Then, after Thanksgiving I was nice body for it—the laser-edged wood, idea of the Weasley clock from. The first driving back to Durham and I stopped some acrylic with lettering—and the record of it is me asking my sisters if they in this roadside antique store. It was a lights are all just stuck into a styrofoam would opt-in to the system if I were to massive place—I nearly got lost in it— board so they stay in place. Then, [the build it, because I needed them all to be with just incredible amounts of clutter clock] plugs into a wall for power. on board before I went ahead and made and twisting turns, and in this back TC: Has anyone approached you yet the thing, which took some persuading. corner, I found this unpriced clock and it was falling apart, its pendulum was about the clock, and do you have any I then looked at a bunch of projects online that similarly used this photon lying off to the side, so I haggled down plans for it moving forward? TB: Yes. The reason this took off board. This one guy used a text-based for that. And once I had [the clock], I felt originally was because I posted about clock. It was this big, square face with a
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it in a sub-community on Reddit and I thought [the clock] would amuse them. So back in December, I posted a little album of [the clock] there, going through the process, showing the final product, and [the idea] just kind of blew up overnight. I had a bunch of messages saying, “Oh, I would pay $300, $800, $1,000 for this clock!” Some guy approached me saying, “Hey, I have this manufacturing company, do you want to go into business over this and massproduce these?” So most people seemed to value the work and wished they had one of their own, but really what I liked was people who messaged me saying things like, “Hey, I want to build my own iteration of this, do you have any tips, or a full set of instructions that I could use?” So I made the code public; the setup was obviously very specific to me, between the precise clock body I was working with and my family of six and their initials, but I’m just trying to encourage other people to build their own, unique iterations. People have mentioned brilliant modifications they want to incorporate: a little sound module so that [the clock] can speak or chime whenever a light is about to change or an infrared wand that could control the clock through gestures. So it was really exciting to see how this could inspire people to make their own, unique takes on this project. TC: [“Harry Potter” series author] J.K. Rowling is currently finalizing the eighth installment to the series, but what was your favorite of the first seven books? TB: I remember the fourth one being really exciting, down to the cover art. I remember as a kid just looking at all these characters and creatures on the front, and [the book] had these crazy challenges in the Triwizard tournament, all these mythological monsters, and lots of dense stuff that didn’t even make it into the movie. It’s also where the series sort of turned on its heel and became really dark, so it was like a very dramatic thing to read as a child, and it was kind of a turning point of that whole series.
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Three students seek to expand travels after cross-country bus trip The three students said they first came up with the idea for the trip after Lawrence decided to roadtrip to Sasquatch festival, The Chronicle an event he had previously attended. While many Duke students settled Funding for the bus was crowd-sourced into summer internships last May, three through donations from family and undergraduates drove almost 8,000 miles friends. across the country in a yellow school bus. Coming together under the name Juniors Richard Seehausen and Conor “Dongboyz,” the three created an Lawrence and senior Pete Moseley Instagram under the handle “dongsquad” spent the better part of May cross- and stenciled it across the side of the bus. country tripping in The trip began officially a refurbished school May 10 in Myrtle Beach, here’s a big presence S.C., and ended almost bus purchased from Craigslist. They began of wealth, a big aura one month later, when their journey in Myrtle of professionalism—I felt the bus, which they Beach, S.C., and drove named Kevin, was northeast, passing like everyone was applying eventually driven back through Illinois, South for internships. to North Carolina. Dakota and Wyoming, “ T h e y ’ r e — Richard Seehuasen representing Duke to among other states, before reaching their show that every student destination—The Gorge Amphitheatre here is not fitting into the regular Duke in Washington, home of Sasquatch Music mold—there are students here who are Festival. different and do go on crazy adventures.” The group is now telling its story in said junior Connor Guest, the Red Bull a bid to win Red Bull’s “Can you make student brand manager on campus, it?” challenge. The competition, based who encouraged the group to enter the on voter popularity, gives winners an competition. opportunity to participate in week-long The group passed through national challenge in Europe. landmarks including Mount Rushmore, “We got a lot of judgment,” Sioux Falls, Yellowstone National Park Seehausen said. “[At Duke] there’s a big and Jackson Lake, planning their next presence of wealth, a big aura of pre- stops as they traveled. A highlight of professionalism—I felt like everyone was the trip for the group was an overnight applying for internships.” stopover at Devils Tower, a pillar-like Seehausen said that after feeling structure located in Wyoming, where they pressured to apply for internship positions, camped out on the bus and watch the the road trip ultimately afforded him a sunset in the valley. Moseley explained. more meaningful experience. Moseley “We could see millions of stars moving added that although internships could be across the sky,” Moseley said. “You felt like rewarding, Duke students lived more for the Earth was rotating.” the future than the present. An unforeseen setback included a
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blizzard in South Dakota that stranded the group for hours at a gas station, and the students said that on more than one occasion, the bus suffered technical issues. The most concerning was when the boys stopped in an isolated area of Wyoming to discover green liquid gushing out of the bus. Despite their setbacks, the bus inched into Washington in time for the May 22 festival start date. “We’ve kind of learned how to live,” Lawrence said. “When you’re on road you’re not responsible for getting
anything done, but just responsible for yourself. We had a destination but changed plans—we could do that because we were free.” The group’s bus is currently parked on Central Campus. Its last major appearance was in K-Ville, during the Duke basketball game against the University of Virginia Feb. 13. The Dongboyz hope to gain enough votes to continue their journey in Europe, but invite others to explore more of the country in the meantime. “It’s brought us and our friends a ton of joy,” Lawrence said.
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DSG from page 1 part of the survey results. Five percent of DSG is black/AfricanAmerican, the survey noted, compared to 11 percent of the entire university population. The survey also found that DSG does not proportionally represent Pratt and international students. The University is 15 percent international students, but DSG is only five percent international students. Fifty-six percent of DSG is involved in Greek life, compared to about 34 percent of the entire Duke student body. DSG proportionally represents firstgeneration college students and the breakdown of Trinity majors, and is also mostly representative of the University’s gender identity distribution. About onethird of DSG is on need-based financial aid, compared to around 55 percent of Duke students who receive such aid. “I think the biggest thing we can do is to reach out to student groups and we need to toe the line of potentially tokenizing students of color, queer students, international students, to try to make DSG more representative of the student body,” Weisman said. DSG also discussed changes to senate bylaws and constitutional revisions that would decrease the number of senate seats. A major concern was whether decreasing the size of the Senate would actually improve efficiency. After lengthy debate, during which senators proposed many different ideas on how to effectively decrease the size of the Senate, senators favored a plan proposed by junior Tanner Lockhead, vice president of Durham and regional affairs. Lockhead’s plan would eliminate Senate seats that no one runs for in a
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given election. During these deliberations, there was a failed attempt to deprive the Senate of quorum by having senators leave, so the Senate would not have to decide on the proposed changes this meeting. They approved to referendum on whether to give the Senate the power to change the number of Senate seats without having the student body approve the change through referendum in the future. This referendum will be put on the ballot on Tuesday. Junior Tara Bansal, vice president of academic affairs, proposed to repeal the Senate’s decision to approve the referendum. Without having unanimous consent, her proposal failed. Senior Jay Sullivan, senator for equity and outreach, voiced concern that the vote would deprive students of their ability to vote for elected representatives. “What we’re voting on tonight is purely for me an ethical decision about the role DSG should play in the student body and the oversight that students have over their government body which governs all of the finances for student organizations at Duke,” Sullivan said. “It’s unethical, and I think it shows our irresponsibility for our students and their concerns with how we manage our money, how we deal with student organizations and how we represent them to the administration.” Freshman Jackson Dellinger, senator for Durham and regional affairs, noted, however, that reducing the size of the Senate could help combat perceptions of DSG being “wasteful.” In other business: President Keizra Mecklai, a senior, announced that there is an implicit goal to spend $100,000 of surplus this year. A committee started by senior Brian Hopkins, senator of academic
affairs, has been exploring ways to spend the surplus. SOFC chair candidates Gwen Geng, a sophomore, and Alexa Soren, a junior, presented their platforms for candidacy. Senior Wills Rooney presented on behalf of the Catholic Center to get funding for an event that was previously denied funding by both the Student Organizing Finance Committee and the Funding Oversight and Appeals Committee. The Senate was unable to vote on this because of the time spent on the proposed bylaw and constitutional changes. Senators unanimously passed a resolution, to oppose recent changes in North Carolina voting law that made it more difficult for Duke students to vote.
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an unproductive space. Huynh explained that these problems have existed for the entirety of her three years living in Kilgo. Although she has repeatedly brought the noise issues to the attention of her resident assistants, nothing has been done to address the problem, she said. Junior Catherine Yip also noted her ability to do school work has suffered because of the construction, adding that she is affected most by noise between 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. “It gets really hard to concentrate, especially when there’s loud banging or hammering but at times it would be inconvenient to go to the library,” Yip wrote in an email. Some Kilgo residents believe the administration could do more to reduce the effects of construction on students. “I think that Duke could have tried to do as much construction as possible during the summer and breaks,” Yip wrote. Lovvorn wrote that he thinks improved communication could help rectify the issue, noting that he has reached out to his resident assistant and HDRL but did not see any changes being made. “It just seems the construction company has completely ignored every administration guideline and ignored the fact that Duke students need sleep,” Lovvorn wrote. Providing soundproofing for all of the rooms in Kilgo would prevent the noise from bothering students, Huynh added, explaining that the windows in her room can barely reduce the noise of the wind, let alone construction work. Gonzalez said that HDRL has worked to reduce the impact of construction work on Kilgo but that some of the problems cannot be avoided. “We understand that it has been very difficult for a number of residents and we appreciate their understanding and patience,” Gonzalez said.
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As we are all aware, Duke’s dining program is ranked consistently as one of the top in the nation. While many students grumble and complain that this statistic does not reflect the actual quality of food on campus, I disagree. The reason that I disagree is not WaDuke, Merchants on Points or any of the hoity-toity food trucks that come to campus every week. Instead, I feel that the true cause of Duke Dining’s greatness is the broccoli from Duke’s very own Loop Pizza Grill. Don’t get me wrong—I am not saying that Loop broccoli is better than any of these other options, or even that it tastes good. To claim as such would be an exercise in futility, and we all know how bad it smells. Loop broccoli is great for reasons other than flavor. Loop broccoli demonstrates that food can be more than sustenance: Loop broccoli shows us that food can be art. But what is art? Every so-called “art historian” with a graduate thesis and a thesaurus would jump to answer this question with a competing claim. For the sake of simplicity, in this discussion we treat art as an interpretation of the values and conflicts of the society in which the art was created, and a reflection of the emotional response that these paradigms cause in the artist that created it. Aesthetics also play a significant role in art—to distill this to a phrase, recall that Pablo Picasso once stated, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”. By this definition, Loop broccoli is art. This becomes apparent when we examine the process of consumption of Loop broccoli. To begin, consider the decision to order broccoli at the Loop. Broccoli is one of many options that you are presented with when ordering your meal. You could also order fries, onion rings or soup, yet you choose broccoli. There are many reasons why you might
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choose broccoli, and all of them are subtle but undeniable emotional reactions to the culture at Duke. You may want to make the healthy choice—after all, you are going out this weekend, and will likely drink more calories than you care to think about. Eating broccoli lets you feel good for a few moments, and allows you to avoid the emotional conflict of coming to terms with your unhealthy college habits. Maybe you just failed a midterm and are angry with yourself, so you decide that you don’t deserve the fries that you so desperately want. So broccoli it is, because if nobody else is going to punish you, you should punish yourself. Whatever the reason, the decision to order broccoli is not an isolated incident, but rather the culmination of your emotional state in the form of steamed, green vegetables.
editor’s note As is true of all art, the significance of Loop broccoli changes over time. After you order, the broccoli enters a new phase of existence: consumption. The way in which we consume Loop broccoli reflects the social dynamics of the environment in which we are eating it. This fact is most evident when you take your food to go. When you open your container of broccoli, you release a Loop broccoli’s uniquely vile scent into the room, and expose everyone else in the room to the overpowering odor. By forcing the smell of your broccoli on others, you effectively make your broccoli consumption a communal experience, and your actions at this juncture are another
emotional reaction to Duke. You could choose to finish your broccoli quickly, showing consideration to your fellow students by limiting the time that they are assaulted by the smell of the broccoli. This choice shows consideration for your peers, and indicates a positive attitude and a feeling that Duke is a nurturing community. Alternatively, you could eat your broccoli slowly, at the same pace as the rest of your meal. While this latter decision seems logical, it shows a lack of consideration for your peers. Your decision may reflect narcissism, nihilism or selfishness, or may even reflect a deep-seeded anger held towards Duke that takes form as an olfactory middle finger to everyone else in the room. Regardless of the choice you make, there is one thing that will always be true: Loop broccoli makes you feel. Whether it be satisfaction or joy, pain or spite, the feeling is personal, pure and honest, and as such is a medium for communication with yourself and with others. In this capacity, Loop broccoli is so much more than steamy, oily, smelly nutrients. Loop broccoli is art that everyone at Duke can experience, and through experiencing it, come to know themselves. Loop broccoli is truly the zeitgeist of our time at Duke, and, if for no other reason, Duke Dining deserves our respect for Loop broccoli. —Tim Campbell
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Georgia Parke The Chronicle Barbara Hammond, a playwright in residence at New Dramatists in New York, has been visiting Duke for two weeks to work with students in Jody McAuliffe’s advanced acting class and stage her work in progress, “We Are Pussy Riot.” The play is inspired by the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who have used performance art to protest and defy the regime of President Vladmir Putin. The masked group of feminists rose to prominence in 2012 when they performed their song “Our Lady, Chase Putin Out!” in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour cathedral and were arrested for inciting religious hatred. Hammond said she was approached by McAuliffe, professor of the practice of Theater Studies, to bring the play to Duke, where it will be performed Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. in Sheafer Theater. “We Are Pussy Riot” is still a living document and is being revised and rewritten even in between rehearsals. Even though the first performance of the play at Duke takes place Thursday, Hammond was reworking the script for most of the day Wednesday in order to finish a draft by 5 p.m. for the students’ final rehearsal on Wednesday night. “No one is expecting a finished piece,” Hammond said. “That’s a very important step in playwriting—to share pieces as they’re being developed.” The piece has seen many changes since arriving at Duke, but not necessarily due to the students acting the work, Hammond said. Instead, being at Duke has given Hammond time and space to devote to the play. Being on a college campus has still had a significant effect on the show. Although
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Hammond said she did not originally plan for “We Are Pussy Riot” to be a college production, she felt the subject matter as well as the large cast size—12, which would be difficult in a commercial production—lends itself to colleges and makes it relevant for students to perform. She also noted that there is a benefit of working with students of theater rather than professional actors, even though they are less experienced. “There are incredible parts for young women in the play, and that’s rare in theater,” Hammond said. “It’s also valuable to see the work with nonprofessional actors, with people who are in the early parts of their acting experience, because they bring a truthfulness to their roles. That helped me to see the play for what it really is.”
Courtney Fehsenfeld is a Trinity senior. More of her work can be found on Instagram @courtneys_adventurelust.
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Nasher family legacy shows major works, innovations Christy Kuesel The Chronicle When visitors walk into the Nasher exhibit “A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art,” they are immediately greeted by a large stainless steel circle, which presents a distorted view of the image behind the visitor. This art piece, entitled “Full Moon” by Anish Kapoor, is the first of many pieces within the exhibit to contain more unusual materials. “A Material Legacy” opened last week and contains 35 pieces, all of which use materials in a new or interesting way. Some of these materials include found objects, spools of thread, Styrofoam, an animal skull and Plexiglass. Marshall Price, Nancy Hanks Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, described the exhibit as a “bookend to the Nasher’s tenth anniversary” to celebrate Nancy Nasher and David Haemisegger as the pieces selected for the show all come from their collection. Nasher and Haemisegger are the daughter and son-in-law, respectively, of the original benefactors of the Nasher Museum, Raymond D. and Patsy R. Nasher. Nasher and Haesmigger’s collection has never been viewed by the public before, making its debut at the Nasher a special experience. “It is the legacy of philanthropic collecting, but also it is the legacy of the artists in the exhibition and their innovative use of materials,” Price said. The show also stands out in the
Special to The Chronicle One of the works featured in the exhibition is Howard Hodgkin’s “Where Seldom is Heard a Discouraging Word.”
newness of its pieces—most of the works in it were created within the last ten years. Every piece in the show is also major work from prominent contemporary artists, meaning that they are artists’ most important or most recent projects. “It really provides a real-time glimpse into what is happening in the contemporary art world right now,” Price said. Sarah Schroth, the museum’s Mary D.B.T and James H. Semans Director, approached Nasher and Haesmigger with the concept of putting on an exhibition of their collection. Although the couple was hesitant at first, as
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they did not see their art as a formal collection, they agreed to lend it in the end. “It’s a response all collectors give when the museum person asks them to show their collection, because it’s the first time and they don’t think of themselves as a collector with an end or a theme in mind,” Schroth said. “They’re literally buying what they like. But what they like is pretty amazing.” After Nasher and Haemisegger agreed to contribute their works to an exhibit, Price stepped in to select which pieces would be shown at the Nasher. In the end, he ended up selecting roughly one-tenth of the entire collection. Price
worked on the exhibit for about a year and a half. Installation of the exhibit only took two weeks, but some of the pieces proved challenging to install due to their immense size or weight. Schroth especially enjoyed being able to look at the differences between the tastes of Nasher and Haemisegger and those of the older Nasher generation. When the museum first opened, Schroth—then a senior curator— curated an exhibit containing the works of Raymond and Patsy Nasher entitled “The Evolution of the Nasher Collection.” “I knew what the parents’ taste was, and for me it was fascinating to see the difference,” Schroth said. Schroth took over as director of the Nasher in 2013, and has since taken the museum in new directions. Last fall, the Nasher reinstalled a selection of the permanent collection. Although in the past the museum would use two-thirds of its space for special exhibits and onethird for its own collection, the museum now uses two-thirds of its space for its own collection and only one-third for special exhibits like “A Material Legacy.” The exhibit will remain at the Nasher until June 26. After the show closes, it will journey to Princeton, where Haesmigger and Nasher first met, to be put on display at the Princeton University Art Museum. Price hopes that students will be able to both enjoy the exhibition and learn from it. “There are a lot of opportunities for wonder, amusement, education within the exhibition,” Price said.
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A season synonymous with rebirth and change, spring is unarguably the best time for fashion. This year, designers have taken an especially innovative approach to their runway collections—introducing even bolder colors and riskier cuts. Here are a few ways you can shake up your wardrobe to keep up with the latest trends.
Embrace Floral Although a minimalist look never goes out of style, try spicing up your usual dress with a bold floral pattern or adding a wide striped pant or skirt. You’ll see many light and long floral dresses on the racks, as well as slippery lace ensembles slightly resembling royalty’s nightgowns.
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Ditch your blacks and break out your best colors. This season offers styles from tie-dye street wear to bright athletic clothing.
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Alumnae at Duke Women’s Weekend talk media, journalism Rebecca Davis, T ‘14, National Geographic Jessica Williams The Chronicle The Chronicle’s Jessica Williams spoke with Davis, who is an associate producer fo rNational Geographic’s digital travel website. TC: What do you do for your job? Rebecca Davis: ....I’m basically a glorified project manager. Part of my job entails social media; I’m in charge of the NatGeo Travel Twitter account, and we sort of break up the social media accounts by producers, because there’s three on my team.... As a producer you work from the creation of an idea all the way through when you’re creating the content then putting it out. That means figuring out who the writers are going to be, who the photographers are going to be, and then physically building the pages yourself and then putting it out on social media, tracking it and then sending it to the client. TC: When did you first become interested in journalism?
we don’t let our audience down. TC: As a relatively recent graduate, how did you set yourself up for success after graduation while still at Duke? RD: I tried to do quite a bit of networking with Duke alums, which is another reason I feel passionately about coming back and being in contact with current students. I had a lot of coffee chats with my professors because they’re so valuable in knowing what’s going on in the media world. It’s easy to be bogged down with Duke bubble, so you’re not totally sure how to reach out into the media world and connect with people. But I found Duke Connect as a wonderful resource, DEMAN weekend, ArtCon—really all of the pushed Amy Unell has been heading up around Duke with Artstigating and all of that are such a blessing for anyone who is interested in translating the arts to the real world. TC: Do you have any advice for other women hoping to pursue a career in journalism? RD: I would say don’t get discouraged;
Lesley Jane Seymour, T’78, More Magazine Jessica Williams The Chronicle The Chronicle’s Jessica Williams conducted an email interview with Seymour, who is the Editor in Chief of More Magazine. The Chronicle: When did you first become interested in writing and editing? Lesley Jane Seymour: I had been writing since I was a child of ten. I wrote novels about my pet parakeet Chat Chat. I have always been a communicator. That is my thing in life. Editing came later and by accident. Three publishers asked me, when I was the beauty editor at Glamour Magazine, if I had ever thought of becoming an editorin-chief. I had not. But following the adage that if three people think you look sick you should go to bed, I decided I should look for a job as an EIC. I landed at [More Magazine]. TC: What was the transition between writing and editing like?
TC: How did you become involved in travel journalism specifically? RD: I’d always been an avid traveler—I was fortunate enough that my family saw it as a priority. So, for spring breaks and for one trip over the summer we would have that be our thing and we would go travel somewhere. We’d try to experience a different country or a different part of the world. And, for me, I just found that vitally important to having a global concept, or thinking more globally. So I saw that as a passionate outlet to channel my journalistic background or media creation. TC: What’s the most challenging part of your career so far? RD: I’d say the most challenging part is making sure you’re on top of every plate you’re spinning. You’re working on multiple projects at one time, and they may not necessarily seem like high stakes when you’re working on them in the office, but if you send out a Tweet that has the wrong message in it that’s going out to millions of viewers. You want to uphold the brand, and because National Geographic is so highly respected by a lot of our audience, we want to make sure
there are plenty of jobs out there. I currently work with a team of eight, and seven of us are women. All of the print staff, except for the editor-in-chief, are also women. So you can definitely achieve the ideal jobs that you deserve and that you can get. Don’t be intimidated. It’s hard for me to give advice because I am still constantly reevaluating whether I am doing what I want. I think that, if you end up feeling really comfortable where you are, you’ve almost sort of lost at that point—it’s good to reevaluate and not necessarily have the next five steps planned, but have a potential one or two. TC: Were you scared that you were interested in something you weren’t originally interested in? RD: I was definitely scared. My parents didn’t really understand why I wanted to do it—they’re both doctors—so having a job in the media world and trying to explain to them that I might be working with different digital elements that might haven’t even been invented yet was way above their heads. But thankfully they just trusted me and knew I had the support and network of Duke behind me. TC: What’s your favorite part of your job? RD: I love that I get to be creative every day, but I don’t feel that’s necessarily specific to this job. In terms of what I do now, I love the people we end up getting to work with, because it’s such high quality content and he skill level of these writers and photographers is so much higher than anything I’ve been around before. It makes me feel really humble to be working with such skilled professionals. I feel like I’ve learned a lot in turn.
TC: As the editor-in-chief of a magazine, what is a normal day like for you? LJS: My day can be easy or crazed. It could be in the office editing pieces and looking at film or chasing the First Lady around the world to watch her launch Let Girls Learn. I think the most important thing about running a magazine—for me—was that I was never sitting behind a desk and never knew what each day holds. I like surprise and a fast pace. That keeps my brain going and makes life fun. I also am incredibly curious about everyone and everything. When I drive by a home with a light on while on the metro in Paris, I always wonder what stories the people living there have. I am always trying to figure out how the world works and why people do what they do. TC: Do you think your time at Duke impacted your goals or career in any way? LJS: Duke was a tough time for me. I had
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RD: ....I started out as a psychology major, and then halfway through my Duke experience I switched over to Visual and Media Studies. I just ended up loving the classes way more—I couldn’t get enough of video, photography, the whole nine yards. So you could call me a journalist now even, but I like to use the term producer more often because I’m not necessarily writing full articles—it’s more like having your hand dipped in what everyone else is doing and then putting it together for a polished project.
my readers are smart—and they are.
LJS: The transition between writing and editing was very hard. I had many older editors tell me when I was younger that I was such a great writer that I could never edit; they assumed I was unable to see beyond my way of doing things. I actually think being a writer first makes me a more empathetic editor because I understand the difficulties of writing. TC: How did you become interested in journalism about beauty? LJS: I like journalism because I believe words can change the world. And they do. Look at Snowden; whether or not you think he is a hero or a criminal he changed the world with words. We do that every day in magazines: showing women the first pictures of what melanomas look like (this is before the internet) and saving their lives. It is a worthy and fabulous profession and if you are the kind of person who must have a voice on the world, then you need to be a journalist. I have done everything from raising signatures for gun control in Congress to getting Congress to have a moment of “talk” about domestic violence. I have changed people’s lives for the better and this is what makes me feel like I have purpose. TC: What’s been the hardest part of being an editor? LJS: The hardest thing about being an editor is saying no. There are tons of people who would like to write, think they can and simply can’t. I have a soft heart. I have learned to say no but in ways that don’t damage someone’s ego or enthusiasm. My standards have always been very high; I don’t dumb things down. I always assume
very difficult parents who I was constantly trying to please by being a science student. My science grades did not take off but my writing grades did so I switched to an English major my junior year. They were not pleased. I was overwhelmed at Duke by the pressure to get good grades and be social and beautiful all the time (I put makeup on and curled my hair before class if you can believe it!) I had a hard time concentrating on my academics because I had not worked out all my issues with my parents at that time. So Duke was not joyous for me; it was simply ok. I learned a lot but never really found a connection there. I am much more connected now as an adult and when I can see that my issues kept me from taking advantage of all the school had to offer. It is a vastly different school today as well—much more open, heterogeneous and sophisticated. TC: Do you have any advice for women interested in pursuing a career in journalism? LJS: There will always be journalists and always be journalism. It is a worthy calling and a necessary balance to the secrecy of those holding power in our democracy. It doesn’t matter what venue you use for your story telling—whether it is digital, movies, video, art, words—long form or short—you should just do it. What is wonderful about today is that you no longer have to ask anyone to be a journalist. You can pick up your phone and tweet about things you see and injustices you video and you are doing journalism. It is a wonderful time for citizen journalists—so I say start there and just get to it.
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For each of the last 24 seasons, at least one member of the Tobacco Road rivalry has had a spot in the NCAA tournament. With both the Blue Devils and Tar Heels below .500 in ACC play, that streak hangs in the balance entering the teams’ regularseason finale. Duke will travel the familiar 11 miles to Chapel Hill to battle North Carolina at Carmichael Arena Sunday at 3 p.m., with both teams in the unfamiliar Duke position of needing vs. strong showings at North next week’s ACC Carolina tournament to keep their NCAA hopes SUNDAY, 3 p.m. alive. With one of the Carmichael Arena richest rivalries set for another edition, the Blue Devils cannot afford to look past the Tar Heels and toward the postseason. “It’s a neighborhood brawl anyways,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It always has meaning and that’s just the way it is.” In past seasons, the end-of-year showdown with North Carolina (14-15, 4-10 in the ACC) has carried seeding implications, determining whether or not the Blue Devils would get to host the NCAA tournament’s opening weekend. But now, with postseason
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hopes at stake, Duke needs a win just to keep itself in the conversation. Back on Jan. 24, the Blue Devils (1811, 7-8) pounded the Tar Heels 71-55 in Durham, shooting 41.5 percent from the field while holding the visitors to just 26.3 percent. Duke got double-figure scoring contributions from junior Oderah Chidom and redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell as well as a dominant performance from sophomore Azurá Stevens, who registered
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26 points and 14 rebounds. Since then, though, the Blue Devils have battled through a disappointing stretch, losing five of their last eight games. Four of those losses have come without Stevens—a midseason Wooden Award candidate—after the 6-foot-6 forward tore the plantar fascia in her left foot in the first half against thenNo. 3 Notre Dame Feb. 1. Add in numerous injuries to Duke’s role players—including a concussion suffered by
freshman Faith Suggs Sunday against Georgia Tech and a knee injury that has sidelined redshirt freshman Lyneé Belton for the remainder of the season—and McCallie’s squad has been forced to go off-script, thrusting younger players into the spotlight. “Basically, we still have the adversity, but we are a great story,” McCallie said. “We are fighting. We have 18 wins and we want to grow that as much as we can and tell the story of a team that had a lot of things they could not control happen to the team, but have them rise anyway.” During the last few games, Duke has struggled to control the glass. The Yellow Jackets notched 24 offensive rebounds Sunday in Durham, winning the overall battle of the boards, 45-36. Georgia Tech’s 15 second-chance points were critical, but when it came down to crunch time, four consecutive Yellow Jacket offensive rebounds allowed them to bleed precious seconds off the clock. For the Blue Devils—who outrebounded North Carolina by just one a month ago—crashing the glass and limiting extra opportunities will be key Sunday afternoon. “We just have to rebound that basketball,” McCallie said. “We have to really do a good job keeping them off the boards—limiting them to one shot and shutting down their transition. That’s something that’s coming out of our Georgia Tech film as well. There See W. BASKETBALL on Page 13
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Duke ships up to ACCs Dolphins await Blue Devils Ali Wells The Chronicle After wrapping up the regular season with their highest ranking in program history, the Blue Devil women will face three more squads in the national standings as they aim to add their highest-ever finish at the conference championships to a season already full of highlights. Duke will kick off the three-day ACC indoor championships in Boston Thursday with big goals in mind, including setting up the women’s squad for a top-15 finish at the NCAA championships with an early look at top contenders from No. 9 N.C. State, No. 13 Notre Dame and No. 18 Miami. The No. 16 Blue Devil women already have three individual athletes and one relay in good position to compete on the national stage in Hoover, Ala., March 11-12 but will look to add multi-event athlete Teddi Maslowski and pole vaulter Madison Heath to that roster. “We have big goals for this season, and one of them is having the highest finish we’ve ever had at the NCAA indoor meet. This is an important stepping stone to that,” Duke director of track and field Norm Ogilvie said.
“Teddi is vital. The two biggest things we can do for the women’s NCAA chances are to qualify Teddi and Madison.” Maslowski has not completed in the pentathlon this season after withdrawing from the competition at the Tobacco Road Cup in January due to a lingering ankle injury. But the redshirt senior is cautiously optimistic about her chances of posting one of the top 16 scores in the nation in her first full five-event contest of 2016 after breaking her own school record in the 60-meter hurdles twice at the Virginia Tech Challenge last weekend, lowering the mark to 8.34 seconds. “I’ve been let down a lot about injuries. I almost didn’t run [last weekend] because my ankle was hurting because of long jump,” Maslowski said. “I have no idea how I PRed…. That did get me hyped for ACCs because if I can do that under those conditions, hopefully I can run even faster this week.” A strong performance in the hurdles during the pentathlon Thursday will take some of the pressure off of the jumping events that cause Maslowski the most pain, but the Burgettstown, Pa., native will still compete in See TRACK on Page 12
Seth Johnson The Chronicle If former New York Yankee great Yogi Berra took one look at Duke this season, he might aptly proclaim, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Through three games in 2015, the Blue Devils tallied 42 goals, sported wins against two unranked opponents and, as the No. 3 team No. 5 Duke in the nation, dropped vs. a 17-13 thriller in the Cobb County Classic Jacksonville against No. 1 Denver. So far, 2016 is SATURDAY, 1 p.m. eerily similar. Duke D.B. Milne Field has recorded 42 goals in three games once again, knocked off two unranked teams to open the season and, as the then-No. 3 team, could not pull off an upset in Atlanta against the No. 2 Pioneers for the second straight year, falling 14-12 in a back-and-forth affair. But with a new year come the lessons learned from a season ago. “You learn from your experiences and the team grows as a result. Sometimes you
forget how hard it is to be successful at this level and how hard you have to work and how disciplined you have to be [on] game day,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “All that stuff makes sense as the season goes on and I think that as we look at where we’re at right now [after] three games, [we are] trying to figure out our chemistry, trying to grow as a group and just get better each week.” The No. 5 Blue Devils will look to regroup from their first loss in similar fashion to last year’s campaign Saturday when they travel to Jacksonville, Fla., to take on Jacksonville at 1 p.m. at D.B. Milne Field. After last year’s defeat at the hands of Denver, Duke took a road trip to Macon, Ga., and dismantled Mercer 16-6 to kickstart five straight wins before opening conference play. This season, the squad will look to do the same following an early setback. The rallying cry is likely to come out of the midfield for the Blue Devils (2-1) in their bounce-back effort this weekend. Senior midfielders Myles Jones and Deemer Class lead the team with 12 and 11 points, respectively, and have been the early source of the team’s offensive firepower. Although See M. LACROSSE on Page 13
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TRACK from page 11 Friday’s long jump. “The long jump is my favorite. Coach [Shawn] Wilbourn—I’m not really sure he wanted me to do it, but it’s my senior year— asked me if I wanted to,” Maslowski said. “I want to do the multi for sure and try to go to nationals in that, so I might as well try in long jump to get points for the team. It’s hard to pass that opportunity up.” Heath will also aim for a nationals spot in the pole vault, joining Megan Clark, who cleared her goal of 4.6 meters earlier this year to set the top mark in the nation. Heath advanced to the NCAA outdoor meet in Eugene, Ore., last year through the Southeast regional qualifier but will need to produce a personal best mark Friday for a shot at Hoover. The sophomore sits 20th in the national standings with a top clearance of 13 feet, 9 3/4 inches and will need to clear at least 14 feet to break into the top 16. Three Blue Devil women have all but punched their tickets to the national championships by posting marks well within the nation’s top 16 in their signature events. Redshirt senior Karli Johonnot won the pentathlon at the Tobacco Road Cup with a converted score of 4,304—good for the then-top mark in the country and current fifth-highest total. Senior Anima Banks shattered the Duke record in the 800 meters and posted the then-second-fastest time in
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the nation for the top finish by a collegiate harrier at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational Feb. 12 with a time of 2:03.41. The Mamaroneck, N.Y., native holds the conference’s top seed into Friday’s preliminary heats but will face tough competition from 2015 NCAA outdoor championship qualifiers Hanna Green of Virginia Tech and Elizabeth Whelan of North Carolina. Clark will also be challenged this weekend as she will face off against Miami’s Alysha Newman for the second time this season. The pair pushed each other to new school records and a conference record for Clark at the Armory Collegiate Invitational, where the Hurricane vaulter cleared 14 feet, 9 inches and the Blue Devil became just the fourth collegiate vaulter in history to surpass 15 feet with a mark of 15 feet, 1 inch. The women’s distance medley relay of Kim Hallowes, Maddy Price, Madeline Kopp and Banks posted the 10th-fastest time in the nation with a converted time of 11:04.27 but will not be the top-seeded quartet on the track. Clemson and Notre Dame have posted season-best times of 11:00.44 and 11:00.73 to lead the conference. The Blue Devil men will face an uphill battle for a top finish in their distance medley relay, needing to break out of the second heat as the 10th-seeded squad despite running away with the win at the Virginia Tech Challenge in 9:50.66. “We couldn’t control the out-of-town scoreboard,” Ogilvie said. “But we dominated our event, and that was all we could do. We are just going to have to do the same thing we did at Virginia Tech, which is to run hard on our own and make it happen.” Shot putter Stephen Boals enters his final conference championships with hopes of his third podium finish in as many years but will face the toughest field to date. The redshirt senior’s program record stands at 59 feet, 7 inches, but he will likely need to throw farther than 60 feet to bring home hardware from his final indoor competition. “I’m definitely looking to make an impact and improve on the past years,” Boals said. “It would definitely be nice for me to go out on a high note and to see all the guys do well. We have a lot of amazing athletes this year, and it’s kind of a culmination for me since I’ve been on the team for a long time.” The competition will get underway Thursday with the women’s pentathlon featuring Maslowski, Johonnot and freshman Jaida Lemmons and the men’s heptathlon, which will include Tanner Johnson, Robert Rohner, Chaz Hawkins and Connor Hall.
M. BASKETBALL from page 1 graduate student center Marshall Plumlee said. “Whenever I have bumps and bruises, Matt will catch me rubbing my knee or my ankle and he’ll say ‘Marshall, suck it up, right now.’ It’s kind of a collective toughness we’ve built.” That toughness has built itself up throughout the course of the season, most of it without the services of senior Amile Jefferson, who continues to work his way back from a fractured right foot suffered in practice Dec. 12. Jefferson is back on the practice court, but still not 100 percent, Plumlee said. But even with the Philadelphia native expected to watch from the sidelines for the 19th straight game Thursday, Jefferson has continued to provide the Blue Devils with an emotional lift. “He’s one of our enthusiasm guys— he brings it every day, and he’s battling with us, he’s right there with us. Some guys could be into their own stuff, [thinking] ‘When am I going to be back?’” freshman Luke Kennard said. “He’s worried about that, but he’s really focused on the team right now. That shows the kind of leader that he is. He’s practicing with us, still feeling some pain, but we’re hoping he can be back soon.” Duke’s rotation has been trimmed to six or seven players in Jefferson’s absence, taxing the Blue Devils’ legs and helping them develop their identity as a physically tough team. For Brandon Ingram, though, Thursday’s game will be an exercise in mental toughness as well, as the freshman tries to bounce back from one of the roughest outings of his Blue Devil career. Logging 38 or more minutes for the fourth time in 13 days, Ingram shot 3-of-10 from the floor against the Cardinals—1-of-8 after the game’s first two minutes—and committed a careerhigh 10 turnovers, kept off-balance and uncomfortable by Louisville’s ball pressure. “I thought just human nature just caught up with him. I said, ‘Could you ever imagine that when you put your foot on the gas pedal, that the car wouldn’t go?’” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said during the ACC’s weekly teleconference Monday. “I told him, ‘It shows you’re human— just forget it and let’s get refreshed
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as much as we can.’ I think it’s one of those things you flush.” If they could, the Seminoles (16-11, 6-9) might prefer to flush the last four games as well. Losses to Syracuse, Miami, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech abruptly halted Florida State’s momentum from a fourgame winning streak and derailed the NCAA tournament dreams of head coach Leonard Hamilton’s squad. For all his shooting prowess, Rathan-Mayes is shooting just 39.6 percent from the floor—29.0 percent from downtown—and ranks third on the team in scoring with 11.8 points per game, but leads the Seminoles with 4.7 assists per game. But although the sophomore has taken on more of a facilitating role this season while flanked by sharp-shooters Beasley and Bacon, Rathan-Mayes will have no qualms with calling his own number if he starts heating up with Jones, Thornton, or any other Blue Devil checking him. Duke held Rathan-Mayes to just five points in last year’s win in Tallahassee, Fla., and will have to keep close tabs on him again Thursday to prevent him from finding himself in one of those “surreal” zones yet again. Cameron Indoor Stadium can get as loud as any gym in the country—but if Rathan-Mayes gets on a roll, he might not hear it. Sameer Pandhare contributed reporting.
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Class paces the team with nine goals, Jones’ six tallies this season leave him just one goal shy of becoming the first midfielder in program history to reach 100 for his career. “[Jones and Class] have been in big games, they’ve been in situations where we’ve been up, they’ve been in situations where we’ve been down—it’s like in any organization, those are the guys that you look to because they’ve seen it all before,” Danowski said. “They know what it’s like to be on the field. They can calm younger guys down and inspire people at practice. When they get angry or they don’t like something and they have something to say during practice, it’s important for the younger guys to listen.” The Dolphins (2-1) may not have three Major League Lacrosse draft picks in their starting lineup, but will still present some challenges for Duke at midfield. Senior Dakota Rohlin and sophomore faceoff specialist Hunter Forbes bolster Jacksonville’s midfield, but in different ways. In the Dolphins’ 8-7 victory against St. John’s Feb. 18, Rohlin recorded his second consecutive hat trick and his third straight game with three points to open the season. At the faceoff X, Forbes will lead Jacksonville’s assault against the Blue Devils’ Kyle Rowe. In an evenly matched battle, Forbes has recorded 20 ground balls this season to Rowe’s 23, and is slightly less productive at the X with a 40-of-73 clip in comparison to the Duke junior’s 41-of-72 ledger. “[Rohlin]’s certainly a dangerous player and we’ll certainly have to be aware of where he is playing man [and] when we play offense, but we also have to really put pressure on the other people,” Danowski said. “[The faceoff]
were transition points we gave up which really should not have happened and then also the offensive rebounds that Georgia Tech got. So in that regard, that game prepares us a bit and we need to build off that and become better because of it.” If Duke can secure rebounds on both ends of the floor, it will be able to dictate tempo, another key to victory Sunday in a battle of two short-handed teams. The Blue Devils have a limited number of healthy bodies available— Suggs’ concussion will be evaluated Friday— and the Tar Heels utilize just eight players in their regular rotation. Although neither team is likely to push the pace or play pressure defense all afternoon, both sides will want to set the tone in terms of speed. “[I just want the game played at] our tempo,” McCallie said. “We want to run when we want to run, and we want to play a nice quarter-court game when we want to play that. We do need to make them play defense and have them have to work very hard on defense.
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classes and meet students and professors outside of their comfort zone or major cluster. We offered several suggestions when the Arts and Sciences council last considered changing our pass/fail policies in 2009. Duke Student Government is currently considering four different options to mandate pass/fail classes for first-years. One plan mirrors schools such as MIT, Johns Hopkins and Brown, which require all pass/ fail classes first semester. While this plan prevents
Editorial students from being discouraged by early math classes and difficult introductory level courses, Duke has traditionally given first-years a great deal of leeway with class difficulty with FOCUS programs, the first-year seminar and Writing 101. Improved pre-enrollment summer advice by peers or academic advisors would better serve students than a blanket pass/fail policy. The other options presented by DSG seem like arbitrary permutations of pass/fail classes rather than deliberate policy-making. We believe the first-year experience as is and particularly as the new curriculum unfolds is sufficient for the time being. The focus
needs to be on students throughout their careers. As students progress in their majors, students ought to be encouraged to take core or higher elective classes outside of their majors. The ground-level introduction to other fields offers the eager student great value for time spent in terms of understanding the competencies and tools of other disciplines. We maintain that departments should be able to individually decide whether core classes can be taken under these policies by both majors and non-majors. Additionally, it seems only sensible that students going above and beyond with a fifth class should be able to drop that class down to pass/fail or audit as late in the semester as they desire. Such an extension would only serve to encourage students to seriously seek out a class purely for the purposes of exploration that they can stick with for a whole semester without fear of being somehow trapped. For students who wish to freely explore other languages, those departments should be open on a case-by-case basis to allowing students to take their core courses under these policies. In this spirit, clearly defined and well-advertised audit and pass/fail systems will encourage students to take classes more daringly, making Duke’s curriculum that much more unique in its promotion of the liberal arts and cross-disciplinary exploration.
Standing on the shoulders of giants and forging your own path
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we go through Duke. Such tribute happens all over the place. In academia, when research builds upon the theories of prior generations. In pop culture, when musicians sample songs, or movies visually quote previous work. In politics, when existing groundwork and relationships allow current leaders to keep forging ahead. So what does this mean for the self-
Max Stayman the three haves schools? Is it merely a list of scalps on which we’ve counted coup? In fact, it is neither. In a 1676 letter, physicist Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” And this, coming from one of the most celebrated and influential scientists in history. Similarly, the shields around the West Union pay homage to many of the great institutions that have come before us, and on whose shoulders we have stood in our effort to establish ourselves as one of the premier universities of the world. Such payment of respect takes many forms. In the Gothic Reading Room, 33 portraits of past Duke dignitaries grace the walls between which we study. The Duke family, from whose coffers Duke emerged. Julian Abele and Horace Trumbauer, from whose pens our Gothic Wonderland developed around a magnificent chapel. Past presidents and benefactors, whose vision and leadership carried our University into the future. As we, the next generation of Duke, go about our business, their legacy surrounds us. And Duke certainly has modern day giants upon whose shoulders we stand. In my four years, two Duke professors—Dr. Robert Lefkowitz and Dr. Paul Modrich— have won Nobel prizes in chemistry for work done on our campus. A generation ago, Dr. Paul Farmer used Duke as his launching pad toward revolutionizing the delivery of global health care. These giants, among others, are still around to guide, push and support us as
made man, that central pillar of the American psyche? It’s not hard to realize that individualism is a key American value. In fact, it is one of the ties that bind the various components of the American Dream together. The image of a lone cowboy riding the plains, the parable of the self-made man rising from rags to riches, the single mother who raises a family on her own. Americans love a success story, all the more when they can identify a lone hero. How often do you see talk about making your way for yourself, not taking handouts, and being responsible for all your success and failures? Do these two beliefs—that we stand on the shoulders of giants and that we really do forge our own path—necessarily stand in opposition? I don’t think so. And here lies the key. It’s not that ever ything has been done before. We can still maintain our individualism. Sitting here in the Gothic Reading Room, my column is my own original thoughts. But I am able to sit here because of the work that these great men and women in the portraits did before I even arrived. And they, in turn, were able to do what they did because of the work other universities had done for centuries before them. We are all catalyzed by those who have come before us. It’s a nice feeling to think that someday, somewhere, someone may go further than me for having stood on my shoulders. Max Stayman is a Trinity senior. His column normally runs on alternate Fridays.
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he executive board of Duke Diya, the South Asian Students Association, had the opportunity to talk with the three DSG Presidential candidates recently, and we are excited to formally endorse Tara Bansal. We were impressed by Bansal’s ability to tailor her conversation to Diya by presenting a three-fold plan to empower smaller communities through more funding, enhance our political voice as an organization and bring back South Asian alumni to combat stereotyping. The connection she formed with us in less than 10 minutes makes us confident that she is able to understand a range of student issues and develop tangible plans to address them. We also liked Bansal’s plan to “re-execute” DSG instead of “redefining” it because it celebrates some of the great work that has come out of DSG, yet understands some of the major flaws in the system. Adair presented some great ideas to encourage more open events, increase diversity in the DSG Senate, and work with Durham to connect
our communities. Both Adair and Bansal also talked about reforming SOFC so student groups can get appropriate funding for events, which we are excited about because we have struggled with this throughout the year. However, Adair’s emphasis on DSG’s current senate as “self-absorbed” makes us nervous for her potential to alienate her senate and negatively affect DSG’s future productivity. Guarco’s plans include increasing diversity within the faculty and the DSG Senate, reforming the curriculum to include the Duke Experience, and ensuring justice and fairness in Student Conduct. Although we appreciated Guarco’s ideas, we had a difficult time understanding concrete and realistic ways he would work towards these goals. We really enjoyed talking with all the candidates and are confident that Tara Bansal would shine as next year’s DSG President. Shalini Subbarao & Jemi Galani Trinity ‘17 Diya Co-Presidents
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location and speed; drivers should be trained and expected to obey the speed limit. Some roads on campus are marked to indicate that motor vehicles and bicycles are expected to share the road, but Campus Drive is not, which may lead some drivers to think that bicycles belong on the sidewalk or on the shoulder (or, judging from their driving, in the ditch). Marking Campus Drive appropriately would avoid some of this confusion and make commuting by bicycle safer. Buses and bicycles are both desirable alternatives to driving, but Duke’s oversight has put the two in direct competition. Duke is responsible for providing a reasonably safe environment for bicycle commuters, and it is unfortunately clear that the institution has far more important infrastructure projects than providing safer bicycle lanes. Still, Duke must demonstrate their commitment to alternative transportation by properly informing drivers of their legal responsibility and holding them accountable to it. Michael Burrows Ph.D. Student Sanford School of Public Policy
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More than consent
n most on-campus conversations concerning morality today, “consent” is the sole barometer. If, for example, two people agree to an act, no matter what the act is, it is deemed permissible, and if they do not agree, then the act is impermissible. That “moral standard” is most familiar in the context of sexual intimacy and sexual assault, when affirmations and reaffirmations of consent are deemed by many sex educators to be the sole criterion of permissibility. Similarly, same-sex intimacy, gender
It isolates because we have only ourselves to consult when asked whether we “consent.” In the absence of a moral standard, even others’ preferences cannot guide, as only our own preferences can determine what is “good” for us. Our preferences also imprison us because they provide no reliable compass—what may be a desire today can become a regret tomorrow. And although a past choice may have been purportedly “justified” by consent, it cannot be viewed as having been “right” or “wrong” by any intelligible
Wills Rooney imago dei reassignment surgery, assisted suicide, pornography, masturbation, sex work and a swath of other acts and issues are, in many circles, arbitrated only by a “morality of contract.” If the individual(s) involved choose(s) to proceed, then the act is permissible. But is “consent” alone a moral standard? Can we not identify a ground for morality that is more reflective of reality and more becoming of our dignity as human persons? To be sure, consent is a crucial element of every moral act, for our moral responsibility lies in our capacity to choose and to will each act. Indeed, the abilities to deliberate, choose and will set us apart from all other beings and render us “free” and “moral agents” and supply us with human dignity. To identify “consent” as an element of moral activity, however, only begins the conversation. The critical next question is, “By what criteria do I consent”? Too often, just as the moral dialogue becomes really interesting, we hear the peremptory and dismissive replies: “You do you, and I’ll do me” and “don’t be judgmental!” Or the succinct: “To each his own.” Those familiar responses deny that our acts are subject to an external moral standard. Moreover, they assert that every actor defines for oneself the morality of one’s acts as an expression of selfsovereignty and “self-identity.” “Morality” thus becomes the relativistic specification of personal preferences that is manifested in consent: “I can,” if the desire is present, becomes “I will.” But the “I’ll do me” reply presumes two specious “truth” claims that deprive consent of its very capacity to validate moral action. The first “truth” claim is that no objective moral truth exists, or, if one exists, it cannot be known. The second is that “permissibility” is a function only of one’s personal preferences. An internal contradiction destroys both claims. First, the assertion that no objective, universal moral standard exists or can be known is itself a universal claim. The “objective” statement that “no objective truth exists or can be known” oxymoronically negates itself. Second, if moral truth is extinguished, personal preferences—“consent”—have no moral significance. Nothing normative (literally, no norm) exists; only our preferences remain. Consent can mean only “I will,” not “I ought,” and can express only a personal preference and not a moral imprimatur. “I’ll do me” thus constitutes an arbitrary relativism, which is no morality at all and is properly called moral nihilism. Some believe that such an abolition of morality is “liberating” because it eliminates all “constraints” on the self: my life, my rules; and my rules, my happiness. The reality, though, is quite the opposite. That false conception of freedom isolates and imprisons.
moral grammar. Moral nihilism strips consent of its actual moral significance and dehumanizes the person. Consent rightly understood should reflect our moral responsibility as rational agents. When we act non-deliberatively and choose according to instinctive preferences, we betray our own dignity and the dignity of others. Personhood requires more. So, we ask again: by which criteria should we choose to consent? The answer: we should consent according to the truth that is reflected in the order of reality. And what gives the order of reality its objective, normative dimension? The classical and scholastic philosophers rightly inferred ends or purposes from the structures and functions of existence. They then defined excellence as that which promotes those ends. So, the end of the eye is to see (inferred from its structure and function), and the excellence of the eye is to see well. Thus, harming the eye is a vice, but improving vision is virtuous. Virtue is that which promotes reality, while vice is that which violates it. To give other examples, murder is objectively wrong because it ends a life that would have continued absent the act. Sexual assault is objectively wrong because it violates the physical integrity and the interior life of the human person as well as the meaning and dignity of the sexual act. Polluting a stream is objectively wrong because it harms what would have been home to a thriving ecosystem. Adultery is objectively wrong because it violates a covenant. Lying is objectively wrong because it misrepresents the reality that it purports to report. Charity is objectively right because it promotes the fundamental relational dimension of the human person. The theistic tradition, within which this column lives, sees the natural order of reality as “sacramental” or reflecting the mind of God, the non-contingent source of being that actively creates and sustains all of contingent reality. To take a life, sexually assault, pollute a stream, violate a marital covenant or tell a lie is to act contrarily to the mind of God—to sin (a word not often heard but indeed appropriate in this season of Lent). To embrace the order of reality is to find one’s fulfillment as the imago Dei, the image of God who sustains creation. When we act according to truth, to reality, we fulfill our human nature and become our deepest selves. Joy and fulfillment follow. When we deny truth and use preference-based consent as an illusory “moral standard,” we destroy our dignity and invite sadness and alienation. Embrace truth, find joy and affirm that human flourishing requires more than consent. Wills Rooney is a Trinity senior. His runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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