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their history of violence,” said Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health and lead author of the study. Anyone who is legally permitted to own a firearm may carry it publicly—the practice of concealed carry—so long as there are no laws or private policies in place, said Kristin Goss, Kevin D. Gorter associate professor of public policy and a co-author of the study. States with “shall issue” laws only require individuals to fulfill state-imposed criteria in order to obtain a permit. The study found that such states were “significantly associated” with a 6.5 percent increase in the rate of total homicides, as well as an 8.6 percent rise for firearm homicides and 10.6 percent increase in handgun homicides compared to “may” states.

A former U.S. congressman who is the namesake of the post-recession Dodd-Frank financial reform bill urged politicians and citizens to be more open to compromise in a talk at the Sanford School of Public Policy Tuesday. Barney Frank—a Democrat who served in the House of Representatives for 32 years—said that pragmatism and agreement is critical in today’s divisive political atmosphere. Frank will be on campus until Thursday. Dozens of faculty members and students attended his talk—“The Fight for a Fair Society: Is Pragmatism a Betrayal?” “There has always been the argument that you should not compromise...because if you accept less than your full desire, you are never going to get better than that,” Frank said. “[This is] just factually not true...I cannot think of any good social advance that wasn’t a compromise when it happened.” Frank gave an example of a time when compromise would have been particularly beneficial. He said that Democrats should have compromised with President Richard Nixon in the 1970s when he proposed healthcare reforms. Frank added that Democrats simply rejected Nixon’s proposal because they did not agree with it completely. But if the party agreed with Nixon’s proposal, healthcare would be in a much better place today, he said. The former congressman continued to explain that sometimes people are so idealistic that they are incapable of pragmatism, which keeps them from making compromises. “Ideals without any pragmatism—without any concern about whether or not they’re implemented—is kind of a recipe for you to feel morally superior and not help anybody else,” he said. He added that even though he considers himself an idealist, he is always open to negotiating and making concessions. Frank said he believes that there is no point of having ideals if one does not learn to practically carry them out. “No unrealized ideal ever fed a hungry child, provided medical care to somebody who needs it or prevented pollution or did anything good,” Frank said. “The issue is

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CONCEALED? Homicides are more common in states with looser gun laws, new study finds By Stefanie Pousoulides Contributing Reporter

In an era of deregulated gun laws, criminals are more likely to slip through the cracks, according to a study involving a Duke researcher. States with less stringent concealed carry permit laws were found to be correlated with higher overall firearm and handgun homicide rates in the study, which was published Thursday. Researchers at Boston University, Boston Children’s Hospital and Duke analyzed data from 1991 to 2015 in two different types of states—”shall” states with less rigorous gun laws and “may” states with more regulated firearm access—to make the comparisons. “According to our findings, states that have weaker concealed carry permit laws do have more risky people getting guns. Otherwise, they would be denied permits because of

Director of Chapel Music announces retirement, reflects on Duke By Rob Palmisano Contributing Reporter

In the spring of 1989, the interim director of chapel music invited a fifth-year faculty member named Rodney Wynkoop to conduct a concert for Duke Chapel Choir. That was his first of nearly 580 now and counting. Wynkoop, professor of the practice of music, will retire as director of chapel music next June after 29 years of conducting the Chapel Choir. Originally joining the Duke Music Department in 1984, Wynkoop found himself conducting in Duke and Goodson Chapels, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, several retirement homes and other caroling venues. Beyond the states, he has also conducted in China and will conduct four to five concerts on a tour of

Spain this upcoming summer. A hard sell After nearly three decades on the job, Wynkoop said he still recalls how immediately he felt the synchrony and connection of the Chapel Choir during that first concert in 1989. But upon first being offered the position of director of chapel music, however, Wynkoop was not interested. “I liked having my weekends free,” he said, adding that he had been going to church for a very long time—first at Yale, then the University of Chicago and now Duke—and that he was not necessarily prepared to make the transition to a far busier schedule. But William Willimon, dean of Duke Chapel at the time, would not give up so easily. In Wynkoop’s opinion, it was Willimon’s

“hard sell” that ultimately convinced him to come aboard. Wynkoop added that several members of the Chapel Choir at the time were very vocal in expressing their desire to have him be their next conductor moving forward. And all of that combined was enough. “I talked with my wife and said, ‘Let’s do it,’” he said. Reflections Twenty-nine years later, Wynkoop recounted some of his fondest memories on the job. The one he cherishes most? When then-President Keith Brodie used his family foundation’s money to send the entire Chapel Choir and chorale to China for a couple of

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For students who frequent McDonald’s in the Bryan Center, lovin’ it is getting a little bit healthier. At its Tuesday meeting, Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee members heard from Ric Richards, owner and operator of the McDonald’s Bryan Center location and eight others in the area, about changes in the company’s products and plans for modernization. Robert Coffey, director of dining services, also mentioned that Duke has entered negotiations with Trinity Kitchen to replace Dame’s Express on Central Campus. Richards told the committee that in 2016, McDonald’s as a national corporation phased out the usage of human antibiotics in its chicken, which it plans to eventually carry over to its beef. The company still uses chickens that have been given antibiotics for animals, but eating animals that had been given human antibiotics was influential in children not being as responsive to antibiotics because they had built up a resistance, he said. The chicken is also considered “clean-label” because it does not have any artificial colorings, preservatives like MSG. This may be a particularly good thing for Duke students, since they seem to be pretty fond of the product. “The Duke campus restaurant is selling more than any other McDonald’s in Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill,” he said. “You guys are tonning it, thank you.” Richards, who serves on McDonald’s national food evolution team and specializes in chicken, said that the new chicken tenders that were just rolled out across the country—including in the Duke locale—were tested in one of his Raleigh franchises. See DUSDAC on Page 4

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One faculty member journeyed to Italy last week to present a gift to the Pope. Edgardo Colón-Emeric, assistant professor of Christian theology at the Duke Divinity School, was one of eight Methodist leaders invited by the World Methodist Council to take part in a week-long series of conversations along with Catholic leaders focused on reconciliation. His experiences in Italy culminated Oct. 19 with a presentation to Pope Francis. Colón-Emeric presented Francis with a bilateral statement detailing Christian unity and reconciliation that had been translated into Spanish. The document is part of nearly 50

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Edgardo Colón-Emeric, assistant professor of Christian theology, met with Pope Francis last week to discuss Christian unity.

years of efforts by the Methodist-Catholic Dialogue to explore divisive issues in Christian doctrine. “It’s kind of like a spiritual cocktail party with the Pope,” said Curtis Freeman, research professor of theology and Baptist studies. Freeman is currently the chair of the Baptist delegation of a similar international dialogue between the World Methodist Church and the Baptist World Alliance. The document, “The Call to Holiness: From Glory to Glory,” focused on how holiness is embraced and explored through practice in both Methodist and Catholic traditions. “The trip to Rome was essentially a celebration of 50 years of dialogue,” Colón-Emeric said. “We anticipate continuing that dialogue until we are reconciled. What does that look like? The goal is that there will be full communion.” Continuing the Methodist-Catholic Dialogue—discussing the issues that divide the two traditions—was something that Pope Francis remarked on during the conversation. “He said that, after 50 years of dialogue, we are no longer strangers, but we still have a ways to go,” Colón-Emeric said. “The goal is that we can also attain the full recognition of each other that will allow us to break bread together, not just for the sake of breaking bread together, but for the sake of being a witness to the world of reconciliation.” For this dialogue, eight Catholic leaders and eight Methodist leaders converged for a week of conversation about unity within the Christian faith. The leaders were chosen by the World Methodist Council, and included three American Methodists, with the others hailing from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia and Nigeria. “As a community of Methodists and Catholics, we shared in daily prayer and meals and conversations,” Colón-Emeric said. “The visit to the Vatican was one of the days for a dialogue. As you may imagine, it really energized our dialogue.” With his presentation of the translated document came an explanation to the Pope of what it hoped to accomplish. Colón-Emeric plans on applying his experiences with the Dialogue and his time in Italy to his teaching. See POPE on Page 16

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in the near future but that “he wants to feel good” about himself, so he sets the bar high. “The problem now is the people who are making demands, don’t want world results. They want psychic insight,” Frank said. “The more of your time you spend reinforcing the views of those who agree with you and basking in their admiration, the less likely you’re going to be to help your cause.” Frank shared his frustration with voters who are angered by politicians who do not accomplish every thing that they promised. Free speech on university campuses also came up in Frank’s talk. He noted that though many students argue that they ought to be protected against topics that make them uncomfortable, some topics that are considered appropriate to talk about today may make others uncomfortable in the future. “Be very careful of that [trigger warning] argument because it could come back and be used against you,” he warned. Frank will give another talk on financial regulations with Rubenstein Fellow Sarah Bloom Raskin, former deputy secretary of the Department of the Treasury, Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Law School.

when and how you get pragmatic.” Frank noted that pragmatism has recently suffered more than usual in the political sphere. He said that this is in part because people who are politically active live in “parallel universes.” Everything they read, hear and learn is different. Liberals watch MSNBC and read the Huffington Post, whereas conservatives watch Fox News and read Breitbart, Frank said. He said the political divide has grown so stark that people are even making residential choices based on their ideals. “People come to think that their views are the majority because everyone they know thinks that way,” Frank said. “That poses a particular problem when they’re asked to accept a compromise.” Frank said that people living in political bubbles affects their expectations and opinions of political leaders. When politicians cannot achieve exactly what they hope for, they are viewed as betrayers rather than people who “correctly assessed the situation and couldn’t get more done.” This tendency to underestimate the challenges of meeting goals extends to the federal level, he noted. On one occasion, when Frank and other Democrats were trying to get a healthcare bill passed and couldn’t secure enough votes, liberal voters exclaimed: “What do you mean you don’t have the votes for healthcare? Everyone’s for it!” He added to the anecdote, saying “everyone they knew was for it.” “I want to say to people, these are [the] people who want to help you. Why do you want to make them lose?” he said. In recent years, Frank said people have blamed him for only serving the gay community, and not the transgender community, because he is gay but not transgender. Frank usually counters the criticism by saying that he has consistently voted for antidiscriminatory laws that do not directly affect him, but rather are related to gender, race or disability, he said. “There’s always this argument that you’re selling out [if you don’t achieve everything immediately],” he said. Frank gave another example of idealism in politics by explaining that Tom Steyer—a progressive fundraiser— Xinchen Li | News Photography Editor is so idealistic about his beliefs that he refuses to fund any Democrat who does not support Trump’s impeachment. Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who is on campus until Thursday, Frank said that Steyer knows Trump will not get impeached will deliver a talk on financial regulations Wednesday.

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GUNS FROM PAGE 1 Although “may issue” laws include set requirements, which Goss noted vary by state, they also allow for police discretion. The study showed a lower risk for violence in “may” states because the absence of discretion enabled “shall” state residents to have easier access to firearms. “In some localities, you need to show you have some good reason that you have to carry the gun in public, and you have to get a permit,” Goss said. Siegel—who has been working on firearm and crime research for the past five years—added that the study analyzed data from 1991 to 2002 and 2003 to 2015, and that the selected time spans appeared to yield “virtually identical results.” However, in more recent years, handgun homicide rates in particular have become even more pronounced, he noted. “Studies from the 1970s and 1980s did not find an effect that…states with ‘shall’ issue laws had lower rates of homicides,” Siegel said. “We are not arguing that those studies were wrong. We think that the relationship has actually changed and that it does make a difference what time period you are looking at.” When asked if the homicides studied were committed by individuals with permits, Siegel questioned the feasibility of such a “level of specificity,” noting that the current study did not provide that information. However, the team will dive deeper into other policies—such as background checks and age restrictions—in future research. Philip Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford professor emeritus of public policy studies, is at the forefront of crime prevention and firearm policies. With 40 years of experience conducting field research, he is a first-hand witness to the evolution of concealed carry laws. Back then, most states, including North Carolina, banned concealed carry or made it possible only under restrictive licensing, Cook noted. Now, he said the National Rifle Association has “chipped away state by state”—all but nine states have a deregulated approach to permit licensing. Some states—known as permitless states—do not have any restrictions, while other states have a small number of standards, so nearly everyone could carry concealed weapons. See GUNS on Page 4

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Bre Bradham | Associate Photography Editor Ric Richards (left), owner of the Bryan Center McDonald’s, said the restaurant wants to relocate on campus.

University’s campus, is also looking to catch up with the times in a way that is compatible with it living “in someone FROM PAGE 2 else’s house.” However, it will not be receiving one nationwide One of the next steps forward in “McDonald’s land” is to renovation. Although McDonald’s will have UberEats starting start using 100-percent fresh beef in their stores beginning in this week, the BC location can’t adapt the program because of December, he told DUSDAC members. incompatibility with Duke’s point-of-sale technology. “When you go to fresh beef, you can’t Richards said that though they can’t import any beef,” Richards said. “We If we had the option to do UberEats, he “would be all over” only did a little bit of importing out of finding a way to do delivery that’s relocate, we would probably compatible with Duke Dining. Australia. That’s nixed now.” On a national level, the corporation change the façade we have The location has already broken plans to spend between $6 billion and the chain’s mold in some other ways, $8 billion to modernize its 14,000 on the restaurant. like offering a vegetarian Big Mac. He restaurants in the United States, RIC RICHARDS noted their recent addition of espresso Richards said. These renovations will OWNER OF THE MCDONALD’S IN beverage options, and said that changes THE BRYAN CENTER to fix the storefront’s look—which he include the additions of unmanned kiosks for ordering. said may currently be “a little dated”— “You’re going to see the look of McDonald’s change inside would be possible if it were to move. and outside across the country,” he said. “If we had the option to relocate, we would probably change The Duke McDonald’s, which is in its 18th year on the the façade we have on the restaurant,” Richards said. Coffey explained that the McDonald’s contract for its current location runs out in two years, and that the relocation process is a long one due to renovations, which typically happen over the summer, and the need to involve student input in those decisions. Another possibility would be to retaining McDonald’s in its current location and renovating it. He said that another Bryan Center vendor, Panda Express, is planning to exercise the five-year extension of their contract for their current location. Coffey said that he understands that businesses like McDonald’s would want increased visibility, but that highlytrafficked space isn’t necessarily easy to come by. “They have this brand-new look that they are coming out with, and they would like to showcase that in the best place they can on Duke’s campus,” Coffey told The Chronicle after the meeting. “But for us, we only have limited spaces.”

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GUNS FROM PAGE 3 Goss argued that over time, public carrying of firearms has become “more normalized.” In fact, the deregulation movement has gained so much momentum that it has permeated the federal government. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017—which has not passed either house of Congress—would require states to accept concealed carry permits from other states. The legislation would necessitate states with stricter laws to accept permits of states with fewer requirements. Siegel argued that based on the study’s findings, the act “imposes a public safety risk.” “Someone who had committed violent crimes that did not arise to the level of a felony might have a weapon in a ‘shall’ issue state,” Siegel said. “[When] that person travels to a ‘may’ issue state, that state would have to accept their carry concealed weapon permit and would be allowed to carry a concealed weapon, even though they have a history of violence. That represents a risk to public safety.” But in Washington, research data on concealed carry legislation isn’t enough to sway politicians, Cook said. “It is hard for me to believe that the politicians are obsessed with some crazy notion of what the Second Amendment means,” he said. “I think it’s just a political survival strategy.”

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I love all types of music; I always have. The mixtapes I used to make for my mom (who else?) when I was little included everything from Hilary Duff to Nirvana to Stevie Wonder. I grew up in a musical household in a musical city, so it only makes sense that I would be musical, too. Recently, my musical repertoire has included a lot of EDM. It’s an enormous genre, and the moniker “electronic dance music” does little to define a common thread between each song or artist. On one end you have synth- and bass-heavy dubstep, on the other end rhythmic, downtempo trip hop, not including the numerous other variations in between. Despite the expanse of the genre, and the fact that a huge amount of songs produced today include some sort of electronic element, EDM gets a bad rap. You hear “EDM” and you think alcohol and drugs, you think frat boy with no rhythm. To a lot of people, it’s a cheap and repetitive form of entertainment, which is a reasonable criticism — the “slow start, gradual build-up and bassheavy drop” equation tends to apply to a fair amount of EDM songs. Because of these criticisms, which I often take as personal affronts, I’ve done my fair share of defending the genre. Its purpose is to entertain, to make you dance — it’s in the name. If it does that, what does it matter if it’s repetitive or unoriginal? You don’t listen to EDM when you’re trying to do some soul-searching; you listen to it when you’re trying to have some pure, hedonistic fun. That’s why it’s so popular at places promoting this kind of fun, like dance clubs and frat parties. This defense, of course, relies on

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the premise that EDM is universally enjoyable to listen and dance to. Most of the time it is; you don’t have to know a song to be able to dance to simple, feel-good beats, and there are few things in music more satisfying than a good drop. Regardless of your personal feelings about The Chainsmokers, you can’t say their music isn’t catchy. EDM is infectious, it’s energetic, and even if you’re just studying or working out, it gives you a sense of urgency and motivation. It would make sense, then, that these attitudes would be amplified in concert, as is the case with most genres of music. Listening to the music on your headphones is nothing close

staff note to having someone mix it live, or being able to dance along with hundreds of other people just as passionate about the music as yourself. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. If EDM promotes pure, hedonistic fun, its fans tend to be fun-loving and, yes, hedonistic. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with this, and it’s a mentality that’s increasingly promoted in today’s culture and within the millennial generation. It does become a problem, however, when you stuff hundreds of these types of people into one room. “Peace, Love, Unity, Respect” is the unofficial motto of the EDM

movement. Like the rest of the genre, it’s great in theory and so much worse in practice. I’ve never been to a concert where I’ve been pushed, shoved and had my personal space violated as much as I have at an EDM concert. Like most people, I go to concerts to enjoy the music. But when everyone’s definition of enjoying the music is being at the front and stepping on and pushing as many people as necessary out of the way to accomplish that, it becomes a lot less entertaining. It’s happened at other concerts I’ve been to, of course — the experience isn’t unique to EDM. But instead of people pushing to the front to see the artist they like, at EDM concerts it seems a lot more like people selfishly trying to have the most fun they can possibly have at the expense of the people around them. It just doesn’t make sense to me when all EDM concerts really amount to are some people you probably wouldn’t even recognize on the street pushing a few buttons to produce music that would sound the same if it were being played from Spotify. So I’ve arrived at an impasse: I like EDM music, but I don’t like people who like EDM music (probably one of the more hypocritical opinions I hold). I listen to it and try to support the artists I like but am loathe to go to any more concerts when all they really offer is bruises, unsolicited grabbing and — if you’re lucky— a cool light show to go along with it. Do I still feel comfortable defending the genre? Sure. I’m just not sure I inherently agree with my arguments after the disenchanting experiences I’ve had at EDM concerts. —Georgina Del Vecho

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The pioneers of black representation in the fashion world

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In 1945, John H. Johnson founded the magazine Ebony and the fashion world underwent a massive change. The monthly publication — which featured predominantly black models, a rarity for the time — spawned the Ebony Fashion Fair, a traveling annual fashion show that showcased garments from top European designers and featured African-American models in breathtaking couture gowns. Although primarily a charitable endeavor, the Ebony Fashion Fair was also a platform for African-American women who had previously been shut out of modeling and acting jobs due to the Eurocentric, Twiggy-esque beauty standards held at the time. Eunice Johnson, the creator and director of the show, effectively altered these standards by dressing her models in some of the most luxurious, gorgeous clothing of the day and challenging preconceived notions of black beauty. While the final show was held shortly before Johnson’s death in 2010, the legacy of the Ebony Fashion Fair endures due to its persisting relevance and the work done by alumni and admirers to preserve its influence. That influence will soon be available for the public to observe in the North Carolina Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair,” an in-depth exploration of the show’s storied history and a showcase of some of the fashion it brought to life on the catwalk. “Ebony Fashion Fair was, in my

Special to The Chronicle Eunice Johnson is celebrated in the exhibit “Inspiring Beauty,” opening Oct. 28 at the N.C. Museum of Art.

opinion, about more than the beautiful clothing shown on the runways,” Precious Lovell, who will be in the NCMA galleries as a Designer- in- Residence during the exhibit’s run, wrote in an email. “It was about changing the way AfricanAmericans saw themselves and how they were seen by others.” Lovell is an artist and associate professor of the practice in Art + Design at N.C. State’s College of Design, as well

as a fashion designer who worked for two decades in New York City’s Garment District. When asked what she hopes the community will gain from this exhibit, Lovell was quick to emphasize the contributions of Eunice Johnson and the positive legacy she left behind. “Mrs. Eunice Johnson was a true visionary to whom is owed a huge debt of gratitude by the African American community and anyone of African descent

who works in a fashion- related industry,” Lovell said. “What she and Ebony Fashion Fair did to highlight positive perceptions of Black people within and beyond the African-American community is something that should be acknowledged and applauded by all Americans!” This sentiment was shared by Kimberly Kearse-Lane, a former Fashion Fair model who played a major role in securing media and content for the exhibition. “[The show] started during times when African-American women weren’t seen in magazines or on stages,” Kearse-Lane said. “I like people to realize that because of the vision of the Johnsons, they were able to allow platforms for women of color — women of many different sizes, too — and get them to be seen on a larger stage, to dress up and develop an opinion, a glamorous opinion, about other types of people of both different color and size.” Kearse-Lane’s story is a fascinating one that reflects the power of Ebony to inspire young girls of color. “I’m a little girl from Topeka, Kansas, and I grew up in a town where there weren’t many women of color doing things like modeling,” Kearse-Lane said. “My mom wanted to make sure that I had the opportunity to see women who look like me, to see women who were dressed fabulously, so she would always take me to the Ebony fashion shows and then try to get me backstage to meet the models. I was always self-conscious about my dark skin and height, and she was always trying to put closer to models who looked See PIONEERS on Page 10

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What does Duke have to offer to students for Halloween?

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In the street, costumed children go door to door asking for candy. Their parents linger behind and watch. When it grows dark, young trick-or-treaters and their parents return home. Everyone settles in. For Reverend Bruce Puckett, director of worship and community ministry for the Duke Chapel, this is only the first half of a typical Halloween. When his son finishes gathering up his due of candy from the neighbors, Puckett heads to the Duke Chapel to prepare for an entirely different kind of holiday tradition: the annual All Hallows’ Eve service. All Hallows’ Eve “I have a 6-year-old son and so Halloween becomes … all the things of dressing up and eating candy and all that kind of family fun sort of stuff that’s then followed by this … beautiful time of reflection and thinking about faith and the commitment of people who’ve gone before us,” Puckett said. The service is part of a celebration of All Saints’ Day, during which the Christian church memorializes those who have recently died and remembers its saints and martyrs, Puckett said. According to the program from last year’s service, the early church adopted the Jewish custom of recognizing sundown as the start of a new day. Following with this tradition, the All Hallows’ Eve service is conducted in relative darkness, lit only by candles and a few dim overhead lights. A video of last year’s service begins in the dark. Then, small flames encroach and give way to the silhouettes of people pacing down the aisle. The lights come up slightly and the service proceeds. “Part of the service is reading a kind of first-person account of one of the saint’s lives,” Puckett said. “We have undergraduate students who stand and act as if they are the person, they are the saint and they read the story of the saint from the … first-person perspective, so we always have students who are eager to participate.” Puckett voiced some surprise at the willingness of undergraduates to take part in the service. He expected they might want to be other places on Halloween night, but named only one: Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street. Franklin Street An estimated 80,000 revelers descended on Franklin Street during Chapel Hill’s 2007 Halloween celebration. The following year, the town took a series of measures to limit outside participation in the festivities. As thenmayor Kevin Foy said on WRAL, “We’re having a party at Chapel Hill — it’s a Halloween party. But you are not invited. It’s a local party.” The “we” he referred to was Chapel Hill residents and students at UNC-Chapel Hill. And that meant the “you,” the uninvited, referred to, among others, costumed Duke students. Citing public safety issues and cost, the town took measures to limit attendance, including canceling transit shuttles and limiting traffic into the downtown area — all in service of a “Homegrown Halloween.”

Courtesy of Duke Today Worshipers at Duke Chapel par tic ipate in the All Hallow s’ Eve ser v ice, which takes place by candlelig ht Oct. 31.

Ran Northam, community safety communications specialist for Chapel Hill, did not witness the celebration at its most crowded, but has heard stories. “A lot of people will tell the stories of how it really acted as a sea of people to where you were shoulder-toshoulder and you couldn’t move,” Northam said. “You were forced to move wherever the crowd moved you to … so it really did begin to feel unsafe … and that was the impetus to really start to get control on the number of people if at all possible.” Shortly after Chapel Hill’s announcement, Duke University Union decided not to provide buses for students traveling to Franklin Street for Halloween. Duke Student Government subsequently engaged in a weeks-long discussion with town officials, seeking a solution and failing to find one. Nine years later, the mantra of “Homegrown Halloween” persists in Chapel Hill. For Northam and his colleagues, keeping the celebration local and safe requires extensive planning. Halloween is more than a holiday; it is a focal point of their professional lives. “We’re always keeping our eye out and putting out safety messages all during that time, so it’s certainly a different aspect for us town employees than it is for

That’s kind of our thinking behind DUU Week — really bringing Halloween back to Duke, to campus. LESLEY CHEN-YOUNG DUKE UNIVERSITY UNION PRESIDENT

those who are attending [Homegrown Halloween], and it’s different than any community I know of, that’s for sure,” Northam said. “So there’s definitely a different light to it, but I’m glad to have seen it myself. I think it’s something that is very interesting to experience.” According to estimates on the town of Chapel Hill’s website, efforts to reduce crowd size have been largely successful. Twenty-five thousand people converged on Franklin Street last year, the smallest crowd since 2012. DUU Week For Duke students unwilling to make the trek to parties across town, DUU has the answer: Celebrate Halloween here on campus. A full year before Chapel Hill launched its Homegrown Halloween campaign, DUU began Devil’s Eve, an on-campus celebration. The 2008 festivities included burgers, kegs and a dance performance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Over time, this iteration of Halloween at Duke seems to have faded away. DUU Week, this year’s on-campus Halloween

celebration, is considerably larger, involving all of the organization’s 13 committees. Programming begins Oct. 26, with a screening of the cult classic “The Room” and Halloween trivia at the Devil’s Krafthouse, and concludes with a dance party Oct. 31 at the Duke Coffeehouse featuring performances by Orange Drink with Luxe Posh and Treee City. “Each of our committees are collaborating on this and it’s a really exciting time for us, and I think it definitely fills a void of Halloween programming at Duke,” said junior Kristel Black, executive vice president of DUU. The idea for DUU Week came to President Lesley Chen-Young while she was running for her current leadership position. “There are a couple things going on, but certainly a lot of the focus is on Franklin Street, and that’s kind of our thinking behind DUU Week — really bringing Halloween back to Duke, to campus,” Chen-Young said. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” On the first, third and fifth Fridays of every month, Bryan Wendeln is known to some as the Criminologist. If you’ve never seen “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” that means nothing to you. But to the regulars who frequent the Friday performances of “Rocky Horror” at Raleigh’s Rialto Theatre and never miss a Halloween show, that means a whole lot. Wendeln is a member of the Low Down Cheap Little Punks, the troupe that acts out “Rocky Horror” alongside the film, which has been playing at the theatre for over 30 years. He plays the narrator, referred to as the Criminologist. “The show started playing at the Rialto back in 1986 and our group came along in various incarnations probably around 1991 or 1992,” Wendeln said. “I joined in about 1991 or so, so I’ve been around for about…26 years this year.” The group’s Halloween show, which falls on Oct. 27 this year, regularly sells out the theatre. It is the performance the cast builds toward, the blowout where everything is as good as it gets. “For most of the folks in the cast, this is the thing that we work towards all year long, is to perfect our show, make it look better, specifically for the Halloween show — and then, of course, that carries on throughout the rest of the year,” Wendeln said. It is often said that Duke doesn’t have a distinct way of celebrating Halloween. Perhaps that’s a positive rather than a negative. The absence of expectation opens up all the possibilities at Duke, in Durham and around the Triangle. It allows for the forming of new traditions, new ways of celebrating. And what someone is looking for in Halloween, whether that be familiarity or faith or dancing or Dr. Frank-N-Furter, will determine where they go to find it. The Criminologist says, “I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.” Why not oblige him? Halloween is the perfect time.

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Carolina Ballet moves in right direction with new story ballet

By Hannah Marchuk Contributing Writer

During the Halloween season, we are accustomed to being bombarded with adaptations of myths, whether through verbal communication, literature or on screen. However, we rarely see these interpretations transformed into a ballet. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Carolina Ballet is presenting a new story ballet this month called “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” along with two smaller ballets. The creation of new ballets, as opposed to re-staging an older work, is normally an arduous task that more often than not produces disappointing results. In the past, the works of Carolina Ballet have followed this pattern. But, due to the changes that Carolina Ballet has experienced recently, the second performance of the 20172018 season indicates that the company is moving in the right direction. The focal point of the evening, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” follows a shy schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, who falls in love with the daughter of a rich farmer, Katrina Van Tassel. He plans to marry her before realizing that there is another villager, Abraham Van Brunt, who also wishes to propose to Katrina. After Katrina accepts Abraham’s proposal, Ichabod travels home disheartened and comes upon a cloaked rider with his head on his saddle. The cloaked rider throws the head at Ichabod, who is then never heard from again. The new ballet demonstrates the creativity of choreographer Zalman Raffael — who was recently appointed coartistic director with founding director

Robert Weiss — and how Carolina Ballet is improving with age. The choice in music was a particularly clever decision: multiple times, the score of “Carnival of the Animals,” which was originally written with humorous intent, accurately showcases the emotions of the characters in Raffael’s ballet. In one instance, Ichabod teaches a group of young girls in the schoolhouse to music from the “Hens and Roosters” section of “Carnival of the Animals,” and the score aptly demonstrates the fear and confusion of the girls and their teacher. The music’s use of accented notes at the end of phrases align perfectly with the unexplainable events that occur during the scene, such as books falling off the shelf without any applied force. Raffael does an excellent job in capturing an early American setting, a time period associated with a large portion of our Halloween myths and superstitions. In addition to the American

myth of the Headless Horseman, Raffael successfully captures this ambience through costuming, which is historically accurate to the time period, and large corps de ballet numbers, which are reminiscent of early farming America. In scenes with the corps de ballet, Raffael’s lack of originality becomes apparent as he follows the stereotypical format of all other story ballets. Large corps de ballet scenes usually follow a similar pattern of having a couple celebrating their love by leading a group dance, only to be affected by another factor. This is the case in one of Raffael’s concluding numbers, in which the female protagonist, Katrina Van Tessel, decides to marry a man named Abraham and is disturbed by Ichabod, who also wished to marry Katrina. They all stand in the center as they dispute while the group dances around them, a normal occurrence in most story ballets. Although his overall

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Carolina Ballet’s latest story ballet is based on the classic story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

layout of the corps number is predictable, his steps are refreshing and innovative as he does not repeat phrases like a typical corps dance does. With these new improvements, it is evident that the company has built on strong foundations made, in particular, by Weiss and a very influential dancer, Margaret Severin-Hansen. An informal poll of Carolina Ballet’s audience revealed that Severin-Hansen was their favorite dancer to watch — and rightfully so. In this particular performance, she danced the memory of the mourning Scholar’s lover in Robert Weiss’s new ballet based on Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, “The Raven.” The dramatic pull between the controlling Raven and the Scholar creates suspense as they throw Severin-Hansen between one another to showcase the Scholar’s longing for her. Severin-Hansen has always possessed the quality of floating across stage and creating suspense through her movements through effective musical phrasing, and this performance was no exception. Weiss’s choreography aids Severin-Hansen in creating this dramatic pull between the Raven and the Scholar and overall accomplishes the sense of uncontrollable mourning of the Scholar. Like Raffael, Weiss’s choice in music displays a sense of sadness through dramatic string movements. The Carolina Ballet’s ambitious lineup for the rest of the season, which includes several major story ballet productions, makes me wonder if each performance will be as enjoyable as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” But with the combination of new talent and old, Carolina Ballet looks better than it ever has before.

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On ‘ken,’ Destroyer channels New Order and ‘80s sensibilities By Ajay Dheeraj Contributing Writer

From one Destroyer album to the next, the only real constant is Dan Bejar’s distinct vocals. While Destroyer has grappled with different genres for almost two decades, the lead singer and songwriter’s unique voice has crooned delicately about love, ironically about the state of both personal and world affairs and helped to frame the soundscape in which Destroyer continually produces works that are stunningly aware and intelligent. “ken,” the followup to 2015’s acclaimed and full-sounding “Poison Season,” draws its title from the original name of “The Wild Ones,” a song by alternative rock band Suede that Bejar has called “one of the great English-language ballads of the last 100 years.” “The Wild Ones,” which wistfully implores a lover to stay, certainly has a lyrical focus that can be applied to Destroyer. Yet Bejar insists that he wasn’t thinking about Suede when he lifted the name for his own purposes: he was thinking about the last few years of Margaret Thatcher’s rule. If you’re perplexed, don’t worry. Being perplexed by Destroyer isn’t unusual — on the opening track and lead single “Sky’s Grey,” Bejar informs “Dear young revolutionary capitalists / [that] The groom’s in the gutter / And the bride just pissed herself.” He then repeats multiple times that he’s “working on the new Oliver Twist,” a line that Bejar analyzes as “a

romantic call to arms amidst a disgusting scenario.” The song’s curious mix of electronic synths and orchestration is a marked change in style for Destroyer but is reminiscent of “Kaputt,” 2011’s criticallylauded project. The influence of New Order and ’80s music sounds are the clearest on “In the Morning,” whose harsh guitars and sleek keyboard pulse during Bejar’s mocking insistence that “You wanted it to be cool / Oh you thought that it would be alright.” Pulsing synths on “Tinseltown Swimming in Blood” drive opaque lyrics about “Towers coming up for air” and “Dead flowers on the skyline.” The final refrain “I was a dreamer / Watch me leave” raises more questions than it answers before a confused saxophone trill closes the track. This persistent combination of NewOrder-esque sound and crushing lyrics is bizarre — and Bejar embraces this. While synths and keyboards provide metronomic consistency on “A Light Travels Down the Catwalk,” he sings to “strike an empty pose” before clarifying that “a pose is always empty.” There’s a loneliness to this album captured by the seedy and glitzy atmosphere of synth pop and jazz that Destroyer explores in great detail. On “Rome,” Bejar wistfully mourns that “You do not save the day / You wait to get out of town” before sadly intoning in the song’s hook that “You do as Romans do.” “ken”’s greatest strength is in its modest accessibility, a trait that is often missing from Destroyer works. “Cover from the Sun” is an infectious jam, a barely-two-

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Dan Bejar, pictured in 2011, released his latest album as Destroyer Friday, titled ‘ken.’

minute sing-along that feels almost mocking when Bejar talks about “reading Shakespeare at a bar.” “Sometimes in the World” is a direct address to sadness: when Bejar sings that “Sometimes in the world the thing that you love dies, and you cry and cry and cry,” the clarity is astonishing, especially given the opacity and lyrical ambiguity that has colored his entire body of work. Destroyer guides the reader on “Stay Lost,” insisting that “being alone’s an illusion” and calling on the reader to stray, to roam and to embrace the hopelessness and absurdity that Bejar constantly acknowledges. The longest song on this album is “A Light Travels Down the Catwalk,” which clocks in at just over five minutes, a far cry from Kaputt’s closing 11-minute masterpiece “Bay of

Pigs.” “ken”’s last track “La Regle du Jeu” (named after “The Rules of the Game,” a French film that about moral callousness and satirization) triumphantly rushes the album to its conclusion, with a rare electric guitar solo and synths that shimmer and pulse like nothing Destroyer has done before. “ken”’s excellent lyrical content and 1980s soundscape make for a Destroyer record that feels fresh and inspired. However, the back half of the album plods a little, with the stretch from “Rome” to “Ivory Coast” marking the worst part of the album. Despite this, “ken” is a fantastic release from Destroyer that tackles themes of anxiety and loneliness with sharp and biting lyrics. Listen to it, and you’ll be rewarded with one of the most thoughtprovoking listens of the year.

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Halloween selections from the Recess editors As Halloween approaches, Recess editor Will Atkinson and managing editor Nina Wilder have a few recommendations for conjuring up the holiday spirit. Here are their most spooky picks in music and film: The Sonics, “The Witch” Released not long after the dawn of rock, The Sonics’ debut single didn’t get much radio play in 1964 due to its subversive content. Today, lines like “She’s gonna make you itch / ‘Cause she’s the witch” seem pretty innocuous, but there’s a definite thread of terror running through the track that’s only amplified by its aggressively lo-fi production — just listen to the banshee shrieks from lead vocalist Gerry Roslie that punctuate each verse. Along with “Psycho” and “Strychnine,” “The Witch” makes The Sonics’ 1965 debut album “Here Are the Sonics!!!” a true Halloween classic. Peter Ivers & David Lynch, “In Heaven” One of David Lynch’s greatest strengths as a director is his conspicuous use of music — often vintage pop — within his films. Known simply as “the Lady in the Radiator song,” this track written for 1977’s “Eraserhead” is a spooky couple of minutes from what is arguably Lynch’s spookiest movie, from the cryptic refrain of “In heaven / everything is fine” down to Ivers’ haunted house-ready organ riffs. I don’t recommend watching (or listening, for that matter) alone. The Cramps, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf ”

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The Cramps’ 1980 debut album “Songs the Lord Taught Us” is a readymade Halloween playlist, channeling horror movie tropes through rough-edged garage rock. “I Was a Teenage Werewolf ” moves at a steady, stalking pace, culminating in an outburst of howls and wails from lead singer Lux Interior as he makes his transformation into the titular character. It just so happens to be based on a 1957 horror film of the same name, making it a soundtrack for a season ripe for binging B-movies and cult classics.

“Practical Magic” (1998) While “Hocus Pocus” is the most referenced witch film around Halloween, Griffin Dunne’s “Practical Magic” doubles as a study of witchcraft and a loving ode to sisterhood that’s guaranteed to tug at your heart strings. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock star as witchy sisters with complicated love lives — the men of their lives are doomed to die. But by the film’s end, you’ll be ready to leave men behind forever and embrace all of the closeness that womanhood has to offer.

Geto Boys, “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” Pioneers of what would later be dubbed “horrorcore,” Houston’s Geto Boys were known for the surreal, violent and often controversial imagery of their lyrics. On 1991’s “Mind Playing Tricks on Me,” that formula reaches a definite peak, with Scarface imagining “visions of bodies being burned” while Bushwick Bill recounts a hallucinatory night of trickor-treating gone wrong. It’s the perfect paranoid anthem for this holiday. —Will Atkinson

“Suspiria” (1977) Dario Argento’s neon-lit thriller is a special brand of horror — it’s at once beautiful and terrifying, the film’s candy-colored cinematography harshly contrasting its graphic depictions of violence. From Winding-Refn’s “Neon Demon” to Wingard’s “The Guest,” “Suspiria”’s influence on contemporary horror films is evident. If you don’t mind poorly-dubbed German and its jarring score, Argento’s most popular film will undoubtedly satisfy.

“Halloween” (1978) Psychotic sister-killer Michael Myers breaks out of the loony bin on the spookiest night of the year and decides to harass a nerdy babysitter as his doctor frantically searches the streets for him. John Carpenter’s seminal thriller defined the horror genre with its smart female protagonist and jumpy score. Plus, Myers wears a William Shatner mask — who knew the Shat could be so scary?

“What We Do in the Shadows” (2014) Taika Waititi and Jemain Clement, the creative forces behind the cult-favorite TV show “Flight of the Conchords,” team up for this mockumentar y about four vampires living in a house together. It’s entertaining, hilarious and endlessly quotable (“We’re werewolves, not swearwolves!”), the perfect film to put on if you’re deeply afraid of horror flicks. —Nina Wilder

PIONEERS FROM PAGE 7 like me.” While the fashion world has become exponentially more diverse since the founding of Ebony and the first Ebony Fashion Fair show in 1958, stories like Kearse-Lane’s are still relatively common as young girls of color struggle to find representation in media that champions white beauty and continues to degrade black women. The exhibition keeps this struggle in mind, especially in the context of the current sociopolitical climate, which has fostered even greater racial tensions. When asked about how the exhibit will fit into that political context, Lovell had this wise statement to share, which perfectly encapsulates the relevance of the exhibit and the undiminished power of Ebony Fashion Fair: “The current political climate in the U.S. is sadly reminiscent of the 1950s, when Ebony Fashion Fair had its beginnings,” Lovell said. “I feel that remembering the spirit of what Mrs. Johnson achieved with the shows is something the AfricanAmerican community should embrace. Do for self. Believe in yourself. Don’t let anyone stop your forward movement. Stay focused on your goals. Remember that the playing field is not even, it never has been and it may never be. But don’t let that deter you. It didn’t deter our ancestors moving through the Dismal Swamp trying to disappear into freedom, and it shouldn’t deter us moving through the dismal swamp that is the current political climate.” “Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” runs Oct. 28 to Jan. 21, 2018 in the East Building of the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.

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SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN Virginia Tech boasts elite defense and a hostile home environment

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Heading into Saturday’s contest, Virginia Tech appears to be going in the opposite direction as the Blue Devils. After a setback to defending national champion Clemson to start ACC play, the No. 13 Hokies have strung together consecutive conference wins, including a 59-7 trouncing of North Carolina last Saturday. Duke, on the other hand, has seen its season unravel throughout the month of October, culminating in last weekend’s excruciating 24-17 loss to a stumbling Pittsburgh team at home. Virginia Tech and Duke match up well historically, and the last four games played between the two sides have been decided by just three points or less. And although the Blue Devils have won in their last two trips to Lane Stadium, the Hokie team awaiting them for this Saturday night tilt may be the toughest in recent memory, particularly on the defensive side. “They’re probably the most efficient defense that I’ve seen in quite some time,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Whether it’s coverage, run defense, rushing the passer, playing the perimeter, it’s really almost impossible to find anything you could call a weakness.” Although Virginia Tech has played a relatively unimpressive schedule, the Hokies have dominated throughout much of the season. Outside of the 31-17 loss to Clemson, only one team has come within seven points of Virginia Tech, giving it the eighth-best scoring margin in the NCAA at 23.8 points per game.

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Finding an identity I walked out of Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday afternoon confused. It had been less than a month since I proclaimed that Daniel Jones was “worth the price of admission” and Duke’s defense was playing “lights out.” But after I looked through the complete stats, the outcome was unsurprising. At halftime, the Blue Devils trailed 7-3, yet their ground game—22 carries for 84 yards—was only a tick behind its usual pace— Duke entered the weekend averaging 222.2 rushing yards per game on 50.8 attempts per contest. So what did head coach David Cutcliffe do? Like any good football coach, he adjusted. The Blue Devils came out in the third quarter leaning heavily on Daniel Jones’ right arm, as the Duke quarterback needed just three completions to rack up 115 passing yards and 2 touchdowns, taking his team to a 14-point lead with 15:28 remaining. What happened next was mind-boggling. The Blue Devils were being dominated in time of possession despite two Pittsburgh touchdown drives that lasted a combined 24 seconds—including a 92-yard touchdown at the close of the third quarter— yet they still held the lead. In that situation, it doesn’t take a football genius to know what to do on offense to

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Travon McMillian leads a deep Hokie backfield that features seven players with at least 100 rushing yards this season. Much of that success can be attributed to the Hokies’ defense, which has pitched shutouts against both Delaware and Old Dominion and surrenders a mere 12.7 points per game on average. That will prove to be a massive challenge for Daniel Jones and the Duke offense, which continued its struggles against a relatively weak Pittsburgh defense. In addition to limiting opponents to fewer than 300 total yards per game, Virginia Tech’s defense and special teams have proven effective at getting the ball into the end zone, epitomized

during last weekend’s thrashing of the Tar Heels, when the Hokies scored on a punt, fumble recovery and interception. “It’s putting an emphasis on the execution,” Cutcliffe said of those defensive touchdowns. “One of the things that I think they do a great job of in their punt return game is that you can tell their players believe that if they do their job, that guy behind them is going to make it happen. See SCOUTING on Page 13

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Blue Devils win final nonconference matchup By Andrew Donohue Assistant Blue Zone Editor

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Daniele Proch headed in the game-winning goal in the first half after a shot by Brian White was deflected toward him.

In the last non-conference game of the season, Duke aimed to coast to an easy win and set itself up for the postseason. The game turned out to be more of a struggle than expected, but the Blue Devils still managed to come away with a win. No. 18 Duke beat Delaware 2-1 Tuesday night at Koskinen Stadium in its penultimate regularseason game. The Blue 1 Devils were paced by UD 2 goals from freshman DUKE Daniel Wright and sophomore Daniele Proch and largely stifled the Blue Hens offensively, but Duke also failed to convert on a number of chances. “We wanted to get the win, first and foremost,” Blue Devil head coach John Kerr said. “We wanted to make sure that we finished strong here at Koskinen in the nonconference, which we did.”

The game got off to a perfect start for Duke (11-3-2). In the second minute, a Blue Devil cross found its way through a thicket of defenders to Wright at the far edge of the box. The freshman broke down his defender before firing a shot from a tight angle. The shot deflected off a defender and found its way into the far side netting to give Duke an early lead. The Blue Devils almost doubled their lead in the 10th minute off a centering pass from Proch to Brian White, but a Delaware defender recovered in time to block the forward’s pointblank shot wide. Despite being dominated in the run of play, the Blue Hens (5-6-4) managed to tie things up in the 22nd minute when a cross from midfielder Matt Baquero hit Duke captain Markus Fjørtoft in the arm, and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot. From there, Thibault Phillipe sent goalkeeper Will Pulisic the wrong way, finishing See M. SOCCER on Page 13

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Harris upsets No. 4 on way to runner-up finish By Spencer Levy Contributing Reporter

Coming off a win Sunday against the No. 4 player in the nation, Samantha Harris looked to add an ITA Carolinas Regional Championship to her already impressive resume. But Winthrop’s No. 55 Lauren Proctor stopped the senior in her quest for a championship, defeating Harris 7-6(7), 6-2 Monday at the ConeKenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill. With a finals appearance for the Duke senior, No. 54 Harris earned a place in the singles draw of the ITA Fall Championships Nov. 1-5. “[Harris] played some of the best tennis she’s played at Duke. I thought that she played aggressively. I thought that she was able to build on games and build on points,” Blue Devil head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “She had some tough matches along the way.... It was good to see conditioning wise.” The finals match for Harris didn’t go as she would have drawn up, but the senior showed fight throughout. Harris had a set point in the first-set tiebreaker, but was halted by Proctor, who ripped a winner to draw even and wound up winning the tiebreaker 9-7. The second set didn’t show a similar score line, as Proctor powered her way to a 6-2 set win, which ended Harris’ regional. “I don’t think that Sam could sit here and say that she lost the tiebreaker or lost the match. She got beat,” Ashworth said. “[Proctor] played some really big tennis on big points and it was a good quality of tennis the whole match. It was very high.” Harris’ journey to the finals went through freshman teammate and doubles partner Kelly Chen. After bowing out in the semifinals together in the ITA All-American Championships earlier this month—which also qualified the duo for the doubles draw at the Fall Championships—they were back on the same court once again. But this time, they faced off, and Harris walked away victorious in a long three-set quarterfinal by a

IDENTITY FROM PAGE 11 give the defense a breather—run the ball. Cutcliffe and offensive coordinator Zac Roper instead opted for the air. In the fourth quarter, Duke ran 18 pass plays to just two rushes, one of which was a sack. And of the Blue Devils’ 98 passing yards, 43 came on the final series when the home team had no choice but to go the aerial route. When I asked on Sunday’s postgame review teleconference, Cutcliffe’s answer was just as strange as his offensive decisions 24 hours prior. “We were not interested much in running the ball,” Cutcliffe said. “I wanted to go to our empty set and I wanted to spread the field. We needed to move the ball, hopefully, in chunks, which we did at times, and move the ball while managing the clock. “Your little throws underneath, those kinds of throws are your run game. You get them completed at a high percentage and you get out of bounds. Now, you’re managing the clock.” But the Blue Devils did not need to manage the clock. Their first two fourth-quarter series started with 15:00 and 10:48 left on the game clock, respectively. Even down four points to start the second drive, there was more than enough time for Jones and the offense to move downfield with the effective run-pass balance that Roper has implemented this season.

score of 6-2, 1-6, 6-1. Then, Harris faced off against No. 4 Daavettila—who defeated Blue Devil junior No. 57 Kaitlyn McCarthy in the quarterfinals 6-2, 7-5—and won 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. The next-best finish for Duke came by way of No. 20 sophomore Meible Chi, who lost 6-3, 6-4 to the top seed, North Carolina’s Jessie Aney. Like Chi, junior Ellyse Hamlin was defeated in the third round. Hamlin—straight off success on the doubles court—was taken down 6-2, 6-2 by the eventual semifinalist, Clemson’s No. 70 Marie Leduc. Freshman Ema Lazic lost 6-3, 6-1 to fourth-seeded Eliza Omirou from Wake Forest in the second round after defeating Clemson’s Daniela Ruiz 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4 to open the regional Friday morning. All six of the aforementioned Duke players won at least one main draw match. However, senior Rebecca Smaller could not join her teammates in the main draw, losing a tough second-round qualifying match to Elon’s Montana Moore 6-0, 0-6, 7-5 after earning a first-round bye. “I think as a whole, we’re playing really well. I was impressed with our level all weekend with everybody,” Ashworth said. “Meible lost a tough match to the one seed from UNC and had some opportunities, and I’m happy with where we are as a group for the beginning of November here.” “Every tournament we’re playing, we’re getting better. I think its showing in our results. I think that the girls feel like they’re stronger, they’re more fit. They’ve put in a lot of work conditioning wise. You can start to see some of those results.” With the doubles pairings of McCarthy/ Hamlin and Harris/Chen already qualified for the doubles main draw at the Fall Championships, they were able to focus their practice time on their singles play. But Duke did enter one doubles team in the main draw this weekend. Chi and Lazic paired up for the first time in an attempt to join their teammates next month. The tandem progressed through the first two

Why go away from the gameplan that had earned you four wins this season, especially against a 2-5 Panther team that was one of the easiest remaining games this season? Why take less than three minutes to go 57 yards in 10 plays and come away with no points, forcing your defense that had already played nearly a halfhour of game time back onto the field? And perhaps most perplexing of all, why waste yet another play on Quentin Harris, who has been ineffective this season and once again ran straight into a collapsing defensive line, right after a potential momentum-swinging Shaun Wilson 49-yard kickoff return? Cutcliffe defended Harris, saying that “he’s been really good with what [they’ve] asked him to do.” At the end of the day, neither Harris nor Jones nor anyone on the field was the real reason Duke dropped to 4-4 Saturday—yes, the Blue Devils need better execution, but they can only execute the plays that are called by the head coach and offensive coordinator. That duo has been together for 99 wins, and it’s unlikely Cutcliffe and Roper will separate anytime soon. Duke’s current offensive coordinator was a graduate assistant for his current boss at Mississippi before directing the Blue Devil running backs, special teams and now the whole offense in Durham. Cutcliffe and Roper deserve significant blame together for not just Saturday’s loss, but all three of

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Samantha Harris secured a spot in the singles draw at the ITA Fall Championships with a runner-up finish at regionals. rounds in order to face off against the top-seeded N.C. State team of Anna Rogers and Claudia Wiktorin. The Duke pair was then stopped in its path to a semifinal appearance, falling 8-3. “The first match they played against South Carolina was a great match. They didn’t give away any free points. They were aggressive. They fed off of each other really well on the court. I was really impressed with their communication,” Ashworth said. “The second match that they played, they didn’t hit the ball as well, but they won because of that level of communication so that was great to see. Hopefully it’s something we can build on whether they play together or not down the road.” At the conclusion of the regional, only Harris qualified for the singles draw at the Fall Championships. However, that could change come Wednesday, when the tournament committee decides what other regional quarterfinalists or semifinalists will enter the

singles draw. Thus, it is feasible that either McCarthy or Chen—or both—could join Harris in singles. But as of now, Ashworth can only wait and see what transpires, knowing he already holds two places in the doubles draw and one in singles. For Chi, Lazic and Smaller, the next time that they will take the court is at the Kitty Harrison Invitational in Chapel Hill Nov. 3-5 back at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. McCarthy, Hamlin, Harris and Chen will be traveling out to Indian Wells, Calif. for the Fall Championships at the same time. “The mentality we take is it doesn’t matter where a match is or when a match is, it counts the same,” Ashworth said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s here, in Chapel Hill, in Palm Springs.... A match is a match and that gives us the opportunity to put ourselves in the pressure situations, but results wise too, they count the same.”

Duke’s prior defeats. Jones has not been the same under center, and the offensive production is not there—the Blue Devils have scored 142 points in the victories and just 74 in the losses. Simply put, Duke lacks an offensive identity. The Blue Devils looked to be one of the best rushing offenses in the ACC through four weeks, yet when they desperately need a win, they abandon the ground game. And about all the talk of a big-play offense at the start of the season? Duke’s 10.5 yards per completion average ranks 118th of 129 FBS teams.

So where do the Blue Devils go from here? They still have to face four teams with winning records, needing probably just one victory to back into a bowl bid given their high APR. But even if Duke’s defense returns to form in the coming weeks, it will need more from its offense to earn that win. Cutcliffe acknowledged Saturday that he needs to give this team more, and I have no doubt that he will do just that. But drastic changes must be made, and the Blue Devils need to define just what their offense will look like going forward.

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David Cutcliffe and offensive coordinator Zac Roper made a perplexing decision to stop running the ball in the second half Saturday.

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SCOUTING FROM PAGE 11 There’s an intensity to it.” Virginia Tech’s defense has also stifled opponents on third down, with much of that success attributed to the pass rush. The Hokies have sacked opposing quarterbacks 18 times this season and have held opponents to a third-down efficiency of just 23.7 percent—the second-best mark in the nation. On the offensive side, Virginia Tech balances its aerial and ground game through its redshirt freshman quarterback Josh Jackson, who has tossed 16 touchdowns this season against only four interceptions. Following the departure of Jerod Evans to the NFL after just one season in Blacksburg, Jackson has shown no hesitation about filling

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into the starting role. The Ann Arbor, Mich., native has started all seven games for the Hokies this season and boasts a 64.2 percent completion rate. As a team that leans heavily on the run— the Hokies average 179.0 rushing yards per game—Virginia Tech will test a Duke run defense that surrendered more than 300 yards on the ground last week. Although redshirt junior Travon McMillian features as the starter, the Blue Devils’ task will be complicated by the fact that the Hokies have seven different players with at least 100 rushing yards on the season as well as seven with at least one rushing touchdown. The Hokies possess a tremendously potent offense that averages 37.0 points and more than 450 total yards per game, and they are even more dangerous at home. Lane Stadium is one of the most raucous environment in the ACC, and the advantage Virginia Tech enjoys there has been clear throughout the season. The Hokies have outscored opponents 141-38 at home, a stunning margin rivaled by few teams in the nation. “Playing in that atmosphere, I think it’s important that we go out there and set the tone,” redshirt senior left tackle Evan Lisle said. “Otherwise, that can take over. It’s important as a team that we don’t let that affect us.” After three consecutive losses by a touchdown, the Blue Devils will not get a break with their toughest game of the season looming. Virginia Tech is ranked higher now at No. 13 than it ever was last season, with both sides of the ball firing on all cylinders. “They’re a team that’s functioning at the highest level I’ve seen in quite some time,” Cutcliffe said. “They’re a huge challenge, but also a huge opportunity.”

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Daniel Wright got Duke off to a fast start with a goal in the second minute.

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ow that the primaries have concluded, candidates Steve Schewel and Farad Ali are set to face off in the 2017 Durham mayoral election on November 8th. Even if the race has not been as hot a topic on campus as it has been in the rest of Bull City, this election represents an important turning point for the future direction of Durham. Consequently, Duke students should be motivated to exercise their civic duty as Durham residents. Unfortunately, student turnout for local elections has been low in recent years, with the local precinct encompassing Duke reporting the lowest voter turnout in the city. Even if our stay is temporary, we are obligated to critically examine the ways in which Duke as an influential institution with deep historical ties to Durham will continue to affect the community landscape and vote accordingly. As an academic institution with a long-standing history, Duke has not always been situated in the heart of Durham. In its earlier days, Duke was known as Trinity College, located in Randolph County. John R. Crowell, then-president of Trinity College, instituted the move from Randolph County to a more urban area to improve the finances of the fledgling institution as well as for better student prospects. Although problems still persisted for Trinity, the institution looked for more ways to progress beyond the confines of rural North Carolina—a vision in which Trinity’s location in an industrialized city of the New South played a central role. When Trinity transformed into Duke in 1924, the newly minted university’s role within Durham naturally

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increased accordingly. During the Sanford era, an age of national expansion for Duke, the University’s role in Durham increased with administrators even influencing important urban policies for the economically depressed city. Duke’s influence, in conjunction with urban renewal policies, resulted in the gentrification of local neighborhoods, especially those in the eastern and southern parts of Durham like the Hayti district. The construction of the Durham Freeway, a section of North Carolina’s Highway 147, proved

Editorial Board detrimental to the predominantly black residents of Hayti who no longer had a place to call home. Additionally, the economic ability of the residents was drastically reduced as developers replaced local businesses for the sake of urban development. Although many parts of Durham have been negatively affected by Duke’s role, the university has since made great strides to strengthen its relationship with locals, albeit with some growing pains. The creation of the Duke-Durham neighborhood in 1996 brought forth serious gains for Durham. The creation of two community health centers, a local after-school program for at-risk children and assistance in affordable housing are just some of the examples in which Duke has made a commitment to build up the local community. Notably, the recent construction of forty-five homes in the southside district for Duke employees represented a major

step in the right direction. Community trust, however, has been damaged somewhat by reports of disorderly conduct by Duke students in Durham. Most notably, the lacrosse scandal of 2006 noticeably strained town-gown relations in the fallout of the national scandal. Compounding these issues are the continuing effects of gentrification. Revitalization efforts have caused property values in Durham to skyrocket at the expense of local residents who often are forced to leave their homes in search of more affordable local housing. If Duke truly wants to make a commitment to improve the lives of Durhamites, there are multiple ways the University can truly harness its institutional power for the benefit of the local community. For example, the University can start by implementing policies that will guarantee Duke employees a livable wage along with other employee benefits. Moreover, it can financially back grassroots initiatives to create more affordable housing. While it is true that Duke students are largely transient members of Durham, we still possess the ability to generate long-term change for the better. This can range from large-scale efforts like the pro-bono work done by the law school to more individual endeavors, like voting for candidates who are committed to the residents of Durham. Ultimately, Duke students should strive to care more about Durham: our temporary home and the permanent home to thousands of residents who will be here after us. It is on us as a voting block to make choices and back programs that will benefit the community at large.

A triple-major in scheduling

ometimes I joke that everything at Duke boils down to a scheduling problem. As bookbagging begins, I see all of the classes and interests that I can’t pursue simply because the times don’t match up. The difference from developing a relationship with a professor has sometimes boiled down to whether or not I had another class during their office hours. I like to add talks and events to my

Amy Fan FANGIRLING calendar only to realize later that I can’t go because of a scheduling conflict. Last column, I mentioned how Arianna Huffington likes to schedule her sleep. These logistical scheduling issues don’t just affect our academics and health though. They affects students socially as well. Staying in touch with friends usually means finding mutual open spots in our Google Calendars (if times don’t line up well, good luck staying friends). Large group hangouts quickly turns into scheduling nightmares. Someone else may be open to having a deep insightful heartto-heart one night, and I may only want to focus on that important midterm tomorrow. And is it really a convenient coincidence that nightlife at Duke often starts around midnight, when people (hopefully) don’t have other things scheduled? Even then, the pressure to have something fun to do on a Friday night is very real. David Brooks once wrote about how the lack of intellectual community at Princeton led to a group of students starting a regular discussion group to talk about topics like “millennialism, postmodernism, and Byzantine music.” He concluded with the comment: “If discussion can be scheduled, it can be done.” I have un-ironically asked multiple people to export their schedules from DukeHub so that I could add them to my own calendar. As someone who would like to write out hourly schedules more often than not and lives by Google Calendar, I like to think that in an ideal world, scheduling my time wisely would allow me to make time for things I want, devote sufficient times to things I need, and give a slight sense of control over my life. At the same time, it can’t be a coincidence that all my close friendships have stemmed from unplanned two hour conversations that somehow wormed their way into my day. It can’t be a coincidence that many of my favorite experiences have happened by chance—simply

by being in the right place at the right time. There are some things that are almost always scheduled: classes, extracurriculars, meals with people and other meetings. There are some things that seem borderline ridiculous to schedule: free time, sleep, a 2 hour conversation with a friend. And then there are some thing that straight up cannot be scheduled: a friend who may need help, an interesting event happening on the quad, time to restructure another commitment. It seems ridiculous to give one category disproportionate influence over the others. Just because there is room in a schedule doesn’t mean that it has to be filled; leaving open chunks of time allows for spur of the moment plans. Having open time allows us to balance our schedules with things we may need or not need depending on the week— an extra hour on a paper or problem set, time to rest, or time to catch up with a friend. Every time someone tells me that they liked my column, I can be sure that this is someone who’s willing to have a conversation about the topic. And yet so often, I just say “Thanks!”—or if I’m feeling a bit wordier, “Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.” Rarely do I ask follow-up questions about what they thought or whether they have any ideas. And as I mentioned two weeks ago, how should one feel about the friend who cancels plans because she’s tired—happy that she’s prioritizing her health, or annoyed at our flaky generation? Last year, Shruti Rao wrote a column on finding spontaneity at Duke, reflecting on how a spontaneous road trip to DC made her think about whether she “was focusing on making time throughout my day to incorporate something that brings [her] or people around [her] joy.” But how much of that can be accomplished by a retreat like the ones people generally speak favorably about: Common Ground, the Duke Authenticity Project for first year students, assorted club retreats, and some pre-orientation programs? These perhaps are the ultimate scheduling monsters—asking for an entire chunk of time with which to do nothing else. Scheduling allows us to selectively choose the people with whom we want to spend time, giving us an excuse to narrow our interests. And yes, while specialization is good, at what cost does it come? Having a full calendar is kind of like triple majoring. Undoubtedly it is difficulty and undoubtedly there are benefits, but there is a reason it’s banned at a liberal arts school like Duke, at least in Trinity (good luck Pratt). Amy Fan is a Trinity sophomore. Her column, “fangirling,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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hy do we, both globally and here at Duke, feel the need to grow grass in front of our homes and buildings? Real estate is one of the most valuable commodities and yet we choose to use it on lawns that produce little of

Ethan Ready FEATURED COLUMNIST value. In most cases, the lawn provides nothing for us, yet grooming and perfecting it consumes significant time, economic and environmental resources. Duke has even gone so far as to rope off grassy areas on West Campus to ensure that human use doesn’t disturb the masterpiece. Our culture’s obsession with lawns dates back to displays of class dominance by European royalty. Starting in the Middle Ages and continuing through the 1800s, European royalty used lawns to display economic power and assert their dominance over nature. Many gardens or lawns, especially in Regency England, demonstrated the power that humans wielded over the environment. By devoting large portions of land to a plant that had no economic return, the aristocrats conveyed their vast economic power over the commoners who could never afford estates of their own, and instead had to work on the land of the wealthy. European royals’ power complex translated to American middle-class lifestyle with the creation of suburban culture in the 1950s. The cookiecutter house came complete with a nice green lawn of foreign grass species. The grasses we use today are almost exclusively imported and not meant to grow in this environment. Growing exclusively one crop, like most modern lawns, also does not occur naturally. The cultivation of unnatural grass lawns requires extensive resources to dominate the natural environment–something humans have shown we can do, but probably shouldn’t. The economic and environmental implications of lawns extend beyond the property line. Lawns cost Americans $40 billion and 3 billion hours per year to maintain, money and time that could be directed toward solving the many humanitarian crises facing the world. The fertilizer put on suburban lawns travels as runoff to nearby streams, causing eutrophication and destruction of the environment. Pesticides and herbicides used to maintain grass also poison human native wildlife. Grass lawns require vast amounts of water, more than any other crop, which in many parts of the country is badly needed by both humans and the environment. Imported grasses from rainy areas are not meant to be grown in North American climates, and the resources needed to grow them

often outweigh any benefits of a lawn. We spend large sums of money and disrupt our native communities, but for what? Grass has become a hot topic in Duke Memes for Gothicc Teens and a Duke-specific symbol for frivolous spending. Anyone spending time on campus has seen landscaping workers frequently replacing large tracts of sod, especially before alumni or parents are scheduled to visit. Duke also uses fertilizer, herbicide and sprinklers to maintain the green grass, withdrawing large amounts of water from and poisoning the surrounding ecosystem. On West Campus, the grass is roped off and serves no function other than to impress potential donors. Duke’s grass has become a symbol of the Duke administration caring more about its image than its students or surrounding community. Duke spends significant effort and money on a nice lawn, yet the total cost to attend has been consistently raised over the last few years up to the current level $68,000, a 3.9 percent increase from last year. Duke forces students to buy their expensive housing and dining for three out of four years. Duke has the money from students and donors to constantly do construction and undertake excess landscaping, yet students get ridiculously priced parking tickets and a box of cereal costs $8 at the Lobby Shop. Many memes have compared the amount spent on grass—symbolic of Duke’s excess spending—to the amount spent on financial aid, something about which students care deeply. The land currently used for lawns could foster a variety of more practical alternatives, ranging from native plants to gardens. We could just let the trees dominate, with the ground covered by a carpet of fallen leaves like Duke forest. We could use native species or reduce pesticides and irrigation in order to save money and help the environment. We could grow useful plants. These options might not fit donors’ preconceived notions of aesthetic beauty, but they would improve the health of our environment and allow the Duke community to spend money on more important things. Grass lawns are not inherently bad—they’re just not worth the resources and impact that are so often required to maintain them. Fields used for sports or other activities, especially where climates promote grass growth, are often justifiable. What we should reconsider, however, is whether the aesthetics of a grass lawn justify the impact that one has on the world. Editor’s note: This column was originally published online on Oct. 24, 2017. Ethan Ready is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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“I would much prefer Duke students to be running around naked in the woods than drunk at a Greek party. PWILD actually seems quite tame- and “blocking a trail” hardly seems reprehensible.” —Laura Stough, responding to “Duke’s 2017 suspension of Project Wild came after 23 students were cited for public nudity,” published on Oct. 23, 2017.

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“It’s federal lands; I don’t believe nudity is outlawed on at national parks - might be discouraged and restricted, but not outlawed. 1985 Project wild slid nude - you have to to get any speed on the slde.” —Rob Maliff, responding to “Duke’s 2017 suspension of Project Wild came after 23 students were cited for public nudity,” published on Oct. 23, 2017.

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“... did the FOIA request also confirm the citation of students for nudity? Or is there a separate source confirming those citations? It serves to undermine the claim of a citation when a citation backed up by court documents is also discussed.” —Andrew Rohm, responding to “Duke’s 2017 suspension of Project Wild came after 23 students were cited for public nudity,” published on Oct. 23, 2017.

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“If we can’t get naked in the woods anymore, the terrorists have won.” —Gene Ehrbar, responding to “Duke’s 2017 suspension of Project Wild came after 23 students were cited for public nudity,” published on Oct. 23, 2017.

onlinecomment “Food was added to solos before the suspension. Also, the Appalachian Trail doesn’t go through Pisgah! When I was there, pwild was always working hard to improve the student experience - keeping students happy and comfortable while still encouraging them to take on new challenges.” —Andrew Rohm, responding to “Duke’s 2017 suspension of Project Wild came after 23 students were cited for public nudity,” published on Oct. 23, 2017.

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and the event,” Wynkoop said. “That’s magical to me and that’s their respective colleges. He also said that he would like to do what I aim for [in my rehearsals].” some traveling after retirement, and added that he is looking FROM PAGE 1 forward to having more time to just sit out on his back porch Planning the perfect goodbye and do crossword puzzles, watch the birds come to his feeder weeks in Jan. 1997. Although Wynkoop had not seriously begun thinking and be reflective. While in China, the Chapel Choir and chorale visited Beijing, of retiring until this fall, he left no stone unturned leading Nevertheless, Wynkoop will still be doing plenty of Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou and sang a variety of different up to the night he made his announcement. He said that conducting after stepping down as Director. Beyond Duke folk songs, spirituals and even some local music that included an he waited until a Wednesday night to deliver the news of Chapel Choir and Chorale, Wynkoop also conducts the ancient Chinese New Year’s text, Wynkoop said. his retirement, which is chapel choir rehearsal night. To 150-voice choir Choral Society of Durham and its 32-voice To this day, Wynkoop’s East Campus office still features the make sure he would be the first to break the news, Wynkoop Chamber Choir as well as another professional-level choir giant red banner gifted to him and his singers by their hosts prepared a list of everything he wanted to say and the in the city. during their trip, which features the Chinese translation for sequence he wanted to go in. He added that he will continue to work in the Duke Music “Welcome Duke Chorale.” “I had called my sons because I didn’t want them hearing about it Department and support Chapel concerts moving forward. As Wynkoop reminisced, he identified several favorite pieces because they’re on social media all the time, and they’re in college,” he “The Chapel is where my family grew up, and it is part of of music he conducted through the course of his career including said. “I also had an email ready to go to the senior staff of the chapel, who I am,” Wynkoop said. Brahms’ Requiem, Bach’s St. Matthew passion, the Mozart and I had a text to my siblings and my mom.” Between now and the time he officially steps down in June, Requiem, the Verdi Requiem and Bach’s B-minor mass. Wynkoop noted that he will miss every minute of rehearsals he said that he hopes he will learn how to say goodbye in a way He added that conducting the performance of Handel’s and concerts with the Chapel Choir. But, he is looking forward that allows people to look back on and treasure the memories Messiah—a Duke tradition for the last 84 years—has also been to a more open schedule. he has shared with them, but also in a way that enables them a special experience. One of the first things Wynkoop said he would like to do to move on. “They instantly fall in love with the music, and the process, after June 30 is spending a weekend with each of his boys at The choir resounds Wynkoop explained that he encourages all of his students to take chances and be willing to be wrong. For example, one of his goals is to help his new first-years realize that they are now part of an environment where engaging meaningfully in what you are doing is more important than simply getting things right, he said. “Sure, we want to get stuff right, but in the process we’re going to make mistakes,” he said. “And I’d much rather have you make them boldly so I can hear them and so that you know what your brain told you to do, and then we can tell your brain to do something different.” Elaine Brown, who has sung with Wynkoop during all of his years at the Chapel as well as in the Vocal Ensemble, wrote in an email that Wynkoop inspires her every time he conducts the group. “Rodney always finds a way to encourage the choir to dig deep into ourselves and make the best music possible,” she wrote. Several other members of Chapel Choir reflected on their fondest memories of Wynkoop. Betty Gettys Sturkey—a choir singer since 2000 and director of development at Duke Chapel from 2010-2015—wrote in an email that Wynkoop was a “natural teacher.” She added that he always works to help his singers understand the theological meaning of the text and tune, in addition to what the composer was seeking to say with the composition. Raymond Buck—a choir member from 1979-1983 and 2002-present—emphasized Wynkoop’s ability to pull the group back together during particularly lethargic Sunday morning rehearsals. He praised Wynkoop for how much he cares for each of his singers both personally and professionally. Darla Miller wrote in an email that although she has only been singing in Chapel Choir for eight years, those eight years have been the most musically fulfilling of her life, thanks to Wynkoop. His quest for perfection, constant encouragement and belief in his singers makes singers want to do their best, she added. 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POPE FROM PAGE 2 “One of the hopes that I have is to make students aware of the importance of the Church coming together in a world where there is already so much division. I want to stress how the Church can be an agent of unity, and not one of more division,” he said. “I want to have students carry with them how a divided Church is a counter-witness to peace.” Beyond that, Colón-Emeric hopes to encourage students and parishes to read the ecumenical documents and to find ways to incorporate their ideas into their communities. “That’s really the goal of this—to connect and unify Christians so that they can be sent into the world as ambassadors of peace,” he said. Freeman emphasized Duke Divinity School’s connection to these efforts of reconciliation, noting that the emblem of the school—a cross and a boat—is the same as that of the World Council of Churches. “That sends a really subtle, but important, signal that while this is a Methodist school, it’s very ecumenical and is a school for all Christians,” he said.