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Blue Devils break into AP top 25 for first time since 2015 By Derek Saul Blue Zone Editor

For the first time in nearly three years, Duke made an appearance in the AP Top 25 Poll. The Blue Devils (4-0) checked in at No. 22, surpassing previously ranked Boston College, Texas Christian University and Virginia Tech. Head coach David Cutcliffe’s team’s last appearance in the AP poll came on Oct. 25, 2015, when the Blue Devils were ranked No. 22 following a thrilling 45-43 triple overtime triumph at Virginia Tech. Duke, which was 6-1 at the time, quickly saw their season spiral downward after that contest. The Blue Devils dropped their subsequent four games, starting with Miami’s game-winning kickoff return touchdown with no time remaining, perhaps the most heartbreaking moment in recent Duke football memory. On Saturday, the Blue Devils easily defeated crosstown rival N.C. Central 55-13, securing a perfect record in nonconference play for the second consecutive season. Duke’s first ACC opponent will be Virginia Tech, which will travel to Durham this week. The Hokies plummeted from No. 13 to unranked after suffering an embarrassing 49-35 upset at the hands of Old Dominion, a team that failed to beat any of its first three opponents. After hosting Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils will enter their bye week, before returning to ACC play when Duke will travel to Georgia Tech. The rest will be readily welcomed by the Blue Devils, as Duke’s ranking is even more impressive considering the litany of injuries that have plagued the squad. Most notably, three-year starting quarterback Daniel Jones seems poised to make a return from the clavicle injury he sustained Week 2 within the next few weeks.

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Housekeeping shift sparks student petition By Brian Guo Contributing Reporter

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Duke’s housekeeping staff now work weekends, a change housekeepers have said has interfered with their personal lives. Duke’s housekeeping staff have shifted to a new work schedule that alternates the workers’ two off days between weekends and Thursdays and Fridays. Every other week, Duke’s housekeeping staff will work on weekends, meaning staff members are frequently working seven days in a row—Saturday to Friday. “They’re making it real difficult for us,” said George Johnson, a utility worker in housing operations. “They’re snatching us away from our families seven days a week, and that’s a tough button to push.” Senior Grace Mok organized a student petition to return housekeeping staff to David Xian | Contributing Photographer their previous Monday-Friday schedule. She An administrator said the hours changes are necessary to address operational needs in facilities that are said that she is doubtful that the schedule open seven days a week, such as residence halls and libraries. change was due to student demands for cleaner dorms during the weekend. “The overwhelming majority of “Duke takes pride in maintaining a clean, sanitary and so they got seven day coverage,” Johnson students I’ve talked to don’t really care that and safe environment in our facilities for the campus said. “But what they did and how they did the bathrooms get a little dirty on Sundays,” community and visitors,” Kornegay wrote. “These it—they forced us. We had no say, we had no Mok said. “And the changes are made after communication.” ones who do have careful consideration for how Though questions remain over the said that it shouldn’t Duke takes pride in to best meet the operational specifics and extent of the student demands, be at the expense of maintaining a clean, sanitary needs of the university while housekeepers have already begun to feel the balancing our staffing and impact of the schedule change. current schedules. and safe environment in housekeeping resources.” Loretta Liles, a housekeeper in Keohane They should just hire our facilities for the campus someone new.” She added that changes Quadrangle, has had her weekends off for Leslye Kornegay, community and visitors. are reviewed with local three years, when she would take her children union representatives to sports practices and church ministries. Now, director of university for the unit, and are because Liles works weekends again, she has environmental services, leslye kornegay wrote in an email that DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL implemented in accordance struggled to find time to do either. SERVICES with changes in housekeeping the collective “It’s really really impacted me too as a services are necessary bargaining agreement. Christian person in not being able to go to The changes result in no church on a regular basis,” Liles said. to address operational Liles is not alone in her frustration. needs in facilities that are open seven days a additional hours for the staff, she wrote. “We were told that the students were week, such as residence halls, libraries and See HOUSEKEEPERS on Page 12 athletic facilities. complaining about the bathroom on Sundays,

Marine Lab set to reopen after Hurricane Florence causes evacuation By Jake Satisky University News Editor

Courtesy of Duke Marine Lab The lab has been closed since last week due to Florence.

Although the worst of Hurricane Florence missed Durham, Duke students at the Marine Lab weren’t as lucky. A “quasi-normal teaching schedule” at the Marine Lab, which suffered damage to several buildings, is expected to resume Oct. 1, according to an update from director Andy Read. Power has been restored to the campus on Pivers Island in Beaufort, North Carolina, and assessments are currently underway to gauge water

Latinx Heritage Month mural is defaced

Women’s soccer falls to Virginia

Students came together Saturday in response to the mural being painted over after less than 24 hours. PAGE 3

Mistakes were the difference soccer in home defeat.

damage. Undergraduate students, who were evacuated Sept. 11 and housed at various places in Durham, are supposed to return later this week. “We have received incredible support from main campus, from offers of accommodation to displaced students to technical assistance from [Facilities Management] on damage assessment and recovery,” Read wrote in an email to the Chronicle. The library, auditorium, student See MARINE LAB on Page 12

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STUDENTS FIND LATINX HERITAGE MONTH MURAL DEFACED

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Paint was still clinging to first-year Ana Trejo’s fingernails when she joined dozens of other Latinx students at the East Campus Bridge Saturday afternoon. A mural students painted for Latinx Heritage Month was defaced the day after it was painted. The mural, which was painted on the East Campus free expression bridge, was found scribbled over in black paint Saturday. The black spray paint obscured the bright orange and yellow block lettering. “This is not art,” Trejo said, looking at the black scrawl. “Art is beautiful.” Junior Ana Ramirez, co-president of Mi Gente, spoke to a group of students that had gathered around the defaced mural Saturday evening. “What happened today is horrible, and I want to acknowledge all the people who put in such hard work yesterday painting this mural throughout two and a half hours,” Ramirez said. Mi Gente, Duke’s official Latinx student organization, held a painting event from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday night, according to a Facebook event. Less than 24 hours later, the mural was found defaced. Ramirez was one of the students who found the mural defaced around 4:00 p.m. Saturday. She noted that other students had seen it without the black scribbling at around 2:00 p.m. that day, and another said they had seen it at 3:45 p.m. that day. National Hispanic Heritage month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 in the United States. Mi Gente released a statement about the incident on the organization’s Facebook page Saturday afternoon. “The defacing of our mural was an intentional act, done less than 24 hours after completing the mural,” the group wrote. “At this time we do not know who or why anyone would commit this act but we want to let them know that this incident will not

Aaron Zhao | Contributing Photographer Students joined hands at the site Saturday evening.

divide our community.” This is not the first racially-charged graffiti incident at Duke this semester. Two days before classes began, “n*****” was written into the name of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture on a sign. “It’s bigger than a painting, and it’s bigger than one specific person,” first-year Susana Gutierrez said. “It’s that, especially Duke, we’re less than halfway through the first semester, and before classes even started, there was an incident at the Mary Lou. These happen with such frightening regularity and the responsibility of the administration is to send us a nice email and do nothing.” In October 2016, graffiti that was racial, anti-semitic and homophobic was found on the bridge. “There needs to be substantive change and a much more harsh condemnation of these acts that are symbolic for sure, but have implications that stretch out far beyond this painting or specific black line on a wall,” Gutierrez said. “It’s a lot deeper than that.” At the Saturday gathering, after Troja and the others hashed out their plans for going forward, the students joined hands and lined up in front of the defaced mural for a photo. “The people united will never be divided,” they chanted, first in Spanish then in English. Then paint brushes and rollers came out. Mi Gente plans to re-paint the mural Sunday, but they were not leaving the black untouched. “We are showing that we’re on top of the hate, not trying to cover it completely,” Trejo said. White paint was rolled over the left edge of the black graffitti. “They tried to bury us,” the students carefully spelled out the Mexican proverb in bright red paint on top of the black. “They did not know we were seeds.”

Ben Leonard | Contributing Photographer The mural was found defaced around 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

Bre Bradham | Contributing Photographer Mi Gente decided they would finish repainting the mural Sunday..

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After more than 100 lockouts in a few days, Crowell cracks down By Julianna Rennie Contributing Reporter

With new doors that lock automatically behind them, residents of the renovated Crowell Quad often accidentally lock themselves out of their rooms. Now, they cannot count on resident assistants oncall for all the lockouts. Crowell Quad is one of the few quads on campus whose dorms have automatically locking doors. To enter the room, residents need to tap their DukeCard on the electronic keypads and enter a four-digit code. Between the fall move-in day and the first day of class, there were 100 to 125 lockouts in Crowell Quad, according to Jeremiah EmilianiSalois, the residence coordinator for Crowell and Wannamaker Quads. During the first several weeks of classes, RAs oncall for Crowell Quad received on average seven to eight phone calls about lockouts each night. For other quads, there are usually only a few calls, if any. “I feel the RAs were getting used more as a luxury than as an emergency,” Emiliani-Salois said. Crowell residents received an email Sept. 10 introducing a three-strikes rule. Now, students who use the RA on-call to unlock their door three times over the course of a semester will be “processed through the Office of Student Conduct for a Failure to Comply,” the email said. Emiliani-Salois said that since Crowell implemented the three-strikes rule, RAs only encountered about one or two lockouts each night. If resident gets locked out during the day, when RAs are not on-call, they have to go to the Office of Housing and Residence Life to get a temporary key. Those lockouts will not be counted as strikes. Some Crowell residents—especially those who

used to live in dorms with doors that do not lock automatically—said they have not developed the habit of carrying their DukeCards every time they leave the room. “I think most people are locking themselves out on accident because they forget the door locks behind them automatically,” said Béa Rose, a sophomore who lives in Crowell. Rose explained that when she lived in Bell Tower last year, she and her roommate almost never locked their door. This semester, she’s already locked herself out twice—both times, she forgot to bring her DukeCard when she left her room to take a shower, although she didn’t call RAs for the lockouts. Crowell’s policy isn’t new, Emiliani-Salois explained. The Duke Community Standard and the See CROWELL on Page 12

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Man accused of sexual battery by two female students is out on bond By Ben Leonard Managing Editor

Accused of touching two female students inappropriately on Tuesday, Gustavo Antonio Velasquez Silva, 21, was released on $6,000 bond Friday night. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Chronicle that Silva was charged with two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery and was released from custody Friday at 10:40 p.m. DukeToday reported Friday that an arrest warrant had been issued for Silva. The incidents Tuesday were alleged to have occurred around 9 p.m. near Campus Drive, when two women reported being approached individually and touched inappropriately by who police now say is Silva. “Although we are disappointed the individual allegedly committed these acts, we are pleased that the suspect was quickly both identified and subsequently arrested,” wrote Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, in an email to The Chronicle. “In addition, we extend our appreciation to members of the Duke Police department, and outside agencies that work in collaboration to apprehend the suspect.” A DukeAlert was issued roughly

two hours after the incident occurred Tuesday. No injuries were reported in either incident, according to the alert. “I want to commend the quick work on this case by investigators with Duke Police,” Cavanaugh said Friday in a release after the warrant was issued for Silva. “The suspect was identified quickly and arrest warrants issued the day after the incidents.” One of these students reported the incident via the LiveSafe mobile app. At the time, the alert was the second DukeAlert issued in a 24-hour period. On Monday, an alert was sent after a reported armed robbery Monday night in the Wannamaker fire lane. That same night, there was a second armed robbery reported around the same time near Duke’s campus. The robbery was reported on Burch Avenue’s 800 block, just more than a mile from the fire lane. A car, a phone and keys were stolen at gunpoint, said Kammie Michael, spokesperson of Durham Police Department. John Dailey, chief of Duke University Police Department, wrote in an email to The Chronicle Tuesday that an investigator is working closely with Durham investigators for connections between the two cases.

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Researchers associate brain size, educational attainment By Anna Gotskind Contributing Reporter

The genetic factors that influence how big your brain is may also determine how smart you are, a recent Duke study suggests. A recent Duke study tested associations between participants’ genetics, total brain volume and intelligence by analyzing previous data on brain size, as well as on the genetics of educational attainment. “We just wanted to know if one of the biggest predictors of intelligence in the brain, which is brain size, was one of the mechanisms through which these genes might influence later educational ability and IQ because those things are fairly highly genetically correlated,” said lead researcher Maxwell Elliott, a clinical psychology Ph.D. student. The researchers used data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which contains information on the genetic variance associated with educational attainment of thousands of people. They focused on data concerning the genetics of educational attainment and the highest level of education completed. This is because IQ and educational attainment are directly correlated, and the GWAS sample sizes for educational attainment are much bigger. The idea was to look at the connection between brain size and intelligence, and the best way to look at intelligence with the greatest set of data is by looking at the genetics of educational attainment. “We used the information from these big studies to try to understand the genetics that influence educational attainment and what kind of biological thing in the brain might be in between that association,” Elliott explained. Prior to this study, Elliott and his team already knew about links between education attainment and intelligence, as well as between brain size and intelligence. From there, they wanted to analyze the genetic predictors outlined in the GWAS of educational attainment in order to map out the process, beginning with genetics and ending with

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the outcome of intelligence. In between one’s genetic predictors of intelligence and their actual intelligence are several factors, including the brain. “Your brain has to get constructed in some way and these genes we think have something to do with how your brains constructed and how it works, how big it is, all those kinds of things,” Elliott said. Because the brain is responsible for thinking, the researchers linked the brain to intelligence. Through analyzing the GWAS, they were able to determine that brain size is a factor in between genetics and intelligence and that there is a correlation between larger brains and cognitive performance. Although they already knew that certain genes can predict educational attainment, they were able to better understand “the biological substrate through which those associations would happen,” according to Elliott. In this case, it was physical brain size. This information can help to better understand how genes

influence the brain and how the brain then influences one’s overall intelligence, providing better insight to help people achieve. Elliott noted that the results from the study can aid researchers in conducting better, genetically-informed studies in the future to determine which environments best lend themselves to fostering intelligence. This could help in finding brain-positive environments that would allow people to reach their potential. The paper also compared data from four samples, two of which were convenient samples involving people in and around a college campus and two were population representative samples, which covered a broader spectrum of people. “Part of our paper is to try to urge that in neuroscience research and genetic research, we’re really making an effort to study population-representative samples more and appreciate some of the problems that simply studying convenient samples in and around colleges kind of limits our understanding of some of these things,” Elliott said.

Stalking, domestic violence crimes on the rise at Duke, according to Clery Act report for 2017 By Carter Forinash Contributing Reporter

Although violence against women has increased on campus in the past year, Duke’s administration maintained that the University remains a safe environment. This year’s 2018 Annual Clery Security Report shows that Violence Against Women Act crimes—including incidents of stalking, domestic violence, rape and fondling—all increased from 2016 to 2017. The report includes crime report statistics from 2015 to 2017 compiled from campus police and security, local law enforcement and University officials responsible for student and campus activities. Incidents of stalking increased dramatically from 16 reported incidents in 2016 to 38 in 2017. Most were considered cyber stalking, John Dailey—chief of Duke University Police Department—told DukeToday. The majority of incidents took place on campus but were not reported in residential facilities. “If a person receives two or more unsolicited messages, whether through text, social media or other means, and those messages create substantial emotional distress for the victim, we are required by Clery to count them as cyber stalking,” Dailey said. Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, wrote in an email to The Chronicle that almost all of the stalking incidents were reported as cases of concerning behavior, but were filed as cyber-stalking under the Clery Act. Cavanaugh wrote that the administration encourages students to report any unwanted communication that causes fear or distress.

Other Violence Against Women Act offenses increased from 2016 to 2017 as well. Reports of domestic violence jumped from 12 reports to 19. Reports of fondling rose also jumped to 19, compared to 13 in 2016, though six of the 19 reports in 2017 came from one highschool student involved in a three-day offcampus event sponsored by Duke, according to DukeToday. Dating violence reports remained steady, with six reported incidents in 2017 compared to five and seven in 2015 and 2016, respectively. There were 19 rape cases at Duke last year in the report, up two from the 17 that occurred in 2016. However, only two of the rape cases were reported to Duke Police for investigation. One of the cases resulted from an incident in 1980, according to DukeToday. The Clery Act records incidents by the year in which they are reported, rather than the year in which they occur. C av a n a u g h wrote that one case resulted in criminal charges, whereas the other was handled by the Office of Student Conduct. The report showed a decrease in liquor and drug law violations on campus as well as robberies and aggravated assault. However, burglary and motor vehicle theft increased in 2017. There were 27 reported motor vehicle thefts in 2017, compared to 12 in 2016. Most of the vehicles

stolen were mopeds, Cavanaugh wrote. However, he remained optimistic about the safety of the University. “The primary take away [from the security report] is that overall Duke remains a safe environment,” he wrote. Violent crimes on campus are rare, as theft remain the most commonly reported crime at Duke. He also noted that Duke continues to take steps to improve campus safety.

carefully review both the crime statistics and particularly the crime prevention tips, emphasizing the role of students, employees and visitors in maintaining a safe campus environment. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act—known as the Clery Act— requires all colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid to publicly report certain crime statistics. An amendment to the Clery Act required universities to report dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, as defined in the Violence Against Women Act. The security report encompasses reports from police reports, Student Affairs information, campus security authorities and others. Although the reports may involve students, incidents involving university employees, Duke Health patients and campus visitors are also included. Along with crime statistics, the report also includes information on crime reporting procedures, emergency notification systems and crime prevention programs. It details student rights and options in the event of an incident report alongside “Recent enhancements to security post-incident programs and resources. include the addition of security cameras In addition to the annual report, the Duke on campus to better monitor events and University Police Department maintains activities, and tools such as the LiveSafe weekly crime summaries, which are available mobile app, which allows people to submit publicly on its website. security tips to Duke Police,” he wrote. Graphic by Aparimeya Taneja, contributing In the report, Cavanaugh asked readers to graphic designer.

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Duke rides explosive start to dominant victory over crosstown rival N.C. Central By Winston Lindqwister Sports Managing Editor

With injuries across the board forcing the Blue Devils to dig deep into their roster, Duke needs all the time on the field it can get to give its less experienced players exposure before conference play. And with explosive plays—as well as a plethora of errors—on both side of the ball, Duke showcased not only the talented depth of its roster, but also its glaring inexperience in key moments. The Blue Devils dominated N.C. Central Central 55-13 Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium. Thanks to big plays on the ground and in the air, NCCU 13 Duke gained a large DUKE 55 lead in the opening minutes of play that it never relinquished, despite numerous mistakes in the first half. “[It was] a tale of two halves,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Everything we could’ve done wrong, we kind of found it. The things that did go wrong, we found it in the first half. Obviously after a fast start, but we still missed the extra point. Then we turn around and have a turnover, we failed in the red zone on fourth-down conversions.... You have the opportunity to change, people do that. And I thought we took that to heart. We played

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Quentin Harris led the Blue Devils to victory Saturday, passing for a career-high 202 yards. cleaner in the second half and incredibly well on defense.” The Blue Devils (4-0) ran their offense with lightning efficiency through the first quarter. Without a single drive taking more than three minutes and every drive ending with a touchdown in the first quarter, Duke utilized a combination of attacks on the ground and in the air to break holes through the Eagles’ defense. After gaining deep field position on the opening drive thanks to rushes by Deon Jackson, T.J. Rahming and Brittain Brown, Quentin Harris connected for the first time of the afternoon with Davis Koppenhaver to

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get on the board in the first three minutes of the game. From there, Duke refused to let its foot off the gas, opting for an onside kick from Jack Driggers to double-dip on offense. After Driggers recovered the ball at the 50-yard line, Harris connected with Jonathan Lloyd and followed up with a rushing touchdown—his first of the season—to give his team a healthy 13-point lead. “It felt good,” Harris said. “Early we did a good job of taking what the defense gave me. I’m pretty confident with the offense when things started rolling our way. We faced some

adversity in the second quarter. I was trying to press a couple things and force a couple things so I’ve just got to get better with that week to week, but I thought we did a pretty good job of moving the ball all game.” However, all wasn’t smooth sailing for the Blue Devils. The Eagles (1-2) were quick to get on the board by exploiting a sloppy Duke defense. The Blue Devils held N.C Central at the Duke 36yard line with a fourth down, but a personal foul for jumping the punt shield gave the Eagles a first down opportunity at the 21 yard line. They capitalized, with back-to-back rushes from Isaiah Totten leading to the end zone. N.C. Central again took advantage of costly Duke errors at the start of the second quarter. Harris fumbled the snap while setting up for a one yard rush and the Eagles’ Jordan McRae scooped the ball up on the recovery. The N.C. Central redshirt sophomore proceeded to slice through the scrambling Blue Devils to convert on a 55-yard fumble return, putting the visiting team within seven. “That was on me,” Harris said. “There was an issue with my cadence there. That was my fault there, in ball security. You’ve got to give NCCU credit, they did a good job covering those. We’ve just got to be on the other side of those.” After shutting the Eagles down out of the See FOOTBALL on Page 9

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Blatant mistakes need to stop entering ACC play By Conner McLeod Blue Zone Editor

Despite an excellent start to the season for the Blue Devils, a cloud of doubt still lingers over Duke’s football team. A similar 4-0 record at the beginning of the 2017 campaign was followed a six-game losing streak, a trend Duke hopes it won’t repeat. Against a much-less talented N.C. Central team though, the Blue Devils made blatant mistakes that could keep them from improving their play from last year. As expected, Duke put on a dominant display with explosive plays galore. However, it was the Blue Devil errors that proved to be the most eye-opening after Saturday’s matchup. The first half shouldn’t have been as close as it was, as Duke entered the locker room only up by 14 points after allowing for two N.C. Central touchdowns, the most the Eagles have scored against Duke in the last three years. Both scores were caused by unforced errors made by Duke on both sides of the ball. On the Eagles’ second drive of the game, Duke’s defense forced a fourth down, leading to N.C. Central opting to punt the ball back to the Blue Devils. During the punt, redshirt freshman Chris Rumph II was penalized for jumping over the punt shield, resulting in a first down for the Eagles, and another opportunity for N.C. Central to score in Duke territory. The Eagles capitalized with a 20-yard rush from running back Isaiah Totten for their first touchdown of the day. For a team that does not get penalized often—the Blue Devils went without a flag last week at Baylor—Duke’s discipline was not

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N.C. Central took advantage of costly penalties and mulitple Duke turnovers in the red zone Saturday. at as high of a level as usual. The Blue Devils committed nine penalties on the day. “I think it’s a lack of not coming in as ready as you should. I take that responsibility as a head coach,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We’re better than that. We’ll respond to this and be better at it immediately.” Later in the second quarter, on a Duke offensive drive, a cadence issue caused redshirt junior Quentin Harris to fumble the ball in the pocket. Eagle defensive back Jordan McCrae recovered the fumble for a 55-yard touchdown, N.C. Central’s second and final score of the day. While these two instances were the mistakes most costly to the Blue Devils, they were far

from the only ones. A couple of inaccurate passes from Harris, who ended the game connecting on 15 of his 27 passes, stagnated the offense near the end of the first half which resulted in only one more touchdown from Duke. Cutcliffe’s squad entered the locker room up by 14 to a team that has not come within 30 points against the Blue Devils in the past three years alone. Duke looked more focus in the second half, shutting down any more scoring drives from the Eagles and adding 28 points of its own to bring the final ledger to 55-13. “We made a lot of mistakes and they took advantage of them, and that’s something we can’t do,” redshirt senior Johnathan Lloyd

said. “[Cutcliffe] was direct. He just demanded that we step it up, and the second half was a lot better.” But one good half is not enough to compete against the best in the nation, and Duke needs to find a way to consistently string together two good halves. Against the Bears, the Blue Devils took a shutout into the locker room. But errors in the secondary allowed Baylor to make it a competitive game in the second half. Duke saw a similar performance a week before against Northwestern as the Blue Devils scored three touchdowns in the first half, but went scoreless for the rest of the game. Consistency throughout the game and more focus will be very important for the Blue Devils going forward. A half without production will give any team the chance to put up big numbers against Duke. “You can’t let go of the gas anytime in the game. You signed up for 60 minutes,” redshirt junior Joe Giles-Harris said. “NCCU played a great game and hats off to them, but you’re not going to win ACC games playing 30 minutes.” Because of N.C. Central’s inability to match Duke in talent, speed and strength, it proved somewhat easy for the Blue Devils to bounce back in the second half to further increase their lead and put the Eagles away. However, as Duke enters its ACC gauntlet next week against Virginia Tech, it will have to eliminate those momentum-changing errors if it wants any chance of having a better mid-season record than last year. In a close game against a talented team, a personal foul or a scoop-and-score could be the difference between an inched-out victory and a soul-crushing loss.

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Mistakes prove costly in Blue Devils’ loss to No. 4 Virginia By Winston Lindqwister Sports Managing Editor

After some rocky moments early in the season, Duke looked to have finally ironed out some of the rougher aspects of its play and be ready to contend with some of the top teams in the nation. But against No. 4 Virginia, some of the Blue Devils’ old inconsistencies came back to haunt them, leading to a bitter loss despite controlling the tempo on most of the offense. No. 12 Duke fell to the Cavaliers 2-1 Sunday afternoon at 2 Koskinen Stadium. In UVA 1 a chippy back-andDUKE forth affair where the teams combined for 27 fouls—with the hosts contributing 15—mistakes that ultimately cost the Blue Devils in the face of a stingy Virginia defense, breaking a seven-match winning streak. “We had chances in the first half,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “We left a couple chances on the field early in the match. We came out on the field and I thought we played very well early in the match, and if we score a goal and we score a second goal with it, the whole match changes.”

Although the Blue Devils (8-2-1, 2-10 in the ACC) controlled the pace of the offense for much of the first period, it was the visitors that took the lead early. After running the ball up and down the field, the Cavaliers (8-1-0, 1-1-0) finally took control and created an opportunity to score. Although senior Kat McDonald battled for control, Cavalier forward Taryn Torres cut past the Blue Devil midfielder and launched the ball into the box. Duke defenders collapsed around the box and a mistimed pass from Chelsea Burns sent the ball the wrong way. Brooke Heinsohn dove to recover, but the redshirt sophomore came up just inches short the save, putting Virginia up by one and forcing the Blue Devils to turn up the pressure. Unfortunately for Duke, Cavalier netminder Laurel Ivory made sure to keep its offense in check. The Blue Devils picked up the pace thanks to efforts from senior forward Kayla McCoy, who cut through Virginia’s midfield formation, putting just a keeper and a defender between her and the net. However, constant pressure from the Cavaliers drove her wide, and what could have been a clean shot was forced early See W. SOCCER on Page 9

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Kayla McCoy put the Blue Devils on the board with a goal in the 89th minute, but it would prove to be too little too late.

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Blue Devil defense dominant against James Madison By Glen Morgenstern Staff Writer

Coming off a 2-0 loss Friday to topranked North Carolina, in which the Blue Devils got off only nine shots, Sunday was a different story. After conceding an early goal to James Madison, No. 4 Duke dominated the second half to win in 2 commanding JMU 5-2 5 fashion at Jack Katz DUKE Stadium Sunday. While the Blue Devils bombarded James Madison with 33 shots—19 of which were on goal—the Dukes, found themselves entrenched in their defensive third much of the day, tallying only three shots. Senior forward Caroline Andretta scored twice for the Blue Devils. Junior midfielder/ forward Margaux Paolino, sophomore forward Libby Thompson and freshman midfielder Kiki Rozemeijer each contributed a goal as well. “After Friday, we wanted to get back to our game and our attacking mindset,” Andretta said. “Today, we knew the goalie was good, so we wanted to take different types of shots and give her a lot to handle, which we did.” The Blue Devils (7-3) struggled out of the gate. Duke’s inability to keep possession led to a stagnant Blue Devil offense. Meanwhile, James Madison (2-5) made several forays deep into Duke territory and took advantage when senior forward Ashley Gippe scored off

a penalty corner in the sixth minute to give the Dukes an early lead. But that conversion would be James Madison’s only shot on goal for the first half—the rest of the half belonged to the Blue Devils. A barrage of shots from forwards Olivia Sahaydak, Rose Tynan and Paolino eventually led to a penalty corner of Duke’s own in the 19th minute. After bungling the layoff, junior Jillian Wolgemuth sent a screamer from the edge of the shooting circle toward the goal, which Andretta tipped in to even the score. Even though the Blue Devils retained momentum from the goal, six saves from sophomore goalkeeper Caitlin Nelson helped James Madison hold Duke scoreless for the remainder of the half. Tied 1-1 at halftime in what should have been a blowout, the Blue Devils were left shaking their heads in disappointment. “In the first half, I feel that [the players] didn’t respect the opportunity they had to play and continue to build on our game,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “When we brought it to their attention at halftime, I think they agreed. They all wanted to come out and play their game and bring it out to the field in the second half.” The Blue Devils indeed looked like a different team at the beginning of the second period. The last of three penalty corners within the span of three minutes resulted in a Paolino goal, and the barrage didn’t stop there. Andretta notched her second score of the game off a rebound in the 45th minute, and Thompson scored her first career goal two

minutes after that. Nearly the whole Blue Devil squad surrounded an ecstatic Thompson to congratulate her after the goal. “Scoring and then having everyone around me—that was the best feeling ever,” Thompson said. To sustain the high volume of shots, Duke moved up many midfielders into James Madison territory, leaving the defense vulnerable to a counterattack. The Dukes took advantage of this when freshman Elfi de Rooij knocked the ball in the cage in a three-on-two situation, but the Blue Devils responded with Rozemeijer’s goal in the 59th minute, assisted by Paolino. All of Duke’s scoring came despite a valiant effort from James Madison’s Nelson, who seemed to be diving to fend off a Blue Devil shot every 30 seconds, en route to 13

saves on the day. In comparison, Duke’s defense held strong, especially in the second half. The Dukes hardly touched the ball after halftime, and the ball only made it into the Blue Devils’ defensive third a handful of occasions. Although James Madison scored twice, it only managed three shots on goal. “In the second half, we were a little more frontfoot on our defense, winning some interceptions and coming up with the 50-50 balls,” Bustin said. “We just were more alert in the second half, and I was pleased with that defensively.” Sunday’s win marks Duke’s eighth straight victory against James Madison. The Blue Devils will hope to carry momentum into their next match against Wake Forest at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday at 5 p.m.

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Duke swept in pair of matches to start ACC play By Siyun Lee Staff Writer

Coming off a two-week break following Hurricane Florence, the Blue Devils traveled to Florida to jump into conference play this weekend. Although Duke had begun to build its momentum over the past seven nonconference games, the Blue Devils faced staunch competition in their away matches against the Seminoles and Hurricanes. Duke fell in its ACC opener against Florida State Friday evening in a 3-0 sweep (25-23, 25-22, 25-19) at Tully DUKE 0 Gym in Tallahassee, 3 Fla., and was unable FSU to get back in the DUKE 1 win column Sunday, MIAMI 3 falling to Miami 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 2523, 25-23) at the Knight Complex in Coral Gables, Fla. “We are going to learn a lot from this weekend because these are two of the strongest teams in the league,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We played them on the road, we are young, and this is a committed team, and they want to get better.” Duke’s first game against the Seminoles (5-6, 1-0 in the ACC) began tightly contested, but multiple unforced errors by the Blue Devils allowed the Seminoles to surge ahead

20-16. Although Duke made a run to bring it within one, Florida State took care of business. During the next two sets, the Blue Devils continued to make uncharacteristic mistakes that would cost them the match. The Seminoles carried their momentum over, taking an lead early in the second set, and although Duke kept it close, Florida State once again sealed the deal. In the third set, the Blue Devils gave up a six-point lead early on, which Duke would never recover from. “We were not in the best rhythm as we got on the floor to compete on Friday night,” Nagel said. “We did some very good things; it was not awful, but we were just coming up a little short with plays that I have seen us make all the time this season.” Payton Schwantz led the Blue Devils (6-5, 0-2), hitting an outstanding .448 and recording her third double-double of the season with 10 digs and a match-high 15 kills. Ade Owokoniran added 10 kills herself, but the Seminoles totaled seven blocks compared to the Blue Devils’ one, which—in addition to Duke’s unforced errors— led Florida State to a hitting percentage of .438 for the game. On the other side of the court, Christina Ambrose and Payton Caffrey led the Seminoles with 14 and 13 kills, respectively, while both hitting above .320. The Blue Devils’ match against Miami (6-3, 2-0) was back-and-forth from the opening serve and remained that way, with all four sets coming

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Ade Owokoniran recorded 10 kills in Sunday’s matchup against Miami. down to the final point. Duke led 23-22 in the first before the Hurricanes made a 3-0 run to take the set. The Blue Devils surged out to take the lead in the second 9-4 and would hang on

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locker room by limiting N.C. Central to a loss of seven yards on its opening drive, Duke’s elite running corps struck again. Brown crashed through the Eagles’ front line for a monster 43-yard rush, cementing a double digit lead for the Blue Devils that they did not relinquish. The Canton, Ga., native totaled 118 rushing yards in the contest while Duke as a whole notched 372 on the ground. The Blue Devils were far from one dimensional, finding an additional 256 yards through the air. However, the win again came with its costs for the Blue Devils. Rahming took a hard hit to the leg in the second quarter and limped off the field. Early in the third quarter Harris took a hard hit and limped off the field himself. Luckily for Duke, third-string quarterback Chris Katrenick instantly made his presence known with a three-yard pass to Koppenhaver into the end zone—notching a touchdown on his first career drive. Although the both injured Blue Devils were walking without assistance on the sideline, Duke will need all hands on deck if it wants to withstand Virginia Tech next weekend. “We saw what happens last year,” redshirt junior Joe Giles-Harris said about Duke’s early success. “We’ve learned from it, and I promise you next week will be our hardest week of practice you’ve ever seen. We’re going to bust our butt on both offense and defense and special teams. We’re ready to go. We don’t want a repeat of last year. That hurt a lot of us to dig ourselves out of a grave we shouldn’t have been in, so this is a big week for us and we’re going to rise to the challenge.”

and chipped over the post. The last real chances the Blue Devils would create in the first period came from back-to-back corner opportunities at the 30th minute. After the Cavaliers headed the first corner out of bounds, sophomore Karlie Paschall lobbed the second towards Taylor Mitchell. Although Mitchell was in good position to head the ball in, Ivory shot out of the side to snatch the ball out of the air and kill Duke’s drive. “When you go down a goal, you have a tendency to play with a sense of urgency,” Church said. “I thought we were playing well before the own-goal. Our pace was quick, we were catching them on the counter, we were catching them with a breakaway. We had Ella in front of the goal too. Those were great opportunities, with good people in front of the goal with the ball, but we just did not convert it.” Out of the locker room, the Blue Devils went right back on the attack. Again, Duke notched back-to-back corners, but stalwart defense from the Cavaliers kept the Blue Devils at bay. Duke totaled four shots in the first period and added just one to that number in the second, despite controlling the pace of the offense for much of the contest. After battling back and forth at midfield, the Cavaliers sealed the deal after turning the offense around on Duke. Although Heinsohn blocked Rebecca Jarrett’s initial attack, the Cavalier freshman ran back in for the attack off

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a pass from teammate Alexa Spaanstra. Jarrett shot low and Heinsohn reacted a half-second too slow to react, giving the Cavaliers a 2-0 lead with under 15 minutes left to play. McCoy would finally get the Blue Devils on the board thanks to a pass from Paschall for an open look, but Duke’s lone goal of the afternoon came with just a minute left of play in garbage time. The Blue Devils will continue ACC play with a matchup against another ranked opponent, No. 16 N.C. State, Thursday in Raleigh. “We lacked quality,” Church said. “We lacked quality today on some crosses, some finishing, opportunities with it too…. We saw glimpses of some of the things we can do against some of the best teams in the nation. It is disappointing, no question about that, but we have to get ready for N.C. State. In this league you have to have a short-term memory. We have to move to recovery right now for N.C. State.”

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#MeToo in the Supreme Court

runk boy assaults girl at high school party: sound familiar? Following the footsteps of many before her in the #MeToo movement, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford has formally accused Brett Kavanaugh, the GOP nominee for the Supreme Court, of sexual assault. With his Ivy League pedigree, a televisionready family and more than a decade of experience as a federal jurist, Kavanaugh seemed to be yet another familiar (albeit controversial) white-bread appointee in a historically white, male-dominated Supreme Court. Yet removed from the saccharine picture of academic and professional success were the details later described in Ford’s account of the assault. Ford, currently a clinical psychology professor at Palo Alto University, described in a public statement how a 17-year old Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, physically groped her body and attempted to pull off her bathing suit, confessing, “I thought he might inadvertently kill me.” With the publication of this information, an onslaught of character assassinations, accusations and threats have been levied by an infuriated public—not toward Kavanaugh, but at Ford. Due to the onslaught of death threats against her and her family, Ford has been forced out of her home. Furthermore, the nation’s top legislators, including President Trump, have openly questioned her character and integrity, while inflammatory conservative commentators have actively peddled theories deriding her motives. This convoluted public atmosphere of collective disbelief and skepticism echoes all too

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closely other familiar sexual assault narratives that have dominated news media in the #MeToo movement. As with most cases that are governed by the whims of powerful men, the interests of these men are viewed as institutionally paramount—above morality, above justice, above women. For far too long, their victims have been treated as collateral damage in their ascent to power. The well-known accusations against Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy further paint these inequities, having only been seen as aberrations in careers otherwise

Editorial Board marked with distinction by a forgetful public. Predatory men with power to hide behind peddle a false image of moral infallibility by virtue of their illustrious titles. That era, however, is quickly coming to a close. With the national reckoning that has come with the #MeToo movement, contemporary America has shown a growing intolerance for powerful men who abuse their positions to prey upon women. The central message— that no one is above accountability—has ricocheted through Hollywood, demonstrated most recently with the ouster of CBS C.E.O Les Moonves amid accusations of sexual impropriety, and within Washington, with the departure of Al Franken from the Senate. Yet despite these very public successes, the structural inequities that incentivize silence remain deeply in place. The burden of proof, most notably, is still being placed squarely upon the victims. Those who come forward risk having their lives upended and scrutinized by a scandal-thirsty public. And even with these high costs, the outcome of accountability is never guaranteed. In the equation of sexual assault, despite our recent public reckonings, power and privilege still weigh heavily

against truth and accountability. From this, one wonders where this entrenchment of privilege—and the practice of masquerading it as moral impunity—begins in our society. And, as with most acquired social practices, one must look to our educational institutions. An open letter signed by more than 200 alumnae of the Holton-Arms School, the elite preparatory school Ford attended, shows that the sexual assault described by Ford is “all too consistent with stories [they] heard and lived while attending Holton.” At these schools, whether it be Holton-Arms, Kavanaugh’s Georgetown Prep, or Duke, scholarly achievements and athletic accolades are prioritized over ethical development. Why should an institution attempt to emphasize the latter if the former produces titled—and potentially generous—alumni? Institutions that possess patinas of wealth, power and privilege are thus complicit in hiding and obscuring violence. Brett Kavanaugh himself inadvertently encapsulated these unspoken truths with his flippant joke in 2015 that “what happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep.” The result is an educational environment where “good” is conflated with “successful,” where shiny accolades absolve moral shortcomings. The result is a cycle that produces men of certain stripes—those who never have to face consequences—who become untouchable behind the cloak of wealth and prestige. With the fall of former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens and Charlie Rose, Duke University is undoubtedly complicit in a system that treats victims of the powerful as periphery determinants in their road towards success. At the end of the day, the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is out of our hands. However, as an institution that will inevitably produce men and women in similarly powerful positions, we must ask ourselves: How are we keeping our Kavanaughs accountable?

Duke is getting Koch money: That should worry you

e are only a couple of weeks removed from Silent Sam coming down in Chapel Hill; it has been just over a year since Duke University removed the likeness of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Duke Chapel’s entrance; and the University’s history department is currently working to rename the building where it’s housed, currently named after industrialist and white supremacist Julian Carr.

Eladio Bobadilla GUEST COLUMNIST Yet, even as students, faculty, and community members in the Triangle work to rid our campuses and communities of the painful scourge of white supremacy, other industrialist donors are quietly advancing a radical anti-civil rights ideology that may cause future generations to feel the kind of shame that Silent Sam and Julian Carr induce in ours. Duke has recently announced that it is accepting $5 million from the Charles Koch Foundation for the “Center for the History of Political Economy,” a center initially established with funding from Koch network donor and anti-public crusader Art Pope. Earlier this year, UnKoch My Campus exposed a network of neo-confederate academics across the nation receiving over $14 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, including professors with ties to the white supremacist group League of the South. These academics are advancing a market-fundamentalist, anti-civil rights ideology that is also fueling the violent Alt-Right: the Austrian school of economics. Despite its neutral-sounding name, Duke’s Center for the History of Political Economy is a stronghold for Austrian economics, a philosophy advocated perhaps most famously by Friedrich Hayek, who, among other things, argued for limiting democracy, who collaborated with the murderous Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, and who called people from Egypt and India “detestable” because they were “fundamentally dishonest.” Accepting Koch money and influence at Duke is a dangerous step—and a slap in the face to anti-racist efforts and to the work of community activists, dedicated faculty

and courageous students who have been working to build inclusive, democratic learning environment at Duke and in the Triangle. The Duke community should not just be concerned about Koch’s growing support for corrosive ideology, but the fact that his vast “dark money” network seeks to influence politics by “leveraging” higher education—specifically by influencing what is taught, and by whom. Duke’s contract with Koch gives the donor an implicit veto power over programming by allowing the Koch Foundation the discretion to pull their money at any time with as little as thirty days’ notice. Even at public universities, where there is ostensibly more transparency and public oversight, the results of the Koch’s moneyed influence have been deeply troubling. George Mason University and Florida State University, where similar multi-million dollar “donations” were distributed, apparently gave donors power to influence faculty hiring, to design ideologically-driven classes, and to cut off funding from graduate students whose topics challenged their radical, reactionary worldview. At private institutions like Duke, not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, the potential for undue, unethical, and untraceable influence in our curriculum is even more worrisome. For anyone who cares about academic freedom, integrity and independence, this development should be deeply troubling. What is happening on our campus today and across the nation—the Koch network now funds similar centers or initiatives at over 200 public and private institutions—is a microcosm of what’s happening in our country at large: economic and social inequality has worsened, white supremacy is emboldened by powerful backers, and history and truth are reduced to whatever the powerful say they are. Centers like Duke’s, founded with the vast wealth of some of the nation’s most powerful corporations, seek to reshape the public’s understanding of economics and history in their favor. Such programs should not be determined by agendadriven donors. All campuses in North Carolina should begin seeking maximal transparency and faculty oversight over the creation of privately funded programs and centers. Eladio Bobadilla is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in history at Duke. This guest column was co-written with Ralph Wilson, a co-founder of UnKoch My Campus.

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An open letter to President Price: Replace Robert E. Lee statue with Anson Burlingame

ear Dr. Price, A little more than a year has passed since the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville and the violence accompanying the removal of statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson. We should look

Walter Christman GUEST COLUMNIST to connect the memory and history of that era to a more desirable future, and the attached four-page letter makes the case for honoring someone who might for us today better memorialize the eternal need for tolerance and national unity—both then, now, and tomorrow. There is a better candidate from the same era as General Lee, whose memory could appropriately now be enshrined in that same place in the Duke Chapel—namely, Ambassador Anson Burlingame. The defacement of the statue of Robert E. Lee in the Chapel alcove at the time of Charlottesville prompted you, as University President, to have it removed and to establish a commission to advise on next steps in navigating the role of memory and history at Duke. Your announcement on August 16, 2018 said that the space where a statue once stood will remain permanently empty, and the University will install a plaque in the foyer of Duke Chapel explaining why the statue was removed. You have struggled honorably with a situation that offers no morally dominant resolution. However, the vacant commemoration strategy can only prevail as an abdication of our best values, not an affirmation of them, and leaving the space blank affords our great educational institution, Duke University, with only an enduring

demonstration of intellectual vacuity. For anyone who cared to notice and grasp the import, the belt buckle on the Duke University statue of Robert E. Lee was adorned U.S. and not C.S.A. Our principle should remain that of promoting tolerance, which is what the Robert E. Lee statue represented for many who esteemed it as symbol of renewed national unity, until hijacked to be a symbol of hate, which your decision unfortunately only replicates. Anson Burlingame’s service, legacy and merit are compelling and deserving of recognition as a beacon of liberty and leadership needed in every generation, including our own. Burlingame’s advocacy of tolerance and equality created a positive legacy for America to draw upon today for all races, including white America. Burlingame was a fierce Abolitionist in the fight against slavery as a Congressman, and he was a founder of the Republican Party. He was appointed by President Lincoln to serve as U.S. Ambassador to China, and later appointed by the Qing Dynasty to serve as their Ambassador to the United States and Western powers. Burlingame became the first and only person in the world ever to become an Envoy from one nation to then serve as a return Envoy to the sending nation. He was responsible for negotiating for China with the U.S. what became known as the Burlingame Treaty—the first equality of nations treaty between any Western Power and that country. After securing US approval, he led Chinese delegations to England, France, Prussia, and Russia seeking the same. He died at age 49 from pneumonia at the Czar’s court and after his passing, Mark Twain wrote: “It is not easy to comprehend, at an instant’s warning, the exceeding magnitude of the loss which mankind sustains in this death—the loss which all nations and all peoples sustain in it. For he had outgrown the narrow citizenship of a state and become a citizen of the world; and his charity was large enough and his great heart warm enough to feel for all its races and to labor for them… He was a good man, and a very, very great man. America lost a son,

and all the world a servant, when he died.” Anson Burlingame was a leader in transitioning us from a country trapped in the racial inequality of slavery to one exemplifying us as a nation standing for equality and human rights around the world. His underlying principles—standing for equality among people and nations—need to be rediscovered and transformed into a contemporary context. Burlingame stood for values that we still need to defend, perhaps even more so today. White supremacist values cannot be transcended by the emptiness of reciprocal and misplaced hatred for Robert E. Lee, represented by a vacant commemoration that fails to demonstrate the attributes of a character that everyone should be inspired to emulate. The Burlingame connection to Duke is quite simple—a world-class university can embrace one of the most compelling world citizens our country has ever produced—as a means of reconciliation in our own time. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Burlingame Treaty. We should celebrate the life of the first discernably globalist leader of the 19th century, who represents the best of what has made America great in the eyes of the world. Duke University should take up a decision to commission and install a statue of Anson Burlingame as a fitting replacement for Robert E. Lee. In our contemporary era, it also usefully serves to remind that the founders of the Republican Party fought racism and promoted tolerance, embraced the dignity and human rights of all, and established the principle of equality and mutual respect among nations—the standard that has been— and in the future can only be--what will assure our desire that America will remain great. Remembering Anson Burlingame can help guide us to a better tomorrow. Sincerely, Walter L. Christman, PhD Walter Christman is a Duke alum, Trinity ‘83.

Dear Noah: Putting balance into practice

ear Noah, Can you believe that you’ve been in college for over a month now? It’s crazy to think about how little time you’ve actually spent here considering the normalcy that is probably beginning to set in. I hope that you’ve finally rid yourself of the firstyear plague and that you are changing your underwear at least twice per week. In my previous letter, I wrote about the need to ground yourself in order to balance out the metaphorical sumo-wrestler that is the unpredictability of life. In order to be grounded, you need to grow, and to enable said growth,

Grant Besner COLUMNIST you must achieve balance in your day-to-day life. So what is it you are trying to balance? Imagine, just for a second, that you are a tree. A tree needs three things in order to become big and strong. First, it needs sunlight in order to photosynthesize and produce the food it requires to survive. Next, it needs earth (soil, water and air) to be able to grow roots and have a physical space in which to exist. Finally, a tree needs time, for it cannot expand and tower above the canopy of the forest in a single day. Like a tree, you need three things in order to grow. Just as a tree needs sunshine to catalyze the production of chemical energy, so too must you expand your mind to have a more comprehensive understanding of yourself and the world around you. Just as a tree depends on the earth to provide it with nourishment, so too must you take care your body to act as a healthy host for your consciousness. Just as a tree must surrender itself to the construct of time, so too must you become aware of the immaterial essence that is your soul. You are just as much your thoughts as you are your biology; just as much some a state of being as a being itself. The mind, body and soul are all deeply interconnected and interdependent.

To neglect one is to neglect the other two. You must give your attention to all three facets of yourself so that you may plant deeper roots and reach greater heights. “Okay, so all this existential philosophy stuff is great and everything, but how do I actually implement this into my life?” Great question! Let’s dive in. MIND The mind is the facet of self I think college students place most of their emphasis on. After all, we are students who came to a school like Duke to learn and study. However, one giant mistake I made in my first few years of college was believing that my classes were a means to an end. I chose my major because it was “practical,” not because I was particularly curious or interested in the subject matter. I knew, or thought I knew, that my success in life would be determined by what job I got after college, so I went into a field that would give me the greatest likelihood of fulfilling the vision of success I arbitrarily set forth for

myself. Thus, don’t let school get in the way of your education. The world is such an incredible place that we as a species are truly just beginning to comprehend. Use this education to challenge your preconceptions and biases and follow your natural curiosity. As I learned in a lecture from William Deresiewicz last week, “there is no such thing as information, there are only arguments.” You must analyze the arguments of others and make your own in turn as you define for yourself what is good and what is true. BODY The body is the home you build for your mind and soul, so it’s fairly important to make sure it is in good condition. First, you need to build exercise into your routine so that when you are pressed for time, it doesn’t become neglected. It’s pretty absurd that you have a free gym membership to a gym that is 300 feet from your bed. Take advantage of it. Next, it’s easy to go crazy with food in college. I personally have a strong affinity for

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Marketplace’s limitless lemon meringue pie and need to be restrained if I come within a five-foot vicinity. However, self-control and discipline are key if you are to keep moderation in your diet. One thing that can be helpful is adhering to strict rules for yourself about what you can and cannot eat for six days of the week, and then having a splurge day once a week where you can stuff your face with an abundance of Domino’s wonderful cheesy bread. The previous days of abstention will make it taste that much better. Finally, don’t underestimate the importance of sleep. You won’t be efficient or produce good work when your brain is off and your body is tired. Listen to what your body is telling you and just go to bed. SOUL The soul is the hardest thing to take care of because it’s immaterial and deeply individual. However, here are some things that work for me that might also help you out. First, find time to practice gratitude each and every day. Stress can pile up, as can loneliness and insecurity. Remind yourself that there is so much in your life that is going right. You don’t have to worry about food or shelter. Your full-time job is to learn and grow. You have a brother who cares enough about you to author a poorly written public letter to you every two weeks. Everything is actually okay. Happiness is nothing more than wanting what you already have. Next, keep a journal. There surely are lots of thoughts swirling through your head as you unlearn who you once were and redefine who you are and who you want to become. Writing in a journal is a great way to organize your thoughts, reflect on your experiences and maintain a dialogue with the one person who will never leave you: yourself. And finally, laugh as much as you possibly can. Your loving brother, Grant Grant Besner is a Trinity senior who one day aspires to operate his own alpaca farm. His column, “Dear Noah,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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HOUSEKEEPERS

MARINE LAB

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“My wife had a stroke a year ago, and she’s not at that point where she can fully do for herself,” said Darrell Thorpe, another member of the housekeeping staff. “And by me working on the weekends, it’s hard for me to come here and be here at work and still get home and take care of her.” Thorpe said he previously had his wife cared for during the weekdays, but on the weekends it was up to him. Charles Gooch, president of Local 77, the union representing the housekeeping employees, argued that any schedule changes should only affect new hires, not those who have already shaped their lives to their work schedules. “It should’ve been grandfathered in,” he said. For housekeeper Juaneza Gooch, who worked a part-time job making tires on the weekend, said the schedule change forced her to quit that job. “I’m going to be making less money because I’m not going to have my part time job anymore,” Gooch said. “I was really upset.” After noting the student body’s unawareness of the shift in hours, Mok created a student petition entitled, “STAND WITH DUKE HOUSEKEEPING.” It calls upon six of Duke’s administrators to reverse the housekeeping hours change. “I think we’re stakeholders because everything here at this university supposedly is for the students,” Mok said. Mok hoped that “more outrage or attention or signatures” could result in a reversal of the decision, but she also noted that Duke’s administration often does not react to student protests. Mok added that the student petition has been wellreceived by the housekeepers, which, according to Lettica Wolfe, a housekeeper, is an indication of their hopes for student activism. “Our last option is [the students],” Wolfe said. “We need someone to hear us and to understand where we’re coming from.” Some housekeepers are worried that department supervisors may “bear down” on them because they spoke out. “A lot of employees are scared of retaliation,” said Shawn Easterling, a housekeeper in housing operations.

center and several other buildings only sustained minor water damage and will be open starting Sept. 24. Lab personnel will begin work back on campus beginning the same day, along with construction workers already there to dry out buildings and remove debris. Other buildings—such as the Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center and the Bookhout Research Laboratory—will be opened individually as soon as the damage has been assessed and repaired. “First and foremost, everyone is safe, but several members of our community have suffered significant damage to their homes and we are in the process of conducting a full accounting of everyone’s immediate needs,” wrote Read on the Nicholas School of the Environment’s website. Seniors Trevyn Toone and Annie Harshbarger are two of the Marine

CROWELL FROM PAGE 3 back of every DukeCard read that the card “should be carried at all times.” In past years, similar enforcement measures have been put in place in Pegram on East campus as well as other dorms with automatically locking doors. Savita Gupta, a sophomore Crowell resident, said that she thinks it would be more fair to require residents who get locked out frequently to volunteer or do chores.

Lab undergraduate students forced to evacuate back to Duke’s main campus. They are currently living in an apartment on Central Campus provided by the Marine Lab. Both were optimistic about how the Marine Lab faculty has handled the hurricane, but neither was completely sure what the future held. “We’re all just taking it one day at a time,” Harshbarger said. At breakfast the morning of Monday, Sept. 10, faculty informed students they would have to leave campus indefinitely—by the next day, all undergraduates had evacuated. Students weren’t surprised—they had been expecting to leave for several days at that point. Once they got to Duke, Toone and Harshbarger said they were focused on feverishly tracking the storm in their apartment. Now that the storm is over, they spend their days catching up with friends, trying new restaurants on campus and waiting for daily updates.

What’s the most important update they’ve received? “We’ve gotten some pictures of the cats who live on the island,” Harshbarger said. “That was everyone’s first concern— what are these cats doing?” Toone added. Their professors have also been sending them work to do, and classes— both remote and in-person in Durham— should resume this week. Although their campus was not impacted too heavily, both students discussed destruction in the surrounding community. Read wrote in his update that power has been restored to most of Moorehead City and Beaufort, but not yet to rural areas in Carteret County. Stores and gas stations are still reopening in the area. Students at the Marine Lab, especially graduate students who live in Beaufort, are also helping with the relief effort, Toone said, noting they have been collecting funds from undergraduates and donating supplies to a local church.

“I kind of understand where that side is coming from, that the RAs are frustrated and something needs to be done about it,” Gupta said. “But disciplinary action...for forgetting your key—that seemed a little extreme to me.” Gupta has already been locked out once, but she didn’t get in contact with the RA on-call. After she heard about the three-strikes policy, she bought a phone wallet to help her keep track of her DukeCard. Emiliani-Salois said that residents who get three strikes would be called to his office to discuss why they’re not

carrying their DukeCard. The student would receive a “residence hall warning” and be documented for Failure to Comply, but the disciplinary action wouldn’t go on the student’s record. If residents continue to forget to bring their cards and experience lockouts, he might refer them to the Office of Student Conduct, which would decide on further punishments. “Our RA team was getting calls and texts all throughout the day and all throughout the night,” Emiliani-Salois said. “We tried to wait it out to see if it got better, but it didn’t really until I sent out the email notice.”

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