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Price decides to leave space where Robert E. Lee statue once was vacant after commission report By Kenrick Cai News Editor

The empty space that resulted from the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue will officially remain an empty space, at least for now. In an announcement to the Duke community Saturday, President Vincent Price publicized a report completed by the Commission on Memory and History. In September, Price announced the creation of the commission, which was charged to propose principles to address issues regarding on-campus memorials or facility names.

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The commission delivered its report to Price by Nov. 17, the set deadline, but it was not made public until Price made a recommendation to the Board of Trustees during its meeting Saturday. “I am accepting the Commission’s first recommendation of leaving the space vacant and initiating an open and deliberative process that will involve all members of the Duke community,” Price wrote in his announcement. Until August, a statue of former Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stood in front of Duke Chapel, but widespread controversy in the wake of violence involving white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va. prompted hundreds of alumni to sign a petition calling for the Lee statue to be removed. The statue was vandalized Aug. 17, and days later Price ordered the removal of the statue from campus. Two weeks later, Price established the commission. Price issued three charges in creating the 16-member commission. Members were asked to propose principles to guide Price and the trustees in the event of controversy about a memorial or the naming of a campus facility. Furthermore, the commission was charged to provide input to Price and the trustees in developing procedures in future situations. Two options were provided by the commission for the vacant Robert E. Lee space. The primary recommendation— “preferring to leave the space open for a year before taking further action”—was

supplemented with the possibility of installing a plaque describing the history and significance of the empty space. “This space would be a visual pause as the University dedicates itself to exploration and learning about our history,” the report stated. The second option for the vacant niche was to name a person to fill the space. With “substantial support” from the commission and Duke community, the report proposed Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. Commission members decided that if the empty space was to be filled with a new individual, it should address the lack of commemoration for women and people of color in Duke Chapel. “Both Dr. King and Dr. Murray fit the intersection of religion, community and education that seem most appropriate for the Chapel space,” the report stated. These recommendations were made on the basis of a set of principles proposed by the commission. In situations regarding campus symbols, the goal should be to engage with history without erasing it, and past intent and present effect should both be factored into a decision, which should be “thoughtful and deliberate.” Symbols should align with Duke’s campus, history and key figures, the report stated. A set of guidelines was put forward in the report, which stated that any member of the Duke community can propose to the Office of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees a name change or reconsideration of a memorial. After the proposal has been vetted by the secretary, senior administrative leaders and the Executive Committee of the Academic Council, the University president will convene a committee to consider the proposal and make a recommendation,

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This Saturday, the Board of Trustees approved a new building for the School of Nursing, School of Medicine’s doctor of physical therapy program and department of orthopedic surgery. According to a Duke Today release, the University has scheduled construction on the new building, which will cost $61 million, to be completed in Fall 2019. The new 102,000 square-foot facility, which will have five floors, will replace the one-story, 14,000 square-foot Elizabeth C. Clipp Research Building. The trustees also approved new graduate degree programs in materials science and engineering and in dance. The School of Nursing will occupy half of the new building, and it will house the school’s Ph.D. program, Center for Nursing Research, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Student Services and the Duke Health Center for InterProfessional Education. Additionally, Duke’s doctor of physical therapy program, as well as administration and graduate medical education offices for the department of orthopedic surgery will be placed in the new building. The Board of Trustees also approved a new university program in materials science and engineering that will offer multidisciplinary Master of Science, Master of Engineering and doctoral degrees. Faculty for the new programs will come from all four academic departments of the Pratt School of Engineering and from the biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics departments in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. According to the Duke Today release, the program expects to matriculate its first students in Fall 2018. In October, the Academic Council unanimously approved the proposal for the new program. The trustees also approved a degree in Master of Fine Arts in Dance. Purnima Shah, associate professor of the practice of dance and director of the program of dance, said at the Academic Council’s first November meeting that they hope to recruit seven students per year for the two-year terminal degree program. “We’ve been working very hard on this for over a year, so it’s very exciting,” Shah said. The Dance Program will be housed in the new Rubenstein Arts Center, which holds two dance studios and faculty and staff offices. The Arts Center will open in January. In other business Current and former students, coaches and staff involved in athletics discussed various aspects of intercollegiate athletics with the trustees. Speakers present included Kevin White, vice president and director of athletics, men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski and Olympic Gold Medalist Abby Johnston, Trinity ‘13 and a student in the See TRUSTEES on Page 3 @thedukechronicle | © 2017 The Chronicle

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Far more grad students are foreign compared to undergraduates By Delaney Dryfoos Contributing Reporter

Graduate schools nationwide have seen a rise of international students in STEM programs, and that trend is no different at Duke. A recent article in The New York Times noted that within New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, 80 percent of undergraduate students are U.S. residents while approximately 80 percent of graduate students are international. Although NYU is a particularly stark example, the article pointed out that about 55 percent of all U.S. graduate students in mathematics, computer sciences and engineering are international. In Duke’s undergraduate class of 2021, 86 percent of the students hail from the United States. The Graduate School, by comparison, reported that just 35 percent of the students who matriculated in 2017 are domestic students.

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The percentage of newly matriculated international students at the Graduate School who are seeking master’s degrees in the physical sciences or engineering is 79.7 percent, almost

matching the percentage at NYU. “Within our current overall enrollment, we have international students from 90 countries,” wrote John Zhu, senior public affairs officer and communications strategist at The Graduate School, in an email. “Among students who entered in Fall 2017, we have international students from 52 countries.” The domestic-to-international graduate student ratio in recent years has not always favored international students. In 2009, the makeup of Duke’s newly-matriculated graduate student class was 50.2 percent domestic, tipping the scale towards domestic students by less than one percentage point. Duke’s graduate program overall had more domestic than international students until 2013, when 51 percent of the school was international. International students have outnumbered domestic students each year since. For physical sciences and engineering graduate programs, however, international students have outnumbered domestic enrollees for a longer period. In 2008, 62.7 percent of students in the science and engineering fields were international. That percentage has grown since. One of the explanations the Times report offered for the dearth of domestic students in graduate STEM programs is that Americans don’t see the need for advanced degrees because of the booming U.S. job market in technology. The Times article also states that when more international students apply, schools do not have to provide as much tuition assistance. At Duke, however, Zhu explained that doctoral students receive the same packages regardless of whether they are domestic or international.

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“The standard guaranteed Ph.D. financial support package from the Graduate School includes tuition coverage for students’ first five years of study,” Zhu wrote. He also noted that they can receive funding through the sixth year from the school if they can show that they applied for outside funding. While master’s degree students are not eligible for federal financial aid, they are still eligible for departmental scholarships, he said. For overall international enrollment in the Graduate School this year, the top five foreign countries students came from were China, India, the Republic of Korea, Canada and Italy. Overall, this year’s class represents 52 countries, while the overall enrollment of the school

includes students from 90 countries. Zhu said that The Graduate School has significantly more students from China than any other country outside of the United States. Shaoqing Ge, a fourth year Ph.D. student in the School of Nursing and director of academic programming for the Graduate and Professional Student Council, came to Duke from China. Ge said several people who left China to study in the United States told her about the prospect of studying in the United States— which she says has one of the best education systems in the world. See GRAD STUDENTS on Page 3

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which the president will decide on, before presenting it to the Board of Trustees for final action. During the two-and-a-half month process, the commission reached out to faculty, students, employees and alumni. However, Price decided that further input would be prudent to decide the future of the vacant space. “While the Commission solicited and received input from a number of members of the Duke community, there was strong interest among many constituencies in having more opportunities to study and deliberate on the importance of history and symbols at Duke,” wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, in an email. No recommendations were made specifically on other controversial building names, including the Carr building on East Campus, named after city philanthropist Julian Carr. In September, the Durham Public Schools Board voted to strip Carr’s name from the Durham School of the Arts middle school building, citing Carr’s historical support for white supremacy. “The Commission was charged with looking specifically at the Chapel space, and reviewing the proposed guidelines that will help the University address future questions that arise,” Schoenfeld wrote. “Those guidelines have now been adopted and should be accessed by the Duke community.” However, the commission did make additional suggestions beyond Price’s charge, including establishing memorials in recognition of farmers, sharecroppers and factory workers to commemorate their contributions to the growth of the University. In regards to other statues standing in front of Duke Chapel, the report noted that the five remaining statues include some individuals “who may not be aligned with the mission and highest values of this university.” The report recommended a long-term process to select a new group of individuals, or to replace the current statues with other symbols of education, such as scales for the study of law. “Simply putting up one statue that was selected according to our principles, while leaving in place five others that were not, is a missed opportunity for Duke and leaves many among the commission with concerns,” the report stated.

School of Medicine. Price noted that key points talked about included

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student-athletes’ “academic welfare” and “academic progress,” but that the discussion was not for decisionmaking regarding athletics. The trustees approved a change in the names of Sanford School degrees from “public policy studies” to “public policy.”

GRAD STUDENTS FROM PAGE 2 “No offense to my homeland country, but the United States is one of the most powerful countries in the world,” Ge said. “I wanted to study here and then see if I could get the chance to stay and maybe make a better living in this country than in my homeland.” Despite the general increase in recent years of international graduate students in STEM programs, the Times article noted that some engineering schools have seen a decline in international applications this semester. The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, for example, has seen 30 percent decrease in international applications within its professional master’s program. The Times article explained that this recent decline could be a result of President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban the immigration of people from certain Muslimmajority countries, as well as Trump’s other negative rhetoric about immigration. A new contributing factor to the disparity between

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According to the Duke Today release, the name change affects the school’s undergraduate major and Ph.D. degree, and was made in order to create consistency between the school’s name, program and degree names and course titles. Durham Mayor-elect Steve Schewel, Trinity ‘73 and Ph.D. ‘82, also spoke to the trustees. “Steve Schewel has a 45-year history with Duke. He’s a very proud alum, he’s taught at the Sanford School, he’s been involved in DukeEngage, he’s a neighbor, he’s a very active citizen,” Schoenfeld said. “So as far as Duke is concerned, having Steve as mayor—someone who knows Duke and knows Duke well—and someone who has seen how Duke has evolved over the years, especially in its relationship with the community, is very valuable.” In light of recent sexual harassment allegations, Charlie Rose—Trinity ‘64 and Law ‘68, who received an honorary degree during the 2016 commencement ceremony—was the subject of a discussion by the Honorary Degree Committee. However, no decision was made about Rose’s honorary degree during the meeting, and Price said the matter “continues to be under discussion.” international and domestic graduate students could stem from recent proposed changes to the tax status of graduate school tuition that could have financial consequences for graduate students. On Wednesday, graduate students participated in a walkout protesting the proposed Congressional bill. However, on Friday, the bill was passed through the Senate. In the meantime, the University is not yet able to say whether its experienced a drop in international applicants this year. Zhu said Duke’s graduate program application periods do not end until December, which is when the majority of the applications are received. However, this has not stopped current graduate students at Duke from noticing a change. Ge has also worked as a campus orientation peer for the International House and has represented international student interests at various advocacy events in Washington. She said Trump’s past comments about increasing the yearly income minimum to qualify for an H1B visa and his attempts to ban immigration from some Muslim-majority countries have created a climate that is unwelcoming for foreign students.

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Experienced Duke team comes up short in penalty kicks vs. UCLA in College Cup semifinals By Jack Dolgin Staff Reporter

ORLANDO, Fla.—Two years ago, an upstart Duke team beat veteran Florida State to advance to the national championship. Friday night, the Blue Devils were the veteran team, returning 15 players from the 2015 runner-up squad and facing a starting lineup of eight underclassmen. And once again, youth beat experience, ending what was likely the most successful season in program history at the whim of a penalty shot. No. 2 seed UCLA defeated top-seeded Duke 0-0 (4-3) in a national semifinal shootout at Orlando City Stadium thanks to a miss by Kat McDonald in the 0 fifth round and then UCLA 0 a game-winning shot DUKE into the upper right corner by Marley Canales. The Blue Devils and Bruins played a sort of cat-and-mouse game up to that point, with Duke bending but not breaking on defense and then coming close but not scoring on the counter-attacks. The loss makes Duke the fourth team to go to at least four College Cups without winning a national championship. “I know that we literally put everything we had on the field today. We gave it everything we possibly could,” senior Imani Dorsey said. “So when that happens and we don’t get the result we want, you kind of sit there and you’re like, ‘Where do you go from here? What does it all mean? Why?’” Duke was the first team to blink in the

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The Blue Devils lost in a close penalty kick shootout after completing 110 scoreless minutes Friday night at the College Cup. shootout, with redshirt senior Malinda Allen hitting her team’s second attempt into the crossbar. Had the shot been slightly lower, it would have gone past goalkeeper Teagan Micah, who dove to her left. Karlie Paschall scored in the third round for the Blue Devils and Duke goalkeeper EJ Proctor dove to her left for a save to put the Blue Devils back even. But in the fifth round, McDonald hit a dribbler to the right-center of

the goal, an easy save for Micah. Then it was up to Canales. “I could see [Proctor] moving right-leftright-left, and for a quick second I was like, ‘Oh shoot,’” Canales said. “I knew that Coach Amanda [Cromwell] and the rest of the staff told me to trust the side you’re going to…. So I just had to hit it well, and whatever happens, happens.” Until penalities, neither team had any can’tmiss opportunities. Possibly the best chance

Duke had was in the 18th minute, when Ella Stevens pierced a through ball to Dorsey as she was running into the box. Dorsey had to hurry with a defender sliding in, and she one-timed a shot just wide of the right post. “I was thinking about coming around and tapping it in with my right [foot], but I saw the defender sliding in, so I felt like it was right to take it with my left,” the first-team All-American said. That same pair nearly connected in the second half on a Stevens free kick. Dorsey jumped up for the header in the box but could not make contact with the ball before Micah punched it away. Such was the story for much of the second half, as Duke dialed up the pressure on the Bruins and kept knocking on the door for about 15 minutes. The Blue Devils (23-2-1) were able to control the second period due in part to UCLA’s aggressive strategy. In the first half, the Bruins (19-2-3) did not give Duke’s defense space to breathe, and the Blue Devils hardly advanced the ball past midfield. It was not sustainable for UCLA to press quite as much later into the game, though, which opened up more of the field. “We were just very impatient in the first half,” Church said. “Once we decided to drop a little bit and go into a lower block, I thought we did that very well.... [But] it was hard to get as many people in the box as we needed to get in the box, especially when we countered wide.” Later in the press conference, Church See W. SOCCER on Page 9

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Allen heats up to lead Blue Devils to home rout By Michael Model Assistant Blue Zone Editor

After three consecutive games away from home against Power-5 opponents, including back-to-back double-digit comeback victories against Texas and then-No. 7 Florida, Duke got out to a hot start Saturday to give its starters an opportunity to rest up prior to the start of conference play next weekend. The top-ranked Blue Devils used an explosive first half to build a 26-point halftime lead and handily defeat South Dakota 9680 at Cameron 80 Indoor Stadium. USD 96 With the victory, DUKE Duke improved to 10-0 for the 15th time in program history and continued to impress despite starting four inexperienced freshmen. Senior captain Grayson Allen led the charge out of the gates for the Blue Devils, pouring in 15 points in the first 10 minutes. That evoked “Grayson’s Winning” chants from the student section with Duke holding South Dakota to just 13 points in that span. “The first shot I got was an easy one, an easy transition three from Tre just pushing the ball ahead,” Allen said. “From then, it was just continuing to attack. I had a lot of middle drives that I saw, a couple baseline drives and just taking up the space that was on the floor— and if no one comes over and helps, just scoring the ball.” Allen finished the game with a team-high

25 points on 8-of-11 shooting and seems as though he has moved past a quiet fourgame stretch following his 37-point outburst against then-No. 2 Michigan State. Freshman Marvin Bagley III once again showed why he was the nation’s top recruit in the Class of 2017. His 19-point, 12-rebound performance has become the norm in the first month of the year. The Phoenix native now has eight doubledoubles on the season and is averaging more than 20 points and 10 rebounds through his first 10 collegiate games. “I think what we’ve learned is we have two of the exceptional players in America in Marvin and Grayson,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We’re 10-0, and with this schedule it’s been really good. Can it be better? Yeah. Can it be worse? Hell yes. It can be a lot worse. It can be a hell of a lot worse than it can be better.” After Tyler Hagedorn drained back-toback attempts from downtown to start the contest for the Coyotes (7-3), a 3-pointer by Trevon Duval sparked a 26-9 run for the Blue Devils in the next eight minutes. Despite entering Saturday’s matchup with a 3-point conversion rate worse than 16 percent, he has made a few big shots to ignite Duke offensively. Duval continued to facilitate the offense throughout the game, racking up eight assists and adding 14 points for the Blue Devils, who looked like their second-half selves from last week in Portland in the first

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Grayson Allen shot 4-of-5 from 3-point range and scored 25 points, his highest output since a 37-point explosion against then-No. 2 Michigan State Nov. 14. 20 minutes against South Dakota. Duke (10-0) once again used exquisite ball movement to create open looks and increase its conversion rate. The Blue Devils had 17 assists on 35 baskets and shot 56.5 percent in the contest. However, despite crisp, clean passing the first half, Duke became a little sloppy after mounting a 20-point lead. The Blue Devils finished the contest with 19 turnovers after failing to cough up the ball in the first 12 minutes of play and got outscored by 10 in the second half.

“We came out very sharp. We gave up a few threes right at the beginning of the first half that we didn’t want to, but we sharpened up after that and I felt like everyone had good intensity,” Allen said. “It just kind of dropped off in the second half when we let them get, I think, 50 points, and it’s something we have to continue through the whole game.” Freshman Gary Trent Jr. also continued See M. BASKETBALL on Page 9

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No. 5 Gamecocks avenge 2016 loss to Blue Devils By Conner McLeod Staff Reporter

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A season ago, the Blue Devils pulled off an incredible upset at Cameron Indoor Stadium against a visiting South Carolina squad that went on to win the national championship. This time, the fifth-ranked Gamecocks and All-American A’ja Wilson got revenge their home floor DUKE 52 on Sunday afternoon 72 at Colonial Life USC Arena, routing the No. 14 Blue Devils by a score of 72-52. “I don’t think you have to lose to learn. However, this one’s pretty painful,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It’s always tough to lose in that fashion where it’s not a very exciting game for you or for us for that matter, so it’s never a good thing. It never feels good, but it’s a good time to self-reflect and see what things we can do better.” South Carolina’s hard-nosed man-toman defense stifled Duke’s usual scorers from finding good looks. Graduate student Rebecca Greenwell only scored seven points and remained two 3-pointers away from the program’s career record after going 0-for-2 from deep, and sophomore Leaonna Odom shot just 33.3 percent from the field. The usual lights-out 3-point shooting duo in Brown and Greenwell went cold for the night, and Duke (6-2) only made one triple in 10 attempts. “They definitely were right up in our guards’ grill today, and it was very difficult to get them open,” senior Erin Mathias said. “When things like that happen, we need other people to also step up.” Duke’s stagnant offense let it fall behind by double digits in the second quarter, and South Carolina’s lead only

increased from there. The Blue Devils went into the locker room at halftime down 38-27, but could have been losing by much more if it weren’t for Brown, who continuously attacked the basket and finished with 13 points. Mathias also contributed to Duke’s scoring, making all three of her first-half shots from the field and leading the team with 14 points on the afternoon. To try and limit the Gamecocks’ chances in the frontcourt, the Blue Devils came out in a 3-2 zone defense, fronting Wilson in the post. This strategy made it difficult for Wilson to get the ball in her preferred spots, but opened the game up for other South Carolina players, including redshirt junior Alexis Jennings, who posted a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds. “I watched her on film and I thought to myself, ‘She’s really good.’ She’s really come along and to some extent, with all due respect, she’s harder to guard than [former South Carolina center Alaina] Coates,” McCallie said. “She’s got tremendous value for South Carolina, and again, I know they’ve got a lot of great players, but she’s really stepping up quickly.” Wilson still found a way to make an impact with her numerous putbacks near the rim and added a double-double of her own with 18 points and 11 boards. Even when Duke’s defense managed to get a stop, the South Carolina frontcourt corralled 15 offensive rebounds and earned 17 secondchance points. In the first quarter, Duke struggled to take care of the ball, turning it over four times to give the Gamecocks (8-1) easier chances to score and help them jump out to an eight-point lead. The Blue Devils’ turnover woes continued into the second period, getting Wilson wide-

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South Carolina shut Duke down defensively, holding the Blue Devils to their lowest scoring total of the season and limiting opportunities in the paint. open layups on more fast breaks. South Carolina capitalized on Duke’s mistakes, scoring 19 points off turnovers. Although McCallie went with a bigger lineup in the second half, with freshmen Madison Treece and Jade Williams seeing more time on the floor to help Mathias, Wilson continued to show her might, getting Mathias into foul trouble and converting an and-one to force a Duke timeout. Duke desperately needed a run to get back in the game, but South Carolina’s defense never wavered and the deficit continued to grow. After a few missed layups by the Blue Devils and poor transition defense to begin the second half, the Gamecocks increased their lead to 20. The Blue Devils let South Carolina have its way on offense and gradually looked more defeated on the court.

The Gamecock frontcourt’s domination increased in the second half, and South Carolina finished with more points in the paint than Duke had in total. “They were really patient—more patient than what I’ve seen on film to date,” McCallie said. “I’m sure they were instructed very carefully where to get that basketball, so I thought they did a great job doing that.” Although the Blue Devils looked ready to put up a fight in the fourth quarter, their runs came far too late, as the Gamecocks stayed in control for the rest of the period to send Duke home with a blowout loss. Duke will have a string of nonconference home games beginning with UNC Greensboro Thursday to recuperate before facing a tough Miami team on the road at the end of December.

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Two years after winning the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in New York for its first bowl win since 1961, the Blue Devils are heading north again in its return to the postseason. Duke will face Northern Illinois in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit Dec. 26 at 5:15 p.m. at Ford Field, the indoor home of the Detroit Lions. College football insider Brett McMurphy first reported that the Huskies will be the Blue Devils’ opponent. It will be Duke’s fifth bowl appearance in the last six years after a one-year absence last year and its first game in the state of Michigan since 1978. In their first four bowl appearances under head coach David Cutcliffe, the Blue Devils are 1-3, with losses in the 2012 Belk Bowl, the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl and the 2014 Hyundai Sun Bowl before beating Indiana in New York in 2015. Duke lost six straight games this fall after a 4-0 start, but recovered to beat Georgia Tech and Wake Forest in its last two games to reach bowl eligibility. The Blue Devils’ defense was strong all season, holding 10 of its 12 opponents to fewer than 25 points. Redshirt sophomore linebacker

Joe Giles-Harris and sophomore cornerback Mark Gilbert both earned first-team All-ACC recognition last week. “We are honored and delighted to be chosen to participate in the Quick Lane Bowl,” Cutcliffe said in a press release. “I could not be happier for a group of young men who had their backs against the wall heading into the final two weeks of the season, fought through that adversity and now will reap the benefits of their hard work and commitment to this program.” Offensively, Duke went through a lengthy quiet stretch during its losing streak before coming alive at the end of the season, scoring on its first seven drives of the 43-20 victory against the Yellow Jackets. The Blue Devils then scored touchdowns on three straight second-half drives a week later against the Demon Deacons with their postseason hopes on the line. Running backs Shaun Wilson and Brittain Brown and quarterback Daniel Jones combined for more than 1,800 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground, though Jones was inconsistent in the passing game. Northern Illinois upset Nebraska on the road early in the season and finished 8-4, with a 6-2 record in MAC action. Led by quarterback

Marcu Childers, the Huskies average more than 30 points per game. The Blue Devils have never played Northern Illinois. The Quick Lane Bowl is one of the newest

bowl games and has only been played since 2014, typically pitting an ACC team against a Big Ten team. The bowl has a payout of $1.2 million.

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The Blue Devils will play their first game in the state of Michigan since 1978 and their first game against Northern Illinois in program history.

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DeLaurier shatters career high in scoring in win By Riley Pfaff Staff Reporter

After a string of four straight games away from home, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski knew that Saturday afternoon’s matchup against South Dakota would be an opportunity to work his bench into the rotation more. Given the opportunity to get back out on his home court, one of those subs came up big for the Blue Devils. Sophomore Javin DeLaurier had his best game of the season off the bench in Duke’s 96-80 victory against South Dakota, finishing just one rebound away from a double-double with a career-high 13 points, nine boards and two assists in just 15 minutes on the court before fouling out. “[Javin]’s an energy guy for us. He comes in and he just makes a play. I can’t tell you what exactly it’s going to be, but he gets something done,” senior captain Grayson Allen said. “He’s getting his hands on balls in the passing lane, he’s going after every offensive rebound and he has the athleticism to go up and get it with anybody.” DeLaurier, ESPN’s No. 44 recruit in the Class of 2016, has fit well into his role coming off the bench this season. He has appeared in each of the Blue Devils’ first 10 games, averaging 4.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while playing less than 10 minutes per contest. Those numbers are a marked improvement from last season, when he rarely saw the floor, playing in just 12 games. Now, fully healthy and one of the most naturally athletic players on the roster, his impact on a Duke team that has

a highly-touted freshman frontcourt has been significant, particularly on defense. For a team that starts four freshmen, DeLaurier is in the unique position of being a second-year player who has more experience than most of his teammates on the floor. As the young players adjust to new defensive schemes and the physicality of college basketball, DeLaurier’s defensive value off the bench has been clear. “Defensively, he’s trying to block every shot, and he’s active,” Allen said. “We know when he comes into the game, our defense is going to get better. We’re going to have more energy, and we have confidence in him to do that.” Against South Dakota, his skills were on full display. On multiple occasions, he grabbed a missed layup and finished immediately under the basket, drawing a foul on one such play and helping spark the Blue Devils during a comparatively lackluster second half performance. Although he fouled out with a little less than four minutes remaining, he was by far the most productive contributor off the bench for Krzyzewski. “I thought Javin really gave us a good jolt today. [He] is a good player and really made some good hustle plays today,” Krzyzewski said. “Sometimes just a couple plays a kid makes is the jumping off point to be better, not the number of minutes.” Saturday was the first time the sophomore from Shipman, Va., reached double figures in scoring in his young career. His nine rebounds were the second-most he has grabbed in a game for the Blue Devils, with 11 boards against Elon earlier this season marking his career high.

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Javin DeLaurier scored in double figures for the first time of his career and nearly posted his first double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. The rest of the bench was solid for Krzyzewski, who stressed after the game that his primary focus thus far this season has been developing his starting five of Allen and freshmen Marvin Bagley III, Wendell Carter Jr., Gary Trent Jr. and Trevon Duval. Fellow freshmen Alex O’Connell and Jordan Goldwire both provided solid minutes for Duke against the Coyotes, finishing with four and two points, respectively. But despite their effective play, the star of the reserves was DeLaurier, who had the highest plus-minus rating entering Saturday of any Blue Devil bench player. With ACC

play looming just one week away, Duke hopes he can build off his strong performance at the start of the season to become a lethal weapon off the bench. “[I’m] just trying to come into the game and affect it in any way possible, whether that be down on the floor, grabbing rebounds, whatever it is, and just trying to make the most of whatever minutes I get,” DeLaurier said. “It’s always nice to be back in Cameron. [The last week] was a pretty grueling stretch in our schedule, and we got the win and we move forward from here.”

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South Carolina frontcourt duo overwhelms Duke By Spencer Levy Staff Reporter

COLUMBIA, S.C.—On a Star Wars-themed Sunday afternoon, the reigning national champion Gamecocks gave their fans an opportunity to dress up and mask their faces. But for the Blue Devils, their problems defending the low post could not hide behind even Darth Vader’s helmet.

South Carolina used its force to dominate the boards en route to a 72-52 win. The Blue Devils—the tallest team in the ACC—had outrebounded their opponents in all but one game entering Sunday’s matchup, but their defense on the low post could not contain senior A’ja Wilson, the potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft. Aiding Wilson in the front court, redshirt

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Alexis Jennings and All-American A’ja Wilson both had double-doubles, controlling the glass against an outmatched Blue Devil frontcourt.

junior Alexis Jennings worked the offensive boards to account for eight of the Gamecocks’ 15 offensive rebounds in the contest. Wilson added three rebounds on the offensive end and scored 18 points, Jennings chipped in a game-high 21 and both finished with double-double, as Duke was unable to stop the prolific duo. “It’s just effort. That’s how you get your possessions.... If you’re not going to box out, at least crash the boards,” Wilson said. “It’s just how we get this basketball in our hands and I think we really attack the glass pretty well. Points in the paint are our bread and butter, and that’s where the rebounds are normally going off the paint, so going out there and crashing the boards was huge.” Senior Erin Mathias led the Blue Devils in many key statistical areas. The Pittsburgh native finished the road matchup with a career-high 14 points in her 100th game donning the blue and white. Mathias also recorded six rebounds and two blocks against a strong front line, but she didn’t get much help on the boards from her teammates in the post, as sophomore Leaonna Odom only collected a single rebound for her season low. One of the difference-makers for Duke was its inability to stay out of foul trouble. Mathias fouled out of the game with 61 seconds remaining on the clock, well after the outcome had been decided, but playing in foul trouble for much of the second half left the senior on the bench and less physical on the defensive end, and South Carolina took advantage.

“We know how physical they were. I can’t foul out of the game or take myself out of the game,” Mathias said. “They definitely were playing very, very physical with us and we’ve got to be smarter.” In the low post, South Carolina’s starting frontcourt duo combined to shoot 17-of-31 from the field, and the Gamecocks’ 54 points in the paint outscored the entire Blue Devil team. South Carolina continually executed when given the opportunity and outrebounded Duke 40-26 to clean up a lot of its misses. The Blue Devils attempted to find the right fit to limit the Gamecocks’ production. Unlike in many games thus far, Duke turned to freshman Madison Treece early and often. The St. Peters, Mo., native finished the game scoreless in 12 minutes and misfired on the first 3-pointer of her young career, one of Duke’s nine misses from long range. “It was just an opportunity for the post. You could see that Jennings and Wilson were giving us trouble so [we were] rotating some post players, trying to see what they could do and how physical they could play,” Blue Devil head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “I don’t think you’ll see a more physical post player than Wilson, so all of our posts got an opportunity to see what that was like with Wilson and Jennings in there and how to play.” Graduate student Bego Faz Davalos and See W. BASKETBALL on Page 9

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fouls soon caught up with the Blue Devils and left them looking for answers. FROM PAGE 6 “We didn’t really concentrate on getting his struggles from the field Saturday with a them in foul trouble. We knew what would 3-for-10 performance. Trent is now down to work with whoever they had in the game. a mere 34.9 percent from the field and 29.6 It just so happened that we put them in a percent from beyond the arc on the season, position to foul us,” South Carolina head after projecting to be a key component to coach Dawn Staley said. “We knew our highthe Blue Devils ability to stretch the floor low, our ability to carve out some space in the from the perimeter. paint, our ability to drive from the high post. Duke used its early lead as an All of those things were things in which we opportunity to stretch its rotation and felt like we had the advantage. That was our rest its starting five. Duval was the only strength to win this game.” Blue Devil on the floor for more than 30 Until Sunday, the Blue Devils had yet to face minutes, and head coach Mike Krzyzewski an opponent that ran two tall players in the gave extended minutes to Jordan Goldwire 6-foot-5 Wilson and 6-foot-3 Jennings. Those and Javin DeLaurier, who had not seen two athletes provided a dilemma that even Luke much of the court for the last week. Skywalker would have struggled to solve. The Blue Devils will host St. Francis When one forward attacked the rim, the Tuesday at 9 p.m. their next time out weak side was left open for a rebound, and before opening their conference slate next the chemistry between the two star players Saturday at Boston College. was apparent on and off the court. The “We’ve got to keep getting better, two shared a laugh on the podium in their especially defensively, and we still have to postgame press conference. put a 40-minute game together,” Allen said. “[Jennings is] benefitting from Wilson being “I don’t think we’ve done that recently where such a great player, drawing so much attention,” from start to finish it was a Duke team.” McCallie said. “She’s being opportunistic as well, because any player to get eight offensive rebounds in a game, we haven’t done our job of boxing out.” Fortunately for McCallie, her team will have FROM PAGE 8 time to work on the necessary changes in order freshman Jade Williams also saw action in to get back on a winning streak. The Blue Devils the frontcourt for nine and three minutes, will take the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium respectively. Davalos finished the game with Thursday night against a UNC Greensboro only one rebound and a season-high six points, team that lacks the size to compare with the and Williams chipped in two points and fifth-ranked Gamecocks. two offensive boards. But the freshman was “We definitely had a key focus on their hindered by three fouls during a span of two post and their inside presence for sure,” seconds in her short time on the hardwood. Mathias said. “But everyone on their team New to York Times Syndication DukeThe resorted committing a multitudeSalesisCorporation able to do things, so we wanted to try and 620attempt Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 of fouls in an to slow down the stop everyone on the team, but just couldn’t For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 Gamecocks’ powerful duo, but the number of quite get to what we wanted.” For Release Monday, December 4, 2017

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Head coach Robbie Church called this fall the best of his 36 years of his coaching, but he is still searching for his first career national championship.

W. SOCCER FROM PAGE 6 explained his penalty kick strategy, which involved using only one player who started— Ashton Miller, who scored—three substitutes and one player who came in cold, freshman Gabi Brummett. Chelsea Burns took all but one of the team’s penalties this year, going 4-of-6 at the spot. Dorsey and Kayla McCoy scored 14 goals each this year. Yet none of the three nor Rebecca Quinn, whom Church this week referred to as the best player he has coached, had a crack in the shootout. “We’ve been taking penalty kicks for five or six weeks. Chelsea played 110 minutes, and she was pretty beat,” Church said. “We had a combination of people that did play and people didn’t play as much, but over the course of charting penalty kicks and taking repetitions of

penalty kicks, we were very comfortable with the kickers that we put up there.” Only two UCLA starters took a penalty shot, one of which Proctor saved, and two players who did not play the entire game took penalties, including Canales. The Bruins reached the national championship for the second time in five years, where they will face No. 1 overall seed Stanford Sunday at noon after the Cardinal beat South Carolina 2-0. The Blue Devils lose six starters to graduation in what may have been their most talented senior class to date. It is a crushing blow to a team that spent the past three years building for this run. “This has been the best year I’ve ever had as a coach, and I’ve been coaching for 36 years,” Church said. “You just keep knocking on that door, and one day that door is going to open.”

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ust before 2 a.m. ET, the Senate passed a heavily annotated and mystery-shrouded tax reform bill that is projected to add a trillion dollars to the US deficit. Republican leaders spent the days leading up to the vote desperately adding provisions to sway GOP senators who were still wary and making last minute changes to the bill—with some even scrawling handwritten revisions into the margins. The content of the bill itself is deeply worrisome, but what is also a cause for alarm is the unsanctimonious method by which it was ramrodded through Congress. This decidedly undemocratic process seems all too painfully familiar in an administration that has become so comfortable with circumventing legislative tradition and procedure. Moreover, complicit within this legislative tax heist against the American people is the Republican Party, which has reached a historic low in its dishonorable political double standards in the Trump era. While Trump tweeting out threats and poorlypunctuated ad hominems has now become a common occurrence, just years ago President Obama was harshly criticized for what were arguably less egregious actions. Incidents involving using dijon mustard, wearing a tan suit during a press briefing and once sporting a pair of sandals all drew a strange amount of ire from conservative critics. However, Republicans who were all too ready to battle Obama over the smallest slip ups are now hammering through the legislative goals

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of a man who has made dangerous political blunders a centerpiece of his first year in office. Seven years ago when the Affordable Care act was passed through Congress, GOP lawmakers criticized the expediency by which the ACA was passed, yet the Republicans have just passed what was arguably a hastily-constructed bill in the process of mere weeks that few senators even had a chance to read before voting on it. This clear hypocrisy flies in the face of the American democratic tradition that demands debate, diversity of opinions, and

Editorial Board prudence when drafting the laws of the nation. Notwithstanding the horrifyingly unequal provisions of the soon to be instituted tax law, the process by which GOP lawmakers have ramrodded the half-baked legislation through Congress represents a historic low for the Republican Party. In past instances of major tax reforms, such as the 1986 Tax Reform Act that was passed under bipartisan support, the political process of transforming such important pieces of legislation into the law of the land took months; the process entailed dozens of public hearings, formal revisions to initial drafts of the bill, and public transparency. Thirty years later, the Republican Party has shamelessly exploited its congressional majority to ignore the legislative prudence

required in debating and fine-tuning a tax reform that will undoubtedly affect millions of Americans. GOP lawmakers have disgracefully ignored the many economists and academics who have criticized the tax reform as dangerously premature, as well as the pleas by their Democratic colleagues to extend the voting date for the bill. Instead, for the price of a “major legislative victory” in a heavily partisan Congress, the Republican Party has sold out on the American people through their half-scribbled, incoherent tax plan. It is clear that this tax reform—regardless of how poorly it was constructed or the many issues it was laden with—was to be pushed through by a GOP anxious for some semblance of a legislative victory in what has been a stalemate year for the majority party. The new tax reform represents a victory in eyes of conservative leadership, but it is nonetheless a Pyrrhic one that will likely reap serious consequences. Instead of crafting a substantive piece of legislation that could have legitimately improved the lives of millions of Americans, the Republican Party chose to value empty political symbolism over the wellbeing of their democratic constituents. The vote panned out to 51-49 with only one GOP senator voting no; the rest chose to follow party lines and to pass a dangerously imperfect tax reform. Under an administration in which such an undemocratic abuse of power has become all too common, we should seek to voice our collective grievances next year during the midterm elections.

Admissions to replace Common App with social media feeds

his week, Duke University announced it will be accepting Snapchat stories, Instagram feeds and Facebook timelines in substitute for the Common App form that undergrad applicants usually submit. When pressed for comment, University administrators said that social media accounts are now a more accurate portrayal of applicant success than official test scores or essays about their selfless National Honor Society service. “We’re very excited about this announcement because it really shows how Duke is staying on the

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forefront of 21st century education,” one administrator said. “Accepting social media is just the first of many steps our University is taking to modernize our school’s environment for the digital age.” The Office of Admissions officially will make the transition with the next wave of applications beginning in summer 2018. Rather than submit the Common App—which typically includes recommendation letters, transcripts, a resume and a series of essays—students will submit a link to their best social media feeds. Options for applicants could include their Instagram account or an archive of their prime 24-hour Snapchat story. Admissions emphasized that they will not be accepting LinkedIn profiles. One admissions officer said this change would “absolutely not” decrease the information available about each applicant. “Social media is a pretty spoton portrait of an individual, so everything transfers pretty directly. Instead of reading a bunch of recommendation letters, for example, we can see how many followers you have on Twitter or how many likes you get on your average Insta post.” The admissions officer continued to say that a sampling of blindly shared “Democracy Now” videos would sufficiently indicate an applicant’s intelligence. Obnoxiously captioned Snapchats of half marathons, debate competitions or “language immersion programs” would sufficiently replace a general resume. And of course, genuine comments on Instagram photos such as “queen,” “so f***ing hot,” etc. would sufficiently guide character judgments normally derived from a personal essay. In lieu of the weight usually given to a legacy applicant, officers will also now favor students

with sponsored content from Duke-tier brands like SoulCycle or La Croix. “It’s really a simple equation,” said another admissions employee. “If students aren’t incessantly posting about every little perceived accomplishment, and if they aren’t coming up with ways to ‘humble brag’ all over their online platforms, then we as a committee have to ask ourselves—are they really doing anything meaningful in the first place?” If applicants’ content isn’t worth reposting on @DukeStudents, she added, then they wouldn’t really contribute much to Duke’s image anyway. But the change isn’t just about garnering an accurate portrait of each applicant—it’s also about testing each applicant’s fundamental compatibility with Duke campus culture. “Students who are comfortable posting a photo of their world travel with a witty caption in high school are ultimately the ones who will truly succeed here,” said the post-doctoral fellow whose research triggered this policy change. “Candid darty photos, aggressively vegan captions, occasional intellectual library shots or basic Chapel pics…it’s all critical.” After all, would upperclassmen really evaluate the social standing of p-frosh via Instagram if it wasn’t accurate? Shockingly, all of the students who Monday Monday interviewed supported this change. “I mean, we’re all on social media anyway,” said one sophomore tour guide. “It only makes sense that we use these platforms to vet incoming students, right? I mean—it’s how we all vet one another anyway.” “Yeah, I think it’s great for incoming students— anything to make the college process easier,” said a freshman admissions ambassador. “Besides, it’s about damn time people with good social media profiles got something out of it.” Even those furthest away from the process still had a positive reaction. “S***,” commented a senior. “That’s such a good idea. If I could’ve used my Instagram to apply to schools instead of the Common App, that would have made everything way easier.” Probably could have gotten into Harvard too, she added. Duke’s Office for Institutional Equity added that it will be instituting an affirmative action program for applicants whose social media profiles are “below par,” supplemented with a course on grandstanding during O-week. . Monday Monday hopes that students will share this on their finstas, Snap stories and Facebook feeds as a break from the usual tide of painfully honest and introspective content we know and love.

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t a peak of the Durham heroin crisis last year, and as part of my EMS continuing education, we reviewed our protocol for delivering naloxone—a drug intended for emergency opioid overdose reversal. In Naloxone, and as with many antidotes, the problem is part of the solution. The agent’s active ingredient is a deactivated piece of the opioid, which

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fits snugly into the patient’s receptors and shuts out the problematic drug. But delivering naloxone is sensitive. As one paramedic explained, if you deliver too much of the antidote at once, patients will shoot straight out of their slumber “and punch you in the face!” One of the possible antidotes for America’s opioid crisis is much like naloxone: derived from the problem’s source and at risk of bludgeoning America in the face. President Trump nominated former pharmaceutical company CEO Alex Azar for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. If confirmed, Azar would be tasked with implementing many of the public health solutions to the opioid crisis in the short and long term. But this widespread power could be uniquely dangerous in the hands of an ex-industry executive. Pharmaceutical companies started and are fueling the opioid crisis through exaggerated advertising, overly addictive recipes and subversion of oversight through targeted lobbying. In 2016 alone, the pharmaceutical industry spent $152 million influencing legislation. And industry-funded groups like the Pain Care Forum spent $740 million over the last 10 years opposing legislation aimed at curbing opioid overprescription. Confirming a former executive into a position of unwieldy jurisdiction over pharmaceutical regulation might be leading another fox to the hen house. Of course, it is possible that Azar’s insider knowledge could provide him with unparalleled insight into the more sinister strategies that pharmaceutical industries might use to keep their pain management drugs profitable. It could also make him privy to other targets of long-term changes, like physician prescribing patterns or non-addictive recipes for pain relief medications. Furthermore, his lockand-key fit within the pharma industry might predispose current executives and other stakeholders to trust that Azar will take their interests into account. But perhaps the most compelling argument for confirming Azar as HHS Secretary is the same one medics use for shoving an antidote into an overdosing patient’s nose (at their own risk): America needs an emergency withdrawal from opioids—now. The staggering death count due to opioid overdose has risen to 90 a day (that’s more than guns or car accidents), prompting President Trump to promise an emergency declaration in August. In spite of this, the acting HHS secretary did not officially declare a public health emergency until late October. This change enabled the department to take more urgent measures, from freeing providers to prescribe emergency treatments to ramping up first responder

training. Yet even the HHS’s latent response is still superficial. In fact, the Trump administration has still not yet agreed to yield federal funds toward HHS’s efforts. Moving from an interim Secretary to one who was appointed by the president himself might open much-needed funding channels between the federal government and HHS’s crisis programming. Furthermore, having a stable department head might help streamline the HHS to become more efficient and effective in implementing its 5-point strategy. Naming an HHS head like Azar, who has an understanding of how to distribute these services, could at least help resuscitate America out of its sedated stupor and save thousands of lives. But even if the HHS under Azar does curb our emergent problem, instating Azar could bring negative consequences for America’s opioid crisis in the long run. The HHS secretary oversees one of the largest power networks affecting American health. Azar would take charge on policies and agencies like Medicaid, Medicare, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH). Programs like these provide the foundation for understanding and treating the opioid crisis. Medicaid alone has played a critical role in curbing the opioid epidemic by providing key inpatient hospital services and therapies to opioid abusers, covering three in 10 nonelderly adults with opioid addiction. All things considered, the scope of Azar’s influence over drug prices would be unnerving, especially given his experience leading a pharmaceutical company whose insulin prices doubled dramatically during his tenure. His history raises additional questions about his motivation to help suffering Americans access much-needed treatment. As a result, Wednesday’s confirmation hearing called into question Azar’s entanglement in the subject of his large potential jurisdiction and his intentions to lower health care barriers for Americans. The Senate Finance Committee, which has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing, must question Azar’s conflicts of interest further before the full Senate can vote on his nomination. If he recuses himself of his pharma industry investments before entering the secretary position, his role as an antidote to the opioid crisis might be more convincing. Sarina Madhavan is a Trinity senior. Her column usually runs on alternate Thursdays.

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My Duke

y dad used to drive me from Charlotte to Durham in the winter. We would come to campus over Winter Break to see a cheap, easy win basketball game against some cupcake team because all the students were home and we could easily get a spot in the student section. I would jump up and down like the little spaz that I was and chant like I was a seasoned veteran of Section 17. Afterward, my dad would walk me around campus in the dark and I would talk about how much I loved Duke, our campus and the contenting absence

Jaxson Floberg FILLING THE VOID of Carolina fans that haunted the halls of my elementary school. We would go to McDonald’s for some fries and would wonder why the bench closest to Cameron was Batman-themed, all before sitting in traffic on Erwin at the start of our long trip home. I would always fall asleep in the car, and he would always carry me inside and tuck me into bed. His worn-out little Duke fanatic. My family began at Duke. My parents met here, they were married on the steps leading up to the gazebo in the gardens, they lived in Durham when my mom gave birth to my sister in Duke Hospital and they visited as much as they could when their son realized it was his favorite place in the world. When my family dissolved, as they so often do, Duke did not. The peace that this place brought me as a kid didn’t leave me in the worst of times growing up, and it hasn’t left me in the worst of times as a student. Unfortunately, this isn’t how Duke is for everyone. I’ve always known that my experience with this school has been pretty unique, but only recently have I started to digest some of the more popular opinions of how Duke treats its undergrads; namely, its propensity for breaking them. College is a hard time, regardless of where you go to school. It’s not a break from life. College is just another backdrop for our development as people—our hardships and the lessons we learn. They don’t stop just because these years are so often touted as “the best years of your life.” These years are when we have to make many of our most important decisions. We have to decide what we’re going to do for the next few decades, we’re supposed to find out who we really are and what matters to us, and we have to face the cold world of adulthood by ourselves for the first time. College is supposed to be hard. But college isn’t supposed to be that hard. Rather, it’s not supposed to be hard in that way—not hard enough to mentally break 20-year-old kids. And the more I hear about the unreasonably difficult experiences of some students, ironically referred to as “the real Duke difference,” the more jaded I become about Duke’s flaws—those that I was never aware of as a kid. A close friend recently revealed to me that he often wished he had gone to UNC. The eight-year-old version of me inside almost had a stroke. How could that be possible? I started on a mission to change his mind, prepared to remind him why he was wrong and why he should and really did love Duke more than that hellhole. Then I stopped because, you know—that’s not how that works. I remembered that his Duke was not my Duke. His Duke started when he

came to campus as a freshman, and his emotional struggles that year weren’t cushioned by any underlying feeling that Duke was his home. The isolation that this school makes so attainable through its back-breaking workload and a social scene almost entirely grounded in Greek life swallowed him as it swallows many others. Things eventually improved for him, but improvement is nowhere near ubiquitous. It’s easy for me to separate Duke as a place and Duke as an institution during tough times, because I have experienced it separately as both. I’m extremely lucky in this regard, and it pains me to see people who can’t separate them—people who have been turned cynical by this place I love so much— because it hurts to hear that Duke hasn’t equally provided the positive experience that we as students entrusted it to when we enrolled. With this in mind, I asked my friend what it was that helped with his improvement. He replied, in no revolutionary or surprising fashion, “The people.” It’s a phrase we’ve all heard. And it’s a phrase that I feel is the most certain truth I’ve ever known. The people I have had the good fortune to call my friends, and even my acquaintances here, are far and away the kindest, most brilliant and humble assortment of backgrounds and futures I have ever encountered. My friends from performance groups, from my living group, from Project Arts, the friends I made through these friends, the people who struck up conversations with me about books by ABP—they are why I laugh, cry, think, write and love. They are why my love for Duke is way more than my childhood idealization—because of them, my love for Duke grows and becomes more informed every day. The isolation that happens here is an absolute tragedy because it’s so unnecessary. There’s no reason for so many people to be shut away from a social life or broken down by their responsibilities, and there’s no malevolent entity behind the scenes purposefully trying to make it this way. Unfortunately, this is the environment we just have to face. The silver lining, however, is that we have a reason and an opportunity to face it together. Though it’s impossible to give my Duke experience to someone else, my encounters with the harsh and not-soromantic realities of this University have made me realize that there is a way to make things easier for others; there is a way to let others see Duke the way I do. I can’t convince people of Duke’s greatness with words—I must strive to be Duke’s greatness. I must exude the same passion for others that I feel from this place on a daily basis, and give to them the gift of warmth and comfort that can be so hard to come by. I must try to be something to look forward to, something relaxing, something exciting, and funny, and real. I must take the love I feel here and embody it to the fullest extent. It’s unrealistic to think that I can change the way many see Duke. But when I think back to my childhood and see where I am today, I know that it is well within my power to do for someone else what my friends—and, more importantly, my father—did for me. Maybe without having to tuck them in.

Jaxson Floberg is a Trinity sophomore. His column, “filling the void,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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In 2012, non-profit Marquette General Hospital was purchased by Duke LifePoint, which is a forprofit partnership between Duke University Health System and LifePoint Health. Duke University owns a stake in the Marquette hospital, and Duke committed to use its clinical expertise to improve quality standards for patients.

Unfortunately for Duke, it seems that the short-sighted, profitdriven approach of Marquetteâ€™s hospital management threatens to harm the stellar reputation Duke University Health System has worked so hard to earn. Nurses value patients over profits. On September 26, they wrote a letter to the Duke University Board of Trustees, requesting their intervention. To date, no one from Duke University or its health system has responded. That is why Duke LifePoint nurses in Marquette now seek your support, as Duke students and alumni. On October 5th and 6th, 400 nurses at Duke LifePoint UP Health System went on strike to secure safe, enforceable nurse staffing levels to ensure quality care for their patients in Marquette, MI.

Take action in support of Dukeâ€™s commitment to quality care. Visit supportUPnurses.org to sign the community petition in support of Marquette nurses and patient safety. You can also use the website to share a story that may be passed along to the Duke Board of Trustees.