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Marco Rubio pens letter against Pop América exhibit

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Two Republican senators have requested a federal agency’s review of the use of federal funds for an exhibit once at the Nasher Museum of Art. A Nasher spokesperson argues the complaints were taken out of context and misrepresented the exhibit. In an Oct. 1 letter to the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, Sens. Marco Rubio, R., Fla., and Rick Scott, R., Fla., took issue with Pop América’s display of portraits of Ché Guevara, a Marxist who played a prominent role in the Cuban Revolution. The senators wrote that the Nasher website described the works in the exhibit—which ran Feb. 21-July 21—as demonstrating “‘bold contributions’” to “‘social protest, justice movements and debates about freedom.’” “This statement is either blithely ignorant or deliberately deceptive, given the exhibition’s inclusion of propaganda celebrating a thug who mercilessly silenced his opponents with bullets,” they wrote in the letter. But Wendy Hower, director of engagement and marketing at the Nasher Museum, told The Chronicle that their letter “misquoted” the museum’s website. The “bold contributions” quote actually refers to the artists whose work was featured. “United by the common use of Pop’s rich visual strategies, the artists made bold contributions to conceptualism, performance and new media art, as well as social protest, justice movements and debates about freedom,” the exhibit page on the website reads. The Nasher did not receive federal funding for the exhibit—it was the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, that received funding from the NEA for Pop America. The exhibit is now housed at the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. In their letter, Rubio and Scott pointed to a need to provide “a contextualization of the works in question” in order to inform the viewers of “Guevara’s bloody legacy” and the requirements for determining what goes in an exhibit. If an individual who is “responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity” is included in an exhibit funded by the National Endowment of the Arts, there should be information presented about those offenses, Rubio and Scott added. Hower said she was unsure who might have submitted a complaint about the exhibit. To her knowledge, the criticism was not filed by people who visited the Nasher, and the museum never fielded “complaints from anyone who saw it and experienced it in person.” She added that works with Guevara comprised three of the roughly 100 pieces in the exhibit. See RUBIO on Page 12

Meet the Blackshears

Matthew Griffin | Contributing Photographer The Blackshear family sitting in their apartment in Trinity Dorm on East Campus. From left to right: Aiyana, John, Amoli, Andwele, Kimberly and Aza.

By Matthew Griffin University News Editor

Raising four young children in a freshman dorm isn’t exactly typical. For John Blackshear, the faculty-inresidence in Trinity dorm, it has meant befriending students, serving as their mentors and talking philosophy. It has also meant humoring drunk students and making sure they don’t wake the children at night.

“They awould try to talk to us and communicate with us as if it’s like a Tuesday afternoon,” John said. “But it’s 2 o’clock in the morning, so they’re trying to have intellectual conversations with us and they’re swaying side to side.” John, dean for academic affairs, assistant vice provost for undergraduate education and an adjunct instructor in psychology and neuroscience, has been part of the faculty-inresidence program at Duke since 2016. The program gives free rent to faculty that live in

campus residence halls and aims to promote more exchanges between students and faculty. He joined the program after a colleague approached him about it. At the time, John was living outside Raleigh with his wife Kimberly—dissemination and outreach coordinator for the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy—and four of their six children: Andwele, 7; Amoli, 6; Aiyana, 4; and Aza, 1. The long commute to campus cut See BLACKSHEARS on Page 4

Board of Trustees liaison to retire at year’s end By Nathan Luzum Managing Editor

Richard Riddell, senior vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees, is set to step down June 30, 2020. Serving in the role since 2007, Riddell acts as a liaison between the Board—Duke’s governing body that sets its strategy—and the administration. He sets their agenda and serves as trustees’ main point of contact with the University. He came to the University in 1992 as a professor in the theater studies department and is currently the Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans professor of the practice in theater studies. “I’ll be 70 years old next year and that seems like a good time for the next adventure,” Riddell said in a news release. “I’ve loved working with Presidents [Richard] Brodhead and [Vincent] Price, members of the Board of Trustees and

talented and dedicated colleagues and staff. I look forward to working with everyone to ensure a smooth transition.” Price commended Riddell for his service to the University. “Richard Riddell is a deeply valued adviser and counselor to me, the trustees, the faculty and so many members of the Duke community,” Price said in the release. “His knowledge of how the many parts of Duke fit together and his commitment to Duke’s excellence and core values have been essential to our success over the past 15 years. I join now several generations of colleagues and trustees who are grateful for Richard’s intelligence, wisdom and tireless devotion to Duke.” Aside from his work at the University, Riddell is also an accomplished scene and lighting designer. He won a Tony Award in 1985 for the musical “Big River” and has also worked on Broadway. Prior to his tenure at Duke, he taught at Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego.

Courtesy of Duke Today Richard Riddell served as the senior vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees.

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Former women’s golf champion Virginia Elena Carter named finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year. PAGE 8

More than sixty faculty signed a letter praising Price and Kornbluth’s statement on academic freedom. PAGE 11

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Across many different co-curricular activities at Duke, there is a disparity between female-identifying and male-identifying student participation. Alec Greenwald, director of academic engagement for global and civic opportunities, has been leading a working group of staff and faculty across campus who are involved in student engagement. The team emerged from an annual engagement retreat and has been meeting every month for the past year and a half, he said, focusing on gathering data and addressing what might be contributing to the numerical differences. “We recognize that the ratios we are seeing here on our campus are not dissimilar from other campuses across the country,” Greenwald said. “Right now, we’re collecting data to confirm what our instincts are around these numbers.” Last year, DukeEngage was composed of 67% females and 33% males. Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Story+ and DukeImmerse similarly demonstrated a roughly 70%-30% female-to-male ratio. Bass Connections director Laura Howes also provided data on her program, which is currently in its seventh year. “Across those seven years, we have seen about 61% female participants with the rest being male,” Howes said. “We also look at our stats for the application ratio. We look at the selection ratios, and our teams are representative of this.” It is not a matter of males being disproportionately rejected from the program,

Howes added, but they simply are not applying as much in the first place. During the 2018-19 application cycle for Bass Connections, 30.0% of applications were from males, which reflected itself in 30.2% of accepted project team members. In the following year’s application cycle, 31.4% of applications were from males, making up 31.2% of the team members. However, a discrepancy was found among the different Bass Connections themes, which involve research that intersects multiple disciplines. The highest male-to-female application ratio was for the Information, Society and Culture and the Energy & Environment themes. The ratio between male and females is roughly equal at Duke—females make up 52% of the overall student population. Although no concrete evidence is available to justify the numerical inequity, Greenwald mentioned many explanations have been proposed. One claim has been that male-identifying students are more pre-professional and may be less interested in having experiences that don’t directly contribute to their pre-professional success, he said. “This [explanation] feels sexist and gendered to me by saying female-identifying students are not pre-professional and aren’t concerned about how their experiences contribute to their preprofessional success,” Greenwald said. “My total personal opinion is that this is not something that starts at Duke. This is something that has a lot to do with how we are socialized as boys and girls growing up and what is expected of us.” Both Howes and Greenwald expressed their concerns about the data.

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“Stepping outside of the confines of Duke University to engage, however that is—study abroad, DukeEngage, civic engagement, servicelearning, clubs and organizations—develops a broader kind of worldview,” Greenwald said. Howes related her concern to the well-being of the student population as a whole. “If a segment of the student body is opting out of co-curricular programs, they are not taking full advantage of what Duke has to offer,” she said. “This also reduces the diversity of perspectives in these programs which negatively impacts the rest of the student body as well.” To tackle the issue head-on, Greenwald’s team has concentrated a lot of its attention on having conversations with student groups. For example, a Women’s Center initiative called the Duke Men’s Project has worked to dismantle

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The ups and downs of being a Duke tour guide admissions officers. applicants visiting, summer tour guides or would ask about the international student And even when the academic year ends, sometimes give upward of two or three tours experience—a subject that Zhou, as a U.S. prospective students still flock to campus for per day in the Durham heat. citizen, feels unequipped to fully address. Living in a tent for several months in sub- tours during the summer. Some additional complexities can also arise “Tour guide introductions are usually less freezing temperatures is not the only way that Garcia noted that although summer tour on a case-by-case basis. than a minute, and visitors have to choose a Duke students show their unwavering school guides have certain benefits over semester For example, Zhou did not attend high tour guide based on these brief snippets,” Zhou spirit—some become tour guides. guides—namely financial compensation and a school in the United States, a fact she said she wrote. “I think it’s inevitable that some people Hundreds of students choose to partake less rigorous application process—their tours includes when introducing herself to visitors. will make assumptions about my identity.” in this process each year for the chance to are often more demanding. With fewer Duke Because of this, Zhou found that people would Wicker acknowledged the brevity of these represent Duke. Sophomore Dan Garcia said students on campus and more prospective sometimes assume she was not fluent in English See GUIDE on Page 12 that the commitment “takes a lot of love for the school,” as guides serve as representatives for the University. However, many tour guides struggle with authenticity during their tours, several guides told The Chronicle, especially with visitors curious about the more negative aspects of the school. At Duke, tours take place rain or shine. Guides must speak at a clearly audible volume and remain enthusiastic—or at least maintain a facade of enthusiasm—for 90 minutes regardless of how their groups may behave or react. “There are definitely things at Duke that might deter students from applying or coming to campus that I am not allowed to address,” sophomore Alice Zhou wrote in an email to The Chronicle. Sophomore Jeffrey Zheng explained that the tour guide position occupies an interesting middle ground. “The tour guide program is somewhat strange in that it’s both a student group and linked to Duke administration,” he said. Cole Wicker, Trinity ‘18 and an admissions officer who advises the tour guide system, said that there are only a couple blanket offlimits topics for guides. These include negative Mary Helen Wood | Photography Editor comments about other schools and the details Duke tour guides can often be seen leading prospective students and their families around campus, often ending tours at Abele Quad. of admissions practices, since they’re not By Irene Park

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BLACKSHEARS FROM PAGE 2 into their ability to spend time there, so he bought in, spending two years in Giles dormitory on East Campus before moving to Trinity Residence Hall last year. “We wanted to be much more proximate and engaged in things that were going on beyond hours that we were at work, but it’s very hard to do that when you’re off in Raleigh, or you’re [at] Wake Forest, especially when you have young children,” John said.

‘We sort of live inclusivity’: Raising a family at Duke

The Blackshears’ apartment in Trinity is, in many ways, a picture of typical family life. A Mac desktop sits at a cluttered desk in a combined kitchen, living room and dining room. Family photographs adorn the walls. Toys are scattered around a playmat made of colorful foam puzzle pieces. The difference, of course, is that the other tenants in the

building are college students. There is a give and take that comes with raising a family in a dorm. In return for students being quiet at night when getting back from parties or a night out, the children stay out of the hallways on weekend mornings so that students can sleep in. At the same time, John said that living at Duke is an opportunity for the children to encounter people with a variety of life experiences. They meet students while they are out riding their bikes and bring them back to meet their parents. One student let them help her bake bread based on a recipe that her grandmother used in Costa Rica. “We’re a blended family, we’re a multiracial family, we’re a multiethnic family… we sort of live inclusivity,” John said. “Living on campus gives our kids an opportunity to live that in a very active everyday way.” John is black and Kimberly is white, and their efforts to introduce their children to diversity did not start with the faculty-in-residence program. They sent their two oldest children, 24-year-old Akinyemi and 21-year-old Afi, to international schools, John said, so that they could have a life experience that was not “American-centric.”

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The Blackshears are very much involved with on-campus life. Aiyanna said that she likes taking the “slinky” bus to get rice and mango lassi at Tandoor. A student once took Andwele on a play-date to the Innovation Co-Lab, Kimberly said, and he has taken part in student assignments from a mock German lotion commercial to a video about education and bullying. For one assignment, a student took him to a debate class and tried to convince him that the moon landings had been faked. Andwele was unconvinced. “You had to pick a topic and convince somebody, even though they know it’s true, that it’s not true,” said Kimberly, also the dissemination and outreach coordinator for the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy. “[The student] failed because he couldn’t convince Andwele… he thought it was going to be really easy, and Andwele kept offering all these counterpoints, and all these students are around cracking up.”

‘The comfort of an open door’

Among other duties, faculty-in-residence are expected to hold weekly events in their apartments. John has brought speakers from Valerie Ashby, dean of Trinity College, to Larry Moneta, former vice president for student affairs. In addition, the family buys donuts for students every Sunday morning. Yet John said that the most meaningful part of being a facultyin-residence is the spontaneous interactions, the “hundreds and hundreds of exchanges with smaller sets” of students. Senior Axel Herrera Ramos said that he had an ongoing pool rivalry with John, whom he just calls “Blackshear,” during his first year at Duke. He lived in Giles and frequented the pool table in the common room. When John saw him there, it was inevitable that the two would play a best-of-three match. “I can say that I’m better than Blackshear,” Herrera said. “I can say I’ve beaten him more times. He may disagree, but my record is better.” John laughed as he recalled the competition. “[Herrera] dominated the pool rivalry,” he said, “and I dominated the trash talk.” Sophomore Ishaan Kumar, who lived in Trinity last year, said that the Blackshears are very comfortable having students in their home. They go on with their lives: cooking if they need to cook, telling off the children if they need to tell off the children. Although Kumar went to many of their weekly events last year, he said, he often just dropped in to say hi to the children or grab a banana. “It’s the comfort of an open door,” he said. On one occasion, the Blackshears brought the open door to him. Kumar recalled waking up to hear someone banging on his door and shouting “Police! Police! Open up!” He opened the door to find Kimberly dragging John away down the hallway and a friend standing red-faced outside his room. Kumar had been in danger of sleeping through breakfast with the friend, and the dean had decided to take matters into his own hands. Although there are many of these moments of levity, there is also a weightier side to the Blackshears’ relationships with students. “We’ve had students who have popped up to this door at 11:00 at night and popped in that chair and were like ‘I’m really struggling,’” John said. “And we stop and we look and we attend and we help them through.” Junior Melissa White, who lived in East House her first year, said that her academic adviser sent her to John when she was struggling with organic chemistry during her first semester. John and Kimberly listened to her as she had what she called a “mental breakdown” in their apartment and then got to work. She said they helped her get a tutor and continued to encourage her throughout the semester. When she got her final grade back, a B+, Kimberly baked cookies to celebrate. John welcomes helping students with their struggles. “That’s a gift of a job,” he said. “That is not a burden… that’s not a thing that weighs on the job; that is an absolute gift.” For him, the dual roles of friendly pool rival and worldly mentor are integrally connected. “I like to have a lot of laughter because I know that if… I’m doing this right, I’m going to have some more heavy and complicated conversations with students,” he said. “And I have to be in that space where I can do that and also I don’t get so associated with the heaviness.”

‘Like my family here’: A bond that goes both ways

John and Kimberly have taken students with them to concerts. Their Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas festivities are open to those who are unable to go home to their families. They once brought a student to the beach with them when she had nowhere to go during a break. This openness creates bonds that endure after students move to West Campus. On a Saturday afternoon last month, the door to the first-floor hallway of Trinity hung open, and multiple students came into the apartment to say hello. See BLACKSHEARS on Page 12

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Kerry Rork ............. monkey christ

Will Atkinson ......bayeux tapestry

Sydny Long .......... jack’s headshot

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staff note Most Duke students do not live in Durham. We reside in Durham, but we do not truly live here. And no, a trip to Shooters, Pizzeria Toro when your parents are in town or an occasional walk down 9th Street is not enough to be an active member of the community. I get it. Duke is beautiful, you are busy, et cetera. But outside of the puppies at the Canine Cognition Center, Durham might be the best thing Duke has to offer us. Morgan Siegel, owner of the newlyopened Jeddah’s Tea, described it best when I interviewed her last week: Durham is like a warm hug. The community bands together to support its own, as it did for Siegel’s Kickstarter campaign to open Jeddah’s.

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Within the single hour I spent at the tea shop, a dozen or so friends and community members walked in just to give her a hug and say congratulations. In the wake of the tragic explosion at the Kaffeinate coffee shop that killed the shop’s owner, Kong Lee, three GoFundMe campaigns collectively raised over $175,000 for his family. There was an outpouring of support for Mr. Lee and his family, with Durham residents mourning the loss of a true friend and community leader. Community support is etched into the fabric of Durham, which has helped establish the city as one of the top 10 places in the country to start a small business. CenterFest Arts Festival and the Durham Farmers’ Market were bustling last weekend, with Durhamites eager to support local artists and farmers. The

popular “Shop Durham” program offers a $15 card that gets users discounts for a variety of local restaurants, boutiques and other businesses, and some of the card’s revenue goes toward local nonprofits. While the sense of community has kept me off campus, Durham’s food scene is what first got me exploring. At home, I am accustomed to south Florida’s putrid mix of overpriced and overrated local seafood shops and chain restaurants galore, so Durham was a welcome change of pace. Downtown Durham is food heaven: Mateo, Mother and Sons, M Sushi, Rue Cler, Luna, M Kokko, Spanglish, Bull City Burger — and the list goes on. We pack better food into one square block than Fort Lauderdale has in the entire city. The Lakewood section of Durham is our city’s most astonishing food-related feat. This residential neighborhood, bordered by a strip of Highway 15-501 that mainly features rundown auto repair shops and gas stations, sports some of Durham’s best restaurants. Guglhupf, Saltbox Seafood, Foster’s Market and the new Cocoa Cinnamon location (featuring the best damn churros and hot chocolate in the Triangle) are just some of this neighborhood’s many offerings. It’s located just five minutes off East Campus, so do yourself a favor and explore this oft-ignored area. Durham is not just a place for food. The Nasher Museum of Art, the NCCU Art Museum, the 21C Museum Hotel and a growing array of public art pieces highlight local artists, major national exhibitions and the city’s rich history. The Pinhook and Motorco Music Hall attract local and national underground and emerging musicians, including The Regrettes, S.E. Ward and Kero Kero Bonito this fall. Outdoor

activities like visiting Eno River State Park or running down the American Tobacco Trail are great options if you ever need an escape from Duke’s pressure-cooker environment. Durham is a perfectly sized city, big enough to have a lively food and culture scene, while small enough to maintain close, small-town community bonds. Despite its many attributes, Durham is nowhere near perfect. Homelessness and affordable housing are at the forefront of Durham’s current issues. As a result of the city’s rapid revitalization and gentrification, there is a lack of accessibility to affordable, safe housing options for lowerincome residents. On the whole, today’s Durham is safer and more accessible than in past decades, but the city’s improvements have not been distributed equitably. Getting involved with local organizations, including Housing for New Hope and the North Carolina Housing Coalition, and staying engaged with local elections are simple ways to make a difference in the community. I will be the first to admit that I have not done enough as a member of the community. In my upcoming years at Duke, I am hoping to be more actively engaged in city politics and help out with Durham organizations that are positively impacting the community. In just over a year at Duke, I have already experienced some of the best this city has to offer. Durham residents are warm, selfless and proud to represent this growing, youthful city. There is a real sense of community here, unlike anything I have experienced in my hometown. I am excited to keep exploring what this city has to offer, and I really feel as if Durham, not just Duke, is truly home. —Jack Rubenstein

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Art, community drive downtown makerspace The Mothership By Tessa Delgo Contributing Writer

For many of us, home is our mothers. For makers in the Durham area, home is The Mothership. Located less than a mile off East Campus, the gift shop, co-working facility and event space sells exclusively North Carolinian artisan goods running the gamut from vintage clothing to zines and hosts workers from photographers to consultants. According to co-founder Krista Nordgren, The Mothership was founded on the concept of “radical hospitality,” aiming to support all people on their creative and work journeys. In 2013, Nordgren and co-founders Katie DeConto and Megan Bowser established the space as two separate entities — Nordgren’s The Makery, a shop focused on selling products of independent business owners, and DeConto and Bowsers’ Mercury Studio, a coworking and event facility — before combining into its current iteration in 2017. “By joining the store and the co-working space, we were signing off on a bigger mission,” Nordgren said. “We [the founders] are all creatives and entrepreneurs ourselves, so we know that there’s a lot of ups and downs … in the journey of making something, whether that’s a business or a piece of art. The mission is to have a space where people can bring more of themselves to the table throughout that.” The co-working and event spaces are available for rent, with coworking memberships starting at $35 per month and event space rentals starting at $30 per hour. “Our infrastructure is set up so that people with ideas can come in and make their ideas happen,” Nordgren said. “This is a space where you can get support and manifest your idea, whatever it is, in the Durham community.” Local makers, like illustrator Evan McIntyre, have been taking advantage of The Mothership’s open infrastructure for years. After happening upon the space in 2014 through a friend’s party hosted in it, McIntyre — and his art — were quickly embraced by the community. “[In Florida, where I’m from], the arts scene is very dog-eatdog. No one stops and looks at your work and says ‘Cool, let me talk to you about what you’re doing,’” McIntyre said. “Coming here, I expected the same. But I think that’s actually what drew me [to The Mothership]— I came in and they were like ‘Oh, you illustrate?

Special to The Chronicle Downtown Durham’s The Mothership features an artist-run shop, a co-working space and an event space available for rent.

Cool, let me see it.’” McIntyre, like many of the makers who sell in The Mothership’s shop, also helps staff the store. The majority of the store’s staff is composed of makers or co-working members, who take on shifts in exchange for shelf or desk space. “It’s going to sound cliché, but the community really is the best part,” McIntyre said. The Mothership “really pushes for an inclusive, open-for-whatever environment, whether that’s in the store, in the co-working space, or even in events. I’ve always felt at home here.” The sense of community pervades through the products sold in the shop, as the vendors are predominantly Durham makers, but even those that hail from other parts of North Carolina, such as the owners of the Charlotte-based metalsmithing business GeoFlora Jewelry, feel the “radical hospitality” of The Mothership. “[Being from Charlotte], we can’t be quite as involved, but whenever we do [Durham arts markets], people come up to us and are like, ‘We’ve seen your stuff at The Mothership!’” said Ellen Hinrichs, co-owner of GeoFlora Jewelry. “Every time we come here, we’re always welcomed.” Several of The Mothership store’s previous sellers have become

established entities in Durham — and beyond. The ZEN Succulent, a terrarium and plant craft business that still maintains shelf space at The Mothership, has brick-and-mortar storefronts in Durham and Raleigh. RUNAWAY Clothes, the company behind the popular DURM brand, sold at The Mothership for several years. “As it gets more difficult to survive as an independent artist, we’re trying to maintain that path towards being seen,” Nordgren said. “We feel like us being there is so important because we’re an open door founded on this idea of radical hospitality and we can hold down that space for people who are still trying to do what they love.” The Mothership makes concerted efforts to build its sense of community. Members of the co-working space are invited to participate in a monthly brunch, a dedicated time to get to know each other and learn about everyone’s individual work journeys. Many of the makers who sell in the shop have invited each other to participate in the same local festivals, such as Zine Machine and The Patchwork Market, and facilitated art trades among one another. “I think people are still eager to be part of each other,” McIntyre said. “Hopefully it continues that way. I think it will.”

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In Retrospect: How Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’ became a fall classic By Jonathan Pertile Contributing Writer

As fall sets in across the United States, a peculiar tradition begins among one of the nation’s most rabid fanbases. With the sight of falling leaves and the arrival of crisp autumn air, Swifties will pull Taylor Swift’s fourth studio album “Red” down off of shelves and Spotify catalogues and back into their lives. With an album so thoroughly entrenched in themes of closures and conclusions, no time of year better matches the pop-country-rock fusion that is “Red” than autumn. So why not now for an exploration of the album that brought us the Taylor of today? “Red” finds Swift caught in the crossroads of Nashville and New York. The album, which combines elements of both her prior three country works with those of future mega-successes “1989,” “Reputation” and “Lover,” neatly divides her discography into two halves. This leaves “Red” awkwardly stranded in the middle. The album presents a musical crisis in and of itself, leaving the question that, as Taylor mockingly puts it in the anthem seemingly destined for 22nd-birthday Instagram captions, “22”: “Who is Taylor Swift anyway? Ew.” No song captures this confused relationship between genre and Swift better than the crowning jewel of “Red,” if not her entire discography, “All Too Well.” This track-five wonder of a song begins as an unassuming country-pop ballad vividly depicting a point in Taylor Swift’s life with “Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place” before eventually ascending into the realm of arena rock. In the climax of the song, she unleashes her most devastating lines ever: “You call me up again / just to break me like a promise. So casually cruel / in the name of being honest.” Throughout “All Too Well,” Swift shows off her ability to weave genres together, combining her country storytelling prowess with an ambitious taste for pop. That ambition would pull her into surprising new avenues for growth. “I Knew You Were Trouble” acted as a Dubstep 101 class for the general population just as EDM was becoming mainstream while also gifting the world with an infamous viral goat-bleating parody. She experiments with a forceful and driving beat in “Holy Ground,” a track loved among Swifties for its playful lyricism and memorable hook. In her collaboration with Ed Sheeran on guitar-strumming love duet “Everything Has Changed, ” she all but cemented his place among pop’s royalty. Despite these diverging musical paths, she

Jana Beamer | Courtesy of Flickr Taylor Swift pictured during the “RED” tour in 2013. Among her fanbase, the album has become associated with the fall season.

is still able to fall back on her country sound for a few songs, blending colors and emotions in the Maserati-and-dead-endroad-juxtaposing title track “Red” and striking mellow gold with the album closer “Begin Again.” Throughout the album, Taylor Swift finds that perfect balance of specificity and relatability that other artists often dream of. In the crescendo of “Treacherous,” she adds that touch of detail to something as common as wanting somebody who just isn’t right for you. “Two headlights shine through the sleepless night,” she sings with her trademark flair for lyricism, “and I will get you, and get you alone.” Taylor Swift’s ability as a songwriter is why, for many of her fans, the songs of “Red” evoke a special nostalgia. For me, there’s the first time I heard chart-topping “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” staring wide-eyed at the music video and bouncing along in my chair. As her first number-one hit, it attracted both new fans and haters through its effusively catchy tune, earning a well-deserved reputation as Swift’s top breakup song. Later, I gifted the album as a Christmas present to my cousin for her as much as myself. We’d have dance parties in the car, jamming out together in the dark to the kitschy yet

endearing “Stay Stay Stay” or the emotive and pictorial “The Lucky One.” However, while I certainly enjoyed the album in that fateful fall of 2012, I would not come to fully appreciate the masterpiece that is “Red” until I was older. Nowadays, it is the striking maturity of the songs that keeps me coming back time and time again to the album. When I first fell in love, it was to the beat of soft-rock album opener “State of Grace.” When we broke up, I cried on the floor as the frightfully haunting “Sad Beautiful Tragic” played, floating there in the background like a ghost in the air. In a seemingly effortless manner, “Red” carried Taylor Swift to new heights of superstardom. Despite its genre-defying complexity and range, the album feels cohesive and holds up even after seven years of Swift furthering her pop sound. As a classic of the early 2010s, it has that timeless spirit to it. Being so memorable and relatable, the album will certainly continue to prop up in the fall playlists of Swifties countrywide year after year. I imagine that “Red,” propelled by Taylor’s songwriting and its devastating nostalgia, will float into my hands time and time again just as the leaves fall from the trees.

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For a lunch that hits the spot, try M Tempura’s curry katsu By Alex Leo-Guerra Contributing Writer

Recently named one of the 50 Best New Restaurants in America by Bon Appétit, Durham’s M Tempura specializes in exactly what its name suggests. Dinner consists of multiple courses of tempura-fried vegetables, meats, fish and beyond, but such a menu will run you either $29, $43 or $79 — a bit hefty for a student on a budget. Go for lunch, however, and you will find simpler offerings of katsu dishes that demonstrate the precision and technical expertise that can be manifested within a cooking technique as simple as frying. I have never tasted a fried food more precise and delicate than the one served at M Tempura. It was a joy to experience their perfected iteration of an often misunderstood style of cooking. Tucked away on a one-way street in downtown Durham, M Tempura embraces a minimalist aesthetic both inside and out. You can easily miss it while passing by, but look for the painted “M” on the window and you will know that you are in the right place. Durham restauranteur and chef Michael Lee opened M Tempura this past year as a part of his M Restaurant Group, his third official venture with many more concepts coming soon to Durham. This outpost was sure to stun and separate from the pack, as its accolades sang of the restaurant’s magic and capability to delight even the pickiest of diners. Upon being seated, you are greeted with a simple set of chopsticks, a napkin, a glass cup and a

menu. Coming for lunch only warrants eight main options: four regular katsu dishes, two sandwiches, curry katsu and noodle soup. I opted for the curry katsu — as it seemed the most thoughtfully composed — and I am glad to say that it was the most delectable piece of fried meat that I have had the pleasure of consuming. M Tempura defines their katsu as “protein that has been coated with special Japanese milk bread crumbs and delicately fried,” a classification that you will realize is underwhelming once you take a

bite. Before you do, take in the presentation in for a second. Notice how clean the slices of pork are, how only the corners of it touch the curry sauce, how the rice is so nicely formed into a mound, how the salad is so simple yet so elegant and how the pickles are sorted by color. Once you take a bite of this dish with all of its components you will get a feeling of comfort within your soul that is hard to ignore. The pork is so expertly fried that the crunch brings about a feeling of astonishment, making

Alex Leo-Guerra | Contributing Photographer M Tempura’s lunch menu presents some delicious and affordable options for students.

you enter a state of peace as you realize that there has likely never been a bite of pork more succulent, crispy and uplifting as this. Paired with the curry it becomes an entity in and of itself, making your family’s Thanksgiving turkey fear for its place at the table as it realizes that its partnership with gravy could easily be decimated as this new contender enters the arena. The rice is cooked to a perfect stickiness and is best enjoyed dipped in the curry. The salad is revitalizing. Light and served with a flavorful dressing, it is a breath of fresh air in the middle of all the fried glory that you are partaking in. But the pickles? They have a flavor that I can’t quite put into words. Remember “Arthur”? They evoke the feeling you get when you hear the sound effect indicating that a character is transitioning from real life into an imaginary scenario. Unique and rejuvenating, they’re a wonderfully bright accompaniment to your meal. Combine all the parts of your lunch together and you’ll get a meal that will linger in your mind for weeks to come. The opportunity to visit M Tempura is not to be missed. Whether you opt to go for lunch or for dinner, you will be presented with incredible options that are certain to inspire awe and instill within you a new reverence for the art of battering and frying foods. Find the time to hop on the BCC bus right off of East to make the trip to downtown Durham. You will be more than satisfied with the experience. You will leave the restaurant reborn, invigorated by the excitement of the meal and eager to return again.

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Duke thirsty for revenge against Pittsburgh By Evan Kolin Assistant Blue Zone Editor

Last October, Duke was on the short end of a 54-45 shootout in Pittsburgh, a loss that virtually eliminated any hopes of an ACC championship game appearance. Now, the Blue Devils have their shot at revenge. Duke returns home to take on the Panthers Saturday night at 8 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium, the team’s Pitt first home game since vs. September 7. The Blue Duke Devils haven’t beaten Pittsburgh since 2014, SATURDAY, 8 p.m. but head coach David Wallace Wade Stadium Cutcliffe believes a new season can help turn around those struggles. “There’s a reason they were Coastal Division

champions a year ago and this team is much like the team they had a year ago. I can’t say enough about their program. We haven’t been as successful as we’d like to be against them, but this is this year, a new opportunity and we’re happy to be back home.” The biggest matchup to watch out for is Duke’s offensive line against the Panthers’ defensive line. Pittsburgh (3-2, 0-1 in the ACC) ranks second in the country this season at 4.8 sacks per game, with redshirt sophomore Jaylen Twyman and redshirt senior Kylan Johnson leading the way at six and four sacks, respectively. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils have allowed only one total sack for 0.25 per contest, tied for first in the country. Center Jack Wohlabaugh serves as the leader of that stout front line, picking up ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week following Duke’s win at Virginia Tech. The former four-star prospect transferred to the Blue Devils prior to last season after riding

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the bench for two years at Ohio State. “We’ve done a good job to this point, but it’s always just to this point,” Cutcliffe said of his offensive line’s performance this season. “I think you look at it for both teams. I think that’s a huge matchup. One emphasis we’ve had is [to] try to get to the quarterback and finish sacks. We still missed a few too many. The only thing more devastating than a sack in a game is a turnover. So I think the turnover ratio and the sack ratio will be a big part of this football game.” Duke’s offense has enjoyed a torrid hot streak with three consecutive 40-point outputs, an overall offensive display that few can say they saw coming from the Blue Devils (3-1, 1-0) entering the year. But against Pittsburgh, 40 wouldn’t have even been enough in year’s past. The Panthers have scored at least 48 points in three of their last five matchups with Duke, including above 50 in two of the past three. Nevertheless, Quentin Harris assures the team isn’t preparing for another shootout. “Not necessarily,” Harris said on whether the offense feels like it’ll have to score a lot of points to win this weekend. “We just know we’re going to have to score as many points as we can, and that’s just the goal each and every week.” Jake Bobo’s return to the field will certainly help accomplish that goal. The sophomore wide receiver entered fall camp looking like the team’s No. 1 wideout before undergoing surgery for a fractured clavicle. Bobo saw his first receptions of the year against Virginia Tech last Friday, hauling in two catches for 12 yards. The Blue Devils will likely be without running back Brittain Brown, though. The junior reinjured his shoulder after just two rushes against the Hokies, with Cutcliffe saying he was going to talk to the Canton, Ga., native about a possible surgery. Expect sophomore tailback Mataeo Durant—who led the team with 53 receiving yards against Virginia Tech—to continue to step

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Duke will need Mataeo Durant’s speed Friday. up in Brown’s absence. In the end, this weekend’s matchup provides yet another test to pass for this seemingly overperforming Duke squad. Pittsburgh took the crown that many Blue Devil fans saw within their grasp a year ago, though a win Saturday will put the team one step closer to reaching that crown this season. Furthermore, Duke will be celebrating Durham Day this Saturday night. So although many of the university’s students will be heading home this weekend for fall break, Harris expects great support from the Durham faithful at Wallace Wade Stadium. “It’s been great. They’ve had a couple different slogans since I’ve been here but I think the Bull City has really caught on and the little hand signal as well,” Harris said. “That seems to be a pretty unifying thing for us.... So really excited about that, looking forward to having a Saturday night game in Wallace Wade here and looking forward to packing the house.”

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Former Blue Devil Carta named Woman of the Year finalist

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After leading her team to the program’s seventh national championship this spring, thensenior Virginia Elena Carta put a close to her record-breaking four-year career. But according to the NCAA, her impact stretched more than simply on the golf course or in the local Durham community. The Udine, Italy native was named a finalist for one of the most prestigious awards by the governing body of college athletics Wednesday afternoon. Carta is one of only nine finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. These nine finalists were selected from an honoree pool of 30 that is spanned equally from the three divisions of college athletics. Before the list was minimized to 30, schools had the opportunity to nominate

their players. Back in 2016, Carta made a name for herself on the college circuit by bringing home the individual national title as a freshman. Then this past May, she became one of only four Blue Devil golfers that could claim both individual and team national championship honors. In her junior season, Carta created the Birdies for Babies program, a golf to raise money for the Duke Children’s Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. The former Duke standout will be honored Oct. 20 in Indianapolis, Ind., along with her eight fellow finalists. That night, the winner of the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year Award will be announced. Carta is joined by Nebraska’s Angela Mercurio and West Virginia’s Ginny Thrasher who competed in track and field and rifle, respectively, from the Division I level.

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Virginia Elena Carta continues to rack up honors even after graduating back in May.

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Blue Devils earn draw in frustrating match By Joe Wang Staff Writer

The crossbar stole the spotlight and defended its home field at Koskinen Stadium against both teams Tuesday night. In what was supposed to be a mid-week breather in between intense ACC action, resilient Wright State dragged 18th-ranked Duke into a frustrating 110-minute marathon which ended in the Blue Devils’ first draw of the season. The Blue Devils controlled the pace for the first 60 minutes, but fell back into occasional dysfunction in the rest of the game. “We got really loose with our possessions. We got loose with our defending,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “They stepped it up. They sensed a little bit of opportunity to seize the moment and 2 thankfully for us that WSU 2 they didn’t put one DUKE of those three or four opportunities away.” In the first overtime, Wright State (5-3-1) had two great game-winning opportunities. Senior midfielder Deri Corfe’s long-range attempt from 30 yards went just above Blue Devil goalkeeper Will Pulisic’s reach, only to be stopped by the crossbar. In less than a minute, another Raider launched a curling ball that struck the left post and bounced back into Pulisic’s hands. Wright State wasn’t the only team stopped by the goalposts. In the 50th minute, Duke midfielder Daniele Proch flicked a through pass that led junior Stephen O’Connell into a perfect opening on the left side of the box. O’Connell’s shot beat Raider goalie Joel Sundell but was rejected by the right post. In the closing minutes of the second half, Proch was left all by himself 12 yards away from the goal when a Max Moser crossing

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Daniel Wright notched his third consecutive start for Duke, making a big impact again. landed on his feet. He faked a shot and quickly followed with a left-foot strike. Once again, the same post had no problem taking care of Duke’s leading scorer. Unlike the previous three games in which Duke (5-3-1) conceded early goals, the Blue Devils started off the night with poise and efficiency. 13 minutes into the first half, a typical Sergi Nus incision from the defensive third bypassed the entire midfield and found Proch within attacking distance. Proch then pulled out a scissors move that left one Raider defender disoriented before delegating the possession to junior Daniel Wright on the left wing. The junior patiently examined the crowded box

and accurately serviced Proch at the far end to give Duke an early lead. This was Wright’s third straight appearance in Duke’s starting lineup. Last Friday he scored the opening goal for the Blue Devils in Chapel Hill. The versatile Wixom, Mich., native also made huge contributions on defense in both games with his inexhaustible movements across the entire field. “I felt like I’ve been playing very well. I’m feeling more comfortable playing a bit of a new position,” Wright said. “[The defensive aggressiveness] is ingrained in our team. Whether you are a forward, a midfielder or a defender, you gotta get back behind the ball. It’s one thing I pride myself on, just defending

and doing work on both sides of the field.” The optimism about a possible two-game winning streak was short-lived. In a hectic fiveminute stretch during the second half, both teams became reckless with the ball and traded quick punches. In the 62nd minute, Raider midfielder Jackson Dietrich was miraculously left unattended in a box filled with six Blue Devils. He slotted the shot into the right corner of the goal to tie the game. Moments after the kickoff, Blue Devil midfielder Kristofer Gardarsson dispatched a perfect freekick that nailed the top right corner off the crossbar to retake the lead. Wright State followed up with a Corfe freekick from almost the same spot on Duke’s end that completely caught Pulisic off guard due to a deflection. The Blue Devils had one more chance when the referee gave another freekick at the top of the box. This time Gardarsson didn’t have the same magic and the shot went awry. Neither of the teams could score again as Duke’s subpar services failed to create any threats. A Wright corner flew out of the end line before entering the field; a Colby Agu crossing went directly to the spectators instead of the box. Even Duke’s best passer Max Moser seemed to have the wrong boots on. “[The crossing] needs work, obviously. We got ourselves in great positions, and we have numbers in the box. We just need the service to be there and we should be able to capitalize,” Coach Kerr remarked. “The service wasn’t as good as it normally is. And we paid the price for it.” The Blue Devils will play at home again Friday against ACC opponent Syracuse. Duke will need to play with more focus in order to come away with a victory.

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Scouting the opponent: Panthers are true test for Duke By Ramona Naseri Associate Sports Editor

It is no secret that Pittsburgh has dominated Duke recently—the last time the Blue Devils beat the mighty Panthers was back in 2014. Duke will welcome Pittsburgh to Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday, returning to Durham for the first time in nearly a month. The Blue Devils are up against the reigning ACC Coastal Division champions and this year’s Panthers already resemble the 2018 squad that ripped off a five-game ACC winning streak a year ago. “[Pittsburgh head coach] Pat Narduzzi has developed a program,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutliffe said. “The Pittsburgh team year in and year out looks pretty much the same. They’re physical, Pat does a great job coaching defense. They always have weapons on offense. They can run it. An outstanding quarterback and receiving crew and tight ends. They’re very successful throwing the football. Probably even more balanced than they were in the past.” Even though the Panthers lost two of their primary running backs from last season in

Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall, Pittsburgh still has a talented crop of runners, including sophomore V’lique Carter. As a freshman, Carter contributed 137 yards in last year’s matchup with Duke. Pittsburgh’s reliable quarterback, Kenny Pickett, will incite a lot of offense on the field this weekend, but only if he plays. Pickett, along with other crucial members of the team, was out in the contest with Delaware last weekend. With no word on whether Pickett and a host of running backs, defensive backs and linebackers will join the team again this weekend, the Panthers’ lineup is up in the air. Pittsburgh currently sits with an unimpressive 3-2 record, though the team has shown what it is made of already this season in a back-to-back performances against top-tier programs. The team kept up with then-No. 13 Penn State for much of the first three quarters before eventually falling 17-10. Pittsburgh was more successful the next weekend, pulling off a major upset in a matchup with then-No. 15 Central Florida. The team’s stout defense and pass rush deserves a lot of the credit for the Panthers’ early-season

success. “They have a lot of sacks, 24 so far this season so it’s just a testament to their ability to pass rush,” Blue Devil quarterback Quentin Harris said. “I think they get the field really well. They mix in some blitzes which can compromise some protections at points. They’re a really talented group.” In two of the teams’ last three matchups, Duke has allowed Pittsburgh to put up at least 50 points. Although most of those points were attributed to a strong rushing game, expect the Panthers to be a more pass-oriented offense with the addition of new offensive coordinator Mark Whipple. “Last year they put up a lot of numbers on the ground, so our main goal right now is delivering the run and the rest will take care of itself,” Blue Devil linebacker Koby Quansah said. A win this weekend could mean a lot for Duke. Although the Blue Devils were able to beat their first ACC opponent in Virginia Tech, the Hokies have not been playing up to their usual standard. A victory against the Panthers will be Duke’s true test to really see where the team is at going forward.

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turned the pill bottle over in my hand and recommended I start on Wellbutrine, a drug typically listened to the white cylinders clatter against used to combat depression, I was taken aback. I wasn’t the orange plastic. Maybe this medication depressed—why should I take an antidepressant? My doctor explained that, given my symptoms would be the one that stuck.

Rebecca Torrence COLUMNIST While my hopes were high, my expectations were low. Since my sophomore year of high school, I had tried Zoloft, Vyvanse, Prozac, Lexapro and Prozac again. Every drug came with its own side effect—or, if I was lucky, several of them. The Prozac, at least, seemed to have some discernible effect on my overall disposition while still allowing me to sleep, eat, and interact normally. So, my junior year of high school, I settled on it. I convinced myself early on that this medication would make a substantial difference in my anxiety. But despite continuing to take Prozac for two more years, I never quite felt the difference I sought. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it was doing something—but I’d hoped its benefits would be more potent than they actually were. Still, I never thought about trying another medication. I’d worked so hard to find a drug that my body didn’t reject. Why risk it? By the time my freshman year at Duke rolled around, I was in worse shape than ever. This had nothing to do with the Prozac—but it soon became clear to me that the Prozac wasn’t doing enough. After a couple of months, I decided to visit Student Health. The doctor recommended I increase my dosage by 20 milligrams. This seemed reasonable to me. I picked up my prescription that day and started taking the new dosage the following morning. Less than a week had passed before I found myself in Student Health again. I was supposed to wait at least two weeks for the medication to “fully” take effect— but I couldn’t do it. I was miserable. This seemingly harmless increase in dosage had wreaked havoc on my body and mind, forcing me into a state of emotional distress like nothing I’d ever faced before. It was all chemical—and it was all-consuming. I told my doctor that if I kept taking the medication, I didn’t know if I could survive. Up until this point, I had only taken anti-anxiety meds. I knew I had Generalized Anxiety Disorder—that was the only thing I knew for sure—so it was the only illness I thought to treat with a pill. So when my doctor

and my family’s history with similar medications, Wellbutrine could be my best option. I might have questioned her more if I hadn’t been so incredibly desperate. But I chose to trust her professional opinion because I wanted, more than anything, to find a cure for my perpetual anguish. I picked up the prescription from the Student Pharmacy and carried the bottle in my hand back to my dorm, the fingers of my other hand crossed behind my back for luck. Two weeks later, I was walking across West Campus listening to music when I noticed that I was smiling. For no particular reason. I was smiling at strangers, walking in time with the music, feeling pure joy rush through my body. I was having a good day. I’d forgotten what those felt like. I felt powerful. I felt like I was finally capable of putting in the work I needed in order to heal. I’ve been taking Wellbutrine for about a year and a half now. Spoiler alert: I was depressed. But after years of cycling through medications, therapists, and coping skills, I’ve finally found my way to happiness. My depression is far less frequent, my anxiety is manageable, and I’ve learned how to handle the bad days while feeling proud of the good ones. My antidepressants brought me to a place where I could make those changes. That day in Student Health was my turning point. I don’t recommend seeking out medication at the first sign of suffering. A drug can only do so much. But if nothing else seems to work, if therapy and exercise and meditation just aren’t cutting it on their own, medication could be a worthwhile option. There’s no reason to feel helpless forever. The road to finding your perfect medication can be long and stressful. But finding the right medication for you can be life-changing. Not because that medication will change your life—but because it can give you the power to change it yourself. Rebecca Torrence is a Trinity junior. Her column runs on alternate Thursdays.

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e appreciate the recent statement on academic freedom from President Price and Provost Kornbluth following the US Department of Education’s investigation of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East studies. We

are at risk when not aligned with national policy and national security priorities. At stake, in the current moment, is the ability of Universities to operate freely and openly without the fear of censure, and the ability of faculty to determine what they “teach, how

CONCERNED FACULTY also welcome the letter to the DOE from 18 American academic associations—including the Middle East Studies Association, the Modern Language Association, and the American Anthropological Association— who characterized the investigation as “an unprecedented and counterproductive intervention into academic curricula and programming that threatens the integrity and autonomy of our country’s institutions of higher education.” The Federal investigation is the culmination of a decades-long campaign by anti-Palestinian organizations against academic programing and curricular offerings that are deemed insufficiently “pro-Israel.” This investigation targeted a Middle East center, but should concern all of us. Today, all teachers and scholars

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they teach it, what they choose to research or write about, or who can speak on our campus.” Duke’s continued commitment to open debate is vital. The integrity of our University demands an educational climate where free and open inquiry is encouraged and fostered, in and out of the classroom, even on the most controversial subjects. Signed, Elizabeth Albright, Anne Alison, Abdullah T. Antepli, Nancy Armstrong, Fadi Bardawil, Nicole Barnes, Amal Boumaaza, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Joan Clifford,

Miriam Cooke, Sheila Dillon, Prasenjit Duara, Katharine Dubois, Jan Ewald, Luciana Fellin, Sara Galletti, Shai Ginsburg, Erdag Göknar, Mark Hansen, Didem Havlioglu, Kerry L. Haynie (Chair of Academic Council), Wesley Hogan, Maha Houssami, Tsitsi Jaji, Andrew Janiak, Vasant Kaiwar, Nancy Kalow, Satti Khanna, Claudia Koonz, Thomas Lamarre, Pedro Lasch, Carolyn Lee, Ralph Litzinger, Wahneema Lubiano, Nancy MacLean Abdeslam Maghraoui, Anne-Maria Makhulu,

Jehangir Malegam, Kathryn Mathers, Laurie McIntosh, Jessica Namakkal, Mark Anthony Neal, Diane Nelson, Jocelyn Olcott, Liliana Paredes, Gunther Peck, Leela Prasad, Alex Rosenberg, Adam Rosenblatt, Pete Sigal, Harris Solomon, Rebecca L. Stein, Leonard Tennenhouse, Surya Tokdar, Mustafa Tuna, Aarthi Vadde, Priscilla Wald, Erika Weinthal, Augustus Wendell, Annabel Wharton, Ara Wilson, David Wong Editor’s note: to view faculty titles and positions, visit this letter on dukechronicle. com.

Who is Duke changing for?

bout a year ago, Duke administration almost succeeded in eliminating health insurance for most students on financial aid. The policy change was intentional; its subtle implementation followed by the administration’s sheepish reversal in the face of public pressure reflected a university more concerned with saving a few bucks than its students’ access to basic healthcare. Although students and their families won, President Price’s

Duke does not love us. Perhaps it’s time we reciprocate.

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Gino Nuzzolillo Class of 2020

explanation of the decision carried an implicit threat: “We do not have unlimited financial resources...the broader challenge to university finances has not gone away.” Price left the fate of financial aid for future students unclear and the concerns raised by students regarding summer financial support, work-study, and continued health insurance coverage still go unaddressed. We’ve heard these tepid and vague reactions from university decision-makers many times before, in the non-response responses to issues like racist speech scrawled in Black cultural spaces or the concerns of protestors like the LGBTQIA+ students in the Divinity School. Such agony and controversy over financial aid budgets seems laughable in the wake of the grand opening of the Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center. The university is seemingly willing to direct donors to drop $32 million on a complex few asked for, a space dedicated primarily to generating more donations and copying Stanford. Duke may posture and self-congratulate about the care and concern it applies to student and community well-being, but the feeling of seeing such unnecessary, superficial opulence reminds us where Duke’s priorities lie—financial aid is a “challenge,” but millions are available for a “dynamic” branch campus in China, a “best in class” Alumni center, for luxurious dorms somehow stuffed over-capacity. The rules governing university finances are, of course, complicated—but if recent columns are any measure of student needs, Duke’s spending decisions raise questions asking to what extent those priorities consider the most vulnerable among us. In fact, we can interrogate Duke’s Strategic Framework to see if a gap exists between stated values and daily practice. If we believe that Duke’s “brightest and boldest thinkers” are our “true value proposition,” why is there still no hate &

bias policy or living wage guarantee for all employees, which would signal a commitment to ensuring our community’s safety and economic security? If we believe that Duke can “transform teaching and discovery,” why did Duke hire union-busting, top-dollar law firms like Proskauer Rose to maintain the exploitation of graduate students and contingent faculty labor, whose victories came only after their persistent protest? If Duke prides itself in its graduate contributions to teaching, why did Duke only conceded to the bare minimum of a 12 month stipend, while grads still have to run their own food pantry? If Duke wants to build a “renewed campus community” focused on our well-being, why does Greek Life still exist—and where is the material investment for overwhelmed Wellness Center services? If Duke hopes to forge “purposeful partnerships in the region,” why obstruct discussion on the light rail, the gas plant, or Parking and Transportation abuse of workers, all affecting residents of this region? If Duke values knowledge in the service of society, why encourage students to work for Palantir’s deportation-abetting machinery, threatening undocumented people across North Carolina? These practices, behaviors, and incidents are less about individual administrators, but rather reflect systemic injustice. Our lived experiences as students, faculty, staff, workers, and community members are lost in these gaps. In light of these (recent) histories, we must ask: who has Duke been changing for? The student body is still largely drawn from America’s wealthiest families, where 69 pecent of students come from the top 20 percent of incomes and only 3.9 percent come from the bottom 20 percent. Duke reproduces wealth and income inequality by refusing to end legacy admissions (one wonders if our percentage of legacy admits is similar to Harvard’s) and scaffolding a pipeline to

the numerous corporations populating the Career Fair, a symbol of the futures Duke hopes we pursue—companies like Capital One, ExxonMobil, and Walmart. The intended byproduct of this process, of course, is a future class of new donors hoping to slap their names on another building or bench, as evidenced by an email to seniors this week which has already introduced us to the great honor of donating to Duke before we even receive our degree. Indeed, Duke is a blind adherent to the gospel of wealth accumulation and “do-good” philanthropy—this past week, the Board of Trustees honored philanthropist and former Board chairman David Rubenstein, whose occasional donations, as argued by former student Sydney Roberts, obscure violent origins in his private equity firm’s displacement of poor people and execution of mass lay-offs. A cursory look at the Board of Trustees website reveals its members as part and parcel of the United States’ gilded elite, executives at firms like McKinsey (who contract with ICE and exploit Puerto Rico’s debt crisis), Apple (manufacturer of microchips in military missiles), and ARAMARK (a notorious provider of inadequate, maggot-infested food in prison and jails, turning a profit on caged humans). In sum, Duke remains committed to the interests of the wealthy and well-connected who in turn reshape the university into its modern corporate form. And for the rest of us? As argued by my fellow columnist Annie Yang, we are reduced to customers, if not commodities ourselves. Duke does not love us. It’s about time we realized it.

Gino Nuzzolillo is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Among them was sophomore Anita Li, who participated in John’s Spring Breakthrough course last year. “[The Blackshears] are awesome. They’re so amazing,” Li said. “I make my way all the way from Edens to come visit. That’s dedication.” White tries to visit the family at least twice a semester. Herrera has come back for the children’s birthday parties. Kumar comes to play basketball with the kids, go bicycling with them or take them on walks around East Campus. “Their kids are very much like my own siblings,” Kumar said. “Both in their personality and the way I interact with them.” White echoed the sentiment: “[The Blackshears] really are like my family here.” John said that although he and Kimberly will have to move back off campus at some point, they hope to make an impact on campus that lasts after they are gone. And so far, John said that his years as a faculty-inresidence have been the best part of his time at Duke. “It’s intangible, you know?” he said of the position’s rewards. “It’s not like money, and it’s not status or any of that. It’s just, we get to be proximate to some of the most amazing learners in the universe.” This opportunity has not been lost on the children. Andwele has already decided that he wants to go to Duke for college, staying until he gets his Ph.D., Kimberly said. He wants to live with the family during his first year on campus so that he can eat both Marketplace food and his mother’s cooking. Food is not the most important thing to him, however. When his parents asked him what his favorite part of life on campus was, he answered brightly. Advertise here for Duke student “That I get to have amazing the best results friends!” he said.

introductions, but explained that they were “The exhibition doesn’t glamorize an necessary with 10 or more tour guides leading individual or ideology,” Hower said. “It each tour. But even so, guides are by no means represents the artistic and cultural trends restricted from divulging other aspects of their of the time, which included portrayals of identity, whether in their introductions or Che Guavara and other controversial and during the tour, he explained. polarizing figures.” Zheng added that the tour guide’s Pop América featured almost 100 pieces from major also plays a large role in shaping the Latino, Latina and Latin American pop artists. experience. Naturally, visitors gravitate toward “The artists in the exhibition create a vital those with similar interests, often creating dialogue that crosses national borders, and disproportionately sized groups. include Judy Baca, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Jorge de “When tour groups hear that a tour guide is la Vega, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, pre-med, you’ll see huge groups of people flock among others,” the Nasher’s website states. to that person,” Zheng said. “United by the common use of Pop’s rich visual Meanwhile, he added that the less popular strategies, the artists made bold contributions majors—oftentimes arts and humanities to conceptualism, performance and new media majors—either attract much smaller crowds or art, as well as social protest, justice movements are not represented by a tour guide at all. and debates about freedom.” Despite these challenges, however, the tour Pop América was the first exhibit to display guide system does allow considerable freedom pop art in the context of North America and to engage with visitors as they best see fit, and South America, Hower said. It was also the “first Garcia said that flexibility is one of the greatest fully bilingual” exhibit produced by the Nasher, characteristics a tour guide could have. she explained. “Tours are not as scripted as people think,” he explained. “You don’t want to sound like an audio cassette. You want to be a human being who can notice different things everyday.” Furthermore, the tour guide manual states that “the three most important words in a tour guide’s vocabulary are ‘I DON’T KNOW.’” Even after several months of training, tour guides are not expected to have all of the answers, and the manual encourages directing visitors to other better-informed sources. These freedoms do not just intend to benefit visitors who may be considering applying to Duke, but they also take some pressure off of guides as well. The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation In any case, however, the majority of 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 Courtesy of Duke Today Duke’s tour guides find that their work is For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 The Nasher Museum hosted the Pop América exhibit from February to July 2019. well-worth whatever it may take. To become For For Release Release Thursday, Tuesday, October October 1, 3, 2019 2019

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a Duke tour guide, students must take an exam on a 26-page tour guide manual, after which they may be considered for an interview. If selected to continue, they undergo an extensive training process for half a semester. Interspersed between these are informational sessions that outline routes, acceptable behaviors and general advice. Students become tour guides voluntarily and the large majority continue with the system even once they have realized the demands. “I love being a tour guide—especially being able to tell my own stories and not just numbers,” Garcia said. For Zhou, the investment of being a tour guide is not necessarily based wholly in her love for Duke but in her hope for its future. “I’m always super excited because all these really amazing or interesting students want to come to Duke,” she wrote. “Knowing that some of the people you’ve just given a tour to may end up on campus in the next couple of years is really cool to think about.”

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