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Alumni draft letter to protest Stephen Miller Duke Libraries project brings together Civil Rights activists Adam Beyer and Claire Ballentine The Chronicle

When Duke alums learned their former classmate Stephen Miller helped design President Donald Trump’s executive order halting immigration, many were outraged. Miller, Trinity ‘07 and Trump’s senior advisor, is widely reported to be one of the key players behind an executive order that blocks immigration from seven predominantly-Muslim countries and indefinitely bans Syrian refugees. In response, Duke alums have drafted an open letter to Miller, expressing their disappointment in both Miller’s participation in creating the immigration ban and his role in the Trump administration in general. “I’m deeply troubled by having a peer at Duke be one of the principal architects of an executive order that goes against what Duke education represents,” said Carly Knight, Trinity ‘07 and one of the creators of the letter. Knight—who is currently a graduate student at Harvard University—and Corey Sobel, Trinity ‘07 and a writer in New York City, launched the letter Saturday afternoon, and it currently has more than 700 signatures. “We find it impossible to see in your words and actions any glimmer of the University values we so cherish, nor the slightest suggestion that you spent four of your most formative years at the same dynamic, diverse institution of higher education we did,” the letter reads. That notion was shared by one of the letter’s signees, Steven Davidson, Trinity ‘15. Pushing back on some conservative rhetoric about universities, Davidson said, “experiencing four years at Duke is not some liberal brainwashing experience,” but is instead a place to expose students to a diversity of experiences and lifestyles. “That’s the fundamental rock of a college experience, and I honestly wonder what he spent his four years at Duke doing,” Davidson said. “Did he interact with these people?” Knight noted that she had been

Bre Bradham The Chronicle In the early 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organized youth across the South in the fight for desegregation. On Saturday night at North Carolina Central University, six veterans of the movement came together in Durham to recount how they became involved with the movement. Although the five activists—Faith Holsaert, Shirley Sherrod, Larry Rubin, Annette White and Janie Rambeau— came from a variety of backgrounds, their See CIVIL RIGHTS on Page 4

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The letter, created by Carly Knight and Corey Sobel, both Trinity ‘07, notes that the actions of Duke alum Stephen Miller (above) do not reflect Duke’s values.

speaking with other Duke alums from her year about Miller when she came across a Facebook post from Sobel expressing similar sentiments. She reached out to him, and they decided to create the open letter. Much of the letter’s circulation has been through word of mouth, she explained, adding that she has been encouraging alums to share it on their personal Facebook and Twitter accounts. Next week, she plans to reach out to Duke alumni associations for their help. There is no formal way for Knight and Sobel to verify that the signatories are Duke alums, but they are requiring alums to submit their email addresses. Alums can also send questions or additional thoughts to openlettertostephenmiller@gmail.com. The two said they hope the letter

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received enough attention that it would be difficult for Miller to miss, although they are unsure whether it will impact his views directly. “I think that his actions indicate a close-mindedness to criticism and a resistance to any worldview that doesn’t align very much with his,” Sobel said. Davidson acknowledged that the letter was not going to lead Miller to a “change of heart,” but argued that at the very least, it clearly states the values of the Duke community. Sobel noted that several Harvard alums organized a similar letter aimed at Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and another one of his senior advisors. “The idea that this letter is going to [make] him have a come-to-Jesus See MILLER on Page 4

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Study uses celebrity photos to shed light on how humans focus to more quickly identify the face, participants had to learn to ignore the red labels—the The Chronicle distraction—and just see the face. “We used this to create a situation where [the participants] need to super focus versus Distractions bombard us from every where they can relax a little bit in terms of direction—from flashing lights at a traffic intersection to Facebook notifications in class. attentional focus,” said postdoctoral fellow YuIn a recent study, researchers at Duke Chin Chiu, primary author of the study. discovered how our brains bypass these Looking at face itself makes people focus and ignore distractions, Egner said. distracting cues and directly reach a state of “If you are repeatedly shown a particular high-attention focus. Tobias Egner, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience and face repeatedly associated with other names, an author of the study, labeled this process as a then people learn to associate the face with form of “high-focus learning.” this difficulty, and they get better and better at ignoring the distractions,” he said. “This particular phenomenon of learning Previously, researchers believed that to link a stimulus with a high-controlled or high-focused state is very interesting to us learning in the presence of distractions required a “cascade.” For instance, as drivers Courtesy of Duke Photography approach a busy intersection, their attention is Tobias Egner, one of the study’s authors, used diverted by distracting pedestrians and signs. fMRI imaging to study participants’ focus. They must reestablish focus on the roadway. This process takes time and drags away The study shows how this happens and people’s attention, Egner explained. where in the brain it occurs, Egner said. “The idea here is it would be great if the However, he added that it will take time next time you come to this intersection, you before the findings can be directly applied to can bypass this cascade,” Egner said. “You everyday life. could use the intersection itself as a cue to “Hopefully, when you understand better straight away retrieve the appropriate set of and better how the brain mediates these kinds focus, so that you don’t get distracted in the of control processes, down the line that will first place.” help in understanding what goes wrong in Through the series of matching exercises, certain clinical conditions or maybe to learn the researchers linked this focus to a part of the better than you do otherwise,” he said. brain called the caudate nucleus, which Egner In the future, Egner said researchers hope said has long been associated with various to find more direct ways of enhancing focus neural processes, such as learning movements through different parts of the brain. and linking actions to consequences. The ability to focus is a core aspect of behavioral flexibility in humans, giving us a Applicable to everyday life? rich behavior repertoire that most animals Chiu said that people probably already use lack, Egner noted. “Understanding this is essential to Courtesy of Duke Photography their environment to help them focus. For example, classrooms trigger an appropriate understanding what makes us human,” Study participants viewed pictures of famous actors with names written across their faces, he said. mindset to help people study and focus. some correct and some not, and had to identify each actor as quickly as possible.

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because it breaks down a traditional distinction of behavior being driven by stimuli or our intentions,” he said. To study the brain’s response to distracting cues, Egner and the other study authors used fMRI imaging and a celebrity matching test. For the celebrity test, they showed people pictures of famous actors, asking them to identify each actor as rapidly as possible. To make the task more difficult, each face was labeled in red ink with a name. Sometimes the names matched the actor’s actual name, and other times the labels corresponded with a different celebrity. Since people already knew celebrity faces, the real challenge is anticipating if the red label was actually the correct name. In order

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Initiative to offer free genetic screening for babies in N.C. Isabelle Doan The Chronicle Researchers at Duke are partnering with other institutions to provide free elective genetic newborn screening to every family who has a baby in North Carolina. RTI International, a nonprofit in Research Triangle Park, is launching a program called Early Check in collaboration with Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University and the North Carolina State Public Health Laboratory. Early Check will offer free genetic screening for two additional conditions not included in the state’s current list of standard disorders that are tested—spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome. “We’re going to be doing our best to reach out to every birthing family in North Carolina—that’s about 120,000 a year— and offer screening for the conditions that we’re including in Early Check for free,” said Don Bailey, the principal investigator of the project and distinguished fellow at RTI International. Bailey explained that the program will help provide more research for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children to decide which conditions to include in standard genetic testing. Dr. Alex Kemper, the principal investigator at Duke, also noted that this program is an opportunity to inform health care providers and policy makers about the benefits of expanding newborn screening for these conditions. “The key thing is that conditions can’t be recommended for newborn screening unless

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The program will screen newborns for spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome, which are two conditions that the state’s current genetic screening does not include.

we know that the screening test leads to better outcomes,” Kemper said. “Without this kind of platform, there are conditions that would really benefit from newborn screening that wouldn’t be there, because we don’t have the answers.” Spinal muscular atrophy, the top genetic cause of infant mortality, affects approximately one in 10,000 babies, while fragile X syndrome, a major cause of inherited intellectual disability, affects one in 4,000 males and one in 8,000 females. Kemper added that although individual conditions may be rare, once all of the conditions are aggregated, the likelihood that any individual baby will have one condition is higher. Kemper explained that although the

majority of conditions are tested for using the same dried blood sample taken from newborns, expanding testing to unlimited conditions would be difficult. He noted that the bar is set high to make sure that screening provides more benefit than harm in each instance. “The critical thing about newborn screening is that, because it’s a public health program, only those conditions that we know if you find them early lead to better outcomes are included in newborn screening,” Kemper said. “Just because you can find a health problem early doesn’t mean that leads to better outcomes than if you found them otherwise.” Bailey noted that although there are many conditions for which treatment may

not provide much benefit, there are still conditions that parents want to know about. Consequently, there have been suggestions for a two-tiered screening system—one that would be the standard state screening and a second screening that would be voluntary for parents who want it. However, Bailey explained, this system has never been implemented because of the challenges of getting consent, especially for an entire state. He noted that Early Check would be useful for finding out more about this possibility. “We think that what we’ll be learning about in this study will not only be about these two conditions, but it’ll be about the outreach and permission and consent process,” Bailey said. “It could help inform future policy about maybe a second tier of voluntary newborn screening.” Natasha Bonhomme, director of Baby’s First Test—a center for newborn screening education—and a supervisor for the Early Check program, said that parents generally do give consent for these elective tests. “Oftentimes, what we find is if people are given enough education, enough information and the opportunity to talk through what the process is and get all their questions answered, people tend to be pretty receptive to those types of tests,” Bonhomme said. Kemper noted that Early Check could change the lives of many families. “We already know that newborn screening is an incredibly effective, powerful public health program that most people don’t know anything about,” he said. “This Early Check program is going to really build on our path to success and allow us to improve the lives of children with these potentially devastating conditions.” Adam Beyer contributed reporting.

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CIVIL RIGHTS from page 1 stories intertwined through their involvement with SNCC and their experiences in Albany, Georgia, the site of one of the toughest civil rights battles. “[Albany was] one of the most important of the southern movements of the 1960s, and arguably the most ignored,” said Charlie Cobb, the event’s facilitator and a board member for the SNCC Legacy Project who worked with SNCC in the Mississippi Delta. “All the people seated at this table have been important to the movement that emerged in southwest Georgia.” The panel’s discussion was organized through a partnership between the SNCC Legacy Project, Duke University Libraries and the Center for Documentary Studies. It is the first of four sessions planned for 2017. Each discussion will focus on a particular topic—from Saturday night’s panel on southwestern Georgia to a future talk on SNCC’s international connections. Karlyn Forner, the SNCC digital gateway project manager for Duke Libraries, explained that the former SNCC members’ discussions will be included on a website that aims to share the organization’s history. “It’s trying to tell the story of the movement from the inside-out. Part of the premise is that the movement’s history has been told by historians and scholars, but not necessarily the people themselves who created the history,” Forner said. “So it’s really about trying to tell the history of the movement that the participants recognize and know.” The history of SNCC began not far from NCCU on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh. All of the veterans, however, had their own stories to share about how they became involved with the movement. Janie Rambeau, a leader of the movement at Albany State College who was expelled

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because of her involvement in the movement, said that she cannot recall exactly when she became involved because she always considered herself part of it. Rambeau grew up hearing her parents’ stories about discrimination and activism but began to see it more “outright” for herself when she was in high school—water fountains were segregated and labeled with signs, and the “colored” bathroom was dirtier. She was arrested while singing “We Shall Overcome” on a rainy December morning. Annette White, who lost her title of Miss Albany State College due to protesting, similarly cited her early beginnings in the movement. She said that she was delivered by the only black, female doctor in Southwest Georgia in August 1939. “That’s when it started,” she said. “I was in a totally segregated city on the south side of town, where black people lived. Everything that went on in that city affected me in some way. As I grew, my parents explained what being in a segregated city meant. My father wanted me to know what was out there so I could survive in that type of society.” Faith Holsaert came to Albany from New York City where she first became involved in SNCC. When SNCC organizers approached her about going down South in the summer of 1962, she initially said no but then tragic events in Georgia changed her mind. “At the end of that summer three churches were burned in southwest Georgia,” she said. “For whatever reason, that really lit my fuse.” Larry Rubin, who is a Jewish veteran of the movement along with Holsaert, said that unlike other white northerners who ventured South, he was not shocked that people trying to register to vote were beaten up and fire-hosed. “I know this is hard to believe,” he said with sarcasm, “but at that time this country was run by white, racist, white-supremacists. The reason it was is because a lot of their constituents were

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not able to exercise their right to vote.” Rubin cited his Jewish heritage as one of the reasons that he felt he “had no choice” but to become part of the movement, leading him to move to southwest Georgia to join the efforts. “I learned that part of my job was to be white in this movement,” he said. “To show people that blacks and whites can work together and that whites do not have to be in charge.” Shirley Sherrod was born on a farm in “bad Baker County.” Her father died after being shot by a neighboring white farmer following a dispute over cows when she was 17. She said the night he died she made the decision to stay in the South and devote her life to making a difference. Sherrod joined SNCC a few years later. Sheerod stressed that despite the passage of time, the need for activism has not ended. “I’m still in that mode. I can’t separate the work after 52 years because it didn’t end,” she said. “The need for it is greater now, or almost as great now, as it was it back then. We need young people.”

MILLER from page 1 moment is naive,” Sobel said. “I think the real purpose is for us, as representatives such as we are of the institution, to say both ‘we are publicly both owning up to our connection to you and disavowing what you stand for, especially your connection to a University that we think stands for very different things.’” Lucas Schaefer, Trinity’ 04, felt compelled to act as well. Along with several friends from the Class of 2004, he helped launch a CrowdRise fundraising campaign in support of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations. The two projects started independently, but both groups say they are supporting each other.

“Stephen will no doubt argue that the President’s executive order is not actually a ‘ban,’ nor does it target Muslims, but we see his tactics for what they are—a notvery-subtle attempt to promote the same tired, toxic brand of bigotry he has been associated with since his time at Duke,” a post on the page reads. Schaefer said that he thought it was important to stand up to Miller’s role in crafting Trump’s immigration order and create a concrete way for alumni to respond. As of Sunday afternoon, the campaign had fundraised $3,200, and Schaeffer said he plans to begin publicizing it more Monday. “One of the things we learned at Duke and have taken away from our friendship is that we’re really all in this together, and that our commitment to those core democratic values of civility and openness and pluralism really stem from our commitment to one another because we have all become adults together,” Schaefer said. While a student, Schaefer and several friends collaborated on the “gay? fine by me” campaign, launched after Duke’s campus was listed as one of the most homophobic in the nation. Both initiatives allow alumni to join anonymously. Sobel attributed this to worries of potential reprisals against signatories who may work in sensitive fields. Knight noted that her primary goal for the letter is to demonstrate that Miller’s actions and beliefs are not representative of Duke alums as a whole. The letter notes that the Class of 2007— which is approaching its 10-year reunion— does not see “the values of intellectual honesty, tolerance, diversity and respect” that Duke promotes in Miller’s actions. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, said the University has no comment on the letter.

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‘YOU FORGET HOW LUCKY YOU ARE’ Coach K triumphant in return as Allen heats up late against Pittsburgh Mitchell Gladstone The Chronicle

After going through the usual postgame handshakes, the winningest coach in Division I men’s basketball history walked to center court. But instead of the Cameron Crazies saluting him, it was Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski who bowed down to the Duke students and the Cameron faithful, adding an extra fist pump before jogging to the locker room. Following a little more than four weeks away due to lower-back surgery, Krzyzewski returned to the Blue Devil sideline as his team used a strong second-half performance from Grayson Allen to hold off Pittsburgh 72-64 Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Allen scored 18 of his 21 points after halftime, knocking down four key 3-pointers to get the team’s offense in gear after it started the second half 4-of-13 from the field against the Panther zone. The win was Krzyzewski’s 500th at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “I’ve been blessed over the years to have passion, anger and adrenaline. All three of those things kick in and I’ll see how I handle it now afterwards,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m so proud of my team and the crowd. It’s so good to be back. I felt like crying when they were

Rachel Baber | The Chronicle Grayson Allen scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half, including four 3-pointers, to get the Blue Devil offense going.

doing the introductions because you forget how lucky you are until something is taken away from you and I’ve been so damn lucky.” Graduate student Amile Jefferson added 15 points and nine rebounds in his most complete performance since returning from a right-foot bone bruise Jan. 21. Freshman Jayson Tatum also carried the Duke offense before the team warmed up from long range, scoring the

first eight points of the second half and finishing the game with 12. “It was great for our team. They’re a really experienced and older team, and they’re really good no matter what their record is,” Jefferson said. “For our guys to weather the storm when they made their run and to be poised—Grayson hit big shots, huge shots for us, and Frank [Jackson] did an amazing job, Jayson in the second half was great. It was a game

where our guys got better, and we got better collectively.” It was not smooth sailing early on for the No. 21 Blue Devils (18-5, 6-4 in the ACC). A gritty Panther side— just five days after taking No. 12 North Carolina down to the wire in Chapel Hill—shortened the game, holding the hosts to just 3-of-13 shooting from beyond the arc in the first half to keep the contest tied at 28 apiece entering the break. Although the return of the 69-year old head coach ignited the building pregame with his entrance, Duke came out flat offensively. The Blue Devils shot just 41.4 percent from the field in the first half and failed to get in a rhythm after starting 4-of-7 with four assists in the first five minutes of the game. But seven straight second-half baskets got the Blue Devil offense rolling and finally brought Krzyzewski to his feet. “When we get on his bus and we play with that same energy that he brings, it’s unbelievable, so it was good to have him back. Even when he was getting on me, that was good,” Jefferson said. “Just to have his presence, and with him and [associate head coach Jeff] Capel, we have two head coaches, and they’re both amazing.” The top two scorers in the ACC, See M. BASKETBALL on Page 9

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Brown and Greenwell carry Duke to another rout Ben Leonard The Chronicle

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Lexie Brown and Rebecca Greenwell entered Sunday as the second-highest scoring tandem in the ACC, but their sharpshooting has rarely coincided this season. Greenwell shouldered the load as Brown struggled to start the season, and Brown held up when Greenwell was mired in a shooting slump DUKE 70 to start conference 51 play, shooting just UVA 33.3 percent from the field before an 8-of-13 outing against Clemson Thursday. But it all came together for the duo Sunday afternoon at Virginia, which ranked No. 8 in the nation in scoring defense entering the contest. Greenwell and Brown combined for 38 points on 14-of-21 shooting in a 70-51 rout at John Paul Jones Arena. “What I saw was great players and great play, very wise decisions. I saw great balance,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “Lexie was totally balanced. When she’s got that look in her eye, that sort of balance, you know it’s going to be an excellent shot. Becca was balanced — I didn’t think she was rushing. They let the game come to them. There wasn’t anything forced. They worked it, found each other inside out and that’s the way to play.”

In shooting 7-of-11 from beyond the arc, Brown and Greenwell combined for 21 points from beyond the arc for the second time in seven days, helping lead a 23-3 first quarter run that vaulted the No. 15 Blue Devils past the Cavaliers and gave Duke its 20th consecutive 20-win season. The Virginia defense, tops in the ACC in 3-point field goal defense entering Sunday, looked poised to lock down the Blue Devils’ outside shooting duo in the early going, taking an early 8-0 lead. Faced with the Cavaliers’ triangleand-two defense, designed to key on an opponent’s top two scorers, Duke’s offense was flat-footed and disjointed, turning the ball over once and missing its first four shots. But sophomore guard Kyra Lambert took advantage of Virginia’s extra attention on Greenwell and Brown, scoring seven consecutive points, including a deep 3-pointer and a transition layup to bring energy back to Duke’s offense. Lambert finished the day with nine points and five assists for Duke (20-4, 8-3 in the ACC), facilitating McCallie’s offense both beyond the arc and in the paint. Duke’s defense also settled down, working to cut off the passing angles that Virginia was able to exploit in the early going for wide-open perimeter shots. The Cavaliers scored more in the game’s first 2:41 than they did in the entire third quarter, when the Blue

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle Rebecca Greenwell had a strong offensive game for the second straight contest, going on a personal 8-0 run to start the third quarter and finishing with 21 points.

Devils held them to six total points and put the game away. “Basketball is a game of runs. Lately, teams would go on their runs and we wouldn’t respond. We were ready to punch back,” Brown said. “We really got on each other in the huddle and said, ‘We’re good, it’s going to be okay, it’s only eight points.’ We turned it around really fast.”

After the Blue Devils tied the game at 11 apiece, Brown and Greenwell got hot from long range, nailing four consecutive 3-pointers to put the Blue Devils firmly in control. Although the Cavaliers (15-8, 4-6) fought hard in the second quarter to stay within eight entering the second half, Greenwell See W. BASKETBALL on Page 12

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Duke finally nearing full strength after K’s return Ben Feder The Chronicle Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 500th career victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium was a bit different than all of the others. After missing seven games while recovering from lower-back surgery, Krzyzewski had to reacclimate to his usual position on the bench with the same players who had been battling without him for a month. One had to wonder whether the 69year old would be limited in any way as his team navigates the back half of its ACC schedule. But despite still wearing a back brace, Krzyzewski was fully active, jumping up off the bench and moving normally during the Blue Devils’ 72-64 victory Saturday afternoon against Pittsburgh. Sometimes he was cheering, other times he was prodding his embattled team as it struggled to pull away from a feisty Panther squad. And the emotional impact on his players mired in a sluggish performance was a reminder that Duke finally has its full complement of players and coaches healthy. “His energy, his fight—it was the best I’ve seen him in a while and it was big for us,” junior Grayson Allen said. “[Associate head coach Jeff] Capel and the staff did a great job. They made sure the program stayed up while Coach was gone, but having Coach back and having his face and energy

on the sideline was great.” In a season filled with adversity from day one—from Allen’s tripping suspension to six of the team’s current eight rotation players missing games due to injury— Krzyzewski’s return was a welcome sign for Duke. But the five-time national champion also managed to influence the team even when he was not available as much in person. In addition to watching practice and helping with game preparation, Krzyzewski made national headlines by banning the Blue Devils from the locker room and saying they could not wear program apparel following their ugly 84-82 home loss to N.C. State Jan. 23. Now with Duke on its first threegame ACC winning streak of the year, Krzyzewski further elaborated on the decision Saturday. “Before they ever went to Wake Forest [Jan. 28], they were back in the locker room, they had their uniforms,” Krzyzewski said. “It wasn’t about punishment. It was getting rid of bad habits.” Coming off the Blue Devils’ first two road wins of the year, Krzyzewski was back leading practice as usual leading up to Saturday’s contest. In what has been one of his toughest coaching jobs, Krzyzewski and his staff have tried to solve the team’s defensive inconsistencies that led to three losses in four games just a few weeks ago. “The two single biggest things to develop something good are preparation and continuity, and this group has been denied

Lily Coad | The Chronicle Graduate student Amile Jefferson scored in double figures for the first time since returning from a right-foot bone bruise Jan. 21.

a lot of preparation and continuity— bottom line,” Krzyzewski said. Duke’s defense has improved considerably since Krzyzewski’s reprimand, including Saturday, when the Blue Devils held the Panthers scoreless for at least five minutes in each half and forced 13 turnovers. Although Duke was still prone to some mental lapses and gave up 40 points in the paint—it has been among the nation’s worst in paint points surrendered per contest this year—it buckled down late in

the game once again. “He hadn’t been around in a while, so at first it was a little different hearing him cuss you out for the first time,” freshman Harry Giles said. “You could tell it was like a different energy. He always brings energy, but it was different because he was back. He was rejuvenated and just ready to go.” Many of Pittsburgh’s buckets inside came courtesy of the league’s top two scorers—Jamel Artis and Michael Young. See COACH K on Page 9

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Inexperience shows in season-opening loss to Air Force Sid Bhaskara The Chronicle

Against a tough opponent to start the season, a young team hit an early wall. No. 10 Duke fell to No. 17 Air Force Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium 11-10, with the Falcons overcoming an 8-6 third-period deficit thanks to five consecutive goals. Although the Blue Devils clawed back within 11 one with 7:06 left AF 10 thanks to a pair of DUKE Justin Guterding goals in a 41-second span, Duke’s lack of continuity in the offensive midfield showed late in the contest. Although the Blue Devils have Guterding at full strength—the junior notched a hat trick Sunday—they are breaking in a brand new offensive midfield, which led to several stalled possessions and seven scoreless minutes to end a deflating loss to Air Force for the second straight year. “Playing on February 5 is a blessing and a curse,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “The blessing is that the kids want to play and get out there, the curse is they may not quite be ready for some things.” After dueling to a 1-1 draw after one quarter thanks to extra-man goals from both teams, Duke (0-1) weathered a three-goal run by Air Force (1-0) and mounted a comeback before halftime with three straight goals from a trio that

Jack White | The Chronicle The Falcons ripped off five straight goals after falling behind 8-6 early in the third quarter to upset Duke for the second straight year.

had never worn a Blue Devils uniform prior to this season. Freshmen Kevin Quigley and Joey Manown—wearing All-American Jordan Wolf’s old number 31—and junior Villanova transfer Sean Cerrone hit fundamentally strong high-to-low shots to beat goalkeeper Paxton Boyer to tie the game at five late in the first half after falling behind 5-2. Quigley and Cerrone are replacing AllAmerican midfielders Myles Jones and Deemer Class and combined for two goals and an assist

on five combined shots Sunday. “There was some good things and some bad things,” Danowski said. “[Quigley] scored his first college goal and [Cerrone] his first Duke goal, but there were some really uneven spots and there is no senior or junior out there to show them the way and it’s going to make for an interesting year.” Although the Blue Devils took a onegoal lead into the locker room following a Jack Bruckner goal, the Falcons returned

the score quickly on an Andrew Tien goal that beat Duke goalkeeper Danny Fowler low. Fowler had a mixed performance to start his senior year, as he could only manage three saves in the second half as Air Force pulled away. A 16-of-21 performance from Kyle Rowe at the faceoff X was not enough as the Blue Devils’ possessions came up empty time and time again. After taking an 8-6 lead halfway through the third quarter on Bruckner’s second goal and Guterding’s first, the Falcons ripped off five straight scores through the end of the third quarter into the beginning of the fourth. Nick Hruby led the visitors with a gamehigh four goals, and as Fowler stumbled, Boyer rose up in his first career start with 14 saves. During the Air Force run, Duke could not score on extra-man opportunities and, by sheer bad luck, found its shots hitting the pipes around Boyer. The lone positive for the Blue Devils during that stretch was the reemergence of Guterding, one of Duke’s most productive offensive players in the last two years and a stabilizing force for the attack. Guterding’s late eruption energized the home crowd, and the preseason All-ACC pick had a left-handed turn-around shot ricochet off the bottom right corner pipe later in the contest. “[I] took a little bit to find my rhythm,” Guterding said. “I found it eventually but I See M. LACROSSE on Page 12

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Bre Bradham | The Chronicle The Blue Devils overcame a 6-3 deficit Sunday to notch a season-opening win but will look to operate more efficiently on offense with the new 90-second shot clock.

seemed to grab control of the season opener. Although the Blue Devils (1-0) appeared to be dominating possession, they were unable to distance themselves. Duke had five shots in the first 10 minutes but was able to convert just once in that span. But after the Dragons (0-1) buried three straight scores midway through the first half to open up a three-goal

advantage, the Blue Devils knew they needed to settle down. A pair of goals late in the first half from Harney and preseason All-ACC midfielder Maddie Crutchfield pulled the home team to within one at the break. Jenner then tied the contest just 21 seconds into the second half—her second tally of a strong outing for the Annapolis, Md., native.

Jenner posted the most dominant season in the faceoff circle in Duke history last year, winning 110 draw controls, and the 5-foot-10 attacker was right back at it in her 2017 debut. The Blue Devils collected 13 of 18 draw controls on the afternoon, with Jenner picking up five, which helped the home side set the tone in terms of possession. “We were trying to push tempo with the shot clock and not having a lot of success,” Kimel said. “You can’t let it rush you. You have to get yourself organized in your offense which is what we did a better job of in the second half and got some looks that we wanted.” Jamie Lockwood made the start for the Blue Devils in goal, replacing four-year starter Kelsey Duryea after the longtime goalie graduated in May. Lockwood, a sophomore, struggled to get her footing in the early going—she made just two appearances last season, playing 8:40 and surrendering three goals without registering a single save. Although Drexel exploited the inexperienced netminder during the first third of the contest, the Richmond, Va., native eventually found her way, finishing the game with seven saves on 19 Dragon shots. “Jamie will be the first person to tell you she gave up a couple of soft goals,” Kimel said. “When you have a new See W. LACROSSE on Page 12

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Virginia pulls away from Duke after intermission Winston Lindqwister The Chronicle

In a dual-meet season characterized by a roller coaster of close wins and lopsided defeats, the Blue Devils entered the final stretch of their regular season trying to find a spark before the upcoming ACC championship. Unfortunately for Duke, it did not find one against No. 24 Virginia Sunday afternoon. The Cavaliers overcame a 10-9 deficit heading into intermission by winning four of the last five bouts on their way to a decisive 23-14 win at Card Gym Sunday afternoon. Although the Blue Devils managed to capture four bouts, an early Cavalier pin and multiple deflating major decisions made sure Duke never threatened late in the matchup. Duke got major decision wins from star heavyweight Jacob Kasper and redshirt junior Jake Faust but was unable to string together enough positives to earn a win against a ranked team. “[Our] guys have to believe that they’re capable of winning,” Blue Devil head coach Glen Lanham said. “If we believe that, good things will happen. Right now our guys are questioning themselves and we have to get over that.” Duke (4-7, 0-3 in the ACC) got off to a slow start, with Virginia’s Ray Bethea pinning freshman Garrett Neff at 165 pounds. The Blue Devil rookie was trailing 7-1 in the last minute of the match, hoping to hold his position for a three-point loss, but Bethea overpowered him in the bout’s final moments to earn six points

for the Cavaliers (10-5, 2-2) with the fall. “We knew that was going to be a tight match,” Lanham said. “We knew we couldn’t give up majors because we were going to come into the better part of their lineup, and that proved to kill us right there, giving up that fall. With one minute left you’re almost at a regular decision, but when you add [three] more points to that it’s tough.” Like Neff, senior Connor Bass has struggled mightily at 174 pounds, but the nation’s 17th-ranked competitor in his weight class ended a five-bout losing streak against Garrett Peppelman to get Duke on the board. Bass overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third and final period with an escape and takedown to post a 4-3 decision and make the overall score 6-3. Alec Schenk then quickly brought the Blue Devils even with a 7-1 decision at 184 pounds, starting off strong with two early takedowns. After Virginia’s Chance McClure responded at 197 pounds with a decision of his own by a 3-1 ledger against Duke’s Luke Farinaro, the Blue Devils turned to their star to grab their first lead of the day. Kasper—the No. 4 heavyweight in the nation—extended his 19-match winning streak, dominating Tyler Lowe from the outset with a 13-3 major decision to make the overall score 10-9 in favor of the home team. Duke’s momentum ended quickly after intermission, though. Seventh-ranked Jack Mueller controlled the 125-pound bout from the outset against Blue Devil junior Thayer Atkins, holding Atkins without a point in a hard-fought bout to prevail with a 5-0 decision thanks to two takedowns

Sanjeev Dasgupta | Chronicle File Photo Jake Faust was one of two Blue Devils to post major decisions in a losing effort Sunday afternoon at Card Gym.

and an escape. Although redshirt junior Cole Baumgartner was in position to win at 133 pounds, tying Will Mason 7-7 in the final period, he fell in the bout’s waning seconds on a stalling point in heartbreaking fashion 8-7 as Virginia took a 1510 lead. Things then got ugly for the Blue Devils, as Virginia’s George DiCamillo posted a 16-5 major decision against redshirt sophomore Zach Finesilver at 141 pounds and Sam Krivus added more bonus points with a major decision of his own facing Duke’s Xaviel Ramos at 149 pounds. Krivus cruised to a 10-2 win, clinching the overall victory for the Cavaliers and putting them up 23-10. “Our team has some holes, so we’re not

good enough to make mistakes,” Lanham said. “Whoever gets a bonus point where they shouldn’t is going to win those duals, and that’s what I’m trying to tell our guys.” In the final match of the afternoon, the Blue Devils saved some face at 157 pounds thanks to an upset from redshirt junior Jake Faust against Virginia’s Chris Yankowich. Faust put in a total of eight takedowns as well as an additional point for riding time, notching his first ACC win with a commanding 17-7 major decision. Duke will wrap up the dual-meet season with a home tilt against North Carolina Wednesday then a road matchup against Pittsburgh Feb. 18.

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Duke finished with 19 assists on its 25 field goals. “I thought we did a better job attacking Pittsburgh’s Jamel Artis and Michael Young, their zone,” Allen said. “They’re a really combined for 41 points as the Panthers (12- long team and they can play that zone 11, 1-9) racked up 40 points in the paint to really well. We had to just keep attacking stay in the game and moving the ball until a quick 8-2 around and making felt like crying when they burst—including were doing the introductions sure that we’re one of Allen’s five making good passes total triples and because you forget how lucky you that they weren’t five points from are until something is taken away deflecting. I think Jackson—seemed from you. we got a little bit to tame the visitors adjusted to that in — Coach K the second half.” for good. Five straight points from Artis, The Blue Devils—now with their head however, cut the 60-51 deficit to three coach back in the fold and a three-game with 3:10 remaining before Allen, who winning streak in hand—will begin added six rebounds and six assists, preparing for the first of two Tobacco drained two more from downtown to Road rivalry matchups. Duke hosts the seal the win. Tar Heels at 8 p.m. Thursday.

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The Blue Devils host Tobacco Road rival North Carolina Thursday, and will see if their recent progress can stack up with the best rebounding team in the nation. The Tar Heels almost always play two traditional big men and gather more than 16 secondchance opportunities per game. Duke has likely not seen its last adversity of 2016-17—senior Matt Jones was a gametime decision Saturday after suffering an injury in practice earlier this week and was limited to one point in 14 minutes. But with their head coach back in full form, the Blue Devils somehow still have a chance to reach their preseason goals. “Whatever happened with my team [before the Wake Forest game] is the start of a process and it’s called team building,” Krzyzewski said. “We’re a good team. We want to become better.”

Young frequently took advantage of his quickness and size advantage when the Blue Devils switched, decimating the home team in the paint to keep the Panthers in the game. Duke’s frontcourt rotation also seems to still be a bit of a conundrum, to say the least. Jefferson was the only big man on the court for essentially the entire second half, as Giles and classmate Marques Bolden have seen their opportunities disappear recently. Despite scoring five quick points in seven minutes and showing improved explosiveness, Giles did not play after halftime. So although Krzyzewski is grateful to be back, his job won’t get any easier.

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ast Wednesday, a fiery pother erupted on the University of California, Berkeley’s campus in response to the planned appearance of the inflammatory conservative editor Milo Yiannopoulos. Angry that Yiannopoulos had been allowed on campus, masked agitators infiltrated a protest against his speech and turned it violent, throwing rocks at police and breaking windows in what was deemed by the Berkeley College Republicans—the group that invited Yiannopoulos—as the killing of free speech. The ordeal was shameful for all parties involved, but especially for liberals trying to regain respect after devastating electoral losses last November. Contrary to the expressed feelings of some, it is not a “crazy idea” that the Berkeley Republicans would have sought to bring Yiannopoulos to campus. Although he is widely viewed as a far-right bomb thrower, his movement—the so-called “alt-right”— has been legitimized as a force in politics through the rise of President Donald Trump. Representing the “alt-right” through speakers on campuses is, perhaps, an educational necessity. To be sure though, Yiannopoulos is a strange character to choose for a group looking to show off the positive sides of the alt-right movement. A blatant racist

and sexist, he has espoused views that are despicable to most college students. In his mind, the number of female STEM students ought to be capped, gay people ought to “get back in the closet” and Muslims ought to be banned from the west. And although all of that is hugely objectionable, it doesn’t justify banning him from campus. What does make Yiannopoulos worth banning (and the general test that those who utter hate speech should be held against) is that he has repeatedly instigated his cultish followers to target

Editorial people he does not agree with. Time after time, he’s shown that he is willing to single out individual victims to be the focus of his vitriol, knowing fully well that doing so could cause them serious harm. In December 2015, he persuaded his Twitter followers to harass actress Leslie Jones, ultimately leading to her deleting her account. A year later, he singled out a transgender student on the University of Wisconsin’s campus and urged a crowd to mock her appearance. Both instances cross the line of free speech and make it clear that Yiannopoulos is not simply a race-baiting

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provocateur, but is someone who purposefully harms others and thus is not worthy of the honor of speaking on a campus. If the Berkeley College Republicans truly wanted to bring in a speaker from the alt-right, they ought to have opted for a standard-bearer like Tomi Lahren or Stephen Miller—both equally “alt-righty,” but neither threatening to the safety of others. It would, of course, be ridiculous to blame Yiannopoulos and the Berkeley Republicans for the entire brouhaha. The reactions of agitated protesters cannot be condoned. Their decision to fight fire with fire only legitimized claims that the left is terrified of free speech and is hypocritical in its calls for rule of law in the country. This was a cut-and-dry case where violence was clearly not the answer, and by giving into their emotions and abusing them, protesters failed their cause. Although we strongly hold that Berkeley student protesters were just in the cause of their protest against vile racist and sexist beliefs, we equally strongly condemn the masked marauders who infiltrated their protest and turned it violent. Nothing is ever built on fire, whether the flames are of the burning, hateful rhetoric of Milo Yiannopoulos or the literal conflagrations set by protesters.

A Twitter presidency

icture this: a presidency without Twitter, without Facebook, without scandals. One without mudslinging into a candidate’s past to reveal something trivial or discussing their abilities in bed. Imagine that. Well, this was the presidency just 20 years ago. Today, everything has changed. We have emerged into the modern world, and so have our leaders. The Twitter-sphere, a lovely outlet for Chrissy Teigen to post selfies of her baby, for David Beckham to share his fabulous abs and for Kanye West to unleash his inner psycho-Jesus, is where our President complains and blabbers about his life and job. His tweets are crass. He specializes in bumpersticker politics that have no depth. He directs the nation’s frustrations toward trivial material—like controversial SNL skits and former models, tweeting in a way that is simply inappropriate for a person in his position. But that’s how he conducted and won his campaign. Were we really expecting that he would change after the success of his social media tirade delivered him to the Oval Office? “Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of

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so much hate for an affair. President Bill Clinton was impeached after the public became interested in his affair. The only reason why President John F. Kennedy was not impeached and in fact adored by the country was because his affairs were kept under-wraps. We have since transitioned from only four news stations and one newspaper per city to 24-hour news, blogs and feeds that crave and suck in so much information to dissipate across the country. We overeducate ourselves to the max to stimulate ourselves and quench our ever-increasing boredom. This change in scope has greatly affected what we find acceptable in a candidate. Trump proved that he could get elected regardless of scandal, boasting about “grabbing p***y” all the way to the electoral college. We know all about candidates’ affairs, all about their kids and prior jobs, about their sex life and the medications they pop in the privacy of their bathroom. Isn’t that what makes our country exciting, though?! It’s what draws in ratings, it’s what entertains the public, it’s what generates buzz. Candidates are regular celebrities, and we’ve elected one. It is, in large part, the fault of social media, and

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the highest—and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure, it’s not your fault.” Courtesy of the newest leader of the free world, Donald Trump. This flash of brilliance was composed from his personal Twitter account that has more than 23 million followers and provides Kardashian-esque entertainment for the world to consume, each and every day. In the entire campaign season, in every decision he makes in the White house and in every thought that passes through his mind, is his precious Twitter. Our political world didn’t start off this way. Thanks to lack of technology, our society never had to consider social-media megaphones while choosing our political leader. There was a time when candidates were judged solely on their ability to debate, their knowledge on policy and government, their prior experience and their hope and will for something better. Their personal lives remained private, their love lives stayed under the covers and their children were sheltered from scrutiny. Understandably, this made for much better and more popular presidencies, as well as less tumultuous relationships with the public. Only those scandals which threatened the effectiveness of the president found their way into homes of families, as not every story was newsworthy. Gary Hart, a candidate in the 1988 presidential election, had to drop out of the race because he received

the significance of it in our society. It normalizes the salacious details and scandals that once ended careers, allowing for a lude, crude billionaire-entertainer to bypass moral tests and rise to the top. The next four years will undoubtedly be the most followed presidential administration in history. In fact, a new Twitter account has emerged called “@ roguePOTUSSTAFF.” It is a group of people satirizing the White House’s updates from the new presidential administration. So the very social media which landed him the presidency has rewarded the public with a new outlet, one that piles further onto the un-funny output of Donald Trump. The Twitter account provides the Twittersphere with fake quotes, conversations and statements made by the administration to create comedic material at the president’s expense. Sadly, I love it. I love to point to something that calls out inconsistencies (be they made-up) within the terrifyingly elusive White House and what they reveal to the public. But that’s exactly what is so controversial about this new administration. However funny or absurd or serious or rational Trump can be, it is no short of a disaster that his Twitter has such an influence on his real decisions. A president that is not taken seriously is not a successful one; a president that doesn’t take himself seriously is a dangerous one. Lizi Byrnes-Mandelbaum is a Trinity sophomore. Her column, “dear dystopia” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Grayson Allen sorted into Empowering service Gryffindor, not Slytherin at Duke

ue to recent controversies and a bizarre media frenzy unlike any other,the Duke basketball program released the “exciting results” from an “extensive, unprecedented study” into the psychology of veteran guard Grayson Allen on Friday. According to the two female basketball players who sit caddy corner to Monday Monday in a challenging course entitled “Math is Everywhere,” the storied basketball program has been studying and analyzing Allen for more than six weeks. They were pleased to announce that after undergoing all of these tests, Grayson Allen had in fact been sorted into Gryffindor, not Slytherin. The nation is in shock. An anonymous sports psychologist for the basketball team reported that in the wake of the December tripping incident, Allen had taken part in a number of different personality tests to see what made

“The Grayson I know begins every day being thankful for God and checking DailyBibleVerse.com, even before he checks all the messages of girls who decided to slide into his DMs the night before,” said an anonymous member of his spring 2015 Statistics 101 lab group. “He’s deeply humble—only stares at himself in the mirror like a few times a day—and goes out of his way to be kind to the freshmen basketball managers who have to wipe his sock sweat off the locker-room floor.” The Duke community, which has stood by and defended Grayson over the past year despite those tripping incidences and some questionable instagram filter choices, expected nothing less from their beloved guard. The nation, however, is in shock. “I just—I can’t believe this,” said ESPN host, former Duke guard and resident hater Jay Williams. “If Grayson

classmate once remarked, “A Duke student is more likely to create a new organization called ‘Duke Against Food Insecurity’ than to create a campus chapter of the NC Food Bank. And if the organization already exists, they probably won’t ask.” Students, when you ask, articulate the importance of service beautifully—of grounding work in a community, developing relationships across differences of experience, leveraging skills for a greater good. And most students have been deeply involved in service—having founded a nonprofit, started a campus organization, volunteered or, either by choice or by accident, wound up in a service-learning course. There are more than 60 service organizations housed under the Duke Partnership for Service (dPS) alone, and almost certainly more operating outside of dPS or DukeGroups. dPS President Dayton

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him tick, but concerns arose over the reliability and accuracy of certain exams of this nature. “Everybody knows that the MeyersBriggs is more or less just a bunch of BS that we were duped into believing accurately described our personality by corporate America,” the psychologist, who asked to remain anonymous due to fear of the wrath of Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s dark sorcery, told Monday Monday. “Nowadays, the mostly widely accepted practice of aptly analyzing personalities is via the Buzzfeed ‘Which Hogwarts House Do You Belong In?’ quiz. It’s the only personality test endorsed by the Harvard School of Business and the American Medical Association. We had Grayson take it a couple of times, expecting that he would inevitably be in Slytherin, but, boy, were we wrong.” The veteran guard is reported to have taken the quiz “no less than 13 times” to ensure its accuracy. Each time he was placed into the House Gryffindor, whose members are known for their “daring, nerve and chivalry.” The widely-lauded house from J.K. Rowling’s seminal Harry Potter series is often thought of as the most desirable, mostly for its reputation of bravery and loyalty, despite a heinous color pairing of Virginia Tech-esque maroon and gold. “We’ve done this with a lot of major programs,” an anonymous NCAA official told Monday Monday in a phone interview. “We assumed Grayson would join the ranks of Nick Saban, Sidney Crosby and Tyler Hansbrough in Slytherin—Bill Belichick is reported to even speak parseltongue to his pet snake, Nagini—but lo and behold, I guess all that charity work wasn’t a waste after all.” According to sources close to Allen, the veteran guard is “incredibly excited” and “very thankful God gave him this opportunity.” Despite multiple instances of tripping opponents and getting caught up in kerfuffles on his way to the bench, Allen is reportedly a “stand-up guy.”

Allen is actually a good guy, what will I talk about on SportsCenter? Sports? Other teams? Who will want to watch that? My career is over.” Newsrooms across America are reportedly scrambling to get together new content and story ideas that actually analyze college basketball and have nothing to do with the Duke team or Allen himself. “If Grayson is actually a good guy and not the evil villain figure we’ve been cultivating for him since his freshman year, what are we going to write about?” said a prominent sports writer Monday Monday accidentally sweat blue paint on in the front row of a men’s basketball game. “Demonizing Grayson and this Duke squad is like taking candy from a baby—something we honestly assumed Grayson would do. It’s such lowhanging fruit but man does it get clicks. But if we can’t do that, I guess we’re going to have to start actually covering college basketball again.” The veteran reporter had begun Googling pictures of the Gonzaga basketball team, dreading the substantive piece his editor had just told him to write about their “super-charged athleticism.” ESPN is reported to have halted production on their impending “I Hate Christian Laettner II: I Hate Grayson Allen” documentary. A study conducted by Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling reports that Allen’s approval ratings have surged and been closing in on “near Michelle Obama-like levels” since the announcement that Allen had been placed into Gryffindor, and not Slytherin. The national polling center also reported that Senator Ted Cruz had received a marginal bump in popularity due to his likeness of Allen, despite the fact that he himself was actually the headmaster of Slytherin and was once described by his colleagues as “Lucifer-esque.” Monday Monday received House Slytherin via the Buzzfeed quiz on seven separate occasions as the reporter charmed this piece together.

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Grogan has a bird’s eye view of campus service culture. For him, the issue is clear. “When it comes to creating service organizations, Duke students tend to reinvent the wheel.” But why? Maybe we’re just entrepreneurial. Maybe starting an organization is a feel-good outlet for gaining quick leadership. Or maybe it’s about the accolades. But while the answer to this question might make for an interesting commentary on campus culture, it doesn’t move us toward actionable solutions. Service in the status quo, according to Grogan, “leaves plenty of room for improvement.” When we talk about improving service on campus, too often conversation devolves into unhelpful vagaries. We print manifestos about the imperative of communitygrounded work without the boring, inthe-weeds analysis of how we push Duke’s campus ethos toward an embrace of more meaningful engagement. So how can we nudge that student interested in hunger issues to start by asking more constructive questions: what already exists here? how can I maximize the time a group spends doing service work and minimize the time spent making flyers? how can I use my passion to build on the work of others? First, organizations like DSG and dPS must remedy the challenges posed by a highly decentralized service environment. By-and-large, service groups function as self-sufficient silos. Duke’s highly diffuse service culture poses three primary challenges for organizations. First, a lack of a robust central organization results in redundancies between groups serving virtually identical constituencies on and off campus. And even groups that operate in similar domains are unable to capture synergies that may exist between groups— synergies that could allow for larger-scale projects and longer-term relationships with community partners. In the status quo, not all service groups send representatives to the Duke Partnership for Service; the only universal point of contact

is funding and group approval through SOFC and LAUNCH—oversight bodies whose prerogative is largely to filter out inactive groups rather than apply a critical lens to the direction of undergraduate service. Second, the Duke Partnership for Service, LAUNCH and SOFC are structured to incentivize small-scale, independent service. It isn’t that groups don’t want to collaborate, or even that they can’t, but the default has largely become one of inter-group disconnection. Consequently, outreach remains untargeted and largescale involvement is diminished. Third, silos between groups make the common barriers to service work larger. Those institutional barriers—such as poor off-campus transportation, onerous requirements for funding requests, and the time and money spent advertising— discourage small-scale groups from impactful engagement.

As a result, service initiatives that pop up over the short term are less likely to remain mainstays of community involvement over the long term—long after the original group of students first brought forward the idea. The Duke Partnership for Service, to its credit, has worked diligently to create cohesion. However, a more intentional structure around undergraduate service akin to the Campus-Y at UNC could facilitate improvement—and over the short term, there are steps that can be taken. First, a more robust connection between dPS and Duke LAUNCH could reduce redundancy and facilitate cohesion. Second, if dPS required membership of a representative of every service group—even by meeting once per semester—meaningful mechanisms for collaboration between groups could be established. Moreover, collaboration could improve the collective action problem that prevents service groups from breaking down institutional barriers to service; for example, establishing an easilyaccessible transportation grant through dPS, rather than through SOFC, could make small-scale service less onerous. Finally, larger, more cohesive service could generate more sustainable community partnerships. At Carolina, members of the Campus-Y describe service culture as one in which groups “build on the shoulders of giants” rather than reinvent the wheel. Surely Duke could do the same. There is value in establishing something new to meet an urgent need, but the value of community engagement extends beyond the entrepreneurial. A systems-based approach to community service re-engagement can free us from the task of beginning something anew while empowering the type of engagement that connects communities, forges meaningful relationships and pushes us toward a more absolute embrace of knowledge in the service of our society. Tanner Lockhead is a Trinity senior. His column, “not straight talk” runs on alternate Mondays.

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W. BASKETBALL from page 6 started the second half on a personal 8-0 run as her team pulled away. Following a 21-point performance against Clemson Thursday, Sunday’s effort marked the first time this season that Greenwell has scored 20 points in consecutive games. “She plays both sides of the ball, certainly she can score. But off turnovers and the creation on defense is very important too,” McCallie said. “Our guards can do a lot of really neat things. I would not put any limits on them. They’re both a triple-double waiting to happen…. I’m not surprised, but very impressed with [Greenwell’s] overall game.” Duke outscored the home team 23-6 in the third period, sparked again by its active matchup zone defense that forced 17 turnovers and fueled a third Chris Teufel | The Chronicle straight Blue Devil rout. With its guards frequently Junior Lexie Brown knocked down three triples Sunday to deflecting passes and getting steals, Duke enjoyed 26 points off turnovers, including several in transition, open up plenty of room for her teammates in the paint.

and got its reserves plenty of minutes. The Blue Devils will look to extend their winning streak against No. 24 Syracuse at home Friday evening. Duke is currently tied with the Orange and two other teams with three losses in conference play, with the four teams jostling for the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds in the ACC tournament. Against Syracuse’s high-flying offense, ranked second in the ACC in scoring, Duke will look to preserve its unbeaten record at home and continue its recent dominance on defense. Four of the Blue Devils’ last five opponents have not even come close to sniffing the 60-point mark, even after Sunday’s slow start. “We’ve got some great leadership with Lexie and Becca,” McCallie said. “They weren’t concerned about that—they were concerned about themselves and making sure we were making better choices or better positioning on defense.”

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goalie, I think every game is going to be a learning experience and what our defense did a better job of in the second half was putting her in a position where she could make saves.” As Lockwood and the defense picked up intensity, Harney gave Duke the lead back at 7-6 with 24:40 left in the contest, then Majure extended the advantage a little more than 10 minutes later. After Maggie Stetson brought the visitors within one with more than 12 minutes remaining, Lockwood and company took advantage of rushed Dragon possessions late in its first game utilizing a 90-second shot clock and got an insurance goal from Jessie Ambrose to seal the victory. With Duke averaging 10.8 goals scored per game last season, including 46 in their first three contest, the Blue Devil offense will have work to do, especially with two games in less than 48 hours next weekend. Duke hosts Furman Friday afternoon before an early 11 a.m. start against Navy next Sunday. “We were able to beat them in transition, cause some turnovers in the ride [later in the game],” Kimel said. “That’s something that we’re capable of doing, and we did a better job with in the second half.”

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think it was a little too late. It’s me and [Bruckner] who are our returning guys and we know a lot of weight is on our shoulders and today was not good enough. We will talk and we have to get the young guys on board and it will come.” The Duke defense held the game within one for nearly the remainder of the contest, forcing Air Force into a late shot-clock violation. But in the Blue Devils’ last-ditch effort, an offsides call turned the ball back over to the Falcons, who proceeded to run out the clock. And after two straight first-round exits in the NCAA tournament, Duke fell victim to a number of uncharacteristic mistakes to start Danowski’s 11th year in Durham. The Blue Devils are back in action with home tilts Friday and Sunday against High Point and Cleveland State. “If [playing a ranked opponent to start the year] was something I had to do over again, I would not do it,” Danowski said. “Now, we need to practice more. We need more practice time. I don’t think I would open up as quickly but with that said, it’s a great barometer for us.”

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