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T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 DUKECHRONICLE.COM
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 31
Duke after dark: Vignettes of McDonald’s on a Saturday night By Shayal Vashisth Contributing Reporter
During the day, the Bryan Center McDonald’s is frequented by upperclassmen too rushed to wait for Il Forno or first-years too low on food points to eat at the Skillet. But what happens after hours? I committed myself to finding out. 10:15 p.m. Fifteen minutes later than scheduled (there were puppies outside Kilgo and puppies are my weakness), I find myself situated in a corner booth facing a very empty McDonald’s. This time on a Saturday night, it’s too early for a Shooters crowd and too late for the lucky few who sleep a full eight hours—no one is waiting for nuggets yet. Thirty minutes later, one student extols the healing powers of nuggets. “This has made me forget about the pain in my thumb,” he tells his friend, eating a single nugget out of a box of 20 before leaving. 11 p.m. No sign of life. It is me, my laptop and a bottle of cold brew. A quarter till midnight, a couple settles in at the booth across from me, fries and burgers in hand. “We’re just coming from a Shooters pregame,” she said. “We’ve got a lot of work, so we only did the pregame and are going to get some homework done now.” See MCDONALD’S on Page 4
Ian Jaffe | Photography Editor Many students who come by the McDonald’s in the Bryan Center late at night said they are seeking chicken nuggets.
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
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Duke launches center to promote health equity Duke routs Bowie State despite 3 suspensions By Kathryn Silberstein Staff Reporter
Aiming to make the health care industry more equitable, Duke has launched the Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity, also known as REACH Equity. The center is funded by one of 12 grants awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities—a subunit of the National Institutes of Health. It will focus on multidisciplinary approaches to improve health care for members of minority groups and eliminate disparities in the delivery of care. “I’m most excited about the opportunity to conduct research which will have a real world impact on our ability to reduce and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities and have an evidence base that promotes health equity,” said Mary Klotman, dean of the School of Medicine. REACH Equity’s primary goals center around developing and testing methods
to reduce ethnic disparities in health by improving the quality of patient-centered care in the clinic. Leigh Ann Simmons, associate professor in the School of Nursing, will serve as a member of the Research Education and Training Subcore of the center. This division will analyze patient visits to ensure that every component of a patient’s life is being addressed in providing effective care.
We are moved by the opportunity to do something that might make a difference. KIMBERLY JOHNSON
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND LEADER OF REACH EQUITY
“One of the primary goals of the Research Education and Training Subcore is to educate and train students, from undergraduate students all the way
to post-graduate doctors to be health disparities researchers and to integrate health disparities research with emphasis on promoting equity in clinical care,” Simmons said. She added that the subcore will also seek to improve communication with patients and ensure that health care providers at every step and level are engaging in shared decision-making. To meet all of its aims, REACH Equity will open up an annual research colloquium, opportunities for mentored research for medical and nursing students and post-docs and a pilot funding program for early stage investigators, among other programs. Kimberly Johnson, associate professor of medicine and leader of REACH Equity, also emphasized the center’s role in providing research opportunities for undergraduates through early stage faculty. “We want to create a pipeline of people working in this area to grow an evidence
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If there were any questions about who will run the Blue Devils’ offense without Trevon Duval on the floor, Grayson Allen answered them emphatically Saturday afternoon. Although Duke was playing without Duval, Alex O’Connell and Jordan Goldwire, it trounced Bowie State 116-53 53 in its final exhibition BSU DUKE 116 contest. With the trio of freshmen guards suspended for academic reasons, the Blue Devils had three big men on the floor at almost all times and dominated the interior. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after the game the freshmen See M. BASKETBALL on Page 7 @thedukechronicle | © 2017 The Chronicle