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apt. Sunday David Wohlever The Chronicle Two Central Campus residents reported spotting an unknown male in their apartment and two missing laptops early Sunday morning. The activity on Central that occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. was reported to students, faculty and staff with a DukeAlert notification in accordance with the Clery Act shortly after 8 a.m. The alert is the fourth to be sent since late July, third regarding crime on Central Campus and first since the University doubled security on Central in early September. In the alert, the male who was reportedly in the apartment was described as a college-age white male with a thin build and short hair who was wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans. It also stated that there was no sign of forced entry in the apartment, and DUPD confirmed that the burglar was unarmed. Information about the crime is Sanjeev Dasgupta and Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle The returners from last year’s national championship team—Amile Jefferson, Marshall Plumlee, Matt Jones and Grayson Allen—showed their experience Saturday night after Duke unveiled its fifth banner.

Jack Dolgin The Chronicle When the lights went down and the curtain went up, this year’s expectations were officially enshrined in the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke unveiled its 2015 NCAA championship banner Saturday at its annual Countdown to Craziness event, showing off the final piece of hardware the Blue Devils brought back from Indianapolis in April. After spotlighting each of the program’s first four national championship banners—including

repeat titles in 1991 and 1992—Duke hit the court to take the first step toward hanging a sixth one next year. “I was close to tearing up out there,” sophomore guard Grayson Allen said. “It was just a feeling I can’t describe with words… watching the fifth banner light up, and just running out there again. There’s nothing like it.” With the banner on full display, Duke scrimmaged for two 12-minute halves, with players from both teams switching sides during the game. The White team defeated the Blue squad in both intra-squad halves by scores of 27-21 and 22-18.

Senior Amile Jefferson led all scorers with 13 points across both halves and converted four of his five field goal attempts. Making his Cameron Indoor debut, highlytouted freshman Brandon Ingram scored nine points—all in the first half—without committing a turnover. Prior to the on-court action, the video board showed highlights from Duke’s 6863 win against Wisconsin in April’s national title game. Although fans got to relive the excitement of the championship, it also served as reminder that the Blue Devils will look much different this year. Starters Quinn Cook, Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus

See BURGLARY on Page 12 Jones are all gone, forcing Duke’s returners to step into larger roles and the newcomers to acclimate quickly. Allen—the only member of the Class of 2018 to return for his sophomore year—did not hit a field goal in the first half but, like he did in the second half against the Badgers, heated up down the stretch. The Jacksonville, Fla., native went 4-for-8 from the field and finished with 10 points in the final stanza, including six in a row that brought the White squad back from an early five-point deficit. Redshirt senior Marshall Plumlee seemed See COUNTDOWN on Page 8

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Meet Felix Kung: The yo-yo artist who stole the show at Countdown Paulos Muruts The Chronicle The main attraction at Countdown to Craziness may have been the stars on the basketball court, but student performer Felix Kung and his yo-yo drew some of the loudest cheers of the night. Duke’s annual basketball showcase spotlighted several student performances before the debut of the men’s basketball team Saturday night. Among these, junior Felix Kung stood out with a performance of Chinese yo-yo that captured the curiosity of the audience at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “You don’t see Chinese yo-yo performed that often, and he’s incredibly good, so it was exciting to see,” said sophomore Amanda Hedgecock. Some students were already aware of Kung’s unique talent with the Chinese yo-yo, also known internationally as diabolo, as Countdown was not his first time in the spotlight. After a wellreceived performance at an event hosted by a cultural student organization last year, an admissions officer asked Kung to perform at Countdown, an offer that

he excitedly accepted. With more than 50 performances under his belt, Kung said Cameron gave him his largest audience to date. Prior to Saturday night, his largest audience was at last year’s Lunar New Year event, attended by approximately 400 people. Kung acknowledged that the Cameron crowd—numbering several thousand— made him a little nervous, which may have resulted in a couple of errors here and there. Kung said he has been performing yo-yo for many years. Born and raised in Warren, N.J., Kung was introduced to diabolo at the age of six at a summer camp for Chinese Americans. He was absolutely mesmerized and soon found himself taking lessons at Murray Hills Chinese School. In high school, Kung represented Murray Hills in competitive play against Chinese schools across New Jersey, placing as high as third in the state for single competition and first for duo events. “When I first picked this up, it brought me so much happiness. I thought doing these tricks were so cool,” he said. “When you teach people, you see that same level of excitement

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Junior Felix Kung was one of the top student performers Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, showing off his skills as a yo-yo specialist.

and passion in their eyes.” Whether it was the scrimmages of the title-winning basketball team, the introduction of a pair of Nobel Prizewinning scientists or the performances of several a capella groups and dance teams, the recurring theme of Countdown was the importance of teamwork. Kung, however, operates as a one-man team. “After each performance, I actually feel pretty lonely because it’s a one-person act. Other people, they think it’s cool—then they just go home after,” he said. Kung said that if people were interested, he would enjoy forming a club to teach people. At his Chinese school, Kung taught diabolo for six years. He continued to teach diabolo at DukeEngage Zhuhai as part of an effort for Duke students to bring their passions to a more rigid school system. As impressive as his skills are, he acknowledged that he is not the best at performing and even recalled the days he would get blown out of the water in his early days of competition. There are still tricks he has yet to learn. He even claimed one of the reasons he shines is because there are so few diabolo players on campus.

“It’s kind of strange that almost nobody has even heard of this before,” Kung said. “People have told me I should go on “America’s Got Talent” or whatever—I have not seriously thought about that. I mean, there are plenty of people who are better than me.” Senior Rebecca Brenner said Kung’s passion was evident in his performance Saturday. “It speaks to the average Duke student that everyone has something they’re passionate about, and sometimes it’s really unusual,” Brenner said. “It was great to be able to see his passion because it’s something you wouldn’t have known about otherwise.” Kung noted that he would enjoy performing in future events on campus, but explained that a professional career in yo-yo is not an option. Although he expressed interest in continuing to perform, the computer science major said medical school may be in his cards. Whatever hand is dealt to him, he will continue to perform with his yo-yo. “It has been a pretty big part of my life,” he said. Claire Ballentine and contributed reporting.

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Nobel laureate Modrich excited to get back in the lab Those studies were done in bacteria, and we were interested if a similar pathway existed in higher cells. So, we approached this problem using similar kinds of DNA substrates and showed that, yes, human cells have a similar reaction. Because we knew that the bacterial reaction plays a very important role in controlling mutation rate, the question was: Does this human reaction also have a role in genetic stability? About this time, a paper appeared in Science from the de la Chapelle and Vogelstein Labs showing that tumor cells from patients with Lynch syndrome—the most common hereditary cancer—had frequent mutations in simple DNA repeat sequences that non-tumor cells from the same patients did not. When we saw that paper, the nature of the tumor mutations suggested to us that it was extremely likely that these cells were mismatch repair mutants. I called Bert Vogelstein with these thoughts, and he sent us cell lines derived from Lynch tumors. We looked at these biochemically, and we found that they were biochemically defective in mismatch repair. In terms of clinical implications, that’s one of the most significant consequences of the work. Availability of these mismatch repairdeficient cancer cells also allowed us to identify and isolate the missing components, and this has recently culminated in our reconstitution of human mismatch repair in the test tube.

Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle Paul Modrich—James B. Duke professor of biochemistry, member of the Duke Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator—became the second standing faculty member in Duke’s history to win a Nobel Prize Oct. 7. He was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on DNA repair, which has potential applications for fighting cancer and other diseases. The Chronicle’s Neelesh Moorthy recently spoke with Modrich about the award, his work and the importance of basic research.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER: STUNS NO. 7 TAR HEELS 1-0 • MEN’S SOCCER: DUKE EXPLODES TO ROUT N.C. STATE

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

QUEENS OF TOBACCO ROAD

Imani Dorsey’s goal led Duke to a 1-0 win against North Carolina, the third in program history Jesús Hidalgo The Chronicle CHAPEL HILL—For the past decade, the Tobacco Road rivalry had been more of a lopsided affair, with the Tar Heels always finding a way to best the Blue Devils. But sophomore forward Imani Dorsey made sure that streak came to an end Friday night. Thanks to a late first-half goal from Dorsey and a stalwart defensive performance, Duke upset No. 7 North Carolina 1-0 at Fetzer Field to notch its third-ever win in the series and the first since 2005. In the 44th minute, sophomore midfielder Ashton Miller sent a long cross from midfield that the Tar Heel defense could not turn away. The ball found Dorsey, who entered the box and netted the lone goal of the evening with a right-footed shot that got past North Carolina goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin. “The last time we beat North Carolina in 2005, I had brown hair. Now obviously it’s not brown anymore,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “This is great, unbelievable. I’m so happy that the girls got to experience this. To come over here and win on their field when they have a very good team is very satisfying. [It pays off] all the work you put in—all the video work, all the recruiting.” Once Dorsey’s shot found the back of the net to give the Blue Devils (8-44, 2-2-3 in the ACC) the lead, Duke’s defense again stepped up to make sure the advantage held up for the full 90 minutes. Sophomore goalkeeper E.J. Proctor registered saves on all four Tar Heel shots that came her way, running her current scoreless streak to 302 minutes. The win Friday marked the Blue Devils’ third consecutive road shutout— and 10th clean sheet of the season—and North Carolina’s third straight loss.

Han Kang | The Chronicle For the first time since 2005, Duke took down Noth Carolina Friday in Chapel Hill, dealing the Tar Heels their third straight loss.

Playing as a center-back for the first time in her Duke career, junior captain Christina Gibbons and classmate Rebecca Quinn turned away most of the crosses the Tar Heels put inside the 18-yard box before they turned into shots aimed at Proctor. Freshman Chelsea Burns made her second career start occupying the left flank of the defensive third and sophomore Morgan Reid defended the other side of the pitch. “Before the game, [the other defenders] came to me and said ‘It’s just another game.’ I knew that I had done it before and that I could do it now,” Burns said. “Definitely playing with them and hearing them is encouraging because I know they’re always covering me and it’s very helpful.” The Tar Heels (11-3-1, 4-3-0) entered

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Han Kang | The Chronicle Sophomore Imani Dorsey notched the only goal of the night just before halftime to lift Duke to a 1-0 win against No. 7 North Carolina Friday night in a big resume-boosting victory.

Friday’s contest with 35 goals but registered just two first-half shots, only one of which was on frame. Midfielder Joanna Boyles led North Carolina’s attack with four attempts, including one of the host’s best chances of the night. With three minutes left to play, the junior connected on a header from inside the box that came within inches of tying the contest. Forward Jessie Scarpa—the Tar Heels’ second-leading scorer with six goals and top facilitator with six assists—did not fire a shot in the first half, and the 2014 ACC All-Freshman selection’s two second-half shots missed the target. “We wanted this [win] really badly,” Gibbons said. “We killed ourselves out there but it was all worth it to get the win. [Our secret tonight] was just our work ethic. When we win the ball, we keep it and go forward. But everyone’s got to work defensively, every single person— from the forwards to the goalkeeper, not just the defenders or midfielders. That’s what we’re going to keep building on.” On the other side of the field, Duke had at least three clear sights on goal in the opening period before Miller and Dorsey manufactured what proved to be the winning goal. Freshman forward Taylor Racioppi had the first chance to put Duke ahead 1-0 in the third minute, volleying a ball from 20 yards out, but Heaberlin blocked the strike without trouble. The Blue Devils— who entered Friday’s game averaging 1.7 goals and 20.5 shots per contest—had a second scoring opportunity with 14 minutes left before intermission. With a slight touch, junior forward Toni Payne fed freshman attacker Kayla McCoy, who powered a shot from 12 yards out but Heaberlin pulled off her second save of the evening. In the 38th minute, Burns put an inviting cross inside the box and Racioppi connected on a header but the Tar Heel goalkeeper dealt with the attempt. Six minutes later, Dorsey’s finish provided the one-goal advantage

that gave Duke the edge for the rest of the night. “I just remember seeing Ashton [Miller] having some space on the ball and I know she can get a great long ball,” Dorsey said. “So I put myself wide to give me some space and she hit a perfect ball. It just hit one of the center-backs on the head and I got on it. I was able to turn myself and just get one touch on the outside back and just tried to keep it on frame. When it went in the net, it was a really good feeling.” North Carolina outshot the Blue Devils 10-6 in the second half, but Duke was closer to extending its lead than the Tar Heels came to finding the equalizer. Church’s squad could have doubled its advantage in the 57th minute, when Racioppi controlled the ball inside the box, dribbled past a Tar Heel defender and racked up a shot that hit the post. With 10 minutes left, McCoy found Payne, who attempted a curling shot that missed the target by a few inches. In the 82nd minute, Dorsey almost scored her second goal of the evening after pouncing on a Tar Heel turnover. The Elkridge, Md., native started a counterattack at midfield and beat a North Carolina defender, but her shot from inside the box flew across the bar. “[Our next goal is] wins, wins and wins,” Church said. “Obviously, you have a resume that you post to the NCAA. And we want to have the best resume possible to post. These next three games are about where you play some of the games in the NCAA tournament. If we can post wins against Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and N.C. State, that gives us a great chance that we can stay at home. We’ll just give the NCAA the best resume we can possibly give them, and they’ll get to make their own decisions based on [our results.]” The Blue Devils start a three-game home stretch to end regular-season action Thursday when they battle Pittsburgh at Koskinen Stadium at 7 p.m

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MEN’S SOCCER

Mathers, offense come to life in rout of Wolfpack Jack Dolgin The Chronicle The best thing about slumps? They feel awfully good when they go away. In its sixth ACC game of the season, Duke defeated No. 23 N.C. State 6-2 Friday night at Koskinen Stadium for its first conference win. In a match with six cards handed out a and total of 28 fouls, NCST 2 the Blue Devils DUKE 6 scored all six goals with a one-man advantage. Senior Zach Mathers recorded his first career hat trick—the first by a Duke player since 2011—as the floodgates finally opened for an offense that has spent the last month seeking efficiency. “It’s been coming,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “We were fortunate to have had the red card and go an extra man up, but our determination, we were going to score tonight, there was no question about that. It was just a question of how many.” Even in the physical ACC, Friday’s match was particularly aggressive, and yet referee David Erbacher seemed to let play go on. Mathers and graduate student Jared Rist of Duke and freshman Tanner Roberts of the Wolfpack fell down and were shaken up in the first half, and things seemed to be reaching a tipping point. Then, the bubble popped. In the 24th minute, Mathers fed sophomore Jeremy Ebobisse for a break-away opportunity, and with the ball in the box, senior Reed Norton took down Ebobisse with a shoulder, sending the Bethesda, Md., native to the ground and yielding a Blue Devil penalty kick. Just as importantly, though, Norton was sent off with a red card. “I think the referee was a little tentative to call some stuff, I didn’t think he did as

Kristen Shortley | The Chronicle Senior Zach Mathers put together the first Duke hat trick since 2011, accounting for half of Duke’s goals in an offensive explosion Friday night against N.C. State.

well as he could have done, but the red card was definitely deserved,” Mathers said. “We’re lucky to have the red card, but I thought it was a well-done play by us to have them get the red card.” The Blue Devils (6-6-2, 1-4-1 in the ACC) capitalized as Mathers struck the penalty kick into the bottom right corner of the goal—but the Blue Devils were just getting started. Less than two minutes later, Rist—a lefty, kicking from the far right corner flag— whipped his corner kick over the head of a running Brian White and right onto the head of graduate student Tyler Hilliard, who pounded the ball in from inside the six-yard box. Mathers added to the total eight minutes later when he struck a routine shot from

outside the box right to senior goalkeeper Alex McCauley, but McCauley—standing off his line and needing to go on his toes to make the save—muffed the ball and watched it sail behind him for the goal. The second half began with as much action as the first, with the Blue Devils again the aggressors. In the 50th minute, Mathers played a through ball down the left flank to senior midfielder Ryan Thompson, who took a few touches, found an open look inside the box and hammered a shot across his body, underneath the left leg of a sliding defender and into the side-netting for his first goal of the season. “Coming off of their defenders, we started a little bit higher, and they didn’t

like to follow us into the midfield, and they gave me some space to turn and run at them,” Mathers said. “We knew when we had numbers forward, we would probably still have more [players] back than them, so we could attack at will.” N.C. State got a goal back less than a minute later when Thompson was called for a handball in the box, awarding the Wolfpack (7-7-3, 1-2-3) a penalty kick, which freshman Julius Duchscherer ripped into the bottom left corner. But in the 52nd minute, off a cross from the right flank, Mathers rifled a shot from inside the six-yard box, possessed the rebound after McCauley made a leaping save and punched in the second-chance effort to complete the hat trick. It was the game’s third goal in as many minutes. If the game seemed out of reach, neither team played like it. The Wolfpack’s Travis Wannemuehler sent a through ball down the middle of the field in the 68th minute to Clayton Sparks, who hit a one-time touch past an encroaching Mitch Kupstas for the goal. And with just 14 seconds remaining in the match, Hilliard crossed a ball from the left flank to sophomore Macario Hing-Glover, who tapped the ball in before getting taken out from behind by defender Michael Hinkson. For a team that has continued to outshoot its opponents and yet not win matches, Friday night’s match was long overdue. “I think the number one thing we take away is confidence,” Mathers said. “Coming into the game we were on the down a little bit. To score six goals against a really impressive team who tied Wake Forest, it’s great for us.” Duke hosts Elon Tuesday before playing at Pittsburgh Saturday night, with the Blue Devils needing every point they can muster in their remaining four games to boost their chances of sneaking into the postseason.

VOLLEYBALL

Cardinals sweep Duke to stay perfect in ACC play Jack Dolgin The Chronicle

Although Duke did not lose another fiveset heartbreaker Sunday, the Blue Devils once again struggled down the stretch of every set. And it would cost them. No. 25 Louisville defeated Duke 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-22) at the KFC Yum! Center Sunday afternoon in Louisville, Ky., extending its unbeaten start in DUKE 3 conference play to 0 eight games and ND further slimming DUKE 0 the Blue Devils’ ‘VILLE 3 postseason chances. Although both teams put down 47 kills, Duke’s 16 attack errors— seven more than were committed by the Cardinals—loomed large in the loss. “We’ve got to eliminate our errors,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. “In order to win that match, we can’t have any out of positions on defense...service errors at crucial times or hitting errors at crucial times. And it’s really that simple, for us to be able to get the set or for us to lose the set.” Heading into Sunday’s contest, the Blue Devils (8-10, 3-5 in the ACC) needed to make adjustments with their block. Cardinal senior

setter Katie George leads the ACC in assists per set and was poised to make any matchup at the net a nightmare for Duke. To make matters worse, Nagel’s squad has been outblocked 141-121 this season and came into the weekend ranked 225th in the country in blocks per set. Those struggles continued in Kentucky. The Cardinals (14-4, 8-0) finished with a .349 hitting percentage compared to the Blue Devils’ .246 clip. The Duke offense played well—with four players totaling at least eight kills and an above-.200 hitting percentage—but Louisville’s offense was even more dominant. Senior outside hitter Erin Fairs led the Cardinals with 12 kills at a .385 clip, and sophomore Tess Clark led all players with a .667 hitting percentage to complement her eight kills. The Louisville back line also helped the team to two more service aces than the visitors and five more digs. Louisville’s offensive performance brought back memories of North Carolina’s sweep of Duke two weeks ago in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels dominated at the net, and after coming back to win the first set by two points and remaining deadlocked midway See VOLLEYBALL on Page 9

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After loss, Blue Devils survive, thrive again in overtime Ali Wells The Chronicle After allowing a goal with three minutes left in regulation, the Blue Devils were faced with their fourth suddendeath overtime of the season. But Duke only needed less than a minute of extra time to rally its offense and put away the Dukes Sunday. Sophomore Alexa Mackintire scored the game-winning goal 40 seconds into overtime to lift the DUKE 1 No. 4 Blue Devils 2 to a 2-1 victory UNC against No. 18 DUKE 2 James Madison in 1 Harrisonburg, Va. JMU With the Dukes a player short after a green card in the final minute of regulation, Mackintire took advantage of an opportunity in front of the goal off an assist from senior Hannah Barreca to seal the match. “For us, it was just to work the attack, sustain the attack and put the pressure on while we’re a man up,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin told GoDuke.com. “The kids were really poised in achieving that. It was a great shot by Alexa right off the defender because they were a little scrambled. It was a good finish.” In the first half, the Dukes (11-4) held a 9-3 shot advantage and took five penalty corners to the Blue Devils’ one, but goalkeeper Lauren Blazing kept

Han Kang | The Chronicle Sophomore Alexa Mackintire notched the game-winning goal less than a minute into overtime Sunday at James Madison for her third score of the season.

Duke in the game. The redshirt senior tallied seven saves in the opening period, including three in less than 90 seconds when the Blue Devils were unable to clear the ball out of their defensive zone in the 15th and 16th minutes. Blazing’s first-half performance Sunday equaled her highest save total in a period this season, which she recorded in the second half of Duke’s 3-2 overtime loss to Stanford Aug. 30. Despite James Madison’s strong offensive effort, the Blue Devils (11-4)

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Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Highly-touted freshman Brandon Ingram scored in a variety of ways in his Cameron Indoor debut, finishing with nine points.

COUNTDOWN from page 1 right at home Saturday night, delivering four big dunks, including a one-handed jam over 7-foot freshman Antonio Vrankovic. The captain finished with 10 points and eight rebounds, and his aggressiveness and communication stood out throughout the contest. “In past years it was okay to come in flashes and fill little gaps here and there,” Plumlee said. “Roles change, and you’re expected to bring what you bring to the table more consistently and at a higher level.” Although it was just a scrimmage, bodies frequently hit the deck as players scrambled for loose balls and contested shots at the rim. Junior guard Matt Jones made life difficult for freshman point guard Derryck

Thornton and veteran big men Jefferson and Plumlee brought their physicality on both ends of the floor, bodying up freshmen Vrankovic and Chase Jeter. “I thought our guys played really hard and well. Our defense is ahead of our offense. We are very big and we have been concentrating a lot on defense in the first 12 practices, especially our ball screen and dribble handoff. I was pleased with the effort,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “It’s tough to score with our length if we are playing that hard. I thought Marshall and Amile set a really good tone. They were men.” But early on, nobody could slow down Ingram. The Kinston, N.C., native swished his first shot attempt—a fade-away over Allen— and followed with a drive to the hoop that resulted in an opportunity for a three-point

found the back of the cage first. Midfielder Hunter Bracale found Ashley Kristen open on the right side of the goal and the sophomore forward tapped the ball in past the Dukes’ goalkeeper Sara Kraeutler. Duke held the 1-0 advantage until the 67th minute. James Madison called a timeout and pulled Kraeutler out of the cage to put an extra player on offense. The Dukes’ strategy paid off as the Blue Devils were unable to defend Melanie Kusakavitch in a scramble in front of the goal, and the James Madison score sent

the game into overtime. “We were in good shape as far as our organization. But they had a free hit and got us a little scrambled,” Bustin said. “The ball was really bouncy—they played the ball up and it bounced so it kind of got us jumping a little bit. They were able to get a player to the open post and she just knocked it in. So it was a scramble, and credit to James Madison for having the aggression to stay on it.” With two matches remaining on their regular season schedule, the Blue Devils will look to improve on maintaining possession of the ball and creating more opportunities to score. Their opponents have held the shot advantage in three of the squad’s last four games, but Blazing and Duke’s strong defense pulled through in all but one of those contests. The lone exception came Friday in Chapel Hill, as the Blue Devils were unable to withstand the attack of one of the nation’s most dominant offenses. Although Duke only allowed two goals to a Tar Heel squad that averages 4.4 per game, the offense did not match its defensive effort, scoring only one goal at the end of the first half. North Carolina snapped Duke’s sixgame winning streak with a 2-1 victory. The Blue Devils will need more than one defensive stand to come away with a win in their final home match. Duke will face No. 1 Syracuse at Jack Katz Stadium Saturday at 1 p.m., looking to hand the Orange their first loss of the season.

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Freshman Luke Kennard drained a pair of 3-pointers Saturday and finished 5-of-13 from the field.

play. Ingram finished with nine points on 4-of-7 shooting in the first half, proving why he is a threat both on the perimeter and near the rim, but did not make any of his five shot attempts after the eight-minute halftime. “He can get very hot, and when he gets hot shooting the ball, there’s nothing you can do, because you can’t contest his shot, he’s so tall,” Allen said. “There was one shot out there he hit over me, where there was nothing else I could have done.” Allen and freshman Luke Kennard—who finished 5-of-13 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers—split the first half handling ballhandling duties for White, with Thornton shouldering the load for the Blue squad. The Chatsworth, Calif., native reclassified from the Class of 2017 to join the incoming class of Duke freshmen and did not play with the team during the summer, giving

the 18-year-old a slightly steeper learning curve as the regular season nears. Thornton committed five of his team’s nine turnovers in the first half and had two more give-aways during the next 12 minutes. “Everyone has some bad games, or some bumps in the road, but it’s how you respond,” Thornton said. “I have so much confidence in myself, even if I struggle, I’m going to be able to bounce back. I know all the hard work I put in, so I’m going to be fine.” Krzyzewski agreed, noting that “anybody who is guarded by Matt Jones is going to have a hard time.” The Blue Devils open exhibition play Oct. 30 against Florida Southern before hosting Livingstone Nov. 4. Duke’s season opener is Nov. 13 against Siena. Ryan Hoerger contributed reporting.

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VOLLEYBALL from page 7 through the second set, North Carolina pulled away, forcing the Blue Devils to dig their way out of a hole. The Blue Devils dropped the first four points of the opening set, but led by freshman middle blocker Leah Meyer and her five first-set kills, they recovered to take a 17-14 lead. The game was even at 22 when George fed Clark and Fairs for kills and Duke sophomore outside hitter Cadie Bates served the ball long to give Louisville the 1-0 edge. “I think if we had gotten that first set, it would have made a big difference, without a doubt,” Nagel said. “But you’ve got to just move on from that, you can’t let that hold you down.... Somebody’s got to make some plays at some crucial moment, too.” Duke began the second set trailing 1110 when things slipped away. The Louisville offense—with the help of reigning ACC Freshman of the Week Aniah Philo’s 11 kills and 11 digs—played much more fluidly and kept the Blue Devil defense on its toes. The Cardinals opened up a 24-17 second-set lead

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his semester, Northwestern University introduced a new online course on reproductive and sexual health to provide students with accurate and accessible information they may be lacking. First-year students across the country have varying degrees of knowledge on sex, reproduction and pleasure when they enter college because of variation in middle and high school sexual education components. Janie Long, former director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, has noted that Duke students are not an exception to this knowledge gap. When youths between 15 and 24 years account for almost half of all STDs reported in the United States, the importance of sexual health education cannot be understated.We hope to see Duke institute a similar health course or program in the style of AlcoholEDU and Haven. Delivering simple modules about the anatomy of sexual organs, variations in menstruation, reproduction mechanisms, signs of testicular cancer and related topics like how alcohol affects sexual performance fills gaps left by drastically more cursory middle and high school education. Even if prior schools discussed sexual health with students, the material was likely uncomfortable, the subject of jokes or simply not relevant to a student at the time. In college, however, students are more likely to receive information with fresh ears. Their questions have

onlinecomment “Psychiatrists stopped trying to ‘cure’ homosexuality in 1968 when it was removed from the DSM. Gender Identity Disorder was removed from the DSM in 2012. Both of these are considered to be a diversity and are no longer considered a ‘sickness’ or mental disorder.” — “Stephie Sweet” commenting on the Oct. 7 article “Duke opens first transgender center in North Carolina”

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likely changed since they were in their mid-teens, and they are more probably sexually active. This year, Haven was added to the required AlcoholEDU course to deal with sexual assault and healthy relationships, and in terms of implementation, a third component for first-years on sexual health

Editorial would be in the best interests of our community’s public health. With or without “SexEDU,” these online education programs need to better engage students. Overwhelmingly regarded as check-the-box courses that students prefer to complete as quickly as possible with the passing exam score, pop-ups or more frequent progress quizzes should be used to keep attention raptly on the information presented. If these courses are only required once in four years, it is best to make the impressions deep. For follow-up, a forum or message system where students could send questions about sexual health and resources to members of the CSGD, Women’s Center or Duke Student Wellness Center would go above and beyond for helping students. Additionally, programs that happen throughout the year in these campus centers

should be better incentivized through funding for an Art Card of sorts for attending events that go beyond the scope of SexEDU. These centers already offer programs like “Let’s Talk About Sex” that engage students frankly and proliferate correct information to demystify these issues. Our resources should go further to promote these programs and to also inform students on topics like pleasure and gender identities that require more personal and smaller settings. The CSGD, Women’s Center and DUWELL are further the University’s frontline in presenting students with cultural issues that affect the sexual health of students. Starting with sexual health is important, but addressing the intimately related social ill of sexual misconduct requires confronting social norms. Beyond the scope of these first-year programs is the discussion of a culture of misogyny that persists in enough pockets of campus to be a problem year after year. To improve bystander intervention, promoting the events of these centers and using existing networks like Resident Assistant meetings helps engage those who can make a difference. It should be obvious that helping students realize they have responsibility for their sexual health and physical and mental healths more broadly is good. It contributes to a shared responsibility in keeping others around them healthy.

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he international community received a shock this Monday as God publicly named His favorite country for the first time. “Oh, it’s America. Of course! How could it be anything else?” revealed God in an exclusive interview for The Chronicle. “America’s great. Really reminds Me of Me. They always show such a strong commitment to behaving like an almighty, vengeful power imposing its will on the poor and the less powerful. And in desert

following in the U.S., declared its choice for the greatest country on Earth to be Costa Rica. “Costa Rica, yeah. No armed forces, lots of natural beauty, cheap real estate. Can’t go wrong, really,” read its official press statement. The choice had 2-1 support within The New Testament God, with God the Son casting a dissenting political vote in favor of Palestine. “END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION,” He is reported to have shouted while being dragged from the voting chamber by security.

Monday Monday SATIRE, PROBABLY lands too, usually! That’s a nice little stylistic touch. Definitely echoes some of my best early work.” “There’s other stuff too, obviously. For example America’s really great at faithfully keeping to some of the more important Biblical tenets—homophobia, female disempowerment, the segregation of peoples, you know. It’s great to see how important that stuff is to them. I’m not going to say America’s the most racist/ homophobic/sexist nation around, but it is really encouraging to see how much time a lot of them put into passionately opposing any small racial, gender or socioeconomic progress. They really understand that, even though I’m ostensibly all about love and all, my real interest is in maintaining the patriarchy, racial hierarchy and heteronormativity. Melts my little noncorporeal heart.” “And then you’ve got American exceptionalism— amazing. They truly believe themselves to be better than other countries. It’s that kind of vanity and narcissism that clearly represents what I consider good Christian morals. And what’s more, they’re right! They realize that what I’m looking for in a people isn’t the equity, fairness or freedom that comes regardless of the circumstances of your birth. What I’m looking for is the country that has the greatest ability to kill people. America knows it’s the greatest nation on Earth because it’s the most powerful nation and therefore the nation most able to subjugate others to its will. But you know, in a peaceful and loving way.” “I just feel like America is My number one fan. They always try to impress Me in ways I never even called for. Like, did you know Americans cut the ends off their kids’ penises? I didn’t even ask y’all to do that! That was really, very much just between Me and the Jews. You definitely didn’t have to do that. But I appreciate the thought, I guess.” The controversial announcement has been met with counter-proclamations from competing deities. The New Testament God, who enjoys a less reverential

International reactions to God crowning America His favorite country have varied. China, which ostensibly promotes a program of national atheism, is said to be feeling “quietly disappointed.” In Russia, an unusually quiet Vladimir Putin announced that he “needs some time alone to process” before mounting his pet warbear Konichka and riding off in the direction of Syria. Pope Francis, acting in his capacity as head of state of The Vatican, is reported to have said, “Well, I guess I don’t have to worry about what He thinks anymore,” before immediately opening an abortion clinic in the Sistine Chapel and declaring all people in the tiny state thenceforth married to whatever person of the same sex was nearest. Owing to its lack of well-known satirizable characteristics, Costa Rica could not be reached for comment. Writing on Tumblr after His Chronicle interview went viral, God clarified that His support for America was not unconditional. “There are some new trends emerging that I’m not such a fan of. Like this whole trans rights thing. Look, you humans are supposed to remain exactly as I created you. That’s why you all spend your entire lives hairless, twenty inches tall and eight pounds heavy. And then there’s the pronouns thing! Xe, ze, xyr… You don’t get your own special pronouns. That’s my thing,” He wrote. “What else bothers me? Oh, Netflix and chill. The joke is dead, people. Just stop.” “But my main point remains. When almost the entire discourse of a presidential election is dominated by the questions of whether you should provide women adequate healthcare, whether you should treat immigrants with basic human dignity or whether your rich are getting to keep enough of their riches, that’s when you know your country’s headed in a good, Christian direction. God bless America.” #NotAllAmericans?

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n idyllic campus unfolds on the pages of the glossy Duke booklet my high school self is thumbing through. Pictures of beaming, diverse groups of students adorn the pages, interspersed with text: “innovation,” “experience,” “collaboration,” “adventure,” “opportunity” and other banal buzzwords of the university-industrial complex. I reach the back page and peruse a list of Duke’s dizzying array of majors, minors and certificates. I circle more than a dozen that catch my eye.

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credentials is more than an unfortunate reality, the sort of lingering problem we wring our hands over and soon forget. It’s a disease that saps the joy from learning. I’m diagnosing Duke with credentialitis. I know some students are actually passionate about their multiple specialties and that the major-minorcertificate structure gives meaning to their education. Sometimes, two majors can dovetail nicely with each other. Other times, students will major in one field that they’re interested in

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nytime I mention I attend Duke, the first question I typically receive has to do with basketball. I’m quite certain that this experience is common to pretty much every Duke student living in the United States. We might have two Nobel Laureates, produce world-class research and are one of the leaders of American higher education, but the only things the general public tends to know are that Coach K is a god in the pantheon of

campus, they have. In a lot of ways, that type of resilience is inspiring, and the aggression and passion of a team built on defense and special teams is something to admire. The result of any given game is seldom certain and that makes being a fan so much more enjoyable in my opinion. It gives you a reason to follow the team and invest in the outcome. When a program is built on Coach David Cutcliffe, a set of values like excellence and discipline and

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MAKE IT REIGN Two years later, as the time comes to declare my major—yes, one major and no minors or certificates—I feel as though I am somehow not enough. Maybe I’m betraying the starr y-eyed high school senior so eager to take full advantage of Duke’s curricular offerings. Whenever introductions are made amongst Duke students, it’s always the same spiel: name, year, hometown, major. “Hey, I’m Rohan, and I’m a junior from Long Island, New York. I’m doing ICS and Sociology with a certificate in Markets and Management Studies.” Duke students are so used to doing these introductions that we develop a particular cadence to our listing of credentials. When it comes time for me to introduce myself, I don’t have a similarly lengthy laundry list to share: “Hey, I’m Matthew, and I’m a sophomore Political Science major from Richmond, Virginia.” I find myself wondering whether I should look into a second major or explore the myriad certificate options. But then I remember the approach I’ve chosen—specializing in just one major and selecting various classes that interest me from other disciplines—and reassure myself that this is what’s right for me. Still, I wonder why it’s such a lonely path. The major-plus-all-these-otherbells-and-whistles phenomenon has reached epidemic proportions at Duke. It probably doesn’t help that college admissions are more competitive than ever and that each of us had to proffer a ridiculously padded résumé to even stand a chance of admission to a place like Duke. This acquisitive mindset has a tendency to carry over into college where the pressures of the job market and student debt add to anxiety over the “value” of “investing” in higher education. It’s only rational for students, here at Duke but also at other universities, to seek to maximize that value through as many majors, minors and certificates as they can cram into a four-year undergraduate education. The desire to maximize, however, engenders a significant cost. Instead of satiating our intellectual curiosity or trying out a friend’s all-star professor recommendation, we check requirements off a list. Along the way, we lose the real meaning of an education at a place like Duke. The drive to burnish the résumé with as many credentials as possible stands at odds with the true purposes of a college education: the expansion of the mind, the development of critical thought, the capacity to understand people who think differently and engage with their ideas. The obsession with academic

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HOPE, FOR THE WIN for their careers while also pursuing their passion for a purportedly less practical field. But what strikes me most about credentialitis is the tremendous opportunity cost of pursuing academic cherries-on-top. Course selection is truly a zero-sum game: every course taken to fulfill a requirement means one fewer course you can freely choose. The four undergraduate years are likely the last time we will have a friendly expert to walk us through a scene in Shakespeare’s Richard II, ask us critical questions about the experimental design in a study of sea turtle conservation or challenge us to rank the principal drivers of conflict in Dar fur. Ten courses represent more than a year’s worth of time dedicated to a second major and five courses is a lot of academic freedom to give up for a certificate. Do you really need that extra Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate? Did Steve Jobs have one of those? No, you might be thinking, Steve Jobs was a college dropout. But before he left Reed College, he took a calligraphy class that he later credited with inspiring the elegance of the Macintosh operating system. For Jobs, the apparent frivolity of taking college classes that actually interested him ended up paying massive dividends. Every Apple customer reaps the benefits of his academic exploration. There’s unforeseen value in seeking out everything the university has to offer. This unforeseen value carries an inherent risk: maybe that calligraphy class you took in college won’t actually connect to anything of practical significance in your professional career. For striving students who calculate the costs and benefits of every academic credential, that risk is deeply troubling, the payoff too distant and uncertain to be worth it. Duke is a school of strivers. We work hard in our classes and dream no small dreams about the careers that beckon from beyond the borders of this gothic kingdom. In the striving for things to come, I can’t help feeling that we lose something in the here-and-now: the excitement of constructing arguments based on new evidence, the joyful struggle of writing code or composing music for the first time. Once we cure our collective case of credentialitis, maybe we’ll slow down from the hectic pace of academic life that leaves us all exhausted and delight in learning for its own sake. One can dream. Matthew King is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs on alternate Mondays.

college basketball greats, we have a pretty awesome basketball team and, because of this reality, we are one of the most hated teams in the nation. However, for all the role that tenting in K-Ville, elation and disappointment from upsets and amazing comeback victories and that amazing national championship run have played in my experience at Duke, there might be one athletic endeavor that has superseded basketball’s role in my education in craziness. Hell yeah, it’s Duke football. I doubt any student beyond the ones who play for the team highlight football as a reason to come to Duke. But Duke football is relevant, rising and on its way to being a fixture of the Duke student experience. As the program has matured from scratching for a bowl game when we first arrived on campus to a perennial powerhouse of the ACC Coastal Division and consistently ranked in the weekly AP Poll, so too have we as seniors, through growing pains, moments of pure joy and the marathon of an intense fouryear education. Way back in 2010, while many of us were in high school, the tradition of Tailgate came to an abrupt ending following the discovery of a sibling of a student passed out in a Porta Potty following the Tailgate. Suffice it to say that up until five years ago, football was only relevant for the party, costumes and revelry that occurred before the game in the Blue Zone. Two years later, I and the rest of the senior class stepped onto campus knowing little to nothing about the auspicious history of Tailgate save the memories of some juniors and seniors who had witnessed it in person. All we grew to know was that, for the first time in a very long time, our football team was competitive and that a last second victory against UNC to close the season gave us our first bowl game birth since the 90s. For the first time at Duke, I remember feeling a part of a bigger community, the feeling that many cite as what makes being a Cameron Crazy such a unique experience. Football became a space where we could be proud of being a part of Duke and a place where success wasn’t guaranteed but rather something we could attain. For the past three years, we’ve watched the team pull off astounding upsets and suffer crushing defeats (looking at you Texas A&M and Johnny Football). Unlike our illustrious basketball program, football still has something to prove, a chip on the team’s collective shoulder every year to surpass the expectations of the media, and every year we’ve been on

continues to grow and improve each year, there’s not much more you can ask for. There are lessons embedded in the rise of Duke football that make the success on the field even more valuable to the university. While I still cringe at the sound of the football school chants because of the negative connotations associated with top collegiate football programs, the excitement and spirit in supporting the team is a prime example. Since Tailgate came to a close, the administration and student leaders have been attempting to restart a culture of little “t” tailgating prior to football games that complements rather than overlooks the contest on the field. It is fundamentally something we need on this campus. Football, just like basketball, has been the space for me the past four years where it doesn’t matter if you’re involved in a fraternity or sorority, whether you’re here on full scholarship or not or what social group you might ascribe to. While there is certainly much to be desired in the language and attitudes of drunk students and their language usage, in the student section, all that matters is that you’re a part of the Duke community. There’s inherent value in that nuanced perception of inclusivity we should not take for granted because it is something we desperately need more of on this campus where inequality and exclusivity are rampant. With all the ways that our campus is divided and segregated by structures and institutions, we need common social spaces where we can gather and be a part of a bigger Duke community. The effort to ignite Devilsgate perhaps can be a catalyst to build such a space, but it can only be that way when we refuse to only tailor social life to the elites of Duke and make it one where everyone is welcome and included. As a senior with only two home games left in my Duke career, leaving behind a culture and a space where students can feel included and a part of the Duke community matters to me more than anything else. Let’s commit to building a space that adds value and vitality to the student experience and capitalizes on the excellence of a football program that, like many of us about to graduate, is on the rise. I’ll be at Wallace Wade on Halloween for the game against Miami to do just that. You can find me jumping around like a fool, yelling some less than savory things and loving every minute of it. I hope you’ll join me. Jay Sullivan is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Mondays.

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Joe Gonzalez in an email to all Central residents Sunday afternoon. “If there is a malfunctioning lock or anything else that would compromise security, I would encourage students, as well as anyone else on campus, to very quickly report that to facilities management,” Wasiolek said. “I have great faith in the Duke community, and part of that is based on the fact that I know that we care about each other. My hope is that we would all continue to look out for each other.”

TC: Do you think basic research faces any challenges? PM: I think that there are many. One of the most serious is availability of funds, particularly for young scientists. The scientific future of this and other countries depends on the successful nurturing of young scientists, and if they can’t get the funding to get their labs going, the future of science will be compromised. A lot of funding agencies are trying to address this, but it’s still a significant problem. Why is this a problem? I think there are two issues. Funding has remained from page 3 relatively flat or has decreased slightly in terms of real dollars. There’s also been an PM: There’s been tremendous progress increase in the pipeline of the number of in the area of neurobiology. It’s an area young people. It’s not clear to me what the I’ve always regretted not going into— answers to this are, but as I said, I think it’s in fact, one I considered when I was in a significant problem. graduate school. A second example is the recent isolation TC: What do you think scientists’ and and characterization of CRISPR/Cas science’s role in the media ought to be? systems by Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle PM: The bulk of science done in this Charpentier and others. These systems country is paid for by the public. I think that arguably represent the most powerful the public needs to know whether they’re genetic tool for the manipulation of the getting their money’s worth, and probably genomes of complex organisms. This the simplest way to do that is through the technology is already raising serious media and the Internet. That said, I think ethical questions because it provides, in there are some cases when scientific findings principle, for the ready modification of are hyped in the media, but I’m not sure the human genome. what can be done about that.

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BURGLARY from page 1 still limited, said Duke University Police Department’s First Sergeant Griffin. as it is unclear how the burglar entered the room without signs of forced entry given that all doors on Central Campus automatically lock. Griffin noted that, if in fact the door was locked, it is possible that the lock malfunctioned. He added that the students who reported the burglary were asleep in the apartment when the perpetrator broke in. The crime that led to a doubling of security Sept. 2 was an armed robbery of a female student near the 1901 Erwin Road apartments. On July 24, there was an armed robbery reported near the 301 Swift Ave. apartments, and there was also an armed robbery on Central in February—

Duke’s first on-campus armed robbery in more than a year. Sue Wasiolek, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, said the University takes these crimes very seriously and is doing what it can to keep Duke safe. “In spite of these incidents that have occurred, I would still say that Duke is a relatively safe campus,” she said. “The last several incidents on Central Campus have certainly prompted us to increase security and to consider other options that we might have as time goes on.” Wasiolek reminded students to be proactive in keeping themselves and their property safe by locking their doors and not leaving valuable possessions unattended, a message echoed by Dean for Residential Life

TC: Why is basic research important? PM: Without this basic research by the mismatch repair community, when the Lynch syndrome mutations were identified, there would have been no knowledge base on which to speculate about the nature of the cause of that disease. But this is just one example. In my view, the bulk of the major advances in clinical medicine derive from our advances in our basic understanding of biological processes.

TC: How do you think receiving this award is going to affect your career at Duke moving forward? PM: I have no idea. My interests are in experimental research. My lab is quite small now, and this has permitted me to go back and do experiments myself, which I enjoy tremendously. My intent is not to let this impact my ability to get back in the lab. I’d like to get back as soon as possible.

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS October 1

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Drop-In Advising

2:00-4:00pm / The Graduate School 207

Smith Warehouse – Bay 5, 2nd floor (919) 660-1050 • studentaffairs.duke.edu/career

GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP SERIES Mondays, 2:00-3:30pm / Perkins 217 October 19

Resume Workshop

October 26

Cover Letter Workshop

November 2

Job Search Workshop

October 7

November 16

Networking Workshop Interviewing Workshop

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Academic CV & Cover Letter for Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students and Postdocs 3:30-5:00pm / Perkins 217

October 8

Drop-In Advising

2:00-4:00pm / Student Life Conference Room in Bryan Center

October 15

Drop-In Advising

12:00-2:00pm / Center for Sexual and Gnder Diversity Meeting Room

October 21

Academic CV and Cover Letter for Humanities and Social Science PhD’s and Postdocs 3:00-4:30pm / Gross 270

October 22

Drop-In Advising

10:00-12:00pm / The Graduate School 207

October 23

November 9

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Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence: Careers in Foreign Policy and International Diplomacy 11:30-1:00 pm / Social Sciences 311

October 23

Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence with Tonya Armstrong, M.T.S. 03’, Ph.D, Founder, CEO and Mental Health Professional 10:15-11:30 am / Smith Warehouse Classroom 177

October 29

Drop-In Advising 12:00-2:00pm / The Edge

November 5

Drop-In Advising

November 5

Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoc Information Session

November 9

STEM International Faculty in the U.S.

10:00-12:00pm / Flowers Building 201

Register for all events in Duke CareerConnections http://careerconnections.duke.edu

11:00-12:30pm / Perkins 217

3:00-4:30pm / Rubenstein Library 153

November 12

Drop-In Advising

2:00-4:00pm / Griffith Board Room

November 16

Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence: Actuarial Careers–Put Your Business Analysis & Leadership Skills to the Test Campus Talk 6:00-8:30pm / Old Chem 116

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November 17

Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence: Actuarial Careers–Put Your Business Analysis & Leadership Skills to the Test Small Group Discussions 9:30-11:30am / The Career Center, Smith Warehouse Conference Room

November 17

NC Master’s and Ph.D Career Fair 12:00-4:00pm / Friday Center, Chapel Hill

November 19

Drop-In Advising

2:00-4:00pm / The Graduate School 207