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Construction disturbs East Campus students Not concerned: Students grow used to alarms in West Union Rick Mortenson The Chronicle

for her because construction workers are always working right outside her room and can sometimes see inside it. Bell Tower students also noted that the dorm construction has disturbed their studying habits, with distracting noises throughout the day instead of just in the morning. Joe Gonzalez, dean for residential life, explained that the most common complaint received from construction projects centers around the back-up alarms made when construction equipment moves

Imagine you’re about to dig into a nice piece of fried chicken at West Union when all of a sudden you hear sirens resonating throughout the dining hall. For many students, this might be a matter of remembering rather than imagining— if you’ve eaten at West Union, you’ve likely experienced that situation in the past two months. Since opening in August, the fire alarms in West Union have gone off frequently and not as a result of planned drills or actual fire hazards. In the first 60 days of class, the alarms have been set off between 15 and 20 times, said Rick Johnson, associate vice president of student affairs for Housing, Dining and Residence Life. Many of the restaurants in West Union, such as Ginger + Soy and Tandoor dining stations, generate a considerable amount of smoke, Johnson noted. “The design team placed smoke detectors in areas where they were not required and

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Jeremy Chen | The Chronicle The new dorm will be located near Bell Tower and Southgate residence halls and is scheduled to be completed by January 2018.

Lexi Kadis The Chronicle Each morning, some students on East Campus wake up not to the sound of their alarms but the rumble of construction. Construction began in August for a new dorm near the Bell Tower and Southgate residence halls on East Campus, which is expected to house roughly 250 students and will replace the current East, Jarvis and Epworth dorms. According to administrators, the new dorm will be completed by January 2018. However, students shared that the

construction has impacted their daily lives. First-year Daniel Castro, a Bell Tower resident, described the construction as annoying and inconvenient. “I’ve been woken up a few times by some of the construction noise,” he said. “When they’re drilling, you can tell they’re drilling, cause it’s like boom, boom, boom.” Some also noted that they can feel the ground shake from the drilling. “Our room was shaking, like vibrating,” said first-year Allison McHorse, who lives in Bell Tower. “It was annoying. You could feel the vibrations.” She said that the lack of privacy is a concern

Freshman duo dazzles at Countdown to Craziness Brian Pollack The Chronicle The Blue Devils took the court in front of a packed crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday night at their annual Countdown to Craziness event. The intra-squad scrimmage featured one 20-minute half, broken up by four media timeouts. The White Team, which started Matt Jones, Luke Kennard, Jayson Tatum, Amile Jefferson and Chase Jeter, pulled off a 52-37 win against the the Blue Team, which featured Grayson Allen, Frank Jackson, Javin DeLaurier, Jack White and Marques Bolden. Here are some major takeaways from the action, with Duke’s first exhibition game against Virginia State less than a week away: Point guard rotation The question of who will play point guard for the Blue Devils is one of the most important as the regular season nears.

Freshman Frank Jackson and junior Matt Jones handled most of those duties Saturday night—with Grayson Allen taking the ball up a bit as well—as each started on opposite teams and guarded each other. “We got a couple [point guards]. All the guys are so versatile and can play many positions. I have confidence in a lot of guys who can handle the ball,” Jackson said. “I [need to work on] still being more of a point guard—distributing, talking more, being vocal all the time. Just kind of embracing that point guard role.” Jackson impressed with a quick first step off the dribble and a nice crossover, but was a bit careless with the ball, losing it to pressure from opposing defenders on multiple occasions. His ability to blow past defenders and create shots for himself and others, however, was one of the most impressive aspects of the scrimmage and a reason he is classified as more of a combo guard than

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Virtual reality room allows A starry night: Duke Teaching students to escape real world Observatory hosts open houses Samantha Neal The Chronicle Students visiting the Edens gaming suite will now be able to immerse themselves in video games—literally. A new virtual reality room recently debuted in the Edens game room—also known as The Bolt—allows students to play any of the 50 games currently programmed on the system. The system was built by Mark-Everett McGill, a senior analyst in the Office of Information Technology, in approximately eight months. “We wanted to bring something that was rather unique to our residential areas,” said Joe Gonzalez, dean for

residential life. “The whole purpose of The Bolt was to bring something new and fun to student life, and that certainly seems to have been a very big success. My hope is that the same thing happens to the virtual reality space.” Rick Johnson, associate vice president of student affairs for Housing, Dining and Residence Life, wrote in an email that the virtual reality room was always slated to be a part of the gaming suite. However, delays with the vendor caused the room to be opened this year instead of during the Bolt’s grand opening last Fall on the second floor of Edens 1C. See VIRTUAL REALITY on Page 12

Jim Liu | The Chronicle The virtual reality room includes 50 games that are programmed on the system, which took about eight months to build.

Dean’s awarD for InclusIve excellence In GraDuate eDucatIon

ominate a Duke department, program, or interdisciplinary initiative that has demonstrated a commitment to creating an environment of inclusive excellence within the Duke University Graduate School. Inclusive excellence is reflected not only in student or faculty demographics, but also in the departmental program and climate; curriculum; intellectual discourse; and the recruitment, retention, and graduation of individuals underrepresented in the discipline, field, or area.

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Annie Yang The Chronicle Just 20 minutes off West Campus lies a forest clearing and an open sky filled with hundreds of stars for those visiting the Duke Observatory to explore. Founded in 2002 by the Physics Department, the Duke Teaching Observatory provides students enrolled in “Introduction to Astronomy,” as well as the general public, with their own stargazing experiences. Three Meade LX200 GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes make up the Duke Observatory, said Lab Manager Yuriy Bomze, and two other identical telescopes are located in the Physics Building on West Campus. “If some major astronomical event like meteor showers or lunar eclipses occur, we try to do special open house for those events,” Bomze said. Bomze, who currently runs the observatory’s open houses, said that students are first taught how to operate the telescopes in the Physics Building before moving to the observatory. There, they conduct solar and stellar observations, he said. The equipment is outfitted with GPS and navigation systems, databases with multiple star catalogues and remote controls. However, Bomze noted that the telescopes are more than 10 years old and that the interface is somewhat outdated. So he aligns and calibrates the telescope towards specific astronomical objects before participants can use them. About 10 people were treated Friday

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Visitors to the Duke Teaching Observatory can view meteor showers and lunar eclipses with telescopes.

to a special viewing—Mars and Uranus as well as the Cat’s Eye Nebula, a binary star system in which two pairs of stars are orbiting each other. There was no moon Friday night, which made it easier to discern objects with the naked eye. Even the Milky Way was faintly visible. Attendance varies at open house events, Bomze noted. Usually 20 people in total come and go during the twohour duration of the open house, but sometimes 30 to 40 people—including infants and the elderly—attend. The event is advertised by the Physics Department, See STARRY NIGHT on Page 12

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New infrastructure coming to RDU, but not without criticism a connection. But now that there is a direct flight it is easy for me to tell them, ‘Just take this flight and I’ll be right there to pick you up at the airport.’” The increased emphasis on international connectivity is not limited to Europe. RDU hopes to add a nonstop flight to Asia at some point in the future, Schoenfeld noted.

Bre Bradham The Chronicle The new plan for the long-term expansion of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport has been announced, to some criticism. This Thursday, the Airport Authority Board unanimously approved Vision 2040—a long-term expansion plan focusing on RDU’s terminals, airfield, ground transportation and general aviation. The plan, which aims to guide the airport for the next 25 years, includes a new runway and 23 new terminal gates. However, local opposition groups have raised concerns about the funding of the new developments. One of Duke’s own—Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations—serves on the Master Plan Advisory Committee. “Duke generates a tremendous amount of passenger traffic for RDU, between our students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, patients and visitors,” Schoenfeld, who is also the air service vice chair for the Regional Transportation Alliance, explained. “The RDU leadership has been a great partner with us.” The long term expansion plan was announced after 18 months of planning and more than 1,000 public comments were taken into account in a series of public workshops, according to a press release. Vision 2040 will incrementally introduce the changes during the next 25 years. “Vision 2040 is an ambitious plan that ensures that RDU will continue to meet the aviation needs of our growing and thriving region,” said Michael Landguth, president and CEO of the RDU Airport

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The long-term expansion plan for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport features the creation of a new runway and 23 new terminal gates.

Authority, in the release. Due to Vision 2040, the airport’s longest primary runway—which is nearing the end of its functional life—will be replaced with a new one close to its current location. Doing so allows the airport to make room for expanding terminals, according to the press release. As for ground transportation, Vision 2040 includes a consolidated rental car facility, new parking facilities and additional parking space on top of the ground transportation structure. RDU has also been expanding its international presence lately. “One of our priorities has been to increase direct, nonstop international service from RDU, and the addition of a nonstop Delta

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flight to Paris, along with the longstanding nonstop American flight to London, has been a great advance for the region,” Schoenfeld wrote. “That makes RDU the only non-hub airport to have nonstop transatlantic service on two different airlines, which makes the region, and thus Duke, more accessible for international students and faculty.” Karine Provot, a lecturing fellow in the romance studies department, said she would drive to Charlotte to take a direct flight to France during the summer before the direct flight to Paris was introduced. “I think it’s probably going to make it easier, not just for me to go to France, but for some of my family in France to come visit me,” she said. “They don’t speak English, so it was a concern when you had

Developing the land Vision 2040 has not gone without criticism, however. An aspect of the plan that has drawn the ire of local opposition groups is how the airport intends to fund the construction—by developing Lake Crabtree Park and creating a rock quarry in the land bordering William B. Umstead State Park. Natalie Lew, a resident of the Triangle region since 1980, is a member of A Better Vision RDU, one of the groups that is urging the airport’s board to consider different funding. “I come at this from all angles. I own some land on the other side of Umstead State Park, and I’m also a frequent business traveler,” she said. “I’ve seen how that park has grown and all of the effort we put into building it and the volume of use it gets. It’s an important feature for our area, and we need to step up efforts to save it.” Several groups—including Triangle OffRoad Cyclists, the Umstead Coalition and A Better Vision—have suggested turning the areas into outdoor commercial trail centers that the airport could profit from without developing the land. “We do not oppose the airport’s master plan Vision 2040,” David Anderson, a member of TORC, said. “What we do oppose is a portion of it where they are monetizing the land to pay for it.”

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‘America’s best days are still ahead’: Hillary Clinton visits Raleigh Henry Chan The Chronicle Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton campaigned in Raleigh with the Mothers of the Movement Sunday to reinforce her core policy messages and encourage early voting. Clinton spoke at a campaign rally at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh as part of her ongoing tour of battleground states. As Republican nominee Donald Trump did in his recent remarks at Gettysburg, she offered a plea to “heal the divides in our country.” But Clinton’s speech focused more on policy initiatives dealing with the economy, infrastructure, energy and education. “I think a lot of women in the audience will appreciate this: we are list-makers. I make those lists,” Clinton said. “We’re going Bre Bradham | The Chronicle to make the economy work for everyone and not just those at the Clinton appeared with the Mothers of the Movement at a rally top. That’s on the list.” The bulk of Clinton’s speech focused on economic hosted by St. Augustine’s University Sunday afternoon.

development, with an emphasis on job creation and the middle class. Unlike Trump’s policy, which she described as “trickledown economics on steroids,” she said her plan is to build the economy “from the middle out and from the ground up.” For example, she highlighted her infrastructure policy of building half a billion solar panels in the next four years and offering a three-month moratorium on repaying student loans. She touched on a variety of growth areas such as advanced manufacturing, small businesses, clean energy and internet access. Overall, she had an optimistic outlook on America’s economic growth. “America’s best days are still ahead of us,” Clinton said. “I don’t recognize the country [Trump’s] talking about.” Noting her surroundings, Clinton pledged to create a $25 billion dollar fund aimed specifically at supporting historically black colleges and universities such as St. Augustine’s University. This is part of her larger focus on affordable education that stretches from kindergarten to higher education, she said. She linked St. Augustine’s to Mothers of the Movement, which is a group of mothers whose children have been killed by gun violence. Clinton was introduced by Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; and Lucia McBath, mother of Jordan Davis. Martin was killed in 2012 by George Zimmerman in Florida, Garner was killed in 2014 after being choked by a New York Police Department Officer and Davis was killed in 2013 after a dispute about loud music. Referring to the Mothers of the Movement, Clinton vowed to “take on systemic racism and “heal the divides of the country.” However, she did not give substantive plans to tackle issues of policing and the criminal justice system, only noting that America is safer “when everyone respects the police and the police respect everyone.” Clinton also framed voting as a way of standing up for values and rights. “If we don’t stand up for everyone’s rights, we cede the ground to those who would go after everybody’s rights,” Clinton said. She noted that more than 200 million Americans have already registered to vote, a historical record and 50 million more than in 2008. She added that it is likely that more North Carolinians will vote in this election than ever before. Clinton also voiced her support for Roy Cooper, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, in particular for his stance on repealing the controversial House Bill 2—which requires people to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. As for Deborah Ross, Democratic senatorial candidate, Clinton praised her work on guaranteeing equal pay for women. She also attacked incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr for being “afraid to stand up against Donald Trump.” In her speech, Clinton mostly prioritized discussing policy initiatives instead of criticizing Trump. However, she singled out Trump’s recent refusal to categorically say he would accept the results of the election, saying it was unprecedented and a threat to democracy. “The peaceful transfer of power is one of things that makes America America. And frankly, it is one of things that makes America already great,” Clinton said. Carisma Graham, a St. Augustine’s University senior, said the speech confirmed what was known about Clinton’s policy agenda and was focused on reassuring voters. Maria Ortuzar, who works in the Research Triangle, noted that most of Clinton’s points were already covered in the debates. Prior to the event at St. Augustine’s, Clinton spoke at the Union Baptist Church in Durham. This was Clinton’s second visit to Raleigh in recent weeks. Other speakers at the event included St. Augustine’s University President Everett Ward, North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, state senator Dan Blue III and congressman David Price.

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Amile Jefferson makes long-anticipated return at Countdown to Craziness Hank Tucker The Chronicle The silence was unsettling for the normally festive Countdown to Craziness Saturday night, but the crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium had cause for concern late in the intra-squad scrimmage. Graduate student Amile Jefferson— playing for the first time in more than 10 months after missing most of last season with a fractured foot—was on the ground again after an awkward fall right in front of the Cameron Crazies. Nobody was more concerned than Grayson Allen, who dove into Jefferson’s left knee while trying to get a hand on an outlet pass near midcourt with less than four minutes remaining. Allen deflected the ball out of bounds, but caused his fellow captain to twist, fall backwards and lose his left shoe in the process. “It was a hustle play. That’s what we do at Duke,” Jefferson said. “I’m fortunate enough to have a player like that on my team and to go to war with him every game.” Allen struggled for most of the scrimmage and went scoreless for the first 12 minutes, but had started to find his rhythm after a pull-up 3-pointer seconds before the near-disastrous play. The game situation was the last thing on Allen’s mind at the moment of impact with Jefferson, though. The junior guard immediately grabbed Jefferson’s leg and crouched beside his teammate with a pained expression on his face. Allen put his head on Jefferson’s shoulder and his arms around his teammate, hoping that he had not sidelined one of his own with the type of aggressive play that endears him to Duke fans and villainizes him in the eyes of everyone else. “I saw him laying down and started praying, and he looked at me and said, ‘Don’t worry, I was just scared. I’m not hurt.’ I was like, ‘Oh, thank god,’” Allen said. “Especially with what he went through

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Jefferson played 19 of 20 minutes during Saturday’s scrimmage despite a scary fall and finished with seven points and five assists.

last year, I kind of stopped breathing for a little bit on that play.” But after less than a minute on the ground, Jefferson was helped up by Allen, letting the crowd take a collective deep breath. Jefferson stayed in the game to knock down both of his free throws before going to the bench for the first time to share a laugh with associate head coach Jeff Capel and head coach Mike Krzyzewski. “I knew he wasn’t hurt. I thought he was scared,” Krzyzewski said. “Grayson was angry because they were losing. They were getting their butts beat really good…. He tried to make a good play.” The 6-foot-9 power forward soon returned to the floor for the last couple minutes of his team’s 52-37 win and played 19 of the 20 minutes in the scrimmage, scoring seven points and dishing out a

Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Saturday’s scrimmage began with the usual exciting player introductions, including a few surprises from sophomore Chase Jeter and freshman Frank Jackson.

team-leading five assists. Jefferson’s first points came on a low-post up-and-under move early in the scrimmage, but he soon began to showcase the perimeter skills he worked on for much of the summer. After catching the ball near the left elbow midway through the contest, Jefferson did not hesitate before knocking down a midrange jumper. He also spent much of the night as a facilitator on the wing, creating shots for his teammates. “I’m doing everything I can to make sure our team is winning,” Jefferson said. “The biggest thing I have to do is talk and lead.” Duke has several talented newcomers—freshmen scored nearly half of the points in the scrimmage, and freshman Jayson Tatum led the White team with 18. But along with co-captain

Matt Jones, Jefferson was an unsung star and a calming presence on the floor for the winning squad, which recorded a combined 12 assists and committed just five turnovers. Jefferson averaged a double-double in just nine games last year in what he expected to be his final season at Duke, but he will once again be a key piece for the Blue Devils on both ends of the floor after successfully applying for a medical redshirt in the offseason. Fortunately for the Blue Devils, he dodged a bullet Saturday and appears to be fully healthy heading into the season. “To be back out there on that court was an unbelievable feeling,” Jefferson said. “For me to be back with this group is truly special. [The injury] was a blessing in disguise, and now I’m just trying to seize the moment.”

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Grayson Allen struggled during the scrimmage, finishing with 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting, four assists and four turnovers.

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Duke routs UNC to win first ACC regular season title Alex Sanfilippo The Chronicle In its first matchup of the season against North Carolina, Duke entered halftime with a 1-0 lead before a threegoal barrage in the second half carried the Tar Heels to a 3-2 victory. This time around, the Blue Devils did not just hold onto a first-half lead—they added to it. No. 2 Duke captured its first ACC regular season title in program history with a 3-0 win against No. 4 North Carolina Saturday afternoon at Jack Katz Stadium. The Blue Devils’ victory against the Tar Heels was their first since 2013 and only their second in the last 17 contests with their Tobacco Road rival. “It’s unbelievable,” senior forward Heather Morris said. “We knew how important this game was and we actually did consider that we’ve only beaten them twice in the last however many years, so we decided that we weren’t going to play it as a rival game. Instead, we treated it as a game where we needed a regional win, an ACC win, and a big showing overall.” Duke (14-2, 5-1 in the ACC) used two first-half goals and a sharp performance from redshirt freshman Sammi Steele in net to come away with the win. Although North Carolina (12-4, 3-3) had eight shots on goal, the Blue Devils were more opportunistic and capitalized on

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle The Blue Devils knocked off North Carolina for the first time since September 2013 to make program history Saturday.

their nine attempts on cage to topple the Tar Heels. After both sides attacked passing lanes early and had trouble finding shots on target through the first 20 minutes of the game, Duke turned the momentum in its favor toward the end of the first half. On the team’s second penalty corner of the afternoon, freshman Margaux

Paolino set up junior back Alyssa Chillano for a shot from the top of the box. As the ball traveled off Chillano’s stick, a redirect from senior Robin Blazing found the back of the net and gave the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead. But Duke was not finished yet. With time running down in the first half and the Tar Heels applying consistent pressure on the Blue Devils’

back line, junior forward Ashley Kristen scored their second goal in the 34th minute. Sophomore Morgan Bitting received a pass at the top of the circle from the far left corner before finding Kristen on the right post for an easy tap-in and the junior’s sixth goal of the year. After allowing North Carolina to rally in the teams’ earlier matchup this season, Duke head coach Pam Bustin’s team knew the importance of playing strong defense for a full 70 minutes against a Tar Heel team averaging close to 3.5 goals per game. “We stayed on task defensively,” Bustin said. “If you don’t go off task too often during the game then you don’t lose control in bigger moments at the end. Because we were able to keep on task throughout the game, when those extra pushes by North Carolina happened, we were able to sustain and shut them down.” The Blue Devil back line got a lot of help from Steele, who recorded eight saves en route to her third shutout of the year. The goalie stood tall against a relentless North Carolina attack and made critical saves throughout the second half as the Tar Heels tried to rally once again. Only eight minutes after halftime, graduate student Aisling Naughton extended the Duke lead when she See FIELD HOCKEY on Page 8

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After a heart-wrenching 1-0 loss at No. 9 Florida State Thursday, Duke was again on the road Sunday looking to get back on track for the season’s home stretch. Thanks to two goals in the first 10 minutes, the Blue Devils got the bad taste out of their mouths in a flash and are now just one win away from the ACC regularseason title. No. 4 Duke bested Pittsburgh 2-0 at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Pittsburgh, going up early on goals by senior Toni Payne and freshman DUKE 2 Ella Stevens and the 0 controlling PITT tempo the rest of the way. The steady performance marked the Blue Devils’ ninth shutout of the year and fourth win in five ACC road games, setting up a home contest in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament next Sunday. “Our girls were really hungry to get back on the field,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “We created a lot of shots, created a lot of opportunities and had the ball for the most part. It wasn’t very dangerous. It was a good, solid win.” In just the fourth minute, a number of passes in the midfield set up senior Christina Gibbons about 40 yards away from the goal. The All-American turned away from her defender with her first touch on the ball, dribbled toward the goal and set up Payne

at the top of the box. Payne then finished with a strike into the top right corner of the frame, just out of the reach of senior goalkeeper Taylor Francis. Gibbons may have suffered a confidence hit after missing from point-blank range against the Seminoles off a late penalty kick, but when it came to playmaking Sunday, she looked just as dynamic as ever. The co-captain now has a team-high eight assists on the season, playing a fluid role primarily as a defensive midfielder. “That first goal is so important,” Church said. “We’re not as deep as we were in the attacking position, but all of our attacking players are playing well.” Less than three minutes later, the ball nearly crossed the baseline next to the Pittsburgh goal, and several Panthers thought the ball went out of bounds. But Blue Devil sophomore Chelsea Burns played on and passed to Stevens, who was cutting through the box and found the back of the net with the inside of her foot. The last time Duke (12-3-2, 7-1-1 in the ACC) scored multiple goals in the first 10 minutes of a game was its season opener, a 9-1 win against Wofford. Stevens now leads the team with eight goals, despite beginning the season coming off the bench behind starter Kayla McCoy. McCoy went down Sept. 17 against Boston College with a season-ending Achilles injury on a play in which she scored her second goal of the game. In the eight games since, Stevens has scored five goals, and the team is 6-1-1.

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Senior Toni Payne scored less than five minutes into Sunday’s contest for her sixth tally of the year.

“She’s a really, really technical player, really good on the ball,” Church said. “She has the potential to be a really big-time player.” During the next 80 minutes, the Blue Devils continued to apply pressure, outshooting the Panthers 12-0 through the first half and notching 15 shots on goal to Pittsburgh’s one in the game. Junior goalkeeper EJ Proctor finished with one save, but the Panthers (2-141, 1-8-0) never came particularly close to finding the back of the net. Duke dominated possession throughout and opted numerous times to set up plays

more slowly, sometimes passing back to the defense rather than turning on the jets for quick counterattacks. “We had a lot of patience,” Church said. “We wanted to be playing with the ball. We wanted technically to be clean.” The game marked the Blue Devils’ sixth straight without sophomore Taylor Racioppi, who is dealing with a lower-leg injury. The team’s leader in points from last year was expected to miss this season, but opted to skip the U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea this November to play with the See W. SOCCER on Page 9

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Williamson game-winner sends Duke to top-5 upset Alex Sanfilippo The Chronicle On the Blue Devils’ Senior Night, an unlikely freshman stepped up to steal the spotlight and improve Duke’s chances of playing at home one more time this season. Midfielder Brandon Williamson scored the first two goals of his Duke career to propel the Blue Devils to a 2-1 double-overtime upset against No. 4 Notre Dame Friday night at Koskinen 1 Stadium. Thanks to Williamson’s ND DUKE 2 tallies—one of which came with fewer than two minutes left in the second overtime—and seven saves by graduate student goalkeeper Robert Moewes, Duke still has a chance of hosting a first-round game in the ACC tournament in November. “[This win] gives us belief,” Blue Devil head coach John Kerr said. “We decided that we would hang onto every opportunity of belief we could tonight, and I

think after the game tonight we are going to be a force to be reckoned with going down the stretch.” Williamson broke the tie to end the game in the 109th minute when he received a cross from freshman midfielder Max Moser from the right wing. In the highlight-reel exchange, Williamson chested the pass down to his right foot before burying the ball into the far right corner of the net. “I could not have done it by myself,” Williamson said. “It was a beautiful cross by Max and I was just in the right place at the right time.” Williamson appeared to move into the right spots throughout the match. In the 35th minute, junior defender Carter Manley initiated an attack, swinging a ball into the box that found the head of junior Cameron Moseley. After Moseley’s header was deflected, the ball rolled to Williamson, who fired a low shot into the right corner of the goal past Fighting Irish goalkeeper Chris Hubbard. A lack of offensive production has plagued Duke (6-6-2, 2-4-1 in the ACC) recently, but the Blue Devils erupted for 16 shots Friday, well above their 13-per-

Jeremy Chen | The Chronicle Freshman Brandon Williamson scored both of Duke’s goals Friday, including the game-winner in the second overtime.

game average. Duke often played the ball out wide to open space around the field for Blue Devil midfielders and forwards to create scoring opportunities. “It’s hard to defend against our wide players,” Williamson said.”They’re so good at getting crosses in that it’s only a matter of time before you get one in the back of the net.” Williamson’s performance made up for a sluggish start by the Blue Devils. Notre Dame quickly struck in the fifth minute, when Fighting Irish forward Jon Gallagher stole a ball from Duke defender Markus Fjortoft near the Blue Devil box before the finding forward Mark Gormley for an easy two-on-none goal. The situation seemed to only deteriorate further as Notre Dame (10-4-1, 3-3-1) continued to dictate play for much of the early going. But the Blue Devils’ backline of CC Uche, Kevon Black and Fjortoft responded, helping Moewes deny eight Fighting Irish shots on goal. “CC and Kevon helped Marcus organize themselves and make sure that we could bounce back from an unfortunate play,” Kerr said. “There were moments where we really had to defend and keep our composure, and I thought we did a great job keeping our shape.... To do that against a top-notch team is very impressive.” A closely contested second half saw the Fighting Irish log eight shots. The Blue Devils had opportunities to close out the match, but junior Brian White and Moser misfired on several chances. Competition only heightened in the overtime periods, but Moewes continued his impressive performance, recording four massive saves in just 18 minutes of overtime play. In one of those stops shortly before Williamson’s game-winner, the 6-foot-3 Dortmund, Germany, native denied Gallagher from six yards out, diving to his right to get a hand on the ball. In a disappointing season up to this point, this win gives Duke life heading into the final stretch of the regular season and the conference tournament, which all 12 teams participate in. The Blue Devils travel to Elon Tuesday for a nonconference matchup before their final ACC tilt of the year against No. 16 Virginia Friday. “I feel sorry for whoever has to play us next,” Williamson said. “We’re going to come out on fire in the next few games because we showed that no matter who we are playing, we’re good enough to be a top team.”

FIELD HOCKEY from page 7 finished a shot near the net to give the Blue Devils even more breathing room. Junior Alexa Mackintire swept the ball across the cage, where it trickled to Naughton, who chipped in a shot from close range for her seventh goal of the season. Desperate to generate offensive production against Duke’s stout defense, the Tar Heels pulled goalie Alex Halpin with 10 minutes remaining in the second half. But despite having the extra attacker and ramping up pressure on offense, Steele came up with big saves time and time again to preserve the victory. “We knew the pressure was going to increase, so for us, we needed to sure up the inside of the field and not allow any easy balls to come through the midfield,” Bustin said. “They definitely put the pressure on our circle, but I’m really proud of how the team adjusted and stepped forward instead of stepping back.” With the win, the Blue Devils clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament in two weeks and will get a bye to the semifinals. They will wrap up the regular season next Saturday at home against Richmond. “This game sets us up for a good seed in the conference tournament but honestly like every other week it’s just about today,” Bustin said. “The conference tournament is out there but the season’s still going on so we have to make sure we learn from today’s game, make the adjustments we need to, and get prepared for Richmond.”

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Marques Bolden. Bolden—a five-star recruit at center, like Jeter was a year ago—had a physical advantage on the lanky Jeter in the paint but struggled a bit with his low-post moves and finished with seven points. Jeter’s foul troubles from last season seemed to have carried over to his sophomore campaign—he picked up four fouls in the first 12 minutes—but his energy and defense against Bolden stood out as positives. “I hope it’s harder for other people to defend the basket down low against us. For Marques [Bolden]’s team, it was difficult at times for his team to get it into the post, but once they got it in, he gets fouled a lot,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s a key thing for us, to play that hard with this number of guys, but play without fouling.”

Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Freshman Marques Bolden and sophomore Chase Jeter battled in the post, with Jeter committing four fouls in the first 12 minutes of the scrimmage but frustrating the rookie at times.

M. BASKETBALL from page 1 a true point guard. The Alpine, Utah, native finished with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Tatum flashes offensive arsenal As he did at Duke’s open practice in early October, freshman Jayson Tatum—who led all scorers with 18 points—displayed a deadly offensive game and showed why he was one of the top recruits in the country. Guarded primarily by fellow freshman Jack White, Tatum was able to get quality looks both around the basket and on the wing, and soared above the rim for one massive alleyoop from Matt Jones. The St. Louis native showed off his shooting range as well, stepping behind the 3-point line to knock down a triple and several long jumpers inside the arc. Tatum can expect

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Blue Devils and focus on academics. With his deepest team ever, Church has managed without Racioppi, with Burns starting five of the team’s past six games either at midfield or defense. Burns’ strong showings have allowed Gibbons to play more in the midfield line, where she has racked up five assists in her last six games. “She’s still a little ways away,” Church said of Racioppi. “I don’t know when we’ll get her back for sure.” The Blue Devils will go for their thirdever ACC regular season title Thursday night at home against No. 17 Clemson. A win would give Duke the top seed in the ACC tournament, which the Blue Devils have never won. Allen struggles offensively got to get some energy, and The New York Times Syndication Sales “We’ve Corporation The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620are Eighth Avenue, York, N.Y. 10018 Expectations sky-high for New Allen— we’re looking forward to trying to play for 620For Eighth Avenue,Call: New1-800-972-3550 York, 10018 Information now a frontrunner for National Player of N.Y. a championship,” Church said.

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the Year—following a season in which he averaged 21.6 points per game. With Jackson initiating most of the offense for the Blue Team, Allen took a back seat and was not forced to display much of the aggression that has characterized his style of play through two seasons. The Jacksonville, Fla., native struggled to generate open shot attempts and was off from behind the arc, where he converted on just 2-of-7 attempts after shooting 41.7 percent from deep last season. Thanks to its range of offensive weapons, Duke will likely ask Allen to shoulder less of the scoring load this season than last, but the junior captain will still be counted on as a focal point of the offense moving forward.

Pressure and trapping defense on display After a short lineup forced the Blue Devils to play some zone defense for much of last season, Duke appears to be back to its traditional man-pressure scheme this year. With athleticism and length up and down the roster, the Blue Devils tried trapping the ball-handler frequently right as he crossed midcourt, and aggressively pressured for nearly the entire scrimmage. “We’re tall at all positions, and athletic,” Krzyzewski said. “We should be able to not just defend the basket, but we should be able to defend.” Toward the end of the scrimmage, the White Team experimented a bit with a fullcourt press led by Jones and Kennard, but Jackson and Allen guided the Blue Team offense through it without much difficulty.

to see better defenders once the real games begin—opposing teams will likely devote their top defender to slowing down the 6-foot-8 freshman—but his expansive skill set was readily apparent and on full display for the Cameron Crazies Saturday. “I was very comfortable out there,” Tatum said. “Just running sets and plays, [head] coach [Mike Krzyzewski] always tells all of us to be ready to score, be ready to shoot when you’re open, get your feet set. We set screens for each other. My teammates got me open. We just had fun moving the ball—if you’re open, then shoot it.”

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ast Thursday, the University’s Academic Council met to discuss the beginnings of the launch of a full, four-year undergraduate degree program at Duke Kunshan University. Now in its third year, DKU currently only offers a semester-long undergraduate program and a few master’s degree programs. While there is no question that there is much room for DKU to grow, the plan to develop and introduce an entire undergraduate program for it recalls painful memories of all the setbacks DKU suffered at its beginning. Still, it promises a noble impact for DKU: empowering Kunshan to be a Chinese center of knowledge driven by a liberal arts-style education and top quality resources. At the root of the push to bring an undergraduate program to DKU is a desire to bring the liberal arts to Chinese higher education. It is widely known that Chinese government bigwigs, wealthy families and those in positions of power prefer to send their children to the United States for college. Liberal arts education in the US allows for the holistic, non-instrumental development of an intellectual person. Moving this western style of education to China would create a freestanding university not controlled by state interests that would draw upon

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Lofty goals aside however, no discussion of DKU can neglect to mention the troubles it faced at its outset and those that have yet to be fully settled. The issue of recruiting faculty in sufficient number and quality to teach undergraduates is not an easy one, especially considering the lack of doctoral students at DKU and the unique, geographically remote offer that a position at DKU entails. Enrollment and popularity of applicants also present the fair questions of how large an applicant pool a unique university like DKU can attract. Will the target applicant be from China, Asia broadly or a wider range of international backgrounds, and how will DKU’s expansion be featured in the admissions experience of prospective Duke students with roots in China and Asia? Ultimately, having a hand in what might be the future growth of China’s approach to higher education is likely to be a good investment if embraced by the necessary players in its creation. The move toward an undergraduate program recognizes the preeminence of the liberal arts approach to education in the world. The investment of time, energy and capital will hopefully pay off in moving centers of knowledge production and education around the globe and putting Duke at the front of the charge.

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**k n*****s. F**k gays. Gas the k***s.” These are the words found spray-painted under the East Campus bridge last weekend. These are words that shock the conscience. After The Chronicle published an account of the Bridge Incident last Tuesday, the response on social media was swift. Duke students, especially those who identify with the black, LGBTQ and Jewish communities targeted by the hateful words, were quick to express their outrage and anguish— sentiments I hope anyone with an ounce of empathy would share. But a few went further in their reactions. Lingering in their Facebook posts was a curious assumption: the idea that Duke had failed to keep them “safe.” Duke has failed these students, but not in the way they think. The boxwood bushes of Duke Gardens and the stalks of grass on Abele Quad aren’t the only elements of life here that are manicured with exquisite care. Duke promises an amazing college experience, “the best four years of your life,” with star professors and shiny new facilities and centers designed to support just about every identity and affinity. For protective parents, Duke promises to take care of their precious children in loco parentis. Duke’s Jewish Life even

The same holds true for campus as a whole. To be successful at warding off hate, the totalitarian approach would require policing campus at great financial and spiritual cost. There is another way. It starts with distinguishing the two methods for achieving “safety”: protection versus strength. Unlike physical safety, which can be guaranteed by external forces like policing, psychological safety can only come from within (with some external helpers: friends, family, mentors, and therapists among them). To seek protection means isolating oneself from hate, while building strength requires repeated exposure to the world and its ills. The paradox of safety, safety-through-strength, is that it requires openness. It rejects the totalitarian approach of safety through protection and closure. In the “openness approach,” the university acknowledges that its strength comes from its openness—and also concedes that a commitment to openness comes with certain costs. If we concede that there are -isms and -phobias afoot in the world, it would be unreasonable to expect them not to manifest themselves from time to time on campus. So long as expectations of safety-through-protection endure, every campus incident will spur the same cycle of reactions:

Matthew King AT THE WATER’S EDGE provides a chicken soup hotline for sick students. The trouble is that no institution of higher learning, however wealthy or powerful, can ever fully shelter its students from the storms of life, much less the maelstroms buffeting the wider world. Duke’s failure isn’t in “allowing” the bridge incident to happen, but in raising expectations for what college is and what a university can do. The new rhetoric of “safety”—meaning protection against anything that can trigger an unpleasant psychological response— means that otherwise reasonable students think that Duke is to blame every time we feel “unsafe.” When students ask for “safety”, what we really want is protection. But there is only one sure-fire way to secure complete protection from hate on campus. I call it the “totalitarian approach,” in which the university seeks to safeguard students’ psychological safety as it would secure physical safety. Duke could have stopped what happened on the East Campus bridge last weekend. If preventing hateful speech was really a priority for the university, Duke could install security cameras on-site and station guards there at all hours. At that point, Duke would have effectively prevented individuals from writing hateful words on the bridge. But wouldn’t any enterprising ne’er-do-well quickly discover that Duke’s 8,470 acres have more than one venue for hateful speech? There are too many potential canvases: classroom walls, study carrels, bathroom stalls. After all, anyone with a sharpie can deface a poster, as we saw last year. While the watchful eye of Big Brother’s camera might deter a troll or hate-monger from spray-painting slurs on the bridge, it might also change how everyone else uses the space. For example, might the climate activist, unhappy with Duke’s plan to build a natural gas-fired power plant on campus, temper the heat of her dissent? By policing the bridge, we would lose much of the rollicking, contrarian spirit that makes it so special.

outraged Facebook posts, appeals for protection from “unsafe” students and flurried emails from college administrators promising succor and safety. Following the Bridge Incident, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote to students, “If you see me around over the next few days, share a smile or a thumbs up to let me know you’re part of our movement to fight back against hate.” But students shouldn’t wait for Don Quixote de Moneta to lead us on what will surely be a short-lived quest against hate. We shouldn’t rely on administrators for protection we know they can’t provide; instead, we should use incidents like this to build up own our strength and grow more resilient as a school community. Siddhārtha Gautama grew up behind palace walls and knew little of the world beyond. One day, at the age of 29, he defied his father’s wishes and left the palace in order to meet the subjects he presumed to rule. Soon he encountered an old man, a diseased man, a dead man and an ascetic. The experience with suffering shook Gautama to his core—surely he felt “unsafe” in that moment—and he took off after a new life, never to be safe behind palace walls again. The Buddha’s life of openness meant exposure to suffering and hardship, but it also fostered a core of strength and wisdom that even the storms of life could not shake. We are growing up and taking our places in the world, a world as full of bitterness as it is of hope. Wellintentioned parents and college administrators want to keep us safe from harm. They would like to wall us off from hatred. But they cannot be our shields forever. We have to strengthen ourselves. Matthew T. King is a Trinity junior. His column, “at the water’s edge,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Return undesired change from the world and to implement it, and that I have an obligation to make my life one lived well. “Never again” is carved everywhere on these grounds. It is scratched into rocks and etched upon plaques. Every person’s return to his or her home upon this earth should be desired. -Bernd studied history long before he began offering tours at Dachau. He has visited concentration camps and Holocaust museums all over the world and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the German military post World War II. Dachau’s story remains close to him. As we continue to walk, Bernd speaks. Before Europe descended into chaos, German Jews had been granted a fleeting chance to exit Germany. Thousands

Carly Stern PERPETUAL OVERANALYSIS the war neared its end, where he lay awake among piles of bodies crammed into bunkers and where he wolfed down whatever meager scrap he was given in order to awake again. I trace the outline of 23, my fingers brushing this tangible concrete connection to him. Tiny bumps protrude from the surface. The cement refuses to be completely smooth, each miniscule bump claiming its space in the universe, unwilling to conform. I never knew that he lived in block 23. I didn’t know that his daily task was to dig tunnels or that he was herded to the Alps as winter descended upon the world and hope crept eastwards in the form of Allied trucks. Then, wind probably raged and snowflakes obscured the sky, shielding prisoners and captives alike. Today, a vast blue sky blankets my three friends, Bernd and me. Bernd, the guide who I met today but who voluntarily began mapping out my grandfather’s murky past before I set foot in Dachau. Jakob scarcely spoke about his time in concentration camps during his life. Berndt has physically handed me maps and dates, routes and figures: the puzzle pieces that construct an identity my father could not fully unravel while his father lived, nor throughout the 25 years that have marked his absence. Face-to-face with block 23, I choose to believe that one’s identity can evolve but cannot vanish. Violence, terror and fear can crumple someone’s sense of self. But even such demons cannot completely erode it. Souls cannot disappear, but perhaps may become lost for a time until allowed to exist freely. Experiences do not erase us, but they can break and form us again. As stones crunch under my footsteps, I am overcome by the unlikelihood of Jakob’s survival. Statistically, he should not have made it. So many chances of death shaped his daily life—more chances than the few that engendered his endurance. As a result, here I am. Inside the museum, Bernd explains that each prisoner’s file was meticulously documented and sorted within the room in which we stood. Every single prisoner walked upon these bricks. Unlucky files were marked with “RU.” “Return Undesired.” Jakob’s documentation made it clear that his survival was unquestionably undesired. Even when humanity closes its eyes, identity is the interminable matter that endures, hidden in cellars and masked by skinny bones, kept alive by some burst of tenacity that allows me to walk this earth. Every number reminds me that my existence is a function of grit and luck, that I am meant to demand positive

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flocked to Switzerland, where their safety was initially less uncertain. Switzerland soon grew overwhelmed with refugees who quickly comprised over ten percent of the population. Shortly thereafter, the neutral country closed its borders. Though cruel on the surface, Bernd defended this act as self-preservation: by accepting more refugees, Switzerland might trigger Nazi aggression and become increasingly susceptible to invasion. Images flit through my mind of Syrian refugees paddling across the seas of Europe. Of headlines splattered across newspapers announcing certain nations had secured their borders to limit the influx of people pouring in, clinging to a single tattered string of hope. Of children who fled their homes in Darfur and Rwanda. A single grating voice shouts over crowds, ringing in my head. “We’re going to build a wall.” “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” “A total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Bernd explained how Hitler slowly and deliberately tested the bounds of his power, stretching the will of man. One month, Jews could not use typewriters. The next month, they could not use public bathrooms. Bernd emphasized that Hitler never established death camps in Germany; these dark places were relegated to others’ backyards instead. Hitler had insisted that Germany “was not ready.” Bernd presented a Nazi propaganda poster picturing a well-dressed man with bulging muscles. He is pictured hoisting a bar above his head with two physically disabled men sitting on top. Nazism emphasized the conception that people with developmental or cognitive disabilities represented dead weight on the economy, failing to contribute while continuing to take the fruits of others’ dogged labor. In Hitler’s world, the burdens of the weak depended on the strong man’s might. And this needed fixing. I wish I could say that today’s world is more forgiving. Bernd tells us that hundreds of German students regularly visit Dachau. Visits to concentration camps comprise a mandatory component of the German curriculum. Germany has been forced to hold a magnifying glass to its blemishes. On the contrary, America holds a foggy mirror to our scars. When American students learn about slavery, we absorb one succinct textbook chapter summarizing hundreds of years of captivity. Our lessons are quick to contextualize and excuse our story. We grow up learning that ownership

of human beings and waving a confederate flag were a part of the times—now retrospectively condemnable. Forcing my grandfather into tunnels to dig trenches while extinguishing his mother, father and four brothers was the contextual fabric of his time. This is now retrospectively condemnable. Unlike South Africa, America has not conducted any type of Truth and Reconciliation Commission to process our atrocities. As a nation, we are not good at delivering apologies because apologies demand acknowledgement and accountability. Our society relentlessly tries not to look back—as though Genesis 19:26 has warned that we, too, will become pillars of salt. But each racial protest and fatal shooting reminds us that we cannot flee our shadow. Selective memories make for a selective history, penned and primed by those who have a seat at the table. History teachers seldom emphasize that the U.S. government forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps as Axis powers herded Jews into cattle cars. We are quick to forget that Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned away the MS St. Louis, which held over 900 Jewish refugees, under the justification that refugees threatened national security. He sent them back to Europe as American troops fought through Europe’s ravaged battlefields. I wonder if it is easier to be blind in one’s own backyard. Each day, I remember my ongoing disappointment in the world’s failed commitment to “never again.” My friends and I approach the memorial’s exit as Bernd turns towards us. “You are the future,” he says suddenly, punctuating the afternoon’s quiet stillness. His eyes roam ours, searching deeply. “You must make sure it never happens again.” No matter how many times I hear these words, their visceral impact never lessens. “In Germany, we do not understand Donald Trump’s attitude,” Bernd says. His words hang in the still September air. Throughout the afternoon Bernd had shared his insights and knowledge freely, but he had not yet offered unsolicited opinions. “We do not understand how Americans permit his racist comments and plans.” His brows are knit tightly, his voice flat and his conviction matter-of-fact. “This has happened before. We are deeply concerned. We have seen this before.” Each tour of Dachau reminds Bernd that racism can crumple fragile souls and wash over their resolve. To this graying veteran, the parallel between Trump’s rhetoric and his nation’s past is obvious. The foreshadowing is simple and the warning incontrovertible. On the way out, we walk past a boy who is about seven or eight years old. He tugs on his father’s coat. “I don’t understand, Dad. Why did Hitler do all of this?” the boy asks. A long pause lingers, with no response. The boy repeats his question. The father kneels, facing the boy. “Because he could, son,” he answers in a crumpled voice. “No one stopped him. They let him do it.” Dachau tries desperately to never let humanity forget that bigotry triumphs when fear means turning the other cheek and looking away. When self-preservation tramples compassion and leaves appeasement in its wake. When people grow complacent and choose not to care. We have seen this before. -15 days lie in front of us. As votes roll in on Nov. 8, everyone’s life will change. Americans. Foreigners. Students. Women. Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus. Immigrants. Union workers and millionaires. The outcome of Nov. 8 could irrevocably unravel our

world order, regardless of the political party to which anyone traditionally belonged. Chaos and fear mongering know no boundaries. In 15 days, we are all presented with the opportunity to play a role in our future, to not be complacent and to care: in the form of a ballot. At least one urgent connection to Nov. 8 exists within each of us. Think on a large scale in broad terms. Perhaps you want a steady economy with consistent job growth, or think that greenhouse gas reductions need to be curbed as climate change accelerates, or remain steadfast in your conviction that America’s criminal justice system needs reform. We also can think intimately, bringing issues close to home. Perhaps piles of college loans weigh upon your conscience because your parents have sacrificed their lifestyles to open doors for you. Maybe you have a friend who was sexually assaulted and want to know that our nation’s leader does not regard her as an object to be fondled by men as they please. Or you want to rest assured that your brother—the lovable boy whose brain works differently and who struggles to function independently—will not be mocked by the leader of our country because of the way he looks or acts. Everyone must turn inwards, search deeply and find that individual anchor. If you fear you are not educated enough to cast a vote, then search the Internet. People are willing to travel for hours to hike a mountain although the breathtaking view at the top is temporary. They spend hours waiting in line at the Apple store to purchase the newest phone. College students trek to the regional Consulate for the visa required to study abroad. We choose to invest time when we deem that the result warrants our effort. There is no excuse for failing to dedicate the time in order to weigh in on a decision that will dictate the remainder of your life. If you choose not to cast a ballot and simply let the cards unfold, you forfeit your right to criticize our political system for the next eight years. You can no longer comment on social issues about which you are passionate or complain about financial policies that burden your life. You should not critique laws, pass judgment on your political representatives over lunch or write impassioned editorials. If you do not vote, you become complicit in a cycle of indifference. Elie Wiesel reminds us that the opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. We have seen indifference before. We have watched people stand aside without enough courage to communicate and act upon their mercy. We know what happens. My grandfather and the thousands beside him in block 23 would have traded their skin and bones to cry out before their world began tumbling and humanity eroded. They would have given anything to have just one voice to shout their collective suffering before lives disappeared. It feels so futile — so wasteful — when people willingly silence their voices with uncast ballots. Thousands, millions and billions of voices. Bernd reminds us: we have seen this before. In 15 days, you will be able to cast a ballot. I beg you to care about something that connects you to Nov. 8. Because when people stop caring, the world falls. And millions vanish. Never again should anyone’s existence or return be undesired. Carly Stern is a Trinity junior, studying abroad in Rome. Her column, “perpetual overanalysis,” usually runs on alternate Thursdays.

VIRTUAL REALITY from page 2 Although the new virtual reality room may be entertaining for those that visit, McGill said that the technology will also serve educational purposes. One of the current programs that students can use in the virtual reality room involves manipulating the solar system and observing the impact of those changes. “Even though it’s kind of a play-around toybox, there is still a lot of education behind it,” McGill said. Other games may cause students to work up a sweat, McGill said, because they involve the player actually moving to play a first-person fantasy game. In the future, McGill noted that some students may be able to write programs for games that can be used in the virtual reality room. Because the technology is so novel and in the early stages of being implemented, Gonzalez said that he hopes students will eventually apply it to other purposes. Johnson echoed these sentiments. “[Virtual reality] in The Bolt has the ability to not only

build community around a really cutting edge technology, but it can be used for academic purposes, and students can write VR software,” Johnson wrote in an email. Junior Vincent Miao stumbled upon the virtual reality room during its opening and said he was impressed. “I’ve never used any [virtual reality device] with motion sensing like the one in The Bolt, so that was super, super cool,” Miao said. “It’s a unique experience that you don’t get everywhere.” Johnson added that there are no other universities in the country that offer a game room with a virtual reality component in a residence hall. Gonzalez explained that because the technology is still relatively new, OIT will staff the virtual reality room to ensure that everything is used correctly and securely. The Edens game room opened last Fall as a part of a renovation project to Edens Quadrangle that improved facilities and added a gym and fitness studio. The game room also features computer gaming desktops and screens for Playstation, Wii and Xbox games, including four that are combined into one larger display.

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Audiovisual Cultures This seminar introduces students to aspects of audiovisual cultures in East Asia. It focuses on visual and sound studies and their interconnected relationship to the constitution of the sensible world. Guo-Juin Hong

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Religion and Culture in Korea This course introduces you to the dynamics of contemporary Korean religions: Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam and new religions including Kimilsungism. From a global perspective, we look critically at the diverse expressions of Korean religions in popular culture, politics, economy, literature, sports, and media. You will gain a firm grasp of how contemporary Korean religions reflect Korea’s two-pronged effort, namely, to be international and at the same time to preserve its unique cultural, ethnic heritage. Hwansoo Kim

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Civil Society and Civic Engagement Introduces students to realities of civil society and the mechanism of civic engagement in the Middle East and North Africa; explores assumptions on the role of civic engagement in promoting democracy; examines theoretical questions related to applying Western concepts of civic society in mostly majority Muslim countries. Mbaye Lo

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Black Muslims Early Muslim slave communities, Muslim slave rebellions in Brazil and the Caribbean, Muslim slave autobiographies, Moorish Science Temple, Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, women of the Nation, women's Qur'an exegeses, Hagar as a black woman, black feminism, Five-Percent Nation, Islamic hiphop, "the Black Crescent," the Black Panthers. Ellen McLarney

AMES 308S Bilingualism Examination of bilingualism at the individual, interpersonal, and social levels from psycholinguistic, socio-linguistic, anthropological, and educational perspectives. Issues to include the relation between language and cognition, language development, language identity, sociolinguistic practices in multicultural settings, language maintenance, and language policy and planning. Hae-Young Kim

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Poetic Cinema Inquiry into sources of "resonance" in international cinema with emphasis on films from Asia and the Middle East. The object of the course is to describe aspects of film construction which conduce to intense experience for viewers. Readings in indigenous aesthetics. Satti Khanna

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Breakdancers, Vocaloids & Gamers: East Asian Youth Culture Study how consumerism, body image, pop culture, intense testing, and broader social shifts produce volatile conditions for teenagers and young adults along the Pacific Rim. Dwayne Dixon

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Andalusia: Muslim, Jewish, Christian Spain Intersection of cultures, religions, languages, and peoples via the history, poetry, music, philosophy, and architecture of southern Spain. Contact and clash of European, Christian, Islamic, Arab, African, Middle Eastern, and Jewish civilizations, traditions, and languages. Ellen McLarney

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Refugee Lives: Violence, Culture and Identity Examines the history of Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi, and Sudanese refugees and adaptation to new circumstances both in and outside the Arab world. Discusses government and NGO work with Arab refugees since 1948. Students will collect oral history narratives from refugees for Duke's Archive of Documentary Arts. Maha Houssami, Nancy Kalow

AMES 321/RELIGION 381

Rumi: Mysticism and Poetry Rumi is the iconic love poet of Islam, and one of the great mystical visionaries in history. This course explores Rumi’s tradition of erotic love poetry, where human and Divine love mingle. All readings are in English. Open to all. No previous coursework required. Omid Safi

AMES 322 Mystical Literature Examines the tradition of mysticism in literature of the Arab/Muslim world and among British and American writers. Introduce students to numerous genres and literary works that manifest a deep religious attitude or experience as a way of life and cross-cultural phenomenon. Abdul Sattar Jawad Shakhly

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Chinatowns: A Cultural History Explores the intersection of space and ethnicity through the myriad ways Chinatown has circulated as memory, fantasy, narrative, myth, in the dominant cultural imagination, and how lived realities of overseas Chinese communities, Asian American history, and changing conceptions of "Chineseness" have productively engaged with real and phantom Chinatowns. Research will emphasize multidisciplinary approaches, such as urban history, architecture, ethnography, economics; or engagement in a creative project. Eileen Chow

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Screening the Holocaust Surveys films that feature WWII and the Jewish Holocaust from Europe, the US and Israel. Explores divergent cinematic strategies employed to represent what is commonly deemed as "beyond representation.” Examines heated debate spurred by a number of Holocaust films. Shai Ginsburg

AMES 409S/AMI 215S/ ICS 404S/ VMS 238S Discourse of Disease Modern discourses of disease and infection. The transmutation of medical theory into a metaphorical discourse of social structure and individual identity. Cultural representations of modern epidemics, including AIDS and SARS. Carlos Rojas

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Trauma in Asia Examines how the experience of national formation and partition in Asia broadly defined has shaped divided historical memories and conflicts. Focus is on the Middle East (Israel/Palestine) and East Asia (China/Japan/Korea) as examples of a broader global phenomenon in the cold war and postcold war eras. Nayoung Aimee Kwon, Shai Ginsburg

AMES 473/CULANTH 473/ HISTORY 473 Two Koreas Introduces the divided histories of North and South Korea and their contemporary legacies in regional and global contexts. Explores topics such as colonization, modernization, division, war, migration, gender and sexuality, human rights, popular and political cultures, and globalization in comparative perspectives. Examines historical narratives, journalism, museums, literature, and visual cultures. Nayoung Aimee Kwon

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CONSTRUCTION from page 1 in reverse. “[Back-up alarms] are of a nature that you notice them,” Gonzalez said. “That’s their purpose, they want people to notice them because it’s a safety policy.” He added that the construction of the new dorm was designed and planned to have a “minimal” impact on nearby students. “We’ve been pleased, actually, thus far that it doesn’t seem to have impacted the populations—particularly in Southgate and Bell Tower—in any dramatic way,” he said. Gonzalez noted, however, that this could change over time, and that students would likely be affected in some way due to their proximity to the construction. Although the construction is equally close to Southgate and Bell Tower, students living in Southgate reported being less disturbed by its activity. First-year Rielle Quiambao, a Southgate resident, noted that she has barely noticed the work being done. She explained that although the construction was a “nuisance in the morning” earlier this year, it now does not affect her life. “I don’t really have any qualms with the construction because personally I can’t hear it,” she said. Despite the complaints about construction, Quiambao and Castro both expressed their support for the expansion and improvement of residential dorms. “The University, in the end, is trying to expand, so I can understand that [they’re] doing this for us,” Castro said. “Even though it can be a slight inconvenience, in the long run, it’s beneficial for current Duke students and future Duke students.” A $25 million project, the new dorm will be constructed to resemble Bell Tower with its large individual rooms and central air conditioning.

STARRY NIGHT from page 2 on the Duke Observatory’s Facebook page and the Duke Events Calendar. Bomze recommends coming to open houses during the winter, especially January or February, because the air is cold and drier. Some objects like the Orion Nebula, an interstellar cloud, are only visible during certain times of the year. “But it’s cold,” he said, laughing. “Some people come sometimes in sandals and t-shirts, and they jump out of the car for five minutes.” Bomze said he believes that the observer’s experience is enhanced and enriched by knowing information about the tiny, nondescript dot they are seeing. For example, the image in the telescope lens may look like two stars in a binary system, but they can actually be four stars in total—two pairs orbiting each other. “The most exciting thing is when they start to hear all those facts because all stars look the same, or we can show a few clusters that also look pretty much the same,” he said. “What’s interesting is all that information, which makes it a completely different story.” M. Ronen Plesser, the professor who usually runs the Observatory, is on sabbatical but will return for the Spring to host the open houses, Bomze said.

Documentary/East Asian Culture Focus on documentary films from various regions in East Asia, including China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, studying the specific historical and social context of each while attending to their interconnected histories and cultures. Emphasis on the ethical implications of documentary in terms of its deployment of visual-audio apparatus to represent different groups of people and beliefs, values and conflicts, both intra- and inter-regionally in East Asia. Special attention paid to the aesthetics and politics of the documentary form in terms of both its production of meanings and contexts of reception. Guo-Juin Hong

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Chinese Media & Pop Culture Current issues of contemporary Chinese media and popular culture within the context of globalization. Cultural politics, ideological discourse, and intellectual debates since gaige kaifang (reform and opening up); aspects of Chinese media and popular culture: cinema, television, newspapers and magazines, the Internet, popular music, comics, cell phone text messages, and fashion. Kang Liu

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ALARMS from page 1 prone to alarm, in the venues near cooking equipment,” he said. “We believe that situation has been corrected.” Usually most of these problems are dealt with during a “soft opening,” or a period of time before the official opening of a building when many maintenance features are tested. However, because the soft opening for West Union was shorter than usual, many of these issues were not resolved, Johnson explained. “The soft opening was compressed to only one week before opening,” he said. “The design and builder teams have been working diligently to fix the problem.” Reactions to these occurrences among students vary. Some students, like first-year Chloe McGlynn, said they were not impacted greatly. McGylnn noted that most people seem used to the alarms by now. “The fire alarm went off, and I was waiting in line to get food. Everyone kind of looked around but nobody moved,” she said. “The workers didn’t stop working, and people didn’t stop eating.” Other students however, like first-year Dilan Trivedi, were annoyed by the episodes. “I was waiting at the crepe place, and the fire alarm went off. We were all just standing there looking around, and for a good five minutes, I was just waiting there for my food,” the hungry first-year said. “Then, they told us it wasn’t a drill, so I went out, and I never got my food.”