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DACA repeal Safe sex? Some students think otherwise threatens University’s Dreamers Maya Iskandarani The Chronicle Within days of the announcement, Duke students are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA was put into action in 2012 through an executive order by then President Barack Obama. Its goal was to protect undocumented immigrants who had come to the United States as children, allowing them to apply for work permits, get social security numbers and receive other federal benefits without fear of deportation. About 800,000 immigrants between the ages of 15 and 36 have benefitted from this program. Most of them have lived in the United States longer than the country they emigrated from, and are often referred to as “Dreamers.” The Duke community includes both See DREAMERS on Page 3
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Grace Mok The Chronicle In many cases, Duke students decline to use contraception or protection during sex, a recent study found. According to data from an American College Health Association survey, in their last instance of vaginal intercourse, 58.5 percent of students reported not using a contraceptive method or stated that it was not applicable or they did not know. Similarly, nearly 40 percent did not use protective barriers when they had vaginal intercourse in the last thirty days. In the preceding four years, the University experienced relatively little
change in proportion of students using contraceptives and practicing safe sex, according to survey data. Some students and staff interested in sexual health said they believed new initiatives like the Peer Advocacy for Sexual Health Center can improve the outlook for contraception use and safe sex at Duke. The numbers Overall, 378 undergraduates and 508 graduate students at Duke responded to questions about their sexual behavior for the Fall 2016 survey. The questions on sexual health asked about two distinct behaviors: students’ usage of protective barriers, such as condoms—which prevent sexually transmitted infections—and usage
of contraception—which prevent pregnancy, but do not necessarily prevent STIs. In 2016, nearly 33 percent of students reported having oral sex, just more than 29 percent reported having vaginal sex and almost 4 percent reported having anal sex within the 30 days prior to taking the survey. Among these students, 66.1 percent of students reported using condoms or protective barriers for vaginal intercourse, although just three percent reported doing so for oral sex. “Safe sex practices for oral and anal sex are just as important as those for vaginal sex, but are often overlooked because pregnancy is of little worry,” senior Adriana See SAFE SEX on Page 4
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The Blue Devils could sense the energy as it became clear in the second half that they were finally going to win, and win big, against Northwestern. There was T.J. Rahming stomping his feet in celebration after picking up a critical third-down conversion off yet another crisp pass from Daniel Jones. Then there was true freshman Drew Jordan getting up with a spring in his step after sacking Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson, the fourth time Duke took down the Wildcat redshirt junior well behind the line of scrimmage. The Blue Devils were having fun in the second half—and for good reason—as they coasted to a 41-17 victory at Wallace Wade Stadium. Everything that went wrong the last two years against the Wildcats went right Saturday afternoon, as Northwestern
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Defying national trend, Duke sees growth in minority students Isabelle Doan The Chronicle Although black and Hispanic students are nationally more underrepresented at top schools today than they were 35 years ago, Duke has been making gradual improvements in representation. The number of black first-years who enroll at elite schools has remained consistently around six percent since 1980, according to a New York Times analysis, even though black individuals comprised 15 percent of college-aged Americans in 2015. Similarly, Hispanics made up 13 percent of first-year enrollment at top schools, even though they constituted 22 percent of the college-age population. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag wrote in an email that the undergraduate admissions office does not have set quotas for diversity but rather tries to build a diverse applicant pool from which to choose. “The characteristics of the incoming class tends to be driven by the nature of the applicant pool,” Guttentag wrote. “We do a significant amount of recruitment in order to have an applicant pool that will allow us to create a class that’s both talented and diverse. We don’t have specific targets when we begin an admissions cycle.” The New York Times noted that affirmative action seemed to be effective at increasing the number of black and Hispanic students at universities. To some, affirmative action might be seen as a quota-based endeavor, said Jay Pearson, assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy. However, he clarified that in reality it operates as a goal-driven program to combat social disparities. “Affirmative action is actually a social equity program, and social equity programs are conceived of and brought into being to acknowledge historical structural and institutional impediments to full inclusion in society for certain targeted populations,” he said. Pearson added that although
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affirmative action is now thought of in the context of race, it was initially lower class and lower working class white women who disproportionately benefited from affirmative action programs in terms of access to high quality formal education. Guttentag wrote that there has actually been a substantial increase in Duke’s minority enrollment numbers over the past few decades. “Our records go back to 1984. Back then students identifying as African-American/Black or Latino/ Hispanic comprised six percent of the incoming class,” Guttentag wrote. “By comparison, 25 percent of the Class of 2021 identifies as African-American/ Black or Latino/Hispanic.” Guttentag added that much of this increase has taken place within the last few years alone. In the Fall of 2014, 20 percent of the incoming class identified as African-American or black and Latinx or Hispanic, he wrote. The New York Times’ data reveals that the two demographics combined comprised 22 percent of Duke’s incoming class in 2015. Still, the application pool is limited
by fundamental inequities, Pearson noted. He explained that college selection is way downstream from racial discrimination that transcends generations, such as school funding and residential segregations. For many, Duke is simply unattainable from a socioeconomic standpoint, Pearson said. “It’s a complicated dynamic at a place like Duke because as it turns out, increasingly it looks like we are moving into an age where we have a two-tiered post-secondary educational system, where [with] the elite or flagship public institutions and the elite private institutions—particularly the Ivies and the Ivy-likes—it almost looks like many of the broader population cannot afford to make it here,” Pearson said. Pearson noted that this is different from many liberal arts schools and non-elite universities, where minority populations are much more representative of national trends. Guttentag wrote that many colleges do consider the inequities in educational opportunities and resources when they are recruiting students.
“For us, practices that include our partnerships with programs like [the Knowledge is Power Program] and QuestBridge, the Rubenstein Scholars program, our visits with community based organizations during our recruitment travel, or talking about our financial aid practices at every program we do, help us support students in the application process who don’t have every resource easily available,” Guttentag wrote. “Unfortunately, fundamental inequities remain in the opportunities students and families have in the primary and secondary educational system.” Still, Duke does better with black firstyear enrollment compared to some peer institutions. All Ivy League schools had nine percent or less black first-year enrollment, compared to Duke’s 11 percent. In fact, Duke has a greater or equal share of black freshmen enrollment than all the colleges that the New York Times categorized in “Other Top Universities,” which include top-ranked universities outside of the Ivy League. However, Duke lags in terms of Hispanic enrollment, with all Ivy League schools—except Dartmouth at 10 percent—having 13 percent or more Hispanic first-years enrollment compared to Duke’s 11 percent. Pearson noted that effective University leadership can play a major role in developing a representative student body. “Duke will only do as good as the leadership allows it to do. My sense is that we have leadership here at Duke that is committed to the issues of diversity and inclusion, and we’ve certainly made strides in those areas in recent years,” he said. “Duke both understands and appreciates the value of diverse perspectives being represented in the classroom.” With a recent change in leadership, new goals for diversity in the admissions office may indeed rest in the hands of President Vincent Price. “I’m looking forward to learning from President Price what his and the Board of Trustees’ goals and priorities are for the coming years,” Guttentag wrote. “Until then, we’ll continue with what we’ve been doing.”
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students and faculty who are affected— both directly and indirectly—by DACA’s repeal. The University’s administration was quick to respond to Trump’s announcement. “In light of the decision to end DACA, Duke University restates its firm commitment to protecting the right of all students to learn and discover here, regardless of their background or immigration status,” President Vincent Price wrote in a statement last Wednesday. The statement was the latest of several actions Duke has taken within the past year demonstrating its support of immigrants, undocumented or otherwise. Last December, the University promised to meet 100 percent of the demonstrated financial need of undocumented undergraduates, beginning with the class of 2021. In February, Duke filed an amicus brief alongside 16 universities opposing Trump’s order to ban immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The week before Trump’s decision to end DACA, Price sent Trump a letter imploring him to do just the opposite. “The fact remains that hundreds of thousands of young people remain at risk,” wrote Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, in an email. “We join with others in higher education, and many throughout the country, in urging Congress and the Trump Administration to enact permanent protections for these women and men.” Some faculty are siding with Duke’s administration. Fritz Mayer, professor of political science, public policy and the environment, said he strongly disagreed with the president’s decision to end DACA.
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those whose permits have already expired or are set to expire soon, enforcement of DACA’s repeal will not take into affect for another six months from Monday, the date the repeal was announced. Until then, Duke students with DACA status are not at risk of deportation. Trump has also urged Congress to replace DACA with legislation before the six-month deadline that would continue protecting the Dreamers. Public pressure on legislators nationwide following Trump’s announcement could prove effective in doing so. “Every Dreamer has a story, and those stories are compelling,” Mayer said. “My hope is that the public can sustain its focus on this issue, sufficient to force Congress to vote.” One of the University’s Dreamers said she agreed. “I’ve been overwhelmed with the
support that the DACA community has been receiving online, everywhere,” said a Duke student with DACA status, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in fear of exposure. “People are standing up to Trump.” The student added that living in the Duke bubble has afforded her some peace of mind from the ramifications of DACA’s repeal. Others, she said, might not be so lucky. “When you’re in the university world, you become disconnected,” she said. “So, even though I’m DACA, it’s not likely for [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to come demand my documentation. Whereas my family doesn’t have that sort of protection.” She added that the University has provided her with some reassurances in case she faces trouble. “The University is very supportive of undocumented students,” she said. “If I have to fly home and do biometrics for the DACA application process, [Duke is] willing to help me financially. Duke is working to make sure we have peace of mind.” When asked what her worst fear was, she answered without hesitation. “Being deported,” she said. “Being separated from my family. If they’re deported and I’m not. Now the government has their information too, and they don’t have any documentation. But I do, because I’m a student.” Mayer and the student also agreed on another point—that the Dreamers feel betrayed. “When Obama came out with DACA, we put our trust in the government,” the student said. “We gave our information in order to receive work permits and be able to live our lives normally. Now they’ve Special to The Chronicle taken it away, and the government now DACA was created under President Barack Obama’s adminstration in 2012. has a list of everyone who is DACA.”
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SAFE SEX from page 1 Parker, co-president of PASH, wrote in an email. “However, STIs can still be transmitted through oral and anal sex.” For anal intercourse however, the usage of condoms and other protective barriers dropped heavily compared to the past—22.7 percent in 2016, down from 60 percent in 2012. In their last instance of vaginal intercourse, 41.5 percent of students reported using contraception, lower than the national average of 51.8 percent. Despite this proportion, just 0.6 percent of students who had vaginal intercourse within the last 12 months reported experiencing an unintentional pregnancy or getting someone pregnant. Interpreting the data Cole Taylor and Eulena Jonsson, assistant directors of assessment and research for student affairs, said the survey was distributed to 2,200 undergraduates through Qualtrics, an online survey platform. The sample— which received a 17.2 percent response rate—was representative of undergraduate demographics across dimensions of sex, year of school, race and whether the student was international, Jonsson said. “We have control over the 2,200 [students], but we don’t have control over who responds,” she said. “When we look at the demographics for who actually responded, males and upperclassmen are slightly underrepresented.” Female respondents comprised 58 percent of the responses. Breaking down the classes, 31 percent of respondents were first-years, 32.2 percent were sophomores, 12.4 percent were juniors and 23.5 percent were seniors. David Banks, professor of statistical science, advised heavy skepticism regarding survey data. One reason, he said, was that information about the questions’ wording or order are not
always provided, which can affect the quality and type of responses. “In general, I would not trust any survey on its own,” Banks said. “If you don’t have complete information on how it was designed and administered, then it could be very deceiving.” Several student affairs staff members spoke about how the office interpreted the survey data. Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of Duke Student Wellness Center, warned against coming to “very quick conclusions” about the numbers rather than digging deeper. “I see survey data like this as the beginning of a dialogue,” Taylor said. “Students’ perspectives enrich the data by helping us learn more about where we can or perhaps shouldn’t make an inference.” ‘A learning process’ Even with limits on its applications, the results of the survey have caused concern among those tasked with sex education on Duke’s campus. Parker wrote that one major task of sex education on campus includes distinguishing between prevention measures for pregnancy and STIs. Parker noted that many people—not just students—focus on pregnancy prevention more than STI prevention. She added that while most forms of contraception— such as birth control pills and intrauterine devices—prevent pregnancy, they do not prevent STI transmission. “Safe sex is important because it allows a person to exercise their own agency in regards to family planning and prevents possible long term damage to the reproductive system caused by untreated STIs,” Parker wrote. “Many STIs have few to no symptoms, so it is best to practice safe sex to decrease one’s chances of contracting one.” Kathy Rudy, professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies, recalled how the concept of safe sex was developing when she taught a large class on AIDS during the 1990s.
“Mostly everyone was worried about safe sex, but none of us really knew what safe sex was in 1990,” Rudy said. “[Many] of the girls were on the pill and I saw it as my job to persuade them that the pill was not safe sex. It was a learning process for all of us.”
effective methods could be social norms around communication between partners. “For females in general, there’s this pressure to be a pleasant partner,” Necalli said. “But some guys are like ‘it feels better without the condom,’ or ‘just trust me, I know how to do this.’ A lot of that is male What should students do? selfishness—not realizing how much In an email, Maralis Mercado, program pressure that puts on us and how much coordinator for health and wellness, stressed danger that puts us in.” that students should get tested for STIs regularly, use protection and maintain a Duke’s next steps dialogue with partners on “expectations, In an effort to encourage greater sex boundaries and protection.” education, sexual health workshops targeted at Parker recommended that sexually active men are in the midst of development, Szigethy people get tested every three months or said, adding that the Student Wellness Center after every new partner, while individuals is also rolling out a poster campaign about who are not sexually active should be tested communication in relationships and safe sex at least once a year. Free testing is available practices, including abstinence. under the Student Medical Insurance Plan, Several students also provided or at the Adult Health HIV/STD Clinic in suggestions for how Duke might reform downtown Durham. SMIP also covers a the way it approaches these conversations number of contraceptives for free. during orientation week. “A lot of my own friends just didn’t know Noting that many students enter Duke with that the injection existed on campus and little to no sexual health education, Parker that it was free,” junior Adair Necalli said. suggested that education should target first“The pill is also free through Duke.” year students. Necalli criticized the current For oral sex, Parker recommended that Orientation Week efforts at education. dental dams be used on people with vaginas “I don’t think that anything during O-Week and external condoms on those with penises actually works in terms of prevention,” Necalli and that for anal sex, both external and said, noting there is limited attendance at internal condoms can be used, but the ring many events. “A lot more progress happens must be removed in the internal condom. when you’re [having discussions] with your For all methods, she emphasized using only own peers than when [Larry Moneta, vice water-based or silicone-based lubricant to president for student affairs] is telling you prevent damaging the barrier. about consent.” Parker wrote that withdrawal—which Parker also supported peer education 34.6 percent of Duke students surveyed groups as an effective method to address issues in 2016 reported using as a contraceptive of safe sex and contraception use. method—provides no protection against “Peer education groups like PASH are STIs and, used alone, is only about 78 incredibly important because students are more percent effective against pregnancy. She also likely to engage with these topics when there is no noted that timing ejaculation may not always pre-conceived power dynamic in place,” Parker be accurate and sperm can sometimes be wrote. “In our experience, students are much more present in pre-ejaculate. likely to be honest and open up to us because we Necalli noted that one barrier to using more experience the same things.”
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Duke shuts down Northwestern’s Thorson, Jackson for first win in three tries Winston Lindqwister The Chronicle Going into Saturday’s matchup, Duke knew it would need a rock-solid defense to compete with Northwestern. The Blue Devils passed the test, quieting the Wildcats’attack. Although Duke proved in its bout against N.C. Central last week that it has the tools to be lethal on offense, questions still remained about whether or not it would have the strength in its defensive line and the defensive backfield to hold off explosive plays. But in limiting Wildcat quarterback Clayton Thorson to just 120 passing yards and Northwestern to only 22 rushing yards as a team, the Blue Devils proved that they have come a long way from the team that let explosive plays swing key matchups last season. “We just came to play hard,” redshirt senior defensive tackle Mike Ramsay said. “In the past few years, they’ve been killing us, so we made sure we could be here to stop it. As a team, we buckled up and went to work. It was great.” From the first drive of the afternoon, Duke hounded Thorson. In the first two minutes, junior Ben Humphreys took the Wildcat junior down 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage, followed by another 10-
Jim Liu | The Chronicle Redshirt senior Mike Ramsay sacked Clayton Thorson once, as Duke’s defensive line pressured the Wildcat quarterback relentlessly all afternoon.
yard sack later that quarter from senior safety Alonzo Saxton II. The Blue Devils rounded out the afternoon with four sacks. Even when Thorson was able to evade Duke’s tacklers, he could feel the pressure. Northwestern’s quarterback, who just last year torched the Blue Devils with 320 passing yards, was just 11-for-29 before being taken out in the fourth quarter for second-string senior Matt Alviti. The Wildcats repeatedly cracked when they
needed a play most, successfully converting just one of 10 third-downs. In fact, Northwestern had possession of the ball for just 18:42—less than half the Blue Devils’ time of possession. “[The key was] giving [Thorson] little time to get the ball out, putting pressure on him,” sophomore cornerback Mark Gilbert said. “We had confidence in our secondary to lock down the receivers and then confidence in our D-line to put pressure on
him, make him make hard throws.” Although Duke’s defensive line made sure the Wildcats didn’t have room to breathe, the Blue Devils in the secondary were instrumental in sabotaging most of Northwestern’s drives. Saxton wrecked havoc on the Wildcats’ running backs, notching seven total tackles. Just as Northwestern looked like it was finding its groove in the second quarter, Saxton ripped the ball away from the Wildcats’ Cameron Green, negating their only successful third-down conversion of the day and giving the Blue Devils good field position for another touchdown. “I was already going for the tackle, but right when he was turning around, the ball was already in my face, so at that time I was thinking I should at least try to go for the strip, and it worked out in my favor,” Saxton said. “Our coaches always told us that once we have a good position on them, we should always go for the strip, so that’s what I did.” Gilbert also stood out in the second half. Down 21-10 at the start of the third quarter, Northwestern came out of the locker room fired up to get back into the game. With a first down on the Blue Devil 42-yard line, Thorson attempted a pass to junior wide receiver Flynn Nagel, but the throw sailed See DEFENSE on Page 9
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Blue Devils get their revenge at West Virginia Meredith Cash The Chronicle Last year, West Virginia was Duke’s Achilles’ heel. The Blue Devils lost 3-1 on their home turf in September before falling 1-0 to the eventual national runners-up in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, squandering a chance to avenge their 2015 national title loss to Penn State. Needless to say, No. 11 Duke still had scores to settle heading to Morgantown, W.V., for a matchup with the third-ranked Mountaineers Friday night. And settle the score it did. The Blue Devils DUKE 4 dealt West Virginia 0 a convincing 4-0 WVU loss Friday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, marking their sixth straight win and their third straight shutout. The Mountaineers—who beat the then-No. 1 Nittany Lions last week— had not dropped a decision by four goals or more since losing 5-0 to Penn State in August 2011. Duke junior Kayla McCoy led the winning effort with two goals in the second half, classmate Kat McDonald notched her first career goal in the 38th minute and senior captain Imani Dorsey scored her sixth goal in as many games. McCoy—who sat out most of last season with a ruptured Achilles’ tendon—cited the Blue Devils’ history as a motivating factor in Friday’s rout. “Everybody had those games in the
back of our head, knowing that last year we weren’t able to do what we wanted to do and what we believed that we could do with those games,” McCoy said. “We just came out tonight and we were wanting it more than ever and believing in ourselves more than ever, too. We just wanted it more than West Virginia did and we were able to work harder than they did and we were able to pull it off.” The contest opened as a back-and-forth affair, with both sides notching three shots through the opening 20 minutes and the Mountaineers (4-2-0) taking three corner kicks to Duke’s one. McCoy threatened West Virginia goalkeeper Rylee Foster early with two on-target header shots, but the sophomore—who owned the seventhbest goals against average in the nation last year—deflected both attempts. It wasn’t until the 29th minute that Dorsey sent a long shot from outside the 18-yard box past Foster and into the right-side netting to put the Blue Devils (6-1-0) on the board. The Elkridge, Md., native leads Duke with 13 points on the season and has been the primary offensive sparkplug for the team. “When I feel like I have a good shot, then I’ll take it, and that’s what I felt like tonight, and it just worked out perfectly,” Dorsey said. “The fact that we’re finding these opportunities and are able to work with each other when we’re counterattacking is making us better and better. Knowing that we were able to produce more goals tonight was huge.” After Dorsey opened the scoring for the Blue Devils, it did not take long for the
Carolyn Chang | Chronicle File Photo Kayla McCoy’s two goals in the second half doubled Duke’s lead and broke the game open against third-ranked West Virginia.
floodgates to open. Less than 10 minutes later, McDonald carried the ball nearly 30 yards upfield to the top of the box and drove a hard shot into the bottom left corner of the net. The Raleigh, N.C., native—who has seen increased playing time since sophomore Mia Gyau was sidelined for the season with ACL and MCL tears—helped Duke close the first half with a comfortable lead and all of the momentum. Her first goal as a Blue Devil could not have come at a more welcome time for head coach Robbie Church. “When [Imani] hit that ball, it looked
like it just relieved everybody and we just relaxed a little bit,” Church said. “We started moving the ball around. Kat’s goal was huge at the end of the half. She’s probably not had a bigger goal. That was huge.” Although Duke had a significant lead heading into the final 45 minutes of the contest, a squad as talented and resilient as the Mountaineers could have easily pulled their way back into it. But the Blue Devils had other plans. Just 7:27 into the period, senior defender See W. SOCCER on Page 9
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Nagel’s 600th career win highlights perfect weekend Emily Davis The Chronicle After falling short on its home court last weekend, Duke rallied hard in Texas with a perfect tournament that included head coach Jolene Nagel’s 600th career win. The Blue Devils emerged victorious from all three matches this weekend in the Fight DUKE 3 in the Fort at the University Recreation 0 Center in Fort Worth, TCU DUKE 3 Texas, including a sweep of host TCU. 2 Duke routed the UVU DUKE 3 Horned Frogs Friday night 3-0 (27-25, 252 20, 25-18) in addition LGH to adding two five-set victories Saturday versus Utah Valley 3-2 (21-25, 25-19, 15-25, 25-23, 15-4) and Lehigh 3-2 (21-25, 22-25, 2523, 25-19, 15-12). Duke turned in one of its top offensive performances of the season against TCU, hitting at a .347 clip, and one of its top defensive performances against Lehigh, holding the Mountain Hawks to a .157 hitting percentage. “I’m really excited and proud of our team,” Nagel said. “They put in a hard week of practice. They were really disciplined and focused. They really executed well.”
Freshman Payton Schwantz had 14 kills to lead the Blue Devils past the Horned Frogs (5-3) in the weekend opener, easily dispatching a team that made the 2016 NCAA tournament and won in Durham last season. Duke (7-2) maintained a six-point lead in the first set before TCU mounted a comeback to tie it at 22. The Blue Devils were able to put the Horned Frogs away five points later on a service ace from Emma Paradiso. “The team did a really good job of serving,” Nagel said. “That kept TCU from being able to do what they wanted to do.” TCU fought hard again in the second set, keeping it competitive until the Blue Devils reached the 20-point mark. The Horned Frogs then made key attack errors that allowed Duke to clean up the set with another service ace. The third set saw an even more dominating performance from the Blue Devils, as they built a substantial lead and clinched the match with a 25-18 win. The victory made Nagel the 22nd active NCAA Division I head coach to reach 600 career wins. “I honestly had no idea,” Nagel said. “As a coach, you just keep thinking about how to get the next one. It means I’ve been coaching a long time, but what sticks out the most is what a tremendous group
Bre Bradham | The Chronicle Senior libero Nicole Elattrache earned MVP honors at this weekend’s Fight in the Fort with 59 digs in three matches.
of motivated, talented and determined young women I’ve had the pleasure to work with over the years. It’s really been a joy and an honor to be their coach.” Entering Saturday with one win under their belt, the Blue Devils faced Utah Valley (5-6) to open play and to grab their first of two five-set victories. The match saw four Duke players in doubledigit kills in Schwantz, sophomore Samantha Amos and seniors Anna Kropf and Cadie Bates.
The first set of the match was dominated by the Wolverines, who posted a .342 hitting percentage and a 7-3 run down the stretch. The Blue Devils fought back in the second to tie the match at 1-1, but Utah Valley then posted a .364 hitting clip to Duke’s .109 to claim the third. The Blue Devils rallied from being down 2-1 in the fourth set with the help See VOLLEYBALL on Page 9
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Duke stays undefeated with victory in ACC opener Sid Bhaskara The Chronicle It looked like Duke would earn its first goal of ACC almost immediately after the first whistle blew. After a shot went wide and another hit the woodwork, the Blue Devils looked primed to go up early. It ended up taking 35 minutes, but the Duke offense won 1 out and continued VT DUKE 3 to dominate Virginia Tech’s defense en route to a seemingly effortless 3-1 victory Friday at Koskinen Stadium. “[The first ACC win] feels great,” Blue
Devil head coach John Kerr said. “It was a long time coming. Great to start off league play with a big win and I’m very happy with the performance.” Through the initial third of the game, Duke (4-0-1, 1-0-0 in the ACC) demonstrated plenty of aggression offensively, stringing together precise through balls and earning chances in the box, but it took a superior effort from senior captain Brian White to notch the first tally for the Blue Devils. White crossed the ball from the corner, finding sophomore Jack Doran in the box, and though Hokie goalkeeper Ben Lundgaard stopped Doran’s initial shot, he was helpless to stop Daniele Proch
Aaditya Jain | The Chronicle Sophomore Suniel Veerakone scored his first goal of the season, pushing a shot past Ben Lundgaard on the ground to find the back of the net.
from slotting the rebound into the bottom right corner. White’s energy and aggression were apparent throughout the game, as the Flemington, N.J., native chased down loose balls from the edge of the field and attempted several runs through multiple defenders to get into attacking positions. That effort came to fruition after halftime. White took five shots on goal in a row for his squad and finally found paydirt with a left-footed rocket that flew past Lundgaard’s outstretched hands. “I want to score goals, and the coaches are pushing me to be the guy that scores goals for this team,” White said. “We got one, and I just kept trying to get one more. That’s what my job is.” Buoyed by a raucous crowd of students on the far bleachers nearest Wallace Wade Stadium, the Blue Devils took an insurmountable lead with a goal in the waning minutes of the contest. On a through ball created through more aggressive running from the midfield, Proch and White combined to send in an assist to sophomore Suniel Veerakone. Once again, Lundgaard was left on an island as Veerakone calmly put the ball into the lower half of the net. Although the Duke offense thoroughly outclassed its opposition, the performance of the defense was equally impressive. Senior Markus Fjortoft silenced Virginia Tech star forward Marcelo Acuna, and the Hokie offense was held to just seven shots throughout the entire game. Only a lategame defensive breakdown stood between the Blue Devils and a clean sheet.
Juan Bermudez | The Chronicle Daniele Proch buried a rebound to open the scoring for Duke Friday.
With fewer than 10 minutes to play, forward Collin Verfurth headed a cross from Jon Ingason past Duke goalkeeper Will Pulisic to give the Hokies (2-3-0, 0-10) their only goal of the game. “I’m gutted that they didn’t get the shutout,” Kerr said. “I thought that they dominated their offense and was disappointed that they gave up that goal late in the game. At the same time, we can build on that and look forward to a strong defense. Kevon Black came on strong...and did a really great job tonight. It’s nice that we have depth at different positions.” After a successful performance to open ACC play, Duke will look to stay unbeaten against North Carolina on a neutral field in Greensboro next Saturday night.
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Jim Liu | The Chronicle T.J. Rahming caught 12 passes for 127 yards despite sitting out most of the second quarter with an injury, using his elusiveness to move the chains several times.
FOOTBALL from page 1 Ten different targets caught at least one pass from Jones, who made most of his throws right on target. “I’m just trying to make the best plays for our team. That’s what we need—our receivers stepping up,” Rahming said. “We just trusted Daniel, trusted the process and trusted the play-calling.” When the redshirt sophomore was not dropping back to pass, he also repeatedly made plays with his legs, keeping the ball himself to move the chains on several option plays and clawing his way into the end zone twice on the ground. It was only the second time in program history a player threw for more than 300 yards and rushed
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for more than 100—Brandon Connette did it in a 58-55 loss to Pittsburgh in 2013. “We’ve definitely felt that energy and felt that new-year feeling,” Jones said. “Being able to prove it to everyone else and in a game was fun to see. We have a confidence and a comfort about us that is probably new.” On the defensive side of the ball, Duke (2-0) pressured Thorson all afternoon. After throwing for 320 yards and three touchdowns last year, the redshirt junior could only muster an 11-of-29 performance with 120 passing yards and two interceptions, both to cornerback Mark Gilbert. The Blue Devils did an even more impressive job of shutting down the Wildcats’ run game, holding them to just 1.0 yards per carry.
Jones’ streak of 202 straight passes without an interception—the longest active streak in the nation—came to an end in the first quarter, but the game swung on a critical targeting call against Northwestern cornerback Jared McGee that negated a second interception in the red zone. With a second chance to score, Jones trotted 11 yards into the end zone to give Duke a 7-3 lead. “In the red zone, we can’t afford to risk something like that and turn it over,” Jones said. “That was an unnecessary risk and a poor decision on my part. We got lucky there and saved ourselves.” The Blue Devils turned on the jets from there, stifling the Wildcats (1-1) for five empty drives in a row in the first and second quarters as they scored touchdowns on three consecutive possessions to pull away. Jones found Chris Taylor wide open down the field for a 52-yard touchdown for Duke’s second score and then battled his way to the end zone on a third-and-goal run on the next drive. Northwestern took advantage of a Brittain Brown fumble with a late touchdown drive to trim the deficit to 21-10 and take a glimmer of hope into the halftime locker room, but the Wildcats did not score again until a meaningless touchdown pass in the closing minutes. “It was a tough circumstance right there at the end of the half to have a turnover, a touchdown, and [radio sideline reporter] John Roth caught me coming off the field, and he said, ‘What about the second half?’” Cutcliffe said. “I said, ‘We better have the best half we’ve had since we’ve been at Duke.’ And we weren’t all that far from it.” After a quick three-and-out to start the
second half, the Blue Devils scored points on four straight drives to the delight of their admittedly sparse home crowd. Redshirt sophomore Austin Parker made both of his field-goal attempts, Jones connected with tight end Davis Koppenhaver on a one-yard touchdown and Shaun Wilson picked up his lone touchdown of the day on the ground. “The first two times we played [Northwestern], we didn’t click,” senior safety Alonzo Saxton II said. “This is the first game we all clicked. Offense, defense, special teams—everyone did what they had to do. We have a lot of weapons, so to do that and to know that you can trust the rest of your teammates as long as you do your job makes it easy.” Duke will get back in action next week at home against Baylor at 12:30 p.m.
Jim Liu | The Chronicle Alonzo Saxton II forced and recovered a fumble in the defensive backfield, ripping the ball out of Cameron Green’s hands.
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off target to his right, finding Gilbert for an interception. The Duke sophomore picked Thorson off one more time in the fourth quarter, when the outcome was in the books. “Our whole secondary had a big game,” Saxton said. “Me coming out with the sack and the turnover were definitely highlights, but you also had Mark Gilbert with the two picks and Jeremy McDuffie, Jordan Hayes—a lot of incompletions. It was a win overall for the secondary, which went into an overall win for the defense.” In last season’s game, senior running back Justin Jackson was also a force for Northwestern, netting 94 yards on the ground. But Saturday, Duke never let him get free in open space. The first-team All-Big Ten running back was limited to just seven rushing attempts with an abysmal 18 yards in total. Saxton, Humphreys and redshirt sophomore linebacker Joe Giles-Harris stifled most carries from Jackson, keeping the senior Wildcat at just 2.6 yards per run. Although quarterback Daniel Jones stole the show on the attack, the Blue Devils have proven that they may be just as dangerous on defense, one of their biggest question marks entering the year. “Last year overall, the defense did well, it was just the three or four explosive plays that got us,” Saxton said. “We really stressed staying focused throughout the whole game. This game, we didn’t have a lot of mental errors like we did last year. We stayed on each other. We would say after each play, ‘Alright, next play, next play, we’ve got to stay locked in,’ and that helped a lot.”
of a 12-5 run. The Wolverines tied the match up at 23 before a kill from Bates and a service ace from freshman Summer Brown forced a fifth set. Duke cleaned up the final frame after taking a 10-2 lead to win the match. The final test against Lehigh (5-3) also reached five sets and featured an even rally fueled on defense by 29 digs from senior Nicole Elattrache, who was named the tournament MVP. The Blue Devils also had three players with doubledigit kills. The Mountain Hawks took the first set after escaping a comeback attempt from Duke, and a Blue Devil rally was again denied in a tight second set as Lehigh took a commanding lead. Duke then kicked it into gear, starting off with a strong lead in the third and fighting off a Mountain Hawk rally of their own. The Blue Devils then cruised through the fourth and fifth sets and clinched the match on a kill by Natalie Schilling. At the end of the tournament, Schwantz and Bates joined Elattrache on the All-Tournament team. “I’m really excited and pleased with the resilience of our team this weekend,” Nagel said. “It was a great opportunity to continue to grow together and get to know one another on the court. This past week, our team really committed themselves in practice, and it showed this weekend.” The Blue Devils have one more weekend of nonconference play, facing Coastal Carolina and Loyola Marymount next week at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Schuyler DeBree lofted a ball into the box for McCoy to run onto. The Lincolnwood, Ill., native chipped the ball over Foster and just inside the right post. Her second goal came less than 10 minutes later from similar range. McCoy charged the box and punched home a feed from sophomore striker Ella Stevens through the scramble and into the back of the net. McCoy—who led the team in scoring last year before injuring herself against Boston College Sept. 17—is primed to return as one of Duke’s top offensive weapons this season with four goals and two assists through seven games. “We knew it was coming. We knew it was coming the whole time,” Church
said. “[Kayla’s] a real professional. She prepares and she just works and continues to work. And she’s a goal scorer. Goal scorers are eventually going to score goals, and tonight she just stuck with it.” With No. 21 Utah and a grueling conference schedule on the horizon, the Blue Devils could not have found a better time to fit all the pieces together. They will host the Utes riding a wave of momentum before beginning ACC play next week. Friday’s victory should put Utah and the rest of the college soccer community on high alert. Duke has once again proven itself to be a serious title contender. “It’s a big statement, and it says we can go and play with anybody in the country, home or away,” Church said. “I’m sure people will look at this and raise some eyebrows.”
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him and Mark Schreiber, another member of the fraternity who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. This weekend, Bobby’s friends and fraternity brothers mourned the loss of a dear friend. Many of us do not often contemplate death. As young adults, we plan the next years and decades of our lives, filling our time with activities and work that will help us secure the future we envision for ourselves. We come to campus with promise, one that grants us the security of planning our days and years ahead. Indeed, as Duke
Editorial Board undergraduates we are often reminded of the limitless opportunities we have been granted as students here; to have that taken away from members of our own campus community so abruptly and unexpectedly is an indescribable tragedy. Such tragic passings inevitably remind us of own mortality on campus, no matter how secure our Duke bubble may seem. On Friday, we lost four other members of our
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f you ever visit the hallowed gambling halls of a Las Vegas casino, and if you aren’t overwhelmed by the dazzling flashing lights and symphony of bells and whistles, you may realize a stunning fact. Time itself seems to have fled the immediate vicinity. Nary a clock is to be found across the vast space. Similarly lacking are (generally omnipresent) windows, which might allow you to discern the passing of day and night. This is not an architectural oversight. A city that is capable of producing a worthy facsimile of the Eiffel Tower should not have any trouble in chopping a few windows into the walls of a house of chance. This lack of timepieces and environmental time indicators is rather an intentional ploy. It is intended to keep visitors hyperfocused and entranced by their games, not realizing as time passes and their wallets’ empty. As marketing techniques go, this one may
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over the past few hundred years following the Industrial Revolution’s need for hourlywaged factory workers, but both of the above “effectiveness experts” would submit to us that a different style can be more useful. Schedule your life in terms of tasks instead of time. Focus on results achieved instead of hours spent. This summer, my most important objective was to prepare for the law school entrance exam (the LSAT). In accordance with this goal, my daily schedule involved several hours of preparation and study. Many days, I was motivated and excited and time passed quickly. However, I quickly realized that focusing on a daily to-do of “Studying 3 hours for the LSAT” was burning me out. There is nothing so demoralizing as sitting down at a desk with very little motivation and realizing that you have three hours to go before you’re allowed any release. After careful consideration, I realized that by re-imagining my daily goal in a task-oriented manner I was able to regain my old enthusiasm and carry through to the end with vigor. To paraphrase Tim Ferriss’ sentiment in the time management chapter of his best-seller the 4-Hour Work Week: “If we have 8 hours to fill, we will fill 8 hours. If we have 2 hours to fill, we will fill 2 hours. If an emergency comes up and we suddenly have 45-minutes to meet a deadline, we somehow manage to get all of our work done in a single 45-minute rush.” A timeoriented approach to productivity is limited in that it unrealistically assumes you have complete control over the duration of a given task or that you can accurately estimate how long it will take to complete. Fact: Humans are notoriously bad at estimating how much time and effort a given task will require. Take a Saturday or Sunday and put your watch away. Turn your phone off for a while so you won’t be constantly reminded of the time on your home screen. Change the settings of your laptop’s corner clock to “View as Analog” instead of “View as Digital”. Limit yourself to three important tasks (or five, if you’re feeling ambitious), and don’t schedule anything in a time-sensitive manner. Change “I will study for 2 hours” to “I will create a study guide of chapters 1 through 5 for the upcoming midterm, then skim each end-of-chapter summary.” By focusing your energy on completion, you can fully immerse yourself in your work. You can get things done without once thinking about the clock, effectively stopping time by eliminating its hold over you. You may realize, as I have, that when you change your focus you can end up more productive than ever. Jack Dolinar is a Trinity junior. His column, “more percent efficient,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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uke students from across the entire political spectrum report that, yes, despite institutional efforts to support diverse views, their political affiliation is attacked more than yours. “It’s honestly so hard being a liberal on campus,” one junior and Duke Political Review contributor said. “I have to sit in class and listen to conservative students talk about lowering taxes on the rich, cutting Social Security and other really just immoral, illogical s**t, and all the while getting called out myself for supporting universally free college? I hate stupid conservatives.” The student went on to say that she hopes to see a universal basic income instituted in the next year, with funding coming from “one of
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those federal grants.” An executive member of Duke College Republicans explained that he was also the most attacked student on campus when it came to political views. “Look—I get liberals are upset that they can’t justify the utility in sympathizing with poverty. But you have no idea what I have to deal with,” he said. In his Political Science class, the student reported that the professor “constantly” demands he present evidence to back up his opinions of current Congressional legislation. Although students of all ideologies must do the exact same thing, the way the professor asks it of him just seems, like, kinda prejudiced. Two libertarians, meanwhile, shared that they have the worst post-election experience of anybody. “I was wearing my Gary Johnson button the other day when I was asked how I could vote for someone who probably thinks Pakistan is in Africa. How horrible is that? And let me tell you—it’s like that. Every. Single. Day.” (The student iterated that, duh, he obviously knows Pakistan is in the Middle East.) His girlfriend also made a strong point: “I know people complain about this DACA repeal stuff, which, yeah, I’m sure is hard—but I mean, how do those free-citizenship ‘dreamers’ think we feel getting blamed for Trump’s election?” While her and the dreamers each face their own difficulties, one of them “clearly” has it worse. Even students who “try to stay away from politics” strangely still face more scrutiny than any of their Duke peers. “I didn’t vote in the last election,” said one sophomore, “But little did I know that complacency was such an
unpopular attitude.” Every time he complains in class about one of Trump’s executive orders or makes a comment about that crazy North Korea stuff, his classmates “glare” at him angrily and don’t say a word. “It’s as if it’s my fault, or something,” said the now-noticeably-worked-up “middle class” student. “Oh, well, excuse me—I decided not to vote, so now I share the blame for a maniac getting in office? Jeez. It’s not like I could’ve done anything about it. I was just one vote.” Countless differently-affiliated students say the same. Socialists have it worst, obviously, living amongst capitalists who “just can’t see” the logic in applying Norway’s economic policy to a country 60 times larger and 50 times less white; Antifa supporters need to incessantly explain why adding hatred and violence to situations fixes the problem; and anarchists must similarly explain why the current state of affairs isn’t at all a preview of life without government. It’s important to note, however, that it isn’t just logical and moral jabs that make everyone the most attacked affiliate on campus; the use of derogatory terms against political ideologues is also on the rise—each of which are “literally” a thousand times worse than those used on other students. Two Bernie supporters regularly endure the horror of being called “idealists” after still not shutting up about Hillary “rigging” the DNC nomination; a non-voting freshman was sent three separate, anonymous hate texts post-election that called her “complacent;” and one fraternity brother, after defending President Trump’s comments about women as “harmless,” even reported being called “s**ist.” Other such insults—like the one said to a self-appointed defender of the Confederacy’s rich, valuebased history—were omitted to preserve the cleanliness of this piece. Without a doubt, every single student is attacked more for their political affiliation than every other student put together. Sure, yeah, other people have some problems they have to deal with, like having to actually live through the issues which Duke students debate in their public policy memos. But when it comes down to it, they all don’t know how bad it is for everyone here. If only they had more awareness!
Monday Monday hopes that students will finally come together over this most recent report that, apparently, they all hate each other.
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Did someone say, ‘Natas Teews’?
eing raised in a Southern Baptist household taught me two things: one, that the devil will take any opportunity to enter and corrupt a young life, and two, that I should feel very, very bad. I’d like to take this time to address the former. I was always skeptical about the relationship between my favorite classic rock artists and the Dark Lord. It just never made sense that beautifully gifted musicians would feel compelled to undo the work that the church had so eagerly offered me by backmasking messages of darkness onto their records. But those doubts were the folly of childhood, the innocence and naivety of a young, optimistic mind. As I grow wiser, it becomes increasingly clear that the warnings I heard as a child were all based in reality, and all came from a place
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of genuine, selfless care. How do I know? Because it worked. I, an eternally practicing member of the Reformed Church of Satan, can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that listening to rock music turned me away from the arms of God, straight into the arms, and fiery wings, of our Dark Master, Lucifer. It wasn’t a gradual change, like one might think. It took only one listen of Led Zeppelin’s vastly underrated track “Stairway to Heaven” in reverse to fundamentally alter the course of my spiritual life. Much like the process of backmasking— that is, the process of recording lyrics that carry messages when played backwards—the immediate changes in the chemical composition of my soul were extremely frightening, and more importantly, extremely real. I remember it like it was two weeks ago. The third verse kicked in (or the second verse, if you’re listening in reverse, which I was) with Robert Plant serenading his “sweet Satan, the one whose little path would make [him] sad, whose power is Satan.” At this point, I knew there was no going back. Too much had changed within me, and I had asked too many of the right questions to ever be comfortable again. Plant went on to explain that the Dark Lord “will give those with him 666,” a direct reference to the King of Hell’s widely renowned mathematical prowess. As if numbers weren’t enough for me, Plant’s lyrics, as if some auditory paintbrush, described a hauntingly beautiful, pastoral scene, the final blow to my innocence and childhood wonder—“there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.” At this point, the belt on my record player exploded. I’m still unsure whether it was overwhelmed by the sheer power of Hell, or
by turning it the wrong way for an extended period of time. I’m also unsure of how the rest of Led Zeppelin IV is. I have been told I’m missing out by not hearing the rest, but my record player is still in the shop for repairs, so there’s really not much that can be done about that. It’s fine, it’s. . .whatever, I’ll get to it. What matters is the stuff about Satan. Like the skeleton that lives underneath my roommate’s flesh, the loss of security that comes with learning great truth for the first time is more than scary— it’s petrifying. To realize that everything you have ever known is a lie, and to venture forth into the void, now unsure as to whether Hell is a good place or a bad place because they never really talk about how the afterlife works when you worship the guy who is in charge of the place that is literally a big lake of fire for the sole purpose of eternal torture and that’s the one thing I’m still kind of iffy about in terms of pledging my entire being to the devil. . .it’s a spooky thought. But that’s life. A spooky hauntfest of self-doubt. I can’t say that I don’t feel conflicted, because I absolutely do. I faced a crossroads at a difficult time in life, forced to choose between Southern Baptist Christianity and Reformed Satanism, two worlds that I feel connected to in different ways for different reasons. But I can’t lie to myself any longer. I have seen too much of the light of Satan’s darkness to turn back to Fundamentalist Christianity, and haven’t heard enough of Led Zeppelin IV in reverse to make an informed opinion about it. Many things are certain in this life—among them, the sincere efforts of rock legends to teach children about the love and kindness of the Minister of the Sub-Earthly Dominion (Satan), the intelligence of radical Christian leaders in their efforts to undermine the aforementioned efforts of rock legends in their efforts to corrupt youth by teaching them about the love and kindness of the Brother of Baphomet (Satan), and finally and most importantly, that it takes too damn long to repair an exploded belt on a record player. I have come a long way, and there is still so much left to be learned. Though I have no idea where my faith will take me, I can always take heart in the knowledge that, no matter how hard the road gets, Satan will always be standing behind me, whispering sweet nothings in reverse into my ear.
Jaxson Floberg is a Trinity sophomore, and a possible Satanist. His column, “filling the void” runs on alternate Mondays.
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— Richard H. Brodhead, President, Duke University
On September 11, 2002, Duke University dedicated a Memorial Grove of six trees in Keohane Quadrangle to honor the alumni who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Today, on the 12th anniversary of this tragedy, we will lay a wreath in the Memorial Grove to remember these alumni: J. Robinson “Rob” Lenoir ’84 Peter Ortale ’87 Christopher Todd Pittman ’93 A. Todd Rancke ’81 Frederick C. Rimmele III M.D. ’94 Michael Morgan Taylor ’81
Please join us today to pause and reflect on these members of the Duke family.
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