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The Chronicle Students and staff expressed their frustrations with “Dukeblue,” the new, mandatory wireless network for Duke’s campus. “Dukeblue” was introduced across the University in January to replace the former network, “DUKE,” which was phased out at the start of the Fall semester. The network’s new features add an additional layer of security for the University’s 70,000 users, said Richard Biever, Duke’s chief information security officer. Many students noted, however, that its implementation has not been without issues. “I normally consider Duke to have one of the better wifi systems that I’ve known,” senior Adam Schutzman said. “And so this year has definitely been a downgrade from that.” A post on the Fix My Campus Facebook group Wednesday—which detailed issues with the new network—received 123 likes, making it the most popular post of the Fall semester so far. Connectivity and speed issues Several students said that they were sometimes also disconnected from “DUKE” in the past, which most Duke community members used until August, but noted that they felt this issue has worsened under the

new network. “This year, the network has dropped a lot more and it’s harder to keep a constant connection,” Schutzman added. The Office of Information Technology website reports scheduled maintenances and widespread wireless outages, but some students have also experienced unreported, smaller-scale disconnections.

“The wifi’s very inconsistent,” wrote junior Andrew Bihl in a email. “It will randomly disconnect your device, and then reconnecting can take a long time.” Schutzman described instances where his devices did not display the “Dukeblue” network as an option to connect to. Students also complained about the unreliability of network speed, even when they

were successfully connected to “Dukeblue.” “I’ve found that the wifi in general is slower than the previous network now that it has the password on it,” senior Jessica Van Meir said. “The fact that it takes longer to connect in the beginning when I start up my computer is annoying, and then there are times when it See DUKEBLUE on Page 4

Duke prepares grad students for careers outside the Ivory Tower Heather Zhou The Chronicle

Han Kang | The Chronicle The University received a grant in August to expand career opportunities for grad students in the humanities.

As job prospects in academia become grimmer, Duke’s graduate programs in the humanities are helping its students explore other career options. In August, the University received a three-year $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which will be used to enhance curriculum and expand career opportunities, said Paula McClain, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education. “Getting the grant from the NEH is recognition of Duke’s effort in preparing

its Ph.Ds in humanities for different career pathways,” she said. “We don’t call it ‘alternative pathway.’ Our view is that there are so many things that an individual can do with a Ph.D. in humanities, [and that] we just need to help them decide what they will do.” She added that the graduate school is in the process of hiring a professional to work with Ph.D. students in the humanities on internship opportunities and additional professional development. While acknowledging that the number of tenure-track teaching positions has indeed became fewer, McClain said that humanities Ph.D. students in the past have found their niche in fields such as academic administration, non-governmental

organizations and academic publishing. Current Ph.D. students echoed McClain’s sentiments, saying that they are generally aware of opportunities for careers outside of academia. “People are exploring both options simultaneously as they move on to the completion of their degrees, weighing their options and making their decisions,” said Claire Scott, a fourth year Ph.D. candidate under the Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German studies. “I definitely have explored other options, and an alternative career path is something on my radar too.” Scott—who graduated from Dartmouth See GRAD STUDENTS on Page 4

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The Chronicle Passed during the summer, House Bill 972 stipulates that police body and dashboard camera footage are not public records. The bill contains new procedural requirements regarding the request of body camera footage, as well as stipulations on who can request it. If a request is denied, those who want the footage must make an appeal to North Carolina superior courts. John Faircloth, sponsor of the bill and a Republican representative in the North Carolina General Assembly, said the bill creates a uniform standard for police. “This is a bill that has to do with setting a statewide standard for the handling of images that are recorded on cameras carried by police officers in the line of duty,” Faircloth said. “We’re trying to give a process that applies to every department all across the state in the same way so we’re not doing it 50 different ways.” Many critics of the legislation, however, worry that procedural requirements outlined in the bill could make it significantly harder for people to request footage. They argue that making body camera footage private obstructs transparency. “I think it makes it virtually impossible for body cameras to serve the purpose that they were initially thought of as serving,” said Mike Meno, communications director at North Carolina’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. “What it does is create a very real burden for people who are captured on body camera.” According to the legislation, the only people able to petition the police for a recording are those who are captured by the video or their personal representatives. In addition, the actual release of a video—as opposed to just being able to view the footage—requires a court order. The Duke University Police Department has used body cameras since August 2015, but Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh wrote last June that footage was not considered a public record in order to protect community members’ privacy.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons House Bill 972 states that police body camera footage is not public and institutes new procedural requirements to obtain footage.

Jonathan Jones, an instructor at Elon University and director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, disagreed, however. Jones said private university police departments are not legally obligated to use the procedure set forth in the law, and that “Duke is free to set up its own procedures for releasing it.” He added hat there are exceptions with the Campus Police Act, which he said requires private police departments to reveal records dealing with “circumstances surrounding an arrest.” Others might not share his legal interpretation, he noted. Cavanaugh wrote that North Carolina law is more ambiguous, as to what applies to Duke and does not. “The law lists agencies and public records and leaves open a number of areas for interpretation,” he wrote. “We will comply with all aspects that apply to our operations.” Most private university police departments, like public ones, have been hesitant to openly release records, Jones said. While acknowledging people’s concerns, Faircloth contended that the bill will not have negative results in practice. See BODY CAMERAS on Page 4

interpreting polling data because a variety of factors can contribute to errors. “Estimates from opinion polls, especially for elections, involve many subjective decisions by the pollster,” Reiter said. “These include how the pollster handles missing values, how the pollster decides to infer from the sampled cases to the population and how the pollster decides who in the sample is likely to vote… These decisions are hidden from the public, making it impossible for the public to evaluate or completely understand what the numbers mean.” He also cautioned against trusting online polls, especially from organizations without professional pollsters on staff. The samples from online polls may reflect only those who frequent the website, and are not representative of the whole population. An internal memo at Fox News raised those very points after the first presidential debate, telling staff that such online polls “do not reflect our editorial standards.” “Don’t be influenced too much by any one poll result—any one poll has a lot of uncertainty due to both chance errors and

Public opinion polling is facing new challenges in the digital age. North Carolina is poised to be a tight swing state in the upcoming election, with Clinton up by two points in a four-way horse race in the most recent poll by Public Policy Polling. This is reflected in the campaign battlefield with both Trump and Clinton increasing their campaign ad airtime across North Carolina. Although public opinion polls can be used to show what proportion of the given population has a specific viewpoint, experts noted that this poses challenges. “It is increasingly difficult to get truly random samples, mainly because people are reluctant to respond to polls,” said Jerry Reiter, professor of statistical science. “At the same time, big data from social media and online surveying offer potentially huge sample sizes, but with a significant risk that the resulting data are not representative of the whole population.” See POLLS on Page 3 Reiter noted that opinion polling data can be useful for candidates and their campaigns in determining how to allocate resources. “For example, when polls suggest a presidential candidate is highly unlikely to win a particular state, that candidate may forego spending money on ads and events there,” he said. The two most common ways in which public opinion polls are conducted are telephone and face-to-face interviews, according to the Gallup organization. Representative samples are done to make generalizations about a specific population, and scientific polls are usually conducted using geographic-area probability sampling, also referred to as “block sampling.” Block sampling is conducted by dividing a population into blocks of equal population density, which are additionally divided until one household is chosen at Chronicle File Photo random, according to Gallup. Then, a single According to FiveThirtyEight, Clinton has a respondent is chosen. Reiter said to take caution when 66.7 percent chance of winning the election.

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Adam Beyer | The Chronicle The Durham community gathered for the University’s annual Blessing of the Animals service Sunday afternoon outside the Chapel.

Adam Beyer | The Chronicle An iguana named Gremlin who has been having health problems attended the service.

Adam Beyer | The Chronicle The service honors St. Francis, a 13th century priest known for his love of animals.

GRAD STUDENTS from page 1 College with degrees in history and English— said she plans to enter academia after completing her Ph.D., but has also organized a series of professional development workshops through a grant from the graduate school, which inform students about career opportunities other than becoming a tenuretrack professor. For some of Duke’s humanities departments, however, academia is still the primary place where Ph.D. students ultimately end up. “There are other things you can do with a Ph.D. in English, but what we do best is prepare people to become tenure-track professors at universities in general,” said Robert Mitchell, Marcello Lotti professor of English and director of graduate studies in the English department. Mitchell added that according to recent and past surveys, the percentage of Duke English Ph.D. graduates who have a tenure job within three years of graduation is about 80 percent, which is significantly better than peer institutions such as Yale and Harvard, for which the percentage is around 60 percent. Due to this success, the English department has not been focused much on alternative careers, Mitchell noted. “It may be different for other departments,” he said. “[In] biology, the goal might be to send some into academia and some to industry, but for us, the English department, the clear job you are heading for is tenure-track jobs.” However, the doctoral program in English at Duke is relatively small and highly selective. The program usually admits 10 students per year from about 300 applications, Mitchell said. Scott emphasized that students in

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humanities should not be discouraged from pursuing a Ph.D. degree simply because of how job prospects may appear. “The job market is tight right now, there aren’t as many jobs in humanities field as there used to be, but just because there [are] fewer jobs doesn’t mean [a Ph.D. in humanities] is not worth pursuing,” she said. “The skills that you learn in the humanities—communication skills, close reading skills, how to engage with different types of media—all those skills are very transferable to a lot of professions.”

POLLS from page 2 systematic errors,” Reiter said. “Looking at many poll results gives you a better sense of where the race is.” Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight is one example of such a polling aggregation website that uses statistical analysis on polling data to give a more comprehensive story. As Nate Silver detailed, the FiveThirtyEight model prioritizes the many state polls over national polls. Furthermore, these polls are adjusted along different parameters such as accounting for state-tostate correlated error. “If a candidate beats his polls to win Ohio, there’s a good chance he’ll also do so in Pennsylvania,” Silver explained in a blog. The future of election polling is may strongly involve statistical analysis on aggregate data, Reiter noted. “Students trained in statistical methods, computer science and the social sciences will have the opportunity to make significant contributions to the future of scientific polling,” he said. According to the current FiveThirtyEight forecast for the presidential election, Hillary Clinton has a 66.7 percent chance of winning and Donald Trump has a 33.3 percent chance of winning.

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out on the streets as a young officer, I wish we had this technology.” Meno suggested that police footage is not the “People are making assumptions that only check-and-balance available to the public. primarily because [the bill] does not make “It’s important for the public to know that these images a public record, agencies are despite this new law, they still have the right to going to be trying to hide these videos,” he film the police,” he said. said. “Police departments want to use these images. They know it will help them in their from page 1 interactions with the public.” Meno argued, however, that the purpose of body cameras in the first place was to improve slows down or randomly disconnects.” trust between officers and the communities Biever explained that certain parts of they serve. The bill creates a greater divide and campus also have slower wifi speeds due to the perpetuates distrust, making the policy largely distribution of access points. He suggested counterintuitive, he said. using a speed test to check connection “We’ve seen several police chiefs across the strength. state speak out against this law because they say, However, sophomore Grahame Evans ‘look, this is going to make it harder for us to do found download speed to be variable even in our job, it’s going to make it harder for us to get the same location. Evans ran three consecutive the full story out there,’” Meno said. speed tests using an online service within 10 Although footage of the Scott shooting second intervals of each other and found was released from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg download speeds ranging from two to seven Police Department prior to the bill taking megabits per second. effect, Faircloth and Meno disagreed on “The variability in download and upload how the bill could have theoretically affected speed is very weird and was definitely not the CMPD. Faircloth said it would have made case last year,” he said. releasing the video easier, while Meno said the new law would have actively prevented it from Pressure points getting out into the open. Biever highlighted three “pressure points” Jones said courts would likely allow for that affect the reliability of the new network: the release of video in such high-profile and the number of devices, encryption and the five charged incidents. However, the now-mandated gigahertz access points. court process would likely take a long time due Around February, OIT alerted faculty to underfunding in the North Carolina court and Duke Student Government members system. CMPD was able to release the video about the availability of the new network, fairly quickly, he noted in contrast. and although no concentrated effort was Both Meno and Faircloth agreed that made notify the general student body at the police accountability and working with the time, Biever estimated that about one-third community is a bipartisan issue. Faircloth of students found the network on their own. urged those who are skeptical to be patient By April, approximately 3,400 total users were and let the bill actually be implemented, connected to “Dukeblue,” but some students who discovered the network reverted back to instead of judging it prematurely. “Give it time to work,” he said. “This is true “DUKE” soon after. of any legislation. I wish years ago when I was Now, approximately 12,000 unique users

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are connected to “Dukeblue,” resulting in a volume of traffic multiple times higher in scale than in the Spring semester. “Since school started, it feels like the bandwidth speed has been completely throttled,” Evans said. Unlike the previous network, “Dukeblue” adds a layer of encryption that requires users to input their netID and password to connect. Security Biever said that although the authentication process provides security to the user, it also slows the initial connection to the network because the access point needs to identify the user each time. As the network for a high-profile university with a large user base, Duke’s networks are subject to an estimated two to five million attacks per month. Biever noted that approximately 100 accounts are compromised each month. The switch to the new network, he explained, adds encryption to ensure that users do not connect to a misleading and malicious network in disguise. Devices were more susceptible to these attacks under the previous network because “DUKE” did not require username and password authentication. Biever said that in accidentally connecting to these “fake” networks, students are at risk for exposing their personal data, a risk that is much less probable under “Dukeblue.” “I equate connecting to an open network to going swimming in a public pool with 200 other people and not knowing which one has a communicable disease,” Biever said. ‘Good to bad to going back toward good’ Although “Dukeblue” has been live on campus for months, most Duke community members said they did not use it until late August. More than one month in, users reported mixed feelings about the network. “Now that they’re trying to totally switch

The Chronicle to it, I’ve kind of been forced to switch to it, but I haven’t seen a huge improvement,” Van Meir said. Schutzman similarly noted that he had not seen “much change or progress in the connectivity” during September. Biever explained that he does not think the current issues are due to the new setup of “Dukeblue,” but rather due to increased demand on the network. “We have seen demand grow on the wireless year after year, and we have seen the technology and usage change,” he said. “Regardless of if we encrypt it or not, we have to grow the network with that use, whether it’s coverage or whether it’s density.” Other students said they feel that OIT efforts to improve the network are noticeable. Evans noted that auto-connecting issues “sorted themselves out,” while speed consistency is trending up. “It went from good to bad to going back toward good for speed. It’s been getting better,” Evans said. In an email, a group of OIT staff members wrote that “additional wireless upgrades are currently underway for the Perkins and Bostock libraries and the Trent Center.” By Summer 2017, Biever anticipates the addition of approximately 4,500 to 5,000 access points throughout campus, on top of the current total of approximately 3,800. This will accommodate a user base that he expects to increase to between 25,000 to 30,000. Bihl, a computer science major, conceded that although no transition can be “completely error-free,” OIT and Duke should realize that resolving the issues is a huge priority. “I’ll have interviews soon for tech recruiting, which means I’ll have to do live coding and web chat with companies offering internships,” he wrote. “If the wifi cuts out in the middle of one of those interviews, it could ultimately make the difference between a rejection and an offer.”

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Six Daniel Jones turnovers doom Blue Devils in 34-20 loss to Virginia Sam Turken The Chronicle A week after avoiding miscues in a comeback win against Notre Dame, Duke reverted back to its inconsistent habits Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils could not overcome five interceptions and a late fumble by redshirt freshman quarterback Daniel Jones, falling to Virginia 34-20 at Wallace Wade Stadium. Despite a strong start for Duke, the Cavaliers capitalized on Jones’ first-half mistakes to take a 20-10 lead at halftime—one they would not relinquish. The Blue Devils came within one possession in the fourth quarter, but Jones was crushed in the end zone with 4:24 left in the game and coughed it up, allowing Virginia to ice the game by recovering the fumble for a touchdown. “We got out-everything-ed across the board,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. Although the Blue Devils often forced Cavalier quarterback Kurt Benkert to escape the pocket, the Virginia signal-caller picked apart the Duke secondary, finishing 23-of-41 for 336 yards and three touchdowns to punish Jones and company for their mistakes. Saturday’s homecoming loss resembled the Blue Devils’ first three games, when Duke struggled to stop explosive plays and committed 10 turnovers—it now leads the

Jim Liu | The Chronicle Virginia quarterback Kurt Benkert created several big plays Saturday, finishing with 336 yards and three touchdowns through the air to lead the Cavaliers to their second straight win.

FBS in turnovers with 17 through five games. “We’re going to have a long laundry list of things that we have to repair that I am deeply concerned with,” Cutcliffe said. “From this point, I’m looking forward to putting that list together starting with me. I need to be smarter and I need to be better.” Jones first ran into trouble during his

third drive after finding sophomore T.J. Rahming for a touchdown pass to give the Blue Devils (2-3, 0-2 in the ACC) a 7-0 lead earlier in the game. But when the 6-foot-5 quarterback escaped a Virginia blitz later in the first quarter, he was intercepted by Juan Thornhill. Although the Cavaliers (2-3, 1-0) did not

turn that interception into points, they cut into Duke’s lead later in the quarter with Benkert’s 28-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver David Eldridge—who later broke free for an 84-yard pass to set up Virginia’s second touchdown. Eldridge finished with a See FOOTBALL on Page 9

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Nightmare game gives Jones crucial learning opportunity Brian Mazur The Chronicle In his first five games as Duke’s starting quarterback, Daniel Jones has experienced the highs and lows of college football. Saturday marked another low for the redshirt freshman, and how he responds could determine how the Blue Devils’ final seven games turn out. In Saturday’s game against the Cavaliers, Jones was intercepted five times, had several passes in key situations batted down at the line of scrimmage

and faced consistent pressure from Virginia’s front seven. With Duke down seven late in the fourth quarter, Jones did not see Cavalier linebacker Jordan Mack on an edge rush. Mack clobbered Jones on one of the biggest hits of the quarterback’s young career, and Virginia recovered for the game-sealing touchdown. The Cavaliers intercepted Jones one last time just for good measure on the Blue Devils’ final possession. “I can’t remember one like that,” Jones said of Saturday’s 34-20 loss. “But that’s not what’s important. What is important is moving forward and learning from it.”

Jim Liu | The Chronicle Redshirt freshman quarterback Daniel Jones had six turnovers Saturday, including five interceptions.

At the beginning of the game, it seemed like Jones was picking up up where he left off last week against Notre Dame, when the Charlotte native committed only one turnover and threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns. Jones was named the ACC Rookie of the Week for that effort, and began Saturday’s game by completing all five passes on his second drive of the game. That drive culminated in a 23-yard strike to sophomore T.J. Rahming that gave the Blue Devils an early 7-0 advantage. But that was one of the few highlights for the Blue Devil passing game. On Duke’s third possession, Jones escaped pressure at the Virginia 42-yard line and rolled to his right. It looked like the 19-year old could have picked up a few yards on a keeper, but instead Jones forced a throw downfield—it ended up in the waiting arms of Cavalier safety Juan Thornhill. “One thing I told him on one of the early [interceptions was], ‘You’re trying to make plays instead of executing plays,’” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “There’s a big difference.” The first-quarter interception was only the taste of what was to come for Jones, who might have nightmares this week about Virginia cornerback Bryce Hall. The true freshman intercepted Jones twice in the second quarter, stalling Blue Devil drives that could have expanded a 10-6 lead—including a

highlight-reel grab in the red zone. From there, Jones would toss two more interceptions and cough it up in the end zone when he did not see Mack on the blitz. “When you’re protected as a quarterback and you know you are, you tend to trust,” Cutcliffe said. “Unfortunately, [Jones is] going to be really sore too.” Although Jones will want to forget today’s game, the setback will need to serve as an important building block for the redshirt freshman and the Duke offense if the Blue Devils are to reach the six-win threshold for a fifth straight year. No one knew what to expect of the unit this season with its offseason losses and a season-ending injury to incumbent starting quarterback Thomas Sirk. But despite Jones’ turnover issues, he has shown he can lead Duke’s offense. He is averaging 282.8 yards through the air per game—a total that was in the top 30 nationally entering Saturday’s game. Jones is among the best FBS freshmen in passing yards and passing touchdowns along with highly-touted players like Florida State’s Deondre Francois. Although the Blue Devils’ leader under center has a long way to go, lessons from Saturday’s contest will likely be instrumental in the former unheralded recruit’s growth. “I would hope that this is one of the most See JONES on Page 9

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Morris game-winner propels Duke to 10th win Riley Pfaff The Chronicle Although scoring came easily for Duke in a 6-2 romp of a top-15 opponent Friday, the Blue Devils found themselves in a very different game less than 48 hours later. But after a harrowing 70 minutes of near misses and close calls, Duke managed to avoid an upset bid by Boston University and pick up its 10th win of the season. Coming off of 2 Friday’s rout of No. BC DUKE 6 15 Boston College, the No. 3 Blue 1 Devils used a late BU Morris DUKE 2 Heather goal with less than 90 seconds remaining in regulation to eke out a hard-fought 2-1 win against the 13th-ranked Terriers at Jack Katz Stadium Sunday afternoon. Duke recorded a season-high 27 shots and 15 penalty corners, but struggled to find the back of the net and let Boston University hang around after the teams exchanged quick goals in the opening half. Luckily for the Blue Devils, their senior captain delivered in the clutch to clinch a victory in regulation. “I’m real proud of the tenacity of the team,” Duke head coach Pam Bustin said. “Every weekend is a battle and every weekend is a mental and physical challenge.”

Jack White | The Chronicle Heather Morris scored with less than 90 seconds left in regulation to give Duke its seventh top20 win of the season.

The Terriers (7-4) opened the scoring in the 19th minute on a penalty corner when Taylor Blood and Ally Hammel set up forward Hester Van Der Laan at the top of the circle. The senior split the Duke defense then beat sophomore Blue Devil goalkeeper Sammi Steele—who finished the game with one save—to give Boston University early momentum. But the advantage for Duke’s Patriot League opponent did not last long. The Blue Devils (10-1) responded about a minute and a half later on a

penalty corner of their own. Margaux Paolino took the corner and passed the ball to junior Alyssa Chillano, who immediately sent it back to the freshman near the corner of the goal. Paolino then sent the quick return pass into the upper corner of the goal off the stick of a Terrier defender to knot the score at one apiece. Paolino’s goal was the first of her career, as the decorated freshman has been an assist specialist. The Villanova, Pa., native entered the weekend tied for

second nationally with 1.0 assists per game —no other Duke player has more than four—but showed her versatility Sunday. After Paolino’s goal, the two teams settled into a defensive struggle, as neither team scored again for the rest of the half despite the Blue Devils’ eight shots and five corners in the period. Duke’s struggle to score continued into the second half, with Boston University goalkeeper Cammy Jensen finishing with nine saves. “It’s hard when a team packs the circle to get clean shots off. It was really scrappy,” Morris said. “You just got to keep grinding it out.” Each side had several close calls as they sought a go-ahead tally. Toward the end of the first half, Terrier sophomore Kara Enoch had a breakaway, but Steele charged out of the circle and slid to disrupt the opportunity. In a three-minute stretch early in the second half, the Blue Devils had a series of three corners and were unable to find the goahead goal on any of them. “There are moments when you can get frustrated or you can panic a little bit, but we just continued to put the pressure on,” Bustin said. “We were able to continue to put the pressure on and earn some corners, a lot of corners, and finally execute on two of them for the win.” With the offense struggling, Duke’s defense stood tall, limiting Boston See FIELD HOCKEY on Page 9

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Blue Devils deliver second straight ACC romp Ben Leonard The Chronicle

Even without three of its best players, Duke once again looked like a team that is hitting its stride in the heart of the ACC schedule. The No. 10 Blue Devils easily dispatched Syracuse 4-0 at Koskinen Stadium Sunday for their third consecutive shutout, marking the first time Duke has ever netted four goals in consecutive ACC games. Senior Toni Payne and freshman Ella Stevens each ‘CUSE 0 scored two goals DUKE 4 for the Blue Devils, who outshot an overmatched Orange squad 19-2. “We couldn’t have drawn it up any better,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “We came out early very, very aggressive. We had a great mentality, how we pressured them early and how we kept pressure all the way through.” The Blue Devils (8-2-2, 3-0-1 in the ACC) have been without Olympian Rebecca Quinn and sophomore Kayla McCoy recently due to injury, but a third Duke star was out of the lineup Sunday. Sophomore Taylor Racioppi missed the game with a lower leg injury, leaving the Blue Devils without a trio that had combined for seven goals and seven assists so far this season. But someone forgot to tell the Blue Devils who they were missing. As in its previous game, a 4-0 rout

of then-No. 19 Virginia Tech, Duke seamlessly executed its game plan of gaining possession in the middle of the field, setting up crosses from the outside and finishing with short-range goals. “We’ve lost some people here and now, we can’t make up for it by just putting in other people,” Church said. “We’ve got to make up for it by playing as a team and playing together. I really like where we are right now.” Payne led the charge early for the Blue Devils, tapping in the team’s secondquickest goal of the season barely five minutes into the contest to give Duke the early momentum. Senior Christina Gibbons fed her classmate from the right side of the field, and Payne fought around a defender to deliver a five-yard strike for her fourth goal of the season. “It definitely calmed us down a little bit,” Payne said. “We didn’t have to chase the game as much, and that propelled us forward for the rest of the game.” The Birmingham, Ala., native’s second tally put the Blue Devils up 2-0 early in the second half after freshman Mia Gyau dribbled into the attacking third then found Stevens near the top of the penalty box. Stevens then quickly flicked the ball back to Payne, who fired a shot into the bottom right corner of the net. Duke’s offensive success rubbed off on its defense, as the Blue Devils did not allow the Orange (7-4-2, 0-3-1) to take a shot in the first half. Although Duke

Chris Teufel | The Chronicle Toni Payne and the Blue Devils have scored four goals in consecutive ACC contests for the first time ever.

entered the game ranked 78th nationally in goals against average, the Blue Devils easily notched their third straight shutout, with goalkeeper E.J. Proctor only needing to make one save. “One of the things we talked about after the Boston College game [Sept. 17] is that we can’t give up so many goals,” Church said. “And then we haven’t given up goals in [three] games. They’re playing great.” Stevens got into the scoring action in the 60th minute on a beautiful piece of footwork, switching to her left foot after receiving an outlet pass from Gibbons on

the right side of the field to drive the ball into the back of the net. The Grayson, Ga., native scored her second goal 10 minutes later to give Duke a 4-0 lead and become the team’s leader in goals scored with six. On a free kick, junior Ashton Miller floated a pass inside the box that Stevens headed toward the net. Syracuse goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan saved the header, but could not secure the ball, allowing Stevens to follow her shot and tap it in See W. SOCCER on Page 9

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Veerakone delivers game-winning free kick Winston Lindqwister The Chronicle The Blue Devils entered Friday’s game desperately seeking an offensive spark after scoring once in their first three ACC games. But for one of the few times this season, Duke’s offense delivered in the second half. Freshman midfielder Suniel Veerakone scored his third free kick goal of the season in the 75th minute Friday evening to lift the Blue Devils to a 2-1 DUKE 2 win against N.C. State NCSU 1 at Dail Soccer Field in Raleigh. Duke fell behind in the sixth minute, but quickly answered when junior Brian White found senior Jared Golestani, and hung tough before Veerakone’s game-winner sent the Blue Devils to their first ACC win of the season. “Giving a goal away early kind of hurt us but I’m so pleased we bounced back quickly to get a goal to equalize things,” Duke head coach John Kerr told GoDuke.com. “You believe a little bit more once you can get that goal into equal terms. We had to struggle tonight because they had a lot of good possession, but we had to believe in ourselves and be resilient on defense.” Although the Blue Devils (4-3-2, 1-2-1 in the ACC) got the win, they struggled to start the game. N.C. State dictated possession, and claimed an early lead when Simon Blotko sent a pass to Tanner Roberts, who headed the ball past Duke goalkeeper Robert Moewes.

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But the Blue Devils responded just a few minutes later. Following a turnover at midfield in the ninth minute, junior Carter Manley broke free near the left sideline and took the ball into the final third. He then sent a through ball to White, who crossed it to the back post for a tapin Golestani goal to energize Duke’s offense, which has now scored in the first half in four straight games after accomplishing the feat once in its first five contests. The Wolfpack (3-7, 0-4) continued to dictate play, outshooting the Blue Devils 14-6 on the evening, but Moewes and company held

up. Duke’s star graduate student goalkeeper finished the evening with four saves, including a key one-on-one stop in the 36th minute. The Blue Devils started the second half more aggressively, and nearly broke through in the 69th minute when Veerakone found junior Cameron Moseley. N.C. State goalkeeper Alex McCauley made his only save of the night, though, to keep the teams knotted at one goal apiece. Duke had to fight through adversity after starting defender CC Uche left the game, but fellow freshman Brandon Williamson stepped into Duke’s back line

and along with Manley and junior Markus Fjortoft helped hold N.C. State at bay in the second half. Following Veerakone’s go-ahead tally, the Wolfpack mounted a furious rally but were unable to equalize and force overtime. “We had a great game, solid as a rock back there,” Kerr said. “Communication was fantastic, especially having to adjust with CC getting injured and Brandon in there. I’m really proud of our back four and the goal keeper.” Veerakone scored his third goal of the season following six straight games without a goal. The Caledonia, Mich., native drew a foul about 20 yards away from goal, and fired a highlight-reel free kick into the back of the net to make N.C. State pay for the foul. The elusive 5-foot-8 midfielder is now tied for the team lead in goals alongside White with three tallies this season. “They fouled [Suniel] and he was vicious on the free kick,” Kerr said. “We were very lucky to hold on at the end there, because they were giving it everything they had. We just held on and weren’t going to give them a goal in the second half.” Coming off a disappointing 2-1 loss to Georgia State and 1-1 draw against Pittsburgh, the Blue Devils needed three points Friday and came away with their second road win of the year. Duke will look to add another win and take advantage of scoring chances Tuesday when it hosts Davidson at Koskinen Stadium before another road test at No. 18 Virginia Tech.

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FOOTBALL from page 6 game-high 112 receiving yards. Jones’ next three interceptions came in a flurry in the second quarter, allowing the Cavaliers to build a 10-point halftime lead when Benkert found Olamide Zaccheaus in the corner of the end zone just before the end of the second quarter. The Blue Devils’ first-half miscues were largely a product of miscommunications and inaccurate passes, with erratic throws and timely plays by Virginia’s defense costing Duke. “I have a lot to learn from this and we have to keep moving on,” Jones said. “That’s the most important part, learning from it and correcting it going forward.” Jones found more of a rhythm in the third quarter, at one point completing 10 straight passes, but Benkert and company answered following Duke kicker A.J. Reed’s

second field goal of the day. An East Carolina transfer, Benkert found Richard Burney for a three-yard touchdown to make the score 2713 late in the third quarter. With redshirt senior safety DeVon Edwards out for the season with a torn ACL, Duke was unable to prevent explosive plays. The Cavaliers averaged 14.6 yards per completion as the Blue Devils—who finished with three sacks—struggled to stop Benkert. “The offensive line did a great job of containing our rush,” sophomore linebacker Ben Humphreys said. “We came into the game ranked [first in the nation in sacks] and they did a great job of containing that early.” After going down 27-13, the Blue Devils came right back with a three-play drive set up by a 43-yard pass to redshirt junior Quay Chambers—who led Duke with 90 receiving yards. Redshirt junior running back Joseph Ajeigbe punched it in to cut Virginia’s lead to seven with 11:34 left in the game and the Blue Devils had more opportunities to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, but Cavalier All-ACC linebacker Micah Kiser and company took over the rest of the way. Kiser finished with 18 tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss, and the Virginia defense stopped Duke on two fourth downs in Cavalier territory before Jordan Mack came unblocked and leveled Jones to force the Blue Devils’ last turnover. Virginia’s Eli Hanback recovered the loose ball in the end zone for the game-clinching touchdown. Now below .500 for the second time this season, Duke will look to rebound against Army next Saturday at 12:30 p.m. “It’s not just about what the response is next week or the week after,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s about the response as to, ‘What’s this mean to you from now on—what’d you learn?’”

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meaningful circumstances he ever faces as a player,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s happened to some really fine football players.” Cutcliffe’s attitude and confidence in Jones should help the young quarterback bounce back from a five-interception outing next week against Army. When asked if he ever considered playing backup Parker Boehme, the former National Coach of the Year definitively said he never did. Jones will likely throw more interceptions this season, but if the Charlotte native can bounce back moving forward like he did at Notre Dame, Duke could get its season back on track. Following Saturday’s loss, Jones said he wanted to take advantage of all of the resources around him—the coming months will tell if lessons learned can help him eliminate the turnovers that have hampered his first year under center. When discussing his plan moving forward, Jones responded, “Studying tape, learning, listening to the coaches, Sirk [and] Boehme.”

University to seven shots and two shots on goal. The Blue Devils dominated possession for much of the afternoon, but even when the Terriers controlled the ball, the Duke defense avoided the lapses that allowed then-No. 5 North Carolina to score three second-half goals Sept. 25. The Blue Devils’ patience was rewarded in the 69th minute. After a shot fake, senior Robin Blazing passed to Morris near the left side of the goal, and the Pottstown, Pa., native buried her seventh shot of the game for her teamleading 11th goal of the season. “We called a two slip left, which is the corner I’ve been practicing, and Robin gave me a great slip, and I just aimed for the goal and tried to shoot it as hard as I could,” Morris said. Now with seven top-20 wins this season, Morris and company will prepare for another challenging weekend. Duke will travel north to take on No. 4 Syracuse in its second top-five matchup in two weeks before facing No. 11 Princeton Sunday.

Church’s team will look to stay hot this week with road tilts at Wake Forest and N.C. State. “It’s one of my favorite days to play the Pink Game,” Church said. “It stands for a second goal. for so much more than just the program The Blue Devils continued dominating we’re in. We have such quality people possession to close out the rout, which and they understand that it stands for was also Duke’s annual “Pink Game.” a lot, and they thought about that, and The Blue Devils donned pink threads The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation they knew it. The Pink Game is very that were auctioned off after the game 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 special, and we’ve played very well in to benefit the Duke Pediatric Blood and For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 Pink Games before.” Marrow Transplant Program. For Saturday, October 3, 1, 2016 2016 For Release Release Monday, October

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fter the first 2016 presidential debate last week, some viewers of the event struggled to agree on which candidate had won. If the victor’s identity was ambiguous though, one thing was surely not: the fact that attacks on physical appearance and weight had emerged as a new norm in politics. Over the course of the debate, candidate Donald Trump made repeated jabs at a former Miss Universe winner, Alicia Machado, referring to her weight in an effort to discredit her endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Even before the debate, opponents of Trump had stooped to similarly low levels, relentlessly mocking some of his physical attributes. Such body-shaming is not a new phenomenon, but it is disappointing that it has metastasized its way into the political arena and found a home in presidential election campaigns. In today’s editorial, we examine both how body shaming emerged in US politics and how it can once again be relegated away from the political realm. As is the case with many political trends, it is difficult to tell how fat-shaming became a mainstream phenomenon. One explanation for its emergence might be that campaigns, candidates and voters have taken notice of the proliferation

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of satirical cartoons that caricature politicians in grotesque ways and attempted to use those caricatures as rhetorical weapons. If that is truly the case, they ought to take a step back and remember to separate satire from reality. The traits of a satirically drawn image are not meant to be used in serious political discussion. Satire is a vehicle to advance ideas through humor: it is a rhetorical device, not an end argument. It is also not wholly to blame for political body-shaming. A fuller picture

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must also account for the fact that inappropriate body-judging has embedded itself into common discourse for decades, if not centuries. While it might be indecent and cruel for one person to refer to another person as “disgusting” because of his or her weight, it is not uncommon. Considering that, the emergence and mainstreaming of body shaming in political discussion is unsurprising, even if unfortunate. In order to dispel body-shaming from common political rhetoric, people need to work to crush the theory that body-shaming is acceptable. Several

notable commentators from the “alt-right” have claimed that body-shaming is totally fine since it simply verbalizes authentic thoughts. Several more have even suggested that body-shaming is meritorious because it is beneficial for overweight persons. The first of those points takes arguments about political correctness several steps too far—it suggests that because someone can point out physical flaws in people, they ought to. The second of those points ignores common decency. Even if it were true that fat-shaming helped with weight loss, it would still be unacceptable to viciously disparage people. Ultimately, body-shamers ought to recognize that there is no correlation between weight and politics and as such, body-shaming has no place in politics. It is at best a form of lazy ad-hominem that ought to be refrained from. Those who find themselves constantly falling back on arguments related to peoples’ bodies should consider whether their empty attacks are indicative of a lack of legitimate criticisms. If so, they might find that a bit of research and some kinder words would not only make them more intelligible, but work to improve the silly tone of political discourse.

The role of satire in the 2016 election cycle

he highly anticipated Saturday Night Live season opener began as expected, poking fun at the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. News outlets questioned how SNL would handle this controversial election cycle and whether the show would take a side—Clinton’s, particularly—to weigh in on the election. This debate raised the concern of how comedy should approach the election cycle. A few weeks ago Samantha Bee trashed Jimmy Fallon’s handling of his interview with Trump, calling him out for normalizing a person she considers to be a dangerous menace to society. However, is it fair for her to question Fallon like that? Well, Jimmy Fallon is not a news reporter; he is a comedian. His main goal is ratings; he

scene. It went further. At every turn in the debate Trump would deflect from substantial policy to issues that just don’t matter. SNL painted Trump as a buffoon in this sketch who has no place being on the stage with Hillary Clinton, which was a portrait partially provided by Trump himself. The intention of SNL’s satire was revealed within its apparent impartialness. Kate McKinnon portrayed Hillary Clinton as a robotic politician, which has been one of Trump’s main critiques of her as a candidate. She overemphasized the hilarity of Clinton’s performance, poking fun of her coylyspontaneous titling of “Trumped-up, TrickleDown Economics,” and her attempts at relatability through stories such as that of her drape-making father. While these were meant to even the score with the character of Trump, nothing was done to

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provides laughs to as broad an audience as possible to get the best ratings he can. That’s his motive. Yet, Samantha Bee does raise an important ethical question: should comedians be held to some kind of moral standard? In my opinion, yes. But since neither she nor I know what moral impetus Jimmy Fallon has, it is hard to criticize his actions. Her point was certainly fair, considering her personal feelings towards Trump. If one feels that Trump is potentially devastating to society, then that should be reflected in their act. Comedy is not objective; it is deliberate, and the best comedy often reflects perspectives on social issues. So this brings it back to SNL. Though Washington Post reporter Callum Borchers said that SNL simply mocked and did not present true satire in its ridicule of the first presidential debate, there’s more upon a deeper look. Borchers said that the humor “remained safely in the realm of absurdist humor, never venturing into the territory of truly biting satire.” However, the irony SNL employs illuminates how objectively ridiculous some of Trump’s claims were during the debate. Nothing sums this up better than the uncontrollable obsession of Alec Baldwin’s Trump caricature with Rosie O’Donnell, during a presidential debate. While in real time something like that might’ve gone unnoticed, SNL does its job of showcasing the severity of such a misplaced and pathetic

meaningfully bring Clinton down. In making fun of both candidates, SNL comes across as impartial to the general audience, yet one candidate was clearly bashed more than the other. SNL made it clear to their audience that they believe Trump is not worthy of serious consideration of the presidency, based on what he has said in real life. However, unlike Samantha Bee’s straightforward humor in which she does not pretend to hide her disdain for Trump, SNL is able to reach more people through its ingenious satire. SNL drives home its message—that in this very serious presidential cycle, there is only one serious candidate out there. Theirs is not absurdist humor; it’s satire. In fact, and unfortunately so, SNL doesn’t have to force upon Trump a genuinely insane personality. Their portrayal of Trump is not so far from the true Trump. Though comedians certainly have their own jurisdiction as to how they might approach this election cycle, one thing is certain: comedy has an extremely important role in this election cycle; it puts things into a consumable perspective. SNL lived up to the anticipation and hit hard with its opening scene, presenting an extremely funny, yet all-too-real view on both of the major-party candidates in this election. Noah Davis is a Pratt sophomore. His column, “pretty average,” usually runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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o good comes out of posting at 3 a.m. Whether it’s a drunken photograph of your best friend struggling to find the toilet, or it’s a carefully-crafted counterpoint—within the confines of 140 characters—contributing to the most relevant argument of the day before, no good comes out of posting a Tweet, a Facebook monologue, a blog, anything at 3 a.m. It can wait. According to Twitter, however, Donald Trump and former Secretary Hillary Clinton are not only awake at 3 a.m., but are consciously aware of and updating their social media presence. After Trump predictably went to the Twitterverse for a typical rant after the first presidential debate, Clinton’s Twitter accounted decided to take a jab at Trump, tweeting at 3:20 a.m. about something that seemed

risk of missing something, even if what we’d miss is, really, nothing. Because the idea of social media is not to spew out conversation-starters or tack onto the attacks of each other’s virtual speeches. The purpose of social media, the interconnected, interactive online world, is to somehow use our dialogue to effect development or action in the real world. Just because policy change or revolution of thought might begin through social media doesn’t mean that it thrives there. It is our responsibility to take from social media what might improve actual circumstances or conversations between people, not to collectively argue in a head-spinning backand-forth over the politics of Twitter. Our best ideas cannot possibly be translated to a post. No ability of technology will ever change the impact of reality.

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Talking toxic masculinity

he Duke Men’s Project has been getting a lot of press lately. Formed last year, the Duke Men’s Project “aims to create a space of brotherhood fellowship dedicated to interrogating male privilege and patriarchy as it exists in our lives, our campus and our society.” The goal is to develop a masculinity that is “inclusive, equitable and positive.” The Chronicle’s Editorial Board wrote that the project is “novel” and “critically important.” As the Board writes, “Women are forced to consider their role in society all the time—it is time for men now to do the same.” I am lucky enough to know many of the men involved in the creation and maintenance of the Duke Men’s Project. I have watched them labor to build the group from the ground-up while working in close collaboration with groups already working

Alpha Phi sorority house only hours later. The connection between toxic masculinity and mass shootings, for instance, has been well established. These are certainly some extreme examples, and the harsh commentary on these articles likely stems from an indignation that toxic masculinity presumes that all men commit rape, murder and abuse women. That is not the case and could not be further from the truth. In its most general form, toxic masculinity normalizes behavior like telling rape jokes and locker-room talk about women. It tacks manhood to the number of women a man can sleep with, how much money he makes and much, much more. Toxic masculinity creates a certain ideal of what a real man is, which harms men in addition to women. Toxic masculinity is

Jackson Prince

Dana Raphael

PLAYING WITH FIRE

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quite out-of-place: national service. Yes, this is exactly what I expected of an “incredible” election cycle. Whether the posts are written personally by the candidates themselves, or merely by their campaigns, it doesn’t matter. Whether it is an emotional outburst or a productive yet literally untimely statement, whether it is written by a prepubescent teenager or by a cranky adult, whether it is smart or it is stupid, doesn’t matter. This ridiculous, non-stop online behavior must stop, on all ends. We all need to get some sleep. The behavior doesn’t stem from our candidates; it’s been said that, though many of us refuse to accept it, these candidates reflect our choices, what we care about and how we choose to express and exert ourselves in 2016. Along with Trump, and partially Clinton—who takes to social media in a far more responsible manner than the Republican candidate—we are the reactionary, self-important users and abusers of social media. We say anything and everything that comes to mind, in an unfiltered stream of consciousness—or, rather, unconsciousness—to prove ourselves worthy of partaking in the conversation. And “we” doesn’t limit itself to the oh-so-toxic millennial generation. Our parents, voters and nonvoters sit at the table next to the millennials, next to Trump and our politicians and all of the other over-sharers that pretentiously dominate our newsfeeds. Those ever-looping, never-ending Facebook “discussions” initiated and reinitiated by the collective bored and dissatisfied “we” are—whether we choose to be or not—in the same lot with the posts of Anthony Weiner’s phallic failures and of David Duke’s dumbassery. The deleted tweets—never truly deleted—of the collective fiery and fearless-untilscared “we” are in the same company as the millions of deleted tweets by our politicians and the millions more by our favorite celebrities. At 3 a.m., the possibility of striking genius while staring intently into the blinding light of your iPhone is impossible. And yet, we refuse to take our hands off of our keyboards, at the

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to take a behind-the-scenes tour of Cameron Indoor Stadium, which included a peek into head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s personal office. It was exactly what might be expected of a basketball coach’s office: a television, playbooks, a stationary bike, as well as photographs upon photographs capturing the highlights of a prolific career. Everything felt in place except, scattered around the office, on Coach K’s desk, next to his exercise machine, atop his television, were several notepads with pens resting on top. One of the Krzyzewski daughters, Debbie, who led the tour, explained that her father keeps notepads armed with pens at each location where he might spend a fair amount of time. They are put on his bedside, on the armrest of his living-room chair, on the team bench, next to his computer. Coach K never allows an idea to escape him, so he makes sure he is able to document anything that comes to him, wherever he is, whenever it might be, so he might think and/or act upon it in the future. Coach K doesn’t post much, and yet many of us would take the access to those notepads over the access to just about anyone’s Twitter feed. That’s because when faced with a fleeting idea, rather than sharing something underdeveloped or incendiary to the public, Coach K chooses to reach for the privacy of his pen and paper, giving himself the opportunity to develop a fragment of genius into a reallife masterpiece, when he is able to. We should all take a page out of his playbook. Rather than reaching out to the vacuum of social media for immediate validation or simply for the sake of an argument, we should first choose to confide to our collective pen and paper to, before we act, or text, or post, give ourselves the necessary time to think on our own; and then, if it’s 3 a.m., we should try to get some sleep. Jackson Prince is the editorial page editor. His column, “playing with fire,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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to prevent sexual assault on campus, like the Women’s Center, Duke Support and We Are Here Duke. These men epitomize the kind of campus activism we should be proud of and encourage. Fox News and the dozens of commentators on these articles, however, appear to have a different take. A recent Fox News article appears to question the existence of toxic masculinity and suggests the Men’s Project promotes the feminization of American men. Commenters on the Board’s article seethe over “feminazis,” their perception that conversations about toxic masculinity necessitate men’s castration and, my personal favorite, that men will now be forced to go buy tampons. Oh, the inhumanity. The visceral reaction to the Men’s Project is likely twofold; one, that people don’t understand the concept of toxic masculinity, and two, that they adamantly deny its existence. So what is toxic masculinity? As one article notes, toxic masculinity is a system of “socially-constructed attitudes, mindsets and (yes) boundaries that tell men that there is only one possible way to embody their (also socially-constructed) gender, and tells women that they should be looking for (and submissive to) a violent, sex-obsessed, controlling, unfeeling, allaround-unresponsive person.” If you need a crash course in the difference between sex and gender, I recommend starting with Laci Green’s YouTube videos. Toxic masculinity is obsessed with promoting male sexual prowess at the expense of women. It is what stifles men from showing emotion lest they be considered too girly; it stamps out any perceived sign of femininity. It is what labels men as players for having sex with many women but labels women as sluts and whores for doing the same. At its worst, toxic masculinity results in extreme outbursts of violence. Many, if not most, rapists, batterers and murderers deny personal responsibility and shift the blame to something else as justification for their violence. Brock Turner, the infamous Stanford rapist, blamed alcohol and promiscuity for his violent rape of a woman behind a dumpster. He never once took responsibility or apologized to the victim. Likewise, the day Elliot Rodgers shot and killed six people at a California university, he uploaded a 137-page manifesto seething frustration over his lack of sexual prowess. He claimed to “deserve girls” more than other men, vowing, “If I can’t have you girls, I will destroy you.” Rodgers targeted an

what creates the perception that if you don’t abuse or hurt women, then you aren’t part of the problem. While these kinds of everyday behavior don’t turn average men into perpetrators of violence, normalizing violence against women—even just through banter—creates an environment that allow men who are in fact perpetrators of violence to thrive. Brock Turner was certainly the villain, but people like his father who claimed Turner shouldn’t go to jail for “20 minutes of action,” and Turner’s friend who blamed the victim for the assault helped to create the conditions for Turner to perpetrate a violent assault and not think it was a big deal. Simply not committing violence isn’t enough. We must also dismantle the language and systems that normalize violent behavior and blame victims of violence instead of holding perpetrators accountable. Most men don’t take a conversation about how a woman looks like a slut for wearing certain clothing to be an invitation to rape her. But for the few men who do, they are able rationalize their violence through the way our society demeans women. For the men who do choose to commit violence, they are surrounded by a culture that finds ways to justify that violence: she was too drunk, too slutty, too promiscuous. When victims do come forward, our culture is quick to call them liars. There is a problem when college students think that 50 percent of reported rapes are false reports, when the real number is on par with other violence crimes, at about 2-8 percent. The Duke Men’s Project realizes that men vowing not to commit violence isn’t enough. They recognize how conversations and jokes normalize interpersonal violence and thus creates an environment that allows rapists to thrive. They recognize how toxic masculinity damages men by denying their personhood unless they conform to rigid conceptions of what it means to be a man. They are doing the tough work of having these conversations, and now in the face of open hostility. I and so many others applaud the members of Duke Men’s Project for their efforts, time, and sacrifice. We need more men like them. Men willing to examine their flaws, form a coalition and strive to end toxic masculinity. One in five women will be sexually assaulted while in college. That ends only when men work to stop it. Dana Raphael is a Trinity senior. Her column, “problematic people doing problematic things,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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