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ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 14

In legal limbo Duke’s Dreamers reflect on a year of uncertainty

Story by Matthew Griffin Contributing Reporter

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Beginning a new school year can be filled with anxiety for many, but last year two Duke students also had to grapple with the fear that they might not be allowed to stay in the country. Junior Axel Herrera Ramos and sophomore Salvador Chavero Arellano have protected status through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA is an Obama-era executive order that allows undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain in the United States that came under seige from President Donald Trump last fall. Those with the protected status, also referred to as Dreamers, can apply for forms of identification such as driver’s licenses and social security numbers that are unavailable to undocumented immigrants. “[DACA] was definitely a game changer,” said Arellano, who moved from Mexico to the United States with his family when he was one year old. “I’ve been able to have a social security number, work, pay taxes and just be able to contribute to society.” Herrerra came to the United States from Honduras at the age of seven and received protection under the program in 2014, which allowed him get a driver’s license and work during high school and college.

Herrera had been well aware of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, witnessing firsthand ICE raids on fellow immigrants. “It was definitely a hard day,” Arellano said. “It was just barely two weeks into my freshman year of college; I should be worried about my classes and my schedule and not have to worry about whether I’m going to be allowed to stay in the country or not.” Reality soon set in for Dreamers at Duke and

In September 2017, President Donald Trump rescinded DACA. A year later, the future of the program remains tied up in the courts.

‘A hard day’: Trump rescinds DACA In September 2017, President Donald Trump rescinded Obama’s executive order, which protected around 800,000 Dreamers from deportation at the time. The administration argued that the initial order was unconstitutional and gave Congress until March 5 to pass legislation that would extend protections for Dreamers. Since then, the program has been the subject of a prolonged legislative and legal battle— and is still in limbo. Only current DACA recipients can re-apply for protection at the moment. Neither Herrera nor Arellano was surprised by the Trump administration rescinding DACA. “It wasn’t a moment of shock,” Herrera said. “It was like, shit, this might be happening.”

elsewhere: they would have to fight to protect their right to remain in the United States. Herrera remembered attending a rally in downtown Durham and witnessing fellow Dreamers’ reactions. “There were like three at first, and then the first person went up, the second person went up, and by the end I was the second to last of ten,” he recounted. “There was nothing to lose at that point.” Meanwhile, the Duke administration wasted no time in restating their commitment to protecting the Dreamers who study and work here. “We stated that we were going to do whatever we could through legislative work, through legal work, to make sure sure that [students’ and workers’] rights under DACA were held intact or reinstated,” said Christopher

Simmons, associate vice president in the office of government relations. Simmons noted that Duke pushes for a variety of legislation in Washington, and that immigration is a particularly important part of the University’s agenda. President Vincent Price issued a statement in support of DACA after Trump’s announcement, and administrators met with the school’s Dreamers. The University has also signed amicus briefs in support of DACA recipients at Duke who have lawsuits currently going through the courts. “It was all just to assure us that the University is doing everything it can both here and in D.C.,” Arellano said. Reassurance was not all that Duke had to offer its Dreamers. Two days after the Trump administration’s announcement, a member of university administration called Herrera to offer him funding to travel to Washington and argue in favor of a legislative solution. Herrera took the offer and ran with it Herrera—the co-president of Duke’s Define American chapter, an organization that allows immigrants to share their stories—and 12 other members of the organization traveled to Washington in November 2017 to meet with members of Congress. The group lobbied for the Succeed Act, which would have given DACA recipients conditional permanent residence for five years and a path to citizenship after 15 years. “Frankly, the students telling their stories is probably some of the best stuff that we can do to further our agenda in getting bipartisan legislation,” Simmons said. “When you hear their stories, when you talk to them, I think it’s really hard for people not to want to help them.” So far, the bill has been stalled after it was introduced to the Senate.

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Duke’s endowment grows 12.9 Alum ‘challenges’ percent, climbs to record $8.5 billion Duke at Founder’s Day Convocation

By Bre Bradham Editor-In-Chief

The University’s endowment has reached a new record high after having 12.9 percent returns for fiscal year 2018. Board of Trustees members learned at their September meeting that the endowment has ballooned to $8.5 billion as of June 30. This is the second record-breaking year in a row for the endowment, which grew to $7.9 billion as of June 30, 2017. Jack Bovender, chairman of the Board of Trustees, noted the returns had jumped by six-fold since what was projected a few years ago, when the U.S. economy expected to see two percent returns. “So the economy is obviously doing much, much better,” Bovender said. “Stock prices have gone up significantly. The DOW JONES has gone up significantly, and so has our returns—12.9 percent returns.” The endowment contributed $416 million to Duke’s operating expenses for 2018, with funds going towards financial aid, faculty salaries, athletics and facilities. That’s more than a $100 million drop from the operating expense contributions it provided in 2017, which was $534 million. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, explained there were “some onetime transfers last year to cover specific projects.” The value of Duke’s endowment has nearly doubled in the last nine years. In 2009, it was valued at $4.4 billion and grew to $7.3 billion in 2015, before dipping to $6.8 billion the next year. At $8.5 billion, Duke’s endowment would be on the cusp of breaking into the top-10 largest endowments in the United States based on the 2017 rankings. “The wellbeing of the economy and the wellbeing of the stock market and the other kinds of investment opportunities that we have impinge a lot on what we’re eventually going to be able to do about a lot of the issues, ranging from student housing to science initiatives, going

forward,” Bovender said. “Of course, at some point we’re going to talk about another capital campaign, but that has got to be sized.” Before the campaign can be sized, however, the Advancing Duke Science & Technology Task Force will have to come back with benchmarks about what is needed in its area, Bovender said. “We’re not ready to declare [the campaign] anytime soon,” Bovender said. “It’s going to take some thought, preparation and planning.” The effects of the endowment’s growth will be seen in various areas, the chairman said. Bovender noted financial aid as one beneficiary, as gaps in financial aid funding are filled in by unrestricted funding from the University. “Our purposeful focus on recruiting more first generation students puts a bigger and bigger burden on financial aid,” he said. “We’re committed to doing this, so this becomes an important part of having the resources available to do that.” As for the effects of the increased returns on Duke’s capital projects, Bovender addressed the housing gap. “The Hollows won’t solve the housing problem created by tearing down Central Campus,” Bovender said. “So we’re going to have to do some more construction.” Executive Vice President Tallman Trask has plans for financing the construction, Bovender said. The endowment is overseen by DUMAC, Inc., which is the professional organization that handles the University and health system’s investments. “As we think about some of these things we’re going to need to tackle, DUMAC becomes an increasingly important part in this,” Bovender said. In other business The September meeting was the Board’s first gathering under its new governance structure, which divides the group into task forces and committees. Bovender said the feedback from the trustees on the new structure has been positive so far.

IT’S SO CREAMY

By Jake Satisky University News Editor

At Founder’s Day Convocation, an event designed to commemorate the past, speaker Michael Sorrell paid attention to the future. Sorrell, MPP ‘90 and J.D. ‘94, stressed in his convocation speech that Duke must strive to tackle the major issues facing the world today in order to continue being a leading institution down the road. The president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Sorrell also received the University Distinguished Alumni Award. “Duke, I challenge you to take your time, your talent and your treasure and make this a better world,” he said. Sorrell began his tenure at the historically black college Paul Quinn in 2007. Since then, he has turned around a school on the verge of shutting down—cutting tuition in half, See CONVOCATION on Page 12

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Why did alarms not go off inside during the tornado warning?

By Likhitha Butchireddygari Investigations Editor

For most Duke students hailing from around the United States and the world, a tornado is a foreign entity. But not for sophomore Todd Murphy. Growing up in Texas, Murphy was no stranger to tornado threats. In the past decade, north and central Texas alone has seen more than 240 tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. Murphy himself has been through many tornado warnings, yet the tornado warning at Duke a two weeks ago still took him by surprise. He woke up to his phone’s emergency alert system, he wrote in an email. Murphy and his roommates completely slept through the outside siren. Immediately, he sought more information. “When I turned on the news, the weatherman said there was rotation only two miles away from me, which for a tornado, is very close,” he wrote. For someone who has been through multiple tornado warnings, Murphy wondered why there wasn’t an alarm inside his building. Alarms inside buildings mean evacuation, wrote Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, who is also Duke’s emergency coordinator. “Evacuation is not what we want people doing during tornadoes,” he wrote. At schools Murphy had previously attended, there was a separate building alarm to indicate tornadoes, a system he said Duke should implement to ensure students hear it. “I think Duke, if they don’t have it in their plan already, should implement an indoor warning system,” he wrote. “Because we are living on Duke’s campus, I assume Duke is liable for the well-being and safety of its students. I’d rather have an indoor alarm sound that let me know there is a tornado than sleep through it.” Perhaps one reason Murphy—who lives in a 300 Swift apartment—wasn’t woken up the outdoor siren is because he was just far enough from one of the nine outside warning sirens.

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These sirens are located off West Markham Avenue in an area near the tennis courts and Pegram-Carr parking lot and near Epworth residence hall on East Campus, and the Central Campus sirens are found off Pace Street and Oregon Street and near Anderson Street across from the Duke Gardens. West Campus sirens can be found next to the Allen Building, off Bassett Drive and near the Sanford School of Public Policy, whereas Duke Medicine sirens are behind the North Building parking area and at the corner of Fulton and Elder Streets. For students who may not have heard the outside siren, Cavanaugh explained that Duke has a contingency plan. “During specific events Duke has a multilayered and redundant notification system,” he wrote. “It includes, email, text, social media, digital signs, web sites and, if needed,

sirens. Each of the systems are tested regularly as part of the institutions emergency management system.” Two weeks ago during the tornado warning, the University sent out two Duke alerts—one at 7:37 a.m. that cleared 15 minutes later and one at 8:17 a.m that was canceled about half an hour later. Both Cavanaugh and Murphy said that an immediate notification to the campus was vital. “Tornadoes are fast developing and always changing,” Cavanaugh added. “The immediate need is to get the initial notification out.” Editor’s note: This article is a product of a service run by The Chronicle called Chronquiry. A reader submitted a question, other readers voted on the question and The Chronicle got the answer. If you have a question you would like answered about anything related to Duke, visit dukechronicle.com/page/chronquiry.

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‘The past is about challenges to white supremacy’: Panel discusses Carr By Julianna Rennie Contributing Reporter

Hours after a committee was announced to review the Carr Building’s name, a panel of faculty members and students gathered to discuss the issues behind the name. The Thursday evening panel regarding the Silent Sam statue and Carr Building, panelists from both Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discussed the controversial buildings on their respective campuses. Like Duke, UNC also has a building named after Carr on its campus. “If we just allowed this building in Carr’s name to be simply about representing white supremacy from the past, then that’s the only thing that we remember about the past,” said Laura Edwards, Peabody Family professor of history at Duke. “Actually, the past is about challenges to white supremacy.” William Sturkey, an assistant professor in the history department at UNC, said that he refuses to attend meetings in the building named after Carr on UNC’s campus. “If [Julian Carr] knew that I taught at the University of North Carolina, he would advocate that I was hung from the neck until I was dead,” Sturkey said. “If I walk in the Carr Building, that’s what I think of.” The Confederate monument Silent Sam was toppled by protesters on UNC’s campus in August. Although administrators have not decided what to do with the statue, Sturkey said that Silent Sam is so toxic that it’s hard to imagine a proper place for it on campus. “If they were to erect it at its former site, it would be the single most racially hostile act that an American university has done in the 21st century,” Sturkey said. In the meantime, Duke students and faculty have been reevaluating memorials of white supremacy on their campus. The People’s State of the University included renaming the Carr Building in its manifesto published

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last April. And in August, the history department unanimously voted to propose renaming the building after Raymond Gavins, the first African-American history professor at Duke. Panelist Gunther Peck, an associate professor of history at Duke, said that Gavins is an ideal namesake because he upholds revered values. It would also break the cycle of Duke buildings being auctioned off to donors. Edwards suggested reframing the task of naming to move away from honoring a person. That way, she said, future generations can avoid falling into a trap when the individual’s character is later determined to be morally reprehensible. “We may be expecting too much of people to represent time periods and to become the figures on which we can hang all of our hopes and dreams,” she said. “The Tobacco Workers’ Building, for instance, might actually key us into

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WALLACE WADE WALLOPPING

Duke defense vulnerable, offense unable to make key plays in first loss of the season By Michael Model Sports Editor

After winning its first four games— including victories against Northwestern, Baylor and N.C. Central—Duke found itself in a familiar situation Saturday evening. A year removed from a 31-6 blowout at the hands of then-No. 13 Miami, the Blue Devils suffered a similar fate with an opportunity to advance to 5-0 for the first time since 1994 on the line. Playing in front of its hometown faithful in a primetime matchup, No. 22 Duke fell to Virginia Tech 31-14 Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium. Quarterback 31 Daniel Jones returned VT DUKE 14 for the Blue Devils, but that would not be enough for Duke, which was hurt by numerous miscues and an inexperienced secondary. “It wasn’t a matter of a schematic issue, it wasn’t a matter of our guys—they prepared well,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “It was a night where...they made the plays they had to make and I don’t know if we made any of them.” Duke’s offense struggled to score despite moving the ball down the field with relative ease. The Blue Devils could not capitalize on an unsuccessful fake punt by the Hokies on their opening possession. Jones had a pass batted in the air and intercepted on the ensuing drive, as Duke wasted strong field position. The Blue Devils (4-1, 0-1 in the ACC) took a 7-3 lead towards end of the first quarter on a 23-yard pass to Noah Gray, Jones would finish the game with 226 yards

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The Blue Devils could not come up with the big plays necessary to take down an explosive Virginia Tech offense Saturday. and a touchdown. The Hokies retook the lead for good just minutes later on a 27-yard reception from Kansas-transfer Ryan Willis to Damon Hazleton. Taking over for Josh Jackson—who suffered an injury against Old Dominion last weekend—Willis had arguably the best game of his career, throwing for 332 yards and three touchdowns. The Hokies (3-1, 2-0) would extend the lead to 10 with 11:34 left in the half when tight end Dalton Keene exploded down the Duke sidelines for a 67yard touchdown reception. “It happens, it’s ACC football. People are going to make plays against you and you’re not going to

stop everything,” redshirt junior linebacker Joe Giles-Harris said. “They dialed up the right thing, the guy was open and ran for 70 yards, there was really nobody in sight. We just have to focus on making tackles when we get the opportunities to eliminate touchdowns like that.” The Blue Devils looked to counter on the following possession, but came up empty after kicker Collin Wareham’s 43-yard attempt hooked wide left. Duke had another opportunity later in the quarter on a first down at the Virginia Tech 22, but a five-yard penalty by Helm stalled the Blue Devil drive. Injuries to All-ACC cornerback Mark Gilbert and Michael Carter II—who shined

against Northwestern with a pick-six—were felt throughout the contest. The Blue Devil secondary got beat badly, allowing an average of 19.5 yards per reception to Hokie wideouts. Duke especially struggled defending third-and-long— Virginia Tech converted on three occasions when it needed to gain at least nine yards. “As a defense your job is to stop somebody, and when you don’t it’s a disappointment whether you give up three first downs or seven,” Giles-Harris said “I think the biggest thing is to learn from what we didn’t do today...and get ready to win the next game.” On the other hand, Duke shut down the Virginia Tech ground attack. Running backs Steven Peoples and Deshawn McClease were held to an average of two yards per carry on 40 attempts as defensemen Giles-Harris, Tre Hornbuckle and Trevon McSwain combined for 19 tackles. The Hokies would extend their lead to 21 when Peoples used a six-yard push into the end zone midway through the third quarter. The Blue Devils responded early in the fourth when Deon Jackson leapt over the Hokies goal line defense with 13:47 to go to cut the lead to 24-14, but it would be too little too late for Duke. Following Saturday’s loss, the Blue Devils have a week off before traveling to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech. Duke will hope to avoid the six-game losing streak it had last season after getting off to a 4-0 start. “We’re not going to let that happen. We won’t lose six in a row, we won’t lose five in a row,” Giles-Harris said. “We’re going to come, we’re going to be ready to play and we’re going to do everything in our power to win the rest of our football games.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Irving, Tatum return to the triangle for preseason opener By Hank Tucker Associate Sports Editor

CHAPEL HILL—Seven years after sitting on the bench with a toe injury in March 2011 and watching his Duke team lose to North Carolina, Kyrie Irving played a game at the Dean E. Smith Center for the first time Friday night. Irving and teammate Jayson Tatum both suited up for the Boston Celtics in their NBA preseason opener against the Charlotte Hornets on the Tar Heels’ home floor, combining for 17 points in a 104-97 defeat. Neither played more than 22 minutes with the Celtics rotating 15 players into the game. “It’s great to be here in Chapel Hill playing in the Dean Dome, obviously a lot of history, a lot of guys that have played over here,” Irving said. “A lot of history has come through this part of North Carolina. I’m nothing but appreciative. You’ve got the best player to ever play our game, Michael Jordan.” Even if he didn’t mean it, that may have been a subtle dig at Irving’s former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate LeBron James, who he requested a trade to get away from in the summer of 2017. Irving also revealed that he could have spent much more time in Chapel Hill as a college player.

“When I was in high school, there was a time where me and Coach [Roy] Williams had a talk and there was a possible Harrison Barnes and Kyrie Irving package deal that was going to happen, but it never did, never worked out and I ended up going to Duke,” Irving said. “All things worked out.” While Irving starred in just 11 games at Duke due to his injury, Barnes was a twotime All-ACC selection at North Carolina and jumped to the NBA after his sophomore year. While they were back in the Triangle, Irving and Tatum—who spent the 2016-17 season at Duke before Boston made him the No. 3 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft—had dinner with some of Duke’s players Thursday night, though they said they couldn’t go to practice and the coaching staff was on the road recruiting. “They have a promising team,” Tatum said. “Hopefully they stay healthy and win a championship.” On the court, neither player was particularly sharp Friday, and they combined to go 7-of-21 from the field as the Celtics knocked down just nine of their 47 3-point attempts, with Irving scoring nine points and Tatum adding eight. It was Irving’s first game action since March 11 after a knee surgery cut See CELTICS on Page 9

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Jayson Tatum played at Duke during the 2016-17 season alongside current Blue Devils Jack White, Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden.

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Jones looks sharp in return for Blue Devils By Derek Saul Blue Zone Editor

After a week of rumblings, Duke starting quarterback Daniel Jones miraculously returned to game action on Saturday, necessitating just three weeks of rest for a clavicle injury sustained at Northwestern. Jones’ superhero-like recovery time did not prove to be enough to ignite the Blue Devil offense, which produced just 327 total yards against Virginia Tech in a 31-14 loss. Duke looked flat despite the enthusiasm surrounding the team, snapping its sevengame winning streak. In the first quarter, an offense that was so prolific under Jones to begin the season appeared to be back, especially during the team’s third drive of the contest, a perfectly orchestrated possession of nine plays and 75 yards, resulting in a 23-yard Noah Gray touchdown grab. And yet, after this sequence, the Blue Devils could not piece much together, with their next seven drives all stalling before a score. Jones displayed no apparent signs of a lingering injury, seemingly operating with no limitation with his arms or legs. Facing a solid Hokies’ pass rush, the Charlotte, N.C., native looked mobile, eluding defenders behind the line of scrimmage on numerous occasions. “The doctors saw enough healing that they knew [the clavicle] was strong enough to where it wasn’t going to break in the same place again if it did break,” Jones said. “They were confident that it was strong enough, and that’s why a plate was put in. I felt good and didn’t have any issues.” Although Jones finished with an

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Daniel Jones made his first start since Sept. 8 Saturday, returning from a fractured left collarbone injury. acceptable line of 23-for-35 for 226 yards and a touchdown and interception apiece, missed opportunities plagued Duke throughout the night. Two deep connections with Chris Taylor narrowly missed in the first quarter, and if either were reeled in, Duke would have been in a goal-to-go situation. Squandered chances were not unique to the Blue Devils offense, as the squad’s defense and special teams squandered big play possibilities. A Hokie coughed up the ball inside the Virginia Tech 10-yard line on two occasions, and each time the Blue Devils failed to jump on the ball.

Perhaps the most concerning aspect of Duke’s offense is its third down execution— they converted on just 4-of-16 third down tries. Pathetic performance in these situations afflicted the Blue Devils once again, as the squad entered Saturday night as just No. 97 in the country on third down conversion percentage. “It seemed like every one of them was an unlikely conversion. When you get into thirdand-[long], you want that to be 80 percent in our favor,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We didn’t win many of our battles or pressure the quarterback as much as we

thought we would.” The Duke rushing offense utterly stagnated against Virginia Tech, with the duo of Brittain Brown and Deon Jackson totaling 27 carries for 69 yards. Neither broke off a run of 10 or more yards, and the running game certainly felt the repercussion of the decimation on the offensive line—starting center Zach Harmon and left tackle Christian Harris both sat out against the Hokies. Play calling seemed to be stale and conservative for Duke. Jones took very few shots down the field after the first quarter, and the target breakdown also sparked some confusion. After Gray posted two catches for 38 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter, he inexplicably did not receive another look for the remainder of the game. “They played defense completely differently [than what we expected],” Cutcliffe said. “To their credit, when they felt like we could not run it, they just stayed back and kept everything in front of them. We thought going in that we would throw 10, 15 deep balls, but they didn’t play like what we thought they may play.” With the re-entry of Jones into the starting lineup, his replacement Quentin Harris returns to his seat on the bench. Harris filled in admirably, leading Duke to victories over Baylor and N.C. Central behind seven total touchdowns and no interceptions. The dualthreat option did not factor into the Blue Devils’ game plan in a significant manner, as Harris tallied just a single carry for four yards before leading Duke on its final drive of the game in garbage time. Following a disappointing ACC opener, the Blue Devils will have a bye week before taking on six consecutive conference opponents.

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No. 1 Wake Forest overwhelms Duke defense By Michael Xue Staff Writer

After struggling in the first few games of ACC play, Duke needed everything to fall in its favor Saturday night. In what was arguably the Blue Devils’ toughest matchup of the season, No. 15 Duke fell to top-ranked DUKE 2 Wake Forest 4-2 WAKE 4 Saturday night at W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., after it gave up three goals in the second half. “It was a tough game. They’re a well-drilled machine,” head coach John Kerr told GoDuke. com. “But we had our moments, when we played very well, and then we made some costly mistakes at the wrong times, and they punished us.” Taking down any No. 1-seeded team requires nearly zero margin for error. But the Demon Deacons (10-0-0, 4-0-0 in the ACC) aren’t just any top-seed. With an average margin of victory over two goals, Wake Forest has been smashing opponents through the first stretch of the season. Knowing full well of the offensive power they were up against Saturday

night, the Blue Devils came out of the gates with paramount defensive focus. In the first thirty minutes alone, the Demon Deacons had three corner kicks and four shot opportunities. However, all of them were either blocked or saved by Duke’s strong defensive line. Despite Duke’s remarkable counter to Wake Forest’s gifted offense, it was unable to capitalize for much of the first half—like the Demon Deacons, it too had four shots blocked or saved. Failing to finish and take advantage of offensive opportunities has been the story for the Blue Devils (4-3-1, 1-2-0) for most of September. With the exception of a 3-2 victory against Boston College, Duke’s scoring drought in the month of September included shutout losses to Louisville and Georgetown, and a double-overtime scoreless draw to George Washington, which saw the Blue Devils fail to convert on each of their 29 shots. Duke got on the board first in the 40th minute, when a corner kick by sophomore forward Daniel Wright was headed in at the far post by senior midfielder Ciaran McKenna, his See M. SOCCER on Page 9

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Will Pulisic had the daunting task of stopping an explosive Wake Forest offense Saturday.

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Blue Devils sweep in-state set this weekend By Dilan Trivedi Associate Sports Editor

After playing three top-five teams and nine straight top-25 opponents to start the season, Duke field hockey continued to take advantage of the relative “lull” in its schedule. Following up a 5-2 win against unranked James Madison at home last weekend, the fourthBlue Devils DUKE 3 ranked made short trips within WAKE 2 the state, earning a 3-2 victory against No. 21 DUKE 8 Wake Forest at Kentner APP ST 0 Stadium in WinstonSalem N.C. Friday and an 8-0 dispatching of Appalachian State Sunday in Boone, N.C., at Adcock Field. Duke opened the short road stretch with a slow start, falling behind just 93 seconds into the contest. The Demon Deacons converted the first penalty corner of the contest, with Anne Van Hoof knocking in her sixth goal of the season off a feed from Emily Adamson. However, the Blue Devils were quick to respond, with Margaux Paolino beating her defender and knocking the ball into the back of the cage from 10 yards out to knot the score in the 12th minute. “We just got right back to it, right on it,” head coach Pam Bustin told GoDuke.com. “I am really happy we did score within the next 10 minutes. That was really important. If it had gone on for too long it becomes a little more

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Margaux Paolino scored another goal for the Blue Devils in Friday’s road victory against Wake Forest. desperate, a little more frustrating.” With its nerves settled, Duke (9-3, 2-1 in the ACC) was able to clamp down and control the game for the rest of the half. The Blue Devils held Wake Forest shot-less until about five minutes left in the period, when a kick-save from Sammi Steele—who had three saves on the evening—spurred a fast-break opportunity. Caroline Andretta found Rose Tynan, who knocked in a one-timer from 10 yards away for her eighth goal of the year, giving Duke a 2-1 lead at the break.

“From there, once it was even, we just started playing a really good hockey game against a very good Wake team,” Bustin said. “I am really proud of the way we just kept at it for the full game. We never really let up our mindset and we never let up our desire to finish the game.” However, the break may have stemmed the Blue Devils’ momentum, as the Demon Deacons (6-5, 1-2) responded under three minutes later with Adamson scoring off a cross to tie the game at two apiece. Despite Duke

generating three more shots in the period, play went back-and-forth until Tynan was awarded a penalty stroke opportunity in the 54th minute. Sophomore Lexi Davidson was given the honor and capitalized, scoring her first career goal and notching the decisive score in the Blue Devils 3-2 victory. “I just wanted to score so we could get the lead and get the win,” Davidson said. “It is good to get a win to start off the weekend, especially against a strong team.” With one win under its belt, Duke headed further west into North Carolina to take on Appalachian State (4-8) Sunday afternoon. Unlike Friday’s outing, however, the Blue Devils came out firing, with a dominating wire-to-wire victory that saw the Duke offense shellac the Mountaineers with eight goals while holding them scoreless. The onslaught started just more than five minutes into the contest, with none other than Tynan scoring off a penalty corner. However, the senior would not lead the team in scoring, rather freshman Olivia Sahaydak did. Registering her first career hat trick, the Bethlehem, Penn., native scored in the 34th, 47th and 65th minutes to push her season total up to seven. “Today was a tribute to our depth and the preparation the entire team had,” said Bustin. “We wanted to focus on finishing and creating clear opportunities in our attacking circle, and See FIELD HOCKEY on Page 9

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After winning its first ACC match of the season Friday against Boston College, Duke hoped to keep rolling as it continued conference play Sunday. On the contrary, the Blue Devils suffered their fourth defeat in their last five matches, losing to Syracuse 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 21-25, 17-25) at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke began the match hot, ‘CUSE 3 winning the first set 1 handily and leading DUKE the majority of the second, but the Blue Devils could not hold on. The team’s hitting percentage decreased throughout the match, starting off at .364 in the first set before dropping to .189 in the second and third, and .179 in the finale. “[We’re] really disappointed that we allowed that to happen,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. “Syracuse is a really strong team, but I think we allowed them to do that to us.” Overall, the Blue Devils (7-6, 1-3 in the ACC) posted a hitting percentage of .226, their third-lowest output of the season, but it did not seem like they were struggling in the match’s first few sets. Duke jumped out to a 8-3 lead in the first behind two kills apiece from freshman Ade Owokoniran and junior Samantha Amos. The Blue Devils remained ahead throughout the entire set, winning 25-18.

The second set looked like much of the same, with Duke riding eight Syracuse attack errors to a 17-11 advantage. But slowly, the Orange (8-4, 4-0) began to inch back. Soon enough, a block by redshirt senior Amber Witherspoon and sophomore Ella Saada tied the score at 22, and an electric kill by senior Santita Ebangwese gave Syracuse its first lead of the afternoon at 24-23. A service error by junior Kendra Lukacs knotted the score back up at 24, but kills by sophomore Yulia Yastrub and Ebangwese won the set for the Orange 26-24. “We got too comfortable with our leads,” Blue Devil graduate student Andie Shelton said. “We would have a lead, and then we would get comfortable and they would inch back point by point. And then once they got up to us we kind of got tense.” Duke’s collapse in the second set was repeated nearly identically in the third, as the Blue Devils got out to an early 10-5 lead before four straight kills from freshman Polina Shemanova and Ebangwese put Syracuse within one. The Blue Devils were able to stay ahead until a block by Ebangwese and senior Jalissa Trotter gave the Orange the lead at 20-19. Syracuse eventually won the set 25-21. “We have got to stay more steady throughout the entire match,” Nagel said. “We started out really well and everything, but just little by little some things started to break down and we have got to find a way to not allow that to happen.” The fourth set was dominated by Syracuse, as the Orange bolted out to a 9-2 lead and

never looked back. Duke started to close in late, taking five of six points to pull within 23-17. But Shemanova ended any hopes of a Blue Devil comeback, giving Syracuse the win with a kill and a service ace to end it. Shemanova was dominant all day for the Orange, leading the team with 25 kills. The St. Petersburg, Russia native was named ACC Freshman of the Week last Monday for her performance between Sept.17-23, and could pose a problem for Duke throughout her career. “[Shemanova] is a very talented player and she is a young player, so we’re going to have to deal with her for a few years,” Nagel said. “We definitely need to make sure we are getting the matchups we want out there to try and slow her down a little bit.” The Blue Devils were led by sophomore Payton Schwantz, who posted a double-double

with 11 kills and 10 digs. Owokoniran followed suit with 10 kills of her own, while Shelton totaled seven kills to go along with a teamleading 13 digs and 23 assists. “I was really excited to see our outside hitters were able to do really well today,” Nagel said. “We definitely had a lot more players going in set one than we did by the end of the day, so we want to make sure that we can sustain that.” Duke heads north next weekend, where it’ll face off against Louisville Friday before visiting Notre Dame two days later. The Blue Devils must work on holding their early leads if they wish to snap out of their current slump. “We are really going to focus on being competitive in practice and working on finishing and getting into tight situations and staying calm,” Shelton said. “For future games, we just need to work on being comfortable in uncomfortable situations.”

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his 2017-18 season short. The Celtics are widely regarded as the Eastern Conference favorites this year after James left Cleveland for the Los Angeles Lakers in the West. Without Irving, a five-time All-Star, and Gordon Hayward, who severely broke his ankle in the first quarter of Boston’s first game last season but returned to the court Friday, the Celtics still came one win away from topping the Cavaliers and earning the right to take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. “It’s scary to think about some of the opportunities that we’re going to have going forward,” Irving said. “First things first, we’ve just got to build our stamina and be able to play at a high level consistently.... We’ve got a decent amount of time before the regular season starts, but every day counts.”

second goal of the season for the Blue Devils. It seemed Duke’s game plan was working. But just two minutes later, Wake Forest’s freshman midfielder Isaiah Parente put in a header off a cross from junior Alistair Johnston for his first goal of the season, knotting the match at 1-1. Despite a nearly perfect half played by the Blue Devils, the scoreboard seemingly had nothing to show for it. “It was disappointing because we put some great pressure on them in the first half,” Kerr said. “We forced them to cough up the ball, and we didn’t take advantage of it. Scoring the first goal was great for us, but giving a goal right before halftime really killed our spirits.” Coming out of the locker room, the Demon Deacons had newfound momentum. Turning defense into offense, Wake Forest’s

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Parente found the ball off a Duke corner kick and pushed it up the field to midfielder FROM PAGE 8 Omir Fernandez, who broke away from the defense and maneuvered around the goalkeeper to score in the 53rd minute. Then, we were able to do that. All the underclass in the 66th minute, Wake Forest’s leading attackers did a great job today—Libby scorer, midfielder Bruno Lama, scored off a [Thompson], Leah and Olivia. And I think give-and-go with Logan Gdula to push its our midfield too worked well with them to advantage to 3-1. help create a lot of attacking opportunities.” Despite the two goal gap, the Blue Devils Erin Scherrer chipped in two goals herself, still had some fight. Multiple shots on goal scoring 13 minutes after Tynan and two were fired, but to no avail. Then, in perhaps minutes after the break. Jillian Wogelmuth what may have determined the match, and Andretta rounded out the scoring for midfielder Daniele Proch was called offside in the Blue Devils, scoring within four minutes what would have been a goal off the cross bar of one another, sandwiching Sahaydak’s to put the Blue Devils within one. Coach Kerr final tally. Leah Crouse and Paolino were the stated postgame that the film clearly showed primary distributors, tallying three and two Proch onside, and that the goal would have assists, respectively, as nine different players given Duke momentum and perhaps changed finished with a point. the story of the second half. The offensive fireworks overshadowed Proch—Duke’s leading scorer—was able a strong defensive performance that held to punch in a penalty kick in the 75th minute Appalachian State without a goal and limited to give the Blue Devils their second goal the Mountaineers to just four shots. The Blue and a final chance of staining the Demon Devils warded off five penalty corners in the Deacons perfect record, but a goal by Wake opening half before completely clamping Forest forward Machop Chol five minutes down in the second half. later put the match away. “We just have to continue to be aggressive “[The loss] is frustrating, but we can take and continue to keep our defensive structure a lot out of this game,” Kerr said. “This is the intact,” Bustin. “We were able to make some number one team in the country, away from corrections second half and really keep the home, and our guys played well. We just got to scoresheet clean and not let them into our get back on track; we got a good, young group, circle. It is something we will continue to and I feel there’s more to come for us.” work on and we have to take care of as soon as With half of conference play wrapped up, the game begins.” Duke looks toward the second half of ACC Duke will return home at Jack Katz play with a focus on finishing near the goal and Stadium Friday evening to play No. 15 taking advantage of the offensive opportunities Virginia in another critical ACC contest. The they are given. The Blue Devils will first host Blue Devils will look to exact revenge after a nonconference match against Wofford at 7 losing to the Cavaliers 4-1 on the road last New taking York Times Syndication Corporation p.m. Oct. The 2 before on their next ACC Sales season after just securing the number one 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 opponent, Virginia, Oct. 5. ranking in the country. For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 ForFor Release Thursday, 2018 Release Monday,September October 1,27, 2018

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The good, the bad and the selectives: Last weekend’s parties in review

ooperpalooza. MireGras. Moonstone. Maxwell’s Atlantis. Round Table’s That 70s Party. Their puns are scary, their selectivity is confusing and their commitment to “inclusion” is downright amusing. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the circus that is Duke SLGs. If you’re reading this on a Monday morning, barely able to keep your eyes open, congratulations!

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get here? What should we do? And most importantly, what the hell is going on? Confused? Yeah, so are we. This one’s for you, kids. A good place to begin would be explaining the “open party.” Once in a blue moon, the selective groups on campus decide to feign interest in the lives of the unaffiliated plebeians that scavenge in the muck for social acceptance by throwing what they call an “open party.” These are, in theory, supposed to represent the rare occasion when SLGs throw wide the gates to their luxurious bubble communities and allow the rest of us to enter and gaze with wide eyes at the carefully cultivated families inside. However, the reality is a bit different. It just so happened that this Friday, all the SLGs held their parties on the same night, thus conveniently splitting the burden of interacting with their fellow students. And just like rush, the result is that a hapless first-year couldn’t possibly have enough time to see them all. Call me Robert Mueller, but it smells like collusion to me. And to top it all off, since SLGs aren’t supposed to be serving hard liquor (thanks, Daddy Duke) all these parties are BYOB. Which means that the Class of 2022 pregames hard, packs the C1 tighter than a clown car, and then unloads on West as a tsunami of boozy, bougie teenagers, sweeping away innocent upperclassmen as they cross campus. Yikes. But hey, for all the damage that SLGs do to the Duke social scene, they can’t be all bad, right? I’m an equal opportunity critic, so let’s see if we can’t break down each of these parties, one by one. First up is Cooperpalooza, aka PricePalooza’s obnoxious younger brother. Let’s start with the most obvious question: what the hell is a “palooza” and why is Duke so fond of them? The Urban Dictionary provides a definition: “Palooza. The art of throwing a very drunken extravagant party with a plethora of friends. Whoever is throwing the palooza usually adds their name as a prefix to the word.” Huh. So a palooza is a term used for a party when said party is being thrown by a group of especially self-important people. I guess that explains why they’re so popular with Duke students. As the most selective SLG on campus (fun fact: this is not a compliment) Cooper can sometimes (often) exude a “holier-than-thou” attitude. 5/10 for trying so hard to be genuine that you become fake. 12/10 for DJ Buckmire’s masterful work on the aux. Incredible job, sir. MireGras is up next, featuring the shameless appropriation of a time-honored New Orleans classic. Did they even have beignets? Who knows! The perpetually smoke-shrouded denizens of Mirecourt rented out Devine’s for an evening of debauchery

that (they hoped) would put Fat Tuesday to shame. Unfortunately, renting out a Durham sports bar to host a Mardi Gras party at the end of September is just too many contradictions in one sentence. In the words of one exceptionally drunk first-year I interviewed, the party was “beat as s**t.” Translation: the party was dead. Saving grace? Mirecourt generously covered the Devine’s entrance cost for the first 100 first-years. 7/10 for charity! Moonstone! Not really certain how the name of this party relates to the group, since a moonstone is a sodium potassium aluminium silicate and a brownstone is a Triassic-Jurassic sandstone once commonly used in building materials (thanks Wikipedia!). I guess the kids in Brownstone just really love rocks? It’s cool guys, rocks are cool. Anyways, I have a soft spot for space-themed parties, so even though Moonstone doesn’t really make sense, I dig it. 8/10 for making me remember that time as a kid when I really wanted to be a space archaeologist. The biggest mistake Maxwell made in hosting Atlantis was that they ran with the whole “Lost Continent of Plato’s invention” theme, rather than basing the entire party off the 2001 Disney movie by the same name. That movie was my childhood. In fact, I took a two hour break from writing this column just so I could re-watch the movie. Worth it. But Maxwell must not share my love for old animated movies. Instead, they opted for the classic water-related shenanigans: a kiddie pool with some inflatable animals, some paper-maché jellyfish with streamer tentacles, and lots of glow sticks (because things glow underwater, right, that’s like a thing?). 6/10 for breaking my damn heart. Finally, we arrive at Round Table’s That 70s Party. I will admit, I never really understood my generation’s obsession with throwing parties themed around generations before we were born. Am I supposed to feel nostalgic? Jealous that I didn’t get to participate? Why is this important? Don’t get me wrong, the 70s were pretty cool. The beginning of ABBA, disco music, bell-bottoms, Watergate and the Fall of Saigon are all pretty important. But can we not let the dead rest? The 70s came … and went. Round Table: Breaking up is never easy, I know, but we have to go. Knowing me, knowing you, is this the best you can do? 6.5/10 for resurrecting the ghosts of decades past. Monday Monday is thinking of that scene from T Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” music video, except this time it’s SLGs standing on a mountain of crushed independents, as cool lasers flash and snappy lyrics fly. Housing at Duke may not be inclusive, healthy, fun or equitable, but it sure is dramatic!

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At the Fall Board of Trustees meeting last weekend, the University released its long-awaited endowment figures for the 2018 fiscal year. As reported by DUMAC, the organization tasked with overseeing Duke’s investments, the University’s total endowment now stands at a whopping $8.5 billion, up from last year’s record high of $7.9 billion. Buoyed on by relatively strong growth rates in the private financial sectors— especially the stock market—Duke drew in a 12.9 percent return on its investments, far exceeding the average 8.3 percent gain reported by endowments of all sizes in fiscal 2018 so far. Duke, like most research universities, derives a large part of its annual budget and operating expenses directly from its endowment. Consequently, the financial health of the University, and its operations, is directly correlated with the health of its endowment. When the endowment experienced a nearly 20 percent reduction in market value in fiscal 2009—a casualty of the early Great Recession— Duke cut back on a number of projects, including a plan to renovate Central Campus and plans to expand financial aid. Given the relative financial robustness of our current endowment, it makes sense that we should take advantage of our newly-grown dollars to improve the quality of the University, striving to spend more on the various facets of the Duke experience that seem somewhat lacking. Financial aid represents one such category that could benefit from the injection of our new endowment dollars. Recently, institutions possessing lesser endowments than Duke’s have announced drastic improvements in their financial aid programs. Rice University—with an endowment of less than $6 billion— announced only a few weeks ago that it will begin providing full-tuition scholarships for every student whose families earn less than $130,000 a year. Most of our peer institutions that possess endowments comparable to, or much less than, $8.5 billion—Northwestern, Brown and Vanderbilt to name a few—boast no-loan financial aid policies. Moreover, as reported by

the Chronicle in 2015, Duke’s average cost of $28,058 (at the time) exceeded average costs at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, despite Duke’s endowment far exceeding both peer institutions’ ($3.5 billion and $1.5 billion respectively). Responding to the Chronicle in 2015, Alison Rabil, director of financial aid, noted that “Until we are in a financial position to expand our award parameters, I don’t believe we will be changing our packages or expanding our policies anytime in the near

concerns. To attract the so-called “best” students, universities are spending more and more of their operating costs on gourmet dining, luxury housing and other facets of campus life that do not necessarily contribute to a better academic environment. Massage chairs in Edens, a movie theater in Trinity and a gelato vendor in West Union are nice, but they do not represent the most pressing concerns that Duke faces as a research institution in the 21st century. Funding more tenure-track academic positions, improving graduate student stipends, constructing livable (not necessarily the most luxurious) dorms and improving other more pertinent matters central to the University’s mission should be the focus of our new endowment wealth. Finally, as an institution with an $8.5 billion endowment, we should look closely at our investments and discern whether or not future.” With an $8.5 billion endowment, is it finally time to use they truly align with the mission statement of Duke University. our financial position to expand our award parameters? Last year, via the infamous Paradise Papers, it came to light that In the ever-growing college admissions arms race, there has Duke possessed a number of investments in Ferrous Resources, been a growing trend in higher education toward improving an iron mining company in Brazil with a somewhat problematic campus amenities at the expense of more important academic environmental record. Given the opacity and size of the university’s many investments, it is perhaps impossible to determine if every facet of Duke’s multi-billion endowment has been invested in a socially responsible manner. However, Duke’s status as an international, non-profit research university dedicated to “Knowledge in the Service in Society,” should deter us from investing in explicitly problematic industries and areas of the world. Duke’s successful divestment from Apartheid-era South Africa in 1986 and Sudan in 2008 should act as models of socially responsible investing for the University moving forward into the 21st century. $8.5 billion should not just represent some abstract measurement of institutional worth for us in the Duke community. More than just an arbitrary mathematical variable in the many college rankings Duke is a part of, our endowment has the ability to directly improve our quality of education and life as students and community members at a major research university. Financial aid, socially responsible investing (and divesting) and other important areas of the institutional infrastructure would benefit greatly from the Graphic by Jeremy Chen | Graphic Design Editor infusion of our new endowment wealth.

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’m having one of those weeks. Four midterms, classes as usual, club meetings, this column to write and the pressures of finding a summer internship looming annoyingly in the backdrop of all my thoughts. (Seriously though, people, stop talking about your LinkedIn while I am trying to grind on second floor Perk. It’s distracting, first of all. Besides, those cubicles are supposed to be my safe space. Read: quiet). It’s been one of those weeks where sleep is just not a priority and, if coffee could be measured in pages, the amount of caffeine

Carley Lerner COLUMNIST consumed would equal the length of all seven Harry Potter books, including that weird spin-off play. Ah, books. I vaguely remember when I had time to read those. Actually, my roommate is in Pratt and finds time to read Jane Eyre every night before she goes to bed, promptly before the stroke of midnight, so if any of you are keeping score of who is winning Duke, it’s her. As I was saying, this week has been hectic. I’ve barely had time to shower (don’t worry, I’ve managed to fit it in), let alone be social. Most of my interactions have been during rushed meals, rides to class and sporadic whispers around the barriers of Perkins’ cubicles. I’m busy, my friends are busy, and there is a general consensus on Duke’s campus

that we can talk when the tides shift and the forceful waves of midterms season creep back towards the sea. Yet, as Thursday rolled around and conversations about midterm stress melted into the predictable, “are you going out tonight?” I found myself dejectedly shaking my head and listing the remaining exams that sat on the horizon of this week. There’s a certain pressure on Duke’s campus to do it all. It’s a wild expectation that students can regularly sleep eight hours, dedicate the daylight to classes, homework, exercise, clubs and studying, and then have fun with friends at night. This idealization, though extremely appealing, is precisely that: an idealization. In reality, students are constantly making choices: should I go to sleep now or apply to one more club? Should I get dinner with my friends or take out to the library? If I go out tonight, will I be too tired to work tomorrow? This is not to say that we can never have it all. There are many weeks where I find myself admiring the success of my acrobatic performance as I carefully tiptoe along the thin line of social yet studious. Often, however, we are faced with the choice between studying or missing out. Especially in this age of social media, which has constructed the notion of FOMO (fear of missing out), the decision to stay in and study instead of have fun with friends can feel like one of great magnitude. Allow me to paint a picture for you: As the sun plummets from its throne in the sky and darkness diffuses through the world, the quiet conversations that had once filled the library and helped delay our

mountains of work slowly taper off. Many students leave—for dinner, Netflix-binges or a night out—and all that remains is the quiet clatter of computer keyboards under panels of fluorescent lights. It’s 9 p.m. on a Thursday and Snapchat and Instagram begin to electrify with photos and videos, evidence of students rewarding themselves with some relaxation after a long week of working. I know first-hand how distracting this can be. We see our friends smiling widely on social media, hugging and laughing, making what appears to be unforgettable memories. Our minds itch to know the joke that had made everyone laugh in that Snapchat story, our bodies long to dance alongside our friends or to sink into our beds and watch a mindless movie. The work sitting transfixed before our eyes seems increasingly insurmountable. We become painfully aware of the long and boring night that lies ahead. As we try, and fail, to ignore our phones and forget the activity happening outside the walls of the library, a single question burns in our thoughts: how will I ever get anything done tonight? The truth is that I don’t have the antidote for FOMO. There’s no blueprint that maps out how to enjoy late-night study sessions or to not wish you could accompany your friends on an exciting end-of-the-week adventure. However, my experience—both inside of the library, where I stir in my seat and yearn to be anywhere else, and out—is that you are not alone in this feeling. At Duke, we are all tasked with finding a healthy balance between school and play, and it is widely understood that we cannot take four

nights off from studying each week. We are lucky to live in a place where students have the option and the outlets to unwind, but we are also lucky to be surrounded by people who can sympathize when we are having one of those weeks. In reality, the nights that appear so unforgettable online, that linger in the forefront of our minds and torment our attempts to prioritize academics, are just regular nights. Social media has the uncanny ability to augment the importance of an event, to gloss a scene with the perfect filter and to make us feel as though we have deeply erred by staying in. It is in these moments, however, when we are scrolling through our Instagram feeds with regret ebbing unrelentingly in our minds, that we must remember these events are not everything. There will always be more events to attend, more adventures to have. Some of the best memories are made at 12:45 a.m., sprinting from Perkins Library to the Bryan Center garage with your friend in the torrential rain, splashing through puddles in flip-flops and sporting plastic umbrella covers as rain gear. The best friends are the ones who come home at the end of a seemingly legendary night and tell you that you didn’t miss anything. Listen to them. Be confident in your decision to stay in and work, because only you can determine what is right for you. And, when you are just having one of those weeks, don’t let the façade of social media distract you from important priorities. Carley Lerner is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs on alternate Mondays.

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decision is right, “the legal footing for the executive branch to reverse policies has been there for a long time.” Arellano is similarly nervous about the court’s FROM PAGE 1 decision. The Battle in the Courts “We’ll probably lose, due to the political and ideological Despite a number of proposed legislative solutions, no bill makeup of the Supreme Court currently,” he said. “Our only could garner bipartisan support last year. As 2018 began, the hope is for Congress to act and grant us status.” March 5 deadline loomed large in the minds of Dreamers and Arellano added that Define American has focused on legislators alike. other efforts while the legal battle continues. At the last minute, help for Dreamers came from the courts. These include working with sanctuary churches, In January, the U.S. District Court for the Northern people in detention centers and children who came to District of California issued a ruling that halted the end the United States as refugees. of DACA and allowed Dreamers to apply for an extension According to the Duke Student Affairs website, “Duke of their protected status. In February, the U.S. District is firmly committed to protecting the right of all students Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a to learn and discover, regardless of their background or similar ruling. immigration status.” Now, DACA could end up before the Supreme Court, Duke provides regular levels of financial aid for potentially reshaping immigration policy and executive power undocumented undergraduate students with demonstrated alike. The potential confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh need, a policy that went into effect in Fall 2017. could impact the court’s decision. Herrera said that Define American is ready to “Kavanaugh believes in an extensive executive branch, continue its fight for immigrants’ rights at Duke and which would by and large support the way Trump has sought across the country. to redirect immigration policy,” said Gunther Peck, associate “If it doesn’t change, [it’s] just more mobilization, more professor of history. organizing, more calling out the lack of information that Peck added that, although it does not mean that any given exists,” he said.

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poverty, reform the justice system and increase opportunities for all people. FROM PAGE 2 “Whose version of great shall we be?” he asked. “Will we stand up to defeat the issues of converting the football field into a campus our day?” farm, connecting Duke alumni in Dallas The University Medal was awarded with students and creating an institution to Thomas Gorrie, trustee emeritus, and dedicated to lifting students out of poverty. Sally Robinson, Woman’s College ‘55 and Fortune named him one of ‘The World’s 50 trustee emerita. Karin Shapiro, an associate Greatest Leaders’ for his work. professor of the practice in African and In his speech, Sorrell compared greatness African American Studies, received the in Isaiah 58:10-12—“spend yourself on Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of Teaching Award. the oppressed”—to greatness as defined by After Sorrell’s speech, President Vincent the college rankings, which measure number Price presented awards to Sorrell, Gorrie, of amenities, quality of faculty and school Robinson and Shapiro. resources. He implored Duke and its students Gorrie worked at Johnson & Johnson for to be great in the Isaiah sense and work to end 35 years and has served on many Duke boards

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CARR FROM PAGE 4 the different kinds of dynamics from that time period.” Christine Kinyua, a senior on the panel who works on a Bass Connections team to evaluate the significance of memorialization at Duke, asserted that people should not prioritize choosing a name that is timeless. “I come from a culture which, 150 years ago, had nothing recorded,” said Kinyua, an international student from Kenya. “Information was passed through stories and narratives, and the memory of people was based on what we chose to value.” Whether the building is renamed or not, panelists emphasized the importance of contextualizing Duke’s history around campus both in the classroom and through physical exhibits. Ruebe Holmes, a former student of Gavins who currently works as a staff assistant for undergraduate studies in the history department, emphasized that the administration at Duke must understand the emotional violence that she and other students have endured because of memorials to racism on campus. “I have to work in this building every single day,” she said. “The labor that we do today is for future students…so that they know when they come to this campus that they are loved and supported.”

since the 1980s, in addition to advising Duke presidents and provosts. Despite not attending Duke, he was a member of the Board of Trustees, Duke Kunshan University Advisory Board, Duke Health Board of Visitors and the Health System Board of Directors. “Though he’s not a Duke graduate, Thomas has been so active on this campus that everyone assumes he went here,” Price said in his remarks about Gorrie. Robinson, the other University Medal recipient, also served on the Board of Trustees, chairing the Student Affairs Committee for five years. She has been involved in leadership at Duke since she was president of her sophomore class at the Woman’s College. Recently, she helped increase availability of financial aid by co-chairing the Financial Aid

Initiative Committee, and she also served on Price’s Commission on Memory and History. Price described the medal as Duke’s way of ensuring Robinson’s “love affair” with the University isn’t “one-sided.” Unlike the other awards, the Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award is nominated by students and selected by a student committee. Shapiro’s students praised her classroom as “a rich soil to create new ideas” and an “open atmosphere.” Her classes focus on race and social justice in the American South and South Africa, where she grew up. Since coming to Duke in 1998, she has established herself as a respected author and teacher. Shapiro has also directed two documentaries about South Africa and one about the Fulbright Program.

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