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Duke senior becomes University’s 50th Rhodes Scholar By Jake Satisky

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 28

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Senior Gabriella Deich has been named a Rhodes Scholar, the University announced Sunday. Deich becomes the 50th Duke student to win the prestigious scholarship, which pays for the opportunity to study at Oxford University. The Angier B. Duke scholar was one of only 32 recipients out of 963 applicants. “I didn’t know what to think—everything felt like it was moving in slow motion!” she wrote in an email to The Chronicle Sunday night. “It still doesn’t feel like it was real. I remember also being excited to get to tell the friends and faculty who have been so kind in helping me throughout my whole undergraduate career.” Deich is a Program II major studying biological and artificial intelligence. She co-founded the Arete Fellowship at Duke, and she has been involved with the Duke Effective Altruism and One for the World organizations, according to the release. Beyond that, Deich does research at Harvard Medical School, where she studies how to improve rapid diagnostics of infectious diseases. She has also worked as a summer research scholar and Lord Rothermere scholar in science ethics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oxford, respectively. “The Rhodes has said many times they are looking for people and not CVs,” she wrote. “I have had an interesting and obstacle-filled path that has given me a different story/perspective.” At Oxford, she plans on studying computer science and global governance. She hopes to work in biosecurity and global catastrophic risk reduction during her career, according to the release. Deich explained that she left the education system when she was 12 and was self-taught until she enrolled at Duke when she was 18. “I have so much more to learn! I’m incredibly excited to experience Oxford and meet all of the scholars who have been selected this year,” she wrote.

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Despite the project’s sustainability goals, several environmental professors and graduate students still oppose Duke’s plan announced last month to potentially build new graduate student housing off of West Campus. The proposed plan, created in response to the increasing cost of housing in Durham, involves building apartments in the woods south of Towerview Road, east of Erwin Road and west of the Fuqua School of Business. During the Board of Trustees meeting, director of project management Paul Manning said that this location would be most convenient for graduate students as it was in close proximity to Fuqua, the Law School and the Sanford School of Public Policy. Manning wrote in an email to The Chronicle that Duke evaluated several sites before choosing their current selection. Three committees, two of which included

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graduate students, also reviewed and approved the selected site, and the Graduate School had voiced its support for the project. He emphasized that the goal of the plan is “to preserve Duke’s natural landscapes,” which includes both protecting trees during construction as well as removing non-native species and re-planting native species. He wrote that the project will provide not only “new sustainable greenspace” but also housing for graduate students. However, certain conservation, biology and environmental science professors did not agree with the University’s choice of location for the new housing. Paul Manos, professor in the department of biology, said that the plan is “tremendously short-sighted” and if Duke is trying to promote green spaces, this plan would not be the right direction. “But I guess we’re at a point where the green space at Duke is being looked at from many different stakeholders,” he said. “And

Picture this: it’s 2 a.m. on a Saturday and you’re chest-deep in the rabbit hole of Modern Love. You’re a little upset because, yes, it’s cuffing season, and no, you’re not cuffed. So you’re living vicariously through the stories of other people… but sometimes it hurts to be reading these beautiful love fragments and knowing that they cannot and will not and do not apply to you. And then you stumble upon another tidbit of romantic news: an engagement! Between a woman named Katie Waldman and none other than Stephen Miller. I’ll admit it—this may have been my Saturday night. The phone nearly gave me a black eye after I dropped it on my face upon seeing the news. I may have broken down over my fourth tripleshot espresso of the evening. The article just… couldn’t be true. Stephen Miller is the punchline of my family dinners. My sister will tease: Tired of blaming Duke for all of your problems, Lily? Blame Stephen Miller. Or my mom might say, Oh, you’re scared of the devil? Try coming faceto-face with that man. Satan wouldn’t stand a chance. Or, Jews don’t believe in Hell but Hell believes in Stephen Miller. The idea that Stephen Miller had found love tore me through a quick pattern of quasi-grief: denial, anger, sadness. I wanted to sprint out of my dorm and run halfway to Swift Avenue in the 32-degree wind-chill weather and scream “Stephen F***ing Miller found love, and I can’t?” from the bridge across the underlit highway. But I couldn’t.

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Blue Devils hang on to defeat Hoyas in 2K Empire Classic championship By Derek Saul Sports Editor

Special to The Chronicle Gabriella Deich is a Program II major, studying biological and artificial intelligence.

NEW YORK—In danger of an upset to the unranked Hoyas, the Blue Devils needed their leader to step up. Immediately out of the locker room after a subpar first half, Tre Jones did just that. Georgetown forward Jamorko Pickett threw a lazy inbound pass to open the second half GTWN 73 and, unfortunately for him, Jones is DUKE 81 anything but lazy. The Duke point guard sprinted forward to steal Pickett’s pass, taking the ball in stride for a lay-in to break the 33-33 tie. After a Hoya miss, Jones would get to the basket again, finishing off a give-and-go pass from Jack White for another bucket. The next Blue Devil possession, Jones found Vernon Carey Jr. on a perfectly executed alley-oop. Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing would call a timeout immediately after, his team now trailing 39-33. In just 64 seconds, Duke went from upset watch to a comfortable lead, all thanks to Jones. See M. BASKETBALL on Page 6

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DukeEngage temporarily closes Chile applications By Leah Boyd Staff Reporter

Duke’s Global Travel Advisory Committee added Chile to its Restricted Regions List Nov. 7 “due to ongoing protests and civil unrest.” As a result, DukeEngage has temporarily closed applications for the 2020 program in Chile. If the program is reopened, applications that were set to be due Nov. 15 will now be accepted until Jan. 14, 2020. There is an ongoing attempt to reopen DukeEngage in Chile with a waiver approval. “The faculty director has applied for a waiver,” wrote Suzanne Shanahan, Nannerl O. Keohane director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, in an email to The Chronicle. “We don’t expect word for a while yet. But if granted, the application will open.” The program in Chile was slated to focus on the transition of a forest from logging to ecotourism by partnering with the Santiagobased Huilo Huilo Foundation, according to the DukeEngage website. Participants were to engage in conservation projects, such as measuring water characteristics of local lakes, contributing to extinction prevention of various species and building a greenhouse. Visits to a local university in Valdivia and discussions with a local physicist who performs active volcano research were also on the program’s itinerary. In October, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera raised metro fares in Santiago, the nation’s capital, from 800 to 830 pesos—a rise of about 4 U.S. cents—sparking conflict and unrest. According to Chilean government technocrats, the increase was due to “a weakening currency and higher fuel costs.” Police responded with arrests and harsh crackdowns after commuters began to avoid paying transit fares on subways and buses in

Courtesy of DukeEngage Amid political turmoil in Chile, DukeEngage Chile aspirants might not have a chance to travel with the program over the summer.

retaliation. This in turn fueled widespread demonstrations, some of which turned violent. In extreme cases, citizens vandalized and set fire to subway stations, looted shops and pharmacies, and took to the streets to express their anger, resulting in multiple clashes between citizens and enforcement officers. The protests reflect a deep-rooted tradition of economic inequality in Chile. The nation’s income gap is 65% wider than the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average, with the richest population receiving incomes that are 13.6 times higher than those of the poor. In response, Piñera declared a state of emergency Oct. 18. Curfews were established in Santiago’s larger cities, and military officials were deployed to settle the chaos in the streets. Despite the ban, “student travel seems to be continuing” for those who are “approved for waivers of the restriction in compliance with the Global Travel Policy,” said Christy Parrish, senior manager of global administrative and travel

support at Duke. “The three undergrads who are [in Chile] under [Global Education Office] programs were granted waivers of the restriction in order to remain and finish their semester,” Parrish wrote in an email to The Chronicle. She added that the University is monitoring the situation by consulting a variety of sources. “We contact faculty who are from there or travel there or have done research there for decades,” Parrish said. “We engage alumni, we engage every resource you can imagine. We look at the press, we read information from the State Department and from International SOS, but then we go to all these individuals that we know.” She noted that Patrick Duddy, a visiting senior lecturer at Duke, was formerly one of the State Department’s top Latin American specialists. He spoke to the chargé d’affaires of Chile, and they discussed the conditions in Santiago as well as breaking news in other Chilean cities during the protests. This information is updated regularly with

recommendations and then given to the provost to decide on the next steps. “The full country restriction was based on tons of information, as much information as we could possibly gather without traveling down there and going to 15 or 20 different cities and seeing for ourselves,” Parrish said. Students from the Fuqua School of Business and the Nicholas School of the Environment are in the process of receiving waivers for upcoming activities in Chile as well, she noted. Parrish encourages students with interests in traveling to reach out to the Global Travel Advisory Committee. “My biggest hope for travelers to any destination, but particularly those that Duke has on the [Restricted Regions List], is that they reach out to my office so we’re aware of the travel or interest and can raise to the attention of the Global Travel Advisory Committee’s and Provost’s awareness, and that they take advantage of resources Duke offers to them to stay abreast of events themselves,” Parrish wrote.

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Philip Cook receives prestigious criminology prize By Lara Hansen

In schools all around the country, kids must routinely go through active shooter drills. The immediate possibility of someone showing up and opening fire is forming a collective Sanford professor Philip Cook, who helped build the Sanford trauma for a whole generation of children growing up right School of Public Policy from the ground up, received the now, he said. Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his research this month. The issue of gun violence exceeds medical measures. It has The prestigious prize is awarded to outstanding researchers long become a matter of social and economic inequalities, he in the field of criminology worldwide. Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford said, and the most affected neighborhoods are impoverished professor emeritus of public policy, will share the prize money and disproportionately African American. of $1.5 million Swedish kroner, about $150,000, with his coDue to the salient and controversial nature of his research, some winner Franklin Zimring, William G. Simon professor of law at individuals in favor of gun rights have attacked his scholarship. the University of California at Berkeley. However, the caliber and scholarly integrity of his work has In his time serving as chair and director of Sanford twice, overwhelmingly impressed most people. he has seen the institute transform and grow into an actual “He’s widely trusted and respected by all political sides,” said school, and he has taught generations of Kristin Goss, Cook’s former master’s students in criminology, economics and student and Kevin D. Gorter professor of What kept me going is the sociology. public policy and political science. Both awardees have been on the sense that gun violence Cook has always aspired to be forefront of gun violence research from politically neutral, noting that “in the the scholarship’s beginnings. In 1975, Cook remains very important for the end, it’s all about finding out the truth published his first article on gun control, U.S. of the matter.” which made him “the second scholar on earth to actually do research in this area,” ‘A place I’ve learned to love’ philip cook he recalled. The first scholar to publish in When Cook arrived at Duke in 1973, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PUBLIC POLICY the subject was Zimring. the Sanford offices were located in the Cook remembered his first meeting Old Chemistry building on campus, with Zimring at the University which he bluntly called a “slum.” of Chicago as quite intense. He called it “the Zimring “We held contests, who could capture the biggest roaches,” experience,” adding “he has a lot on his mind.” he laughed. Much of his research has been on gun violence, and Cook The young professors at Sanford all shared a common has published hundreds of articles and several books on sense of excitement and ambition about starting something criminology and the economics of crime. new together. Today, the former “new kids on the block,” as he “What kept me going is the sense that gun violence remains called his team, are seasoned professors, and Sanford has been very important for the U.S.,” he said. an actual school for ten years. The faculty has grown from five He identifies the widespread availability of guns and their to 80 members, he said. consequences as a pressing issue. Many violent fights would end “I grew up with the Sanford School,” Cook said. differently if guns weren’t available, he said. Not only are many His dedication has not been taken for granted either. Joel people killed with guns, but holding a gun has ruined people’s lives Fleishman, professor of law and public policy, was the director and put them behind “any hope of redemption,” he argued. of Sanford from 1971 to 1983 and expressed respect for Cook’s Gun violence is a great burden and not just for the lifelong engagement with the school. “obvious reasons,” he said. “He is probably more than anybody responsible for Staff Reporter

Courtesy of the Sanford School of Public Policy Cook has been researching gun violence since the 1970s.

maintaining the quality of the faculty,” Fleishman said. “He was absolutely amazing over the years in maintaining the quality of the place.” Goss joked that “Sanford is like his third child.” She admires that her former professor has chosen Duke and stood by it the whole time. “And he did it cheerfully,” she said. It was not always clear where Cook would end up working as an academic. He could have stayed at his alma mater University of California at Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. in 1973. See COOK on Page 4

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Duke adds 2 students to Trask replacement search committee, 2 weeks after having none By Nathan Luzum Managing Editor

Two students have been added to the search committee tasked with finding Executive Vice President Tallman Trask’s successor. President Vincent Price added one undergraduate student and one graduate student to the group, less than two weeks after The Chronicle highlighted the lack of students on the committee. Senior Michael Tan and Edgar Virguez, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Environmental Sciences and Policy division of the Nicholas School of the Environment, are the two newcomers. “Both have served as student members of the [Board of Trustees] Resources Committee and will add an important Mary Helen Wood | Photography Editor student perspective to the search,” wrote The committee searching for Tallman Trask’s successor will now have student representation. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, in committees in years prior. Search committees are tasked with an email to The Chronicle. The hiring of the new vice president working alongside search firms to identify When asked, he did for institutional and interview potential candidates in a not specify why the As we do with other senior level equity in June complex, multi-step administrative search addition took place. searches, it will be a national— and vice provost/ process. Tan and Virguez vice president for In October, the University announced declined to comment or international—search for the student affairs in that Trask would step down in 2020 from for this story. April both used the EVP position in which he has served next executive vice president. The search committees that since 1995. Price hopes that the search is committee—first included students. concluded and a replacement is named by announced Nov. 6— major the end of the academic year, Schoenfeld michael schoenfeld Two VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND searches featured a number of in the noted. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS years deans, administrators prior that “As we do with other senior level and distinguished led to the hiring of searches, it will be a national—or professors, but no students were part of the a new university president and a new vice international—search for the next initial 10-person group. This was a departure president for Durham affairs also boasted executive vice president,” Schoenfeld told from the typical composition of search student representation. The Chronicle earlier in November.

COOK FROM PAGE 3 “They offered me a position, and there were other positions around the country,” he said. However, his wife, Judy Cook, played a significant role in his decision to come to Duke. She wanted to go to graduate school and become a clinical psychologist. “It was her turn,” Cook said. “Everywhere I interviewed for a job, the question was what possible degree program there would be for Judy.” Duke happened to have one of the best possible degree programs in clinical psychology nationwide. Judy was accepted, and this arrangement turned out to be a good one. Durham and Chapel Hill, where the couple raised their two children, quickly became a home. “It is a place I’ve learned to love,” he said. “We have no interest of leaving.” Every now and then, though, the couple goes on little adventures together. The last two springs, they lived in Turin, Italy, where Cook had a visiting position at a college. “We studied Italian and we tried to live like natives,” Cook said. Starting a new language in their 70s turned out to be quite a challenge for the two. “We were successful enough so we could have a little conversation at the market and get the kind of gelato we wanted,” he said with a smirk. But besides those excursions, Cook remains a faithful contributor to the Sanford School at Duke. Currently, Cook and Goss are working on a second edition of their book “The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know.” Published in 2014, the first edition contains answers to 107 questions related to gun policies in the United States, Cook said. He described it as similar to See COOK on Page 9

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Duke Big 3 emerges in 2K Empire Classic win By Conner McLeod Sports Managing Editor

NEW YORK—In one game, a big three emerged under the bright lights of the storied Madison Square Garden. A trio of Blue Devil freshmen, Wendell Moore, Cassius Stanley and Vernon Carey Jr., willed their way with poise, grit and hustle to allow Duke to come away victorious from a hard-nosed battle against Georgetown Friday night. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is no stranger to the 2K Empire Classic, but Krzyzewski has also grown familiar with entrusting his younger players to carry the load in tight situations, coaching the likes of NBA lottery picks Marvin Bagley III, R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson. However, likely just one of the three current standout rookies has a chance of getting drafted as a top-14 pick next year, making the threesome’s breakout performance against the Hoyas that much more impressive. “These guys have grown up a lot in the past month or so...we were able to see tonight,

how they were able to play and dominate and control the game so well,” sophomore point guard Tre Jones said on the freshmen. “Those guys are growing up for sure.” ‘Growing up’ perfectly sums up how the freshmen have evolved from just about a month ago as they played in Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time, to now, hoisting the championship banner for a major college basketball tournament. During his limited time on the court in Duke’s first exhibition game against Northwest Missouri State, Carey made just one shot to go along with three quick personal fouls and four careless turnovers. In Duke’s 2K Empire Classic tenure, Carey put the team on his back, with two consecutive double-doubles and 51 points over the span of two nights. Against the Hoyas in particular, Carey’s paint presence kept the Blue Devils afloat during the first half, scoring nearly half of his team’s points. “[Carey is] a really good competitor and he shows poise. He checks a lot of boxes,” Krzyzewski said. “[Bagley] was more of a

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Wendell Moore had a career-high 17 points to help Duke defeat Georgetown Friday.

M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1 The top-ranked Blue Devils would hold onto the lead that came from the Jonesled outburst, defeating the Hoyas 81-73 in the 2K Empire Classic championship at Madison Square Garden. This is Duke’s third time winning the 2K Classic, as the team has now won all its games in Madison Square Garden this season. After a first half marred by missed shots, fouls and turnovers, Duke followed its captain’s lead in the second half, looking energized and scoring efficiently, staying ahead of Georgetown for the rest of Friday night. “The way we started the game was tough to come back from, especially with the atmosphere out there, a lot of Georgetown fans in the crowd,” Jones said. “Knowing that we had to come out to a strong start in the second half, I just saw they were being a little lazy...and I was just trying to give my team the spark that we needed.” The Hoyas (4-2) would not go down quietly, hanging with the Blue Devils (6-0) for most of the night, led by 21 second-half points from Omer Yurtseven. However, 31 Georgetown fouls eventually caught up to the team, though the Duke advantage would dwindle to four in the final minute. “[The Hoyas] have depth, they have really good guards,” Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “[Omer] Yurtseven is really good. And if you double him, he can

find somebody. He hit every shot down the stretch. For us though, we were okay that they were twos and not threes A rarity in an era of college basketball that favors those that can put the ball on the floor and knock it down from beyond the arc, both Duke and Georgetown’s leading scorers coming into the teams’ matchup Friday night were burly centers that make their mark in the paint. After picking up two early fouls, the 7-foot, 264-pound Hoya center Yurtseven became a complete non-factor in the first half, playing just six minutes and not picking up any points or rebounds in that span. Meanwhile, the 6-foot-10, 270-pound Carey feasted, with a game-high 16 points and five rebounds in the opening period, going back to work early a day after his 31-point effort against California. The big man script flipped in the second half, as Carey scored just four points in the period, limited by foul trouble of his own. Yurtseven came into his own as the night progressed, scoring 14 points in the final 10 minutes, making the Blue Devil center look vulnerable on the defensive end for the first time since he battled Kansas behemoth Udoka Azubuike Nov. 5, also at Madison Square Garden. “[Yurtseven] was, if not the same physical [level], arguably stronger than Udoka, just with his big body, but I was just trying to establish position first and be the aggressor,” Carey said.

power forward. [Former Blue Devil Jahlil Okafor] was a center. And [Carey] is a little bit of both. He’s a really good player and he’s a hell of a teammate.” A common trend of the 2K Empire classic was Carey’s reliability when Duke’s offense fell flat. Time and time again, Carey’s number was called, and he delivered, making his money on the block with nifty post moves and finesse around the rim. But not only did Georgetown struggle to contain Carey, the team also found it difficult to keep up with Moore’s pace in the open floor. Moore, who finished with a career high 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting, came up big for the Blue Devils in a breakout game of sorts. Receiving just his second career start against the Hoyas, Moore did not disappoint, helping create havoc on defense with his long frame and quick feet and also assisting Jones when Georgetown opted for a full-court press. “Wendell was a star during [the press],” Krzyzewski said. “His moves from half court a couple times, to take it to the basket…they were huge. They were huge for us.” Moore, unlike Carey and Stanley, did not have a successful night the last time Duke visited Madison Square Garden for the Champions Classic against Kansas. In that matchup, the raw Charlotte native scored just two points and finished with four turnovers and zero assists. Seemingly though, Krzyzewski saw something special in practice, and gifted Moore another big opportunity to become a diamond under pressure. Moore’s hustle was unmatched against the Hoyas, and despite his seven turnovers, his ability to bob and weave around Georgetown’s traps proved invaluable, as Duke still prevailed against a well-executed press.

Rounding out the freshman trifecta is none other than Stanley, who led the team in scoring for the second time this season. Stanley hit big shot after big shot, sinking all three of his 3-point attempts to help extend Duke’s lead during the second period. Stanley arguably had the least growing pains of the three, igniting Duke in its huge win against Kansas. However, his game has continued to improve as he becomes more comfortable on the court. “[Stanley is] finding more and more confidence. He’s already expecting the ball,” Jones said. “He’s always wanting to make a play. So when the ball is in his hands or when he is just moving around or things like that, he’s able to find a way to impact the game.” Like Jones and Carey, Stanley has started in every regular season game up to this point, and it’s not hard to see why. Stanley’s eight rebounds and three 3-pointers put his elite wing abilities on full display. As Duke’s usual suspects from deep struggled—Matthew Hurt, Alex O’Connell and Jack White made just one 3-pointer between the three of them—Stanley became the three-and-d prospect the Blue Devils needed to get the job done. Coming into the 2K Empire Classic, the standout freshman group was considered a quartet, but Hurt struggled in New York. The 6-foot-9 forward did not score in just five minutes of action against the Hoyas, heading to the bench in favor of White and Joey Baker. “I just think Jack White was playing better,” Krzyzewski said about Hurt’s lack of playing time. With the outstanding outing its three freshmen had against Georgetown, Duke looks to be in good hands going forward, even if those hands are a lot less flashy and a lot younger than Blue Devil fans are accustomed to.

For the first time this year, Duke’s perimeter defense looked vulnerable, especially in the first half. Georgetown’s guards started the game on fire, propelling the Hoyas to a quick 9-2 lead. The Georgetown starting backcourt of James Akinjo and Mac McClung combined for 13 of its first 15 points. McClung would be quieted for the remainder of the contest, but Akinjo rode the hot start to a 19-point, six-assist effort. The Blue Devils will get to return to Durham for the week of Thanksgiving, welcoming Stephen F. Austin and Winthrop to Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday and Friday, respectively, for a pair of nonconference matchups.

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Tre Jones jumpstarted Duke in the second half against the Hoyas with a quick steal.

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Blue Devils drop fifth straight to Wake By Glen Morgenstern Assistant blue zone editor

WINSTON-SALEM—It was a downpour at BB&T Field. At first, it was just rain, an omnipresent duo alongside the fall chill in Winston-Salem. Then, it was Jamie Newman, Wake Forest’s quarterback. He poked and prodded Duke’s defensive line before launching deep bombs. The matchup and bowl game hopes were slipping away from the Blue Devils. They had to go big or go home. Yet with water, water everywhere, they could only dunk and dink. Duke failed to convert on the vast majority of its deep attempts and the Demon Deacons steamrolled the Blue Devil defense, as Duke fell 39-27 to Wake Forest DUKE 27 Saturday evening. “Defensively, we WAKE 39 can’t tackle like that, man,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “That’s how you give up 600 yards. We missed our big long play. People [were] open—[we] didn’t get it done. They hit theirs.” Slick turf altered both teams’ game plans,

forcing them to take to the ground from the get-go. Duke’s offense looked anything but slick in the first half. Blue Devil receivers could not haul in quarterback Quentin Harris’ passes, so Duke turned to the run—but that didn’t work either. The Blue Devils (4-7, 2-5 in the ACC) totaled just 127 rushing yards, while Wake Forest (8-3, 4-3) notched 334 yards on the ground. “We practice [rainy conditions] somewhat,” Harris said. “Wet ball Sundays, we call them—just kind of practicing handling the wet ball. We felt pretty comfortable in the conditions. I really didn’t think it was much of an issue there.” The offense did not accomplish everything it would have liked to, but the special teams unit gave Duke a boost in both halves. Redshirt sophomore Damond Philyaw-Johnson returned a kickoff 97 yards untouched for the Blue Devils’ first score—the first overall touchdown of Philyaw-Johnson’s career. Philyaw-Johnson did it again in the second half, bringing back a kickoff 98 yards for another score. Bre Bradham | Associate Photography Editor

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Noah Gray’s seven receptions could not save Duke from losing to Wake Forest Saturday.

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Duke falls to the Badgers in dissapointing NCAA tournament loss to conclude season By Jonathan Browning Associate Sports Editor

An up-and-down season for the Blue Devils that included seven draws, a 14game unbeaten streak, eight overtimes, and several major injuries came to an end against Wisconsin in the second round of the NCAA tournament. After blowing past Utah 4-0 at home in the first round on the back of freshman Emily Duerr’s pair of goals, the Blue Devils looked to take their offensive momentum with them as they traveled to Los Angeles to take on No. 3-seed Wisconsin. But, from the first whistle, momentum seemed to be on Wisconsin’s side. Duke was able to keep its momentum at bay but, at the end of the night, it was the Badgers that emerged on top with a goal in the 78th minute. “Congratulations first to Wisconsin for a hard fought game, they took their opportunity when one came about,” said head coach Robbie Church. “We played hard the whole game, we battled and played hard. We had some chances and we DUKE 0 just didn’t finish the WISC 1 chances. But I think a lot of kudos goes to this group of players.... A lot of players grew as players on the field. So I’m just so proud of this group that competed every game and it’s a wonderful wonderful group of young ladies to be around and it was really a lot of fun.” Both teams came into the match having given up less than 15 goals each over the entire season and Duke (9-4-7) came in with the knowledge that, if it scored, the Blue Devils should have a good chance to pull this one out—Duke had never lost when scoring in a game this season. That trend continued

against the Badgers, just not in the way they’d hoped. Wisconsin (16-3-2) came out of the gate with early pressure on the opposing side of the field, making it hard for the Blue Devils to develop any sort of consistent offensive approach. The Badgers controlled the ball for much of the first half, with the Blue Devils only getting the occasional touch. It was Duke’s backline of Taylor Mitchell and Caitlin Cosme, along with goalkeeper Brooke Heinsohn, that had to do most of the heavy lifting in the first half, preventing several opportunities from the Badgers from turning into a lead. However, the best look from either side in the first half came in the 17th minute from Duke sophomore forward Marykate McGuire, Duke’s leading goalscorer on the year. With a clear shot at the goal, all she needed to do was get it past Wisconsin’s keeper, but instead she put the ball harmlessly just over the crossbar. From there, the Blue Devils had only a handful of good looks in the rest of the first, most of them coming as the clock rolled toward halftime. But, despite a few looks from both sophomore Mackenzie Pluck and junior Tess Boade, the Blue Devils and Badgers went into the locker room tied at 0-0, a familiar result for the Blue Devils. “We’re the best when we get that first goal, like anybody,” said Church. “Nothing radically crazy there. Were the best when we score the first goal, we just couldn’t find that first goal, especially that one in the first half which was a really good opportunity.” Coming out of the locker room, the Blue Devils immediately looked more aggressive and started to show an offensive rhythm they simply hadn’t been able to find for much of

the first half. Less than three minutes into the half, Duke had already registered two shots, the same number they’d registered in all of the first half. Senior Ella Stevens continued to pass the long ball down the field and it felt like only a matter of time before they found that go-ahead goal. And in the 76th minute it looked like they would have their chance. Pluck was fouled just outside the 18-yard box and Stevens stepped up to take the free kick and junior Lily Nabet got on the end of it to redirect it into the goal. But, as was the result for the whole night, Wisconsin goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer wasn’t going to let it get past her. The Badgers put together a quick run up the field and scored one of the more bewildering goals the Blue Devils have given up all season. Wisconsin’s

leading scorer, senior Dani Rhodes, had the ball and was surrounded by Blue Devils. Falling down she put just enough on the ball and it rolled into the side netting, just out of the reach of Heinsohn. “We had them covered well,” said Church. “She [Rhodes] did a good job to kind of fake one way and then spin out and go the other side, as she was falling down, she kinda toepoked it and it just found the corner. It was a little bit of slow motion, a lot of bodies laying around. I had a hard time seeing the ball go in and was shocked when I heard the reaction of everybody and saw our reaction too that the ball had actually gone in the goal.” Now it was Duke playing from behind, See W. SOCCER on Page 8

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DROPPED FROM PAGE 7 It’s only the second time someone returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in ACC history and a first in Duke history. “[On the first touchdown,] I saw a pancake block by one of my one of my teammates,” Philyaw-Johnson said. “On the second one, I saw another pancake block by Javon Jackson.” Additionally, Duke stymied a Demon Deacon passing offense weakened by the loss of its top two receivers. Newman completed just six of his 12 attempts for 74 yards in the first half. However, he ran for 88 yards over the first two quarters, much of which came from a 42-yard touchdown scamper. Newman ran for more yards than the entire Blue Devil backfield in the first half. Newman stepped up his domination in the second half, though, gashing Duke through the air and on the ground. A 62-yard bomb to Kendall Hilton scored a touchdown on Wake Forest’s opening drive in the third quarter, while a 57-yard slant route set up the Demon Deacons inside the Blue Devil red zone for another touchdown in the fourth quarter. Newman totaled 144 yards on the ground, surprising Duke on

quarterback draws and option plays. He was just part of a dominant rushing performance on the part of the Demon Deacons. “I’m disappointed with them because they fall,” Cutcliffe said. “I didn’t tell them anything after the game other than [that] I was proud of them for their fight, [but] I feel a burden of responsibility when you don’t tackle well and you don’t convert third downs. The loss means the likely death of the Blue Devils’ bowl game hopes. Duke has not missed a bowl game since 2016. While six means is the typical number a team needs to secure bowl eligibility, the Blue Devils could reach a bowl game with a victory next weekend if their Academic Progress Rate beats out most other five-win programs. Duke’s next game is the last of the season, a home matchup against Miami next Saturday. A positive note might be the best it can hope for. “We have a great opportunity against Miami at home to send our seniors out on a high note, including myself, but obviously recognize that we still can be in a bowl game if we come out with the win next Saturday,” Harris said. “I’m very much looking forward to getting back into the tape seeing what we did wrong, how to correct things and looking to put together a win next week.”

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The Blue Devil defensive line allowed 334 Demon Deacon yards on the ground in Duke’s loss.

W. SOCCER FROM PAGE 7 with less than 15 minutes left in their season unless they were able to find an equalizer. That equalizer never came. A handful of opportunities presented themselves in the final minutes, including a Boade pass that was just a little too far out of Pluck’s reach and a chaotic scrum for the ball in the closing seconds but, as was so often the case for the Blue Devils this year, they just weren’t able to convert on their opportunities and time ran out on their season, sending them on their way back to Durham. What looked to be a promising season for Duke ended after much confusion, injuries, and more draws than they had seen before in school history. It was the Blue Devils’ first time not breaking the ten-win mark since 2014, a year when they didn’t even make the NCAA tournament. They’ll be losing one of the greatest players in Duke women’s

soccer history this year in Ella Stevens but will have a strong senior presence on the field next year, along with several players coming back from injury, making next season’s Blue Devils a force to be reckoned with. “She’s [Ella Stevens] just been a great, great leader for us on the field and off the field all year-long and she’s been very consistent. She’s a big-time player and person and we’ll miss her as a person and player in our program. [But] if anything makes me smile a little right now, it’s that a lot of our players grew, especially that senior class [of 2021], they grew,” Church said. “We went out earlier than we have the last four or five years and I hope this keeps fueling the fire. We got to better, we gotta get ourselves technically better, we got to work on final-third play all during the spring and next year but we have the ability to have a really, really good team next year. I think we have a [great] ability to bounce back and have a great year.”

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campus. In its report, the Board of Trustees Future of Central Campus task force noted that needs I wonder whether there’s really any contact such as student housing “have the potential to with people who care about the ideas of be served elsewhere on or off-campus.” sustainability.” The sentiment that there are other or He argued that beyond aesthetics, green space additional options that Duke could consider also provides a critical environmental role. exists amongst even graduate students. Anita Nicolette Cagle, lecturer in environmental Simha, first-year biology graduate student, science and policy in the Nicholas School of approached the issue with skepticism, saying the Environment, wrote in an email to The that Duke has boiled the choice down to “either Chronicle that she does not support the plan, building [apartments] and having affordable emphasizing that green space provides teaching housing or not building [anything.]” space and ecosystem values such as water She said that in reality, Duke, as a huge filtration, air pollution capture and ambient landowner in Durham, has the power to cooling. make numerous, connected choices—not Associate Professor of Biology Will just this one. Wilson added that removing green space and “If we’re looking at grad student housing adding cement and asphalt structures heats in isolation, I definitely support grad students up surfaces, creating an “urban heat island” having low cost options,” Simha said. “But I also around the area. think that grad students, long-term Durham “So that’s why we get this 10 degrees residents who are facing gentrification, Fahrenheit urban heat island, which you see in environmentally-conscious people and people downtown Durham, for example,” he said. who would rather not cut down trees are Manos added that without green landscapes actually kind of all on the same team [in] helping to control temperatures, more energy is struggling with the powers at Duke.” needed to cool buildings. She said that Duke could instead choose to The particular forests that would be pay all their graduate students a living wage, or affected have also been used for teaching it could also choose to support low-cost public courses, Manos said. Not only that, but Stuart transportation such as the light rail. Wilson Pimm, Doris Duke professor of conservation and Austin Wadle, second-year Ph.D. student ecology, explained that nature improves in civil and environmental engineering, agreed people’s moods. with Simha. “Among the many technical responses, an “If there were a rail line, grad students would increasing body of work shows that people are have had plenty of housing opportunities along happier and perform better when surrounded that corridor,” Wilson wrote in an email. by nature than by concrete,” he wrote in an Usaid Awan, a doctoral candidate in email to The Chronicle. economics, told The Chronicle that new Cagle wrote that Duke should instead apartments would show that Duke cares about “make better use of already developed spaces, graduate student housing, and he appreciated especially on Central Campus, and maintain that the University was looking into it. the natural areas that we have.” Manos agreed, Manning also wrote in an October email wondering why Duke decided not to reuse the to The Chronicle that the apartments will already paved space on Central Campus for prioritize sustainability, as they would be graduate housing. constructed from the trees that they replace. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for Timothy Johnson, associate professor of the public affairs and government relations, told practice in energy and the environment, The Chronicle that Duke was unlikely to build emphasized that the buildings would follow graduate housing on Central. LEED standards for energy use and use less “It’s probably not the best, the highest use energy than Duke’s current policy. for that land,” he said. Wadle noted that although these Schoenfeld added that the University has certifications are good, they are often “very been interested over theThe years providing marginal their impact” and should be New in York Times Syndication Sales in Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, N.Y. 10018 more graduate student housing, and the New theYork, baseline for constructing buildings. For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 location in the forest was probably the best on November Pimm that though the buildings For ForRelease Release Saturday, Friday, Novemberwrote 22, 23,2019 2019 FROM PAGE 1

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should be energy efficient, these LEED certifications are “mostly for bragging rights for administrators.” All four professors The Chronicle interviewed disapproved of Duke’s patterns in expansion, development and environmental interactions. Pimm wrote that the project “smacks” of Duke’s consistent indifference to environmental concerns, “most clearly seen in its commitment to fossil fuels as an energy source and the companies that produce them as investments.” They expressed concern that the campus was turning more and more into a concrete, urban landscape and less and less of a pleasant, positive green space-oriented environment. “It’s becoming an urban campus. I guess that’s what they want and it generates more revenue, but 100 years from now, 200 years from now, is there going to be any space devoted for forest?” Wilson asked. “What does sustainable mean for the future? The answer for Duke appears to be that sustainable, in terms of an environmental footprint, is not part of the equation.” Jake Satisky contributed reporting.

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Monday Monday asked you for tiny love stories. Here’s what you sent.

n the spirit of The New York Times’ “Modern Love” section and Recess’ bite-sized love stories column, I asked Duke students and alumni to submit “Tiny Love Stories” told in 100 words or less.

The best lunch of my life The story goes like this: boy meets girl. Boy likes girl. Boy is unsure of how girl feels about boy. Boy asks girl to FLUNCH chemistry professor with him. Boy meets girl at Divinity Cafe. The rest of the story

Ten years ago The sweet summer sun faded on us seven years ago. He was someone who really cared about his future. I was someone who went wherever I was told. The only thing we had in common that

is difficult for me to recall. I was so entranced by her during lunch and I don’t quite remember it. I think our chemistry professor asked us about pi bonds, but maybe it was sigma bonds. In any case, I just wanted to bond with her. — Hugh Jenard, junior

summer was PSAT camp and a mutual love that was never spoken. Many years later, we would have one more thing in common. We met again in front of Tandoor. I was shocked that he had chosen Duke—wasn’t it his safety? He was shocked that I had made it in. But that moment was the start of a beautiful relationship. —Stan Dardized, first-year

Monday Monday NOT NOT TRUE Love wasn’t enough You were lovely, even though you were just doing your job. You frowned slightly when I smiled, and you were lovelier still. I asked you if you had done something new to your hair, your clothes, but maybe it was just the way you held yourself. You told me flirting wouldn’t get me out of my parking ticket. Maybe so, but I still remember those stolen moments in the Parking and Transportation Office. — Park Infine, senior

hot take of the week “Everyone of the male gender should be referred to as boman.” —Jake Satisky, Editor-in-Chief, on November 22, 2019

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AOC to U and Me I’ve always wondered whether Alex O’Connell would ever notice me. When I learned that he ate in Krafthouse a lot, I started camping out there at all hours of the day. Eating there, studying there, having fun there. I always looked for him in his little corner booth, camped out with chicken tenders. One day he made eye contact with me. It was the best day of my life. — Alexis Milife, sophomore Love under the stars We were the only two people sleeping in the tent that night. People were drinking outside, but we were huddled inside, trying to stay warm. I saw your breath in the air, clouds passing over darkness. I wondered what it would be like to feel that hot breath on my face. I asked you how you were feeling. And I’ll never forget those words you said next: “They did surgery on a grape.” It was cold that night. But you were so warm. — Kay Ville, junior

Match made in Hell I really thought that I was supposed to find love in college. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anyone that I really clicked with at Duke. But that’s how it is when you’re outspoken and you stand up for what you believe in—people are going to disagree. So after I left Duke, I thought that I would reserve my love for my career. But then I met her. She’s the one thing I love more than separating children from their families. — Stephen Miller, Trinity ‘07 Monday Monday does not condone the actions of the burning dumpster fire that is Stephen Miller. If you want to share a tiny love story with Monday, please don’t because they are currently crying over a tub of ice cream and don’t really want to feel even worse about their romantic prospects right now. Okay? Okay.

Have something to say? Send us a letter at chronicleletters@duke.edu. MILLER FROM PAGE 1 So I had to move onto the fourth stage: acceptance. Maybe I did not even need to write another opinion article criticizing this University, because the fact that Duke seemingly taught this monster to disguise himself as personable in order to find a potential partner is criticism enough. (It makes sense now why the Blue Devil is white. Duke was doing its due diligence; Stephen Miller was behind the mask all along.) Acceptance, to me, also meant setting a few facts straight. You, Stephen Miller are a white nationalist, yes. And, by my decree as a Jewish Duke undergrad, you are expelled from our community. The Jews don’t want you. We never did. Your bubbe would be flipping around in her grave if she knew you hated people now who would have been your family less than a century ago. You backed “immigration policies Hitler once praised.” You’re a schmuck, she’d say. (Well, she’d say more than that.) Lastly, acceptance, to me, (as a single person specifically) meant understanding the situation a bit better. Directly before popping my daily dose of 2.5 mg melatonin (following my fourth latte of the night), I did some research on Katie Waldman. It makes sense that I, and the entire country, would pity her by default. Who would voluntarily go on dates with the Haman of our Torah stories; the less attractive Despicable-Melooking villain of our country’s narrative? Perhaps she was hallucinating. Perhaps she was brainwashed by New York Times journalism (like all of our worst nightmares, duh), believing that Modern Love applied to her life too.

But Katie Waldman is Mike Pence’s press secretary, at the center of a few scandals herself, and has used overly racist rhetoric to describe migrants in the past. She may be dating Miller for political reasons (I mean, c’mon: no one would ever swipe right), but she knows exactly what she’s doing. So where does all of this leave me—an uncuffed, messy, over-caffeinated college girl navigating Duke, as Stephen Miller once did? (He could have sat at this exact table in Vondy, where I’m writing this article now. I’d vomit over my tenth shot of espresso.) I’m not sure. I do know a few things, though. I know that whatever Stephen Miller has cannot be equated to finding love. Love is deep, selfless, and allencompassing; Miller lacks the ability to see an inch beyond his inflated yet deeply insecure ego. Love is trust, passion, and empathy; Miller possesses none. Miller has harmed tens of thousands of people in immeasurable ways. He has dehumanized, displaced, and oppressed. Love will never, ever be a word in his dictionary. And even if I haven’t found my Modern Love-r, my true Tinder match or my college romance; even if I have made mistakes and messed up, I have humanized and given and advocated and fought. I have loved. At 2 a.m. on that Saturday, I told myself to put my phone down. I told myself to throw away the half-empty latte and pull up the covers. The most evil, despicable people in our country are really just people, too. They are defeatable. And we can find love. Lily Levin is a Trinity first-year. Her column, “overcaffeinated convictions,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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talk about my feelings a lot. I think it’s because one of the things I do best is talk to other people about their feelings. I’m a two on the enneagram, an INFJ or ENFJ (depending on the day), and a Pisces, all of which is nonsense. The point is this: if you’re having a bad day, I’m a good person to talk to. And if I’m having a bad day, I’m usually pretty willing to unpack it with you. But lately, I have been feeling thoroughly tired: the kind of tired that isn’t about sleep, but about rest. I have spent most of 2019 coming to terms with the fact that chronic pain will be a part of my life for the rest of my life, and that process has often looked a lot like grief. Anyone who has experienced grief knows

“Not Ready to Make Nice,” by The Dixie Chicks: What are you mad at? The world? Great. The Dixie Chicks are mad at George Bush and the country music establishment and the military industrial complex. They get you.

nybody who has spent at least a few hours on the Internet in the last few weeks has witnessed the speedy ascent of the meme ‘OK Boomer,’ which even has its own Wikipedia page now. If you have been living under a rock, the phrase is typically used as a

“All Too Well,” by Taylor Swift: I’ve never had a heart-wrenching break-up with Jake Gyllenhal, but “You call me up again just to break me like a promise?” “So casually cruel in the name of being honest?” I’m overwhelmed.

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that it’s exhausting. Anyone whose body hurts all the time knows that chronic pain is exhausting. And anyone who has been at Duke for four years knows that Duke is exhausting. I’m proud of the work I’ve done this year, grieving a future I wish looked different, while also doing all that I need to do to be a senior at Duke. But I don’t have the energy right now to do even what I do best. So instead of talking about my feelings this week, I’d like to share one of the things that helps me process those feelings: an impeccable, annotated, playlist. Like the snacks I mentioned briefly in my previous column, music does not cure chronic pain; nothing does. But it certainly helps. And sure, my music taste is a deeply niche cross between that of a 40-year-old mom who really liked Glee and wishes she pursued theater after high school and a white hipster mandolin-player who voted for Bernie in 2016 but was big into her Christian youth group in high school. These songs resonate with a very particular person, and that person is me. I hope you enjoy these selections (and my longer playlist) anyway, but more importantly, I hope you create your own playlist, full of your own weird music, for the days you want to sing about your feelings instead of talk about them, too. 1.

“When It Don’t Come Easy,” by Patty Griffin: This song is the equivalent of your mom giving you a hug when you’re already about to cry. Don’t be nice to me, Patty Griffin! I will get snot all over your shoulder! Think of it as a warm-up jam...for your feelings. “Rainbow,” by Kacey Musgraves: I once heard an a cappella group sing this at a queer-led church service and made eye contact with a woman across the room who, like me, was weeping. That’s all you need to know about this song.

“Landslide,” by The Dixie Chicks OR by Fleetwood Mac: Why not both? In a row? On repeat for several days?

“Hallelujah,” by Brandi Carlile: Last time I listened to Brandi Carlile for several consecutive hours, I got a text from my best friend that read, “Your Spotify says you’ve been listening to Brandi Carlile all day. Are you okay?” No! I’m not! No one is okay at the end of this song! It’s time to move into the yelling portion of our emotional processing! Let it happen!

“Firewood,” by Regina Spector: Lest you feel hopeless following Taylor Swift’s most emotional fall ballad, Regina Spektor is here to give you a light at the end of the tunnel.

“All That You Have Is Your Soul,” by Tracy Chapman and “Fire,” by Kimya Dawson: While each excellent on their own, this dynamic duo is here to remind you that things can be hard and hopeful at the same time. When the world is falling apart, I like to put them back to back in my queue 14 or so times. Try it, and let your soul be soothed.

“You Will Be Found,” by the Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen and “No One is Alone,” by the Glee Cast: The adults who write musicals about high schoolers really understand what I need to hear right now. And what I need to hear right now is a grown adult, playing a child, tell me that I’m going to be okay.

10. “I’m Here,” by Cynthia Erivo: Cynthia Erivo is so important. The Color Purple is so important. This song is a gift to the universe, and it is a gift to me every time I listen to it. On its own, it’s earth-shaking; performed for Oprah and the Obamas at the Kennedy Center Honors, it’s no longer of this world. 11. “Rise Up,” by Andra Day: Remember when this was on the radio all the time? Why did we stop letting that happen? No song makes me feel more empowered. 12. “F*ckin Perfect” by P!nk: I cannot stress how important it is to listen to this song uncensored. 2010 Liddy needed the clean version, and 2019 Liddy needs the uncensored version. 13. “Soulmate,” by Lizzo: It’s hard to love a body that hurts all the time. For the 2 minutes and 55 seconds of this song, I do. 14. “Love on Top,” by Beyoncé: Save this song for the moment that you no longer want to think about the hard thing, and instead want to try to sing along with Beyoncé as she ascends to heaven via infinite key changes. Best done with a friend who doesn’t mind if your voice is cracking. You know, from all the feelings. Liddy Grantland is a Trinity senior who can’t wait to see how weird her “Top Songs of 2019” Spotify playlist is. Her column, “feel your feelings,” runs on alternate Mondays.

Letter: It’s time to put our money where our mouth is in on climate

t this year’s Harvard-Yale football game on November 23, more than 100 students and alumni stormed the field at halftime to urge their universities to divest from fossil fuel companies. I am writing to make the same demand of my own alma mater. Just as Exxon Mobile and the Chevron Corporation are in the business of selling oil and natural gas, Duke University is in the business of educating students so they can achieve their future goals. Tragically, the otherwise bright prospects of my fellow Blue Devils will be partly dimmed by the dramatic consequences of burning fossil fuels. How can Duke reconcile its mission of preparing students for the future with investment strategies that indicate tacit approval for an industry whose practices directly threaten that future? What kind of message does it send when Duke talks about going carbon-neutral by 2024 while continuing to provide fossil fuel companies with the funds they need to expand production of planet-warming substances?

At the University’s Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) open forum in October, Committee Chair Lawrence Baxter commented that divesting from fossil fuels would be merely a “symbolic statement,” but symbolic statements matter. It matters when a University with a reputation like Duke’s signals that fossil fuels are a morally acceptable investment. It matters that Harvard and Yale students and alumni disrupted their biggest sports event of the year to express outrage over their institutions’ fossil fuels investments. And though I am just one person, it matters that I am pledging to no longer donate to my beloved alma mater until it divests from fossil fuels. I hope that others will join me; perhaps then our collective action will be more than just “symbolic.” Brandon Levy graduated with the Class of 2014.

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response by younger internet users to older Baby Boomers who engage in some form of stereotypically ‘Boomer’ behavior, or advocate for a certain set of politics that younger people have deemed as unacceptable. A recent Chronicle article highlighted the problem of assuming that Boomers are always correct , simply because of their age and platform, and this is no doubt true. Boomers are not perfect; far from it. As Ryan McMaken writes for the Mises Institute, “The older I get, the more I realize how very wrong I was to ever think that a disproportionate number of people older than me possessed some sort of special knowledge about how to properly run one’s life. The amount of laziness, moral degeneracy, arrogance, and general buffoonery I’ve witnessed among the older set has forever cured me of the idea that my ‘elders,’ prima facie, are a source of wisdom.” While “OK Boomer,” is not necessarily a productive way to conduct dialogue, there are other important issues with simply dismissing the ideas of Boomers because of the way they conduct themselves on the Internet. Just as elders are not prima facie a source of wisdom, youth isn’t necessarily a fountain of low time preference. Young people have moved remarkably to the Left, but display a shockingly poor understanding of politics. A Reason-Rupe survey from five years ago found that 42% of Millennials find socialism preferable to capitalism, but the same poll also found that only 16% of Millennials could provide a coherent definition of socialism. This Vox article underscores some of the other puzzling inconsistencies of Millennial ideology from this survey. Young people are also notoriously self-righteous on social media, especially with regard to Boomers. One need only to browse their Facebook or Twitter feed for a few minutes before seeing someone sharing the latest NYTimes opinion piece attacking the Trump administration for not doing enough on climate change, patting themselves on the back for their contribution to the struggle, and then accusing older people of “ruining” the planet for them.

Just as elders are not prima facie a source of wisdom, youth isn’t necessarily a fountain of low time preference. nikhil sridhar

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The reality is somewhat different. It was Boomers who helped fight for many of those things that millennials hold so dear. From taking action on Civil Rights, to protesting the war in Vietnam, to spurring revolutions in science and engineering, Boomers changed the lives of millions for the better, and we’re still feeling the benefits of those changes today. In fact, they helped create the wealthiest country in the history of the world. They gave us cellular phones, the internet, medicines that saved countless lives, and so much more. Sure, like I said, they’re not perfect. But neither are young people. It’s important to understand this is not an indictment of the youth or an encomium of Boomers. It’s a reminder of how important intergenerational dialogue can be, and that we shouldn’t close ourselves off because of some aggregate differences in policy preferences because, if anything is clear, neither side has all the answers. Nikhil Sridhar is a Trinity senior. His column, “laissez faire et laissez passer,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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