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Zone parking lot area of campus. The University attempted to alleviate this loss by creating additional capacity in the lower lot of the Blue Zone. However, he said that the creation of the new parking garage on Science Drive, scheduled to open in January 2017, will address these problems. “The Blue Zone will return to solely an undergraduate area,” he said. “I think it will alleviate a lot of pressure.” Cavanaugh explained that students will be able to park in the new garage along with faculty and staff members.

American rapper K Camp will headline a concert sponsored by the Black Student Alliance, the group announced Wednesday. K Camp will be the featured artist of the Oct. 27 event in Page Auditorium titled “Unapologetically Black.” The show is sponsored by BSA as part of the Abele Series, which seeks to honor black architect Julian Abele’s work at Duke. K Camp is known for his songs “Cut Her Off” and “Comfortable,” the former of which received two nominations at the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2014. “It’s a stressful time for a lot of students,” said senior Tiana Horn, president of BSA. “This will be a time to relax and celebrate making it this far into the semester.” Horn noted that the concert will serve as an informal celebration for the naming of Abele Quadrangle and give students a chance to honor freedom of expression in the black community.

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Han Kang | The Chronicle Students said that they often cannot find an open spot in the Blue Zone lot, where undergraduates park.

Celina Ticoll-Ramirez The Chronicle Duke students’ frustrations with campus parking are not going away, although some of their cars might be. Towing, ticketing and a lack of available on-campus parking spots have presented problems for both commuters and noncommuters this year, as in years past. Some students said they do not see the point of purchasing a Blue Zone parking pass due to the scarcity of open parking spots. “I just think it is absurd, inappropriate

and negligent that at a campus like this, there is only one parking lot that is within reasonable distance from campus,” senior Rachel Stand said. Senior Amanda Ager, who is living off campus this year, said she has no problem with the distance to Blue Zone but is frustrated with the “ridiculous price” she paid for the Blue Zone commuter pass, which does not guarantee an open spot in the lot. Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh explained that construction projects across campus have resulted in the loss of several hundred spaces in the Blue

Five more years: Larry Moneta explains future goals at Duke Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle Known around campus by his moniker “LMo,” Larry Moneta is a fixture at Duke. After serving as vice president for student affairs since 2001, Moneta was reappointed to a fourth five-year term lasting through June 30, 2021, Provost Sally Kornbluth announced last week. The Chronicle spoke with Moneta about what he has learned at Duke so far and his plans for the future.

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The Chronicle: What are your feelings about the reappointment? Larry Moneta: I’m obviously honored. It’s a privilege to be a part of the Duke community for the last 15 years. [I’m] thrilled to have the opportunity to continue the work that we’ve been doing and work with an amazing array of students, faculty

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and staff here at Duke. TC: There were rumors that after the completion of West Union, you would retire. Why are you still here? LM: Yes, I feel a sense of accomplishment, but the work to be done is endless. There’s certainly more work that I’m interested in doing particularly as it pertains to the replacement of Central Campus and with new housing opportunities. I’m determined to continue to make a difference in eradicating sexual misconduct from this campus and equally passionate about a climate of inclusion and belongingness for all of the diverse members of our community. I’m deeply focused on graduate and professional student life and wanting graduate and professional students to be full members of the Duke community and to be supported in all the ways they want to and

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need to be supported. I care about what’s going on at [Duke Kunshan University] and hope to have a role in the enhancing Duke’s incredible ambitions in China. TC: Regarding housing, what are the efforts to evaluate how the current housing model affects student life? LM: We are doing that all the time. I don’t know about the establishment of a particular committee, but we are in dialogue with [Duke Student Government], we are in dialogue with residents and our selective and non-selective communities. We are in dialogue with the Board of Trustees. I think the approach to housing at Duke is deeply under further discussion. But we have a commitment to the house model as the model we are proceeding with, so I’m not See MONETA on Page 12

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Michelle Kwan advocates for Arts and Sciences Council debates accelerated master’s programs student voter registration there’s a lot at stake and making sure their [registration] info is up-to-date. Sometimes The Chronicle people may have moved, so [it’s about] making sure their vote is accounted for. So Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater we’re reaching far and wide. Also, it’s great in U.S. history with two Olympic medals and five for me to be here. A lot of my colleagues world championships, came to Duke Thursday graduated from Duke, and I’ve performed to promote voter registration and campaign for here in Durham, so it brings back good Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. memories. The Chronicle’s Claire Ballentine spoke with Kwan about her views on the election and why she TC: Why do you think it’s so important for supports Clinton. college students to vote? MK: Young voters can make a huge The Chronicle: Why did you choose to difference in these elections. [We’re] making campaign at Duke today? sure that they’re registered to vote and know Michelle Kwan: I’ve been traveling far that it’s November 8... and that voters know and wide. We’re doing our big push for voter what Hillary Clinton has put forward in terms registration, making sure students know that of a comprehensive plan, when it comes to the issues that students will be affected by, like making college affordable so when they graduate they’re not in debt—things that really impact them and that they care about.

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TC: What issues in this election do you think most affect college students and how will Clinton address them? MK: As I have sort of traveled around the country talking to students, [the issue] across the board is college affordability. And Hillary Clinton has put forward a comprehensive college compact that will affect people who have current debt but also students who are perhaps going into college. Also, we are a land of immigrants, and we have a candidate who is talking about building walls to divide Claire Ballentine | The Chronicle us as opposed to breaking down barriers that Michelle Kwan noted Clinton’s plans to make are holding Americans back and building an college more affordable for students and emphasized the importance of the youth vote.

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Adam Beyer The Chronicle Arts and Sciences Council met Thursday to discuss how the University can best adopt accelerated master’s degree programs. Although such programs already exist in the Pratt School of Engineering and Nicholas School of the Environment, there are none currently within the Graduate School, explained John Klingensmith, associate dean for academic affairs at the Graduate School. The council heard information about a report on how these programs would be launched at Duke and a proposal to launch an accelerated pathway for students to obtain a master’s of science in global health. “If we can retain some of our very best talent here, that’s obviously for the benefit of our master’s programs as well as Duke students,” Klingensmith said, also noting that “at least eight” graduate units have inquired about developing an accelerated degree program. Provost Sally Kornbluth said the motivation behind the discussion was twofold: accelerated master’s programs are a way to attract top undergraduates to graduate programs and these programs help reduce the expense of graduate education for students. Mary Story, professor of community and family medicine and global health, presented the proposal for the global health accelerated master’s program. To join, she said, students would be required to take the Graduate Record Examination test and apply to the master’s program during their junior year of their undergraduate studies. If accepted, they would begin taking graduate-level global health

Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Provost Sally Kornbluth said that accelerated master’s programs are a way to reduce the cost of graduate education for students.

school courses during their senior year in order to complete the degree the following year. The proposed program, which Story said would focus on preparing students to do global health research, would only accept five to seven undergraduate students each year. Not all council members were sold on the proposal immediately, however. Karen Shapiro, professor of African and African American studies, questioned how the new curriculum would exist in conjunction with the accelerated master’s programs. “One of the impulses of Imagining Duke Curriculum is to get away from student specialization, and I want to know if this will end up promoting it,” she said, referring to the Council’s efforts to restructure the See MASTER’S on Page 5

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From Pratt to politics: Alum Dan Blue runs for N.C. treasurer Bre Bradham The Chronicle Daniel Blue III has been involved with two things for almost his entire life: politics and Duke. “Duke got a head start. I was born at Duke while my dad was finishing law school,” Blue said. “I grew up around politics. My dad was in politics, was elected to office when I was six. I have memories of, as a very young child, waving yard signs. I grew up in a household that put a premium on public service.” Blue, who received three degrees from Duke, won the Democratic nomination for North Carolina treasurer in March and is locked in a tight general election race with Republican nominee Dale Folwell. His campaign is centered around three primary policy points—healthcare, investments and infrastructure. His time at Duke, he said, prepared him to address all three. The primary responsibilities of the North Carolina Treasurer are managing the state’s $90 million pension fund, 700,000-member state health plan and the Local Government Commission, Blue explained. “My Duke experience touches on all of those,” he said. “I’ve been an investment banker. I’ve started healthcare companies focused on reducing the cost of care. The last seven years I have practiced as a bond attorney. I have worked with the state to raise money for highways and with private universities to raise money for their dormitories, their laboratories and their infrastructure.” Blue is the son of North Carolina politician Daniel Blue, Jr., Law School ‘73, who currently serves as minority leader in the State Senate. The older Blue, who has also served as chair of Duke’s Board of Trustees, was first elected

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to the state’s House of Representatives in 1980 and was elected Speaker of the House in 1991. The younger Blue cites his father’s role in state politics as a contributing factor to his similar interests. Blue earned his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering, with a minor in public policy, at Duke in 1995. He explored the pharmaceutical industry for a few years before returning to the University to earn graduate degrees in law and business in 2001. “I didn’t anticipate going into politics at any point,” he said. “In fact, I moved to New York to be an investment banker.” It did not take too long, however, before he “came back home” to North Carolina politics. He travelled back to assist with his father’s campaign for the United

States Senate. Although his father was not successful, Blue credits the campaign for giving him “a taste for the larger political theater here in North Carolina.” Blue moved back to North Carolina in 2007 and became involved with the presidential campaign and party politics. Now, after a seven-year stint with his family’s law firm, Blue is seeking political office for himself. When Democratic Incumbent Janet Cowell announced that she was not seeking reelection to her position in 2016, a void was created, said Blue. He was approached by people who encouraged him to seek the position by telling him how the office offers opportunities to speak on intelligent investment, the future of people’s retirements and healthcare funding. “The more I thought about it, I realized

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that the treasurer’s office is an excellent place to push for better policies for North Carolina,” he said. Among these policies, Blue has proposed a plan to alleviate student debt for North Carolinians. “A lot of our students who have graduated are being held back by the debt that they are dealing with,” he said. “They are delaying their home purchases, they aren’t starting companies, they aren’t putting away for their own retirement. They are not being as productive in their communities as they could be, and the treasurers’ office can do something about that.” Hillary Clinton recently unveiled a college debt plan designed to assist 122,000 North Carolina students, which Blue says he supports fully. Because his plan is heavily reliant on funding from the North Carolina General Assembly that would be negotiated after he takes office, he does not have concrete numbers as to how many students would be affected by his efforts. However, Blue did say his plan would “dovetail” with Clinton’s. Blue advocates investment transparency and said it would be his responsibility to ensure that Wall Street is open with how North Carolinians’ public pension funds are being invested. Additionally, he said the recent flood stemming from Hurricane Matthew illustrates the need for an increase in the state’s infrastructural investment. One of Blue’s biggest concerns is stabilizing healthcare costs. The state-run healthcare plan, operated by the office of the treasurer, is responsible for the care of more than 700,000 citizens and state employees—seven to eight percent of North Carolina’s population. “We have to make sure we are paying for See DAN BLUE on Page 12

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Tracking your steps? Study shows Fitbits do not improve health

Abigail Xie | The Chronicle The study found no evidence that using a Fitbit increased the number of steps that people walk each day.

Jamie Cohen The Chronicle Sad news for anyone who bought a fitness tracker during the summer—recent research suggests such devices do not help improve health. A recent study led by Eric Finkelstein, a professor of health services and systems research at Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, shows that the recent, pricey fitness trend does not actually achieve its stated purpose. Although people expect fitness trackers to increase their activity and improve long-term health, Finkelstein’s study—one of the largest randomized trials of its kind—found no evidence of increased steps walked in the

short term or improved health effects in the long term. From 2013 to 2014, Finkelstein and his Singapore research team conducted a study of 800 full-time workers from 13 different Singapore employers. Participants were given a Fitbit Zip and a clip-on fitness tracker, and randomly assigned to one of four groups receiving a different form of incentive: a Fitbit, a Fitbit and a cash reward, a Fitbit and charitybased incentives or a control group with no Fitbit or incentive. Individuals participating in the two monetary incentive groups earned up to $11 in U.S. currency for logging 50,000 to 70,000 steps a week and could double their earnings if they exceeded that goal. Those in the cash reward group earned money for themselves, while those in the charity

reward group raised money for the charity of their choice. Participants in the Fitbitonly and control groups were given small weekly cash payouts regardless of how many steps they logged to keep them interested in the study. Researchers measured activity level as well as health outcomes such as weight, blood pressure and quality of life. After six months, the cash group was more active than the control group and was the only group who increased their number of steps taken. Although 88 percent of the cash group still used the Fitbit after six months, only 62 percent of the Fitbit-only group and the group receiving a charity-based incentive did so as well. “The device was abandoned because inactive people did not need a screen to tell them what they already knew,” Finkelstein said. Once incentives were discontinued for all groups, only ten percent of workers continued using the device. By the end of the year, the incentive group’s step measurements were actually a bit worse than when they had started. “Participants dropped below their baseline measurements not only because sustained long-term goal pursuit is difficult but also because many individuals had bought Fitbits simply because their friends had one,” said Michelle vanDellen, who earned her Ph.D. from Duke in 2008 and is head of the Behavior and Motivation Lab at the University of Georgia. “People who buy Fitbits as an act of conformity are not truly motivated to improve their health.” The Fitbit trend developed for two reasons, vanDellen said. First, Fitbits allow people to monitor their progress toward goals in a concrete way; second, they provide social motivation in terms of comparing and sharing

their results with the community. However, Finkelstein said he believes there is a general misunderstanding about what these trackers can do. “People wrongly buy Fitbits thinking they will help improve their health… but buying a tracker is the equivalent of buying a scale,” Finkelstein said. “People who want to lose weight are told to join a program, not to buy a scale. Why would we tell people who want to lose weight to buy a tracker?” Although Fitbits may not have an effect for many users, they may help in specific instances, Murali Doraiswamy, professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke University Health System, wrote in an email. “Clearly it also helped many people begin exercise and get to know their baseline activity level,” Doraiswamy wrote. “Trackers do help athletes and fitness lovers get to the next level.” He added that he thought Fitbits took off in popularity due to fashion trends. Despite the findings of Finkelstein’s study, Fitbit Inc. stated in a CBS news article that “numerous published studies, along with internal Fitbit data, continue to demonstrate the health benefits of using a fitness tracker combined with a mobile app to support health and fitness goals.” vanDellen, a current Fitbit user, believes that subtle changes and upgrades in the latest Fitbits better integrate technology with other features necessary to lose weight. Additionally, Finkelstein said he sees potential in newer Fitbits to move away from simply tracking performance to adding interventions that address behavior, education and motivation. Still, Finkelstein’s study provides evidence that Fitbits in their current iteration do not create long-term behavioral change. “I think it’s a new technology, but it’s a novelty that will wear off quickly,” he said.

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KWAN from page 2 economy that works for all, not just some. Being on campus and talking to students, I’ve talked to some of my friends who had a celebratory evening... when they paid off their last college loan, and Hillary doesn’t want that. We want students when they graduate to start a family, invest in a house, get their life started in the right track, whereas we have another candidate who’s not talking about [college debt]. There are stark differences between the candidates. You can’t just afford to sit out during the election. And I think a lot of people who were Bernie supporters are realizing that this is the most important election in their lifetime. TC: Why did you choose to go into politics out of all the things you could have done? MK: I didn’t envision being on the presidential campaign, but I was working in diplomacy, I was working in the state department and then when I heard that Hillary was deciding to run, I couldn’t stay on the sidelines. I jumped right in because I think she’s the most qualified candidate, who just happens to be a women. Somebody who will continue to fight and build on the progress that President Obama has made.

PARKING from page 1 There will be approximately 2,400 spots in the new structure. Senior Nathaniel Sizemore said he hoped the new lot will “alleviate a lot of congestion on the roads and provide a back-up space if the Bryan Center is closed.” For now, some students have resorted to creating their own unofficial spots when the lots fill up. However, doing so can not only be a safety hazard, but can also lead to a

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parking ticket. Ager said she received a $100 ticket when she parked in the Blue Zone in an undesignated spot. “It’s ridiculous that I’ve paid so much money and still so many parts of the lots are closed for construction,” she said. “Often I have to find alternative parking on special event and game days or risk being towed and fined.” Cavanaugh noted that the price of parking passes rose this year because Parking and Transportation Services has to ensure that revenue covers expenses, such as the paving of the surface lots and maintenance in each of the garages. Despite the large decrease in the number of Blue Zone spots, Cavanaugh explained that the number of passes given out this year did not decrease, and that the lot’s capacity this year can still accommodate all those with parking passes. But some students have found this to not be the case. Senior Neda Jamshidi-Azad chose not to buy a Blue Zone pass this year because she thought the lot’s inconvenient location and lack of open spots would make the pass a waste. “I am almost better off walking from my apartment off-campus to class than I would be walking from the Blue Zone,” she said. The price of the parking pass itself was a huge deterrent for Jamshidi-Azad. “At that point it’s probably cheaper to just pay for parking and try to find rides rather than buy a pass for somewhere I might not even be able to find a spot [in],” she said. Even more frustrating for students is the need to allocate at least 25 minutes for parking when going to class, even if they live just a few minutes away, JamshidiAzad added. “If you do the math, paying for parking and the occasional ticket would probably be less than a $400 Blue Zone pass for the semester,” Sizemore said. Non-pass holders also deal with the

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difficulties of campus parking, as there is no guarantee that the Bryan Center lot will be open or have available spots. “It’s a matter of luck if you can get a spot and arrive right when someone is pulling out,” Jamshidi-Azad said. She added that car swaps—where someone driving to campus will have a friend leaving campus at that time drive their car home—have become a common solution for when parking is unavailable, but that “you also can’t always rely on that.” “Duke seems unwilling to try to accommodate the large number of students that don’t live on campus and the high parking prices even dis-incentivize students from spending time on campus,” Sizemore said. Sizemore said he and his friends save close to $2,000 per month living off-campus and feels that paying for parking or passes disproportionately impacts students who are trying to save money by living off-campus. “I don’t want to have to pay $20 or more to be on campus for six hours or so when I could get a good dinner for less than that,” he said. Additionally, the removal of a $12 maximum charge for parking in the Bryan Center lot led to an increase in parking fees this year. “In the past my friends and I would wait until after the parking attendant would leave the Bryan Center lot and the gate would be left up so we could leave without paying,” Sizemore said. The implementation of new machines eliminated this possibility—if students stay parked in the lot after hours, they are still required to pay. Other students have found alternative ways to manipulate the system to avoid paying. “I put an old ticket on my windshield and park illegally pretty much every day and haven’t been caught yet,” senior Sophie Haet said.

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MASTER’S from page 5 undergraduate curriculum. Kornbluth said she thinks these programs would be best for a small number of specific students. “If a student identified really early that this is what they want to do, then enabling it is one way to look at it,” she said. Kornbluth added that the Sanford School of Public Policy will pilot a “4+1” program for its undergraduate students to receive a master’s in public policy. Kornbluth also noted that creating this pathway would not require much new capacity or take away tuition funding from the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, though the Graduate School would experience some loss in funding because the students would take less time to complete the degree. In other business: Anita Layton, chair of the council and Robert R. and Katherine B. Penn professor of mathematics and biomedical engineering, updated faculty about the work of the Imagining the Duke Curriculum committee. She noted that after having heard feedback on an earlier proposal draft, the committee would release a memo outlining revisions later this month. These will include loosening the requirement that students have a depth of studies in a second field and an expanded ability for students to take pass/fail courses. The council heard a report about faculty teaching development, which recommended creating a standing committee that would work to help connect faculty to teaching resources and communicate with administrators. Some council members recalled there having been a similar committee in past years that “fizzled out,” and questioned how to ensure resources for faculty were not fragmented across multiple offices in the University.

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Hungry Blue Devil squad travels to No. 7 Louisville as a 35-point underdog Sam Turken The Chronicle In recent years, the Blue Devils have been fortunate to avoid playing the ACC’s best teams. Duke has not faced Florida State since losing to the Seminoles in the ACC Championship in 2013 and last met Clemson in 2012. But with Louisville a playoff contender this season, the Blue Devils are about to Duke face their toughest test vs. in three years. Duke will try to No. 7 Louisville secure its first ACC victory of the season FRIDAY, 7 p.m. against the No. 7 Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Cardinals Friday at 7 p.m. at Papa John’s Stadium in Louisville, Ky. After returning to .500 with a gritty 13-6 win against Army Saturday, the 35-point underdog Blue Devils have had a short week to prepare for one of the nation’s most explosive squads. “[Louisville] is a complete football team. They are extremely, extremely well-coached— extremely talented,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We’ve got to work smart and minimize errors to have a chance.” Led by quarterback and Heisman Trophy frontrunner Lamar Jackson, the Cardinals (4-1, 2-1 in the ACC) feature a dangerous offense that can strike at any moment. Louisville leads the nation with 58.0 points per game, and has not been held to fewer than 550 total yards in a game this season. Defenses have yet to find a way to slow down Jackson, who leads the nation with 28 total touchdowns. The signal-caller keeps

Jack White | The Chronicle Running back Jela Duncan is listed as probable for Friday’s contest after leaving the Army game early with an injury.

defenders off-balance with his ability to make plays through the air and with his game-breaking agility once he leaves the pocket. Even in Louisville’s loss to then-No. 5 Clemson, Jackson registered 457 total yards, including 162 on the ground. “I don’t see anybody in college football playing as well as he is,” Cutcliffe said. “He has an extremely quick, strong arm. He’s as elusive and fast and a really good runner.” Jim Knowles’ defense has had mixed results against athletic duel-threat quarterbacks. In their 38-35 win against Notre Dame Sept. 24, the Blue Devils (3-3, 0-2) forced Fighting

Irish quarterback DeShon Kizer into two turnovers and several inaccurate passes down the stretch, though Kizer still finished with 441 total yards of offense. But against Virginia a week later, Duke struggled to stop Cavalier quarterback Kurt Benkert in key moments. The East Carolina transfer finished with three touchdowns and averaged 14.6 yards per completion. In order to contain Jackson, the Blue Devils will try to keep him within the pocket and force him to throw the ball. With an interception in each of his last four games, Jackson has been prone to occasional

mistakes with his arm. And when the Boynton Beach, Fla., native does escape the pocket, Duke redshirt freshman linebacker Joe GilesHarris said Blue Devil defenders must play fast and attack him. “You have to go meet him,” GilesHarris said. “You can’t wait for him to do something because that’s when all the explosive plays happen.” But regardless of how well the defense performs, Duke will need a strong offensive showing to keep pace with the Cardinals and give the Blue Devil defenders time to rest. Through six games, Duke has had difficulty sustaining drives, which has put more pressure on the defense to stay on the field. In each of the Blue Devils’ losses, redshirt freshman quarterback Daniel Jones looked was under heavy duress and unable to get the ball downfield. When the Blue Devils have crossed midfield, turnovers have prevented them from scoring. Duke ranks first in the nation in turnovers lost, and against Virginia, Jones threw five interceptions and fumbled once. Ball security will come at a premium against a talented Louisville defense that has registered 12 takeaways. In the secondary, cornerback Jaire Alexander has been a ball hawk with four interceptions and safety Chucky Williams has added two more interceptions and a forced fumble. The Cardinals—who surrender just 324.0 yards per game—also have a deep corps of defensive linemen and linebackers capable of disrupting plays in the backfield. Linebackers James Hearns and Keith Kelsey lead Louisville up front with a combined 8.5 tackles for loss See FOOTBALL on Page 9

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Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Junior Casey Martinez had a key assist Sunday and is one of several Blue Devils who have stepped up despite a string of injuries.

With four games left in the regular season, the Blue Devils are the only undefeated team in the ACC despite playing without three starters for much of the last two weeks. The question now No. 5 Virginia is whether Duke vs. can earn a regular season conference No. 4 championship by Duke knocking off a pair SATURDAY, 7 p.m. of top-10 teams the Koskinen Stadium next two weeks. The No. 4 Blue Devils will look to add to their longest winning streak of the year when they welcome No. 5 Virginia to Koskinen Stadium Saturday at 7 p.m. With a road test at No. 9 Florida State scheduled

for next week, Duke has a chance to maintain control in the battle for the ACC regular season title if it can continue growing led by its veteran stars. Following wins at Wake Forest and N.C. State, the Blue Devils moved up five spots in this week’s rankings and are playing like a legitimate national title contender late in the year. “I really don’t even think this team gets as much credit as they need to get,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “I think everyone just thinks, ‘Well you’ve got 10 starters back, a great recruiting class,’ but we’ve lost these three players that are just big-time and I don’t think there’s anybody in the country who’s had these kind of losses.” Although the Blue Devils (10-2-2, 5-0-1 in the ACC) lost sophomore Kayla McCoy See W. SOCCER on Page 9

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Blue Devils using Syracuse loss as motivation Riley Pfaff The Chronicle After getting off to the best start in program history, the Blue Devils have established themselves as one of the teams that will compete No. 4 for the national Duke championship. vs. This week, Duke No. 17 will travel to a pair of Wake sites it might see again down the road. FRIDAY, 6 p.m. Kentner Stadium The fourth-ranked Blue Devils will travel to Winston-Salem, No. 4 Duke N.C., to take on No. vs. 17 Wake Forest at Kentner Stadium 6 No. 19 ODU p.m. Friday before another road matchup SUNDAY, 1 p.m. Sunday at 1 p.m. L.R. Hill Sports Complex against No. 19 Old Dominion at L.R. Hill Sports Complex in Norfolk, Va. The Demon Deacons will host the ACC tournament this season and the Blue Devils could find themselves back at the Lady Monarchs’ home field if they can advance to the Final Four. “Just two really good teams, I mean two really good teams,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “We’re going to have to bring our best game and know that they have an opportunity to compete and benefit from a

good game. We’re just gonna have to make sure we take care of our business.” For the Blue Devils (11-2, 3-1 in the ACC), the weekend series continues a four-game swing away from home. Duke will look to build momentum with strong performances against the Demon Deacons and Lady Monarchs before turning its attention to a rematch at home against North Carolina Oct. 22. The Blue Devils will look to get back on track after splitting its two games this weekend—a 5-1 defeat against then-No. 4 Syracuse and a 2-1 win against then-No. 12 Princeton. Duke is hoping to build off of the lessons it learned in its first conference loss of the season, in which Syracuse jumped out to a quick four-goal advantage on the strength of four penalty corners in the first 27 minutes and never looked back. “The defensive corners were definitely a problem, but they’re already been fixed. We saw a big improvement just going from Syracuse to Princeton,” junior defender Sarah Furey said. “That was a really cool thing to see in just a matter of two days.” The Blue Devils will hope to see Alyssa Chillano continue her hot play after the defender netted two goals against the Tigers, including the winning penalty stroke in overtime. Chillano has been a force all season, tallying a second-highest ten goals on the season. But the junior has been a weapon on the other end of the field as well.

Jack White | The Chronicle Junior Sarah Furey and the Blue Devils hope to get their offense on track after allowing Syracuse and Princeton to dictate possession last weekend.

Chillano has served as a defensive captain of a Duke squad that has allowed just 1.7 goals per game this season. The Blue Devils backline has made life easy for redshirt freshman Sammi Steele—who has had a solid year herself in goal—and allowed the offense to capitalize in big possession advantages in many games this season. Duke averages 16.1 shots per game on average, compared to its opponents’ 10.2 shot average. “[Chillano’s] specialty skills are a gift to the team, and the more that she has the opportunity to be in those positions, the better the Duke field

hockey team will be,” Bustin said. Duke will need Chillano and the rest of the offense against a Wake Forest defense that gave up only one shot each half to Ohio University in a 6-1 win Sunday. The Demon Deacons (6-5, 0-4) may not have a stellar conference record, but they have had several close games against strong ACC teams, including Louisville, Virginia and Syracuse. Freshman Nicola Pluta and sophomore Jule Grashoff have combined to lead Wake See FIELD HOCKEY on Page 9

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Duke desperate for a Friday Tobacco Road upset Ben Feder The Chronicle After falling to ninth in the ACC after a 3-1 loss to Virginia Tech last Friday, the Blue Devils find themselves squarely out of the NCAA tournament picture and in danger of losing the opportunity to host a match during the conference tournament. If there is anything that can breath life into Duke’s season, it would be a strong performance against its Tobacco Road rival this weekend. The Blue Devils No. 8 will look to snap their UNC recent skid when vs. they host No. 8 North Duke Carolina Friday at 7 p.m. at Koskinen FRIDAY, 7 p.m. Stadium. Duke has lost Koskinen Stadium three of its last four games and must finish in the top eight in the conference standings to host an ACC tournament match. But the Blue Devils will have to go through a Tar Heel team that sits tied atop the Coastal Division with No. 2 Notre Dame. “There should be some high incentives for the game tomorrow night,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “We know that we can erase the tough memories of the past week if we can get a [good] result against North Carolina.” Regardless of the disparity in records between the two teams, the rivals traditionally find themselves in close contests, with the Blue Devils’ most recent triumph coming in 2014 when they knocked off a top-ranked Tar Heel squad. Of the last 17 matchups between

Deniz Simsek | The Chronicle Ryan Thompson and the Blue Devils have their work cut out for them against a North Carolina defense that allows 0.5 goals per game.

the teams, 16 have been decided by a single goal or ended in a tie. But to keep the game close or replicate that memorable victory, Duke (4-5-2, 1-3-1 in the ACC) will have to find a way to get on the board against a staunch North Carolina defense. The Tar Heels enter the matchup surrendering just 0.5 goals per game—the fifth-fewest in the nation—and have shut out eight different opponents this season. North Carolina (9-2-1, 3-1-1) has done a good job keeping the ball in front of goalkeeper James Pyle clean, limiting opponents to less than eight shot attempts per game. Kerr acknowledged this strength of the Tar Heel defense and how it affects his squad’s strategy entering Friday’s contest.

“We’re trying to set up in a way that we can potentially counterattack them and we’ll take our opportunities as they come,” Kerr said. To kick-start their reeling attack, the Blue Devils will look to juniors Brian White and Cameron Moseley and freshman standout Suniel Veerakone to provide a spark. After Duke lost two of its top three scorers from a year ago, White has emerged as the team’s leading scorer with four goals and 11 points this season. Veerakone and Moseley have also been sparks off the bench, tallying three goals apiee. But the Blue Devils will have their work cut out for them on the other side of the field as well. Throughout the season, Kerr’s squad has relied on graduate student goalkeeper Robert

Moewes to make big plays in net. Moewes averages 3.46 saves per game, but has faced heavy pressure in recent games. Since junior Kevon Black suffered a potentially seasonending back injury Sept. 27 in a 2-1 doubleovertime loss to Georgia Southern, Duke has surrendered 20 shots on goal in three contests, which does not bode well against a talented North Carolina attack. The Tar Heels have registered an ACCleading 29 goals this season and have seven players with at least seven points this season. Defenders Markus Fjortoft and CC Uche will be tasked with limiting a pair of 6-foot-5 twins—Walker and Tucker Hume—on set pieces. The rest of the Blue Devil defense will have to work on stopping other dangerous options such as North Carolina’s leading scorers Zach Wright and Nils Bruening. “We have to make sure that we’re not giving silly fouls away on our half of the field and try to limit their set pieces and corner kicks as much as we can,” Kerr said. “Once they have those opportunities, we have to defend them well.” In a 1-0 upset of then-No. 9 UCLA back on Sept. 2, Duke showed it had the talent to compete with tough opponents. The Blue Devils will need that talent to shine through once again and will expect emotions to be running high in a game with such high stakes. “I remember the environment [against North Carolina last year] was insane. It was loud, it was intense and everybody was flying all over the place,” White said. “It should be a fun one out there.” Sam Turken contributed reporting.

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Kropf comes up clutch in 5-set comeback win Hank Tucker The Chronicle Anna Kropf has seen her playing time drop in the last month as underclassmen have stepped into bigger roles, but the junior middle blocker was an unlikely hero in Duke’s comeback win Wednesday night. The Blue Devils won the last five points of the match to rally for a dramatic five-set 2025, 25-22, 22-25, 25-17, 15-12 victory against Wake Forest at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum DUKE 3 in Winston-Salem, WAKE 2 N.C. Kropf appeared in just three sets but notched all four of her kills in the deciding fifth set, helping Duke rally from deficits of 6-2, 8-4 and 12-10 to emerge with its eighth victory in its last nine games. “I really commend her because she wasn’t in a lot of the match, and yet she maintained that focus, maintained that energy, that ability to go in and get it done right away,” Blue Devil head coach Jolene Nagel said. “She did a beautiful job of that tonight and really helped lift us in that fifth set.” After the Demon Deacons (7-11, 3-4 in the ACC) won a tight third frame to pull within one set of their first win against Duke since 2012, the Blue Devils (12-5, 6-1) relied on their defense to get back in the match. Duke held Wake Forest to a .091 hitting percentagein the fourth set, coasting to a 25-17 win to force the deciding set.

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Senior defensive specialist Sasha Karelov led the defensive effort with 29 digs during the match, and the Blue Devils also finished with 10 total blocks, forcing Kylie Long—the Demon Deacons’ season leader in kills—into 10 attack errors. “Our backcourt was working really hard on defense to be able to get their hands on some balls,” Nagel said. “We just picked up our defense, our blocking defense, in the fourth and fifth sets, which we really needed earlier in the match.” Duke maintained the defensive intensity in the fifth set, as Wake Forest hit just .136 and made five attack errors down the stretch to help the Blue Devils to close the match with an 11-4 run. After the defense helped Duke rally, Kropf took care of the rest, putting down a kill to even the score at 12 and tallying another kill three points later to seal the win. The Blue Devils have now won their last three five-set matches after dropping two out of three that went the distance early in the season. “In the fifth sets, you don’t have time to think about anything other than how to get the next point, but our team has done a great job of hanging tough,” Nagel said. “It’s kind of a character win for us tonight because we’re on the road playing maybe not our absolute best, but hanging tough in there and trying to keep the focus that was necessary to make things happen for ourselves.” The Demon Deacons were energized coming out of the gate, looking to avenge a four-set loss to Duke Sept. 21 in both squads’ ACC opener. They

Peishu Li | The Chronicle Junior middle blocker Anna Kropf came up with four kills late in Wednesday’s match to spark the Blue Devils’ five-set win.

allowed the Blue Devils to take a 2-1 lead before going on an early 11-4 run to control the first set. Duke dropped the first set for the second match in a row after having to rally for a four-set win against Virginia Tech Sunday. But senior middle blocker Jordan Tucker helped even the match with six kills in a close 25-22 second-set win. Tucker led the team with 16 kills on the night. “Jordan has been incredibly consistent and just a leader for us out there on the court the whole time, and she did that again tonight,” Nagel said. “We just are fortunate that we have somebody that’s able to do that.

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It’s fun to watch her do it.” Freshman Samantha Amos added a careerhigh 14 kills, and sophomore middle blocker Leah Meyer rounded out the Blue Devil attack with 13 kills and a .435 hitting percentage. Wake Forest rebounded with an impressive third set to pull ahead once again, hitting .359 with freshman outside hitter Caroline Rassenfoss leading the charge. Rassenfoss notched seven kills in the third set and finished with a game-high 21, beating her 20 from the Demon Deacons’ first See VOLLEYBALL on Page 9

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Forest for more points between them than the total for the rest of their teammates. Pluta has been hot recently, tallying her second hat trick of the season against the Bobcats. “Record I don’t think has anything to do with what’s going to happen on each of these games,” Bustin said. After the Friday night tilt against the Demon Deacons, the Blue Devils face Old Dominion Sunday. The Lady Monarchs are looking to reverse their current threegame skid following close losses to Virginia, Maryland and Temple. Old Dominion (6-6) is led by a balanced scoring attack, as four players have recorded at least eight points and four goals apiece. Sophomore goalkeeper Kealsie Robles has played every minute in the cage this year for the Lady Monarchs, tallying 50 saves and holds a nearly 70 percent save rate. But if they can get back to dominating possession against two more ranked teams, the Blue Devils will likely be able to stay at No. 1 in the RPI rankings with the postseason just around the corner. “For us it’s really just taking care of the day,” Bustin said. “All that stuff will come later in the season, but for us it’ll be just preparing for Wake and then it’ll be preparing to beat Old Dominion.”

and forced five fumbles. The Blue Devils will have to try to keep the Cardinal defense off-balance by attacking downfield. Louisville mainly plays man coverage, which should provide Duke’s receivers opportunities to create separation. “They’re a challenge to everybody defensively,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s hard to take it and drive the ball on these guys. You’re going to have to take shots. You’re going to have to hit shots. That’s the only way you’re going to score points.” Luckily for the Blue Devils, running back Jela Duncan and center Austin Davis, who both suffered leg injuries against Army, are listed as probable for Friday night. Although Louisville may be the best opponent Duke has faced in recent years, the Blue Devils have had success against the odds. Duke has upset a ranked opponent in each of the past three seasons and defeated Notre Dame as a 21-point underdog in September. Now the Blue Devils are ready for an opportunity to surprise again by staying with one of the nation’s best teams. “We were counted out against Notre Dame when we went in there. That just feeds the fire,” Giles-Harris said. “You like being the team that nobody gives you a chance.”

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players, it could be devastating for teams that we had,” Church said. “But this one, we’re fortunate that we’re really deep and senior Rebecca Quinn for the year and people have changed roles and and have been without sophomore they’ve accepted their roles and really Taylor Racioppi for several weeks, worked hard.” senior Christina Gibbons and the team’s Alexis Shaffer leads the Cavalier veterans have adjusted to get Duke’s offense with nine goals this year—tied for offense in gear. second in the ACC—and is one of three The team’s leader in assists, Gibbons players with five goals this season for has started the past few games at Virginia, which has outscored opponents midfield, wreaking havoc against 37-7 this season. opposing defenses by creating scoring The Cavaliers have won four straight opportunities with timely crosses into regular season games against the Blue the box to Imani Dorsey, Ella Stevens Devils, but to continue that streak will and Toni Payne. The Blue Devils’ have to find a way to get past Duke leading scorers have combined for 19 goalkeeper EJ Proctor, who appears to be goals this year, and have adjusted well rounding into form. even with McCoy no longer in the Against N.C. State, the junior saved rotation up front. a key penalty kick to preserve the Blue Against its first top-10 opponent Devils’ lead before the offense added two since Sept. 9, Duke will look to keep insurance goals, and the 2015 College creating scoring chances to test Cavalier Cup Most Outstanding Player on Defense goalkeeper Morgan Stearns, whose seven made five other saves to stymie a hot shutouts are tied for tops in the ACC. Wolfpack team. Virginia (10-2-2, 3-1-2) has not lost a game If Virginia can find openings since Sept. 22, tying conference powers against Duke’s back line, it will be up in Florida State and North Carolina and to Proctor to keep her team within knocking off Pittsburgh and Notre Dame striking distance, something she and to come into Saturday’s contest with the defense were unable to do when momentum of its own. then-No. 4 West Virginia handed the Led by Stearns, who allowed just two Blue Devils a 3-1 setback in Durham goals during that four-game stretch, the early in the season. Cavaliers handed the Fighting Irish their But Duke has looked like a different first ACC loss Sunday. team lately, meaning Saturday’s contest is Like the Blue Devils, Virginia shaping up to a thriller between two Final averages more than 2.5 goals per game Four contenders. and will try to slow down a Duke team “We’re not done,” Church said. “The that has allowed one goal in its last five regular season has been great, we’ve games and gotten key contributions been fortunate to be involved in some The New New York York Times Times Syndication Syndication Sales Sales Corporation The Corporation from its bench. really big games, but you know, the fun 620 Eighth Eighth Avenue, Avenue, New New York, York, N.Y. N.Y. 10018 10018 620 “We’ve lost three really good players. time is For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 really coming through. We want to I think in theFor past if we Thursday, had lost October those play for those championships.” ForRelease Release Friday, October14, 13,2016 2016

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face Virginia Saturday at home. The Cavaliers pushed Duke to five sets Sept. 24. “We’ve had slow starts to our practices lately...so we’ve got to do something about that,” Nagel said. “We’ll certainly be working on that to make sure we have a good start come Saturday.”

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Correcting for Columbus In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Hundreds of years later, children, schools and states celebrate the violence, genocide and imperialism that followed his arrival in the Americas. Returning to campus, many students likely passed through their four-day fall break without a second thought for the Columbus Day holiday that falls in the middle of it every year. Established in 1937, Columbus Day has been a federally endorsed symbol of American erasure of indigenous peoples in this country’s history for nearly 80 years. That is abhorrent. Instead of celebrating the life of a murderous conqueror, we should instead turn our attention to indigenous peoples in America, reflecting on what we as Americans have done and failed to do with respect to native populations. Columbus Day as it is taught and celebrated not only glosses over mass genocide and oppression but also contributes to the continued invisibility of native communities and issues in today’s world. In the years after the arrival of Columbus and Europeans, hundreds of ethnic groups, cultures and languages were annihilated. By 1900, the population of indigenous peoples in the Americas had declined by a full 80 percent and in some

areas, had been totally wiped out. As if that were not enough, Native Americans were subjected to centuries of enslavement, subjugation, marginalization and exploitation. Columbus Day cloaks all of that in its name and meaningless celebration while totally failing to recognize one of the darkest aspects of American history. People have begun to stand up. Brown University has celebrated a replacement Indigenous Peoples’ Day since 2009; Tufts University had

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its first observation of the alternative holiday this year with widespread support from students and faculty. Berkeley, Cambridge, Seattle and Minneapolis have all made similar moves through their municipal governments. While there are valid concerns that maintaining the holiday’s date risks celebrating native cultures on the day that previously commemorated the beginning of their destruction, the creation of an Indigenous People’s’ Day at least recognizes native peoples for their unimaginable suffering as well as their essential role in American history.

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The institution of an Indigenous People’s day is laudable, but only marks the beginning of work to be done. Reservations and even those native populations which have assimilated into non-reservation communities are in notoriously poor states with unthinkably high rates of alcoholism, suicide and depression. The erasure of their struggles from everyday life and remembrance is shameful. Even a universal victory in changing the holidays we celebrate does nothing for our failures at the University and in the media. A lack of education and representation of native populations is at the root of this erasure. A cursory glance at the composition of our faculty and student body makes this evident. There are zero Native American faculty members at Duke, only 11 Native American graduate students and just a mere handful of undergraduates. While we recognize the good work that those individuals, the Native American Student Alliance and their allies on campus have done to increase support and awareness for Native issues, there is more to be done, and there are no excuses for our University and students to fail to lend their voices wherever possible.

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he United States is indisputably a world leader in scientific innovation and research. Prominent researchers from across the world have come to America to form or join labs at premier institutions in all fields of science. This, in turn, attracts more scientists to immigrate, propelling a positive feedback loop America has enjoyed for decades. Remarkably enough, the U.S. government is partly responsible for the scientific boon. Good science starts with money, lots of it, and grants are the backbone of academic research. Just between the NIH and the NSF, federal grants funded over 60,000 different projects in academic institutions last year. The NIH alone earmarked a record $32 billion towards medical research in 2016. But in recent years, the situation has become less and less rosy. The $32-billion figure may seem like a lot, but it’s only a small step up from a stagnating NIH budget that has tightroped around $30 billion since 2003. As universities

freedom of research that people pursued. Dr. Roger Kornberg, who was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his group’s fundamental discoveries about RNA transcription, believes that had he started his work in the past decade instead of in the 1970s, it would have never gotten off the ground due to funding scarcities. In his own words, “If the work that you propose to do isn’t virtually certain of success, then it won’t be funded. And of course, the kind of work that we would most like to see take place, which is groundbreaking and innovative, lies at the other extreme.” Some of the greatest breakthroughs we as humanity have yet to achieve may continue to be pushed back because they are too high-risk or they don’t have any obvious, currently known direct applications. Furthermore, hypercompetitive funding environment can foster bad science by overly stressing positive results and incentivizing successful but trivial research projects. Newer

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continue to pump out PhDs in record-breaking numbers eager to conduct research, the sluggish growth of federal spending reflects an overall dormant funding environment that is not expanding quickly enough to accommodate the ever-growing increase in demand. The problem is not so much the amount of money that is available, but more so the fluctuations in spending. The same NIH budget that has grown just 5 billion in the last 13 years (2003-2016) is in stark contrast to its previous five years (1998-2003), when it nearly doubled in size from $15.6 billion to $27.2 billion. This rise in government allocation prompted an influx in university spending on new research facilities and hiring faculty, as well as grant proposals, which sharply rose within this time frame and have continued to increase in recent years. The steadily declining rate of awarded grants since 2003 exhibits the lack of funding that has continued to plague academic labs. The consequences of the flatlining budget go beyond simply lab downsizing, but also affects the integrity and novelty of the science itself. Even as of just a few decades ago, academic research was still considered the quintessence of unrestricted scientific exploration. Largescale projects that scientists wanted to take on were unbridled by the pressures of funding or publication. Since then, much has changed in the scientific community in terms of the

faculty yearning for tenure must be able to prove to their departments their ability in acquiring grants, which can lead to the pursuit of simply “publishable” material that does not actually further our knowledge in the field and are often inconsequential corollaries of already known research. Even worse, the pressure of obtaining funding has caused many to fake or stretch their experimental results, risking their scientific integrity. There is no obvious resolution to a lack of funding besides increasing the amount of money designated for scientific research. Laboratories are learning how to be leaner and more costefficient, but it will not be enough to compensate for the influx of new PhDs and potential research projects. It’s unfortunate that the endeavor of science must be tied up with politics and economic turbulence. But for the sake of our and future generations, we as scientists need to remain involved in the “real world” to continue expanding humanity’s knowledge basis and help solve the multitude of problems we will end up facing in the coming years. Junu Bae is a graduate student in the chemistry department. His column, “interested in everything,” runs on alternate Fridays. This column is the first in a series exploring issues afflicting scientific research in the 21st century.

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East Campus gave me bronchitis

few weeks ago, somebody asked a question that stumped me. A high school friend came to visit my dorm room and to see Duke’s beautiful campus. For me, it was uninhibited bliss. I had two or three hours to sing Duke’s praises, brag about my amazing classes, my wonderful new friends, my delicious West Union. By the end of it, she could tell I was in love. “Is there anything you don’t like about Duke?” she asked me. I took several minutes to think of an answer. Sure, the C1 is pretty crowded and the walk to Shooters is a pain, but I couldn’t think of anything that I hated about Duke. Of course, I had been sick for five weeks. I figured that was just a formality, though. The

college is a physical adjustment. Not only are we coming into contact with new bacteria and viruses, we’re adjusting to new sleep schedules and workloads. However, on a whim, we decided to open up our air conditioning unit. We had so much trouble breathing in our room that it seemed like a plausible option. We weren’t sure if it was anything out of the ordinary. We called our RA, who seemed shocked at the sight of the caked up grime in the coils of the filter. She called our residential coordinator, who assured us that someone would come to clean up our unit the next morning. By 6:00 p.m., no one had checked in. Two days later, I called the on-call facilities staff myself, who sent someone over quickly. I found out that it was a pretty quick fix.

Defeating Trump is not the end

he second presidential debate fortified my fervent belief that Americans cannot allow Donald Trump to assume the highest office in our land. Trump’s severe incompetence was glaring in the incoherent, rambling sentences through which he attempted to convey uninformed ideas. The gratification Trump seemed to experience when he told Hillary Clinton that she’d be jailed if he was President—quite similar to the satisfaction with which he once uttered the words “you’re fired”—was yet another indication of the megalomania that possesses this man. While defeating Trump on Nov. 8 needs to be the plan in the short run, in the longer term, the

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illness was a vital rite of passage, and it even had a name: “The Freshman Plague.” All of my friends were sick. We coughed and wheezed and didn’t sleep through the first few weeks of school. Student health offered little relief. It seemed that almost everyone I knew was having a similar problem. We would go about our days, carrying with us a mild cough and a runny nose. It was nothing unmanageable. But as soon as we got into our dorm rooms and laid our heads down to sleep, we couldn’t breathe. Coughing attacks kept us up into the night. It felt unlike a common cold or even a “Freshman Plague.” Yet we continued to ignore the illness, taking student health’s advice to just “wait it out.” The first warning sign came from the third floor of Wilson. After two unfruitful trips to Student Health, our friend called maintenance, asking them to check her room for mold-related allergens. It seemed unlikely that anything would come of it, but both she and her roommate had been experiencing symptoms that exactly matched typical reactions to mold. Duke followed up promptly on the request. Several men came into her room, opened up her air conditioning, and tested the floor unit with several cultures for of mold. The next day, Duke moved our friend to Bell Tower for the weekend so that they could fumigate her room. While she appreciated the temporary upgrade, she didn’t appreciate finding out that the mold was likely to have spread into the walls. Upon going back to Student Health and testing positive for moldinduced bronchitis, she was prescribed a medical inhaler. Her lungs were at 40 percent of their normal capacity. When my roommate was diagnosed with bronchitis as well, we assumed at first that it must have been contagious. Surely they had shared a drink or two, or eaten with the same fork. Germs spread like wildfire when you live in such close proximity to so many people. Not to mention,

Maintenance sprayed the air conditioning unit’s coils with coil-cleaner, I rinsed out the dust from the filter. We wiped the surrounding area with Clorox wipes I brought from home. The next night, I could finally sleep in my own room. The shift was nearly immediate and incredibly shocking—one night I was desperately taking Benadryl, NyQuil, anything that could help me sleep through my cough. The next night, I slept like a rock. The air felt clean and my lungs felt clear. I live on the third floor of Giles. Giles was renovated this past summer, making it the most recently renovated dorm on East Campus. Duke poured resources into making Giles beautiful—our kitchen, common room, and bathrooms were built with a budget of $3 million. This budget sounds like ample funding to provide a “quick fix” to all of the air conditioning units on East. Now, lest I make us students sound like spoiled brats, let me concede that we are extremely fortunate to even have air conditioning units. A few years ago, most of the East Campus dorms were left to the elements in the heat, with only industrial fans to cool them. And of course, a dirty air conditioning system is a small problem on the grand scheme of things. But in the end, this a question of allocation of resources. How can the university justify spending millions on cosmetic renovations while sacrificing the health of its students? My friends in several other dorms across East have opened their air conditioners to discover the same problem. Hopefully, for future generations of students, the university will give these units a checkup before the semester begins; otherwise, you can bet on seeing a lot more inhalers around campus. Leah Abrams is a Trinity freshman. Her column, “cut the bull,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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country needs to address the widespread anger and fear—primarily found in the white working-class—that has fueled Trump’s success. Over the past few decades, white working-class males and their communities have experienced significant decline. Due to a confluence of economic and cultural factors, labor force participation rates for white men between the ages of 30 and 50 with no college degree fell from 96 percent in 1968 to 79 percent in 2015. The consequences are economic as these men have less resources to support themselves and their family. But there is also a psychological aspect as these individuals are deprived of the purpose, self-esteem and sense of control that are provided by meaningful work. Cultural institutions in these communities are also weakening. The percentage of men in the above demographic who are married fell from 86 percent to 52 percent in the same time frame (a steeper decline than for any other race). Growing heroin and prescription drug addiction adds to the bleakness and despair that plagues many lowincome white communities. As this economic and social crisis was unravelling, the social justice movement—born from the laudable civil rights and feminist movements that demanded equality before the law—increasingly moved towards a dangerous doctrine of identity politics. According to Charles Murray, this doctrine is guided by the premise that “in a fair society, different groups of people will naturally have the same distributions of outcomes in life: the same mean income, the same mean educational attainment, the same proportions who become janitors and CEOs.” Departures from equality of outcome between any demographics automatically indicates foul play. Similarly, Jonathan Haidt defines the four tenants of this doctrine as follows: “First, racism and sexism are endemic in American society. Second, victims played no role in arriving at their current state. Third, no differences of ability or interest between any groups. And, finally, affirmative action is good.” This doctrine has left its mark on public policy. Legislation has enforced quotas, affirmative action, and other regulations designed to produce equal outcomes among different demographics, in spite of the fact that

groups differ both in their skills and their preferences. Even more perceptible is the way in which this doctrine has reshaped social norms across the country. In many circles, anyone who disagrees with a single one of the four tenants described by Haidt is sure to face vicious backlash. Ask Nicholas Christakis who had to endure Yale students’ visceral contempt because he made a case for free speech. Ask Larry Summers who was pressured to resign after he attempted to provide a statistical explanation for the gender gap in STEM. Ask Milo Yiannopoulos who usually offers more substantive arguments than his opponents but is

treated like a stupid bigot (while the latter might be accurate, he certainly isn’t unintelligent). One of the few groups that isn’t protected by these speech codes and political correctness are white workingclass males, even though they too have experienced significant hardship over the past few decades. In “polite society,” the term “redneck” is unlikely to raise eyebrows as other racial slurs would. Whereas victim blaming for non-white demographics in poverty is taboo, few people on the Left were offended by President Barack Obama’s remark that poor white voters “get bitter, cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or antiimmigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” While some of this may be true, Obama’s comments highlight, as J.D. Vance says in his new book “Hillbilly Elegy,” the lack of sympathy that white people in poverty get in comparison to other races. For many individuals in struggling white communities who feel as though outsiders view their plight with apathy or even condescension, Donald Trump has provided, in a twisted manner, the sympathy that has long been missing. The problem is that, in doing so, Trump appeals to their naïve and darker instincts. He endorses their view that American openness (to immigrants, to trade, to refugees) is the source of their problems. His racist rhetoric appeals to these people because it stands in stark opposition to the doctrine of identity politics of which they are so resentful. The next president (which will hopefully be Hillary Clinton) has to address the legitimate grievances of white working-class communities. An effective policy package will include greater funding for job retraining and addiction treatment programs, as well as changes to the welfare state that strengthen rather than weaken the institution of marriage. Further, we also need to move away from the most dogmatic elements of identity politics. Should Clinton win the election and fail to do this, in four years she may end up running against a candidate who is very similar to Trump, only with slightly larger hands. Julian Keeley is a Trinity senior. His column, “individuals and institutions,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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are birthed and nurtured. I’d like to see our students be a strong part of that.

TC: Are you supporting a presidential candidate over another? TC: What have you learned in your LM: I am. position thus far? LM: I’ve learned that change takes a long TC: Would you like to say who? time. That buildings are only as good as the LM: No. I do keep my professional and things that happen within them. That students my personal life separate. Not invisible, as are extraordinarily smart and wise and given you probably know. But I believe in this the right kind of environment and the right conversation like with The Chronicle, it would kind of support, can exceed every expectation, make more sense for me to focus on the issues can do amazing things. That for us to be truly than on a particular partisan position. successful requires a partnership between the students, the faculty and staff. That it’s all from page 3 about being a caring community. aware any desire to reconsider those plans.

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What’s Happening at Duke Sake, Sake, Sake… BOMB

Sorry, that was misleading. Don’t slam your fists down just yet. We’re talking about Sake Bomb, the off-campus restaurant serving Asian cuisine that was recently added to Duke’s Merchants-onPoints. Delivery hasn’t begun yet, but the menu is looking to include options similar to what the now-closed Grace’s Café used to offer. We’ll drink to that.

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TC: How will you apply what you’ve learned thus far to how you will approach the next five years? LM: Hopefully, through some things that have worked, like being aware of needs, being attentive to what people have to say, continuing to listen more than to speak, seeking consultation from a broad array, not just elected officials, not just a small set of student leaders, but trying to listen to very diverse, very distinctive voices. Being tactical while being strategic. Being efficient with the limited resources that we have. Trying to set some discrete and achievable goals and trying to exceed them. TC: What areas would you like to give more attention to in the future? LM: Our work with sexual violence has to be better than it’s been. I think our work with creating a campus of inclusion and belongingness needs more work. I think those are the highest on my list right now. TC: Over the past year, there have been many global tragedies. How do you approach sending messages about those in ways that are relevant to students? LM: I wish I could tell you there’s a formula. There’s not. I work with bright and gifted people. I get consultation when I hear or read or see a tragedy somewhere. I’m on the phone immediately with a number of people, trying to sort out who might be affected and to an extent, might this affect the lives of our students. I’ve also done this for well over 40 years, so I have I guess some antenna that I rely on to tell me this one really rises to a level of ‘I need to say something.’ I don’t always get it right. I’d rather err on the side of speaking out more frequently than less frequently. It’s getting harder and harder because it seems like there’s a tragedy a day that could be reflected on. TC: What are your thoughts on the role of students in this election? LM: I’m a child of the 60s. I started college just a few months after Martin Luther King’s assassination and just before Robert Kennedy’s assassination. My whole upbringing is one that is empowered by being an activist. Both of my parents were Holocaust survivors. I come from an environment in which oppression defined my family’s experience, in which activism also defined my youth and my college experience. I’m a strong proponent of student activism. Regardless of the perspective or position, I would always prefer an environment in which students are being very active in expressing their thoughts and trying to convey messages. First and foremost, what I want students to do is vote. I hope in general, our students will be an active group and try to advance our nation and our world. So many of the most important movements in America—women’s rights, gay rights, the presence of black students on our campus, Latinx students—all of that, I believe, were derived of activism of people before us. So much of that took place because of the experiences on college campuses in America. I still believe college campuses are very the place in which important movements

the healthcare that our employees are relying on,” he said. “Long-term, we are going to have to do more than just pinch pennies to cut costs, we’ve got to make sure we are focused on the health of our members.” ‘Neck-to-neck’ Before any of his policies can be implemented, Blue must win his general election race against Republican nominee Dale Folwell—a 2005 to 2013 member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, where he also served as speaker pro tempore for his last two years. Folwell was unopposed in the Republican primary for treasurer this year. Blue won his Democratic primary matchup with Ron Elmer in March with 58 percent of the vote. The two general election nominees are locked in a “neck-to-neck” race, said Blue, with polling showing them as tied or within the margin of error. An August survey by Public Policy Polling showed the candidate’s separated by only a 2 percent margin. “I think this is going to be a challenging race,” said Blue. “I hope in the end my message will resonate with North Carolina voters, and I will be successful on November 8.” He emphasized that it is “absolutely critical” for Duke students to vote in the general election. With ten days of early voting oncampus and same-day registration available, Blue said there is no excuse to not vote. “Students at Duke have skin in the game,” he said. “They have an interest in making sure that the state they are attending school in is welcoming, is progressive and is a state that is moving in the right direction. Because these races are so tight they have an excellent opportunity to weigh in on that and make their voices heard.”

BSA CONCERT from page 1 The concert will include a diverse array of entertainment including saxophone music, spoken word and rap music. Student performers including sophomore Symphony Webber, senior Edgeri Hudlin and group Spoken Verb will be featured. In addition, two videos will be played— one showcasing Julian Abele and another explaining the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. BSA will be donating $1,935—in honor of the year 1935 when the Chapel was completed—to the Flint Child Health and Development Fund. Horn said that BSA was the driving force behind the concert, although other groups such as Duke University Union have helped with the planning. She noted that in planning the event, BSA wanted to have a diversity of expression on stage. “Rap music isn’t as celebrated as more classical forms, but we wanted to create an outlet that really showcased this kind of expression,” she said. She explained that K Camp was chosen as the lead artist because he was an unexpected pick and is popular among students. “We felt like this was someone who a lot of students enjoyed, especially within the black community,” Horn said.