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Bernie Sanders reschedules visit for April Staff Reports The Chronicle

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to Duke for a public forum with Rev. William J. Barber II. The talk has been officially rescheduled for April 19 at 8 p.m. No new tickets will be issued for the event, but tickets already issued will be honored. The public conversation with the Rev. William Barber and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, originally scheduled for Jan. 19 was being postponed because of “the likelihood of votes in the United States Senate that will require Sen. Sanders to remain in Washington.” Moderated by Duke Chapel Dean Luke A. Powery, the discussion is called “The Enduring Challenge of a Moral Economy: 50 Years After Dr. King Challenged Racism, Poverty, and Militarism.” “The public conversation is part of Duke’s See SANDERS on Page 3

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KRISTINA SMITH ELECTED DSG PRESIDENT Sophomore Jake Hoberg was also named DSG executive vice president Staff Reports The Chronicle

Nearly two weeks after students voted, Duke Student Government’s new leadership has been announced. Junior Kristina Smith has been elected president of Duke Student Government, and sophomore Jake Hoberg will be the next executive vice president, confirmed Attorney General Shreya Bhatia. Presidential candidate Sabriyya Pate, a junior, finished second after four rounds of instant runoff voting. Two rounds were used in the EVP election. “I am immensely grateful to be your next Duke Student Government president,” Smith wrote in a post on Facebook. “I am honored to have the opportunity to represent our student body, to continue to bring your concerns to the administration and to make lasting, positive change for our school.” On Tuesday, the DSG Judiciary heard from Smith who appealed a decision by Bhatia and the Board of Elections to dock Smith 200 votes for violating an election rule that says that students cannot solicit votes “while possessing any laptop, tablet, or similar electronic device that can access the ballot.” Based on this rule, the Board of Elections and Attorney General Shreya Bhatia, a sophomore, decided to dock Smith votes from the tally of voters who ranked her first because campaign members were playing music on an iPad outside Marketplace. The DSG Judiciary found that the rule—Section 6 of the Election Rules and Procedures 2017-2018—to be unconstitutional because it is “overly broad.” However, it remanded the matter to Bhatia who

Special to the Chronicle Junior Kristina Smith and sophomore Jake Hoberg, were named Duke Student Government’s next president and executive vice president, respectively.

had 168 hours to decide if Smith violated any other rules. Bhatia told the Judiciary Wednesday that she did not have additional evidence of a violation and also did not “believe it practical to attempt to find new or more evidence or witnesses after the event is over.” Last year, 1,948 students voted compared to this year’s 2,432 students, an increase of approximately 25 percent. The other four presidential candidates have expressed their congratulations to Smith in Facebook posts. “My sincerest congratulations to my friend Kristina, our new See DSG on Page 4

Roy Cooper set to New study finds reducing carbon emissions speak on campus could save hundreds of millions of lives next Thursday

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Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Duke researchers found that about 153 million premature deaths linked to air pollution could be prevented.

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The consequences of air pollution are troubling policy makers and leaders around the globe, but what if premature deaths from poor air quality could be avoided? A new study by Duke scientists showed that as many as 153 million premature deaths linked to air pollution could be prevented if countries sped up their timeline for reducing fossil fuel emissions. It was published March 19 in the journal “Nature Climate Change.” “Since air pollution is something we understand very well and have extensive historical data on, we can say with relatively high certainty how many people will die in a given city under each scenario,” said Drew Shindell, professor of earth sciences at the Nicholas School of the Environment, in a press release. “Hopefully, this information will help policymakers and the public grasp the benefits of accelerating carbon reductions in the near term, in a way that really

Roy Cooper is set to make his first public appearance on campus since he became North Carolina’s governor last year. He will discuss policy, politics and how North Carolina intersects with Washington, and the talk will be hosted by POLITICO Playbook coauthors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman. Cooper earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he served as the state’s attorney general before making his run for governor. He began as the 75th governor of North Carolina in Jan. 2017 after narrowly defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in Nov. 2016 that was followed by a month-long legal battle. McCrory later conceded the election. During his first 100 days in office, Cooper signed House Bill 142, which modified the original HB2 to prevent municipalities from

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Duke Kunshan University announces new majors for first undergraduate class By Bre Bradham Local and National News Editor

Spread throughout a second-floor Perkins meeting room, about 20 professors listened to a presentation about a new major called Ethics and Leadership. When Emily McWilliams teaches the first course in the major—also called Ethics and Leadership—it won’t be in Durham. McWilliams is an assistant professor of humanities at Duke Kunshan University, and the program of study she helped design is one of several interdisciplinary majors being offered to DKU’s first undergraduate class. “I think it’s a really unique opportunity—both pedagogically and in terms of forwarding my own research,” McWilliams said. “On the teaching side, being able to be involved with something like this on the ground floor and

Courtesy of Duke Photography Duke Kunshan University will be welcoming its inaugural undergraduate class this Fall.

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actually shape what it looks like rather than being slotted into an existing institution, which is kind of the structure of all the other job options I have, this is much more exciting and much more meaningful. As Duke Kunshan University gears up to bring in undergraduates for the first time this Fall, the school’s new faculty spent some time in Durham getting to know each other and building the framework for the undergraduate program in their second on-campus residency this semester. The first in-person Design Institute in February lasted three days. This one started March 19 and wraps up March 23—both are part of a six-month long Learning Innovation Fellowship with online and in-person components, wrote Noah Pickus, dean of undergraduate curricular affairs and faculty development at DKU, in an email. McWilliams noted that one key benefit of stepping in to DKU at this stage was the chance to think critically about what the new school can look like and to shape its direction. “We get to talk really intentionally about what we want a liberal arts education to be, rather than taking for granted what it is,” she said. The DKU undergraduate degree program has been in the works since it was given the final nod of approval from Duke’s Academic Council and Board of Trustees in late 2016. Since then, they’ve hired the 22 faculty members and gotten majors approved by China’s Ministry of Education in preparation for the first cohort of students to arrive in Fall 2018. This week-long residency gave faculty the chance to collaborate on syllabus designs and discuss the majors they’ve created, including Global China Studies/History, Materials Science/Physics and Global Health/Public Policy. In total, 15 majors have been approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education so far. “We’re getting down to do the nuts and bolts of developing courses and majors,” said Scott MacEachern, professor of

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ATO remembers brother with ‘A Day for Doh Boy’ By Kathryn Silberstein Staff Reporter

Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will host an event March 30 to raise funds for a memorial bench in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens to honor junior Michael Doherty, who died in May. The fundraiser—titled “A Day for Doh Boy,” a play on Doherty’s nickname—will take place on March 30, and will begin with a barbecue on Craven Quad catered by Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken. Later that Friday, the event will move to Triangle Sportsplex Ice Rink, where Doherty spent much of his time at Duke practicing with the Club Hockey team. “It’ll be really awesome to have the event at a place where he spent so much of his time and life,” said junior Kyle Baer, ATO president. The event will include food, ice hockey and skating, as well as a performance by a cappella group Speak of the Devil. “The whole point of the event is to just remember Mike and celebrate him, to come together and remember how he touched us and all the fun times we had,” senior Frederick Lang, an ATO member, said. In Fall 2017, the fraternity established the Michael Doherty Memorial Endowment Fund to create a permanent annual scholarship for students in the Duke Pratt School of Engineering. “We exceeded our goal of raising $100,000 for students who embodied Michael’s values and parts of him. The outreach was amazing and we raised $120,000,” Baer said. See DOH BOY on Page 3

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Baer explained that the bench will be an opportunity for members of the fraternity, especially those who were not on campus for the memorial last Fall, to find closure and contribute to Doherty’s legacy. “The bench will be a gift to his family and a permanent physical memorial since it was obvious he touched so many lives in a meaningful way,” Baer said. “Through it, everyone, especially the people in his pledge class, can contribute to

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social science at DKU. “You can do that stuff over email and through Sakai, but fundamentally you need to sit down and talk to each other.” MacEachern—an archaeologist who studies Africa—is leaving Bowdoin College for DKU after 23 years of teaching at the liberal arts college. One of the motivating factors in making the move for MacEachern was the chance to try something different at the school, where he’ll be one of the inaugural faculty members. He’ll be moving over to China in mid-July, and he’s starting to deal with the logistical factors of moving halfway across the world as an established academic. “One of the things that I have at Bowdoin is an office that is filled with books,” he said. “So what exactly happens to those books? Because I’m sure not about to take them all over to China.” Some of the new DKU faculty have experience working in similar environments. Qian Zhu, assistant professor of humanities at DKU, previously taught at New York University Shanghai and is excited about the chance to be part of building the university from the ground up. Zhu said she was interested in joining the DKU faculty because her experience at NYU Shanghai instilled in her an appreciation for a global campus and her research is on modern Chinese history, meaning all the archives she needs access to are in China. “In that sense, this is the perfect job for me,” she said. “And

his memory.” Baer emphasized the goal of contributing something meaningful to Doherty’s parents, who will be there for the event, by building the memorial on campus. Doherty, who had completed his second year in the mechanical engineering program prior to his death, went missing for several days after attempting to walk home from a party near his Franklin, Mass. home. Authorities later ruled his death an accident. In the midst of the tragedy, working to honor his memory has brought his fraternity together in a powerful way. “If you’re in an organization, losing a member is just

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really difficult to go through, and being able to rally around each other is so important. This has been a really powerful example of brotherhood, it’s an example of what a fraternity is supposed to be—when something bad happens, we all come together and love each other,” Lang said. For the members of Doherty’s fraternity, the ultimate goal behind “A Day for Doh Boy” is to honor who Doherty was, and to create a lasting physical commemoration for him on campus. “Mike embodied being a good person, and at the event people will hear about how he lived his life,” Baer said. “He was one of the most sincere, genuine, barefacedly happy guys I’ve ever known.”

also, equally important, Gao Haiyan, the vice chancellor at DKU, is very supportive of women faculty both in the recruiting process and in the mentoring period right now.” In her presentation about the Global China Studies major, Zhu discussed the program’s ten-year goal, which include expanding into more diverse tracks beyond the history one they are starting with and growing towards a more global take on the topic. As part of the week-long residency at Duke, the DKU faculty discussed syllabi, rubrics and larger scale topics like their majors, as well as met with relevant Duke faculty. MacEachern noted that this session gave the faculty the chance to fine tune their pedagogical approaches and nail down the fine-grained logistics, like what software will be on their computers. For Peter Pickl, a professor of science at DKU who currently teaches at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, interdisciplinary collaboration with the other cohort’s members has been an important aspect of the oncampus program. With an academic background in mathematics and physics, Pickl views interdisciplinary science as a key part of the DKU model. “I have more exchange here with colleagues from say religious studies than I do at home with colleagues from algebra, which is also math,” he said. For Pickl, the reality of being an inaugural faculty member for DKU’s undergraduate program will soon be a reality—he’s moving over to China in two weeks. “I’m really excited now, and it feels more and more real when I meet the colleagues here and think about moving there,” he said. “It’s awesome.”

SANDERS FROM PAGE 1 2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration and Duke Chapel’s Bridge Panel series, which seeks to connect people from disparate walks of life in order to discover shared pathways toward the beloved community of God,” noted the Duke Today release. Barber helped create the “Moral Monday” movement to respond to actions by the North Carolina General Assembly. He is currently co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, which seeks to address racism, poverty and ecological harm. He is also a graduate of Duke Divinity School. Sanders, an Independent Senator from Vermont, rose to national prominence during the 2016 elections by challenging Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary. He has also served as mayor of Burlington, V.T. and a member of the House of Representatives. The 8 p.m. talk is open to the public and free, but tickets are required. They are available at the Duke University Box Office starting Jan. 11 for students and to the public Jan. 12. Earlier this year, other political actors, including U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, and John Podesta, chair of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president, have visited campus as well.

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of future carbon emissions and pollutants like ozone and particulate matter, and tested three different scenarios. The first FROM PAGE 1 scenario showed the effects of accelerated emission reductions and almost no negative emissions during the rest of this century, hits home.” while the second simulated the outcome of allowing slightly The research examined how many lives could be saved in higher emissions in the short term but with enough overall 154 of the largest urban areas reductions to limit global warming to 2°C worldwide if governments What this study really brings to light by the end of the century. In the third test, agreed to cut emissions in short-term emissions were reduced even the near future, instead of is that there are a lot of additional more sharply, limiting warming to 1.5°C in postponing them. They local impacts and benefits that can the remainder of the century. found that premature then calculated how be achieved through climate policy. eachTheof researchers deaths would drop on every these scenarios would impact continent, especially in Asia karl seltzer human health around the world by using and Africa. PH.D. STUDENT IN EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES WHO models based on data about air-pollution WORKED ON THE STUDY related deaths. “What this study really brings to light is that there The measurements showed that are a lot of additional local impacts and benefits that can be Kolkata, India and Delhi, India were the cities that would achieved through climate policy,” said Karl Seltzer, a Ph.D. benefit the most from accelerated emissions cuts. About 4.4 student in earth and ocean sciences who worked on the study. million lives would be saved in Kolkata and up to four million To create the estimates, the team used computer simulations would be saved in Delhi.

In addition, there were 13 cities in Asia or Africa that could see more than one million deaths avoided, and about 80 other cities in which at least 100,000 lives could be saved. Moscow, Mexico City, Sao Paolo, Los Angeles, Puebla and New York could also each avoid between 320,000 and 120,000 premature deaths. Seltzer explained that many climate goals now use the idea of “negative emissions,” which involves using technology to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than we emit. However, this doesn’t take into account the fact that harmful gases enter the environment alongside carbon, such as sulfur dioxide. “There are lots of these externalities that aren’t really considered when you think about climate policies,” he said. “When you rely on this negative emissions technology, they’re not considering these co-emitted pollutants.” These results show the tangible importance of achieving climate goals and reducing global warming, which can often seem abstract, Seltzer noted. “What this study really brings to light is that there are a lot of additional local impacts and benefits that can be achieved through climate policy,” he said. The research also underscores how reducing emissions can save human lives. Air pollution is a major cause of cardiopulmonary diseases as well as heart attack, stroke and respiratory infection. Seltzer explained that about five million people around the world die from causes directly attributable to air pollution. He added that about 100,000 of these deaths occur in the United States, which many might find surprising because the United States is often viewed as a country with relatively clean air. “It’s one of the first studies that pulls it all together and says, ‘What if we were to achieve some of these goals—not just to achieve a particular climate outcome—but to maximize benefits to human health?’” he said.

COOPER FROM PAGE 1 passing nondiscrimination ordinances to protect LGBTQ+ people and workers’ rights until 2020. As governor, Cooper has faced a veto-proof Republican majority in the state legislature. He also called for an expansion in Medicaid per the Affordable Care Act, but faced legal obstacles by Republican legislators in doing so. The event is hosted by Duke’s Center for Political Leadership, Innovation and Service and is part of POLITICO’s Playbook University series. Playbook is a daily brief-style newsletter focused on Washington politics written by Palmer, Sherman and Daniel Lippman. Earlier this semester, Lippman visited campus to talk about the state of Washington politics, President Trump and the future of journalism. The talk is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. on March 29 in Penn Pavilion.

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DSG FROM PAGE 1 DSG president. Kristina is a dedicated, deeply intelligent, and passionate member of the Duke community. I look forward to working with her next year,” wrote junior Sean Bissel. Pate also indicated that she is looking forward to working with Smith in DSG in the coming year. “Congratulations Kristina on your win, and to Yemi, Sean, and Jamal for running incredible campaigns. I look forward to seeing us all continue efforts to make this campus an equitable, inclusive, enriching, and empowering environment for all,” Pate wrote.

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OMAHA, Neb.—When the Blue Devils returned to their locker room in Pittsburgh last Saturday, a smiling Grayson Allen placed a “Duke” nameplate on the far left line of the bracket hung up on the wall. For years, Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devil teams have never looked at the NCAA tournament as the daunting 64-team, three-week event that other programs might see. Instead, each weekend is its own four-team tournament, a way to focus on the task right in front of them. So if the first weekend was the Pittsburgh Invitational, now is time for the Omaha Open. No. 2 seed Duke will begin its two-game quest for its 13th Final Four appearance since 1986 when it takes on 11th-seeded Syracuse in the Sweet 16 Friday night at the CenturyLink Center. The Blue Devils’ contest will tip approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of the first regional semifinal between top-seeded Kansas and No. 5 seed Clemson, which begins at 7:07 p.m. But even as the stage gets bigger for Duke and its cast of young stars, the bright lights and extra pressure appear to be little distraction for a group of Blue Devils that is finally firing on all cylinders. “As a player in the tournament, you have to completely change how you look at the

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Projected lineups and statistics from 2017-18 season The Orange get little offensive CUSE DUKE production from their lone 84.9 PPG: 66.7 true big man Paschal Chukwu, 69.3 PPG DEF: 63.6 FG%: who has been an effective rim 41.5 49.6 3PT%: 31.8 38.3 protector but will have his FT%: 73.8 70.9 hands full with Marvin Bagley RPG: 41.6 37.2 III and Wendell Carter Jr. APG: 10.6 17.8 Tyus Battle and Frank Howard 5.1 BPG: 5.5 are two of Syracuse’s most 7.1 SPG: 7.4 productive scorers, but neither 12.4 12.6 TO/G: are as efficient as Duke’s The breakdown backcourt of Grayson Allen, Duke didn’t play very well offensively in its first Gary Trent Jr. and Trevon Duval matchup with Syracuse, but still won by 16. can be when it gets hot. Anything can happen in the NCAA tournament, Duke doesn’t get much and the Orange benefitted from a lengthy cold offensive production off the spell by Michigan State to make a surprise bench, but Marques Bolden appearance in the Sweet 16, but it’s hard to see can still be a threat on both them maintaining enough offensive firepower to ends, and the Orange only have keep pace with the Blue Devils. seven players averaging at least OUR CALL: Duke wins, 70-58 seven minutes per game.

Look at, ‘Oh, there’s an upset in this bracket or these teams could match up in the Final Four.’ But when you’re a player, you really can’t do that. “This year, we’re even looking at it as each game is a two-team tournament, and if we lose, we’re going home—we’re not playing in the next one. It helps you change your focus from this huge broad tournament to focusing in on your next opponent.” With the group that’s next on the Blue Devils’ plate, there is certainly an element of familiarity. It was less than a month ago that the Orange (2313) visited Cameron Indoor Stadium in what turned out to be a defensive slugfest. Although Duke’s offense hit a low water mark that night—its 60 points were the lowest output in any game this season—there was a constant with the dominance of Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr. in the paint. Together, the tandem combined for 35 points and 17 rebounds in the win, and on the season, the pair has averaged about the same. Against the Syracuse zone, Bagley and Carter will need to work in conjunction with each other if the Blue Devils (28-7) hope to work around the Orange’s extreme length. “It’s going to very important for us to be in sync,” Carter said Thursday. “When I’m catching it in the middle, I have my role knowing where the shooters are and being able to get it down to Marvin.” But for as crucial as the Duke big men will be Friday night, the Blue Devil guards have been the driving force behind the team’s offensive resurgence in the last month. At least for a period, as Duke transitioned exclusively to a zone defense, its offense slid a bit. The Blue Devils scored just 66 points at Clemson,

then 60 against Syracuse, 63 at Virginia Tech and only 25 in the first half against North Carolina before surging late. Yet the relationship between Allen and freshman floor general Trevon Duval has blossomed in recent weeks. With the two sharing point guard duties, the Duke offense has become dangerous and multidimensional, as both ballhandlers have proven they can generate offense in various ways. Add in Gary Trent Jr., who seemed to rediscover his shooting touch in Pittsburgh after a few games out of rhythm, and the Blue Devils have a group of five that is as capable of exploding offensively as any team left in the tournament. “We play off each other very well,” Allen said of Duval. “Tre always has his head up for me for those transition threes, and obviously Gary as well. But with him in transition, there’s more space on the court for him to drive, and he’s very dangerous and does a really good job of attacking.” The question becomes, however, whether Duke can do what it was unable to accomplish in the teams’ first matchup and find success beyond the 3-point arc. “The main thing will be just finding the gaps and already be in a position where you can just shoot it right away,” Trent said. Against any 2-3 zone, that’s easier said than done. Facing a defensive powerhouse like the Orange, who have limited opponents to fewer than 60 points in each of their three NCAA tournament games, it becomes an even tougher task. But this group of Blue Devils appears loose, confident, excited and, as their coach put it Thursday, “ready to cross that next See M. BASKETBALL on Page 13

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5 questions to watch from Syracuse’s Cinderella run By Mitchell Gladstone Sports Managing Editor

We’re less than 48 hours from an ACC matchup between No. 2 seed Duke and 11thseeded Syracuse that will take place, fittingly, more than 1,100 miles from the closest stretch of the Atlantic Coast. But that doesn’t make the Sweet 16 game any less important—in fact, with both teams on the verge of making a fourth Elite Eight appearance this decade, Friday’s battle in Omaha, Neb., could cement the Blue Devils’ status as one of the game’s most dominant programs or solidify the Orange’s reputation as a March spoiler. Given the teams’ recent history, one might think that all the tough questions are already answered. But both teams have evolved in the month since their February contest in Durham, meaning both Duke and Syracuse will likely discover new things about their opponent this weekend. For a primer on what the Blue Devils might be preparing for with the Orange, here are our five questions for the Midwest region matchup. 1. Will Marek Dolezaj keep on rolling and how will he attack the Duke zone? Earlier this week, our Sameer Pandhare addressed how Duke will need to get inside Syracuse’s lengthy 2-3 defense. But for Jim Boeheim’s Orange, the same problem exists for their offense—against the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor, the visitors mustered just 44 points on 17 made field goals. Much of that was due to the fact that Syracuse could barely hit a 3-pointer despite taking 25 long-range shots.

During Tuesday’s media availability, both Mike Krzyzewski and Grayson Allen mentioned Marek Dolezaj as a player who will likely assume a much bigger role for the Orange this time around. “[Syracuse is] a much better team now than before. Their guys are playing with more confidence,” Allen said. “Dolezaj is a different player than when we played him earlier. He’s playing much better now, much more confident, scoring the ball more. So we can’t just think it’s going to be the same game from when we played them.” In the first game, Dolezaj played 34 minutes, yet scored only four points and was used on 13 percent of Orange possessions, per KenPom.com. During the seven Syracuse games since then, the Slovakian freshman has not posted an offensive rating lower than 92—that mark was just 58 against Duke—and he scored 17 points in the Orange’s first-round win against TCU. More importantly, Dolezaj is not a 3-point shooter—he’s attempted just nine triples all year—so the 6-foot-9 forward is a perfect candidate to post up in the middle of the Blue Devil 2-3 and get some easy points around the free-throw line. 2. Do the Syracuse big men find themselves in foul trouble yet again? There’s no hiding the Orange’s biggest weakness—they have essentially no depth. Outside of the five Syracuse starters, the only players in the rotation are backup center Bourama Sidibe and walk-on forward Matthew Moyer. That’s it. Granted, the Orange lost Geno Thorpe midway through the season when the

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Marek Dolezaj struggled at Duke a month ago, but has become a key contributor in the NCAA tournament and could be dangerous in the middle of the Blue Devils’ 2-3 zone. graduate transfer simply left the program, and they also have another walk-on, Braedon Bayer, who came up clutch during Syracuse’s second-round win against Michigan State. But with Duke’s strength in the low post, expect the Blue Devils to attack Sidibe and starter Paschal Chukwu from the get-go— Chukwu picked up a pair of fouls in less than six minutes against Duke last month, and both Orange big men had three before halftime against the Spartans Sunday. If Syracuse can’t control the paint—or at least have the ability to limit the Blue Devils down there—Duke could have a field day and put up points in bunches.

3. Can Coach K outcoach his counterpart and close friend, Jim Boeheim? Much has been made of the KrzyzewskiBoeheim storyline, and reasonably so. The two spent many summers together working for USA Basketball, with the Syracuse head coach as Coach K’s top assistant. As Krzyzewski has said in the past, the core principles of this Blue Devil zone defense come directly from the Boeheim playbook. But the two have shared more than just defensive ideas. “We incorporated zone with the U.S. team. We only used it one time, but we talked about See SYRACUSE on Page 13

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Duke’s NCAA tournament run: A family affair By Mitchell Gladstone Sports Managing Editor

OMAHA, Neb.—As Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski headed to the podium Thursday afternoon, a familiar face trailed just a few feet behind him. “Just in case you don’t know who he is,” said Mickie Krzyzewski, holding a placard with her

husband’s name. At every game, Mickie is never too far from the Blue Devil bench—except at Cameron Indoor Stadium, where she sits in the upper bowl alongside her daughters and grandchildren, all of whom are frequent attendees. For Duke, “The Brotherhood” has become a common refrain, recognizing the familylike connection that the team shares with one

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Kylia Carter, Wendell Carter Jr.’s mother, has been one of the most recognizable faces at every Duke game this season in the family section behind the Blue Devil bench.

another after many months together—both on and off the floor. But this group of Blue Devils also seems to have particularly strong bonds with their true families as well. And in high-pressure situations such as the NCAA tournament, any extra comfort can prove influential, especially for a group of 18and 19-year-old freshmen. “It means a lot [to have my family with me],” freshman Wendell Carter Jr. said Thursday. “They’re always there to have my back. They’re going to cheer for the team, and just to hear their voices in the stands sometimes gives you that good little feeling.” Carter’s mother, Kylia, might be the most recognizable parent of any Duke player. She and her husband moved from Atlanta to Durham in order to attend all of the Blue Devils’ games, and Kylia Carter is usually just a few rows back from the Duke bench decked out in her blue lipstick, blue chewing gum and blue pom-poms. The Carters traveled to Pittsburgh last weekend, but they were far from the only members of the extended Blue Devil family to make the trek to the Steel City. Grayson Allen’s parents, William and Sherry, were in the stands along with Marvin Bagley III’s dad, Marvin Jr., and a whole group of Gary Trent Jr.’s family that included his mom, his two uncles and his cousin. For Trent, even just a small energy boost is noticeable when the people he loves are in the building to support his team.

“It just feels good,” Trent said. “You can hear all the families cheering you on, no matter what’s going on, so it feels great having my family there giving off positive energy.” Unlike his first-year teammates, Allen has been around the block. A senior playing in his fourth NCAA tournament in as many seasons, the Blue Devil captain said he never looks up into the crowd to find his family—at least until the game is over. That said, he acknowledged similar sentiments to both Carter and Trent. “It’s amazing to have [my parents’] support,” Allen said. “I’m very locked in and focused on our team, but it’s really nice having their support to travel all the way out here, and really that whole parents’ section is a nice thing to have.” Of course, every player’s family expands just a bit when they join the Duke program. Krzyzewski’s oldest daughter, Debbie Savarino, organizes all of the team’s special events, and many of the head coach’s grandchildren hang around the team when they’re on the road away from the gym. You can call it a brotherhood, you can call it a family, you can call it whatever you like—the Blue Devils are as close as can be. “All of [Coach’s] daughters, all his grandchildren, I’m around them so much, talking to them so much,” Allen said. “They’ve really become my Duke family here, and it’s been awesome, especially with everything I’ve gone through.”

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Blue Devils prepare to face nation’s top program By Conner McLeod Staff Reporter

Saturday afternoon will feature David vs. Goliath in the form of Duke vs. Geno Auriemma and his undefeated Connecticut squad in the NCAA tournament. After advancing to the Sweet 16 with a No. 5 rout of a higher-seeded Duke vs. Georgia team on the road, the fifth-seeded No. 1 UConn Blue Devils will take on the No. 1 Huskies in SATURDAY, 2 p.m. Albany, N.Y., Saturday Times Union Center at approximately 2 p.m. Albany, N.Y. at the Times Union Center. Although Connecticut hasn’t lost a game since its fall to Mississippi State a year ago—its only defeat since 2014—no NCAA tournament is without its major upsets, and head coach Joanne P. McCallie hopes that her team has one in store going against the most dominant team in women’s college basketball. “[Connecticut is] the best team, and they’ve been around a long time...but the reality is is that you get a chance to play against some really good players,” McCallie said. “We’ll really see what we can do and challenge ourselves and just get after it...we’re confident, but we still have to understand what it takes” Because of the Huskies’ stifling man-to-man defense, which has held opponents to just 51.7 points per game, the third-best in the country, the Blue Devils need to take care of the ball to capitalize on every offensive opportunity after

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Connecticut forward Azurá Stevens is averaging more than 15 points per game for the Huskies after transferring from Duke, where she was a first-team All-ACC player. getting away with 21 turnovers Monday against the Bulldogs. Although Duke’s giveaways did not stop the Blue Devils (24-8) from dominating the game, that level of ball insecurity just won’t cut it against the Huskies. Graduate student Lexie Brown, Duke’s main ball-handler, will have to improve her assist-to-turnover ratio, as she walked away from the Georgia game with five giveaways herself with six assists. “We have to get better and reduce our turnovers. That’s clear,” McCallie said. “We have to reduce our turnovers. We’ve just got to

slow down and execute.” Along with taking care of the ball, Duke’s offense needs to continue its trend of getting multiple players involved. Four Blue Devils scored in double digits against the Bulldogs, which created a multi-dimensional offensive attack that Georgia was ill-equipped to handle. Connecticut (34-0) has as much or far more talent at every position, and it will be nearly impossible for the Blue Devils to win the game with only Brown or graduate student Rebecca Greenwell as the sole scorers. McCallie made it clear that her team

needed to forget about the Husky hype and “play the individuals.” Connecticut scores a lot of fast-break points to break games open quickly, and McCallie understands how important containing the Huskies’ tempo will be for Duke. “Transition defense is a real concern for us, getting back and stopping the ball,” McCallie said. “We can improve in areas of ball pressure. Cutting off the baseline was a real problem for us against Georgia.” Duke will need all of its players to be locked in on defense to stop the Huskies, who average the most points in the nation with 89.8. Connecticut has five players with double-digit scoring averages, including 6-foot-6 forward Azurá Stevens, who was the Blue Devils’ best player and a firstteam All-ACC honoree two years ago before transferring to the Huskies. “Azura is a an excellent player and she’s done a super job for them, and she’s just part of their equation,” McCallie said. “We’ve got to look at the whole equation.” From front to back, the Blue Devils’ defenders will have to stay disciplined and aggressive to even have a chance of winning. McCallie sees the game as more of an opportunity than as a obstacle, hoping to accomplish what some would call an impossible task in taking down Connecticut for the first time of her career at Duke. “You’ve just got to grow after each game. That’s just what you do in the tournament,” McCallie said. “Grab what you can from the games before and apply it to the next.”

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5 questions breaking down the Huskies’ dominance By Riley Pfaff Associate Sports Editor

After rolling through the opening weekend, Duke faces a much more daunting opponent this weekend in possibly the most storied program in women’s college basketball: Connecticut. The Huskies set a number of NCAA Tournament records in their first-round win against St. Francis, including the most points scored in a NCAA Tournament game with 140, most points in a half with 94, most rebounds with 69 and most assists with 38. Connecticut was slightly less dominant dispatching Quinnipiac in the second round, but still will arrive in Albany for its 25th straight Sweet Sixteen having won its first two games by a combined 109 points. Can the Blue Devils keep up with the top team in the nation? We answer the five biggest questions heading into Saturday’s game. 1. Will the pace of the game help or hurt Duke? In the wake of No. 16 seed UMBC’s historic victory against No. 1 seed Virginia in the men’s tournament, there has been much talk of how the slower pace of a game could lead to more upsets. Duke has played much of this season without a true point guard after losing Mikayla Boykin and Haley Gorecki to injuries with Kyra Lambert already out, and as a result has gotten out in transition less than expected. In two NCAA tournament games, the Blue Devils have a combined four fastbreak points. The Huskies, on the other hand,

have already demonstrated their ability to dominate in a run-and-gun game—their big win against St. Francis was partly the result of a frenetic pace of play. If the Blue Devils can slow Connecticut down and limit its total possessions, they will have the best shot to get past the 11-time national champions. To do this means keeping the Huskies off the boards as much as possible to prevent quick outlets—a tall task even for a team as tall as Duke. Connecticut owns the fourth-best rebounding margin in the nation, thanks in part to former Blue Devil and AAC Sixth Man of the Year Azura Stevens. 2. Can the Blue Devils overcome UConn’s strength in the paint? Stevens is just one piece of Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma’s dominant frontcourt. What the Huskies lack in size— Stevens is their tallest regular player at 6-foot-6—they make up for in sheer talent in the post. Napheesa Collier and Gabby Williams, who stand 6-foot-1 and 5-foot11, respectively, each average 7.4 rebounds per game—the same amount as Stevens. Katie Lou Samuelson rounds out the trio of starting forwards with Collier and Williams, contributing 4.6 boards per game. Collier, Williams and Samuelson were all named first-team All-AAC, and Samuelson was a Naismith Trophy semifinalist after averaging 17.6 points per contest. Collier, Williams and Stevens also combined to average more than 41

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Geno Auriemma has won 11 national championships at Connecticut and only lost one game since 2014 in last year’s Final Four. points themselves. Part of the reason Connecticut is so effective in the paint is versatility, as Williams is the only true forward on the roster. The other three players can rotate between the post and the wings, making matchups a headache for opponents and mixing up the looks that the Huskies can give down low. Erin Mathias, Leaonna Odom and Jade Williams have all been solid contributors for the Blue Devils this season, but have yet to face a group as talented as Connecticut’s frontcourt.

3. How will the Huskies attack the Blue Devils on offense? Duke’s greatest strength all year, even in the face of injuries, has been its impressive defense. The Blue Devils rank 18th in the nation in scoring defense and have done an impressive job through two NCAA tournament games in shutting down their opponents. Duke was particularly effective against Georgia, holding the Bulldogs to an See W. BASKETBALL on Page 13

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W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 ice-cold 23.5 percent clip from the field. Although this low mark can’t be entirely attributed to the Blue Devils, it is a testament to their focus on defense entering the postseason. How it holds up against Connecticut, the top scoring offense in the nation, remains to be seen. The Huskies have a number of scoring options, particularly their versatile forwards. Although those frontcourt players have provided the bulk of the scoring this year, guards Crystal Dangerfield and Kia Nurse provide additional threats out of the backcourt and will be tough assignments for Duke’s Lexie Brown and Rebecca Greenwell. Brown has had a stellar year defensively with 115 steals, but she and the rest of the Blue Devils will face a unique challenge on the wings if they are tasked with covering Gabby Williams, Collier and Samuelson on rotations to the wings as well. 4. Which team’s lack of depth will have more of an impact? On its face, it would appear one of the Huskies’ greatest strengths is their depth. Stevens would be a starter on any other team in the country, but in her first year in New England found herself coming off the bench. But outside of Stevens, Auriemma has had a hard time establishing his bench as a threat for much of this season. Against Tulane in the AAC tournament, the Green Wave outscored Connecticut in the second half after most of the Huskies’ starters had left the game. Granted, this was after Connecticut built a 52-22 lead, but it still demonstrates one hole in the armor for the nation’s No. 1 team. If the Huskies’ starters get in foul trouble, the Blue Devils will have an opportunity to exploit one of the weaker spots

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of the AAC champions. On the other hand, the Blue Devils have also struggled with depth all season, largely as a result of injuries. Jade Williams has emerged as a reliable option in the post, and Bego Faz Davalos has also proven she can be another threat, but for the most part Duke has relied on its starting five to provide the bulk of the scoring. Keeping the starters on the court as much as possible will be key for the Blue Devils, whose bench does not have the firepower to keep pace.

FROM PAGE 11 it a lot. Not just why you use it, but how you use it, drills and also the mentality that you have to have in using it,” Krzyzewski said. “You talk about the nuances of the game and then you ask the players that too. Their workouts, what they do to stay in shape. It was very good and we learned a lot about the zone. We feel very comfortable in teaching it, and the zone will take on the physical attributes of the people playing it.” Still, there’s little question which team is more talented in this matchup. Duke was preseason No. 1 in the nation and finished second in the ACC. The Orange have no top100 2017 recruits and instead rely on their size and athleticism to make up for what they lack in talent. But Boeheim has gotten his team to the same point as the Blue Devils, and with one more win, he can send Krzyzewski’s group packing. The impact of Syracuse’s longtime leader should not be underestimated in this one.

5. Can the Blue Devils shoot over the Huskies enough to win the game from the perimeter? With an imposing frontcourt looming in the post, Duke’s best chance at offense will be its perimeter shooting. Brown and Greenwell are two of the most dangerous threats in the ACC from beyond the arc. The Huskies have held opponents to just 26.9 percent shooting from 3-point range, but if the Blue Devils are going to have any shot at knocking off the No. 1 overall seed, they will need to make shots consistently from deep and establish the 3-pointer early as a threat. In nearly all of its 34 wins this season, Connecticut has gone on at least one devastating run to put the game out of reach. Duke’s best shot at preventing that knockout blow, besides rebounding and slowing the pace, is hitting long-distance shots.

FROM PAGE 10 bridge” into the Elite Eight. “Balance is the key to being a really good offensive team. And for the most part, we’ve had that,” Krzyzewski said Friday. “They’re better. We’re better.... Hopefully we can keep that going.”

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Building a better Duke community

ver the previous DSG election cycle, one campaign item consistently stood out in almost every candidate’s platform: housing reform. It seems that for many students, the fact that Duke’s current housing system leaves much to be desired has catalyzed conversations centered on reorienting residential life on campus. In the past month alone, campus reactions to Duke’s new random roommate policy, the advocacy of Duke Students for Housing Reform as well as Duke senior Chris Molthrop’s guest column detailing Cooper’s intensely degrading rush process have received editorial attention in The Chronicle. On Monday, senior Chris Molthrop opened up in a special guest column about the factors contributing to his departure from Cooper, which in his words is “the most selective SLG on campus.” At the heart of his critique is the degrading rush process associated with attempting to join extremely selective campus communities like Cooper, and its detrimental effects on freshmen seeking a close-knit community for the remainder of their Duke experience. Similar experiences from other members of the student body have encouraged and solidified campus conversations on solutions to alleviate the inequities faced by large pockets of the Duke community. The student group Duke Students for Housing Reform, for

example, is currently working towards bringing together student and administrative voices in order to a create a comprehensive housing reform policy. A popular model of housing that has been adopted by other universities like Harvard, Yale and Princeton is a residential college system where students are randomly placed in a permanent house for their entire undergraduate experience. Given that the structure of Duke’s campus does not allow for such housing, a model proposed by Duke Students for Housing

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Reform involves linking freshman dorms to dorms on West Campus, which seems more feasible than a wholesale residential college system. Another critique of Duke’s housing model stems from the three-year requirement to remain on campus. If the three-year housing requirement were amended, many affiliated living groups would be better able to shift their locations to off-campus sites; such a shift, however, would raise the possibility of certain campus problems like sexual assault and rampant alcoholism spilling over into Durham proper. Moreover, considering Duke’s complicit role in gentrifying Durham over the

“Major props to you for having the courage and selflessness to do that for what you believe in.” —Anna Marie Keppel Benson responding to “I dropped out of Cooper. Here’s why,” published on March 19, 2018.

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past decade, it is plausible that moving more students off-campus may result in even higher housing prices to the detriment of our city’s working class. Financially, it most likely makes sense for the University to concentrate its student population onto a fixed campus. By requiring students to stay on campus for three years, it is true that students may develop strong communities and thus eliminating the desire for off-campus housing, but it also forces students to eat on campus. Given the opening of West Union last year, it makes sense for the University to focus its efforts on gravitating students towards its expensive dining system. At its worst, Duke’s housing requirement keeps many students dependent within the university “bubble”, compelling students to spend their money on Duke dining and housing options. Identifying these issues is great for awareness and campus dialogue, but if there are no actual solutions, then such discussions will be in vain. Students have made it clear, especially throughout this semester, that the current housing model has failed a majority of the campus community. For the thousands of Duke students and alumni who have failed to find a sense of community on this campus, it is not a question of whether or not housing reform should happen; rather, it is when and how it will happen.

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chose Duke because I wanted to be busy. It’s easy to forget that on a daily basis. Like most students here, I wake up in the morning and rush from class to meeting to lunch date to class to meeting, and I try to find time to work out somewhere in there. I rarely “hang out” with my friends and I spend far more time in Perkins than I do watching movies or reading for pleasure. I plan my social schedule into my

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Leah Abrams CUT THE BULL agenda like a chore. This structured chaos is easy to complain about. It’s sometimes called “effortless perfection,” and it is ingrained into Duke’s culture like the heavy stones of the Chapel and the wind-worn tents of K-Ville. It’s especially easy to complain about when you feel your life sliding out of balance—when you miss three meetings in a row because you accidentally turned off calendar notifications, when you realize you haven’t eaten a fruit in three days, when you see a Facebook event for a music festival downtown and wish you had the time to go. But I am done complaining about my schedule. A litany of columns—released not just over the past few months, but over decades of Chronicle commentary—harp on the dangers of this exhausting social culture, of full schedules and lack of engagement. My friends are right to elucidate these shortcomings; they bring up alarmingly common mental health issues and a lack of meaningful social connection. However, it took me a trip to Providence, Rhode Island to fully understand my own complicity in a false predicament. I traveled to Brown University for the first time a few weeks ago to attend a conference on Poverty and Homelessness. It was a cold and rainy weekend and I’d dressed for North Carolina weather, but I nevertheless enjoyed seeing the campus. For a bit, I lamented the fact that I had never toured the school or given it a thought. My hosts were kind and clever and read queer feminist theory in their rooms, looking up to discuss particularly salient lines. They played guitar together and wrote poetry. Nobody seemed burdened by the self-righteous stress that clouded Duke. On Saturday night, several student bands performed in the student union and their coffeehouse venue overflowed with Brown students waiting to see their friends play. There was no such thing as Shooters—or at least, nothing to the same magnitude. Throughout my weekend away from Duke, I had

time to reflect. This reflection came at the perfect time—a time in which I was becoming exhausted, a time in which I was beginning to take Duke for granted. I saw in Brown much of the leisure I felt I was missing… And by the end of the weekend, I remembered why I chose Duke. I remembered that I saw in Duke pockets of Brown—rooms where I could sit and read queer feminist theory and discuss with friends, coffeehouse concerts that I could nod along to, and so much more. I saw people who entertained beautiful, lofty, idealistic perceptions of the world, but were also driven to confront its gritty realities. People who had passions and interests and wanted nothing more than to tackle them headfirst in every sense of it. It wasn’t necessarily that Brown didn’t have these people, but that Duke came with a sense of urgency and purpose that was palpable and contagious. It represented who I wanted to be, and it still does. I chose Duke because I wanted a packed schedule. I wanted all of the resources that sometimes feel overwhelming in their magnitude but that are always willing and ready to be exploited for good by the creative student mind. I chose Duke because, in stark contrast to many of the students from my high school, people here seemed called to something—even if that thing were finance or consulting—and they seemed ready to succeed no matter the obstacles. Duke has been hard. It keeps me occupied all the time and expects the best of me. But it has given me so much. It has allowed me to spend my evenings at Durham Congregations Associations and Neighborhoods discussing affordable housing, my mornings creating my own podcasts on free software, and my afternoons organizing carpools to national rallies. The thing about being busy is, Duke is full of choices. We all have 24 hours in a day, and we all are allowed the opportunity to fill those hours with our priorities. We can make the decision to go out even if we have a midterm the next morning (I often do), to prioritize our romantic relationships over our class readings (I usually do), to spend more time on extracurriculars and off-campus involvements than working on papers (I always do). So while time is precious and fleeting, I refuse to let the social pressure to be stressed get to me anymore. I like being occupied if it’s for the right reasons. And I couldn’t do that without Duke. Leah Abrams is a Trinity sophomore and the Managing Editor of the Opinion section. Her column, “cut the bull,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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Even if you’re not white, check your privilege

n liberal circles, we throw around the term “white privilege” just as frequently as we extend our allegiance to the newest group or cause that we feel has been wronged by the oblivious white man—whose power over other groups was

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unjustly given to him in the first place. White privilege jokes have almost become their own category of entertainment. But in bemoaning white privilege, especially at a place like Duke, we fail to recognize other types of privilege we have that can be just as exclusive, but perhaps are more easily rectified. When I went home for spring break, my mom picked me up from the airport after my 40-minute flight from RDU. I could have gotten a train ticket at no cost using my dad’s Amtrak points, but the train is “slow and never arrives on time.” This rationale, combined with how upset I was about my last math midterm grade, was all I needed to say to convince my parents to buy me a plane ticket. We drove home to a two-story house, with double the number of bedrooms that we actually need, in the suburbs of D.C. My mom had gone to Trader Joe’s earlier that week and stocked the fridge with my favorite snacks and “more vegetarian meals” because I had decided earlier last semester that I was

going to become pescatarian. I don’t have white privilege, but I’m pretty privileged otherwise. This is a difficult fact to acknowledge, because it’s easy to play the victim-of-race card, especially at Duke. Most of my friends here grew up in areas of white majority, so when they come here and meet people who aren’t white, they become more aware of the ways that people within minority groups face different obstacles throughout their lives. When I first got my column last semester, I tasked myself with making more people aware of the differences of life and experience that come from being black in America. But you don’t have to be white to be privileged. You can have economic privilege without white privilege, and vice versa. So far at Duke, I’ve found myself jumping back and forth between feeling like a victim of white privilege and a benefactor of economic privilege in order to better connect with whoever I’m talking to at the time. No, I’ve never been to Europe, but I have been to Costa Rica and on two week-long Caribbean cruises. I try to make other people more aware of their own privilege, but lately I’ve been sitting back and enjoying my own with little reflection. The urge to ransack your personal memory files and come up with some experience that relates to the ones people around you are discussing is normal—and probably healthy, to an extent. Reflecting on our own lives to find points of similarity between ours and others builds a mutual feeling of belonging because we can reflect fondly together, as my roommate and I did the other night, on our respective experiences swimming with dolphins in Cozumel.

But the fleeting happy feeling we get from reflecting on those memories only lasts for a few minutes. The things I’ve learned from extending my privilege to help others are much more impactful than the moments and aesthetic vacation photos from when I was the sole benefactor of my own privilege. In middle school and high school, I woke up at 5:30am to drive to the bus stop. Then, I took an hour-long bus ride across the county to go to schools that had better teachers and better academic reputations, and in turn funneled out more students to elite high school magnet programs and selective universities. For those seven years, I felt like I was the one at the greatest disadvantage because I had to travel so far to get to school every day. But in all of this, a point of privilege I still had was that my mom could drive me to the bus stop every morning. One morning as we were driving, my mom noticed a boy she had seen standing at the same bus stop I went to walking with his father along the side of the road near our neighborhood. “Doesn’t that boy ride the bus with you?” my mom asked. In my morning drowsiness, I glanced out the window and mumbled that I thought so. “Well, at this rate they’re going to miss the bus!” my mom said, and before I realized what was happening, she had pulled our car over to the side of the road and invited the boy and his father into the car. We later found out that the boy walked two miles to the bus stop every morning because his family didn’t have a car. Like me, the boy decided that the academic benefits of attending a school across the county outweighed the costs. But when we recognized that his costs

were greater than mine, my mom decided to offer him support. We started picking the boy up at his house every morning until his family got a car a few months later. Even if I feel like I’m the least-advantaged at times, I’m probably not. I can still find ways to extend what I do have to others. Lately, I seem to have forgotten this lesson. This idea that white people have “a right, advantage, or immunity granted to or enjoyed by white persons beyond the common advantage of all others,” and “an exemption in many particular cases from certain burdens or liabilities” is true. But it’s not going to change any time soon. And though some people like to say they can, it’s hard to “use your white privilege for the benefit of others.” Economic privilege is much more easily transferred and shared, and it doesn’t have to be limited to donating large sums of money to a cause. White people didn’t do anything to earn racial privilege, but along a similar vein, dependents of upper or middle class families didn’t do anything to earn the economic privilege we were born into as infants. Besides volunteering and giving money to our church every month, I can’t think of many things I do to share of the privilege I do have. It seems logical that if I talk about being a victim of the white privilege I don’t have, I should be doing more to make sure I’m not an oblivious benefactor of my privilege. Victoria Priester is a Trinity first-year. Her column, “on the run from mediocrity,” runs on alternate Fridays.

March Madness: The Instagram edition

s students return to campus, West Union is flooded with conversation about students’ respective spring breaks. Indeed, recounting the infamous break is inescapable. Around every corner, students are talking about their “ahhmazing break vacays” and “restful ski trips.” Alas, although swapping stories of oceanside hookups may be tantalizing, nothing captures the Spring Break 2k18 experience quite like a picture does. Luckily, Duke students have ample photographs to show their classmates on their social media. Now, worked into every conversation about spring break, is the phrase, “And I loved your Instas!”—as if liking the photo and commenting “*fire emoji* AYY HOTTIE” wasn’t enough positive feedback. In light of students’ active social media presence, the @dukestudents account on Instagram decided this week to combine Duke’s favorite parts of March: spring break and the NCAA tournament. On Monday, @dukestudents announced their own version of March Madness: Insta Insanity. This 24 -team bracket pits typical spring break photos against each other, allowing students to vote for photos based on how many “likes” each iteration of Insta post receives. “The process to create the bracket was very scientific,” says the creator of the competition Sarah Jones, Insta handle @scarjojo. “We looked at sample of about 1000 students’ Instagrams and listed the most frequently occuring photographs. We then assigned seeds based on the likes and net follow gain of the pictures. Just like the NCAA, we want to account for upsets and frontrunners.” Blank brackets were distributed around the BC Plaza, and students were encouraged to discuss their picks. Tables were set up so

students could easily fill out and submit their The Chronicle asked students what their brackets. Whoever has the most accurate predictions were for the brackets, including bracket would win entrance into themed any potential upsets. Marketplace dinners without having to wait “Man, I think candid laughing is gonna in line. Furthermore, inspired by Warren upset brightly colored food. I know, I know

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explained with a shrug of her shoulders. “It’s a picture both my youth minister and my Shooters hook-up can like.” Some students expressed concern about the generalizations made in the bracket. “It’s not just spring break that’s for the boys,” corrected one newly-initiated sophomore, who was wearing khaki shorts despite it still being 40 degrees. “It’s every Saturday, duh.” All the girls in the vicinity immediately vacated. The Insta Insanity competition will be going on for the next two weeks, so students can track both their NCAA brackets and their Insta brackets. @ dukestudents is planning on using the competition to conduct a sociological experiment as well. “We want to track the diminishing return of spring break posts as time increases,” explained stats professor and social media advisor Mai Space. “We expect to see photos as the weather gets warmer.” Space explained that photos with captions such as “Wish I was here instead of studying!” and “TBT to when I was tan” peak around 4 weeks after break. After that, @dukestudents expects that Insta feeds will be inundated with beach week and DukeEngage photos. Until then, however, students are encouraged to fill out their own brackets and turn them into their least favorite sorority’s section.

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Buffett’s offer, any perfect bracket would be given free tuition. While most passersby were happy to fill out the bracket, some were hesitant, explaining that they didn’t have an Instagram. These students were likely the same ones who didn’t put Duke in their final four, those traitors.

controversial. But the way candids have been performing all season is insane,” says one junior. “Look, all I’m saying is if UMBC can upset Virginia, anything is possible.” “My vote is that I’m in a one-piece; I’m classy will take it all. I mean, it’s subtle, it’s sexy, it’s side boob,” another student

Friday Friday is a disgruntled satirical columnist, because they only went to PCB for spring break instead of Cabo. #middleclassprobs. You can be as sure that the column is published every other Friday as you can be that Virginia chokes in the tournament. For the record, Friday Friday also picks “Emoji covering a Solo cup” for the W.

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