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STORMING BACK

Duke erases 13-point second-half deficit with 18-0 run to top Hurricanes By Sameer Pandhare

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CORAL GABLES, Fla.—Facing an opponent that has traditionally given them trouble, the Blue Devils got a rude awakening when freshman phenom Marvin Bagley III briefly went back to the locker room with an apparent wrist injury less than a minute into the game. Although Duke’s star returned just minutes later and showed no lingering concerns the rest of the contest—the main focus was a different Blue Devil freshman Monday night. Guard Gary Trent Jr. caught fire late and sparked an 18-0 run to help No. 5 Duke overcome a 13-point second-half deficit in an 83-75 win against No. 25 Miami Monday night. Trent finished with a career-high 30 points on 9-of-14 shooting and hit six big 3-pointers as the Blue Devils avoided a third straight road loss to Miami at the Watsco Center. “They were playing harder than us. We had to pick it up and we did,” Trent said. “We got soft. We were playing like little kids. Like our coaches said, we have to play like grown men, so we played like grown men in the last 11 minutes.” After being held scoreless for a nearly eight-minute stretch out of halftime, the Blue Devils (16-2, 4-2 in the ACC) battled back by taking care of the basketball and raising their intensity a notch on the defensive end. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s switch to a zone defense during the game-changing run stifled a Hurricane offense that finished shooting only 37.2 percent from the floor. Trent started the rally with consecutive corner triples followed by an and-one for Bagley down low and a breakaway dunk for senior Grayson Allen. Freshman Trevon Duval then took the reins with five consecutive points of his own, as he drove to the hoop for a finger-roll and followed it up with a triple

from the top of key to stretch Duke’s lead to 71-66. After Miami (13-4, 2-3) battled back to narrow the margin, Wendell Carter Jr. stepped up with a clutch lay-in, followed by a big defensive stand for the Blue Devils to keep Duke’s lead at 73-70. Trent then nailed a dagger triple from the top of the key with just 72 seconds remaining to give the Blue Devils an insurmountable 76-70 advantage.

“The main thing was the running of the zone better, and really it was more—I don’t want to say attitude because it sounds like a kid has a bad attitude—but an atmosphere adjustment,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We’d been playing so tight, and you can say all those things, but it doesn’t mean the kid is going to do it or the team is going to do it.” Duke’s inexperience was on display coming out of halftime as the Hurricanes’ length and

aggression on the perimeter forced the Blue Devils into a number of careless turnovers. Although Miami continued to struggle with its own offense, Duke gifted its opponent points with sloppy plays that led to breakaway dunks and easy transition opportunities. For the game, Miami finished with a 31-6 advantage in fast-break points. See M. BASKETBALL on Page 8

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The severe weather and emergency conditions policy for Duke and the hospital system will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to a DukeAlert. The alert noted that the policy was enacted due to a forecast of approximately four inches of snow. It said that classes before noon will be canceled and a decision about afternoon classes will be made Wednesday morning. “Duke community members are encouraged to stay informed by checking the DukeALERT website, as well as the Campus Service Updates web page for additional updates on parking lots, busing routes, dining facilities and stores,” it stated. In an email to students, Larry Moneta, vice president of student affairs, wrote that the weather forecast currently calls

for three or four inches, but could change. “The last ‘dusting’ we expected turned into a bit more than an inch of snow, so we could get very little snow or as much as 5 inches,” Moneta wrote. Snowfall is expected to begin around 4 a.m. tomorrow morning and continue until 6 p.m., according to The Weather Channel. Although severe weather did limit Duke operations in Jan. last year, classes have not been disrupted on campus due to snow since Feb. of 2016. “Those of you from northern climates, please stop snickering,” Moneta wrote. Moneta’s email also included a list of best Netflix movies to watch with the morning off. Check back for updates on this developing story.

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Caballero will be first Latina to serve on Durham City Council By Sarah Kerman Senior News Reporter

making it the largest dorm on East Campus. Student reactions to this new dorm, so far, have been diverse. Junior Aleah Peffer lives there right now, and though she is very impressed by the facilities, she does have some minor complaints. “It’s a beautiful dorm,” she said, “But I don’t like the fact that I am far away from food and far away from my friends.” Peffer noted that residents at Trinity House were still limited to choosing an upperclassmen meal plan, so they cannot swipe into Marketplace during breakfast, brunch

Javiera Caballero will fill the vacant at-large Durham City Council seat, the council decided at a work session Tuesday evening. A program coordinator at Alma Advisory Group and PTA president at Club Blvd. Elementary School, Caballero moved to the city in 2010. She currently serves on the Durham Open Space and Trails Commission, and stressed the importance of having “culturally sensitive, bilingual leaders” in her application for the position. Caballero will replace Steve Schewel, who left the council when he was sworn in in December as the city’s first new mayor in sixteen years. We had great candidates— we had a very difficult time as a council deciding upon a smaller list of candidates,” he said. Caballero will replace Schewel, who left the council when he was sworn in in December as the city’s first new mayor in sixteen years. Caballero was chosen from among seven finalists, in a pool that was narrowed to five after Carl Rist and Shelia Ann Huggins dropped out Wednesday night. In the first round of voting, there was a tie with Caballero and Pilar Rocha-Goldberg each receiving three votes.

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“Extra.” “Beautiful.” “Bougie.” “Insanely nice.” All of these words have been used to describe the new residence hall on East Campus—affectionately known as the megadorm— which has been as polarizing as it is fancy. Trinity House, a $25 million project, opened its doors this month to students who studied abroad last semester, but will transition to housing first-years in the future. Located between Bell Tower Residence Hall and Broad Street, it is stocked with an arcade, theater, full-sized beds and can hold 250 students—

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Duke acquires Northgate Mall spot from Macy’s By Shannon Fang Staff Reporter

Duke recently purchased a 183,840 square-foot building in Northgate Mall that will become the largest Duke Health clinic off the main hospital campus. The two-story building—previously a Macy’s department store that closed in early 2017—will house administrative offices and patient clinics for Duke Health. The project is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2020. “We needed some additional medical space, and we had the opportunity to buy the building at a good price. It has good parking, excellent access and is exactly in between the two hospitals that we service,” said Scott Selig, associate vice president for capital assets and real estate for the University. Selig said he believes Duke’s presence in Northgate will be positive because it could spur economic growth. Malls around the United States have been losing business due to the rise of online shopping, and See NORTHGATE on Page 6

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German ambassador discusses country’s globalization strategy, growth of populism By Xinchen Li Staff Reporter

Despite recent shifts in both international affairs and its own domestic politics, Germany has never relented its pursuit of stability and unity on both a regional and global scale, the German Ambassador to the United States said at an event Tuesday. “The biggest challenge in [German] Chancellor [Angela] Merkel’s next term is not a German one, but an European one,” Ambassador Peter Wittig said. “It’s Germany’s responsibility to help maintain stability and prosperity of the European Union and bring new life into the European situations.” Although Chancellor Merkel recently failed to form a coalition government, Wittig noted that he is confident a grand coalition of the right and left wings will take place shortly. “Chancellor Merkel has always been underestimated,” he said. “It may take time before she establishes a coalition government, but it is highly unlikely for a re-election to happen.” Populist sentiment has surged in Germany, like in many other Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, Wittig said. Alternative for Germany, a rightwing anti-immigration party, has won over 12 percent of the vote in the December election and entered the German Parliament for the first time. “I would not call this rise of populism a crisis, but it is certainly a challenge for Western democracies,” Wittig said. “And it would take us some time before we win back

Neal Vaidya | Staff Photographer Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the United States, said that rise of populism is a challenge for Western democracies.

the people who are frustrated.” Wittig added that Germany has taken measures to mitigate workers’ concerns of becoming the losers of globalization. For example, the Parliament has managed to establish political discourse to address the appeals from the Social Democratic Party, which is comprised mostly of traditional German workers. It has also launched retraining and re-education programs to equip workers with practical skills in line with technological advancement. Germany’s measures to cope with

challenges caused by globalization would be applicable on the global scale too, Wittig noted. He added that he believes the key is to enable workers to be more flexible and resilient, while maintaining the order of the free market. These challenges from globalization manifest in the transatlantic relationship with the United States. Germany feels insecure about the message President Trump sends since he came into office, especially his See AMBASSADOR on Page 12

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Northgate has not been immune to that trend, Selig said. He noted that more foot traffic in the area would provide stores the opportunity to gain more customers. Selig compared Northgate to the American Tobacco District near downtown, which was once completely empty. However, business increased after Duke bought offices at the American Tobacco Campus, which now houses over 2,500 Duke employees. “That activity has spurred businesses around American Tobacco and throughout downtown simply because [the employees] have a disposable income and time to eat lunch, go shopping and enjoy entertainment,” Selig said. “Hopefully, Northgate will enjoy the same benefits.” He explained that downtown has gone from the highest vacancy rate and lowest rental rates in the region to the lowest vacancy rate and highest rental rates in the region. The idea for the Northgate location took root when Ginny Bowman, managing general partner of Northgate Associates, visited One Hundred Oaks Mall in Nashville, where Vanderbilt Medical Center has added clinics and office space. She remembered that Duke wanted to relocate medical offices in northern Durham, so Northgate reached out to the University.

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Switch to zone, improved intensity help Blue Devils tighten up on defense By Sameer Pandhare Staff Reporter

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Trevon Duval scored the last five points of Duke’s 18-0 run to give the Blue Devils the lead and was effective at the top of their zone to stifle Miami’s halfcourt offense.

CORAL GABLES, Fla.—With the Blue Devils mounting a late comeback and momentum on their side, senior Grayson Allen jumped into a passing lane and stole a Bruce Brown Jr. pass for a breakaway slam on the other end. Just minutes later, freshman Wendell Carter Jr. mastered the art of verticality, going straight up for a block on 6-foot-11 Dewan Huell that turned into more Blue Devil points. For a team that has relied on one of the most explosive offenses in the nation for wins this season, Duke had to step out of its comfort zone Monday night against a scrappy Miami team that allows the second-fewest points per game in the ACC. And the Blue Devils proved up to the test, with timely defensive plays stoking the fire of a game-ending 30-9 run in the final eight minutes that helped Duke rally for an 83-75 road win against the 25th-ranked Hurricanes. “As much as shots, those are plays that won’t be on SportsCenter, but that’s how you win ballgames, the dirty-work plays,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. The Blue Devils found the catalyst they needed to become a defensive-minded team for at least one night with a late switch to a zone defense. The Hurricanes’ shooting struggles in the first half were masked by Duke’s turnovers, which led to an onslaught of transition points for Miami. But as the Blue Devils adjusted to Miami’s defensive pressure—committing zero turnovers in the final 11 minutes of the game—and began to generate better looks on offense, Duke applied the clamps and held the home team to just 32.5 percent shooting from the floor in the second half. “That was a big switch for us,” freshman Marvin Bagley III said. See DEFENSE on Page 9

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Head coach Marissa Young talks progress, process By Mitchell Gladstone Sports Managing Editor

A little less than a decade ago, Duke Athletics released its latest strategic plan entitled “Unrivaled Ambition.” Within the 39-page document, there was never a mention of softball, let alone any new sports, but it was clear that the University had a mission to continue its development as a force in the ACC. Fast forward 10 years, and if there is any coach in Durham who fits such a title, it is Marissa Young. After eight seasons coaching at three different schools—most recently as an assistant just down Tobacco Road at North Carolina— Young’s ambition in putting together a brandnew program in less than two years is only 22 days from coming to fruition. With all of the players finally on campus, practicing and growing together, the reality of a 27th varsity team at Duke has nearly arrived. “Every season has brought different things— hiring a staff, getting the facility done and now the team is on campus,” Young said. “We’re preparing for the season to come, and what I

think has been really exciting is every part of this journey has been a new challenge. I think every day has been a new day here, and that’s really exciting—seeing the growth has been really exciting and just getting this group to jell as a unit, because there are no parts that have been here. Everything is brand new.” In the fall, the Blue Devils played several scrimmages at their new stadium on East Campus, and since its completion, the team has taken advantage of its digs. Within the complex is a team room, coaches’ offices, a players’ lounge and an indoor batting cage and practice facility, all underneath the stands of a stadium that can seat up to 500 fans. “It’s been a huge transformation,” Young said. “Just to have the ability for the girls to come in here and practice at their leisure is very important. For them to be able to just get together and talk and study and lounge together in the players’ lounge is really key—they have a place to call home. “It’s really brought together the cohesiveness and the relationship-building. For us as coaches, we’re in here and they’re popping through, conversations can be had, so this stadium having

everything we need in one space has been a real key piece of our success.” Young’s roster-building has been a process spanning multiple years and recruiting classes in addition to several transfers. Duke’s current crop of 17 players ranges from a dozen in their first year of athletic eligibility to a graduate transfer who played for the Tar Heels last season. But it wasn’t until fall that the Blue Devils had their own space to develop a program. And the team will not likely be at full strength for a couple more seasons—Duke’s 2018 recruiting class will add seven players to the team at the start of the next academic year in August, including three ranked among the FloSoftball Top 100. After working for a handful of established

programs, building this group of Blue Devils from the ground up has been a unique task for the former Big Ten Player of the Year at Michigan. “[The biggest challenge was] having to recruit so many in such a short period of time at a university where academics are so tough,” Young said. “Usually as a coach, you’re looking to replace kids who are graduating and your team has already established its identity and what its strengths and weaknesses are, and you’re filling holes. To have to create from day one what your team identity is going to be and to have to pull that all together overnight, it was a challenge.” Still, wins are not going to be easy to come by See PROGRESS on Page 8

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PROGRESS FROM PAGE 7 in Duke’s first season. The Blue Devils open the year with five of their first nine games against teams from the Big Ten, a league that sent five sides to last year’s NCAA tournament, including Ohio State, which Duke will play Feb. 9. And ACC foe Florida State ended last year as the nation’s fourth-ranked team and came up just a win short of making it to Oklahoma City for the 2017 Women’s College World Series. Regardless, the expectations for this team aren’t ones of wins and losses. As Young explains, it’s a matter of laying the groundwork for the next few seasons and putting together the pieces that will allow the Blue Devils to eventually become competitive both in the ACC and on the national stage. “We’re trying to build a great foundation here, and we’re really focused on the process,” she explained. “We’re going to celebrate the little things we do well and not be totally focused on the outcome. But I’m confident with this group and the work they’ve put in and what they’re capable of. If they stick to the process and do what they’re capable of, we’re going to win some games.” Not since 1999 has there been a new varsity team in Durham, when rowing began. Three years earlier, Kerstin Kimel launched the Duke women’s lacrosse team, which won just three times in 15 games during its first season. It was not until two years later that those Blue Devils played their first postseason game. It is likely to be a similar story for Duke softball as it looks to get off the ground, but with an experienced hand at the helm, the Blue Devils appear poised to quickly find their footing.

“I’m really proud of the courage that it took for every single one of the members to come here and be a part of something new and to start it, because it’s not easy,” Young said. “I really want to see the work that these kids have put in pay off for them and them to enjoy the experience and know that it’s not about being perfect and winning games. I want to see them grow.”

M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1 “Coach was just telling us to calm down,” Bagley said. “We’ve been in that position before where we’re down and trying to fight back into the game, so we know how it is. During that run, we started slowing down and we had turnovers and everybody was everywhere.” Even in the opening 20 minutes, Duke’s ability to score against the second-stingiest defense in the conference was mitigated by a back-breaking 12 turnovers, but the Blue Devils avoided an early hole with contributions from their freshmen. Carter anchored the Blue Devils down low and recorded a double-double by halftime en route to 15 points and 14 rebounds. The big man battled 6-foot-11 Dewan Huell in the paint and did a much better job contesting without fouling against Miami’s aggressive guards. Huell’s presence affected a number of shots at the rim, and the sophomore proved to be a tough cover with 18 points and 13 rebounds himself. Bagley also posted his 15th double-double of the season to set the Duke freshman record, passing Gene Banks and Jabari Parker with nearly half the season still to play. Meanwhile, Duval and Trent led Duke in the backcourt, and both connected on open looks

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Wendell Carter Jr. had a double-double by halftime and finished with 15 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks to hold his own against Dewan Huell in the post. along the perimeter to help the Blue Devils space the floor. In a back-and-forth first-half, the duo kept Duke afloat as Hurricane freshman Lonnie Walker IV started hot from the field and Miami pushed the pace. With just four seconds remaining before halftime, senior Grayson Allen hit the ground for a loose ball. The captain gathered and quickly found Trent darting to the 3-point line for a look as the buzzer sounded. Trent nailed the off-balance jumper, giving the Blue Devils a 42-40 lead after the first 20 minutes of play. But the Hurricanes wiped out the momentum from Trent’s jumper almost immediately and pulled away with a 19-2 run. The length and aggression of the Hurricanes’ perimeter defenders bothered the Blue Devils once again, as Duke struggled to get the ball into the post and settled

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for rushed jumpers. Duke responded with a late-game stretch that evoked memories of its early-season comebacks against Texas and Florida in the PK80 Invitational. After pushing through the ups and downs of ACC play, the Blue Devils appeared to finally hit the gear that the team teased in its nonconference schedule. “We’re not where we want to be. That’s the moral of the story,” Trent said. “We have to continue to go hard because we’re not number one in the ACC. We gave up some games in the ACC and we just want to be successful.” Duke will hope to continue its climb up the conference standings and notch its fourth consecutive victory when it takes on Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon back in Durham at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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season wins against Texas and Florida showcased the kind of stretches the Blue FROM PAGE 7 Devils can put together when they are locked in, and Monday appeared to be the “We just went with what was working and we just first glimmer of that top gear in conference went zone and they couldn’t score on us. We got play aside from a brief stretch at the end of stops and got out, and that opened up stuff on the their meeting with Florida State. offensive end.” After abandoning the defensive end of the Although Allen has struggled with his shot floor entirely in an embarrassing loss to N.C. for much of the season, the guard has shown State, Duke appears to be trending in the a willingness to take tough assignments on right direction, with its players owning up defense. The senior racked up five steals to their responsibility to play tougher during Monday night and combined with freshmen this three-game win streak. In fact, the Blue Gary Trent Jr. and Trevon Duval to hold Brown Devils’ struggles against the physicality and to just seven points after he torched the Blue hyper-aggressiveness of the Hurricanes Devils for 25 points a year ago. is what has accounted for much of their Duval and Trent—who showcased his struggles against the program—they had lost ability to get hot in a hurry with a career- five of their last eight games against Miami high 30 points—have both gone through entering Monday night. lulls on the defensive end, but have the “So much of what a human being does physical attributes to be very good defenders is about his or her attitude and how they when fully engaged. Duval’s struggles with feel about something at a certain time,” giveaways against a physical Hurricane Krzyzewski said. “I thought we were tight, defense partially disappeared late in the and once we started playing together, which contest because Duke’s stops prevented we have been, that’s what happens. It’s not Miami from setting up their halfcourt just a young team. That’s what happens with defensive scheme. human beings.” “Defense was big in that game. It led us to The next thing that would happen for get open runs and open shots,” Duval said. a human being after a hard-fought road “Once we started to lock down on defense, victory against a ranked opponent might we started to get going on offense.” naturally be a letdown game. Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils have But the Duke finds itself in a stretch of switched to the zone multiple times this its schedule where it can build on the strides season with mixed results. Although Duke it has made. The Blue Devils’ next two has hit speed bumps with communicating opponents—Pittsburgh and Wake Forest— together and rotating out of the zone, the are at the bottom of the ACC totem pole, and Blue Devils’ man-to-man look has not Duke has already beaten both this season by been much better, with opposing guards a combined 53 points. routinely blowing by the first line of defense And with much of ACC play still ahead of for easy layups. them, Monday’s victory against a team that The The New York York Times Times Syndication Sales Corporation Instead, theNew more telling signSyndication for Duke’sSales hasCorporation plagued Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils 620 620 Eighth Eighth Avenue, Avenue, New New York, York, N.Y. N.Y. 10018 10018 success has been the intensity and vigor in the past could be just what is needed to For For Information Information Call: Call: 1-800-972-3550 1-800-972-3550 it brings on both sides of Wednesday, the floor. Earlypush them For ForRelease Release Saturday, January January 13, 17,2018 2018 in the right direction.

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The Achilles Heel of perfection

his week, Governor of Missouri Eric Greitens has made headlines after admitting to an extramarital affair and being accused of blackmailing a woman with compromising photographs. A Duke alum and former Angier B. Duke scholar, Greitens received the Truman and Rhodes scholarships. He served our country as a Navy SEAL; for his service, he received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He donated his combat pay to the nonprofit The Mission Continues, was named a top social entrepreneur by the Manhattan Institute, and in 2005, was appointed a White House Fellow by President George W. Bush. Before Greitens won the Missouri gubernatorial election in 2016, St. Louis Magazine profiled him: “If the man has an Achilles’ heel, it’s perfection.” With only a glimpse at his resume, even the magazine’s hyperbole appears reasonable. However, in light of recent news, the comparison of Greitens to Achilles seems false. Achilles did not choose his weakness, but Greitens surely made his choice carefully. To echo the words of prominent Missouri Republican, Paul DeGregorio, Greitens’s life “[is] all about his ego and his ambition.” Although accusations of Greiten tying a woman to a bedpost and taking blackmail photographs

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are appalling, Greitens’s level of ambition is not unfamiliar to many of us. Some among us are quick to dismiss these recent headlines as a momentary lapse in judgement during a lifetime of excellence. Greitens’ fall from grace illuminates our perceptions of power and the reckless decisions we tacitly accept as means to an end. Given Greitens is the latest on a list of Duke affiliates to make national headlines for alleged or proven improprieties, we attempt to understand what leads some among us

Editorial Board to embark on the wrong path to success. Duke’s mission statement emphasizes a commitment to “[students’] development as adults committed to high ethical standards,” yet we find ourselves wondering if this is necessarily true. Our social culture largely operates on autopilot. From sexual assault to incidents of hate and bias, the reality is not that students do not see issues on campus—it is that they just do not think critically about these issues and how certain institutions perpetuate them. Perhaps we exercise this complacency while pursuing power. We fail to see

fundamental issues in our tunnel vision toward a goal. We start to actively value success above all—a figurative replacement of the Women’s Center with the Center for Leadership and Development. We look the other way. We justify any means. Striving for power is not inherently a folly. Given the hundreds of organizations on campus, many of us are leaders; some of us are using our power to shape our university positively. While attaining power, however, we should think more critically about the steps we take. Maybe today, we still feel sympathy for the scores of men finally questioned by the “Me Too” movement. In the future, we should be pushing toward a world that values success without intentional misconduct, not in spite of it. If we do not think critically today, before we embark on our journeys outside the walls of this campus, we risk losing sight of character, empathy and morality later in our lives. This is not to blame Duke or paint all students with a broad brush. We are simply reflecting on how even our role models turn into monsters. Eric Greitens’s story worries us because we lose ourselves in his credentials and find ourselves justifying clear wrongs he committed. The question is whether we are doing the same for ourselves.

Juniors coming back from abroad “definitely missed” Duke

n recent days, it seems that Duke’s student body has grown as so many juniors return from their semesters abroad. Duke sponsors 50 study abroad programs in six different continents, although many students can also find programs belonging to other universities if they desire another location. Although the option

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to study abroad is open for any student, at Duke it’s typical to take first semester junior year as the time to study abroad, meaning that a large portion of my class was not on campus this last fall. For someone like me who stayed on campus, it’s definitely exciting to see the quad light up again with so many students, as well as see many of my friends again. It seems that, although many of them had paradise-like vacations abroad, they are unmistakably happy to be in Durham once again. Trinity junior Tyler Goldberger, who spent his semester perfecting his accent in Madrid, spoke to me at length about the travel habits he picked up. “I could get on a bus and end up in Germany or Italy within a few hours, so I spent many weekends traveling to other countries all over Europe.” Carolina Isaza, a Trinity junior who was abroad in London, said that she spent almost every week travelling from Wednesday to Sunday, since she only had class on Mondays and Tuesdays. She explained that “In the British grading system, 42 percent is a C, so school wasn’t exactly a major stressor. I was barely home.” Carolina also pointed out that travel costs were unbelievably convenient. “Tickets from London to Madrid cost me $26. You can’t even Uber from Durham to Raleigh for that little money. But, no, I mean, it’s so great… to be back...” she said, looking longingly in the distance. “Whenever we were craving French or Italian food, we’d just go to Paris or Rome. But now I get to pick between the different stations at West Union, so that’s cool,” she whimpered. Junior Hayes McMannemin, who was abroad in Tel Aviv, Israel, said she “laughed out loud” when considering whether to order the falafel pita at Pitchforks. “I know that things like pita and falafel

and shawarma are things I’ve permanently had to give up here.” According to most, even the simple things were easier abroad. Carolina, who now has to park her car in Smith Warehouse, said, “In London I lived five minutes away from a huge shopping area that had every store imaginable, so whenever I needed something I could get it quickly.” “And now I can’t even park anywhere I want in the Blue Zone, how did that news not reach Europe?” she grumbled. In Tel Aviv, Hayes said she had the shuk, or market, for snacks and food. “I mean I guess Whole Foods is around the corner. So I can still get snacks, just for three times the price.” Since Tyler and Carolina have been back, they’ve both had to adapt to new types of travel habits, as they live in the new Mega Dorm on East Campus with the freshmen and must commute to West regularly for class. “Yeah, in Spain getting on a bus meant I was about to go see a new country. But getting from East Campus to West is really exciting too,” Tyler explained. “I can disconnect and just think about how I’m not about to go do something fun or adventurous. Maybe take a picture of the chapel, I don’t know.” Duke’s somewhat limiting social scene has been among the hardest of adjustments to make for these displaced students. “Clubs in London always had musical guests, and they wouldn’t make people pay for tickets, so the cover charge would stay the same even when we went to go see Diplo, Travis Scott, Akon or Jason Derulo,” Carolina said. “Maybe they cleaned the saddle on the Shooters bull since we’ve been gone?” Personally though, it’s been nice to have this campus filled out by people like Tyler, Carolina and Hayes, reassuring me that they’re still extremely happy to be back at Duke with semi-strained smiles. And whether they’re desperate to be back in paradise isn’t my concern. We’re all back in it together, and they can dream of being back abroad as they blink in between their empty stares into nothingness during the third round of rush. Daniela Flamini is a Trinity junior. Her column usually runs on alternate Mondays.

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The future of Duke housing

ith Duke’s announcement that Central Campus will be no more come Summer 2019, students and administrators alike have begun considering how to reform the housing paradigm to best accommodate a Duke where upperclassmen live exclusively on West Campus. Monday night, students participated in a panel on “The Future of Duke Housing.” The debate largely centered around selective living group (SLG) housing policy since the soon-to-be-eradicated Central Campus is home to the overwhelming majority of selective living group sections at Duke. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day—the one designated “off” day for SLG rush—panelists from fraternities, sororities, co-ed SLGs and the independent community gathered to discuss community building and inclusion on West Campus. Prospective solutions such as a transition toward a residential college system as well as “linking,” which would allow students in first-year residence halls to live together on West Campus,were discussed. The panel began with discussion of the rush statistics from the co-ed SLG, Brownstone. According to the moderator, 192 students registered for recruitment with Brownstone in 2016 and only 27 were selected, yielding an acceptance rate of roughly 14 percent. In 2017, 237 students registered while only 22 were selected, yielding an acceptance rate of roughly 9 percent. This year, 250 students registered for Brownstone rush. The presented statistics made it seem as though the SLG rush process is incredibly competitive and many students who wish to have an SLG experience are denied said experience due to that competitive nature. SLG rush is competitive, but it is false that many students who wish to have an SLG experience are denied based on low acceptance rates. Although some SLGs—fraternities, sororities and co-ed SLGs—are very competitive, many are eager to accept new members, and still provide the same fulfilling experience. Yes, the reason why so many individuals exit rush dissatisfied is due to selectivity; however, selective living groups are not to fault, but rather self-selection. Duke groups like Brownstone, Cooper, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Sigma Phi may boast slim acceptance rates that rival those of the United States’ elite academic institutions, as one panelist noted. However, other fraternities, sororities and co-ed SLGs might accept more members if they could do so. A multitude of SLGs struggle to fill their sections’ housing, and some organizations have recently folded due to insignificant membership. From my experience as someone who has been closely involved with interfraternity council

(IFC) rush in his time at Duke, I have noticed that a combination of external and internal forces, which include stigma and pride, prevent one from joining such organizations on campus. Continuing with the analogy posited by the panelist who compared the SLG recruitment process to the college application process, one can see where this parallel breaks down Could you imagine denying yourself the college experience because you did not get into a sufficiently prestigious institution? Furthermore, if fewer people were to self-select out of SLG life, the quality of those organizations would be improved by retaining larger classes, which ultimately provide greater opportunity for friendships and connections. The SLG experience at Duke could be improved if more people sought it out and if students could create new groups. At their heart,

Jacob Weiss NOT JUMPING TO ANY CONCLUSIONS SLGs are social organizations and would benefit from adding socially inclined members. One must look no further than the ladies of Gamma Phi Beta and Illyria—both of which were created during my tenure at Duke—to see how SLGs with unique cultures can be formed to satisfy an increased demand. On a similar note, Living/ Learning communities (LLCs) are an invention of those seeking an alternative to the current SLGs on campus. Though their members like to restrain from referring to their LLCs as SLGs—hence the newly minted three-letter acronym—the LLCs serve the same purpose of providing a meaningful community in which to cultivate relationships and meet new people. Some express concern that living in SLGs exacerbates socioeconomic differences, which serve to reinforce racial divisions. IFC President senior James Bradford, who was present on the panel, acknowledged the difficulty of engaging with diverse viewpoints when “you are living on a hall with 30 white males.” However, SLGs are not the cause of the problem, nor should their members be criticized for contributing to these “unfortunate divisions.” Clearly, these “unfortunate divisions” are rooted in larger societal issues, of which SLG life at Duke is merely reflective. The Editorial Board rightly asserts that membership fees—or

“dues”—serve as a barrier to entry for students wishing to join a fraternity, sorority or co-ed SLG. I will further substantiate their claim by mentioning that many fraternities charge prospective new members to attend rush events, but doing away with SLG life will not rid society of inequities. Individuals maintain the right to seek out the college experience which is best for them—whether that experience entails debating politics and culture with individuals from different backgrounds and tax brackets, or embarking on a “spring break” trip to Mexico. The Editorial Board also neglects to mention that many SLGs have scholarship programs for their less well-off members. There are still several fraternities, sororities and SLGs on campus with diverse membership and there could be more if more people rushed or considered creating new organizations. Undeniably, the existence of groups like SLGs make it easier for students to engage in fun activities in an organized manner— whether that entails organizing substantial endeavors like the yearend “beach week” excursion in which most Duke students partake, or less substantial endeavors like simply finding a new group of people to have lunch with. The community-fostering role that these groups fill should not be undermined. SLGs represent an important part of the college experience and the transition toward a residential college system would lead to less fulfilling college experiences for those in SLG life. It would not necessitate more fulfilling college experiences for independents. Among the panel, there was a consensus: every Duke student, regardless of affiliation or lack thereof, wants to find a sense of community. The Chronicle’s coverage of the panel began with a quote by senior Joel Kelly: “People who are not affiliated would feel that January is a very lonely time…the entire month seems to be focused on rush.” So why not encourage more people to participate in rush? Recruitment is really, really fun—a truth which even independents acknowledge as evidenced by the panel moderator junior Sabriyya Pate’s decision to organize an annual “Kilgo Rush” festival for her independent housing dorm. The event lasts one month and consists of social activities which no student would be surprised to see listed on a co-ed SLG or fraternity round card. Duke should encourage more people to join and create the communities, which are proven to facilitate connectedness. The future of Duke housing is more of the same: SLGs. Jacob Weiss is a Trinity senior. His column, “not jumping to any conclusions,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

Beyond self-selecting communities

ast April, I had an insightful p-frosh ask me, “Doesn’t that mean you’re less exposed to everyone else? Doesn’t that limit your worldview?” in response to hearing about the residential and social model here. And in an uncharacteristic defense of the Duke social scene, I said “I mean, you still get to engage with them academically in classes and elsewhere. You just choose to do different things on Saturday nights, and there’s nothing wrong with that.” But the more I reflect back on that statement, the more I disagree. And not just because I think people are typically too busy to devote additional time and energy to seeking diversity. Or because my major in particular is not terribly diverse, though I love the subject. I think back often to my spring semester freshman year. I had a handful of people I could count on, but nothing that resembled “family” or “community” as the massive scramble seemed to suggest that I needed. But it was also this semester where I think I had the most authentic experiences with the widest range of people. This meant more than chatting with people in my dorm common room, or getting meals with new and old people. This extended beyond the greetings I exchanged with people on campus, the short conversations that occasionally led to something surprising. What I really remember are the people I cried in front of, the people I asked for advice from, the people I admitted my insecurities to. I like to think that this was a diverse group of people intentionally, but this probably happened out of necessity, with whomever happened to be there, precisely because I didn’t have a “community” that I could fall back on. None of these interactions single handedly changed my worldview. But every time I heard someone say things I didn’t know that I wanted to hear until they said it, things that I didn’t want to hear but probably needed to, thingst I still find myself parroting to others, these experiences aggregated to create something I would never give up. It’s important to note who these people are not. All but one are considered among my closest friends now, and they know it. I can barely imagine any two of them becoming

friends, and I could never, ever imagine them voluntarily choosing to be in a community with each other. I doubt I’d go ask them for help or advice a second time. Not because I don’t like them, but because without that proximity or environment...why would I?

Amy Fan

FANGIRLING And yet over and over, each of them had stepped up to help me, and their advice, perspective, and companionship, in the small doses in which I received it, will likely stay with me forever. Had we only talked to each other on the condition of being friends, on the condition that we “get” each other, we would have realized our differences and never talked. Perhaps I was just lucky that semester to be in the right place at the right time, but I would definitely not call myself lucky. I was hurt many times as well, put in the very situations where I needed to go to someone else, often from pressure to feel like I “should” be a certain way around people I “should” be friends with. I was lonely at times. Duke, and life in general, can be harsh. It also seems highly unlikely that luck would strike so many times that semester (5 times at the very least). Now, if I’m having a tough day, I can think of 2 or 3 people I’d likely text, people who I know will have my back and support me. I want to believe that that’s an improvement, that I’m more settled and have found good people in my life. But I also think there’s something that I miss about running into my neighbor in the hallway as she’s coming out of the bathroom, someone who is in the process of pledging a sorority, after we had grown apart, after we realized that we were different people, two days before a major midterm for her, asking if I can talk to her about something, and hoping that my faith in the Duke community holds. The problem with Duke’s current conception of

community, primarily described in terms of housing, is that its effects extend beyond simply a social group with which to have fun or a place to live, as I conveyed to my p-frosh. What people choose to call their “communities” defines the people whose opinions matter to them, who they feel comfortable asking for help, who they choose to be vulnerable around, who they will share intimate and real moments with. The effects of this extend beyond Duke. We already live in a society where we choose to live in neighborhoods with people like us, where we choose to marry people like us, where we choose to work at places where the people are like us, where we choose to send our kids to schools with people like us. And while some of these trends are reversing, college may be the last time to re-examine these decisions, before we live in a society that is becoming increasingly polarized, where inequality is more often than not growing. There seems to be a broad difference in opinion, perhaps best captured in a column from 2003, the last time the housing model was being revamped, called “Desegregating Duke”, where the author questions: “I guess I thought wrong when I believed the purpose of college was to confront my existing understanding of things with conflicting evidence and ideas... [Others] would have us believe that the point of your education at this university is to find a homogeneous group for comfort in the face of the distressing outside world.” This is a plea to acknowledge that there is often a direct tradeoff between diversity and comfort, a plea that deeply authentic relationships exist at this campus, even if it may not seem that way on the surface. The experiences I described earlier helped me build empathy for people who may not be like me, in a way that structured dinners and rational thinking can perhaps approximate, but never quite reach. On days where I want to get mad at people and pit them as an enemy, I think back to these interactions. It gives me faith in this community, in Duke. Duke, let’s restore that faith together. Amy Fan is a Trinity sophomore. Her column, “fangirling,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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MEGADORM FROM PAGE 2 or dinner, as first-years can. Junior Cassandra Williams also lamented the current lack of a printer in the dorm. First-years, who do not live in the dorm this year, had mixed opinions on the new dorm’s amenities. First-year Salat Ahmed questioned whether the arcade or video-game television would distract students from academics, while first-year Cass Turk had the opposite concern. “I’d be a little worried to see if people are actually taking advantage of [the amenities],” she said. “I would want to see how people use them before suggesting they go into all the dorms.” While first-years cannot swipe into Trinity this semester because it is not a “dry” dorm—making it the only residence hall on East Campus where alcohol is permitted—it will open up next year when it becomes a first-year dorm. Since Trinity House will become a first-year residence hall, the question arises: will there be any tension between those

who live there and those that live in older dorms? Peffer and Williams disagreed on how Trinity will affect future first-years. Peffer thought it would be awkward because of how nice it is compared with other dorms, which could make Duke’s system of random assignment look unfair. She hoped Duke would not abandon random assignment in favor of charging students more to live in Trinity. Williams believed that people will get over the difference in quality, noting that when she lived in Bassett in her first year, she would spend a lot of her time elsewhere, namely in GilbertAddoms Down Under. “I think the downstairs area of the new Megadorm will turn into a hangout spot for other dorms,” she noted. “I don’t know if that will be a good or bad thing necessarily, but that could interfere with future freshmen [in Trinity House] having a community in their dorm life because so many other people will want to hang out there.” Neither Ahmed, Turk nor first-year Kyla Brezitski thought there would be any issues. They all said that discrepancies between dorms already exist, but nobody is too bothered by them because all first-years can visit and take advantage of any

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