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Searching for Paul Manafort’s Duke ‘legal expert’ Adam Beyer and Gautam Hathi The Chronicle The Associated Press reported last week that Paul Manafort—former campaign manager for President Donald Trump—had worked to assist the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to joining the Trump campaign. Manafort said in 2005 that he had employed “legal experts” to help him, including one from the University who remains unidentified, according to the report. But Duke administrators and faculty members who spoke to The Chronicle had no information to provide on who the unidentified “legal expert” was. The AP report notes that Manafort and Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate and Putin ally, maintained a business relationship worth $10 million a year between 2006 and 2009. Manafort had proposed a plan to “influence politics, business dealings and news coverage inside the United States, Europe and former Soviet republics to benefit President Vladimir Putin’s government.” According to the Faculty Handbook, faculty and administrative staff are allowed to spend up to four days per month in outside consulting work, and all such activities must be reported on a financial conflict of interest disclosure form. But several current and former administrators and faculty leaders at Duke had no idea who this alleged “legal expert” could be. “Regarding this specific situation, if

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort worked with a Russian billionaire to influence politics and business dealings in the U.S., according to the Associated Press.

anybody from Duke was involved, it would have been in their capacity as an individual and not as a representative of the University, so we have no further information on it,” wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. When prompted by The Chronicle about the Handbook’s rules stating that the professor would have been required to report such activity to the University, he wrote that

he was unaware of who was involved or what activities were alleged. He opted to “pass on commenting on a hypothetical situation.” Schoenfeld told The Chronicle that consulting disclosure reports would be given to the leaders of individual schools and institutes, and that the information would be considered confidential personnel information. An Office for Research Support website says that such activities should be

reported to either the provost, or the dean for those in the School of Medicine, as well as a department chair. Conflict of interest forms are kept confidential “except where a disclosure is required by law or for an administrative purpose,” the ORS website’s frequently asked questions section reads. The ORS also reviews all of these forms. The consulting policy in 2004 is consistent with the current version. It is unclear whether the legal expert’s alleged actions would also have constituted “lobbying” in the Duke policy, which would have required reporting as well. The policy says that lobbying questionnaires are sent out to senior officers on a quarterly basis and to faculty on an annual basis to comply with the University’s legal requirements. Manafort never registered as a foreign agent, as required by federal law, the AP reported. Manafort was not registered as a federal lobbyist either, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Schoenfeld did not comment about the applicability of the lobbying policy to the situation outlined in the AP report, once again saying that he would not comment on hypotheticals. Current and former leaders of the Law School, Fuqua School of Business and Sanford School of Public Policy from the time of the reported relationship said they did not know any professors who had worked with Manafort. The Chronicle also contacted current and former professors with specific expertise in See MANAFORT on Page 4

Playing Pokémon Go could boost your health, study finds Lexi Kadis The Chronicle

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The researchers found that people who used the app walked 2,000 steps a day more than those who did not play the game.

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Catching ‘em all could also help you catch good health, according to new Duke research. Presented at an American Heart Association conference earlier this month, the study—led by nursing graduate student Hanzhang Xu—showed that Pokémon Go users walked on average 2,000 more steps per day. “We wanted to see whether Pokémon Go could provide an enjoyable way to engage people in regular physical activity,” Xu said. When Pokémon Go—an augmented reality application in which players travel to capture animated creatures—was released in July 2016, Xu was one of the millions of people who headed outside to try to “catch ‘em all.” “Pokémon Go was a pretty popular game

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last summer. I was a player, and I felt like I definitely walked more after playing the game,” she said. “But during that time, there were very few studies looking at whether playing this game could increase individuals’ levels of physical activity.” The study recruited 167 Pokémon players—who were iPhone users—and asked them to provide screenshots of their daily steps via the iPhone Health app for the three weeks before and after they played the game. Researchers compared the participants’ number of daily steps before and after using the app. Xu noted that people who normally exercise very little experienced a large increase in their physical activity after playing Pokémon Go. “Those that are overweight actually benefit more from the game, and those that spend more time playing the game actually walk more after they play the

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Inside the construction zone: Duke’s new Arts Center offices for the arts staff. Like other places on campus, the center will The Chronicle provide cameras and other digital equipment for students to check out. When it opens in January, the new Duke Next, we took a look into the center’s Arts Center will add thousands of square feet to nearby second theater—designed to focus expand the University’s arts programming. on film screenings. The theater, which will The Chronicle got an early look at the seat approximately 100 people, will have building and although a lot of construction five projectors in total to show archival and work remains, it is already possible to modern footage. Lindroth said the space imagine the finished version. As we toured could support a visiting filmmaker. the facility with Christopher Roby, assistant Duke is contracting with a specialist in vice president for student affairs, and Scott Chicago—James Bond—to refurbish a 35 mm Lindroth, vice provost for the arts, it became projector, the two tour guides said. evident that the space will become a key part Around the corner from the theater are of the arts scene. several large workspaces. The rooms will come We began our tour at the front of the equipped with lighting racks and audio-visual building—donning hardhats, neon green vests equipment that “arts projects teams” can and gloves before being escorted inside. Upon reserve for rehearsal or creative space. entering the atrium, we were immediately “They’re meant to be messy,” Lindroth said. shown a flexible multipurpose room that “It’s so easy to build clean, pristine spaces at Lindroth said would host a variety of meetings, Duke. We want these spaces to be used for lots events and speakers. WXDU, Duke’s studentof different types of artistic practices.” run radio station, is getting a major facilities He said the designers tried to strike a upgrade and will have its broadcast studio on balance between creating flexible-use spaces the first floor as well. and ensuring that they also have the specific functionalities necessary for students to use them. At the rear of the building, we visited a “makerspace,” similar to the Innovation Co-Lab on West Campus in its equipment and capabilities. For example, the space will have a three-dimensional printer and other mechanical equipment. Two large bay doors open into an outdoor courtyard that will be used for art space as well. We turned back down the hallway and headed upstairs, where we saw a painting studio—with north-facing windows that are good for painting—and a room for critiquing. The second floor will also be home to the arts of the moving image and dance departments. Offices, a classroom, digital editing space and a light-controlled studio will all be available for AMI in the new building. “That program does pretty well in attracting students, but we hope this will amp that up even more,” Lindroth said. The dance department will be consolidated from its current studios on Hull Avenue, the Ark Dance Studio and Bivins. Jeremy Chen | The Chronicle The American Dance Festival will also make The building’s second floor will feature several dance studios, which Lindroth hopes will draw use of the facility, Lindroth said. Alongside the dance studios upstairs are showers and visiting artists to campus.

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Roby said the new facility may give the station a different vibe than its current location in the Bivins Building on East Campus. Large glass windows will open the studio to the rest of campus, he said. We left the corner office and turned toward the center of the building, where Lindroth and Roby seemed excited to show off the main theater. The theater will seat more than 200 people and is set up to be easily reconfigured for a variety of different productions. Lindroth envisions the space being useful for theater and dance groups, but emphasized that it was designed to be an “immersive media setting.” He also said the space could be a useful tool for offering theater tech workshops through the DukeCreate program—an arts workshop series. Dressing rooms and storage facilities are available in the back. The theater’s doors are on the side and will be soundproof so the building can host multiple large events at once. Across the hall from the theater is a dance studio—Lindroth said that student dance groups have faced increasing demand for space in recent years—and administrative

Jeremy Chen | The Chronicle The Arts Center is scheduled to open in January 2018 and will house the arts of the moving image and dance departments.

locker room facilities. And for those curious about the large glass box hanging off the second floor, that is a massive dance studio as well. Glass features prominently in the facility’s architecture. That was intentional, Lindroth and Roby said. It is supposed to match the style of the Nasher Museum of Art’s concrete panel walls across the street, but to also allow greater openness. “Here’s my advice, open up a window washing company in Durham,” Roby joked. The designers have already planned for this by installing a system on the roof to allow workers to repel down and clean the windows. On the whole, the facility marks an effort by the University to reemphasize and invest in its commitment to the arts. The DukeCreate program will be restructured as an umbrella organization to support arts programming through visiting artists and arts project teams, Lindroth said. The new space may also provide opportunities for students interested in entering careers in arts fields. See ARTS CENTER on Page 4

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From University’s perspective, Trump’s budget is ‘a disaster’ Bre Bradham and Diane Hu The Chronicle Although a president’s first budget outline rarely gets passed as proposed, Trump’s plan has been particularly controversial—with potential consequences for the University. The current budget proposal is a “skinny budget,” explained Chris Simmons, associate vice president of federal relations. It currently includes large cuts to entities like the National Institutes of Health, National Endowment for the Humanities and Department of Education, while increasing defense spending by $54 billion. “I think the budget is a disaster, but it’s just the first step in a long process, and we’re going to work hard to rectify these issues,” Simmons said. What the budget does Many have questioned if the proposed budget cuts and increases have been balanced appropriately. Some say that domestic cuts exchange long-term gains for possible shortterm deficit reduction. “If you spend money in government, there’s something called the multiplier effect,” said John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University professor of political science. The “multiplier effect” is an economic theory that government spending raises income for some, thus incentivizing them to spend. Ultimately, the total increase in the country’s gross domestic product should go up by more than the amount of government spending, when the theory holds true. Although investing in defense has the lowest long-term gains, Aldrich noted that investing in education and reducing poverty have the highest. These may be the areas

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Trump’s budget cuts affect the most. Aldrich also explained that even though security has three large components— the military and defense, a society’s soft power and overall quality of life—Trump is building up defense “at the great expense of the other two.” David Rohde, Ernestine Friedl professor of political science, noted that the programs Trump is trying to cut have strong constituencies behind them. “If that weren’t true they probably wouldn’t be existing programs in the first place, and those people will fight to the nail to keep from changes,” he said. Others are skeptical the budget will pass

only at Duke, but on biomedical research at every university in the country that is trying to cure diseases and things like that,” he said. Other areas of concern for Simmons include cuts to funding sources for energy and climate research as well as the elimination of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. For some faculty, like Anne-Maria Makhulu, associate professor of cultural anthropology, these cuts hit especially close to home. Makhulu recently received a $50,000 grant from the NEH to fund her new research project called “The New Financial Elite: Race, Mobility and Ressentiment after Apartheid.” She explained that agencies like the NEH and NEA sponsor research projects which may have a hard time securing funding from agencies more interested in quantitative methods or policy implications. “You can get summer funding through the University, through arts and sciences, but at some point we all need to go in and do longer-term, deeper, more thoughtful work,” Makhulu said. Luckily, Makhulu received an email March at all. 20 from the NEH reassuring her “award is not “Every president’s budget is dead on arrival,” in danger.” Aldrich said. “It’s hammered to death by the Congress. I expect a quite different budget will Lobbying and moving forward leave the House, let alone the Senate.” The University is working to prevent budget cuts that it considers harmful to students, How the budget affects Duke research and innovation, Simmons said. For the University, Trump’s proposed cuts He noted that during the last few weeks, to entities like the NIH and the NEH would Duke representatives have visited the Hill present a host of challenges. to talk with members of Congress about Simmons noted that Duke is “extremely the University’s needs. He added that he is disappointed” with the president’s budget. His working with other universities and coalitions biggest concern is the proposed cut of $5.8 “to promote a budget that supports robust billion to the NIH, the largest public funding investments in student aid and research.” source for biomedical research in the world. “That would have a devastating effect not See BUDGET on Page 4

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After the long budget approval process is over, Simmons explained that if there are any aspects in the budget that would be detrimental to research funding or students, the University would take a two-fold path forward. Duke would do an assessment to find other means of funding for the affected programs or determine that they were not sustainable without the federal partnership. Simmons said he would work hard to demonstrate the harm caused by the cuts during budget negotiations next year to try to get the funding back. But Rohde noted that the president getting the exact budget plan he wants is “virtually nil.” Both Democrats and Republicans legislators alike are “up in arms” over the budget because it cuts features important to their states, Rohde said. Aldrich added that the budget also appears to harm bluecollar workers. “It seems like his budget is designed to support everything except the people who voted for him,” he said.

international law, none of whom said they had any information about the faculty member. Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy and political science and director of the Sanford Institute for Public Policy up to 2005, wrote in an email that while he did not know who the “legal expert” was. He added that faculty members generally file outside employment disclosures with “some department in the Allen Building.” Kip Frey, professor of the practice of public policy and law and law director of the program in law and entrepreneurship, said the “subject matter of the advice” typically is not the main reason for disclosure. “Generally there isn’t a substantive reporting requirement to the University unless the party we’re advising has some relationship with Duke that might create the appearance of a conflict of interest,” he said. “There is a general requirement that we report outside activities as a matter of percentage of time spent, but the subject matter of the advice isn’t what triggers the disclosure.”

Trump has maintained that he did not know details about Manafort’s international dealings. This comes at a time when concerns about the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia have gained traction. Republican Sen. John McCain has even called for an independent commission on the matter. White House Spokesman Sean Spicer has attempted to minimize the role Manafort had in the campaign, making a claim that PolitiFact rated “false” last week. Spicer also told the AP last week that Trump had no knowledge of Manafort’s prior activities. “To suggest that the president knew who his clients were from 10 years ago is a bit insane,” he said. The Chronicle contacted Jeff Horwitz, the AP reporter who wrote the original story, for more information about the “legal expert.” Horwitz declined to provide documents supporting the story but said they did not give any further information to identify the expert. If you have any information about the Duke “legal expert” who may have worked with Paul Manafort, please contact Adam Beyer at adam.beyer@duke.edu and Gautam Hathi at gautham.hathi@duke.edu.

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game,” Xu said. Xu explained that the study has implications for the types of physical activity recommended by physicians. The study’s results indicate that apps like Pokémon Go could offer “alternative” exercise options for people who do not meet the daily recommendation for physical activity. “Currently, the physical activity guidelines recommend a series of physical activities such as running and swimming to promote health,” Xu said. “But for those people who are not able to do it, don’t like do it or don’t have time to do it, those [traditional] recommendations won’t work.” The study also addresses concerns about the negative effect of digital culture on children, Xu noted. “One of the big concerns about kids playing mobile phone games or computer games is that they just sit there and play—it’s a sedentary lifestyle,” she said. The new research, however, shows that such games could actually encourage people to be more active.

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This new course explores the complex intersections between stress, identity, and wellness. A multi-dimensional focus using science, theory, art, literature, and performance will help students understand the structural causes of stress, their physiological effects, and how these stressors impact our identities and community ethics. Students will also explore through text analysis and hands-on experience how arts of wellness, including yoga, mindfulness, and art therapies, impact stress, identity, and ethics.

“It certainly sends a signal that we take the arts more seriously by offering the facilities,” Lindroth said. “But I think we also have to shore up what we do with [Duke Entertainment Media Arts Network] and developing other professional tracks into the arts.” The building’s construction team says they plan to receive the Certificate of Occupancy between September and November, allowing the building’s users time to start moving into the new space before its January opening. So far, Lindroth said they University plans to hire 3.5 fulltime equivalent staff members to oversee the facility. Additional graduate students will be hired as well. Walking out of the building, we pondered its contribution to Duke’s arts scene in the coming years. The $50 million building—on budget, according to Lindroth—will undoubtedly centralize the arts, although the Arts Annex and theater facilities in the Bryan Center will remain open. But beyond its centralization, the facility can serve as a “gateway” to scholarship and public engagement with the arts—as well as an opportunity for student window-washing entrepreneurship.

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SYRACUSE SADNESS

Duke blows late 2-goal lead in heartbreaking overtime road loss against No. 6 Orange Sid Bhaskara The Chronicle With just seconds remaining in regulation and the score tied at 11, Duke junior and star attackman Justin Guterding rolled around the side of the crease to feed his fellow veteran Jack Bruckner at the doorstep. With two men behind him, Bruckner pulled back, only to miss the cage wide left. “We weren’t sure exactly if they were going to play man or zone,” Blue Devil head coach John Danowski told GoDuke.com about his team’s final possession. “They played some zone over the course of the game, usually they play zone mid-sequence.... We were going to play big-little behind the goal and look inside where Jack Bruckner got that shot.” That was the last chance the Blue Devils got to win their ACC DUKE 11 opener. ‘CUSE 12 Just seconds into overtime, Syracuse freshman Jamie Trimboli ripped a sidearm shot past Danny Fowler into the top right corner and the Orange emerged victorious. The No. 11 Blue Devils fell at No. 6 Syracuse 12-11 in a hotly contested affair Saturday afternoon that saw neither team lead by more than two goals. For the third time in as many games, Duke lost in the Carrier Dome, despite having several chances to emerge victorious this time. The Blue Devils used a 4-0 fourth-quarter spurt to take a 11-9 lead with 6:29 remaining, but the Orange showed their experience by staying calm to pull out a program-record sixth consecutive

Neal Vaidya | The Chronicle Senior Jack Bruckner led the Blue Devils with four goals but missed the potential game-winner on the team’s final possession of regulation.

game decided by one goal. Despite showing it can hang with a top opponent on the road, Duke saw its five-game winning streak snapped. “I can only assume they have great leadership,” Danowski said of Syracuse. “I can assume that the seniors provide a calm or a steadiness they learned from guys who played before them.” The Blue Devils (7-3, 0-1 in the ACC) went down early thanks to a Sergio Salcido goal. The senior and former walk-on for the Orange (6-1, 2-0) had another big game against Danowski’s team with two goals and two assists. But Duke would respond with two goals from freshman attackman Joey Manown

that were separated only by a score from Joe Gillis for the home team. The two teams would trade goals through the end of the first quarter, until the Blue Devils opened up a two-goal lead at 6-4 midway through the second period on tallies from Bruckner—who led the team with four on the day—and sophomore midfielder Brad Smith. Syracuse clawed back within one with a rocket from Nick Mariano in transition after Duke missed multiple opportunities to stretch its lead. The Blue Devils could not capitalize on man-up opportunities—going a dismal 0-of3 for the game—and committed turnovers that prevented their offense from finding a

consistent rhythm. Despite its sporadic play at times, Duke was still leading until Salcido tied it at six early in the third quarter, setting up a 11:10 scoreless stretch for both teams. The Orange then took its own two-goal lead by shutting out the Blue Devils for the rest of the period and getting goals from Denver transfer Brendan Bomberry and Mariano. But all of Duke’s offensive stagnation in the third quarter turned into an offensive explosion just when it looked like things were slipping away. Bruckner opened up the scoring just eight seconds into the final period with more excellent work around the crease. Syracuse head coach John Desko then countered by putting Dan Varello at the faceoff X against Kyle Rowe as opposed to senior star Ben Williams. Rowe, who went 16-of-26 on the draw for the game, could not gain as much of an edge against Varello, a trend that became critical as regulation drew to a close. “Going up against [Williams], he’s a fantastic athlete, he’s much more than just a faceoff guy so we have to prepare for that aspect,” Rowe said. “Other than that, a lot of it comes down to wing play. We had a great day on the wings, boxing out and fighting for ground balls.” Varello gave his team a critical faceoff and passed it off to Mariano in transition as the junior notched his second to make the line 9-7 in favor of the Orange. With the game potentially getting out of hand for the Blue Devils, JT Giles-Harris See M. LACROSSE on Page 9

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No. 19 Virginia heats up to take 2 of 3 from Duke Mitchell Gladstone The Chronicle

There were three walks, two singles, one hit batter and a wild pitch leading to five runs. That was the ugly line recorded by Duke pitchers in the bottom of the first inning Sunday afternoon. And despite a season-best scoring outburst to begin the weekend, the Blue Devils could not sustain their offensive performance, dropping their second ACC series in as many weekends. true DUKE 19 roadPlaying games for just 3 the second time all UVA season, Duke took 6 the opening contest DUKE 13 19-3 against No. 19 UVA Virginia before the 6 Cavaliers’ DUKE steady 13 offense wore down UVA the Blue Devils’ limited pitching staff in the final two games en route to a pair of 13-6 victories at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va. Duke slugged its way through the weekend with six home runs, including two apiece from junior Jack Labosky and sophomore Griffin Conine. But after junior Mitch Stallings kept the ACC’s second-best offense quiet Friday as his team erupted for its biggest ACC blowout since 1983, Virginia exploited a pair of Blue Devil freshmen on the hill during the last 18 innings.

“It’s no secret that we’re pitching a lot of young guys and we started two freshmen on the weekend,” Duke head coach Chris Pollard said.” In ACC play, there is a learning curve and there is a learning curve on the road. We ran up against a good offense—guys have to learn and grow from that.” The Cavaliers (19-6, 4-5 in the ACC) found consistency in the middle of their order, as junior Adam Haseley tallied six hits in 10 at-bats, racking up six runs and five RBIs in addition to throwing six innings of four-run ball on Sunday to earn his fourth win of the season. With the Blue Devils (13-13, 4-5) missing a pair of key pitching pieces—junior starter Ryan Day and reliever Al Pesto were unavailable for the series—Virginia was able to jump on Adam Laskey and Graeme Stinson early in both of its wins, scoring eight runs in the first three innings Saturday and notching five first-inning runs in the series finale. “Guys have had flashes,” Pollard said. “We’ve had a lot of guys you can point to down in the bullpen that have had good outings. It’s about developing consistency and developing a regular rotation we feel comfortable with.” After scoring more than 10 runs just once this season entering the weekend, the Blue Devils erupted for 10 in the first three innings of the series opener. Labosky’s two homers—both three-run shots—came in his first two at-bats, and Duke stayed at it throughout the night.

Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Junior Jack Labosky had a big weekend at the plate, but the Blue Devils could not keep Virginia’s high-powered offense contained Saturday and Sunday.

As the Blue Devils tallied a season-best 26 hits Friday, including eight extra-base knocks, they gave Stallings a chance to turn in his best performance as a Duke starter. After spending his first two seasons in a Blue Devil uniform as a closer, the Atlanta native has settled into his new role as Duke’s ace. Stallings’ seven innings of three-run ball with a pair of strikeouts appeared to set the tone for a weekend that could finally point the Blue Devils in the right direction after a rollercoaster start to the 2017 campaign. Instead, it was another letdown for a team

looking to return to the NCAA tournament after snapping a 55-year drought last spring. “The quality of the pitching [in the ACC] is such that you’re not going to have that type of offense routinely—nobody does,” Pollard said. “Our offense is improving.... It’s beginning to click. We’re driving the baseball.” Although Duke recorded 12 runs on 19 hits in its two losses, the Cavaliers more than doubled the visitors’ output with 26 runs on 34 hits. See BASEBALL on Page 9

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Blue Devils keep rolling in conference play Winston Lindqwister The Chronicle As one of only three ranked ACC teams, the Blue Devils returned from a Florida road swing wanting their players on the lower courts to continue improving. Senior Alyssa Smith and sophomore Ellyse Hamlin responded with a pair of strong performances, keeping Duke unbeaten in conference play. The No. 17 Blue Devils dominated Virginia 6-1 Friday 1 before Smith and UVA DUKE 6 Hamlin stood out again in a 6-1 rout 1 of Virginia Tech VT DUKE 6 Sunday at Ambler Tennis Stadium. Duke has now won seven straight matches since a disappointing effort at the national team indoor championships. “For us for this weekend, we lost to Virginia Tech last year and we lost to Virginia at last year’s ACC tournament, so we had some added motivation and we took care of business,” Blue Devil head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We adopted the Patriots’ phrase, ‘Do your job’—if everyone did their job this weekend then we would be successful, and we were able to do that.” Duke (11-3, 5-0 in the ACC) opened its weekend by handing Virginia (7-6, 5-1) its first ACC loss. In doubles, all three Blue Devil

tandems found themselves tied at 3-3. However, the No. 26 duo of Meible Chi and Kaitlyn McCarthy was finally able to break its match open with three straight games to secure a victory on Court 1 6-3. Junior Samantha Harris and Hamlin followed suit to close their match 6-3 as well, giving the home team the doubles point. Duke found similar success on the singles courts, clinching the win thanks to routine wins courtesy of Hamlin, Chi, and Smith. Hamlin dominated Brooke Sutherland 6-1, 6-0 on Court 6 to quickly give Duke an early 2-0 lead. No. 25 Chi followed soon after in her contest against No. 94 Cassie Mercer. The freshman breezed through the first set 6-1 and preserved an early 5-1 edge in the second for a 6-3 set victory. Smith also delivered in her match’s big moments, winning the last two games of her first set against Camille Favero for a 6-4 win, then cruising 6-1 in the second to make it 4-0 in favor of the home team. With the outcome decided, 76thranked Kaitlyn McCarthy dominated her opponent 6-0, 6-2, No. 52 Chalena Scholl pulled out a third-set super tiebreaker and 49th-ranked Samantha Harris dropped her super tiebreaker to round out the matchup. “We played a good match [against Virginia],” Ashworth said. “We were

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle Ellyse Hamlin dominated on Court 6 in her two weekend matches to help the Blue Devils rout two more ACC opponents.

really good emotionally. We didn’t give them anything to feed on. They’re a very talented team and a very well coached team, and they’re always very feisty.” Against Virginia Tech (7-8, 0-6), it was a similar story for the Blue Devils. Although Chi and McCarthy were upset in doubles 6-1 by Caroline Daxhelet and Francesca Fusinato, seniors Scholl and Smith dominated 6-1 on Court 2 and Harris and Hamlin also prevailed 6-4 to

avoid an early deficit. Smith then quickly made it 2-0 Duke by shutting out her opponent at No. 5 singles, and Hamlin was not far behind with a routine 6-2, 6-2 victory. “Alyssa Smith did a great job in singles,” Ashworth said. “We always say our goal is to get a quick match in singles and she more than exceeded that goal…. See W. TENNIS on Page 9

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Duke dominates LSU Tiger Golf Classic once again Ben Leonard The Chronicle For the second year in a row, the Blue Devils entered their final regular-season tournament without a stroke-play victory in the spring. And once again, they found a way to end the season on a high note. Paced by junior Leona Maguire’s firstplace finish, No. 10 Duke cruised to a second straight LSU Tiger Golf Classic title at the University Club in Baton Rouge, La. Playing 36 holes Friday and the final 18 Sunday due to inclement weather, the Blue Devils started fast, opening up a 13-stroke lead and building on it thanks to Maguire and sophomore Virginia Elena Carta to finish 18 strokes ahead of runner-up and No. 20 Oklahoma State. Duke finished with a 54-hole total of 10-under-par, the same mark Maguire hit in winning her sixth individual title by four strokes ahead of her teammate Carta, who had by far her best regular-season performance at The University Club for the second straight year. “It’s very impressive we were able to keep our mindset and calmness even though there was a full day off in the middle. It’s very difficult to maintain that sort of mindset from one day to the next, let alone when we skip a day in between,” Duke assistant coach Jon Whithaus said. “It gives us good confidence and momentum going

Photo Courtesy of Madeline VeZain The Blue Devils won their first stroke-play title of 2016-17 and look to be playing their best golf of the year with the postseason around the corner.

forward with the things that each player is working on. They’re on the right track and they can see the progress happening.” Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks did not travel again due to an ear-related health issue that prevented him from flying as a precaution. He missed February’s Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge for the same reason. Even with Brooks not with his players and the bottom of Duke’s lineup struggling at times, Maguire and Carta carried the team to victory. The No. 1 amateur in the world, Maguire

led from start to finish with rounds of 67, 68 and 71 and became one of four players to finish at least 10-under-par since 2000 on the par-72 course. The Cavan, Ireland, native dominated in par-5 scoring en route to her first outright victory of the season, finishing with a tournament-best 7-under-par mark on the longest holes. Maguire put together another incredibly consistent regular season, finishing worse than a tie for third in just one of her seven starts. With the Blue Devils’ three other players combining to shoot 24-over-par, Carta’s effort made sure Duke never faltered.

The reigning NCAA individual national champion shot a 2-under-par 70 in the final round Sunday after starting with rounds of 73 and 67 to card her first top-five finish of the season. Despite strong wind gusts Friday and a soggy course Sunday that made the 6,247yard layout play much longer, Carta and her teammates stayed composed to finish in the top three in all four of their spring stroke-play events. “It is a golf course and wind conditions that do require and reward someone who doesn’t get frustrated and doesn’t get tempted by hole locations that could be a bit elusive or an illusion based on wind conditions,” Whithaus said. “Virginia is very good at developing a plan and sticking to the plan, regardless of what happens. This type of golf course rewards that.” The Udine, Italy, native excelled on par4s, tying Maguire for the lead in scoring on the medium-length holes with a 5-underpar clip. Carta has had an up-and-down season coming off a national title and busy summer, with a myriad of ailments preventing her from seeing consistent playing and practice time. She had finished in the top-10 just once this season and was coming off a 14-overpar performance at the SunTrust Gator Invitational, but looked like herself again following regular practice time last week. “With her in and out of the lineup and See W. GOLF on Page 9

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responded for Duke defensively, clearing a The Blue Devils did not suffer from ground ball that allowed sophomore John the self-inflicted wounds that hurt them in Prendergast to draw his team within one. previous games, however. Duke walked just Prendergast sparked a four-goal run that led seven batters combined Saturday and Sunday, to scores by Guterding, Brucker and Manown tossed just three wild pitches and did not all within 90 seconds of one another. commit an error. However, more than six minutes was too much Still, Virginia pounded the Blue Devils with time to leave on the board. Syracuse responded its bats. On Saturday, Laskey made it through with a quick goal from Bomberry before the only three innings and needed 70 pitches to Duke offense went completely cold. do so. The 6-foot-3 southpaw surrendered 10 Orange goalkeeper Evan Molloy stymied runs on 12 hits, sending his ERA soaring to the Blue Devil attack at the edge of the crease 6.59 for the season. on numerous occasions despite Duke finding And Sunday, after a two-run blast by Conine success from those same spots earlier in the and a solo shot from Michael Smiciklas put game. Down one in a critical possession, the Blue Devils up 3-0 through half a frame, Mariano then beat junior Sean Cerrone to the the Cavaliers came right back. middle of the field before ripping a sidearm shot Virginia scored a pair and loaded the past Fowler to finish out his hat trick and knot bases against Stinson in the bottom of the the score at 11 with 1:26 left in regulation. first without making an out before the Duke With their final possession, the Blue Devils freshman was sent to the showers. Yet the Blue could not capitalize and in overtime, Rowe’s Devils hung around, pulling to within a pair inability to consistently beat Varello surfaced in the eighth following a fourth-inning RBI as Rowe won the draw but could not scoop double by Max Miller and then another run the ground ball cleanly, setting up Trimboli’s from Labosky on a wild pitch. game-winner. But with six runs on six hits—including an The Syracuse freshman was mobbed by his RBI single by Haseley and a two-out, two-run teammates as Duke looked on knowing it had triple by second baseman Andy Weber—the let another golden opportunity slip away—the Cavaliers slammed the door on a possible Blue Devils also fell late at then-No. 1 Denver Duke comeback. early in the season. Now, with five games in the next seven “He stuck the corner,” Danowski said. days, the Blue Devils will have plenty of “[Cerrone] got his hands on [Trimboli] and innings to figure out how they will right did a nice job. [Cerrone] just couldn’t take the ship here on a season Advertise for that is nearly halfway the ball away and just couldn’t turn him, andthethrough and looking less and less like a best results we have a saying that you have to win your postseason return. battles out there.... It was a one-on-one battle “This week provides a tremendous that [Trimboli] won.” opportunity for guys to step up,” Pollard said. In the midst of a brutal four-game ACC stretch, “It’s going to be a lot of innings up for grabs, a dukechronicle.com Duke will look to avoid an 0-2 start to league play lot of at-bats up for grabs, and guys are going classifieds at No. 14 North Carolina next Sunday. to have to step up. We are who we are.”

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Following that up, Ellyse is getting better [her] inability to practice consistently for every match she plays. She’s only played the first part of the season, it was difficult four or five matches since October. It was for her to get any sort of playing rhythm, great to see us improve.” even though she was striking the ball okay,” Scholl was next to finish for the Whithaus said. “There’s a big element of Blue Devils, knocking off Elena Cerezo- playing rhythm that it takes to compete Codina 6-3, 6-3. Although the Hokie well, and she’s been able to do that the last attempted to string together a comeback couple of weeks.” in both sets, Scholl maintained control Although the rest of the Blue Devils to close out the match and seal another were far behind Maguire and Carta, they dominant win for the team. did well to tread water on a course that Chi’s Sunday match was not as played very tough once again—the average straightforward, but the calm freshman score was nearly 5-over-par per round. overcame an early 2-0 deficit and After finishing in the top-seven in second-set loss to prevail 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 three of her last four tournaments, junior (11-9) following a dramatic super Gurbani Singh continued her resurgence, tiebreaker on Court 2. Harris was not finishing tied for 16th with a 4-over-par as successful at No. 1 singles, dropping three-round total, including a 71 in her a 6-2, 7-5 decision to Fusinato despite first round. having several chances to break through Freshman Ana Belac also put together a in the second set. decent showing by finishing tied for 22nd McCarthy continued her recent strong at 6-over-par for a fourth straight top-25 play, prevailing 6-0, 7-6 (8-6) by digging effort. Senior Sandy Choi struggled to a in during her second-set tiebreak after tie for 47th at 14-over-par, but her younger blowing a 4-2 lead earlier in the set. teammates picked up the slack in the Playing their best tennis of the year, team’s win. the Blue Devils will have several days off The field in Baton Rouge featured before returning for two more weekend three other ranked teams, and Duke hopes home matches against Pittsburgh and to keep improving heading into a break Clemson—two more teams Duke is before the ACC championship April 13-15 expected to crush if it can continue that will feature a match-play contest against staying focused. Northwestern next Sunday. The Blue Devils “It doesn’t matter if we’re playing have risen steadily up the national rankings Pittsburgh or whoever,” Ashworth said. in the spring and look poised to contend for “We want to work on little things to a national title yet again. get better, and that’s definitely going “[The goal is] to continue to to be our focus. We’re going to keep strengthen the habits that we’ve worked Thekeep New York Times hard, Syndication improving, working keepSales on Corporation throughout,” Whithaus said. “As 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 getting stronger—let the results on the those habits get fully developed, the For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 court speak for For themselves.” results For Release Release Saturday, Monday, March 2017 March 27, 25, 2017will come.”

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academically inclined and all but disengaged from the intellectual culture of the university—a stereotype that is falsely highlighted by the one-and-done phenomenon commonplace in NCAA basketball. It is important, however, to consider the many complex distinctions existing within the realm of Duke Athletics before making such generalized assumptions. Currently, the athletic program at Duke fields a total of 21 NCAA sports. They range everywhere from fencing, a non-revenue sport with a distinctly upper-

Editorial class demographic, to Duke’s famed men’s basketball, which receives the most media exposure of any NCAA team at the university. Quite often the extreme media exposure around Duke basketball where the one and done phenomenon is commonplace can obscure the images of non-revenue student athletes who make up most of the athletic program. The six-year graduation success rate (GSR) for all Duke student athletes enrolled at the university is 97 percent, with 13 Blue Devil teams scoring a 100 percent GSR. Certainly 97 percent of student athletes at Duke

value their academic education at a top 10 university just as much as their non-athletic peers do. Forgotten among the one-and-done giants of Duke Basketball (both figuratively and literally), are the the unsung heroes of Duke’s academic athleticism. Former Duke standouts such as Becca Ward (a three time national champion in college fencing) and Abby Johnston (a Duke diver who medaled at the 2012 Olympics) have gone on to leverage their Duke education outside the realm of sports, and indeed the majority of Duke athletes go on to lead lives indistinguishable from their non-athletic peers. When passing judgment on student athletes at Duke, it critical to look beyond the overly publicized promotion of Duke men’s basketball, including the phenomenon of one and done players. The clear majority of Duke student athletes are on campus for the sole purpose of learning at a world class university. Playing a sport is but an important side note for them. Though Jayson Tatum may choose to grace the courts of Madison Square Garden for a multi-million-dollar contract, he is hardly representative of the wrestler participating in his political science discussion in Allen or the lacrosse player studying for her organic chemistry in Perkins who are students first and athletes second.

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am neither a fraternity brother nor female. So after a couple years of watching women pour their hearts, their wallets and their free time into decorating coolers for fraternity away-formals, I never expected to join. Take a walk through Central Campus in the spring, and you’ll probably see groups of girls huddled over beverage coolers with painting supplies. At Duke and many other universities, the last months of the spring semester brings fraternity away-formals—multiple-day trips for brothers and their dates to celebrate the end of the academic year. As a thank-you for the invitation, women traditionally gift their date a painted cooler. They’re usually personalized, usually time-consuming and usually expensive. Last spring, when I got invited to an away-formal, I had to decide whether to make one. First, I needed to clarify the expectations with my date. The first things I asked about were logistics. “Where are we staying? One bed or two? You’re sure you’re okay to just go as friends? Your frat is okay with you bringing a guy?” “Should I make a cooler?” “If you want to make one, that’s awesome! But don’t feel like you have to.” I’m skeptical that even the most sincere statement

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But soon, the cooler felt like the first payment on some kind of debt I owed for receiving the invitation. Was the second payment supposed to be sex? By the time we got to the party, the cooler seemed to adopt a more insidious symbolism. It felt like currency— like something that men and women exchanged in order to purchase sexual expectations. It’s hard to imagine that sexual pressure at formal is unique to LGBTQ folks. But for two men, those expectations work a little differently. The fact that male-male relationships operate without gendered power structure helped me to never feel physically at-risk. But socially, sex can assume different meaning. While for a woman to deny sex to a man may seem like a subversion of power, for a gay man to deny sex to another gay man may seem like a subversion of identity—like a rejection of another’s self-expression. I knew that norms around sex at away-formals make things awkward for almost everyone. I also suspected that by making a cooler—by buying into some of the expectations—the other expectations would weigh on me more strongly. So I considered skipping the cooler altogether. Besides, if I hadn’t done the decorating, no one would have been surprised. But maybe that’s a problem: that no one would think

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of “no pressure” is actually capable of removing an expectation. But even so, there are other reasons why women choose to decorate coolers. For some women, they’re a fun break from work. And for others, they seem like an appropriate “thank you” for the invitation. But it’s not that simple. To some, the tradition is sexist. The argument is relatively straightforward: consensual or not, fun or not, insignificant or not, the expectation to make a cooler is predicated upon stereotypes of female domesticity, and those stereotypes are upheld when men in positions of power continue to informally require and normalize the tradition. Maybe that’s a problem, or maybe it’s not. But as a gay male making a cooler for another gay male, there was something else to it. In the age of gay-marriage and blurring gender binaries, queer pairs at fraternity formals are still uncommon— even at Duke. It’s not mysterious why even other gay men brought women that weekend. It’s not necessarily a fear of retaliation or ridicule—it’s just easier. It’s easier when two matching blazers don’t break the symmetry of group pictures. Easier when dancing with your date doesn’t draw attention. Easier when the next morning’s Facebook pictures don’t become an inadvertent political statement. Making the cooler felt like a “thank you” to my date for doing the harder thing—for inviting a guy. It was my way to make our date feel normal.

twice about a man deciding not to make a cooler for his date. I had an easy-out. Cooler-making isn’t supposed to be a man’s job, and using that as an excuse felt like little more than exploiting male privilege. Sitting outside Few Quad, paint dripping everywhere, another justification rattled around in my head. “Look at me,” I thought. “Coolers aren’t about gender! If I make one, it can’t be sexist, it’s just tradition!” But that’s not honest, because when my date and I arrived, we didn’t look like the other pairs. We didn’t fit the mold. The fact that my cooler felt like a subversion of a tradition means that the tradition itself is, in fact, steeped in gender roles. My participation did not change that. The whole weekend, I just wanted to blend in, but I don’t think a cooler could have done that. My sexuality doesn’t lend itself to the symbolism of the cooler. Coolers remain a trophy for the straight fraternity boy and an unofficial participation requirement for the sorority girl. And while I was given the chance to paint my way into a tradition that wasn’t designed for me, the tradition itself still doesn’t do me—or maybe anyone—much good. So if you somehow have several free afternoons and the money to buy and sand and prime and paint and seal and stock a cooler for your date, go for it. It might be a blast. But it’s not just a cooler. Tanner Lockhead is a Trinity senior. His column, “not straight talk,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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n a flurry of regulatory changes made over the weekend after a packed legislative session, Duke Student Government announced Monday that it had designated Campus Enterprises (CE) as “Too Big To Fail.” The student-run LLC, which has been a part of the Duke community for over 20 years and definitely is not a pyramid scheme, said members are “saddened” about the designation, which will subject them to heightened regulatory scrutiny and potential interference from DSG. “We’re glad to have made the decision to designate Campus Enterprises in case there is some sort of economic meltdown,” said one freshman senator, who is poising himself for a vice presidential run, at a secret meeting with Monday Monday at the Sower statue on East Campus. “They’re too entrenched in the average Duke Student’s life to be lost. I mean,

Threes just can’t seem to get enough of their sashimi,” a high-ranking member of the Student Affairs office told Monday Monday, in a secret meeting deep in the Chapel Crypt. “This is the first time in my life I can honestly say I’m glad about something DSG passed.” Despite reports that Campus Enterprises was mostly just a resume padder for students applying to Morgan Stanley internships, this source said that CE actually provides “vital goods and services that Duke students and administrators have come to rely on.” “The West Union can’t be relied on to provide the services Duke students actually want,” the Student Affairs official said. “I mean, we constructed that thing mostly for the way it’ll look on brochures for the school. We’re not dumb—we know you students only want Merchants-OnPoints delivery. And I won’t lie: I got some

ast week, the Republican repeal of Obamacare went from unlikely, to maybe, to dead. While it appears that President Obama’s signature healthcare legislation will remain in place for now, it is unlikely that the Republicans won’t try again later for another repeal. We still have another three years and nine months of Trump (but who’s counting?). Dissecting the frenzied rush to replace Obamacare last week will be crucial in future attempts to block a Republican rollback, especially when seeking to protect the kinds of things first on the chopping block. One such example was the last-minute deal between senior Republican leaders and the House Freedom Caucus, in an attempt to draw more conservative opponents to support the rollback. The deal included eliminating the essential health benefits insurance companies under Obamacare

companies to begin covering the ten essential health benefits. Following the Republican plan to divvy up who pays for various health services completely negates the idea of a risk pool. Before Obamacare, the only people purchasing the maternity care riders were women who expected to become pregnant, meaning the entire pool was filled with people who would need the insurance, driving up insurance costs for everyone seeking maternity coverage or making the coverage cost-prohibitive. Eliminating maternity coverage would return us to preObamacare days when pregnancy meant extremely costly care. Further, the notion put forth by some conservative congressmen that men shouldn’t have to pay for “women’s care” is, to state the obvious, sexist. There appears to be no real discussion of allowing women to refrain from paying for services related

Monday Monday

Dana Raphael

NOT NOT TRUE

PROBLEMATIC PEOPLE DOING PROBLEMATIC THINGS

without Enterprise Entertainment, what will sororities do about taking photos at their functions? Take them on their phones? What are we, peasants?” Campus Enterprises has become increasingly important over the past few years, thanks to strategic business decisions made by the future investment bankers who will one day reunite to sink the American economy. Though CE began as a delivery service for food around campus, it has recently grown into otherwise untapped markets like event photography, t-shirt design and— according to an anonymous source within the organization—a developing enterprise for witty Instagram captions. Sources close to Monday Monday said that in addition to annual audits from DSG, Campus Enterprises will also be required to come up with a plan for how it could quickly liquidate assets in the case of a financial meltdown. An Econ 301 student“expert” estimates that a regulation of this nature could potentially save DSG “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in the case of a meltdown; however, that student recently received a D+ on his exam so his credibility is described as “unclear.” “I’m deeply saddened by the decision to subject us to these regulations,” one Campus Enterprises executive board member who will one day single-handedly create an American housing crisis told Monday Monday in the back of a BME lecture. “We have done so much good for the Duke community—I mean, how else would you expect your TGI Fridays to get there three hours after ordering it without our mediocre drivers?” The larger organization sees this designation as a sort of “Hotel California”—an economic term that confusingly has been derived from the 1977 Eagles hit of the same name. Campus Enterprise investors are fearful that they will “never be able to check out” after receiving the designation and worry the organization will devalue over time. Despite disappointment within CE, officials outside the organization expressed sentiments of relief that this regulation creates a newly established insurance system for the larger Duke economy. “Sushi Love delivery accounts for 68 percent of the total market share for Duke Dining. Those Manhattan-born Key

sadistic pleasure out of basically taking that away. But if Campus Enterprises were to fail, then the administration would have to actually be relied upon to provide students services and we just are not prepared to do that.” Another Student Affairs official added that the administration would be “forlorn” without the Enterprise Entertainment services they feature at their semesterly parties. “I love looking at those pictures on The Facebook after every major event,” the 68-year-old grandmother of four told Monday Monday at a secret meeting on the top of the hospital roof. “I’ve been at Lilly’s totally hammered and not remembered a thing, so it’s always a fun surprise when I see the photos posted days later and I’m tagged in like 12 of them with a dazed look in my eyes.” DukeEnrage reportedly has already mobilized sit-ins to protest the organization’s very existence. As of print time, the group had begun to occupy the front porches of at least seven different Central Campus apartments that various members of Campus Enterprises call home. “Too big to fail is too big,” one member told Monday Monday while eating Enzo’s pizza they had ordered on Food Points via Campus Enterprise’s GoBringIt iOS app. “As Duke students, we can’t allow for these sorts of giant conglomerate organizations to continue. We have to break them up or else we risk the livelihood of the average American.” Other protesters were less familiar with their thoughts on Campus Enterprises, despite saying they were committed to a “multi-month” sit-in. When asked his thoughts, one member of the protest—who had just constructed a bong out of an abandoned SleepEasy mattress—told Monday Monday he “wasn’t sure” what he was protesting against, but that we was “totally against” whatever it may be. “F**k capitalism,” he said, before passing out on the hood of his Daddy’s hand-me down-Mercedes. Written while waiting for Merchants-OnPoints to return to normal delivery hours.

are federally obligated to provide, such as emergency services, mental health care, rehabilitation services and maternity care. Under that plan, individual states would determine if insurance companies must provide any of those benefits. If you happen to live in a state that chooses not oblige insurers to provide things like maternity care, you could—as Trump’s budget director flippantly suggested—move or lobby your state legislature. I doubt most expecting mothers have the time to lobby their state representatives. Before Obamacare mandated that insurance companies cover essential health benefits like maternity services, 62 percent of people who purchased their own health insurance did not have maternity services, and only 12 percent of plans on the individual market covered maternity services. While some plans offered maternity riders, which allowed people to purchase maternity care on top of their existing plan, per month fees could reach a thousand dollars. Plans had to be purchased well before an actual pregnancy, excluding any unintended pregnancies, which make up about 45 percent of total pregnancies. Those without insurance would have to pay out-of-pocket for maternity services, averaging between $30-$50 thousand dollars for pregnancy and newborn care. Childbirth could be financially disastrous. While all ten essential benefits required under Obamacare were on the chopping block last week, the maternity care provision seemed to be singled out for special attention. Conservative congressmen expressed confusion and scoffed at the idea that men should have to pay at all for pregnancy-related care. Instead, as the Republican plan put forth, you should only have to pay for what you want. While only paying for what you want sounds good in theory, it becomes disastrous when applied to insurance markets. Insurance works because of pooled risks; more people in the pool means more people share the risk of being in the pool, lowering individual risk for everyone. Because most people in pool will stay healthy, their payments help subsidize the costs of when a few people get sick or need some kind of coverage. Obamacare helped to create that larger pool, helping to offset the costs of requiring insurance

to testicular cancer or Viagra. And such a move would be dangerous for the reasons listed above; when people get to choose what services they are going to pay for, any rational person is only going to pay for the services they believe they might reasonably need. Why should a young person pay for heart disease, various cancers, or high cholesterol if they remain in perfect health? The result is a classic collective action problem: individually rational actions produce collectively irrational outcomes. Paying for only what you want means that nearly everyone seeking coverage for a particular condition is likely to ultimately need coverage for that condition. That isn’t a risk pool, it’s a guaranteed illness pool— and it will drive up costs for everyone. Finally, I would like to address the apparent conservative misconception that maternity care applies only to women expecting babies. While it’s true that the actual services provided are for expectant mothers, the benefits of these services reverberate far beyond an individual woman. An expectant mother’s spouse stands to benefit if their partner is well taken care of and their family isn’t dishing out tens of thousands of dollars to have a baby. Maternity care services and education lower the risk of infant mortality and help catch conditions in women like postpartum depression. Healthier mothers and babies mean healthier families and, ultimately, a better economy. Sometimes we have to pay for things we don’t like. I know plenty of people who would prefer their taxes not fund anything related to national defense, especially given recent reports of particularly high civilian casualties. As a Duke student, you’re obligated to pay the student activity fee even if you choose never to participate in a single program. My apartment complex makes me pay a ridiculous fee for valet trash—a service I never use—as a cost of living in the building. We don’t get to insist that institutions cater perfectly to our needs. An à la carte lifestyle isn’t freedom, it’s tyranny by the individual. Sometimes, we have to pay a price to play the game so that others can play too. Dana Raphael is a Trinity senior. Her column, “problematic people doing problematic things” runs on alternate Mondays.

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A Fracked Gas Power Plant at Duke University? The accelerating climate crisis requires leadership – and transparency – not an expansion of fossil fuels.

• The proposed Duke Energy power plant would increase campus greenhouse emissions by 61%. • It would increase local air pollution, barely improve campus power reliability and perpetuate the climate-destructive fracking boom. • Methane leaking and venting from US natural gas operations is making the climate crisis rapidly worse. It’s a key factor in the record-breaking, three-year global heat wave.

University leaders have rejected input from the Durham community. On-campus “stakeholder” meetings continue behind closed doors.

• A large excess of regional power means the plant would unnecessarily boost rates for all Duke Energy customers. • The University has many clean energy options, including huge solar potential at prices lower than it’s now paying for electricity. See NC WARN’s report on an alternate path for Duke University: bit.ly/2eSvrbV.

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