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Staff Reports The Chronicle The Chronicle hosted a debate between the three candidates for Duke Student Government president. Jackson Dellinger, Riyanka Ganguly and Will Hardee squared off to answer questions about their respective visions for DSG and specific concerns about each of them based on The Chronicle’s coverage of DSG this year. We curated some of the most interesting and revealing moments during the debate.

The Chronicle: What are your plans to improve student perceptions of DSG and DSG’s engagement with the student body?

Jackson Dellinger: This, I think, falls under the general topic of communication for which I have a four point plan. First— and this is something Will and I would probably agree on—you have the campus council. This is something we had four years ago that originally failed, simply because it was too large and we weren’t necessarily hitting the right stakeholders.

The first thing I’d do in DSG is reinstitute the campus council but in a smaller version, the idea for which being that DSG’s priorities and agenda should be defined at a meeting of campus and student leaders at the start of the year. That’s part one.

Part two is refurbishing and institutionalizing the DSG Ambassador Program. Every single major club on campus should have a dedicated senator representing both their policy and financial interests. This would allow them to craft DSG policy in the direction that students want and second, protect them and advocate for them in [Student Organization Funding Committee] hearings. Third, we need to have office hours. This is a pretty basic idea but one that DSG has failed at. And fourth, we need to rethink the way we have meetings with the administration. Instead of bringing in other DSG members, we should be bringing in student leaders themselves.

Will Hardee: Frankly, I kind of differ from a lot of DSG in the respect of how students perceive us. Honestly, I don’t really care if students like DSG. I just want to make sure See CANDIDATES on Page 4

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Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Joel Berry II made two key shots late to extend the North Carolina lead to six and made five first-half 3-pointers on his way to a dominant 28-point outing.

Brian Pollack The Chronicle CHAPEL HILL—Last season’s Tobacco Road Rivalry game in Chapel Hill came down to the final possession, with North Carolina’s Joel Berry II unable to get enough separation from Duke’s Derryck Thornton on the final possession as the Blue Devils completed an improbable upset.

This time around, the game once again looked destined to come down to the very end—but the Tar Heels pulled away in the waning minutes before any last-second heroics were necessary.

In the regular-season finale, No. 5 North Carolina used a 6-1 run late in the second half to defeat No. 17 Duke 90-83 Saturday night at the Dean E. Smith Center.

After scoring 15 points in the team’s first meeting, Tar Heel guard Joel Berry II was unstoppable, pouring in a game-high 28 points on 5-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc, including a pair of critical buckets down the stretch to seal the win.

“Joel Berry was amazing,” Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He played really well the whole game…

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how well he played and shot the ball, but again, he’s capable of ‘amazing.’

There’s few players on the court who are capable of ‘amazing.’”

With the game knotted at 71—neither team led by more than seven the entire way—and just more than six minutes left, North Carolina (26-6, 14-4 in the ACC) embarked on a quick 6-0 run sparked by a 3-pointer from Justin Jackson and an old-fashioned three-point play from senior Isaiah Hicks to take the lead for good.

Jackson had a rough shooting day, going just 1-of-7 from long range, but his first make could not have come at a better time for the Tar Heels.

Hicks did not play in the teams’ first meeting Feb. 9, but after outrebounding the Tar Heels in the 86-78 win, Duke (23-8, 11-7) was finally overpowered by Hicks and North Carolina’s overwhelming frontcourt size, allowing 15 second-chance points and 44 points in the paint.

The 6-foot-9 senior finished with 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting and nine rebounds on his Senior Night, and also helped limit Blue Devil freshman Jayson Tatum—who erupted for 19 second-half points against the Tar Heels Feb. 9—to just 4-of-13 shooting from the field.

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“We are better when Isaiah is playing and playing well. Needless to say, if you’ve got 22 minutes played and scored 21 points and nine rebounds, he’s playing and playing well,” North Carolina head coach Roy Williams said. “He was big for us tonight. That area of the court was big for us tonight.”

The Blue Devils fought back quickly thanks to a pair of free throws from Luke Kennard and a 3-pointer from junior Grayson Allen that cut the North Carolina lead to 79-78. Kennard played another fabulous game, finishing with 28 points on 9-of-17 shooting to keep his team in it until the very end.

But Berry responded again with another timely bucket to stake the Tar Heels a three-point lead heading into the final media timeout with 3:28 remaining.

“Our problems are not offensively, to be honest. We have guys that other teams just can’t stop, no matter what,” graduate student Amile Jefferson said. “We have guys like that. We have to become a really good defensive team. Usually around this time, that’s what good Duke teams do— they rise up on defense.”

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‘Smart blocking’ could allow Connections between brain students to live in larger groups hemispheres boost creativity Lexi Kadis The Chronicle Housing, Dining and Residence Life is considering a proposal from Duke Student Government that would give students a better chance of living on campus with more than six friends.

Currently, HDRL rules allow for blocking groups of three to six students. Senior Jacob Lettie, a policy advisor in DSG’s cabinet, has submitted a proposal to DSG outlining his idea for “smart blocking,” which would allow students to block with more people in exchange for getting a less-desired housing location. The new blocking rules would let groups of seven to 12 students have the chance to live together. “[The proposal] is designed to expand students’ options for housing by giving them the choice to prioritize proximity to other blocks of friends over getting their most preferred location,” Lettie said.

He added that groups could create two blocks and choose an “emphasize proximity option” on the housing application in order for the two blocks to be combined into a larger group.

“If blocks are combined, the block with the better lottery pick will be switched out with a block neighboring the block with the worse lottery pick,” he said. “However, opting to live in a smart block doesn’t hurt your location if the two blocks can’t be combined, so it’s risk-free.”

Dean for Residential Life Joe Gonzalez has been working with Lettie to outline the potential complications and impacts of “smart blocking.”

“It’s an idea HDRL will be looking at later this Spring,” he said. “[If chosen], it would be in place for house assignments in spring of 2018.”

Gonzalez added that the notion of larger blocks has been discussed consistently during the last few years, but that most blocks in past years have been made up of less than six students.

Lettie noted, however, that he thinks the current blocking rules, with a maximum of six people, are too limiting.

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Chronicle File Photo The new proposal would allow groups of seven to 12 students to live together in exchange for a lower-ranked housing location.

Shagun Vashisth The Chronicle Researchers have discovered that creativity might be related to the strength of neural connections between the brain’s left and right hemispheres.

The study—authored by David Dunson, Arts and Sciences distinguished professor of statistics, and Daniele Durante, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Padova in Italy— attempted to uncover how neural factors influence creativity. Comparing those in the top and bottom 15th percentiles of a composite creativity index, the study found that more creative individuals had more interhemisphere connections.

Dunson and Durante’s research belongs to a field known as “connectomics,” which uses networks to understand the brain instead of separately analyzing different regions.

For example, Dunson indicated that the study contradicts a common myth that more creative people have stronger use of the right half of the brain.

“Our findings are consistent with recent ideas that creative innovations arise from communication between regions of the brain that ordinarily are not connected,” Durante explained.

Data for the study came from MRI scans conducted by Rex Jung, clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico. Jung’s team traced the path of axons—which conduct electrical impulses between cells—using the movement of water.

They then recorded the brain structures and had participants take various tests designed to assess creativity, eventually assigning a creativity score.

At this point, Dunson and Durante analyzed this data looking for statistical differences between brain structures. What was different about this research, Dunson explained, was the methodology for interpreting the information.

“We used a novel method to discover and analyze relationships between nuances in brain structure and different phenotypes including neuropsychiatric diseases and for

Courtesy of Duke Today The researchers said their findings cast doubt on the myth that creative people are more right-brained.

this particular study, creativity,” he said.

Eventually, the study found statistically significant differences in the number of interhemisphere connections between those in the top 15th and lowest 15th percentiles of creativity. These differences were mainly in the frontal lobe.

Dunson said that the findings disprove the right-brain creativity myth, which says that creative people use the right half of their brain more than the left. Looking at connectivity differences within each hemisphere, there was no statistical difference between creative and non-creative participants.

Both Durante and Dunson acknowledged, however, that their study had a relatively small sample size. In order to confirm that having more connections between the two hemispheres is in fact linked with creativity, a more diverse group than the college-age volunteers in this study is necessary. There are also other alterations to the current research design that the study’s authors hope to explore.

“We hope to obtain more information about each individual’s brain connections, including the number and shape of the fibers, and use that in our analyses to gain more information about the brain connections,” Durante said.

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First vice provost for faculty advancement explains role Adam Beyer The Chronicle Abbas Benmamoun, currently at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was named vice provost for faculty advancement last week. The new position was announced at a community forum in November 2015 following several racist and homophobic incidents on campus, and the position was conceived as promoting “diversity and inclusion” among faculty. The Chronicle’s Adam Beyer sent Benmamoun a few questions about his plans for the new role.

The Chronicle: What experiences do you have that prepare you for your new role as vice provost for faculty advancement?

Abbas Benmamoun: In my current role as vice provost of faculty affairs and academic policies at the University of Illinois, I oversee faculty hiring and retention, promotion and tenure, faculty development at different stages of faculty careers, dual career and diversity initiatives and leadership development programs for unit leaders at the department and school levels, among other programs and initiatives related to faculty advancement.

I have also served as department head, school director and associate provost for faculty development. In all those roles, I have come to deeply appreciate the role that different university programs and units play in promoting faculty advancement, diversity and inclusion. Being both a faculty member and administrator, I try to understand things from both a faculty perspective and also from a campus-level perspective in order to ensure that both

perspectives inform the programs and initiatives we put in place. I am excited about this role because it fully embraces the vision of [Provost Sally Kornbluth] that faculty diversity and inclusion are part and parcel of faculty advancement and excellence. That means that a culture of inclusive excellence should permeate every aspect of faculty affairs. That is great for students and the research and engagement mission of the university. I completely subscribe to that vision.

TC: The position was created in part to respond to concerns about diversity and inclusion on campus in the wake of several racist incidents. How do you plan to address these issues and work with student leaders?

AB: Many universities and organizations are exploring ways to respond to the demographic changes that we are seeing in the student populations, and in the country at large. Research has shown that inclusive excellence is a net plus for institutions. It allows them to tap into the diversity of talent that is available and explore different perspectives informed by different backgrounds and views. Faculty have been engaged over the last two years in an in-depth discussion about the steps that can be taken to enhance faculty advancement, diversity and inclusion.

This position is one of the outcomes of that discussion and multiple goals and action plans have been outlined in the implementation report from the Diversity Task Force as well as in the developing strategic plan. Some of those steps will include support for faculty hiring and faculty development, with the University’s

diversity and inclusion goals as essential components.

Students and their leaders are essential partners in these efforts. They help us see things from the students’ perspectives, based on their experiences in the classrooms and other learning spaces and on their aspirations. I would definitely welcome the opportunity to work with them and include them as partners in our efforts.

TC: What is your biggest worry about the job?

AB: I am not sure I would call it a worry, but as someone coming from outside there is certainly a learning curve. I will need to make sure that I reach out to all the relevant constituencies, groups and individuals to learn about their expectations, hear their ideas and suggestions and build a relationship with them. I am service-oriented, and my role and that of my colleagues is to help the provost realize her vision for faculty advancement, diversity and inclusion. Our success will be measured by how effective our entire team is in helping foster a culture of inclusive excellence and facilitate the success of the faculty and the academic programs that depend on them.

TC: Do you plan to teach courses in addition to your other responsibilities?

AB: I would definitely welcome the opportunity to continue to work with students and teach and mentor whenever I get a chance. The top priority is my service to the Office of the Provost and to the faculty, but I consider service to students very important. I continue to work with students at the University of Illinois and guest lecture when the opportunity

Courtesy of Duke Photography Benmamoun said he plans to meet with student leaders to get their perspectives on diversity and inclusion on campus.

presents itself. I have always enjoyed working with students on research, and some of that work has turned into life-long collaborations.

TC: Are you looking forward to living in Durham?

AB: Definitely. My family and I are looking forward to being members of the Duke and Durham communities. We have lived in California, Wisconsin, the United Kingdom and Illinois, and we have family roots in Morocco and Taiwan. This will be another chapter in our lives, and we are looking forward to immersing ourselves in the University and community life in the area and doing our part as new members. \

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Lack of parking at Student Health poses problems for students Kenrick Cai The Chronicle For several weeks after its opening, students using the new Student Health and Wellness Center did not have on-site parking.

And even after several spaces were made available, students are concerned that the solution is not sufficient.

In a post dated Feb. 23 in the Fix My Campus group on Facebook, sophomore Haley Hedrick wrote that she was frustrated by the lack of parking options.

“Can there be some kind of reserved parking spaces for those going to Student Health/CAPS like there used to be? I’ve gotten two $50 tickets within the past two weeks for parking in Kilgo because I was too sick to take the bus and walk all the way there,” she wrote.

In order to address the concerns, Student Health and Parking and Transportation Services created three temporary, one-hour parking spaces in a gravel lot across from the building for the remainder of construction, wrote John Vaughn, director of student health, in an email.

“In the long term, there will be five spaces designated for students going to Student Health in the Beta/Kilgo lot once that lot is updated,” Vaughn added.

Portions of the building first opened to students in early January. Although construction is still in progress, some services, such as Student Health and Counseling and Psychological Services, are already open. Still, several students said accessible ways to access the building are lacking.

“It’s frustrating because I can’t imagine going to a single health care provider and not being able to find parking,” Hedrick told The Chronicle. “And there wasn’t even a solution when it’s been open for months and they’ve

CANDIDATES from page 1 we are creating policies that help the student body and that we are actually working on policy that changes Duke.

One thing is that students don’t know a lot of things DSG has done but they participate in those things. You’ve got the New York Times readership program, free menstrual hygiene products in the Bryan Center, along with a lot of other things. A lot of students don’t know that DSG did that, but the whole point is that we are actually working on things that help the student body. So I’m not really concerned about our perception. I just want to work to make sure we are representing students and working on policies that represent every sort of student and considering how we can make sure that there’s not a single student at Duke that doesn’t have the opportunity to succeed.

Riyanka Ganguly: My big thing is that I really wish students could realize that DSG can be a really good resource for them. So the ways that I want to do that is that I genuinely love talking to people. I want to have office hours as well, but I want to set up in the West Union biweekly and have students really just come up to me, ask me questions, tell me exactly what your agenda is and then help push forward an agenda together.

Honestly, my history of collaborating with student groups has shown me that students are the experts, especially in the niche subjects that they have, so helping bring students to the table with the administration is one of my big priorities. So at those office hours, setting up an email together so that we could meet with an administrator who might not be responding. So that’s one, and I also want to expand our ad-hoc model to encourage students to use our DSG resources, whether that be funding or expertise or connection to the administration.

Adam Beyer | The Chronicle The new Student Health and Wellness Center will eventually have five parking spaces, but some students say that is still not enough.

been planning it for a long time.”

Ceri Weber, a third-year graduate student in cell biology, said that although she was happy about the quick response time by the University, she was disappointed by the lack of communication. She said some graduate students were confused about why the building opened so early.

“Maybe it would have been a smooth transition if the building was done, it was beautiful and it had parking,” Weber said.

She added that the University did not provided sufficient information about the new parking spaces to the graduate student body.

Graduate students who use Student Health often live off campus and have to drive.

At Student Health’s old location in the Duke Clinic, three parking spaces were designated for patients, said Sue Wasiolek, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

“Our experience is that three seemed to work most of the time, yet we decided that we would increase that number to five,” she said.

Still, some students doubted that five parking spaces would satisfy the demand. Weber said that a five-car lot would be “tiny” considering the building would house other services, includng CAPS and the Wellness Center.

The three parking spaces for the old Student Health location were also frequently filled, she added.

plan to compensate for that potential lack of experience?

Jackson Dellinger: I think I’ve done a pretty good job making sure I know most everything that’s going in in DSG. If we want to talk about the various attendance policies or how size affects DSG, well I’ve read almost all of the records that we have in the DSG office, so I know our institutional history. Y’all provide wonderful information dating back over a decade about DSG. So if Will and I want to talk about campus council, I can say, “Hey, we had one, it was 120 people,” right, and if Riyanka and I want to talk about an open forum for students to put in their issues, I can say, “Yes, we tried that last year via the Duke Petitions page.” In most cases, when a project comes up, we’ve tried it before, and I know about it, right, and through that fount of information, once again, thank you guys, I think I can compensate to a large extent for an information gap.

If we want to talk about raw experience running committees and stuff like that, last year I co-ran the surplus committee with then senate president pro-tempore Brian Hopkins.

This year I’ve done I think a pretty good job floating from committee to committee and making myself relatively well versed in each of them, with the exception of Academic Affairs. But luckily [Kushal Kadakia], who’s the EVP [Kadakia is running unopposed for the EVP position], is from the committee, so any potential gap—and I think that’s the only one I might even have, although I think, no, I know that one pretty well too—is filled.

And then, I also really do believe that if the narrative that we’re all having is that listening to the student body is what’s most important, and then making those changes most efficaciously as chief, well then listening doesn’t come from DSG, and I have a history of succeeding in every project that I do. So I feel pretty good.

advertise on the current president’s [Senior Tara Bansal] behalf. In fact, our reporting shows that you received a merit point for making that advertisement. What are your thoughts on groups providing incentives to its members to advocate on behalf of candidates?

Riyanka Ganguly: So, I’m very against that.

This year with my sorority I’ve been very clear not to do that, and they’ve been clear that they won’t be doing anything like that either. To be very honest, right now with my sorority only my closest friends have changed their profile pictures or anything like that. You can check it if you want, and you would find that evidence, but while that has happened in the past, I can assure you it hasn’t happened this year, and to The Chronicle and anyone, feel free to look into that.

TC: Jackson, as the only member who TC: Last year, The Chronicle reported that hasn’t served on the Executive Board, how you your sorority gave incentives for members to

TC: Last year, you voted to provide more funding for Mock Trial that SOFC allocated during annual budgeting. Senators and students raised concerns that members of DSG voted for this additional funding because they were in the same fraternity as Billy Silk, Alpha Epsilon Pi, which you are a member of, and that they overlooked how constrained the budget was for a friend. Can you defend your vote? To add on, do you promise to not allow your affiliation with any group on campus that you belong to, to affect your decision making as president?

Will Hardee: To go off of that and my involvement with my fraternity last year, during the Young Trustee election one of the members of my fraternity was in there and one of my best friends. I love Max Schreiber to death, but I campaigned pretty hardcore for [Jamal Edwards, who won the election].

I’ve never used my fraternity to connect me to different sorts of policies. To talk about why I agreed with the Mock Trial funding, Mock Trial is such an awesome group at Duke, and they’ve pulled together some national championships, they’ve pulled together a lot of different high rankings, they’ve won a lot of different sorts of competitions and they’ve ranked pretty

Hedrick noted that she expects the demand for Student Health services to grow.

“Totally ignoring everything else in the building, Student Health is larger,” she said.

“There’s more spaces, and it’s certainly become a lot easier to get in, which would indicate to me that they’re taking on a greater capacity of students.”

Vaughn wrote that students should normally “be encouraged to walk, bus or park in the Bryan Center Garage.”

But Weber and Hedrick said parking in the Bryan Center Garage is not ideal and sometimes not feasible.

“When literally what you exist for is serving sick people, I think it’s kind of ridiculous to expect everyone to try not to use these spaces, and to try to bus or park in the [Bryan Center],” Hedrick said.

In her Fix My Campus post, Hedrick also wrote that the Bryan Center lot was “chronically full.” In addition, Hedrick noted that students should not have pay for parking in the Bryan Center Garage for every trip they take to the Student Health and Wellness Center.

“The problem with Bryan Center is that it’s kind of a hike,” Weber said. “Walking is obviously fine if you’re healthy, but for people that are mobility-impaired or sick, you can’t really ask them to park in [the Bryan Center].”

Vaughn noted that students can receive a parking waiver at Student Health that exempts them from paying for Bryan Center parking while they were at Student Health.

Even so, Hedrick said the whole situation illuminated the “disaster” of insufficient parking on campus.

“I think the idea is that they want it to be a pedestrian campus, but there are certain times when that’s just not practical,” Hedrick said. “I think at some point it’s causing more problems than it is actually helping the campus culture.” high every single year. I definitely want these sorts of groups to continue to thrive at Duke, groups that have like a continued history of sort of success and winning competitions in those sorts of things, so that’s why I voted for Mock Trial, and it had nothing to do with Billy Silk. I definitely am committed to not letting my fraternity influence me, my fraternity is actually kind of one of the more conservative fraternities and I’ve disagreed with a lot of things that they’ve brought to me and I haven’t brought it to DSG.

BLOCKING from page 2 Duke has always surprised me, and it’s been something that I’ve been thinking about ever since my first year at Duke,” he said.

First-year Tarika Iyer said that she also thinks the six-person blocks are not big enough and expressed interest in the “smart blocking” option after having trouble filling out the housing application this year. “[My friends and I] were really keen on having all of us together,” Iyer said. “I think it’s important to live with people you like and are friends with.”

Iyer added she was disappointed when her group of eight friends eventually had to split up into two blocks.

First-year Cindy Pan also stressed the importance of living with her friends, but indicated that she would not select the “smart blocking” option, as she values her preferred dorm more than proximity to another block of friends.

“I think the current block system works fine,” she said.

“Smart blocking” would not interfere with the current housing application, but rather give students another blocking option, Lettie explained.

“The goal of ‘smart blocking’ is ultimately just to give students the ability to have more of a say when it comes to their housing,” he said.

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Notre Dame routs Blue Devils for another ACC crown Mitchell Gladstone The Chronicle CONWAY, S.C.—With 10 straight lightning-quick points to start the third quarter, Duke appeared poised to potentially dethrone the queens of the ACC for the first time since Notre Dame joined the league in 2013.

But after a Fighting Irish timeout just 2:44 into the second half, the league’s dominant force for the last three seasons showed exactly why they would earn a conference tournament title yet again.

Thanks to a 14-0 third-quarter outburst, No. 1 seed Notre Dame surged past thirdseeded Duke 84-61 ‘CUSE 46 Sunday afternoon DUKE 68 at the HTC Center, leaning on an MIAMI 52 explosive offensive DUKE 57 performance that saw the Fighting DUKE 61 Irish knock down 11of-22 from beyond 84 the arc. Notre ND Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale and Brianna Turner led five players in double figures with 39 combined points, and tournament MVP Lindsay Allen facilitated the attack beautifully with 11 points, 13 assists, seven rebounds and five steals.

Although the Blue Devils got another stellar first-half performance from star guard Lexie Brown—who contributed 16 points but was shut out after halftime— they struggled after pulling within a pair

Rachel Baber | The Chronicle After the Blue Devils pulled within two early in the third period, Notre Dame held Duke scoreless for 4:32 and went on a 14-0 run to pull away.

at 43-41 early in the third quarter. Duke failed to score for almost five minutes and allowed the Fighting Irish to pull away, as Brown and star Rebecca Greenwell went just 6-of-22 from the field against Notre Dame’s combination of man-to-man and triangle-and-two defenses.

“The game is about runs,” Blue Devil head coach Joanne P. McCallie said.

“I was really proud of our run, but you can’t expect to just go at a team one time and expect they’re going to back up. You have to be aggressive. They hit a couple of shots…and that’s basketball—you have

to be ready to compete at that level.”

Trailing by 15 entering the final 10 minutes, Duke (27-5) put up eight points in less than two minutes to get within a dozen. But Notre Dame’s relentless offense would not let up.

A 3-pointer from Marina Mabrey just after the fourth-quarter media timeout put the Fighting Irish (30-3) up 20 as they handily closed out the Blue Devils with a 21-13 final frame. It was Allen, though, who stole the show en route to first-team all-tournament honors alongside backcourt mates Mabrey and

Ogunbowale. “[Allen’s] court vision is something I’ve never seen before,” Brown said.

“I’ve known Lindsay a long time and to see her grow as a point guard has been nice to see. She’s definitely the best to ever do it.”

Duke shot itself in the foot with at least 17 turnovers for a third straight game. And up against the ACC’s best offense, the Blue Devils’ mistakes finally came back to haunt them as Notre Dame capitalized to the tune of 26 points off turnovers, 11 fast-break points and 30 points in the paint.

When the Blue Devils did execute well and hold on to the ball, they struggled to finish easy opportunities, missing several layups throughout the game that destroyed their chances in their fourth straight ACC tournament loss to the Fighting Irish.

“When you look at these points off turnovers, that’s what really sticks with me—poise,” McCallie said. “We have to take a hard look at where we’re being careless with the basketball…. If you’re going to turn the ball over that much and somebody’s going to score that much, it’s going to be very hard to play defense.”

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UNC loss highlights Duke’s frontcourt deficiencies Hank Tucker The Chronicle CHAPEL HILL—Before the season started, Duke was supposed to be the team that would overpower opponents with its post depth, with Amile Jefferson returning and two top-20 recruits joining the frontcourt.

The last game of the regular season provided a glaring reminder of how much has gone wrong for the Blue Devil frontcourt and how little time there is to fix it.

Jefferson played well enough against No. 5 North Carolina, with 12 points and six rebounds, just a couple of boards below his season average. He also had to guard Kennedy Meeks for most of the game and held him to eight points and eight rebounds. But the 6-foot-9 graduate student got virtually no help in the post, as the Tar Heels outscored the No. 17 Blue Devils 4426 in the paint and had 15 second-chance points in their 90-83 win.

“He’s guarding a guy 40 pounds heavier than him, and he’s trying to do everything. I thought Amile played well,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He just didn’t rebound like he normally does. But overall, our rebounding was okay, it’s 35-31. I wish he had 15, but he didn’t.”

Jefferson would not have had to do

everything if Krzyzewski could trust the talent that was sitting on his bench.

Harry Giles, the No. 1 recruit in the nation, was supposed to be a major contributor on the team by now after he was eased back in following a November 2015 ACL tear and preseason knee scope. He did not attempt a shot from the field and scored one point in 13 minutes, and has not scored in double figures in nearly two months.

Marques Bolden, the No. 2 center in the nation coming out of high school, was set to be a starter when Duke started preseason practice before a lower-leg injury sidelined him for three weeks. He played one minute Saturday night, did not record any stats and has not scored in Duke’s last four games.

The Blue Devils could get away with using a small lineup and keeping their prized frontcourt prospects on the bench against North Carolina Feb. 9 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, when Tar Heel forward Isaiah Hicks did not play due to a strained hamstring.

Hicks dominated smaller defenders Saturday, though, with 21 points on 7-of9 shooting and nine rebounds in easily his best game since his injury. Freshman Jayson Tatum, a 6-foot-8 forward who has been forced to play as a stretch four for most of the year, was no match for Hicks’ size in the post and got bullied on the block on multiple possessions.

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle The Blue Devils surrendered 44 points in the paint and gave up 15 second-chance points as the team’s lack of frontcourt depth was a glaring weakness again.

“They were really physical. In the second half, we were going back and forth. I thought a couple of those possessions, we should have gotten stops,” Jefferson said. “We have athletes.

We have guys that can do it, so it’s up to us to buy in.”

Hicks also created mismatches by getting guards like Luke Kennard to switch onto him when he set screens for Tar Heel scorers Joel Berry II and Justin

Jackson on the perimeter, resulting in easy interior points.

As was the case when Wake Forest frontcourtstar John Collins took Duke’s guards into the paint Feb. 18, the Blue Devils’ curious strategy allowed an opponent’s guards and big men combine to exploit size mismatches.

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Takeaways from the Blue Devils’ spring showcase Ben Feder The Chronicle The Blue Devils participated in their annual spring scrimmage Saturday morning at Wallace Wade Stadium. After going through position drills, the three offensive units took turns battling the defense, with the latter finding stops on nearly every possession. Although there were a few bright spots for Duke on offense, the scrimmage was largely tarnished by sloppy play.

Here are some major takeaways from the scrimmage, which was only the Blue Devils’ 13th spring practice: Offense working on stretching the field After averaging only 6.5 yards per pass last season, the Blue Devil offense has been working to add another dimension to its passing game, especially as returning starting quarterback Daniel Jones becomes more comfortable with the offense. Both Jones and backup signal-caller Quentin Harris lofted a slew of passes down the far sidelines to help free up playmakers Johnathan Lloyd and T.J. Rahming for passes underneath as well. “[I wanted to work on] some of the more explosive, deeper, down the field passes in particular [this winter],” Jones said.

Although Jones could have been more accurate—he finished 4-of-8—he was much more decisive in throwing the deep ball, and he finished with 65 total yards passing, including a big completion to

speedster Chris Taylor.

Wideout Aaron Young puts on a show Although Young played sparingly last season, he flashed glimpses of talent on the outside with two touchdown catches on only 11 total receptions. After sharing most improved offensive player honors in the spring with running back Shaun Wilson, Young showed his development in the scrimmage.

The redshirt freshman ripped off two deep catches, easily beating the opposing corners down the sidelines for 79 total yards on a couple of grabs.

Young also showed some versatility, making an impressive catch during a red-zone opportunity for the No. 1 offense, but the pass had led him out of bounds. Even with Young playing behind Rahming, Lloyd and Taylor, the Blue Devils still gave him plenty of opportunities to make plays on both the firstand second-team offenses, and the Murietta, Calif., native took full advantage Saturday.

“You saw what we thought about what Aaron Young’s putting together,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “He’s one of the most improved players on our team.”

Blue Devils show off linebacker depth With All-ACC linebacker Ben Humphreys sidelined after undergoing shoulder surgery this offseason—Humphreys is expected to be healthy for the regular season— freshman linebacker Koby Quansah stepped in alongside Joe Giles-Harris and

Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Redshirt freshman Daniel Jones and the Blue Devil quarterbacks worked on getting the ball deeper downfield Saturday.

stood out in limiting Duke’s rushing attack.

Quansah registered three tackles for a loss and one sack against the first-team offense, an impressive feat for the third Blue Devil linebacker on defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ depth chart.

Tinashe Bere also participated in practice after missing most of last season with a torn ACL. Although Bere is listed as Duke’s fourth linebacker, he has flashed plenty of talent on the field, as he was named an honorable mention freshman

All-American two seasons ago.

Mike Ramsay steps up on the defensive line With the losses of four-year starter A.J. Wolf (graduating) and Marquies Price and Brandon Boyce (dismissed from program for violating team rules), there are plenty of questions remaining along the defensive line. Returning starter Mike Ramsay seems to be the unit’s clear-cut leader at this point See FOOTBALL on Page 12

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Guterding, Bruckner lead rally past No. 12 Richmond Phil Coons The Chronicle When the Blue Devils fell behind 6-2 early in the third quarter Sunday afternoon, things looked bleak for Duke once again facing another ranked opponent.

But after dropping its first two top-25 matchups of the season, the Blue Devils showed improvement by rallying for a dramatic early-season victory.

Junior Justin Guterding and senior Jack Bruckner combined for six goals and four assists, catching fire in the second half as No. 20 Duke used a 7-1 spurt to down 12th-ranked DUKE 9 Richmond 9-8 8 Sunday afternoon at RICH Robins Stadium in Richmond, Va. Although the Spiders pulled within one with 5:35 remaining, a J.T. GilesHarris takeaway with about a minute to play sealed the Blue Devils’ first win away from home this season.

Duke looked like a different team after halftime, outscoring one of the nation’s top defensive units 7-1 during the 16-minute stretch that defined the game to hand Richmond its first loss.

“We played with a lot more passion [in the second half],” Blue Devil head coach John Danowski told GoDuke.com. “I thought we played scared and pretty tight and afraid in the first half. During halftime, we spoke to them in a stern tone and they seem to have responded to that.”

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Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Junior attackman Justin Guterding posted three goals and three assists against a defense that entered Sunday’s game allowing just 4.3 goals per contest.

kicked off Duke’s 7-1 run with 9:06 remaining in the third period off a feed from freshman Reilly Walsh. Guterding and Bruckner then took over and showed why they are legitimate Tewaaraton Award candidates, closing the quarter on a 3-0 run to tie the game at six heading into the fourth period.

After a J.P Forester tally momentarily put the home team back in front, the Blue Devils (4-2) firmly took control with three goals in 51 seconds. Walsh ignited the eruption on a feed from Bruckner, then the senior attackman and Guterding set each other up for consecutive

scores to give Duke its largest lead. Guterding finished with three goals and three assists, with Bruckner also notching a hat trick to go along with his helper to Walsh.

“Attackmen, they play around the goal, and they make plays,” Danowski said. “Justin has been playing with a lot of confidence, and so has Jack. They have seen a lot of lacrosse in their time here so it is not surprising that they made plays in the second half.”

With Duke breaking in a brand new offensive midfield group, Bruckner and Guterding are showing that they can carry

the Blue Devils against top competition.

The Spiders (4-1) entered the game as the nation’s best scoring defense— surrendering just 4.3 goals per game—but goalkeeper Benny Pugh could only muster eight saves with Bruckner and Guterding firing away at will in the second half.

“The attack didn’t really touch the ball in the first half,” Bruckner told GoDuke.com.

“We talked at half ime about taking better care of the ball. We realized what our potential was and that we were not playing up to what it should be in the [first half]. It was a team effort and [we] all came together instead of going our separate ways, which we could have done and it would have been the easier route.

If you have guys that have your back, it makes the game so much easier.”

The Blue Devil defense also tightened up in the second half, limiting the time of possession for the Spiders and ensuring that the ball was in Bruckner or Guterding’s sticks with the game on the line. After five penalties in the first half spotted Richmond a 5-2 halftime edge, the Duke defense cleaned up its play and locked on to Richmond’s best playmakers.

Forester found the back of the net three times for the Spiders’ only goals of the second half as senior goalkeeper Danny Fowler posted 10 saves, including a crucial final stop that prevented the game from going into overtime.

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Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Although Jayson Tatum had a big second-half dunk, he struggled to use his quickness against North Carolina’s bigger frontline.

M. BASKETBALL from page 1 After Berry then drained another jumper to give North Carolina a fourpoint lead, Allen missed a pair from the free throw stripe—where he was 8-for-11 on the night—that put a major dent in Duke’s comeback chances.

Berry once again made the Blue Devils pay, weaving his way around the key and finishing for an easy layup when he caught Kennard napping.

Although the Blue Devils pulled within three with 25 seconds left when Kennard earned an and-one, a Justin Jackson layup and misses by Kennard and Jefferson sealed their fate.

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but I think we played well,” Kennard said. “We gave up a couple transition points and took some shots that weren’t the best shots, including myself. With about three minutes left, it was a onepossession game, we just kind of let them get away.”

The first half set the tone for a fastpaced, back-and-forth affair, with both offenses clicking and neither team holding a lead of more than six points. Paced by 23 points from Allen and Kennard, Duke shot 54.2 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes but North Carolina— led by a stellar 5-of-5 performance from deep by Berry—was not far behind at an even 50.0 percent.

The Tar Heels took the lead late in the period thanks to a 9-4 run in the final 3:09, with the Blue Devils’ 16-of-17 effort from the free throw line keeping them right in it despite Berry’s hot start.

“They shoot 35 free throws. When the other team shoot 14 more free throws than you do, that usually means you lose,” Williams said. “We were able to make some at the end when we got the lead…. They’re an awfully powerful offensive team.”

Duke went cold from the charity stripe at the worst possible time, though, and after watching its rival celebrate a second straight ACC regular-season title, the Blue Devils will now have to open the ACC tournament Wednesday afternoon as the No. 5 seed. Duke will play at 2 p.m. at the Barclays Center in New York against the winner of Tuesday’s game between Clemson and N.C. State.

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Sophomore Luke Kennard led the Blue Devils with 28 points, but Duke could not get the requisite stops to sweep North Carolina.

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They’ve got a big and I’ve got a little, so we’ve got to take advantage of either one,” Hicks said. “If I didn’t get it, I’d just get of the way, and then they have a bigger guy on them. Sometimes switching helps, but then again, it just puts people in a bad situation too.”

To see how this year could have played out differently for Duke’s frontcourt, one needed only to look across the court at the North Carolina bench, because Hicks was not the only Tar Heel big that did damage.

Meeks was effective on his Senior Night and freshman Tony Bradley—a less heralded recruit than Bolden— added eight points on 4-of-5 shooting, showing off a smooth midrange jumper and fighting for four rebounds with a big second-chance layup in the second half.

Sophomore Luke Maye—barely a top-100 recruit when he signed two years ago—also contributed eight points on 4-of-5 shooting and pulled down three offensive rebounds in 18 minutes. Meanwhile, Duke’s McDonald’s All-American sophomore big man, Chase Jeter, has not played since Jan. 14.

“It’s tough. They have four of them.

They have four guys that they rotate, and not to mention Jackson goes to the boards every time, so it’s rough,” Jefferson said. “You have to fight. We did a better job in Cameron at doing that.

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle As Duke’s Harry Giles and Marques Bolden have struggled to crack the rotation, North Carolina rookie Tony Bradley has blossomed.

Tonight, we gave up a lot of points in the paint.”

The Blue Devils’ shortcomings in the post were magnified on the road against arguably the best frontcourt in the nation, and their lethal perimeter scorers are enough to carry them to victory against most opponents.

But Duke’s lack of frontcourt development, due in part to injuries, is one of the main factors that has kept a good team from becoming the elite one that most expected to roll through the regular season with far fewer than eight losses.

“We have the talent, we have the players, we have the skillsets,” Jefferson said. “It’s time for everyone to grow up, buckle down and be men.”

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle After Grayson Allen’s corner 3-pointer in transition pulled Duke within one with 4:07 remaining, the Blue Devils went without a basket for 3:42 and missed three costly free throws late.

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Virginia Tech routs Duke in ugly home loss Meredith Cash The Chronicle The mark of a mature team is often how it responds following a hard-fought battle.

But after falling in the final two minutes against then-No. 11 Notre Dame last weekend, the Blue Devils failed to regain their composure and faltered against their second straight ACC opponent.

No. 19 Virginia Tech exploded for two separate five-goal runs to deal No. 10 Duke an 11-6 setback Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium—its worst home loss since its regularseason finale against 11 North VT Carolina DUKE 6 in 2015. Despite multiple personnel changes and a late 4-1 run, the Blue Devils could not overcome their lingering turnover issues to take the Hokies down.

“We were hopeful that this team was mature enough to have losing that close, tough game last weekend really have an impact and force us to make some changes,” Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “We didn’t. We’re making the same mistakes.”

Although both teams have reputations for their high-octane offenses—they each entered the game averaging more than 14 goals per game—neither side found the back of the net through the first 10 minutes of the game. Hokie junior Marissa Davey finally ripped one past Blue Devil netminder Jamie Lockwood at 19:55 to open the floodgates for Virginia Tech.

The Hokies (7-2, 2-0 in the ACC) kept their

Cordrey in the eight-meter arc. The Summit, N.J., native capitalized on a free position shot to pull Duke back within three just 17 seconds into the period.

“I’m glad we were able to secure [that draw-control ledger]” Kimel said. “I’m disappointed, though, that we don’t have more to show for it. When you have a huge draw margin like that, the expectation is that you’re able to finish off those possessions with goals and, unfortunately, too many of our possessions today ended with turnovers or saves.”

Despite the Blue Devils’ momentum, the Hokies refused to back down. Junior Marissa Davey scored her third and fourth goals of the contest to lead Virginia Tech in its second fivegoal onslaught on the day. The first four goals of that series came within a 2:31 firestorm that left the Blue Devils reeling. Kimel once again Neal Vaidya | The Chronicle decided to switch out her goalkeeper, putting The Hokies used two 5-0 spurts to hand the Blue Devils their second straight ACC loss and Lockwood back in for the final 21:27 of the never trailed on the road. game with the team down 10-2. foot on the pedal to score four straight goals another goalie who can go in, and [Cadoux] Facing by far its largest deficit of the from there, capitalizing on Duke’s recurring did a really good job of coming in and making year, Duke fought back a bit by forcing five stick-handling errors and resulting 10 first-half a difference for us.” turnovers and generating a 3-0 run on goals turnovers to control the tempo of the game.

Just 38 seconds after Cadoux took her spot by senior Kitty Morroissey, sophomore Ella Lockwood—who had seemingly secured the in the crease, Duke (4-2, 0-2) started to find Bonafede and junior Maddie Crutchfield. starting goalkeeper position—struggled to its footing. Sophomore Ellie Majure carved Crutchfield’s tally came with 10:33 left, fend off the Hokie attack. through the Virginia Tech defense and scored giving the Blue Devils some life despite the The Richmond, Va., native had just one right on the doorstep to put the Blue Devils atrocious start. save against six shots on goal before Kimel on the board.

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to her track record, Ganguly has given us ample reason to treat her campaign promises with good faith and to believe that she is well-deserving of our endorsement. We believe that rather than falling into the DSG trap of pet projects—FitBikes in Perkins, Zagsters across campus, etc.—she will seriously engage with the problems of this campus, from independent living conditions to the mishandling of sexual assault cases, bettering our school in the process.

We are less confident about the candidacy of sophomore

Editorial Jackson Dellinger. Dellinger, now a senator for Durham and regional affairs, has put DSG’s communication efforts at the center of his presidential platform. We wholeheartedly believe that it is important for DSG to communicate with students, but we believe a desire for better communication is a prerequisite for a presidential campaign and should not be a central platform plank. In our minds, this emphasis revealed a distinct gap in experience between Dellinger and our endorsed candidate, Ganguly. Although we cannot endorse Dellinger, we wish to honor him for his efforts as a senator. During his tenure, he has worked to craft

policy changes affecting alcohol and independent living conditions on campus by using a large number of student voices to inform his opinion. His outreach demonstrates that he possesses a humility we find to be refreshing in DSG. We hope to see him remain part of the organization, but do not believe he is currently suited to be president.

We also believe that Vice President for Services Will Hardee, a sophomore, is not the right choice for president. In his interview, Hardee demonstrated distinct naiveté about both DSG and the broader Duke campus. He sees the role of president as a fusion between his current vice president of services job and a new inspirer-in-chief position. During our interview, he promised to meet individually with every member of the Senate and impress upon them the importance of servant leadership. While a noble proposition, that is neither feasible nor the job of a president. The job of a president is rather to identify problems on campus and to work to fix them, while ensuring that the rest of the DSG functions as an open interface between students and the administration. Hardee did not demonstrate to us that he could do that.

Surabhi Beriwal and Alan Ko recused themselves from endorsements.

Fixing N.C.’s education P

erhaps no issue in state policy is as politically consequential or socially vital as public education.

There are few things the public cares about more than its schools. As an issue, education combines the pocketbook political power of tax policy with the emotional weight of social justice. And unlike the tax code, it’s easy to understand and mostly affects children.

Bring up North Carolina politics anywhere and you’re likely to hear two things. First, that public education matters. And second, that North Carolina’s K-12 education needs to be fixed.

But exactly what needs fixing?

Ask a liberal Democrat, and the first reaction will likely be inadequate resources. North Carolina ranks 44th in per-pupil spending, and teacher pay is among the lowest in the country.

On standardized tests, however, North Carolina meets or exceeds national averages.

For some on the right, to the extent that reform really is pressing, more money may appear unnecessary; evidence on how extra funding impacts student achievement is ambiguous enough to substantiate calls for money better

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size in kindergarten through third grade.

The move was supported with evidence from study conducted by Tennessee on the impact of class size on student achievement. Class size, the study found, can matter. But not in isolation. Systems as complex as public education are loathe to be revolutionized in one fowlswoop along a single policy dimension. And especially not when reform has unintended consequences.

N.C. school boards have raised concerns in the wake of the state class size mandate. Leaders say that finding the resources to staff smaller classes will either generate cuts in non-essential subjects (art, physical education, and elective courses), increase class size in other grades, or place a financial burden local districts to make up the funding gap.

Even if class size were the silver bullet, consequences resulting from the current legislative design would likely offset student gains. And the result would surely muddy the political water.

In response, the North Carolina House passed legislation to loosen state class-size mandates. But the Senate has yet to follow suit. HB-13 remains stalled in the Senate Rules Committee (rather than the Senate Education Committee) amid suspicion that districts are diverting state funding away from class size

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spent rather than money more heavily expended.

For others, the problem is unequal opportunity. N.C. public schools continue to struggle with de-facto racial segregation, and property taxes from poorer municipalities mean that some districts can’t keep up with the extra spending taking place in wealthier areas. While North Carolina’s education finance system distributes funding more equitably than most states by most measures, pockets of disadvantage persist.

School choice is regarded as the hallmark solution for others. Vouchers are promoted as an escape hatch for families discontent with public options, and charter schools are touted as nimble, innovative solutions for districts overrun by low quality tenured teachers.

While the expansion of the school-choice movement in North Carolina has persisted seemingly undeterred by underwhelming evidence on its effectiveness, the growing mound of research on education policy interventions has led well-meaning people to seek all kinds of new solutions.

Fixes to NC public education seem to change with the season. Education lotteries. Curriculum reform. Charter schools. Voucher programs. Teacher professional development. Masters’ pay.

This season, it’s class size.

A deeper dive into the most recent legislative bout in Raleigh gives insight into how exactly the political hot-potato of education gets tossed—and why meaningful improvement seems to have escaped these one-dimensional solutions.

In the most recent legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill mandating reduced classroom

reductions and toward less productive improvements.

As districts finalize personnel budgets for the 20172018 school year, the General Assembly will be forced to confront these concerns in the coming months. In the case of Wake County, which finalizes its budget on May 15, that deadline is approaching soon.

For those who campaigned on reducing class sizes, reversing course could be politically costly.

Depending on the Senate’s decision, one of two things will happen. Either North Carolina will grant leeway for schools to revert back to the status quo – leaving another reform effort visibly inert – or schools will encounter the unintended consequences of the change -- mitigating to a certain extent the potential benefits of class size reduction.

Either way, this most recent push for education reform is likely to engender the same disappointment of reforms in the recent past—leaving voters ever more skeptical that Raleigh is up to the challenge of improving the welfare of North Carolina’s children.

The lesson is not that reform is futile, but that it is complicated. When the next wave of attack ads take the North Carolinian airwaves, they are more likely motivated by political winds than a fundamentally partisan disagreement about the value of public education. So, as reformers continue to weigh difficult tradeoffs, so too should we be weary of onedimensional approaches to school improvement.

Tanner Lockhead is a Trinity senior. His column, “not straight talk” runs on alternate Mondays.

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The DSG race: A war of Duke foolish to condemn attrition among pledges reasonable ‘travel ban’

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ith voter turnout at record lows and approval ratings dipping well below even Trump-like numbers, Duke Student Government announced today on their Facebook page that the DSG presidential race was “really just a war of attrition between pledges at this point.”

The organization, which has become well known for efforts like funding and then de-funding and then re-funding a defunct yearbook, continually debating their internal structure and helping students develop their resumes in anticipation of their McKinsey consulting interviews, decided to just cut the crap and admit what was really going on in a rare showing of sincerity.

“Look, we get it,” an anonymous DSG senator who asked to go by “Deep Throat” told Monday Monday at a secret rendezvous at the top of the Chapel. “We know that nobody really cares what we do. Hell, until The

friend of a friend from inside a fraternity with some sway who can make their pledges help you do all the stuff you don’t want to.”

They reported that the role of pledges in campaigns has evolved over time. While many DSG candidates have these hard-working freshmen that definitely aren’t required to do so against their will do simple tasks like put up posters, knock on doors on East campus and hang banners from their windows, others have gone further. One former anonymous DSG President told Monday Monday that in addition to having pledges change their profile pictures, dorm storm, put up posters and send their pledgemaster photos of their ballot saying they voted for her, the impressionable freshmen were also asked to do some more “creative tasks.”

“I had one pledge learn how to spadgecock a chicken so he could cook it for me every night in my Central Campus apartment during the campaign. Another learned how

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ast month, the presidents of nearly fifty leading universities, including Duke, signed a letter condemning President Trump’s “travel ban” executive order as a threat to both “American higher education and the defining principles of our country.” For Duke and other participating universities to take the extraordinary step of official condemnation, and in such strong and categorical language, it is right to expect commensurately strong arguments in support of their position. Disappointingly, no such arguments exist in the university presidents’ letter, which indulges instead in the toxic blend of dogmatic rigidity and sloppy emotivism that increasingly passes for discourse on this controversial subject.

Let us first consider the claim that President Trump’s executive order (EO) is a threat to higher education. To be clear, there are talented, law-abiding students and scholars who have been negatively affected

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Chronicle started filming our meetings, they were mostly just orchestrated events to hear ourselves talk. We wanted to just come out and say what everyone else was thinking—nobody really cares about this race anymore, not even us, not even the candidates. It’s mostly just a fight between pledges at this point.”

The all-Greek executive board dispelled claims earlier this year that Greekaffiliations have any amount of undue influence over who gets elected and who doesn’t. They noted that all students had an equal opportunity to join their ranks, and the fact they were blessed with gregarious personalities and an army of sisters and brothers they paid for and could help them campaign had nothing to do with the positions they’d won “fair and square.”

However in recent days, many of those same members backtracked on their previous statements to corroborate the organization’s announcement.

“I’ll be the first one to admit that what I said earlier this year was all a big lie,” one anonymous executive board member told Monday Monday. “If you think for one second I didn’t tell my pledges they had to vote for me or that I didn’t write those little admirable paragraphs each of them added on their profile picture and cover photo change, you’re seriously senile.

Half of them barely even knew my name at that point, let alone the resolutions I’d presented in front of Senate.”

He added that the proliferation of using first-year male “pledges” to do the bidding of candidates in DSG elections was a tradition “as old as time itself” and that it “long outdated traditions like tenting, Tailgate or Dean Gerald Wilson.”

“Oh, everybody has done it,” one former DSG candidate living in exile as an Accenture consultant told Monday Monday. “It doesn’t matter if you are a bizarrely prideful geed or a merit scholar who has never been to a barn party in your life. As soon as you decide you’re running for DSG president—which, let’s be honest, is a decision you make long before you say you did—you’re already recruiting a

to tailor pants, one learned how to do all my homework in calligraphy, and another sung me french lullabies in my room until I had fallen asleep every night. Stuff like that is pretty standard these days.”

When approached by Monday Monday in a large 100-level lecture class, one first-year pledge from an unnamed, two- or three-letter fraternity denied any participation in such activities. “‘DSG?’ Isn’t that the group of shirtless foreign guys who tan on the Abele quad bench? Never been affiliated with them. But you know, you can tell I’m Greek-affiliated because I’m wearing this sweatshirt and I just called you ‘bro.’”

While the DSG community dukes it out among classes of pastel-clad men, the rest of the Duke student body has announced they “couldn’t care less” about the election.

“When a pledge knocked on my door last night, I told them to go away,” one member of the Pegram dorm told Monday Monday. “I felt kinda bad about it, too. Poor guys looked like they hadn’t slept in many days. I know a couple of girls down my hall took their quarter sheet and let them do their spiel, just to be nice.”

Other students have reported feeling equally as annoyed with all the profile picture changes and campaign promises that have blanketed their Facebook newsfeeds since the beginning of the campaign just two short weeks ago.

“It’s only been two weeks? It feels like it’s been 17 months at this point,” a Chronicle editor told Monday Monday. “Truth be told, I keep getting these ‘endorsements’ from groups, asking if we can run them and I don’t have the heart to tell them that the only people who read them are the candidates and their grandparents. The Editorial Board’s endorsement got seven reads—three from an IP address in Few and another from an IP address at a retirement community in Boca Raton.”

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by the temporary suspension of travel from Somalia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Yemen, and indefinite suspension of travel from war-torn Syria. It is entirely appropriate that Duke should intervene on behalf of these directly-affected community members. Far more questionable, however, is the university’s implication that such unfortunate cases collectively amount to a unique threat to higher education. After all, it is difficult to imagine any major matter of policy not having some negative impact on some group’s ability to access or contribute to scholarship or to the university community generally.

It is quite likely that many of Duke’s own policies, such as its (in my view, admirable) restriction of need-blind admission to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, have a far greater limiting effect on the potential of international students to contribute to the university community than President Trump’s EO. To take a more personal example, I wonder whether a campus climate in which only one faculty member in the entire university openly supported Trump’s candidacy—namely, me—reflects a more significant threat to higher education than a temporary restriction of travel from the nations in question—that is, if we take the value of national diversity as a proxy for the more fundamental value of ideological diversity in higher education.

Setting aside the question of higher education, the university presidents’ letter is most objectionable in its claim that Trump’s executive order “dampens the light of liberty” and threatens the “defining principles of our country.” The letter itself provides no reasons to support this remarkable assertion. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber, co-organizer of the letter campaign and author of its original draft, nonetheless affords some insight in noting that his own mother was a refugee from war-torn Europe nearly seventy years ago. To be sure, the United States has a noble history of taking in refugees, as is the case with Eisgruber’s family. Far more

suspect is the implication that such cases of generosity either establish or reflect a principled obligation to admit all refugees under any circumstances, irrespective of risk. Eisgruber himself seems to demure from this radical suggestion in his insistence—again, without any support— that the EO is unnecessary because sufficient travel vetting procedures already exist in relation to the seven countries in question. Even if this unsupported assertion were true, it in any case appears to shift the argument from one of principle to one of risk assessment, about which people might presumably disagree without violating the “defining principles” of the nation.

Despite its many flaws, the university presidents’ letter reflects an admirable concern for religious liberty. It is all the more disappointing, then, that the letter would fail to acknowledge the EO’s stated interest in preventing those

who reject basic principles of religious tolerance from entering the United States, to say nothing of the EO’s special consideration for “persecuted religious minorities” as potential case-by-case exceptions to the travel ban.

For that matter, nothing in the language of the EO supports the university letter’s accusation of an unfair targeting of Muslims.

Although it is true that the seven affected nations are majority Muslim, they also happen to be either geopolitical adversaries (Iran) or chaotic, war-torn states severely compromised by extremism and terrorism (Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan and Iraq). It is simply disingenuous and unfair to suggest that religious bigotry would be the only reason one might support a travel restriction from such places.

One might note that American foreign policy blunders have contributed significantly to the sorry conditions in these affected countries. Our spectacularly foolish policy of regime changes in Libya, for instance—a policy promoted vigorously by Eisgruber’s Princeton colleague Anne-Marie Slaughter— has undeniably worsened the region’s refugee crisis. It is all the more curious then that the foreign policy blunders of previous administrations failed to elicit the sort of official condemnation now directed against President Trump’s EO. Dare I wonder at the reigning hierarchy of taboos according to which it is evidently less objectionable to bomb a given “Muslim-majority” nation than it is to restrict travel from it?

To conclude, the university presidents’ letter is a lazy document that fails to do justice to a complicated and contentious issue. Duke was wrong to lend its institutional support to this document, and would do well to think more carefully before taking an official position on policy matters in the future.

Darren Beattie is a visiting professor in the political science department.

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Duke spurt eventually narrowed the margin to just four midway through the first frame, Notre Dame regained its offensive footing and took a 27-18 lead into the second quarter.

The Duke defense struggled mightily the entire afternoon. The Blue Devils allowed a season-high 84 points— including 43 in the first half—and Notre Dame held Duke without a field goal for the final 7:35 of the half to carry a 12-point advantage into the locker room.

After allowing a season-high in points, the Blue Devils will now await Selection Monday in eight days, when they will discover their opponent for the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Duke is currently slotted as a No. 3 seed in ESPN’s projections as of Sunday morning— meaning the Blue Devils would host first and second round games at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

But in the meantime, Duke will relish a positive weekend in South Carolina despite falling short of their first conference tournament title since 2011. Brown was named to the all-tournament first team and Greenwell garnered second-team honors as well, and the Blue Devils earned two more top-25 wins to pad an already impressive resume and run their winning streak to 10 before Sunday’s loss.

“It was definitely a lot of fun—I wouldn’t want to go on this run with another group of girls,” said Brown of her first ACC tournament experience since rejoining the league. “Nobody thought we were going to get to this level, this game….

I wish we wouldn’t have to learn with a loss, but we’re going to learn a lot and get better from it.”

in practice. He was the primary defensive playmaker for the first unit, providing one of the highlights of the scrimmage by rumbling 90 yards for a fumble return touchdown after a bad snap.

“We’ve really come together this spring…. It’s a unit, and we’ve really locked in on our fundamentals and what’s going to make us special as a defensive line,” Ramsay said. “I feel very confident in our abilities coming in this fall.”

Ramsay also disrupted Jones with a sack and a forced fumble working against the interior of the Blue Devil offensive line.

Despite being surrounded by inexperienced players in Tre Hornbuckle—a co-recipient of the most improved defensive player award—and Terrell Lucas, Ramsay was able to fight through double teams to collapse Jones’ pocket.

how to play defense.”

But the Duke comeback tapered off from there, as both sides tallied just one more goal apiece in the final seven minutes.

Once again, the Blue Devils’ loss stemmed from an inability to maintain possession for a full 60 minutes. Kimel’s team committed 18 turnovers—only nine of which were forced—to Virginia Tech’s 13.

Duke will look to correct these issues by next Saturday, when it travels to Louisville to take on the No. 20 Cardinals. If the Blue Devils cannot finally quell their recurring stick-handling issues by then, they may spend the bulk of March without a conference win.

“Now we have to re-evaluate some things in terms of what we’re doing on the field,” Kimel said. “Maybe some personnel as well.

We just need to put ourselves in a position to perform better.”

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Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Redshirt freshman wide receiver Aaron Young was targeted deep downfield several times Saturday.

Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Senior Jack Bruckner posted yet another early-season hat trick Sunday, adding a key fourth-quarter assist as well.

M. LACROSSE from page 8 confidence each week out,” Danowski said.

“Man-down wise, they prepared well and reacted to what they say on film [from the Spiders] and they never got out of shape.”

Senior Kyle Rowe went 5-of-6 at the faceoff X to keep the ball away from the Spiders in the final quarter of play, and added five ground balls for one of his best all-around games of the season.

Duke returns to Durham to host No. 11 Loyola—the team that eliminated the Blue Devils in the first round of the NCAA tournament a year ago—Saturday at noon. Duke will test its defense against All-American Pat Spencer, who torched the team a season ago.

“First challenge is midterms, with tests and papers this week, which is not easy,” Danowski said. “It is the beginning of spring break, and we’ve got a great Loyola program coming in and that is the next challenge.”

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