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‘Shame’

Protesters interrupt Israel talk

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By Nathan Luzum Managing Editor

An event featuring former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was interrupted by around two dozen protesters Wednesday evening. As soon as moderator Bruce Jentleson posed his first question to Livni about the 2008 and 2009 Gaza War, one student stood up and began to speak loudly. “I’m sorry, but the 2008 Israel-Palestine War? That was a massacre,” the student began, before being drowned out by conflicting shouts of support and opposition, as some yelled for the protester to “sit down” while others demanded that the audience “let her speak.” A security guard approached her shortly after she began yelling and handed her a small card, which she accepted, but the guard did not escort her out immediately. As soon as the first protester paused, more students began to stand up to voice their opinions over the next several minutes. Many protesters read the names of people who had been killed by Israeli forces, holding up pieces of paper with pictures of those who had died. They then began to chant about Livni. “We will have a civil discourse for all of these issues that people care about,” said Jentleson, William Preston Few professor of public policy, after the first protester spoke. “You’ve had your say—there are other people here who want to participate.” Around 2 ½ minutes after the protest began, the students began to file out of the auditorium while shouting “shame” and “you don’t belong here” toward Livni.

“Just because they’re Palestinians doesn’t mean their lives don’t matter,” one student shouted as she left the room. Some of Livni’s critics point to her involvement in a threeweek bombardment and blockade of the Gaza Strip, while her defenders hail her as a leader of the Israeli peace movement and push for a two-state solution. A petition calling on Duke to cancel the talk had received more than 500 votes as of Wednesday evening. Once the protesters left the room, Livni briefly addressed their chants. “You know what’s a shame? It’s a shame that we cannot have this discussion,” she said. Later in the talk, Livni added that her goal is to give people tools and answers—not just her ideological views—about the situation, which she said that the protesters missed “because they’re not willing to listen to the truth.” The event was sponsored in part by the American Grand Strategy Program, whose director is Peter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy. Feaver attended the event and told The Chronicle afterward that he was disappointed by the protesters’ tactics. “I understand their passion, but I was disappointed in the approach they took, which had the effect of closing off discussion rather than promoting it,” Feaver said. Mary Pat McMahon, vice president/vice provost for student affairs, also attended the event and was present when the protest took place. “The students who attempted to disrupt the event this evening clearly had impassioned views,” she wrote in an email to The

Chronicle after the event. “From my perspective, Minister Livni seemed genuinely interested in having a discourse with them as part of the program. I’m interested in working with student groups and faculty in the future to determine if we can find avenues to foster constructive engagement with speakers.” Feaver mentioned he had contacted one of the protesters he knew before the event and provided them with the option “to formulate a tough question” for Livni to address. However, they chose not to accept that choice. “I think that would have been a much more effective way of critically engaging [Livni], putting her to the test and asking her to answer different questions,” he said. “I gave them that option, and they rejected it.” Sophomore James Mbuthia, one of the protesters, explained that when Feaver found out that the group was organizing a protest, he wrote an email encouraging them to “explore whether there are not more constructive ways” of organizing. Mbuthia argued that Duke inviting Livni with the assumption that everyone would benefit from the conversation was based on “white privilege” and was an “act of violence.” He said that this act of violence needed to be countered by a protest. Sophomore Olivia Levine, a member of the audience not involved in the protest, said that she thought Livni gave an effective response as to why there needs to be dialogue on both sides of the debate. “What I did not appreciate about the protest is that people came in and they stormed out without even letting [Livni] See TALK on Page 12

After protest, Livni advocates for two-state solution benefit both Israel and Palestine. However, she emphasized that as a Zionist, she did not Israel has its own national aspiration to keep itself as a represent the Palestinian cause and that it’s not about whether Jewish democratic state, Livni said, and the Palestinians have she agrees with the rights of Palestinians—instead, Livni’s goal At a Wednesday talk, former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi their own national aspiration to create a Palestinian state, which was to uphold the values of Israel as a Jewish democratic state. Livni stressed the need for a two-state solution to maintain a she acknowledged as a legitimate goal. “Since I believe that Israel needs to be with a Jewish majority, Jewish democratic state. However, her presence on campus was I believe in the need to divide the land. The idea of two states met with resistance and protest by some students. for two peoples suggests a solution, how to end the conflict,” she The event was moderated by Bruce Jentleson, William said. “From my perspective, I don’t care if the Palestinian state is Preston Few professor of public policy. In the days before the created or not, if that can solve the conflict, establish legitimate event, concerned community members debated about what borders and keep Israel as a Jewish democratic state.” Livni stood for, with some holding her up as a peacemaker Livni also mentioned the fence in the West Bank—which she while others accused her of being a war criminal. argues was built to give Israelis security—as an example of a Livni, the former foreign minister of Israel and a former reason why Israel and Palestine must make peace, in the form leader of the opposition, was the chief negotiator for a two-state of a two-state solution with established borders. solution on the Israeli side for the last two rounds of peace talks. Before introducing Livni to the audience, Jentleson said that Working first as a lawyer in the private sector, Livni said that the the event had stirred “a bit more controversy” than many other reason she joined politics was to maintain the values of Israel. American Grand Strategy Program events at Duke. “In order to keep values of Israel as a Jewish democratic state “These dialogues are always intense, people have strongly with a Jewish majority within the borders of Israel, we need to held views on political security, human and moral bases, but it’s accept the idea of two states for two peoples,” Livni said. precisely on issues like this that our dialogue must be civil and She emphasized that this “friendly divorce” between the two Kira Upin | Associate Photographer Editor states and the delineation of the border between them would Former Israeli official Tzipi Livni at Wednesday talk. See LIVNI on Page 12 By Mona Tong

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Where students can engage with the food they eat By Anna Zolotor Staff Reporter

Despite blustery winds and a cold drizzle, more than 20 volunteers showed up at the Duke Campus Farm’s community work day on Sunday to help its student crew seed parsley plants, harvest tomatoes and thin beets. The Duke Campus Farm, which was founded by Duke undergraduates in 2010, is a one-acre property worked by four staff members, 12 student crew members and many more community and student volunteers. The farm provides produce to Duke Dining facilities, and it is the hub of a Community Supported Agriculture program that provides community members with boxes of fresh food. Throughout the fall semester, the farm holds community work days from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays. Assistant program manager Emily McGinty emphasized that these work days are open to anyone, and no Duke ID or other kind of ID is necessary. “We are your campus farm. Our time is your time,” McGinty said. She added that the farm is part of pre-departure programming for many DukeEngage programs, including those that travel to Portland and Rwanda. For example, when The Chronicle visited the farm on Sunday, students from the DukeEngage guiDE program were volunteering. Before DukeEngage students work with their nonprofit partners, the farm acts as their “testing ground” for different questions that might arise in their programs. A hub for curricular and co-curricular student opportunities, the farm is the site for various academic experiences such as those through Duke Immerse and Bass Connections, according to the farm’s website. First-years Vaneesha Patel and Sarah Kelso came to their first work day on Sunday. They said that they learned about the farm through their Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Policy course, which currently offers students extra credit for attending a community work day. Kelso and Patel are both prospective environmental science majors, and both plan on returning to the farm. See FARM on Page 12 Bre Bradham | Associate Photography Editor

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Why Duke could add e-cigarettes for its smoking ban Who is Duke’s largest donor? CHRONQUIRY

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At an October panel, it was revealed that the July 2020 smoking ban—previously only set to apply to combustible forms of tobacco—may also include restrictions on electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes were deliberately exempted from the ban when it was first announced in April 2018. However, James Davis, medical director for Duke’s Center for Smoking Cessation and a key voice in the development of the ban, aired his concerns upon the ban’s creation, telling The Chronicle in June 2018 that “good, long-term data” on e-cigarettes did not yet exist. “Since the policy was announced, new evidence has emerged on e-cigarette use and e-cigarette-associated respiratory syndrome,” Davis wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “We are currently holding multiple discussions with students, faculty, staff on the option of banning e-cigarettes on campus. Once that process is complete, we expect to make a recommendation regarding e-cigarettes in the Duke SmokeFree Policy.” Nearly 1,500 cases of the syndrome and more than 30 associated deaths have been reported nationally, as of this week. This proposed change in policy has generated debate among Duke faculty, with members coming out both in support of and against the new addition to the ban. Faculty in favor of the amendment said that e-cigarette manufacturers deliberately mislead consumers about the safety and benefits to smoking cessation of their

products. They also cited the Centers for Disease Control recommendation that “young people not use e-cigarettes or vaping products, particularly those containing THC.”

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Faculty opposing this potential change argue that e-cigarettes are a safe and effective alternative for those choosing to quit smoking. The potential policy shift also comes after a May 2019 lawsuit from the state of North Carolina against JUUL Labs, the company controlling more than 75% of the e-cigarette market. This lawsuit represented the first of its kind taken by any state and specifically accused JUUL of misrepresenting the concentrations of nicotine and the health risks associated with their products. Duke is not alone in considering action against e-cigarettes on campus. More than 2,000 campuses have banned e-cigarettes as of Oct. 1, according to the American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation.

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$1.6 billion. That’s how much The Duke Endowment has given to Duke University since 1924, making it the University’s largest donor. The Duke Endowment—a private foundation that is a separate entity from the University’s endowment—was founded by James B. Duke when Trinity College became Duke University in 1924. Renovations, newborn health care programs, financial aid and field education programs have been among the foundation’s financial priorities on campus. “It has, as its mission, supporting education and health care and other good causes in North and South Carolina,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Unlike the Duke University Endowment, which is the primary investment vehicle for Duke’s money, The Duke Endowment is a foundation that allocates money to the University through gifts and grants. The foundation also donates to Davidson College, Furman University, Johnson C. Smith University, rural United Methodist churches and hospitals or nonprofits in the Carolinas. In addition to the amount that The Duke Endowment contributes annually to the school—as determined by its bylaws—the foundation has a sizable discretionary fund to spend in the form of grants. Duke often applies for these grants as it would for any other foundation, Schoenfeld said. Susan McConnell, director of the higher education program for The Duke Endowment, wrote in an email that Duke receives grants in the Endowment’s four program areas: education,

health care, rural churches and childcare. Educational priorities at Duke have received the greatest amount of funding, totaling $1.3 billion, McConnell wrote. Across The Duke Endowment’s other three program areas, Duke has received $200 million for health care, $92 million for rural churches and $28 million for childcare. In the childcare program, McConnell wrote, the Endowment has partnered with the Center for Child and Family Policy, contributing $7.4 million since 2000 to collaborate on evidencebased programs. An additional $13 million in grants has gone toward Durham Connects, a community-wide nursing home visiting program for parents of newborns, which has since been adopted in another dozen states, she wrote. The rural church program has worked with Duke’s Divinity School to support field education and summer programs for pastors. In addition, the Endowment collaborated with Duke on the Clergy Health Initiative, a program designed to improve the physical wellbeing of Methodist pastors. The foundation has contributed $62 million for these two programs over the last two decades. “Field education places Divinity School students in rural churches, which provides staffing and new ideas/perspectives for these churches while preparing pastors to lead their own congregations,” she wrote. The Duke Endowment has also had a hand in several of Duke’s largest endeavors. McConnell wrote that the foundation has given $80 million to renovate the Brodhead Center, Baldwin Auditorium and Page Auditorium. Read the rest at www.dukechronicle.com

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Duke invests in clean energy after rejecting fossil fuel divestment ACIR explains rationale at poorly attended event By Matthew Griffin

that it would appear “rather hypocritical” for Duke to divest from fossil fuels without taking other steps to reduce harm Duke will not stop investing in companies that use fossil to the environment. He added that the University’s direct fuels, but President Vincent Price has approved several steps to investments in fossil fuel companies were small. promote alternative energy sources. “We thought that that was not the most effective way, even At the poorly-attended Advisory Committee on Investment though it might create some sort of symbolic statement,” Responsibility (ACIR) annual open forum this Monday Committee Baxter said. “Rather, we explored other alternatives.” Chair Lawrence Baxter said that the committee recommended The ACIR sent several recommendations to Price in a that Duke not divest from fossil fuel companies. However, he said May report, which he considered this summer. Baxter said that Price accepted several other recommendations, including that Price approved of strengthening Duke Management marketing a socially-responsible fund for Duke donors and Company’s (DUMAC) corporate governance capabilities, such focusing on corporate governance. as using proxy votes, making requests and joining shareholder In addition, a working group is examining the ACIR’s mission resolutions to encourage companies to look into alternative and structure as the committee deals with more complex issues. Bre Bradham | Associate Photography Editor energy sources. Baxter, David T. Zhang professor of the practice of law, said ACIR was poorly attended Monday night. Price also agreed that Duke should more effectively market its social choice (ESG) fund, to which socially-conscious donors can contribute, and explore the creation of a “green” fund focusing on environmental issues, Baxter said. Finally, Price adopted the recommendation that the University should allocate funding to the student Duke Impact Investment Group (DIIG), which promotes socially- and environmentally-conscious investment. Senior Saheel Chodavadia, a co-president of DIIG, serves as a student representative on the ACIR and was present at the forum. Price was open to exploring the creation of a “carbon tax fund,” which would redirect profit from fossil-fuel investments to promote alternative energy sources, but did not endorse the creation of such a fund, Baxter said. “Carbon tax is a very controversial way to address environmental issues,” Baxter explained, noting that environmental economists disagree on the merits of carbon taxation. The ACIR is charged with making recommendations to the University president “regarding issues of socially responsible investing,” according to the committee’s charter. 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travel through the latino universe NC Latin American Film Festival 2019 tackles ‘Time Machines,’ page 6

hello, moon ‘Museum of the Moon’ brings outer space to Durham, page 7

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What’s tricking you this week? Nina Wilder ....... my mental health

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staff note I tend to discover music in one of two ways: either from the usual cycle of new releases and album reviews, or from a chance trip down the rabbit hole of Spotify’s related-artists feature. The second option seems to make up more and more of my listening habits these days, and it’s remarkably fruitful — by the end of a feverish two-hour span I may have compiled an entire playlist dedicated to a single subgenre, and the endless doors opened by each artist within that subgenre mean it might be weeks, or months, before that particular phase is through. And even then, I still feel as if I’ve barely scratched

the surface of all the music that’s out there. This process of discovery feels like the closest digital equivalent we have to literal “crate-digging,” and it delivers a similar thrill — even as the sheer volume of music available on platforms like Spotify means the dirty work has already been done. Rare, collector-style singles that you might find for $60 on Discogs are now easily streamable, and the “fans also like” algorithm (combined with convenient artist bios) allow you to trace out, in minutes, the contours of a scene that once would have required copious liner notes and oral histories to understand. For the same reason, with each successive phase of discovery, the target of my search seems to become ever narrower, as if I’m testing the limits of this virtual library. At the beginning

of college I was just getting into the world of late-‘70s punk. Two years later, it was C86-style twee pop, then the niche underground disco reissued by labels like Minimal Wave and Dark Entries, then back to twee again, and so on. In the last couple of weeks my attention has been captivated once more by “library music” — a broad genre of music, usually instrumental, produced expressly for licensing in TV, film, and radio. Library music gives a new definition to “rare” music, as much of it, by definition, was never intended to directly reach the ears of the public to begin with. Whereas most popular music tends to split ownership and copyright between the publishing label and the songwriters, library music is owned fully by the label, which commissions and then licenses out its “music library” — hence the name — for affordable use in popular media. Instead of releasing music as a traditional album, labels like Britain’s KPM, by far the most emblematic producer of library music during the late 1960s and early 1970s, instead categorized music by mood and genre, with titles (“West Coast Surf Ride,” “Morning Sundew,” “Party Time”) that give a vague enough idea of the record’s content. Any evidence of a composer behind these works is virtually obviated—every KPM release bears the same blank, green cover. All the same, for otherwise-anonymous session musicians and arrangers, library music presented an outlet for more creative autonomy and an opportunity for experimentation. As a result, the tracks themselves tend to exist in a kind of musical uncanny valley, at once blandly generic and intriguingly alien, like the soundtrack to a B-movie that was never produced. (And in fact that’s probably

The Chronicle what a great many of these are.) Some did break through to the mainstream — Johnny Pearson’s “Heavy Action,” for one, traveled all the way to Monday Night Football — but for the most part, it’s wallpaper music, sounding almost-but-never-quite familiar. Listening to library music in the age of streaming means listening to tracks whose original destiny was, at best, to be wallpaper music (or maybe theme music, if they’re lucky) or, at worst, to be quickly and inevitably forgotten. In the case of library music, this can be incredibly revealing: KPM composers like Keith Mansfield, Alan Parker, and David Lindup each take on distinct personalities; the austere green cover art and the placeholder titles mean that any effect derives from the music alone, the instrumentals taking on a life that they wouldn’t had they remained buried in the background of a TV program. At the same time, library music seems uniquely indicative of just how drastically what we think of as the “archive” has changed with platforms like Spotify. These releases may no longer be doomed to obscurity, but they’re in a precarious position nonetheless: With the ease of accessibility comes a sense of disposability, a divorce from the historical and material context of the music, and, perhaps most worryingly, a reliance on digitization — and if the Universal warehouse fire taught us anything, it’s that an archive based solely on compressed digital copies, at the expense of the original artifact, is not a future we should want for music. The question is whether the thrill of discovery, in so many ways made easier by streaming, has to come at that cost. —Will Atkinson

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NC Latin American Film Festival director reflects on filmmaking By Megan Liu Staff Columnist

This year, the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival turns 34. The 2019 NCLAFF, which is organized by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, runs from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2. More than 30 feature films and shorts will be shown throughout the Triangle area, and all screenings are free and open to the public. To mark the opening of the 2019 NCLAFF, the UNC-Duke Consortium and Duke University’s Program in the Arts of the Moving Image hosted an opening night conversation and film screening at the Rubenstein Arts Center. The conversation, “Three Decades of Latin American Film Festivals in the U.S.A.,” featured special guests José A. (Pepe) Vargas, the director and founder of the Chicago Latino Film Festival and Sharon Mújica, who founded the NCLAFF in 1986. Also in attendance was Miguel Rojas-Sotelo, the current director of the NCLAFF. The Chronicle had the opportunity to speak with Vargas, Mújica and Rojas-Sotelo about the NCLAFF and Latin American film. The interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. Pepe Vargas founded the Chicago Latino Film Festival in 1985, which has since grown into the largest Latin American film festival in the United States. Vargas will be holding a master class on campus Oct. 22 to discuss “Legal Issues for Performing Arts” alongside Daniel Ellison, a lecturing fellow in the Duke Theater Studies department. The Chronicle: Why do you think it is important to have film festivals that recognize Latin American films in particular? Pepe Vargas: Film is such a powerful

Courtesy of NCLAFF More than 30 feature films and shorts will be shown throughout the Triangle area.

medium through which the artist can really get a sense of what is going on in each country. So that’s what I do. I show who we are as a people: people who laugh and enjoy and suffer but are also full of vitality and struggle as time goes by and things start changing. Film can reflect this new reality. TC: Is there anything else you want to comment on about why you think this film festival is important? PV: It gives people the opportunity, without leaving North Carolina, to travel to Chile, to Argentina, to Guatemala, to Colombia. That’s the beauty of this: traveling throughout the Latino universe without leaving their own living room. The only thing they have to do is just come from home to a theater like this, watch a film and get to know a little bit.

Since founding the NCLAFF, Sharon Mújica has watched the film festival expand to its current state. Over more than three decades, the festival has shown films in 13 languages and from 26 countries of origin. TC: How has this festival evolved over the years? Sharon Mújica: I started it in 1987 with three films at Chapel Hill, and it was incredible the number of people who came. They came to see the films; people were always telling me, “Well, there’s no way we can find out about Latin America… we never see anything.” That’s one of the reasons why I started the film festival. TC: What do you think sets Latin American films apart? SM: They deal with real events, or documentaries at the time of different events.

Most of the filmmakers are really looking toward educating. It’s just not for fun. The films I always try to bring, and the ones Miguel does, are educating whomever may be looking at them. Miguel Rojas-Sotelo is the current director of the NCLAFF and teaches at the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies at Duke University. TC: Can you discuss this year’s theme of ‘Time Machines’? Miguel Rojas-Sotelo: A film is a time machine itself. In the programming of this film festival, we have selected a number of films that are going back into Latin American time: 1980s, 1970s, 1950s, exploring different and important moments that have defined Latin American films today. TC: Why is this festival important for Duke and UNC students? MRS: It’s a bridge between the two campuses. We see each other and we relate to something. It’s a way to think collectively on a region that is so close to us and we take for granted sometimes. It’s a good way to think collectively across our differences about the different worlds we see in Latin America. The 2019 NCLAFF will be hosting four events on Duke’s campus. “Dis.em.POWER. ed” is a weekend film event and panel on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. “Grazing the Amazon” considers the way in which climate change and poor management of natural resources have affected the Amazon rainforest. Lastly, film screenings of “Building the American Dream” and “The Infiltrators” are about the experiences of migrant workers and the issues of Latino incarceration and the prison system. All Duke students and faculty, as well as members of the community, are encouraged to come and experience the artistry, power and multitudes of the “Latino universe.”

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‘Museum of the Moon’ exhibit encourages community engagement By Tessa Delgo Staff Writer

One small step for man, one giant inflatable moon balloon for Durham. From Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon” exhibition will illuminate CCB Plaza as part of Bull Moon Rising, a community event celebrating the intersection of history, science and art. The event is part of Durham 150, the 150th anniversary of the city’s incorporation, as well as the statewide Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond campaign, aimed at exposing newer generations to the space-based programs fifty years after Apollo 11. “From the beginning of human history, the moon has acted as a ‘cultural mirror’ to our beliefs, understanding and ways of seeing,” Jerram wrote in an e-mail. “Different cultures around the world have their own … relationships to the moon. ‘Museum of the Moon’ allows us to observe and contemplate cultural similarities and differences around the world.” “Museum of the Moon” has traversed the globe since 2016, with installations everywhere from Jerram’s native United Kingdom to Dubai to China, but Bull Moon Rising will mark its first endeavor to North Carolina. According to Jerram, although his inflatable moon itself stays the same everywhere it goes, each host community’s culture makes the experience unique every time. Bull Moon Rising will feature a reading of the classic children’s book “Goodnight Moon” from Mayor Steve Schewel, an Illumination Ceremony hosted by local performers Vivica C. Coxx, Stormie Daie and Naomi Dix and performances from local art groups such as Blackspace Music Cypher, Batalá Durham and Durham Medical Orchestra. “We’re very excited to bring [“Museum of the Moon”] to Durham to help community engagement,” said Rebecca Brown, the manager of Durham’s Cultural & Public Art Program. Brown said the program was looking forward to “getting people to the downtown area to celebrate everything that the city has to offer.” The installation of the inflatable moon, which measures roughly 23 feet in diameter, is a feat executed by a traveling team, organized by Jerram, that assists with the rigging and shipping in collaboration with local fabricators, steelworkers and engineers. Ultimately, the exhibit will be suspended over the city’s Major the Bull statue and will be internally lit 24 hours a day, allowing for lunar-inspired community gatherings such as all-day moonbathing and morning moon yoga with Community Power

Courtesy of Discover Durham Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon” installation arrives in Durham Oct. 31, after having toured numerous locations around the world.

Yoga on Sunday. The image used for the inflatable moon is 120dpi NASA lunar imagery, which was chosen in efforts to make the artwork “as authentic and realistic as possible,” according to Jerram. “For most people, this will be their most intimate, personal and closest encounter they will ever have with the Moon,” Jerram wrote. “Museum of the Moon” is a demonstration of an intersection between art and science, which Brown said played an instrumental role in the decision to bring the exhibit to Durham, highlighting both the creative and intellectual spirit of the city. “We thought it would be a great way to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the city, as well as the 50th anniversary of the moon landing,” Brown said, “to combine the wonder of both science and art for the community.” Although the exhibition will be the first of its kind in Durham, in its previous iterations, it has proven to be an effective catalyst for public interaction. According to Jerram, the ubiquity of the

Moon affords viewers a “communal shared experience” across all ages and cultures. “This is a great project to help activate a space to create community conversations and create natural interactions between residents for something that’s very joyous and happy,” Brown said. “We’re really excited to present it and hopefully see those happen.” Aside from the 21+ Bull Moon Ball — a Nov. 1 fundraising gala at Unscripted Hotel — all events are free and open to all ages. Proceeds from the gala will benefit Durham’s Museum of Life and Science and Keep Durham Beautiful, non-profit organizations that are helping to put on the event alongside Austin Lawrence Partners and the Cultural & Public Art Program. “We’re really hoping that people will engage and interact with our partners, and that we create community connections that last longer than a four-day presentation that spark people’s interest in being more involved in the arts [in Durham],” Brown said. “I hope that view of the moon a little closer to home will remind people of their sense of wonder. Hopefully, it’ll spark some magic.”

Find comfort in noodles at Rose’s Noodles, Dumplings & Sweets By Alex Leo-Guerra Staff Columnist

The quest for good noodles in Durham can lead you down various paths, including Juju on 9th Street and Dashi downtown. Both are highly acclaimed, but for something unique, head to the Brightleaf District for a hybrid bakery and noodle shop. Rose’s Noodles, Dumplings & Sweets was born in 2017, the result of Justin and Katie Meddis’ dream of opening a restaurant where they could fuse their skills in the kitchen together to produce a welcoming concept for people of all backgrounds. Worry not: they manage to execute the idea impeccably. Adjacent to a fencer’s club and across from Brightleaf Square, Rose’s is unconventional in location but powerful in presence. With a black and white color palette from outside, it almost seems retro; a place forgotten by time and monotonous in content if you evaluate it on its exterior. Walk inside and it’s a completely different story. A bustling space permeated by the aromas of fresh baked goods and spicy peppers, with cooks bustling behind a counter and conversation permeating through the air like clouds. You need not walk far for a seat, as it’s likely less than five steps from the door. Evaluate the menu and choose wisely — though it would be hard to go wrong with any of your options. Feeling particularly healthy that afternoon, I opted for a vegetarian dish of belt noodles, hoping they would be hearty enough to satisfy my hunger and delicious enough to leave a lasting impression. I’m happy to report that it was indeed a delicious meal, with all components fusing seamlessly together to create what felt like chicken noodle soup’s more solid, spicier relative. It should be no surprise that the noodles at Rose’s are excellent: it’s in the name, so they better be good, right? They were chewy upon first biting into them but then soft and smooth at the touch of my tongue. They acted as an agent for conveying the ingredients that populated the rest of the bowl — a harmony of mushrooms, peppers, spices and a spicy sesame sauce. All the veggies were well placed in the bowl, with each one playing a distinct role in accompanying the

Alex Leo-Guerra | Contributing Photographer It should be no surprise that the noodles at Rose’s are excellent: it’s in the name, so they better be good, right? noodles. The noodles absorbed the spicy sesame sauce with grace and finesse, laced with the deep notes of sesame and hint of pungency from an added pepper. Combine all these components and you arrive at a bowl of pure comfort, with each noodle acting as a sort of blanket to envelop your emotions, hugging your soul and squeezing it with the warmth of a heater in the middle of the winter. Go when it’s colder, and the feeling will be more authentic. But the noodles are only one-third of the eatery’s name. The sweets, in the same vein, are akin to a warm embrace, only they’re served to you from behind a glass display. I opted for a blueberry crème brûlée tart and found it to be a wonderful way to tie up the meal. The top of the tart was beautifully caramelized, and the interior a jubilant smooth and fluffy amalgam of custard and blueberry.

The combination of the delicate crunch of the caramelized top, the smooth-as-butter custard interior and the bright sweetness of the berries works perfectly. Yet, this will likely be gone if you visit. But that’s part of the beauty of Rose’s: the offering of baked goods changes regularly, making it unlikely to find the same pastries a few weeks after you try one with the exception of some mainstays. Just be sure to snag at least one before you take off. You won’t regret it. Rose’s has the potential to become a Durham mainstay that can withstand the test of time. With a unique business model and a soothing taste, I can’t foresee them dishing out any subpar plates during their tenure. Come for the main dishes and stay for the pastries... or vice versa. There’s truly no way to go wrong. The only mistake you can make is not paying them a visit.

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Behind the changes to lines for Family Weekend tickets By Derek Saul Sports Editor

One year ago, hundreds of Duke students stood in a largely unregulated line before sunrise, many leaving Krzyzewskiville emptyhanded in a morning marked by chaos. The early morning commotion was all for tickets to 2018’s Countdown to Craziness, the unofficial debut of the 2018-19 men’s basketball team, featuring player introductions and an intersquad scrimmage. Last year’s Countdown to Craziness coincided with Duke’s Family Weekend, further bumping up demand, as students could get up to three tickets, enabling them to bring two non-Duke students to the event at $25 apiece, while student tickets remained free. Tickets sold out by 9 a.m., with many students in line for hours not receiving tickets. Wednesday morning marked this year’s line for the men’s basketball home event during Family Weekend, with students lining up at 4 a.m. to secure up to three tickets for Saturday’s exhibition game against Northwest Missouri State. Except this time around, ticket prices doubled to $50, remained available well into Wednesday afternoon and the chaos largely disappeared. So, what happened? The answer mostly lies in line monitors and Duke athletics staff enforcing line control policies—including erecting physical barricades—put in place due to last year’s unexpected mayhem. The 2018 Countdown to Craziness ticket

line was largely unregulated, with rampant cutting and lack of communication defining the morning. This fall, line monitors and Duke athletics met and determined set clearer guidelines for the Family Weekend men’s basketball ticket line, hoping to resolve “unforeseen issues,” resulting in a much calmer process than in the past. “Last year, line monitors did not begin the process with [Duke Athletics] staff support, were not technically responsible for preventing cutting, did not use barricades when snaking the line and did not address when individuals were allowed to begin lining up for tickets, leading to some difficulties in line maintenance,” co-head line monitor Ben Succop said. “After reflecting on issues in that process, we came up with the model this year jointly with [Duke] Athletics that prospective students would not be allowed to enter the ticketing area to begin lining up until 4 a.m., two hours before the ticket office [opened], that the line would be snaked using barricades and that line monitors and staff both would patrol to prevent cutting.” Double or nothing The price increase for tickets from $25 in 2018 to $50 in 2019 is a result of Duke applying the same percentage discount to ticket prices across events, noted Mike DeGeorge, director of sports information for the Duke men’s basketball team.

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Duke students braved near-freezing temperatures to secure tickets for this weekend. “Traditionally, we have offered a discount to parents when a men’s basketball event occurs on [Family] Weekend,” DeGeorge wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “In each of the last two seasons, Countdown to Craziness occurred on Parents Weekend, and we offered tickets at a 43 percent discount. This year is the first time in a number of years that an exhibition game occurred on Parents Weekend. This year’s exhibition ticket price for parents is $50—roughly 40 percent off regularly priced tickets.”

However, in an October 2016 post to K-Ville Nation, the line monitors’ Facebook group, then line monitor Delaney King advertised tickets for the men’s basketball team’s exhibition game played during 2016’s Family Weekend as being sold for $20. This means that students are paying 150 percent more for their extra tickets in 2019 than the last time the Blue Devils played a See TICKETS on Page 9

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Duke and UNC set for rivalry clash with Coastal implications By Evan Kolin Assistant Blue Zone Editor

It’s been more than 1,400 days since the platform of the Victory Bell has been painted anything but Duke blue. This weekend, the Blue Devils will look to keep it that way. Duke will travel eight miles down the road to Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill Saturday at 4 p.m. for the 106th iteration Duke of Duke-North vs. Carolina football. For Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe, UNC the rivalry game SATURDAY, 4 p.m. gives his team an Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, N.C. opportunity to move past last weekend’s embarrassing 48-14 blowout loss at the hands of Virginia. “When you have a big game [upcoming], you have better turn it around,” Cutcliffe said. “What I told them Saturday night up there...I said, ‘This has been a horrific setback today.’ And it was. It hurt. It was a horrific setback on that day. This cannot be a setback tomorrow. I

thought they did a good job in knowing that [when] you’re getting ready to play a rival and another conference game, you don’t have the luxury to let it linger.” In order to bounce back from Saturday’s devastating defeat to the Cavaliers, the Blue Devil offense must rebound from one of its worst showings of the year. Duke (4-3, 2-2 in the ACC) managed just 250 yards of total offense against Virginia, coughing up an egregious five turnovers. Quentin Harris particularly struggled, completing just 13of-26 passes for 88 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. The Tar Heels—who rank a mediocre 62nd in the country in total yards allowed—do not boast the same caliber of defense the Cavaliers do, but that doesn’t mean the Blue Devils should take this matchup lightly. “We have 16 turnovers as an offense for the season and 11 of them coming from our two conference losses,” Cutcliffe said. “When you turn the ball over at that rate, you really have no chance to win in a conference where every team you play is gifted, every team you play is well-coached.… When you have a conference game, you have to be better than you normally are.”

On the other end of the field, Duke’s defense—ranked 33rd in the country in total yards allowed—will be tested by a new Mack Brown-led North Carolina offense with

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Duke to remain in the ACC Coastal race. While the Blue Devils’ division title hopes certainly took a blow in the Blue Devils’ loss at Virginia, the team still sits tied for third with both Virginia Tech and North Carolina and only a game behind the first-place Cavaliers. A loss Saturday, however, would virtually eliminate any hope Duke has at an ACC championship game appearance. “This is Duke-North Carolina,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s always hopefully going to have a lot at stake. And this one certainly does.”

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the No. 10 quarterback recruit in the country according to ESPN and has lived up to the billing thus far, completing 61.1 percent of his passes for 1,892 yards, 20 touchdowns and only three interceptions. Outside of Howell, the Tar Heel offense should look relatively familiar to what the Blue Devils have seen in recent seasons, returning its top two rushers in Antonio Williams and Michael Carter Jr., as well as four of its top six receivers. “We’re preparing for it,” Duke safety Michael Carter II said of North Carolina’s pass-first offense. “They got a dynamic receiving core. So of course, we’re preparing for the ball to be in the air a lot, the ball to come our way a lot.” Another thing the Blue Devils must prepare for this weekend—besides opponent personnel—is the likelihood of a close game, especially in a rivalry matchup like this one. Duke has participated in only one contest decided by less than 18 points this season. On the other hand, the Tar Heels (3-4, 2-2) have played in only one game decided by more than six points. In terms of that, Cutcliffe has emphasized wire-to-wire effort in practice as well as the need for playmakers to step up and make plays when the lights shine bright. “Every year I’ve ever coached, [in] big games and big wins, there’s a sack-fumble caused by somebody on your team, there’s a catch made, there’s a run made, there’s a block made, there’s a tackle made that knocks the ball loose,” Cutcliffe said. “I think that will never change in football. The best teams seem to have those people appear, and we’ve got a lot of good football players but there’s no question there’s opportunities right now for people at the biggest of times to step up.” Not only does this matchup mean a lot to Simran Prakash | Assistant Sports Photo Editor those players in terms ofThe theNew Carolina rivalry York Times Syndication SalesHarris Corporation Quentin will look to rebound from a Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 turnover-filled performance against Virginia. and Victory Bell, but it also620 isFor essential for Information Call: 1-800-972-3550

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xecutive Vice President Tallman Trask III’s reclusive presence on campus is a reflection of his tenure at Duke. Despite the colorful suit jackets and prominent placement of his Porsche, Trask is seldom seen. He is more content to work away from the limelight that other administrators enjoy. Last week, in announcing Trask’s retirement, Duke celebrated the EVP and Treasurer, while others remembered his lack of action in reining in the Duke Lacrosse program, his assault on and alleged verbal abuse of Shelvia Underwood—specifically the racial slur he allegedly used against her—and his direct role in the collapse of the Durham-Orange Light Rail project.

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especially those of color, while drawing in a wealthier, whiter, and younger population to replace them. The effects of Trask’s work are clear: Durham residents have been priced out of the city. Median rents rose from $798 in 2010 to $925 in 2016. Every hour in Durham, at least one renter is threatened with losing their home. About 1,000 eviction cases were filed a month against tenants between 2010 and 2017 and it is no coincidence that the greatest concentration of eviction filings in Durham occur in predominantly n o n - w h i t e neighborhoods. A massive number of those workers are Duke employees as Duke is the largest employer in Durham, and while Trask and those working under him reluctantly accepted campaigns to increase worker Tallman Trask. Photo Courtesy Les Todd wages to $15 an hour, they have been intentionally As EVP and Treasurer, Trask’s serves as Duke’s deceptive in the provision of a livable wage primary financial advisor, managing the University’s specifically to non-union labor. A Duke helmed budget, real estate holdings, campus construction, by Trask has not only made living in Durham etc. In addition, he serves as a board member of the unaffordable for its residents, but more specifically Health System and the Duke University Management has made it unaffordable for its own workers. While Trask is fully accountable for these actions, Company (DUMAC), which is responsible for the University’s endowment. More broadly then, Trask’s it is also true that any person responsible for job is to both maximize Duke’s return on investments generating profit and prestige for the University could as well as to ensure that the University is only funding be expected to take part in the same exploitation. profitable ventures. In this role, Trask has been lauded In the eyes of Duke, Tallman Trask III served as an for the renovation of West Union and the initiation outstanding steward of the University’s finances. While Trask himself may be leaving, his legacy and of Durham’s gentrification. We often treat gentrification as a naturally the institutions that protected him remain. occurring phenomenon, simply the consequence So, what does this legacy teach us? The primary of demand for refurbished tobacco warehouses and concern of the University’s administration is high costs of living elsewhere in the country. The the generation of revenue, largely derived from reality, though, is that the investments Duke has investments in real assets, namely real estate making made in Durham, championed by Trask, made the it far too easy to profit from the exploitation of city desirable. communities. Duke administrators use the image The University helped fund the construction of of students doing service work in Durham to the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) and the show how the University is engaged in community development of American Tobacco Campus, paving which, while valuable, treats symptoms rather the way for luxury apartment complexes and tech than structures and serves to obscure the influence start-ups at the expense of working families and long- that Duke has on Durham’s change. Certainly, the time residents. Today, over 3,000 Duke employees Office of Durham Affairs and others have invested work in over two million square feet of land owned reciprocally in the city, but doing so does not erase or leased by the University. In a 2006 summary of the oft unacknowledged damage done. As we consider a future Duke without Trask, let’s Duke’s real estate investments, Trask wrote, “our role in the city’s residential and commercial renaissance also consider whether we might also imagine a new fuels the tax base, attracts businesses and jobs and understanding of what it means to be successful, to be profitable as a University. Trask’s retirement is an contributes to a safer Durham.” In cities across the country, appeals to increase tax bases opportunity to reflect on the hidden legacies that and the use of dog whistles, such as a desire to make an drive this University, not the least of which include area safer, seem innocuous and colorblind, but are active, power and the pursuit of profit at the expense of violent, choices to remove and exclude poor people, people. Let us not waste it. While these incidents will rightly underpin Trask’s legacy, his less public actions speak the loudest.

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he stereotypes and “aesthetic” associated with leftist activists— especially liberal men—are annoying, low-hanging fruit, but are not entirely out of touch with reality: Cucks. Snowflakes. Betas. The list goes on.

and our obsession with losing often, but at least ethically. And quite honestly, these strategies work really well. I feel a strong, internal embarrassment, for instance, when thinking about Democratic candidates pandering to people of color,

David Min

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would not have thought that a Daily Mail article about women’s Tinder profiles was evidence that “the entire

The standards for politeness are simply not the same for everyone. Straight, upperclass, white men (and often white women)

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MILK BEFORE CEREAL It is incredibly hard to be articulate and precise on this issue, but you know what I mean. The left has a perception problem that it’s not willing to admit. Although this topic seems ridiculous, it’s undeniable that these representations— whether or not we may exercise significant control of them—turn off many moderates and uninvolved political participants from the left. Our insistence on politicking to signal virtue and the manner by which we self-righteously—and often hypocritically— conduct ourselves shape these representations and certainly hold us back. Although one can take the moral high ground and want to believe that “we don’t want those votes anyways,” the reality of the situation is that the status quo is a hellscape for vulnerable populations and Democrats need to come into 2020 swinging. That means establishing themselves as confident, assertive, yet uncompromisingly progressive. We desperately need a makeover in 2020, but I’m not exactly sure what that process looks like and whether it can ever be an ethical prescription. But I do know that I’m tired of supporting a movement that unequivocally defends the belief that “when they go low, we go high.” I’m tired of insisting upon the “innocence” of corrupted institutions when the current state of affairs empowers deceit, outrage and spectacle in politics. We restrain ourselves, attempt to understand the other and ultimately forgive instead of seriously confronting them on Twitter or cable news and hardly attempt to change the rules of engagement entirely. Democrats need to play to win because anything else condemns us to the status quo: a pitiful, whiny existence that always seems to place us on the losing side of political scandal. I’m not arguing that we should collude with foreign governments to improve our representations, but simply to critically think about perception and to refuse to be a group of pushovers. People are counting on the left in 2020 and I’m ready to engage in some McConnell-level tactical maneuvering and scheming if that’s what it takes to deliver. 45 was “rewarded with the presidency” for his vulgarity. I don’t think that the left or even the country as a whole wants to see us fix that by showing compassion. I’m tired of a liberal politics obsessed with being virtuous and ultimately boring in the name of not offending those with disagreements. The current political sphere is anything but business as usual and it’s entirely unconvincing to respond by suppressing our natural human emotions. For instance, Beto’s raw speech about Trump’s comments on the El Paso shooting was a huge turn-on for voters and is probably the only thing keeping him alive at this point; dropping f-bombs won’t necessarily win us seats, but I think it’s safe to say voters minimally want their politicians to be authentic—and thus outraged. Moreover, the right has successfully branded itself as the party of sexy bigbusinesses and independent thinkers fixated on telling the truth when blue-pilled liberals can’t step outside of their fantasy land. Internet trolls and conservative influencers poke fun at the “liberal” participation trophy culture, safe spaces from outside criticism,

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Portland Antifa dressing up as bananas, and Hillary desperately pleading for us to “Pokemon Go to the polls.” Voters can easily sense who’s being real and who’s trying way too hard to take the moral high ground by being woke. It’s hard to point to specific examples, but the method by which so many on the left self-righteously conduct themselves, particularly on the internet to appeal to young voters, is blatantly cringe-worthy.

Democrats need to play to win because anything else condemns us to the status quo. However, this issue with the left’s representations doesn’t stem from its core values of compassion or empathy. The basic tenet of empathy is not mutually exclusive with being inspiring and assertive. The fight for emancipatory politics can and should be made “sexy” through a deliberate refocusing from issues like political correctness to energizing struggles against unjust authority and political elites. Groups like Black Lives Matter and policies like Medicare for All or the Green New Deal, for instance, are certainly controversial but definitely not cringy. In fact, the right often plays to romanticized and nostalgic narratives about police officers, veterans, blue-collar workers and natural disaster survivors to garner sympathy and compassion just as often. The relevant difference is certainly an issue of our energy and framing. On the internet, the logic of cancel culture, the focus on microaggressions, and the Ellen & Bush debacle are all excellent examples of how liberals empower an unconscious system of desire that ultimately restrains leftist politics and empowers Donald Trump. The right finds immense pleasure in name-calling because it ruptures and trolls the social authority that out-of-touch liberals have mandated. In this sense, there exists a “masochistic structure of enjoyment.” Knowing that Trump is bad for people is not enough to lessen the enjoyment of his regime and realizing oneself as problematic is irrelevant when the right offers a more appealing method of living; for many, it almost seems impossible to imagine liberals having fun without constantly talking about how ethical they are. Liberals will argue that they are nevertheless on the right side of the issue and that they claim a “truer vision of politics” but such concerns are at best merely tangential for those not already sold on the left. We can’t control what the right calls us, but we can certainly alter the behaviors that enable such stereotypes. My vision is not a shift away from our current policy stances, but rather a refusal to solely rely on seeming trendy and virtuous. Those tangibly affected by the enactment of progressive policies don’t care about our perceived moral high ground, or at least not enough to choose being ethical over a leftism that is fed up and willing to do what it takes to win back the White House and Senate. David Min is a Trinity sophomore. His column, “milk before cereal,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

modern world equates being well-behaved with being sheepishly reticent,” but this is the point Lizzie Bond makes in her column, “The case for well-behaved women (and men).” She argues that contrary to popular belief, good manners are not “arbitrary and antiquated— and even oppressive—standards of behavior,” but a path to virtuousness. Calling “politeness” a “well-behaved way of interacting with one’s fellow man” and a “conditioning for a soul ordered in virtue” ignores the fact that being polite does not look the same for everyone. Women, people of color, queer people, and many other marginalized groups are expected to be courteous and polite at all times. Held to a much higher standard, when they fall short, the consequences can be life-altering. A 2015 paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that not only are black workers more heavily monitored by their employers, but “because black workers are more closely scrutinized, it increases the chance that errors—large or small—will be caught… It’s more likely that a black employee would be let go for these errors than a white one.” Not all fireable offenses are created equal. This storyline should be familiar to us at Duke. Not long ago, Larry Moneta, then the vice president for student affairs, was offended by the lyrics of a rap song playing in Joe Van Gogh. He confronted the barista, who apologized profusely and changed the song. Moneta then complained to the executive director of dining services that the employees of Joe Van Gogh were playing music that he found “quite inappropriate for a working environment” and the employees were told to resign or be fired. Offended white man = fired black woman. There is not enough space to list the recent instances of women (particularly women of color) being held to a higher standard of politeness than men. Suffice it to say that a man walking down the street without a smile on his face is just a man walking down the street. A woman walking down the street without a smile on her face is a target for verbal abuse and criticism. Give me a smile, sweetheart. It’s as if by simply existing she is not polite or wellbehaved enough for the rest of the world. And I am not excused from this. Last spring I had a professor that I just did not like. I went in for help with a paper and left her office hours feeling dumb and incapable and villainized her because of that interaction. I hated her class and found excuses to hate it, from her sloppy syllabus (loose-leafed! No staples in sight!) to her curt response when I greeted her in the hallway. My best friend, who was also in the class but actually enjoying it, asked me in the nicest way possible, “Do you dislike her because she is rude, or do you dislike her because she is not as nice as you think a woman should be?” And of course it was the latter. She wasn’t a malicious person, she just wasn’t as warm and personable as I expected her to be. If a male professor had been comparatively neutral, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it: he would have seemed aloof, but in an erudite, scholarly way. Without realizing it, my internal bias had turned me completely against my professor based on my subconscious expectations of her courtesy.

are excused for being dismissive, brusque and outright rude when people without these privileged identities acting in the same way face serious consequences. So rebels, rabble-rousers and revolutionaries are impolite because they have to be. Every day, they are expected to be disproportionately well-behaved and gracious. Every day, when supervisors or coworkers or strangers on the street are permitted to belittle, dismiss and insult them, society demands that they take the high road and ignore the rudeness without returning it in kind. Bond’s understanding of politeness is narrow-minded and stifling. Well-behaved women (and black/brown/queer/poor/ disabled people) seldom make history because they are required to be well-behaved at all times: it is not an exception, it is the rule, the expectation that structures every interaction and aspect of their lives. To be listened to in order to make a change, they have to misbehave. In closing, Bond argues that “to glorify defiance and vilify well-mannered-ness” is to exacerbate the divides that already plague our society. She asks, “Where are manners when our peers commit sexual assault?” I suppose it’s impolite to rape someone, but that’s not the adjective I would choose to describe an inhumane, criminal act of physical and emotional assault with traumatic effects that will far outlive the jail sentence of the rapist, if there is a jail sentence at all. “Where are manners when our peers incite hatred through public messages of racism and anti-Semitism?” I suppose it’s impolite to scrawl the n-word on a sign at the Mary Lou or a swastika on the East Campus Bridge, but that’s not how I would write about these blatant acts of hatred and terrorism repeatedly taking place on our home campus. “Where are manners when our peers...feel forced to endure the gruesome rush process, or even hazing?” I suppose it’s impolite to haze someone, but that’s not the first word I would use to describe violent harassment that reinforces the notion that subjugating others to your physical strength and psychological bullying is not just acceptable, but encouraged. In explaining these events as a reflection of a campus-wide lack of “manners,” Bond lowers these hateful atrocities to the offense of someone not holding the door or unapologetically leaving you on read. For obvious reasons, these two should not be placed on the same level, and yet, that is exactly what Bond does to justify her argument. Politeness is important. Of course I want to live in a world where people hold elevators and say please and thank you; of course I want people to be kind to me, and to others, and to themselves. But progress on issues like sexual assault, hate crimes and all the other injustices that Bond names in her “case for well-behaved women” does not come from politeness. Progress comes from misbehaving individuals.

Gretchen Wright is a Trinity senior. Her column, “cameron cravings,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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TALK FROM PAGE 1 respond when the whole point is that you should have a dialogue, talk to someone and ask questions so you can actually understand where the decision came from and how the events played out from her perspective,” she said. When asked whether the possibility of a protest affected AGS’ choice to bring Livni to campus, Feaver answered by addressing the group’s mission. “Our mission is to bring a diverse array of speakers to engage the students, especially the voices that really matter for big policy issues in international relations,” he said. “We are looking for speakers who are serious, who are not themselves provocateurs, just going on campus to stir things up. Obviously, Minister Livni is a very serious world leader.” Despite the protest, Feaver called the event “very successful” and mentioned that he was proud of the AGS and Duke team for putting the talk together. Mona Tong contributed reporting.

important to her because she enjoys “being able to get a bit of reprieve from the academic setting and come out here to a more FROM PAGE 2 natural space,” as well as meeting the students and community members who show up at the work days. Saskia Cornes, assistant professor of the practice at the Cornes has also encouraged the creation of academic John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, said the farm’s connections, through both coursework and research commercial production and academic offerings have collaborations, to ensure that the farm supports the University’s increased in scope and scale since she was hired as the farm’s mission of educating students. program director in 2014. Many groups who work toward improving the food system Cornes helped the farm size increase from half an acre to a tend to emphasize changes in individual behavior because full acre, she said, and she has added two additional full-time “everybody eats,” McGinty elaborated. The Campus Farm, staff members and ten more student crew members. however, tries to go beyond that perspective by focusing on The farm’s four full-time staff members work to keep the more intellectually rigorous concepts in its course engagement. farm student-led by trying to “solicit, incorporate and uplift Students attend Duke to be “armed as literate leaders in all students voices in figuring out what kind of programming kinds of systems,” McGinty said, so they should include food [they] should run,” Cornes said. systems in that paradigm. She said that the farm has a “pretty horizontal structure,” The farm is a place that is “important not only for the and the staff wouldn’t be able to keep it running without nutritious food it grows but also for the cultivation of knowledge volunteers and student crew members, who work eight to 10 and thought on our food systems” junior Kendall Jeffreys, a firsthours per week. time crew member and communications intern at the farm who Crew member Emily McNamara, a master’s student at the participated in the Food Studies DukeImmerse program last Nicholas School of the Environment, said that the Farm is year, wrote in an email. The Farm is one of around 100 such programs at liberal arts campuses around the country, according to Cornes. Field work isn’t the only focus—the farm currently displays a copy of a mural created as part of a course co-taught by Durham artist Cornelio Campos, McGinty said. During the course called Farmworkers in North Carolina, Duke students visited the farm and a variety of other sites in Durham to conduct research for the mural. The piece contains symbolism of the histories of Native American, black and Hispanic communities in North Carolina as they relate to agriculture. The original resides at the Rubenstein Arts Center.

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LIVNI FROM PAGE 1 respectful of each other and geared toward exchanging views in ways that mutually inform rather than shut out or shut down,” Jentleson said. Jay Pearson, assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, read a statement that acknowledged the potential for disagreement. He also quoted the Sanford School of Public Policy’s encouragement of civil discourse and respectful dialogue. Following these statements, Jentleson began asking Livni why she believed the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza war occurred. Immediately, some students in the audience began to protest, standing up one after another in different areas of the room, with signs in their hands. The protesting students then all got up and walked out together. After they had left the room, Livni remarked that “it’s a shame we can’t have this conversation.” She argued that it was the duty of every state in the free world to defend its citizens from terrorists. Hamas, regarded by the international community as a terrorist organization, was hiding among Palestinian civilians, Livni said. Although Israeli soldiers are targeting terrorists, she added that civilian casualties are unfortunately inevitable. “When we speak about what’s right or wrong, put yourself in my position in the Israeli cabinet. You will decide whether you would let terrorists kill your own civilians,” Livni said. Indraneel Dharwadkar, a Master of Public Policy student who attended the event but was not among the protesters, mentioned that he thought it would have been more helpful had the protesters stayed to have a dialogue with Livni. He also noted that having perspectives from both Israel and Palestine would have been beneficial to better understand the situation. “I came in as not having a good understanding of the issue, so it would have been nice to have different perspectives and have both perspectives, not just the Israeli perspective which we heard, but also have a Palestinian perspective on what exactly happened,” he said. “Even with the protesters, probably if they had stayed and had a dialogue, it might have helped inform the audience better.” In her remarks, Livni also noted the trend of the younger Jewish generation being alienated from and apathetic to the state of Israel. She said that this is occurring because of a gap between Israel’s image and what Israel actually is. “When we look at the region from a bird-eye point of view, we see Israel as small state surrounded by enemies,” she said. “When they look at the region from Google Earth’s point of view and what they see is the Israeli soldier and the poor Palestinian, we need to bridge these gaps.” Livni also condemned the current politicization of U.SIsrael relations and support for the state of Israel. She said that relations should be bipartisan, “no matter who is the American president and no matter who is the Israeli prime minister.”