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Anupriya Sivakumar The Chronicle Grace’s Café, an eatery in Trent Hall on Central Campus featuring Asian cuisine, will close at the end of this semester. The restaurant’s closing is due to several factors—including unusable kitchen conditions and the opening of West Union June 1—said Dayla Bonds, customer service coordinator for Duke Dining. Grace’s owner Jack Chao, who also owns Quenchers, a smoothie and

health food vendor in Wilson Gym, said Grace’s participated in a menutasting competition to try to earn a spot as a vendor in West Union, but Duke Student Government and Duke University Student Dining Committee members instead unanimously opted for new vendors Ginger + Soy and Gyotaku. Ginger + Soy will feature East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines, and Gyotaku will be a sushi bar. Bonds noted that renovations on the kitchen ventilation system in Trent would cost $500,000, making it

impossible for any vendor to remain at the facility. Several students expressed disappointment about the departure of Grace’s. “I really like the authentic feel of Grace’s,” said freshman Evangeline Marecki. “I’m definitely disappointed it is closing down, and I hope that any future Asian restaurants will even compare to Grace’s.” Sophomore Adam Yaseen described news of Grace’s closing as “a serious

Panhellenic sorority activities have been partially suspended after a new member was hospitalized due to an incident with alcohol Tuesday night. The new member is currently in critical condition in the hospital and the incident is being investigated, according to an email sent to Duke’s Panhellenic community Wednesday morning signed by Clarybel Peguero, director of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Anya Ranganathan, president of Panhellenic Council. “We will discuss the incident, review Duke’s expectations for all chapters and their members and ask each chapter to review its activities to ensure compliance,” Peguero and Ranganathan wrote in the email. “The safety of members of our community is of utmost importance.” An emergency meeting was held Wednesday at 5 p.m. with all 10 Panhellenic chapter presidents and the Panhellenic Executive Board in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life conference room, according to the email. Following the meeting, Peguero and See SORORITIES on Page 3

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Baby lemur delivered during snowstorm Saturday Isabella Kwai The Chronicle A male Coquerel’s sifaka lemur was born at the Duke Lemur Center during the snowstorm Saturday. Staffers stayed at the center overnight amid the inclement weather to care for the lemurs and to support first-time mother Gisela. Gisela is the daughter of Zoboomafoo—whose real name was Jovian—the beloved star of a PBS children’s show who passed away in 2014. His new grandson is “bright and happy” and in a healthy state, weighing in at 98 grams, the center confirmed Wednesday. “It’s great that the legacy lives on,” said Anne Yoder, biology professor and director of the Lemur Center. “Jovian was near and

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Freshman Hannah Godefa takes part in World Economic Forum new 17 Millennium Development Goals, which vary from water and sanitation to reducing inequality to quality education. The point of the dinner was to talk about how girls and women fit into that, and how we can make the goals focus on girls and women, as opposed to seeing them as a side issue on top of that.

Stephanie Wu The Chronicle Freshman Hannah Godefa is a Robertson scholar and plans to pursue a double major in International Comparative Studies and Economics. She founded the Hannah Godefa Project, which funds nonprofits in Ethiopia and South Sudan and helps distribute school supplies in partnership with Ethiopia Airlines. Last week, Godefa took part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss issues of gender equality along with influential figures such as Melinda Gates, Trinity ‘86, Fuqua ‘87 and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and actresses Emma Watson and Freida Pinto. The Chronicle’s Stephanie Wu spoke with Godefa about the experience. The Chronicle: How did you get started with the humanitarian work that you do? Hannah Godefa: When my project took flight—literally and also figuratively—a lot of people were like, this is really cool. In Ethiopia, there aren’t a lot of people, or role models, for kids to look up to and say, “Oh she did that. I want to do that.” So because of the media attention, UNICEF and I started working together and then I became an ambassador. I’ve been working as a UNICEF ambassador since I was 15, so I usually travel to different conferences to work with different people, usually not celebrities, but politicians, presidents, prime ministers and business leaders to talk about how to integrate youth into decision-making and also how to reduce gender inequality structurally and in practice and also education.

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TC: What are some of the insights you’ve gained from working with powerful women leaders? HG: What I learned from Melinda Gates and Sheryl Sandberg is that you can be a powerful woman. You can be powerful in your respected industry and still prioritize gender equality, and people will listen. That’s the beautiful thing. I think the most valuable thing that I’ve learned is the power of women in business and entrepreneurship sectors. When they stand up and talk, the conversation changes, so I would like to see more women in those positions. Special to The Chronicle Freshman Hannah Godefa (middle), who founded her own nonprofit, attended the World Economic Forum last week in Switzerland and met actresses Emma Watson and Freida Pinto (also pictured).

a lot about the issues there, and that’s why I advocate for the girls there. But I also work for South Sudan, which borders Ethiopia. They have a lot of the same issues. In other major conflict centers around the world, where there are displaced people and refugees, the issues that are present in Ethiopia are very present there as well, so I feel like it’s normal for me to advocate for those issues because they are happening wherever there’s major conflict. The more conflict there is, the greater the inequality there is. But they [inequalities] have always existed there, it’s just more of the question of who is paying attention. Obviously the news is not covering the issue of women in these countries not having access to health services in conflict zones, and that’s because people are more focused on who’s dying and who’s being affected TC: Is your work specific to issues immediately as opposed to the longterm ramifications of the conflict that’s pertaining to Ethiopia? HG: I’m from Ethiopia, so I know occurring.

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TC: Is this focus on girls and women something new that we’re seeing for the MDGs? HG: Definitely. Over the past 15 years, TC: Can you tell me more about your role I honestly don’t think the MDGs have had in hosting the World Economic Forum? HG: The World Economic Forum is as much of a focus on girls and women as a conference that happens every year they do now. Those were things that were in Davos, Switzerland. It’s very isolated, not talked about but now with incredible very high security, and that’s because people in the celebrity world coming of the types of people that are there. forward and saying “I stand up for this” or And it’s really a business conference, “I am a feminist” and bringing these ideas so most of the events are focused on into the light, there’s a lot more emphasis on those things. entrepreneurship. I helped with the private dinner with TC: Was the dinner something that you Melinda Gates, which was called Global Goals, and the dinner was for talking initiated? HG: There was a group called Project about the sustainable development goals that [Secretary General] Ban Ki-Moon Everyone which is trying to incorporate had introduced earlier in the day. Now everybody from all walks of life into this that a millennium has passed since 2000, dinner and the process as a whole, so it’s for the next 15 years they’re trying to not a purely political or business incentive. put forth new goals for every country Melinda Gates is doing a lot of work with according to how the world has done in women and girls, so she’s another person that stepped up to the plate. Prime the past 15 years. They’ve made a lot of progress—a Minister Erna Solberg from Norway was lot of countries have achieved primary really involved. [Hailemariam Desalegn], education for everyone in the country. Now they are trying to put forth another See GODEFA on Page 3

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The Duke Lemur Center is the world’s largest collection of the endangered lemurs outside of their native Madagascar. Tours are offered year-round via appointment for those interested in learning about the 21 species of lemurs housed on the 80-acre conservation. “We do all of this for the love of lemurs,” Kalin said.

the prime minister of Ethiopia, my country, was also there to talk about the issues. I believe over 30 prime ministers and presidents were there, and they each had their own panel. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from Canada had a whole panel about feminism and about how men need to step up to the plate and get involved. Sheryl Sandberg, [chief operating officer of Facebook], was on that panel as well. from page 1 It’s a conference in which people can attend public and private events, and most of the events are broadcast to the public Ranganathan wrote in a second email to Duke’s and you can watch them on the website. Panhellenic community that the full suspension They’ve just recently introduced something announced Wednesday morning would be called Open Forum Davos, which allows partially lifted. With the modified suspension, citizens who want to hear what the secretarychapters can still host events without alcohol. general [Ban Ki-Moon] has to say to go and Social events will not be allowed until Monday. listen to him speak. “Please utilize this time to reflect and keep in mind the severity of this incident. TC: How has working with UNICEF We must maintain our sense of urgency to influenced your work? change the campus culture,” Peguero and HG: There were a lot of issues that I was Ranganathan wrote in the email. not aware of before I started working with The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and UNICEF. My focus was education and to Keith Lawrence, executive director of the Office some extent health, but really education of News and Communications, could not be was my passion. I didn’t realize there were reached for comment Wednesday evening. so many other issues that girls go through, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry like child marriage, which is a really Moneta wrote in an email addressed to the common tradition in our culture. Female families of students Wednesday afternoon genital mutilation is something that is that the student who was hospitalized is huge there as well, especially in Eastern expected to recover fully. Africa, Western Africa and even in the He specified that during the meeting Middle East. Wednesday evening, each chapter would I wasn’t passionately advocating against be asked to “review its activities to ensure [those practices], just because I didn’t compliance with policies on social events, really know that much about them. When rush and alcohol use.” I started working with UNICEF, that all “The health, well-being and safety of our changed. I got to go and visit many different students is the highest priority, and we look centers and girls who have gone through forward to working with the sorority leaders that and have conversations with them. It’s toward that end,” Moneta wrote. cool because I get to do conferences, but

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at the same time I travel with UNICEF to remote parts of the world and get to talk to kids about their life stories. TC: How have your own experiences with higher education informed your vision for educating girls? HG: I would definitely say that now it is definitely better than it was 10 years ago for girls in Ethiopia. There are still issues in terms of women getting involved in STEM areas and paths that are not “traditional,” but it is incredibly humbling to know that I am a student here and I have these opportunities at Duke where the majority of the girls back home don’t even get to graduate high school, or drop out and find traditional work, and it’s because of child marriage. To me, the fact that still exists, is motivation for me to want to try and change that situation. Because how can I be here at Duke and have this incredible education, while knowing others don’t and living with that. It’s about what I have learned from Duke that I can apply to my foundation or my work with UNICEF. TC: What are some of the challenges you’ve experienced in the humanitarian work you do? HG: I have a board of directors, so working with them and wanting to help a lot of people and solve a lot of problems but not having the funding or resources to do so. There’s just too many causes you want to solve and not enough human resource, and finding people who will commit. TC: What gives you the most pride in the work you do? HG: The idea that even a small part of my efforts might contribute to more effective policies and opportunities for marginalized young women and girls.

GRACE’s from page 1 disappointment,” noting that it had been the dining option that came closest to offering authentic Chinese food. Bonds wrote in an email that making sure there is authentic Asian cuisine on campus is a “top concern” for Duke Dining. “[The West Union] will have the capabilities to produce a variety of authentic Asian fare along with providing a real sushi bar experience,” she wrote. Bonds noted that offerings at Ginger + Soy will include a full service sushi bar, ramen noodle bar, dumplings (dim-sum), buns, Asian bowls and custom stir-fry. Ginger + Soy and Gyotaku will be run by Don Yoo, the owner of Maru, located in Cary, N.C., which specializes in authentic Japanese and Korean cuisine and a sushi bar. In addition to offering these Asian options, Duke Dining is looking to expand its ethnic, vegetarian/vegan and allergy friendly choices with the opening of West Union, Bonds added. New vendors will include Tandoor, which will serve authentic Indian food, The Farmstead, which will feature healthy food prepared with local ingredients and The Sprout, which will exclusively serve vegan and vegetarian dishes. Bonds noted that although there will be an opportunity for new vendors to deliver, nothing has yet been determined. Students could order from Grace’s through the Merchants on Points program. DUSDAC is currently looking for new vendors for the program. Chao noted that he is hopeful that Grace’s departure will not be a permanent one. “We’ve been open since 1998,” Chao wrote in an email. “I hope we can come back very soon.”

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After righting the ship, the Blue Devils will take aim at a fourth straight ACC win Thursday at Pittsburgh Hank Tucker The Chronicle Duke remains shorthanded as it hits the road for another conference test, needing one of its healthy freshmen to continue stepping into a bigger role to fill the void left by injuries. When the Blue Devils play at Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, dynamic freshman Angela Salvadores will likely miss her fourth straight game with an Duke injured ankle while vs. classmate Haley Gorecki remains Pittsburgh out indefinitely with a hip injury. Duke THURSDAY, 7 p.m. has snapped out of Petersen Events Center a slump at the start of conference play with three straight convincing wins, though, thanks in large part to the improved play of Kyra Lambert while Salvadores has watched from the bench. Lambert has played at least 30 minutes in each of the last three games after topping that threshold just four times previously in the season as she has taken the bulk of the point guard duties in a suddenly thinning Blue Devil backcourt. The Cibolo, Texas, native has averaged 5.0 assists per game in those three contests—including a career-high seven

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dimes against Boston College Jan. 17— and even took a page from Salvadores’ playbook with a flashy behind-the-back assist at Clemson Jan. 21. “Kyra every game gets a little bit better, a little bit more understanding of the game—playing it inside-out, finding Azurá [Stevens], finding her post players, quicker passes to Becca [Greenwell],” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie

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said. “Everything is clicking for her and I think it will continue to do so, so I’m excited about Kyra’s play.” Lambert’s calm presence running the point has also helped the Blue Devils (15-6, 4-3 in the ACC) commit fewer than 20 turnovers in three straight games for the first time since the middle of December. She has committed just nine giveaways during this span, and her

1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season is easily the best of any player in Duke’s regular rotation. Although she has kept the Blue Devils afloat on the offensive end, Lambert’s impact has been felt the most on defense. She is quicker and more aggressive on the ball than Salvadores, and the results have been clear. Duke’s first four conference opponents all scored at least 65 points, but no opponent has scored more than 55 points against Duke in its last three games as Lambert has come away with seven steals. “Defensively, she’s really capable of a lot of deflections and steals and also great position defense. One-onone stops are huge in any defense that we play,” McCallie said. “Kyra’s one of those stoppers. She’s a defensive stopper, so I’m encouraging her to really understand who she’s playing against— how to play that one person [and] get those stops.” Lambert’s on-ball pressure on the perimeter will be critical against the Panthers (9-11, 1-6) and their array of long-distance shooters. Pittsburgh has four players that all attempt more than two 3-pointers per game, and the Panthers’ scoring is very balanced. Four players average at least nine points per game, and junior guard Fred Potvin emerged as a dangerous weapon off the bench Sunday at Virginia, erupting for a careerSee W. BASKETBALL on Page 9

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UNC in town for Senior Day Duke takes on No. 7 Illinois Ali Wells The Chronicle In November, the Blue Devils made program history at the Tar Heels’ Koury Natatorium by earning the Nike Cup Invitational team title on the men’s side and nearly upsetting the host squad on the women’s side. But North Carolina will look to even the North score and spoil Duke’s Carolina Senior Day Saturday vs. in the final dual meet of the season for both Duke squads. The Blue Devils SATURDAY, 11 a.m. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion will host the No. 19 Tar Heel men and No. 14 women Saturday at 11 a.m. at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion in hopes of closing the regular season with a win for the first time since the women’s squad edged Clemson 159-130 in 2012. “I’m sure [the Tar Heels] are thinking about Nike Cup,” Duke head coach Dan

Colella said. “UNC had a terrific fall of dual meets. But the fact that we went into the Nike Cup, the men to win the Nike Cup and the women to finish second to them by just a handful of points—and really that came down to the last relay—that gives us confidence going into this weekend that it is no longer this one-sided event.” North Carolina has dominated the dual series with the Blue Devils, handing the Duke men 72 straight losses since their last win in 1939 and posting a perfect 37-0 record against the women. The Blue Devils have kept the meet interesting in recent years, recording 11 event wins in 2014 and two in 2015, but the Tar Heels still breezed past Duke in the team competition. But with their combined 12 first-place finishes at the Nike Cup Invitational, the Blue Devils will enter Saturday’s contest with confidence that they can close the gap. “Over the last several years, we have had a couple highlights, but I think it’s going to be See SWIMMING on Page 9

Delaney King The Chronicle In order to snap their two-match losing streak, the Blue Devils will have to find a way to deal the Fighting Illini their first loss of the year. No. 24 Duke welcomes No. 7 Illinois to Durham Friday at 6 p.m. at Sheffield Indoor Tennis No. 7 Center to kick Illinois off a three-match vs. weekend at home. No. 24 The Fighting Illini Duke have won their first three matches in 4-0 FRIDAY, 6 p.m. Sheffield Indoor shutouts at home, Tennis Center but the Blue Devils have not been so lucky at home to start the season. “We’re 1-2, and you can give us a handful of points and we’d be 3-0,” Duke head coach Ramsey Smith said. “It’s really important for the team to stay

positive and realize that we’re a good team. We haven’t quite had a match yet where all six guys have clicked, and we need that to happen, so I’m looking for that this weekend.” Duke (1-2) lost 4-2 to No. 19 San Diego Sunday afternoon in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match despite grabbing a 2-1 lead behind singles wins on courts four and five from Catalin Mateas and Adrian Chamdani. The two freshmen are undefeated in singles matches on the season, and Mateas earned an upset win Sunday with his 6-3, 6-2 defeat of No. 82 Romain Kalaydijan—his first career victory against a ranked opponent. “[Mateas] had a tough fall, being injured the entire fall pretty much, but he’s worked really hard to get back fit and healthy,” Smith said. “He’s really embraced the dual match environment. He’s thrived early—he just feeds off the See M. TENNIS on Page 12

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When I was four years old, my preschool teacher told the all the kids in my class to draw a picture of what we wanted to be when we grew up. Many of them sketched figures of people representing the typical dream jobs for kids at that age: a police officer, an astronaut, a princess, a pop star. One girl just drew a dilapidated stick figure holding a sack of money, and when the teacher we all called Missy asked her what that meant, she innocently replied something her mother had muttered often: “Marry rich.” Clearly, she was destined to dig for gold, and not just in her nose. When Missy made her way over to my carpet square to check on my drawing, she paused for a brief moment. She picked up my drawing and about died laughing. Apparently, what I had scrawled onto the page was so hilarious, Missy had to bring in the teacher from the other room, Ms. Amy, to gawk at my drawing. “Dillon,” Missy spit out, still halfchuckling. “Tell Ms. Amy, what you want to be when you grow up.” “A doctor,” I said. Both Missy and Ms. Amy were in tears, as they found it hysterical that a brown Indian-looking kid was programmed at a young age to want to be a doctor. I just fed the stereotype. For some reason, they found more humor in my “aspirations” than in the girl who wanted to marry rich. At young age, we are taught that we can do whatever we want in this world. That we are all just special snowflakes that offer the world a little something special that no one else can or ever will offer. Recently, my Facebook newsfeed is filled with posts from several people from my high school whose broadest

aspirations have condensed into more pragmatic occupations. Most kids, when they grow up, shed their dream jobs and aspirations for a more realistic or monetarily fruitful job. Instead of jamming as a rock star, they became a receptionist at a dentist’s office. Rather than be a famous Hollywood actor, they get hired as a high school drama teacher. Being an All-Star basketball player? More like selling insurance at Allstate. When I went back home to Fort Wayne for winter break, many of friends told me that as they had grown older, they learned the limitations of what they can do or want to do. An increasing societal pressure pushes them into the best path for them to a job that provides them a stable life. For some, they settle into a life that isn’t exactly what they had in mind. I’m not suggesting that we should all follow our childhood passions or that people don’t pursue their childhood dream jobs. I’m also not saying that kids at a young age might not follow an interest like space or putting things together into a type of engineering. There will always be vestiges of our childhood loves in our future selves and occupations. But I am saying is that unpredictability in our lives can sometimes slap away our carefree childhood dreams and replace them with gripping realizations of reality—and that to me is a little sad and a part of growing up that doesn’t sit well with me. The unfortunate consequence is that our creativity and passion for obtaining a truly unique job that suits our interests has a greater potential to suffocate. We tend to channel that creativity into hobbies or side activities rather than making it our full-time position. It’s like Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” where everyone

The Chronicle has this secret desire to be something else in the world, but everyone is trapped in the rut of their current lives. Things have changed since that faithful day when I was four. It’s been more of a Benjamin Button evolution for my thought process—thinking more as a child than as an adult. I don’t want to be a doctor anymore. I just want to write, a path that is notorious for producing a gestalt of starving artists (If my mother is reading this, I’m totally just kidding. Your $60K/year is going to spawn you a medical professional). Being at Duke, we are often taught to mix and mash the disciplines. To challenge the status quo. And I think that is part of the reason why I’ve been pushed out of the box of being something that I’ve been primed for at a young age and truly assessed my aptitudes and interests to attempt in forging a career that combines my love for storytelling and commentary through a visual medium. Something that helps people understand the world around them rather than beyond their general line of sight. Something that perhaps is a narrower, more unknown path to success than a doctor. I guess if it doesn’t work out, I could always marry rich. —Dillon Fernando

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This Friday, the Third Date Improv Troupe brings a new kind of comedy to the Common Ground Theatre. Third Date Improv, formed in 2013, looks to provide a sincerely realistic form of comedy for its audiences. All four members of the group are experienced improv artists. Producer and director of the company Daniel Sipp met other members Nancy Pekar and J Chachula while working in the Transactors Improv Company in Chapel Hill. Fourth member Jenny Spencer was a student of Sipp’s for years before Third Date was formed. The troupe originally meant to have a constantly-rotating cast, but the four main members worked so well with each other that they all became permanent members. Although all of the members of Third Date are highly experienced, Spencer, the junior member of the troupe, has the unique opportunity to learn from her fellow members who have been performing for much longer than she has. “A lot of the things that I’m going through now in my improv career, they’ve already been through because they’ve just been doing it for so long,” Spencer said. “It’s really great to work with people who have that much experience and knowledge about it and really help guide the direction that we want to go in.” Spencer herself has been involved in improv for over ten years, beginning her career in high school. Third Date’s style of improvisation

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differs from many other improv companies, using long-form improvisation to create pieces typically more serious than what one would normally find at an improv show. In contrast to short-form improvisation, which relies on short quips to provoke laughter from the audience, longform-improvisation involves taking one suggestion from the audience and creating an hour-long show around that suggestion. While long-form has been around for almost thirty years, it is more well known in Chicago, and has only recently begun to spread to other places like Portland, Oregon, and Austin, Texas. Third Date distinguishes itself from other long-form improvisation companies in that its pieces tend to be

more sincere and realistic. All of the scenes that the company puts on are set in the real world and are more akin to something put on in a theatrical production rather than an improv show. “We like to think that the scenes that you’re seeing are really important to the characters involved,” Sipp said. The show usually contains a series of scenes that can be funny or serious, depending on what is taking place in them. As a result, Third Date’s performances tend to be heavier than traditional improv shows, but more lighthearted than a typical theater show. “The thing that makes Third Date different is that it feels really real, whatever it is. It feels very sincere,” Spencer said.

A usual Third Date show starts off with the performers asking the audience a question, which could be asking the audience about something they’ve been thinking about, or something that they’ve had a conversation with a friend about. These suggestions can range from the topic of marriage to getting a new pet. Using the suggestion, the company then creates a series of scenes, which can involve all four members of the troupe, or merely just two people. Shows usually contain three four-person “group scenes”, which take place right at the beginning, in the middle and at the conclusion of the show. While not all of the scenes deal directly with the audience suggestion, these three “group scenes” are always based on the original suggestion. The members of Third Date had their work set out for them when creating their own unique style of long-form improvisation—no other improv troupe in the Triangle area tries to create the mixture of seriousness and comedy that Third Date strives for. “It’s been very interesting to try to figure out how to develop this style,” Sipp said. “We’ve been in the process of developing a style that we can’t watch anybody else around here do.” Third Date Improv will perform at Common Ground Theater Friday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.

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Antic Shakespeare shows gender-bent ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Jessica Williams The Chronicle Shakespeare’s infamous star-crossed lovers will come to Duke Valentine’s Day weekend. Antic Shakespeare, a small theater company on campus, will perform Romeo and Juliet in a contemporary setting while staying true to the play’s text. With its only major production of the semester, Antic Shakespeare hopes to offer a new take on the tragedy, making it more accessible to college-age students. “A lot of the stories Shakespeare tells are eternal, and tell about universal themes like love, death and fear,” said junior Rory Eggleston, Romeo and Juliet’s assistant director. “So it’s very easy to adapt a text into what the director wants it to be.” Although the play will be performed in a modern-day context, the script is not modern dialogue—it is a shortened version of Shakespeare’s original text, with only a few words changed to bring the story to the present. Condensed to an hour long, the production will not include many of the play’s central storylines, such as the Capulet-Montague feud, and will mainly focus on the romance between Romeo and Juliet. “We try to make something that somebody would want to watch,” said Jaybird O’Berski, the show’s director and an assistant professor of the practice of Theater Studies. “Most Shakespeare is archaeological and dusty and reverential, but that’s not the spirit of the way it was originally performed.” In this adaptation, Romeo and Juliet will be slightly older than in Shakespeare’s tale,

Special to The Chronicle Romeo and Juliet will both be played by women in Antic Shakespeare’s rendition of the play.

and their deaths will be the effects of a drug overdose rather than poison. Other details have been slightly altered, not changing the underlying plot but making Shakespeare seem more relevant to modern times. In doing so, Antic Shakespeare will open up the beloved text to new interpretations. “We have so much trouble as a society breaking from Victorian ideals—of what it means to be feminine, what it means to be masculine and what it means to be in love,” said sophomore Colleen Sharp, who is playing Juliet.

By placing the script in a new context, Antic Shakespeare aims to depart from the typical portrayal of Romeo and Juliet’s love to provide a more realistic and approachable view of Shakespeare’s themes. Further exemplifying this departure, five out of the six parts in the production are played by women, including Romeo. Despite the predominantly female cast, O’Berski filled roles based off of acting skills, not gender. Although he said he did not originally intend to cast roles with LGBTQ commentary in mind, this production of

Romeo and Juliet will challenge the gender roles of Shakespeare’s original script, as well as provide a new perspective on the love between the play’s title characters. “I really like the Romeo and Mercutio scenes, because of the modern setting and the idea that most of the cast is women,” Eggleston said. “I feel like it helps with the dynamic of lots of the characters and makes it interesting with the idea of LGBTQ ideas being brought in and implicitly stating how other productions of Romeo and Juliet and other productions of Shakespeare can be somewhat misogynistic.” Romeo and Juliet will be seen through a new lens when it is taken out of Verona and placed in the present day. Far from the traditional, Victorian conception of Romeo and Juliet, this production will go beyond the sword-fighting, corset-laced time period to which the play is often constrained. “The more sophisticated I become as a learner, the more sophisticated my understanding of Shakespeare becomes,” Sharp said. Shakespeare lovers and first timers alike will be sure to enjoy Antic Shakespeare’s rendition of this classic love story, which will draw connections to college life and romance in ways less unattainable with the Victorian interpretation. “This is the perfect date play,” O’Berski said. “It’s short and it’s hot and it’ll get you credit with your partner because you can say you’re taking them to Shakespeare, then you’ll get there and it’ll be sexy and fresh.” The play will be performed Friday and Saturday of Valentine’s Day weekend, at 8 p.m. in Brody Theater.

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West Union to feature ‘Art of Science’ exhibit Georgina Del Vecho The Chronicle Although many community members have grown increasingly frustrated with the delays and inconveniences associated with the renovations of the West Union building, some will have the chance to have their artwork displayed when the doors finally open. Set to partially open Feb. 29, West Union promises to provide the dining hall experience West Campus has lacked for years. Additionally, the West Union will feature the “Arts of Science Project”—a temporary art exhibit that showcases research done in labs here at Duke, but with a creative twist. “It’s three pieces of art—one is a diptych, so it’s got two pieces— but the first one is more like a frame with tiles for students to put their artwork in,” said freshman Anna-Karin Hess, a member-at-large of Duke Student Government who has been heavily involved in the curation of the work. “It’s going to be the most interactive because it’s going to let students get their art up there.” The diptych will be comprised of a collage of photographs taken and submitted by scientists working in research laboratories at Duke alongside artistic renderings of the research created by a committee of student artists. “You’ve probably seen flyers for it,” Hess said. “A bunch of labs have submitted their photos and we’re

going to go through them and choose a bunch to collage on one side, and then we’ll have the funky artistic representations of them on the other side.” The third will be a much more traditional drawing or painting, and although the subject of it has not been chosen, all three of the works in the exhibit will share a common theme of science.

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o project of this scale and so integrated into a building has been done in any other building on this campus. — Michael Norwalk “The idea of it is that the one that acts as a frame for students to place their work in will be there probably longer than a year, since we can change out the designs and put in new art,” Hess said. “The other two will change so that each year there’s a new theme, some big topic that we want to emphasize.” Despite the inspired choice of theme, however, the “Art of Science” project is set to remain in West Union for only one year. “Rotating art exhibits aren’t unheard of on this campus,” said Michael Norwalk, a junior and DSG’s vice president of faciliities and environment. “They are sometimes exhibited in spaces like the Brown

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Brian McGinn T’07 is an LA-based director whose work includes the Netflix series “Chef’s Table” and the HBO TV film “Ferrell Takes the Field.” The Chronicle’s Georgia Parke sat down with McGinn to talk about “Chef’s Table,” and the creative worlds of food and directing. Read more of this interview online.

The Chronicle: In terms of finding your stories [in “Chef’s Table”, what I found so interesting is that each story was completely unique and there were so many things you wouldn’t be able to know just by meeting the person. How do you find the right person to get that whole narrative? Brian McGinn: It’s hard because the show is different. It’s not only saying, “Here’s their food,” it’s also saying, “Here’s their philosophy on life, here’s the way they approach creativity.” I like to say we’re trying to find people who live the same way they cook. For example, in the first [episode], we did Massimo Bottura. His kind of quest was to reinvent Italian food, which was traditionally passed along from grandmother to grandmother. It’s this very old school way of cooking. And Massimo

said, “No, I’m not going to do that. I’m going to reinvent Italian food as something that’s cool. I’m going to take just the crunchy part of the lasagna. That’s the best part of the lasagna. And take just the crunchy part.” What he’s really doing is that’s a way of looking at the world. That’s really what we’re looking for with everyone. Magnus Nielsen—Fäviken in Järpen, Sweden—as much as Magnus doesn’t like the narrative of being remote, his restaurant is 400 kilometers north of Stockholm. Half the year it’s frozen, so it begs this question, how do you make a restaurant that’s one of the best in the world in a place that doesn’t really seem like it fits like that? That’s an interesting thing to just look into as a storyteller and a filmmaker because we can go, “Oh my God, I bet there’s something there we can film with other people.” ...We’re looking for people who are not really satisfied with the status quo, who want to do something great. TC: In terms of your audience, what do you think it is that people find so captivating about food and hearing these stories all centering around the culinary part of it? What is it that people find so attractive in that topic? BM: Well, we all have to eat. So that’s kind of the first element. I really think that what people like about the show is that it’s not only about the food, that it’s really about creativity and passion and I think those are kind of universal, those are things that are interesting to everyone. And we all want to know, how can I approach my life in a way that’s passionate and uses every day to the fullest? And how can I have the life that I want? And so I think it’s really getting at those things just as much as it’s getting at, how do I make a great dish? It’s not a typical cooking show. It’s about people and the way that they approach it.

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The Tar Heels will compete in their penultimate dual meet against Virginia and N.C. State Friday at 4.pm. before taking on their Tobacco Road rivals, but Colella says the short turnaround will likely not affect North Carolina’s intensity Saturday. “They are going to be a little bit fatigued both physically and emotionally from the night before, sure, but [North Carolina head coach] Rich Deselm does a great job of preparing his teams, and they are going to be able to come back and swim hard the next morning,” Colella said. “I don’t expect anything but A-game coming from them.”

W. BASKETBALL from page 4 high 19 points on five triples to lead Pittsburgh to its first conference win. The 58-55 victory against the Cavaliers snapped a Khloe Kim | The Chronicle seven-game losing streak for the Panthers, who made The Blue Devils will try to break a long losing streak to the Tar Heels Saturday on Senior Day. a surprise run to the second round of the NCAA contributing 40 points in Duke’s 154-146 upset of then- tournament last season. They have been competitive from page 4 No. 19 South Carolina and 12 of the squad’s top-five at home this season, dropping a triple-overtime thriller to N.C. State and playing ACC juggernaut season-best times in individual events. more than a few highlights,” Colella said. “I think we are going “This group has been an absolute joy to have as part of Notre Dame to a draw through three quarters before to be very competitive throughout the meet.” our program,” Colella said. “We want to send them out in the Fighting Irish pulled away for a 10-point win in Senior Day will provide an added incentive for the Blue style on Saturday so that they know we really care for them. the final stanza. “They’re an interesting team because they don’t Devils to put up a fight and send 10 of their teammates into When they look back at their legacy, they can feel really have as many wins as they want, but they’ve been the postseason with another piece of program history. good that they were a big part of the changes that have playing so well, and we’re very concerned about their On the women’s side, four swimmers and one diver occurred here at Duke.” 3-point shooting ability,” McCallie said. “We have to be will compete in Taishoff for the last time. Team captain But North Carolina has seniors of its own who could very aggressive to the ball, we have to be very quick to Kiera Molloy, Linsay Cooper, Kathryn Eckhart, Lexi spoil the Blue Devils’ sendoff in Taishoff. the ball…. It’s going to be a nice challenge for us to Mendes and Chelsea Ye combine for eight appearances Sprinter Logan Heck paces the Tar Heels so far this improve as a team.” on Duke’s all-time top 10 lists for individual events, season in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.07 The Panthers are a stout defensive team—only highlighted by Molloy’s school record in the 400- seconds from the dual with Louisville Nov. 6-7. Heck has played a key role on all five of North Carolina’s top allowing their opponents to score 61.2 points per yard individual medley with a time of 4:17.41. Diver game—and could put some pressure on a Blue relays in the 2015-16 campaign. Kendall McClenney is seventh all-time on the one-meter Devil squad that is just 2-4 on the road this year, but Emma Nunn holds the top Tar Heel time in all three springboard with a personal-best score of 278.93 and Lambert and company have grown up a lot during distance freestyle events and the 400-yard individual medley, ninth on the three-meter with 284.03 points. the last two weeks and will look to continue their but the Richmond, Va., native could take to the water in The five male seniors—David Armstrong, Victor The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation recent wave of momentum into Monday’s showdown either the 100or 200-yard butterfly to break Leah Goldman Chen, Delaney Lagrew, Kenny Ng and Ryan Prince—have 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 sudoku_515A with No. 3 Notre Dame. and Isa Paez’s undefeated streaks at home this season. been a key factor in the Blue Devils’ success this season, For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550

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student organizations. Regularly used channels of communication between students and administrators are essential. Fleeting periods of half-hearted standing meetings do not contribute to the institutional memory required to make progress on recurring concerns. Because most students are in and out after four years, every class tends to encounter the same problems over and over again as student leaders rise, learn and graduate. Official and regular meetings between administration and student organization leaders must be scheduled with recorded minutes as part of a sustainable approach to change.

Editorial It is a shame that the momentum of these movements fade and the best suggestions for change become hackneyed. If the relationship between student leaders and administrators does not improve, the cynicism developing on campus will only grow with time. The onus of shifting campus culture should ultimately burden administrators to come together with students. However, this is not to absolve students from all responsibility. As Mi Gente’s 2007-08 Co-President Alexandra Villasante-Fricke pointed out in a letter to the editor last week, change is brought through

“contagious excitement” for ideas and meeting with leaders “across the campus.” For example, our Student Government tasks itself with being a relay between the administration and students, and we believe this job extends to linking student organizations and administrators. The Committee for Equity and Outreach has been and will continue to be a perfect megaphone for these particular student interests to grab the ears of administrators. While DSG is vulnerable to the same institutional memory problems as any student organization, it has a key role to play in representing not only student interests but also organized student interests on campus. Student groups the campus over have demanded change and are struggling with why little has occurred thus far. The demands being made now compared to the work of Villasante-Fricke in her time at Duke are a product of some failing in linking up with Student Affairs and administrators. If discussions are being had, it is imperative that they be publicly recorded for students to see and learn from and that obstacles to progress be dealt with in an accountable fashion. On the flip side, student leaders need to adopt a positive, solution-oriented attitude in their approach to administration. Even if changes require years to be implemented, our voices should not require years to be heard.

Letter to the Editor Pearce Godwin’s Jan. 20 guest column laid out a commendably balanced view of the division in America’s gun control debate. I was, however, surprised that he did not address the further polarization that has developed in the wake of President Obama’s executive actions. Neither conservative elites nor armchair political pundits have wasted an opportunity to cry constitutional blasphemy. This outrage was apparent at the latest GOP debate, specifically with Marco Rubio decrying “taking rights away from law-abiding citizens.” At best, the criticism has been sensationalized. At worst, it has been outright fabrication designed to incite conservative voters over a false picture of gun control. Contrary to the fear-mongering of presidential hopefuls, the executive actions do not restrict Second Amendment rights. Rather, they aim to make existing regulations truly universal, now requiring all individuals who regularly sell guns for profit to obtain a license and conduct background checks. Combined with efforts to make criminal and mental health records more accessible to licensed dealers, these clarifications

are a much-needed answer to “just enforce the current laws.” The GOP camp, as well as Mr. Godwin, has asserted that these background checks will not deter criminals from obtaining guns and committing violent crimes. Evidence at the state level suggests otherwise. After instituting a background check requirement for all gun purchases, Connecticut saw an estimated 40 percent decrease in firearm-related homicides from 1995 to 2005 with no increase in other forms of homicide. The repeal of a similar law in Missouri, however, is linked to a 14 percent spike in total homicides between 2007 and 2012. There is no cure-all for gun violence, but background checks offer a step in the right direction. Fixing America’s gun problem will require us to overcome the divide between preserving constitutional rights and saving lives, as Mr. Godwin stated. But when each attempted solution is politicized and misrepresented for the sake of polarizing the electorate, that divide shows no signs of narrowing. Alex Buben Trinity ‘16

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Letter to the Editor Paul Mees’ Januar y 14th Letter to the Editor spreads misinfor mation about being LGBT that was rejected beginning in the 1970’s by all major professional groups associated with medicine, psychology/ psychiatr y and the social sciences. He encapsulates his fallacy by saying, “If I were gay or trans-gendered [sic]... I would want to know all of the relevant consequences in order to make an infor med decision.” Being LGBT is not a choice. It is a reality that exists aside from human action to create or change. Mees’ specious argument that “the hard tr uth is that such activity means a life expectancy of 8-20 years less than that of one who avoids such activity” is intellectually flawed and dishonest. HIV infection (the cause he cites for shor ter life spans) is not a “gay” disease. People of all sexual orientations are at risk of HIV infection. Only safe sexual practices make a difference. That is moder n medical fact. Dr. Paul McHugh, for merly of Johns Hopkins, in regard to the options available to those who are bor n transgender, represents fringe psychiatr y that has

been refuted by major authorities and the leading professional organizations. “Lessened quality of life” for LGBT persons results from a society that ostracizes, discriminates against, stigmatizes, underser ves (medical, emotional and social needs) and other wise marginalizes those whose sexual orientation and/or gender identity it deems unacceptable based on ignorance and antiquated thinking. What Mees expresses in his commentar y perpetuate negative social attitudes toward LGBT persons. His thinking embodies what has har med and denied fully equal human rights to decent human beings for far too long. That is unacceptable. That goes against ever ything Duke represents and promises its students. The only choice involved in being LGBT is whether to accept and live one’s tr uth or to engage in self-destr uctive denial. That and that alone is the tr uth Duke University has a responsibility to teach and suppor t. Trinity ‘71,

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ver five decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tugged on the heartstrings of Americans at the March on Washington, compelling them to act by describing the “fierce urgency of now.” Social change—whether significant or small— is enacted when people demand it and when doing so is a necessity rather than a luxury or preference. When people utilize their voices and emphasize an issue, it receives attention. When a problem is not prioritized on the agenda, it will slip through the cracks. Last semester, I found myself increasingly

proposal. The Board of Trustees approved a $2.3 billion budget for 2015-16. While camera systems are costly, Moneta acknowledges that funding would not solely prevent the administration from undertaking this project. Administrators must weigh the effectiveness of cameras against other safety measures, like adding police staff or introducing programs that utilize RAs and PACT training. Moneta identifies Duke’s vast campus as an element that impedes quick fixes. “I used to work at the University of Pennsylvania, whose student body is similarly sized but contained on a

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3/11. This date means little to Americans, but Parisians have it scorched on their minds. On November 13, 2015, France experienced the deadliest terrorist attack on its mainland in French history. A series of coordinated strikes in Paris were designed to maximize casualties and chaos, killing 130 people and wounding hundreds more. The horrors of this crime against human life continue to baffle me. The

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discouraged with the way Duke handled oncampus crimes. Although Central Campus security was doubled after the armed robbery on Sept. 2, another burglary occurred in close proximity to the prior incident barely a month later. This week, a Duke student was robbed at gunpoint; not even two months ago, a fatal shooting occurred blocks from East Campus. Each time I receive a DukeAlert describing another sexual assault, a pit in my stomach emerges. Following the death threat targeted at freshman Jack Donahue and hate crimes directed at black students, frequent protests on the quad began to feel like the norm. Beyond the initial Clery Act notification, students are not often provided with additional information regarding Duke’s responses to these crimes. Security is a basic right that college students expect. Greater accountability must existon Duke’s campus, and installation of security cameras outside residential buildings would mark a step in this direction. Recurring concerns and new safety measures were seriously discussed at an Academic Council meeting last Thursday. According to Larry Moneta, Vice President of Student Affairs, the proposal for residential cameras is on the administration’s radar for the future and the DSG Senate passed a resolution of support last night. Security cameras have played a pivotal role in solving campus investigations on other college campuses. However, some argue that insufficient evidence exists to show cameras significantly deter crime, especially regarding incidents that occur within a dorm room, like sexual assaults. Others feel that cameras threaten students’ personal privacy and liberties. If cameras were installed solely on the exterior of residential buildings, they would capture footage of only public spaces. Whether we are aware or not, our whereabouts are constantly tracked; not only do we compromise our privacy via metadata collection on smartphones, the DukeCard system also provides information about students’ whereabouts based on where we swipe. Our generation constantly reveals our locations through Snapchat and Instagram, but suddenly we feel threatened by a camera monitoring the entrance to a residential building? Are we truly concerned enough about this now-coveted privacy that we would forego security? Adele Kimmel, a Senior Attorney that frequently handles Title IX cases, says camera footage can show the physical condition or level of intoxication of an alleged sexual assault victim. “In sexual assault cases on campuses, more often than not, the perpetrator is an acquaintance. Seeing who enters and exits may not corroborate or disprove a suspect’s alibi, but the footage can depict if the victim is being carried or is stumbling and falling— clear signals that he or she was unable to give consent to sexual activity.” While camera footage comprises just one piece of the puzzle, any concrete evidence is beneficial. With Duke’s massive budget, it is difficult to cite funding as an obstacle to this security

smaller campus. UPenn has approximately fifteen doors to residential buildings, so installing security cameras could be a much swifter undertaking. Duke has about 500 entrances to residential buildings; as a result, even simple measures like switching locks are time-intensive.” While supportive of installing cameras, Moneta says this type of policy requires multiple components and will not undertake the project until those needs can be addressed. Administrators would need to regularly verify the cameras are working, develop procedures to process footage and address ongoing maintenance costs. When developing protocol, Duke could look to Elon University’s security camera program as an example, which balances increased safety with privacy rights. Elon’s video footage is only available to police officers and is not monitored in real time. It is extracted for review on an as-needed basis in response to specific investigations; administrators aren’t looking to “catch” students who aren’t committing serious crimes. Duke invested $494 million this year for projects including a new Student Health and Wellness Center, an engineering and physics facility, renovations to the R. David Thomas Center, West Campus Union, Perkins Library and Wallace Wade Stadium. If the administration can prioritize investment in facilities that aesthetically enhance Duke’s campus now, there is no reason it cannot improve our safety with equally deliberate speed. Although safety measures cannot be advertised on brochures or touted to attract prospective students, they are no less important. How many burglaries, hate crimes or robberies must occur until security and accountability become the most pressing concerns?By the time that DukeAlert shuffles to the bottom of our email accounts and chatter surrounding an incident dissipates, we quickly return to a state of normalcy. Although I expect another alert to surface soon, another reminder should not be necessary in order to continue the discourse. Even if cameras deter just one crime, they at least accomplish something. This policy would also serve as a symbolic gesture for increased commitment to security. I appreciate that Duke wants to address safety with ample planning, but developing a perfect solution could take years, and we should not idly wait. While the administration pursues long-term solutions, it also upholds an obligation to create effective short-term measures. Unlike many divisive challenges, this issue threatens every single person on campus—students, faculty and administrators alike—regardless of race, sexuality or gender. We all deserve to feel safe on the campus for which we pay to learn, live and grow. Security measures should not be pushed to the back burner; we need to heighten attention on this issue by creating a fiercer sense of urgency. Change tomorrow is commendable, but we must strive for action today. Carly Stern is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs on alternate Thursdays.

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most chilling account I read of that night featured one of the victims’ posts on Facebook, via The Telegraph. “They have to storm the building quickly! They are killing everyone. One by one. First floor, quick!” Mr. Cazenoves urged. In a typical hostage crisis, neither party (the criminal abductors nor the police) wants innocent people to die, and authorities are sometimes amenable to meet criminal demands in order to preserve the lives of the innocent. But in this scenario, the attackers’ intention was purely to kill. A hasty storming of the building, which would normally have put the lives of the hostages at great risk, became the only way to save them. 130 brutally murdered. 352 Injured. Why? We try to understand. We try to fathom how fellow human beings could do something so horrible. As people with individual backgrounds, distinct cultures, different theologies and unique worldviews, we each bring various sets of assumptions to the table. Yet nearly all of us (including the vast majority of Muslims) understand the Paris attacks as a grave tragedy and a moral evil. Given this consensus, ISIS’ rationale can be very tricky to grasp. What are their aspirations? Why do they pursue them in ways nearly all others consider evil? If immigration policies and military annihilation are inherently insufficient to address the theological enemy of ISIS, then how do we understand ISIS’s theological motivations in order to address them? This is a complex issue—one that I lack the expertise and experience to fully navigate. But if there is one thing that ISIS does not do, it is hide. ISIS wants everybody in the world to know what they are doing and why. So ISIS tells us. Its statement regarding the Paris attacks is bursting at the seams with phrases that pronounce moral judgment on the West. Paris is titled “the capital of prostitution and obscenity,” while its people and the victims are referred to as “[the] enemy,” “hundreds of apostates [gathered] in a profligate prostitution party” and “the disbelievers.” ISIS also faults the French for being political enemies “against Islam,” likening President Hollande to the Crusaders of centuries before and testifying that the French had blasphemed the Islamic prophet Muhammad (a universally high offense to all Muslims). In short, ISIS regards the French as immoral disbelievers who have religiously, politically and militarily wronged them. The fascinating part of this framing is that ISIS’s appeal is to righteousness and justice. While parts of ISIS’s statement frame the attacks as a military retaliation against France’s

foreign policy, there is a strong sense in which ISIS perceives its violence as part of a morally justified war on evil and unbelief. Consider the sites that were attacked: a football stadium, a rock concert and a series of restaurants and bars. These are not embassies, military installations or political buildings. They are centers of sports, culture and art, which ISIS regards as immoral. While I lived in Tanzania, I remember going with a friend to a local barbershop in our village to get a haircut. A 12” TV

featured a radicalized Imam speaking, with the volume turned up full blast. “Marekani ni ya Shetani!” America is of Satan. “George Washington ni ya Shetani!” George Washington is of Satan. “Manchester football team ni ya Shetani!” Manchester football team is of Satan. As I remember these moments from my high school years, I remember how ready some were to make strong moral judgments. As much as we (and the vast majority of Muslims) regard ISIS as being evil and operating amorally, the reality is that ISIS has its own rigorous sense of righteousness and wickedness. ISIS considers evil and disobedience to God a very serious matter that must be dealt with severely, often via the sword. But even the sword is insufficient. While the sword can kill man and the evil in him, the sword cannot separate the two; it cannot deliver man from evil. In the Western world, we have tried to understand how we can eliminate evil from our society through mitigating the causal elements. For instance, it has long been suggested in popular circles and argued in observational studies that there is a direct correlation between poverty and crime rates. If this is true, it would be possible that crime could be reduced by alleviating poverty. But the presence of crime at each and every socio-economic level suggests that poverty (and other conditional factors) merely function as multipliers; they are not the root cause. If evil cannot be eliminated by properly controlling the conditions, then human beings have an inalienable propensity to do wrong. Even while ISIS fighters strive for righteousness in their own eyes, the members of ISIS have no way to be certain of whether they will go to heaven or hell when they die (Surah 46:8-9). ISIS praises the idea of “[being] killed in the cause of Allah.” Killing others and themselves stems from a desire to please God and to be “[accepted] among the martyrs,” thus gaining eternal life. The sword symbolically cleanses here as well; I speculate that by committing suicide, the martyr offers a blood sacrifice of himself. What ISIS seeks is righteousness and eternal life, yet the path they tread is by the sword, which leads to death but cannot conquer evil. These theological aspirations demand an answer—a true way to attain righteousness and abundant life, not one that is fleeting or of falsehood. The evil in our world demands a solution—a true way to be delivered from evil at the very core. Addison Merryman is a Trinity junior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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energy and he’s really been a positive, aggressive player, and he’s obviously off to a really good start.” Illinois (3-0) has dropped just three sets on its top three singles courts. The trio responsible—Aleks Vukic, No. 21 Jared Hiltzik and No. 41 Aron Hiltzik— have each lost just one set apiece and all boast at least one win against a ranked opponent. “Their top three guys were there last year, and they’re very good,” Smith said. “Illinois is really tough at the top, so it’s going to be a good challenge for all of our guys up there.” No. 12 Nicolas Alvarez, T.J. Pura and Vincent Lin will be tasked with taking on the formidable top half of the Fighting Illini lineup. Alvarez and Pura both had close matches against ranked opponents in Sunday’s loss to the Toreros, but Alvarez lost in two tight sets, and Pura was unable to finish despite coming back from a 3-6 firstset deficit to claim the second 6-3 and force a third. “T.J. had a very good match on Sunday. [He] lost the first set, made a couple adjustments…[and] really got on a roll—that’s the best he’s played at [court] two so far this year,” Smith said.

“I think that’s going to give him a lot of confidence.” Chamdani and senior Josh Levine will likely take singles courts five and six, though freshman Ryan Dickerson has also rotated into the lineup in two of the first three matches, demonstrating the depth of Duke’s top seven. “We’ve been good down low in the lineup for the most part,” Smith said. “[Dickerson’s] been playing extremely well, there’s Catalin there, Adrian’s been stepping up and hitting his stride…. Josh has just had a couple of tough matches, but he’s one of the best competitors in college tennis. Honestly, those guys could play in just about any order.” Win or lose, the Blue Devils will have a quick turnaround after their bout with the Fighting Illini as they close the weekend at home with a double-header Sunday against No. 21 Northwestern and N.C. Central. Duke will welcome the Wildcats for a noon start before returning to take on the cross-town Eagles at 5 p.m. “We’ve been playing at home a lot—I think we have 17 home matches,” Smith said. “It’s obviously great to play at home—we’re comfortable here, we have great support…. It’s a fun environment and it’s a great opportunity to bounce back from our last two matches.”

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