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NEW DATA: PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE PH.D. STUDENTS DROPS

Moneta: Undergrad housing on Central to be phased out by Summer 2019

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Academic Council held its first meeting of the year Thursday in the Westbrook building.

By Bre Bradham University News Editor

At its first meeting of the semester, Duke’s Academic Council cast only one vote—to approve the appointment of three new members to the Faculty Hearing Committee.

The Council also heard reports from Jennifer Francis, vice provost for academic affairs, regarding the University’s demographics and growth, as well as ideas for both going forward.

From 2004 to 2016, Duke’s total student population— which encompasses undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students—grew by about 2,200 students on-campus, with an additional 500 students joining through online programs.

This population bump of 2,765 students rounds out to a total growth of about 22 percent, Francis said.

She added, however, that this population expansion is not spread evenly over time, demographics or schools.

Around half of total campus growth over the years she studied has been in the Pratt School of Engineering and in the School of Medicine. There were large rates of increase in 2005, and then a more general uptake in the population during years of national economic downturn, Francis explained.

“In that 2005 period, there were five schools at Duke that had double-digit growth rates,” she said.

Francis added that if Council members were to consider the demographic data as a representation of Duke’s population, they’d see the student body as looking more mature, since most of the population increase has been among master’s students. Additionally, foreign students accounted for about half of the growth, and AsianAmericans made up another 36 percent.

Although the split of students by gender has generally hovered around the 50 percent mark across undergraduate and graduate programs, one area of concern for the Council was a drop in the number of women seeking

doctoral degrees.

The percentage of female students seeking Ph.D.’s dropped to 43 percent in 2016, a trend that Francis says is probably “statistically significant.”

Elizabeth Ananat, associate professor of public policy in the Sanford School, noted that this shift in Duke’s demographics contrasts the national trend of growing percentages of female candidates for doctoral degrees.

Many council members expressed interest and concern regarding the change, prompting Francis to note that she has plans to look into it further.

The Council also introduced a new program for Ph.D. students and master’s students in material sciences.

Formally titled the “University Program in Materials Science and Engineering”, the new initiative would be a collaboration between the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering, explained Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.

“In terms of Duke University and the faculty, there are three main reasons to do this program—visibility, community and opportunity,” she said.

The academic core of the new degree program would be a graduate seminar—which would facilitate the cohort-aspect of the program—and four core classes to be offered each semester. Stiff-Roberts said that she and her team hope to grow the program such that they have around five doctoral students and 10 master’s students matriculating annually.

The council was presented with an overview of the curriculum, purpose and financial plan for the program on Wednesday, and will have the chance to vote to approve it at its Oct. meeting. They will then seek the approval of the University’s Board of Trustees at its December meeting.

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Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said that the University plans to phase out undergraduate housing on Central Campus by Summer 2019, at a Duke Student Government Senate meeting Wednesday evening.

Moneta confirmed his statement to DSG, adding that these plans are subject to approval from the Board of Trustees and the University’s ability to hit its construction and renovation timelines.

“The game plan is to retire Central Campus by the summer of 2019 and relocate everyone who would be on central to the Hollows and Swift complex,” Moneta said, referring to the Hollows Residence Hall and 300 Swift apartment complex.

The announcement comes after student complaints in recent years concerning mold on Central Campus. To address these complaints of mold-induced illnesses, Duke partnered with the company Duncklee and Dunham to test each apartment for mold last Fall.

An HRL panel later in the semester revealed that although most apartments were mold-free, there was excess mold present in some of the rooms tested.

Students living in those areas did not have to be relocated for a long period of time, as the disinfecting process included using HEPA vacuums and cleaning the air handling unit.

Since then, the University has begun construction on a new dorm complex known as The Hollows, which will be located off Towerview Drive. Construction began in June 2017, and Towerview Drive was closed off for the summer to allow utilities work to take place. The See CENTRAL on Page 4

Adam Beyer | Staff Photographer Future plans for lternatuve use of Central Campus include office buildings, classroom space and graduate housing.

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WARD 1 Brian Callaway

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Duke students will have the opportunity to vote on Election Day Oct. 10.

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There are three Durham City Council seats up for grabs in the local election, and the upcoming primary will filter the field of candidates down for the Nov. 7 general election.

In Durham’s non-partisan primary system, the two candidates with the most votes in each race after the primaries Oct. 10 will move on to the general election.

Early voting is already underway, with the polling site for Duke’s campus by the Patterson Recreation Center on Crest Street.

Ward 1 Brian Callaway Callaway serves as the coordinator of energy and sustainability for Durham Public Schools. His website notes that he has a background in engineering and city planning and plans to prioritize housing, tax reform and law enforcement reform if elected.

DeDreanna Freeman Freeman currently serves as special assistant to the president for East Durham Children’s Initiative—a nonprofit focused on college and career access—and is an M.P.A. student at North Carolina Central University.

A resident of the Golden Belt neighborhood, she cofounded the Durham Equitable Economic Partnership, which focuses on creating affordable housing in minority communities.

John Tarantino A former school teacher and Army National Guard retiree, Tarantino has a history of running for office. He was also a candidate for city council in 2015 and ran for senator in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2010.

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Ward 2 LeVon Barnes Barnes is a teacher at the School for Creative Studies and the Durham Democratic Party precinct chair.

His campaign focuses on leveraging the City Council to improve the welfare of Durham’s youth, with his campaign’s Facebook page noting the potential impact of young people brought to the table. In addition to having taught in the city’s public schools for 13 years, Barnes founded the Young Male Achievers Program to teach about civic duty.

Robert Fluet Although initially trained in education, Fluet is now the director of client engagement at Client Savvy. He is running a self-funded campaign, and his website asks supporters to donate to a local charity rather than to his campaign.

Having moved from Massachusetts to Durham in 2009, Fluet said that raising his young daughters in Durham has made it feel like home. His campaign website notes that he values data analysis, in addition to inclusion and respecting the values of others.

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Cora Cole-McFadden An incumbent elected to the council in 2001, McFadden currently serves as Mayor Pro Tempore. She is a graduate of North Carolina Central University and has served the Durham city government in various social work and equity assistance roles. Her re-election Facebook page notes that she has experienced success in working on youth issues, having created the city’s first youth council.

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Deanna Hall Hall is an Interplan administrator at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. Her campaign motto is “Moving Our City Forward,” with her campaign Facebook page noting that she hopes to be a bridge between city leaders and residents.

Mark-Anthony Middleton Middleton is a pastor and radio talk show host who has been involved with community activism in Durham, focusing specifically on higher wages for Duke University employees. His campaign website notes that he plans to focus on affordable housing, police reform and better transportation if elected.

Dolly Reaves A former homeless single mother, Reaves has experience working for Women, Infants, and Children as a breastfeeding peer counselor. Her campaign website notes See ELECTIONS on Page 5

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OIT, cellular networks work together to Venture capital provide better service around campus fund targets Duke entrepreneurs

By Adam Beyer

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Have you had trouble getting cell service on your phone around some parts of campus? You’re not alone.

Seventy-one percent of respondents in a recent Chronicle website poll reported that they either frequently or sometimes had issues connecting to a cellular network. Maps from OpenSignal, a website that crowdsources reported cell network strengths, indicated that connectivity issues are particularly prominent near Duke Hospital, Central Campus and in the Ninth Street area.

Duke’s Office of Information Technology is working to improve coverage on campus, wrote Bob Johnson, senior

director for communications infrastructure and global strategies for OIT, in an email.

“Duke has entered into an ongoing agreement with cell phone carriers, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, to provide a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) in over 140 buildings on the Durham campus,” he wrote. “This project is nearly complete.”

The DAS system works by spreading smaller transmitting antennas out over a large area instead of having a single large structure, thus helping to enhance connectivity in particular areas where boosted service is required. Johnson added that the project was funded by the cell carriers and that it will See SERVICE on Page 6

Special to The Chronicle This OpenSignal map indicates that connectivity issues are particularly prominent near Duke Hospital, Central Campus and in the Ninth Street area.

By Isabelle Doan University News Editor

Move over, Shark Tank. There are new investors in town, and they’re looking to Duke to fund entrepreneurs.

Contrary Capital, a university-focused venture capital fund, launched last Monday. The fund is decentralized, employing 100 investors who are current students at universities around the country, including Duke. The four student partners at Duke—MD/MBA candidate Tracy Han, senior Yixin Lin, senior Austin Wu and junior Steven Yang— will scout promising talent at the University.

Will Robbins, managing partner at Contrary Capital and a current undergraduate at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, explained that Contrary had reached out to Wu and Lin for their involvement in entrepreneurship at Duke.

“We found two really good students at Duke—one was Austin Wu and another was Yixin Lin—and we were impressed by the fact that they were very involved with the entrepreneurial ecosystems and the tech community at Duke,” Robbins said. “So we brought them on, and we trained them…and they’ve been our investors on the ground since.”

Robbins added that he is excited to see what kinds of startups will come out of the University.

“Duke has a lot of really interesting research projects, and that’s one of our specific interests,” he said.

Lin, who joined Contrary in the summer of 2015, said that although Duke has a lot fantastic research, turning that research into actionable, real application may require venture capital.

He added that Contrary had a lot to offer undergraduates as well, who he noted tend to be more interested in consumergrade tech startups.

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COUNCIL FROM PAGE 1 Stiff-Roberts said that if the plan is approved by both bodies, the faculty behind the program hope to have their first cohort of students matriculate next Fall.

Members of the Academic Council also heard a presentation from Lori Bennear, chair of the University Priorities Committee and associate professor of environmental economics and policy, about the committee’s plans for the upcoming year.

One of their key focuses will be a “deep-dive” into the budgets of Duke’s institutes, initiatives and centers—including entities such as the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University Energy Initiative, the Center for Genomics and Computational Biology and the Duke Global Health Institute.

Duke spends a total of about $24 million on funding for these entities each year, noted Bennear.

The inquiry—which Bennear said is being held at the request of Provost Sally Kornbluth—will be a detailed

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review of each group’s finances to make sure that the funds are “spent optimally.”

Bennear explained that one major challenge her committee faces going forward is adjusted expectations for returns on the University’s endowment. She said that Duke Management Company has told the committee to have reduced expectations about the endowment’s returns.

“DUMAC has told us that we should not expect the 12 or 15 percent real returns that we were seeing before the crash and some of the years during the recovery. Our expectations about real returns should be lower—in the five percent range,” she said. “That has real implications for the University’s financial future that we wrestle with there.”

She added that the committee will be looking at a postcampaign plan for funding the offices that executed the Duke Forward campaign. Additionally, she and her group will also be discussing some of the University’s capital ambitions—such as improvements for student housing— that fall under Duke’s new strategic plan.

“There are some dorms here on West Campus that are original equipment, with no air conditioning,” Bennear Courtesy of Duke Photography said. “We may not care that much as faculty, but it turns out Grainne Fitzsimons, vice chair of the newly-formed Commission the alumni care a lot and the students care a lot, so there’s on Memory and History Preservation, presented to Academic going to be a fair amount of discussion about dorms and Council about the committee’s progress. how we are going to handle that.” law, was elected to the position of chair, as Craig Henriquez, In other business: professor of biomedical engineering, and Margaret Lemos, Grainne Fitzsimons, vice chair of the newly-formed Robert G. Seaks LL.B. ‘34 professor of law, were awarded Commission on Memory and History Preservation and general appointments. professor of Business Administration, asked the council members to provide their opinions and expertise to the committee. The committee is working to establish a set of guiding principles and a recommendation for a possible FROM PAGE 1 replacement for the statue of Robert E. Lee in front of the chapel by Nov. 17. dorm—expected to house 500-550 students—has a tentative Abbas Benmamoun, vice provost for faculty completion date set for July 2019. advancement, discussed his observations of Duke from his The new 300 Swift apartment complex will also provide first four months on campus and his plans for the office a home for students who would otherwise live on Central going forward. He said he was encouraged by the amount of Campus. The complex—acquired by the University in “buy-in” he has seen from community members.

January 2017 for $50 million—is housing approximately 300 “I have seen a commitment here from every level of the students this semester, said Joe Gonzalez, interim assistant vice president of student affairs and dean for residential life, University,” Benmamoun said.

The council also voted unanimously to approve the last Spring. appointment of three new members to the Faculty Hearing See CENTRAL on Page 5 Committee. Sam Buell, Bernard M. Fishman professor of

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Courtesy of Duke Photography Abbas Benmamoun, vice provost for faculty advancement, said he has seen enthusiasm for his initiatives.

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Ward 3 Vernetta Alston Having graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School in 2009, Alston has a background in death penalty litigation. She has served on the Board of the Durham People’s Alliance since 2016 and the Durham Citizen’s Advisory Committee since 2015. Alston notes some of the most important issues in her campaign to include policing, economic development, affordable housing and supporting immigrant and LGBTQ communities.

Jeremy Chen | Staff Photographer Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, announced his plans for Central Campus at the Duke Student Government meeting Wednesday.

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Sheila Ann Huggins Huggins is an attorney who notes the issues she cares about the most to include economic inequality and job creation, equitable development, compassionate governance and community budgeting. She has a wide range of experience in office,

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ranging from her current role as a member of the Democratic National Committee to her prior experience on the Democratic Party State Executive Committee.

Lenny Kovalick Kovalick is a pediatric nurse practitioner at the UNC Department of Pediatrics and is a member of the city’s appearance commission. He noted in an interview with the Durham Herald-Sun that his primary goal is “to give back to my community and help make decision that [he feels] are best for all residents of Durham.”

Don Moffitt Moffit, who works at the CDS Consulting Co-op, is an incumbent, having served on the council since 2013. He is the former chair of the Durham City-County Planning Commission.

including office buildings, classroom space and graduate housing.

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Stefanie Pousoulides contributed The apartments are currently housing reporting. students displaced by the Crowell renovations taking place this year and will also be used to house Craven students next year as the University wraps up its renovations of West FROM PAGE 2 Campus dorms.

After the Craven renovation is complete— four issues of focus: poverty, environment, expected to be in time for the start of the affordable housing and education.

Fall 2019 semester—the complex will be used to reduce the number of students John Rooks Jr. living on Central Campus. Additionally, as Rooks serves on the boards of two current non-Duke residents’ leases expire, organizations: Love over Hate N.C. and more rooms will open up to Duke students R.E.A.L. Kids United, a youth development in future years. organization. His slogan, “committedDuring the DSG meeting, Moneta transparent,” represents his intent to address additionally listed some alternative options issues of crime, affordable housing and for the use of the 57 acres on Central Campus, economic development if elected.

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CAPITAL FROM PAGE 3 He expressed that the process of meeting with and helping select students for potential investment has been a rewarding experience.

“It’s been a super fun and exciting journey just being able to talk to all the cool people, both involved in Duke entrepreneurship from a venture side, and also the ones building companies as well,” Lin said.

Selected students will have the advantage of Contrary Capital’s star power. According to Robbins, 80 percent of their backers have co-founded billion dollar companies. Investors, who also serve on the advisory board, include Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard and Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear.

However, one of the venture’s strongest assets is its network of undergraduate and graduate student partners, Wu explained.

“Because we have this network, we’re able to leverage... resources of, let’s say, faculty members that we know in our network

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throughout the country for anyone specific,” he said.

Once students are selected, Contrary invests via a standard deal. Entrepreneurs will receive $50,000 for 2.5 percent equity, $100,000 for 5.0 percent equity and $200,000 for 10 percent equity.

However, investing is not the venture fund’s only aspiration. Wu explained that Contrary has two goals. While one goal is to support university founders, including students, faculty and undergrads, he stressed that Contrary has another equally important goal of improving the overall ecosystem of entrepreneurship.

“While it may seem like, as a venture fund, you are just concerned with finding companies, we are really here to grow entrepreneurship at Duke,” Wu said. “That’s why I’m involved in the first place.”

Robbins noted that many universities are realizing that after graduate school and getting a job, entrepreneurship has become a third option after graduation for many students, but these schools don’t have much experience building these entrepreneurial ecosystems.

The University’s entrepreneurship ecosystem has many resources, Wu noted. In addition to the several student

Special to The Chronicle AT&T has recently added capacity to a cell site that provides coverage for the Campus Drive and Broad Street region.

organizations that support student entrepreneurship, tech companies in the Triangle are a resource for aspiring students.

He added that Duke has had several founders in the last few years who have done well.

Wu added that there is room for improvement in Duke’s entrepreneurship landscape.

“I’m really proud of Duke. We’re growing very quickly, and we have a lot,” Wu said. “We certainly have a lot of room to grow, but I would say that out of any university I’ve seen in the country, we probably have the fastest upward trajectory of our entrepreneurship ecosystem growing.”

SERVICE FROM PAGE 3 provide ongoing cell signal improvement for campus. He noted that T-Mobile recently committed to join the project and that the University hopes to have their service up in early 2018.

OIT is also working with carriers to improve the quality of cell service around Duke, including exploring potential new cell towers near or on campus that could help with coverage near Swift Avenue, Central Campus and Ninth Street. However, those improvements may not be felt until further in the future.

“These are long term projects that require [Federal Communications Commission] and Duke approval plus significant permitting,” he wrote. “We are hopeful for improvements by Summer 2018 and will announce more as plans become more concrete.”

Representatives from T-Mobile and Verizon did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.

Natalie Turner, a public relations manager for AT&T, wrote in an email that the network had “recently added capacity” to a cell site that provides coverage for the Campus Drive and Broad Street region.

“We continuously monitor network performance and make upgrades to keep up with demand,” she wrote, adding that AT&T has five cell sites that cover Duke’s campus. “We recently optimized cell sites serving Wallace [Wade] Stadium in Durham to keep up with gameday crowds.”

Roni Singleton, a spokesperson for Sprint, said the carrier has been improving its network coverage and has plans to continue to do so near campus, though it has no timetable available yet.

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‘WE’RE FOCUSING ON THE NOW’

Blue Devils ready to erase memories from controversial 2015 loss to Miami in Durham

By Ben Feder Staff Writer

Nearly two years. Seven hundred days.

Duke has been waiting for redemption.

Two seasons ago, the Blue Devils may have endured their biggest football heartbreak in program history, watching as Miami lateraled the ball from side to side on a kickoff return.

On the eighth lateral, Corn Elder found some daylight, breaking free for a game-winning touchdown as time expired. Despite Alonzo Saxton’s would-be tackle when he forced a Hurricane’s knee to the ground and a bevy of other close calls, it was Miami celebrating on the field while the Duke team sulked to the locker room.

Fast forward to 2017, and the Blue Devils’ roster is entirely different with an underclassmen-laden defense. Despite its youth, Duke is looking to go 5-0 for the first time in more than 20 years against No. 14 Miami Friday at 7 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium. Behind the top-ranked defensive efficiency in the nation, the Blue Devils have gotten off to an impressive start and hope to use their early-season momentum to erase the memories of two years ago.

“It’s obviously a memorable moment and an unpleasant memorable moment if you were on the Duke side of it,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “[The worst part is] when you

Chronicle File Photo walk into a locker room and you’re supposed to provide an answer, and you can’t.”

Duke’s (4-0, 1-0 in the ACC) defense will have its hands full, though. Although they are

DUKE vs. No. 14 MIAMI

Friday, September 29, 7 p.m. • Wallace Wade Stadium Hurricanes (2-0, 0-0)

OFFENSE

Duke’s rush defense is hoping to have Ben Humphreys on the field, and the Blue Devils have clinched their last two wins with interception returns.

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The Hurricanes will have arguably the best player on the field in Mark Walton. Duke’s offense has been inconsistent the last two weeks, especially in the red zone.

DEFENSE

Blue Devils (4-0, 1-0)

Miami has yet to miss a kick this season, but against two inferior opponents. Duke’s Austin Parker is inconsistent, but has already more than doubled last year’s field-goal output despite a blocked kick last week.

It’s been nearly two years since the Hurricanes’ eight-lateral escape from Durham. The Blue Devils won’t forget the pain of the blown call as they look to move to 5-0 for the first time since 1994.

Key players (2017 stats) Duke

Sr. RB Shaun Wilson: 5.9 yards per carry, 5 rush TD RSo. LB Joe Giles-Harris: 34 tackles, 6 TFLs

Miami Jr. RB Mark Walton: 13.0 yards per carry, 3 rush TD Sr. WR Braxton Berrios: 8 rec., 140 yards, 2 TD

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PPG: YPG: RUSH YPG: PASS YPG: PPG DEF: YPG DEF: TO MARGIN: SACKS: FIELD GOALS: PUNT AVG:

DUKE 40.5 470.0 227.0 243.0 15.2 261.5 +5 15 7-9 39.5

MIAMI 46.5 571.0 283.0 288.0 21.5 389.5 +2 5 3-3 40.5

The breakdown Something has to give in the battle between All-ACC running back Mark Walton and Duke’s second-ranked rush defense. Miami has not yet faced a Power-5 opponent, and Malik Rosier will be tested for the first time as a regular starter.

Daniel Jones bounces back to lead the Blue Devils to a late score, and the Hurricanes do not have another miracle kick return in store.

OUR CALL: Duke wins, 24-23

second in the nation in rush defense, the Blue Devils will have to contain star running back Mark Walton, who leads the nation with an average of 13 yards per carry. Perhaps the best way to erase the Halloween nightmare of 2015 will be to tackle Walton, the player who was infamously brought down by Saxton.

Getting to Walton may be an issue.

The Hurricanes boast one of the most talented offensive lines in the conference, with four upperclassmen surrounding massive freshman right guard Navaughn Donaldson, who tips the scales at 350 pounds. All five starters weigh at least 300 pounds, and their size has the potential to overwhelm a Blue Devil defensive line whose starting edge rushers weigh 260 and 255 pounds, respectively.

“Their running back is probably the best one we’ve faced yet,” redshirt senior cornerback Bryon Fields Jr. said. “It’s going to be a great challenge for us.”

Walton is not the only familiar face from that game. Redshirt junior quarterback Malik Rosier—whose first college start was that contest due to an injury to then-signal caller Brad Kaaya—threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns, and has had a hot start to the season with six passing touchdowns to just one interception.

On the other side of the ball, though, the Hurricanes (2-0, 0-0) have had some issues.

Despite lining up against inferior opponents in Bethune-Cookman and Toledo, Miami has struggled defensively, as the Rockets tagged Miami for 429 yards and converted 13 of their 23 third-down opportunities last week.

The Hurricanes primarily struggled defending the pass, an area where Duke had its fair share of problems in victories against Baylor and North Carolina. Starting quarterback

Daniel Jones has thrown for fewer than 400 yards and just one touchdown in the past two contests combined, as the Blue Devils have had to count on a powerful running game and a stifling defense to pull out victories.

Duke may have to rely on its struggling passing game to land the upset, as Jones will look to leading receiver T.J. Rahming to jumpstart the offense. After having to be helped off the field against Northwestern three weeks ago, Rahming finally seemed to hit his stride in the fourth quarter against the Tar Heels, making a clutch 45-yard catch between two defenders on the go-ahead touchdown drive.

Rahming will have to do more of that Friday for the Blue Devils to move the ball.

“We know Miami. Their speed, their size, their strength isn’t going to shock us,” Cutcliffe said. “They’re going to make plays. You’ve got to respond. We’re going to make plays. We’ve got to build momentum when we do.”

Duke will be relying on a bevy of players to pull the upset—a win that would likely put the Blue Devils in next week’s top 25—most of whom did not see the field in that fateful game two seasons ago.

For those on the sidelines, it was just as painful, but Duke is not concerned with righting history. The Blue Devils claim that they just want their fifth victory.

“That stung a lot that year. I remember the day after it was kind of a little bit of disbelief,” redshirt senior center Austin Davis—the backup at the time—said. “We don’t look at that game. It happened. We’re not thinking about what happened two years ago. We’re focusing on the now.”

Mitchell Gladstone and contributed reporting.

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Duke looks to top second straight ranked ACC foe

By Sanjay Ravindra Contributing Reporter

Riding a three-game winning streak after a heartbreaking loss to arch-rival North Carolina, Duke must prepare to face yet another top-10 ACC opponent Saturday night in one of its toughest matchups of the season.

Duke will look to preserve its undefeated home record against eighth-ranked Louisville at Koskinen Stadium at 7 p.m.

No. 8 Saturday. The teams L’ville last met in the first vs.

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Cardinals which saw Koskinen Stadium them fend off a late Blue Devil rally. Duke enters the game ranked a season-best No. 19 and will need another strong showing to keep climbing.

The Blue Devils continued their winning ways Tuesday night with a gritty 1-0 shutout victory against Appalachian State.

Senior midfielder Brian White was the game’s hero with his second-half goal, and freshman goalkeeper Will Pulisic notched his third clean sheet of the season. White

has now scored six goals this season, a team high. Duke’s defense, which has looked shaky in a few games this month, returned to its early-season dominance, holding the Mountaineers to just three shots and only one on target.

“Just being locked in from minute one as soon as that whistle blows,” senior Kevon Black said of Duke’s defensive approach.

“We just decided we’re not going to let them score today.”

The Cardinals (6-1-2, 2-1-0 in the ACC) were in the midst of a three-game winning streak of their own until Tuesday evening’s disappointing 1-1 draw against South Florida.

Still, with their only loss of the season coming against No. 2 Wake Forest, they remain a force to be reckoned with.

Louisville’s defense, anchored by redshirt freshman goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch, has conceded just eight goals this season. The Blue Devils (7-1-1, 2-1-0) will aim to get on the board early and keep the Cardinals’ backfield from settling into a rhythm to pull off the upset.

Louisville also boasts a balanced attack, with three players on the roster having scored at least three goals on the season.

Perhaps its most dangerous and versatile threat is junior forward Tate Schmitt, who has four goals and three assists to his name.

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Freshman goalkeeper Will Pulisic posted his third shutout of the season in Duke’s win against Appalachian State Tuesday.

Duke head coach John Kerr had high praise for the Cardinals’ squad.

“They’re a really good team,” Kerr said.

“They’ve got some talent; they’ve got a big striker that can score goals. They, like us, beat Syracuse away, which is not easy to do.

And they’re doing well this season, so I have a lot of respect for them.”

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Blue Devils’ poor performance leads to home loss

By Conner McLeod Contributing Reporter

After dominating performances against conference opponents Wake Forest and Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils could not hold onto their ACC winning streak.

Duke lost 3-1 ‘CUSE 3 (17-25, 18-25, 25-22, 1 17-25) to Syracuse DUKE at Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday evening. Freshman Payton Schwantz and senior Cadie Bates led

the team in kills, with 13 and 12, respectively, in an otherwise abysmal performance for the Blue Devils.

“I don’t think we did what we needed to do very well to stop [Syracuse],” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “I also don’t think we were at the level we needed to be to compete.”

It appeared as though Duke (10-4, 2-1 in the ACC) was not ready to play at the start of the game as it took a Syracuse 7-2 run and a Nagel timeout for the Blue Devils to increase their hit clip to better than .000. This became a pattern for Duke throughout the game, as

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Sophomore Samantha Amos had at least nine kills for the fourth straight contest, but also contributed to Duke’s error-prone night.

it would find itself down big in the middle of sets, having to dig itself out of holes.

“We did not come out strong enough at all as a team or as individuals. After a great weekend I think we took it lightly,” Bates said. “We tried to get momentum from the first [set] and carry it on to the rest of the game, but it wasn’t enough.”

The Orange (10-6, 2-1), on the other hand, came out strong against the Blue Devils, gaining leads of at least four points to start each set. After Duke only committed four errors against Georgia Tech Sunday, its 28 miscues compared to Syracuse’s 16 made it nearly impossible for the Blue Devils to gather any momentum to take control of the game.

Duke’s slow start continued in the third set. As Syracuse went up 15-8, needing only one more set to win the match, it looked all but over for the Blue Devils. But a Bates ace ignited a Duke comeback with the Blue Devils going on an 11-5 run to cut the lead to one point. After a Syracuse timeout, Duke took control of the set, earning its first lead of the night and finally closing out the set 25-22.

“I had that mindset of, ‘We can’t let this happen, I have to stop waiting for somebody to step up. If I have to be that person then I will,’” Bates said.

After coming alive in the third set, the Blue Devils could not maintain their high energy, and fell behind 7-1 to the Orange in the fourth. Duke did not even threaten to make a run, losing the set and match. This loss showed the team how much harder it has to work going forward to earn wins against wellcoached ACC teams like Syracuse.

“I feel like sometimes we take it for granted

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Payton Schwantz led the Blue Devils with 13 kills in the four-set loss.

that we are playing in Cameron,” Bates said.

“We have to remind ourselves that this isn’t something we can take lightly and that we have to compete every single game.”

Duke must use this game as a learning experience so that it will not repeat the kind of game it played. The ACC gauntlet is just beginning and the Blue Devils have a chance to bounce back against top-level competition for the remainder of the season.

“This team has been great about getting better,” Nagel said. “We just have to expect a little bit more out of ourselves in order to be ready to compete every night.”

Duke plays Boston College Sunday afternoon at home in another conference match, looking to rebound after its disappointing loss.

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Blue Devils hope for first-ever goal vs. Cardinals

By Jack Dolgin Staff Writer

When you’re 10-0 in your last 10 games, having beaten three ranked teams along the way, and preparing to face a team that missed the NCAA tournament the last three years, why bother with it?

The No. 4 Blue Devils insist they have many improvements to make before they face tougher ACC competition. They will put those challenges to the test this weekend against Louisville Friday at 7 p.m. at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium. If they win, it will also mean No. 4 they can snap one Duke of the oddest streaks vs. in NCAA women’s soccer history, with L’ville all four previous matchups between the SATURDAY, 7 p.m. two teams resulting in Lynn Stadium 0-0 draws.

Since Duke’s first game against Louisville in 2006, 11 of its 113 conference games against teams other than the Cardinals were 0-0 finishes, making the likelihood of all four games in the series being 0-0 about 0.01 percent.

Asked if he was hoping for a 0-0 tie or a 1-1 tie if it came down to it, Blue Devil head coach Robbie Church deferred.

“I’d like a 1-0 [win], I’ll choose B,” he chided.

“There’s a long list, I could keep going on and on with things we have to do better,” Church added. “We were too careless with the ball [Sunday against Pittsburgh.] I think our

transition to defense—let’s not be blinded by three shutouts in the ACC.” The Blue Devils did not look that sharp against the Panthers in a 2-0 victory at home. They struggled advancing the ball up the field on numerous occasions, and freshman Taylor Mitchell, who has gained a starting spot on the back line, did not look comfortable with the ball at her feet, though she seemed quite capable of shutting down opposing threats.

The defense has allowed just one goal in the past seven games, and now the team has seven X’s to cross on their arms when they take the field on Friday. They mark an X for every shutout they record, and the 14-year tradition continues this year, with the 2017 team tied for the most shutouts through the first 11 games of any season during that span.

Backing up the defense, goalkeeper EJ Proctor has returned to 2015 NCAA tournament form, when she earned honors as the College Cup Most Outstanding Player on Defense. Proctor has a .840 save percentage, allows 0.5 goals per game— which ranks 15th in the nation—and has solidified her starting spot.

Church said at the start of the year she would not necessarily start during her senior year, as the team has a redshirt freshman in Brooke Heinsohn who was the top-ranked prospect in her class. But Church said that he wants to stick with what is working, and that is Proctor, at least for now.

The Blue Devils (10-1, 3-0 in the ACC) will face an offense that has only been shut out

twice this year, and it will test just how sturdy the Duke back line is. Church played redshirt senior Rebecca Quinn on the back line against Pittsburgh when he subbed out Mitchell, resulting in less strength up top.

“They’ve always been very good in the goal, and they’ve always been very good defensively,” Church said about the Cardinals.

“I think they’re better offensively this year. I think they’ve got some more creative players and some more attacking players.”

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Duke Men’s Project: Round two

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his week, rejuvenated and enthusiastic statements of support thrusted the Duke Men’s Project back into the headlines. This Women’s Center initiative includes a nine-week program during which men are invited to openly discuss toxic masculinity and male privilege.

The project aims to tackle norms of masculinity by “creat[ing] a space of brotherhood fellowship dedicated to interrogating male privilege and patriarchy.” Unsurprisingly, last year, upon pioneering the project, the Women’s Center faced backlash from major conservative news outlets like Fox News, which critiqued the program as a “place for men to gather and contemplate why they’re such horrible people.”

Touted as encouraging men to assume “false” identities, the program has had its share of dissenters. Despite these criticisms, the program has returned with gusto, with more outward and public support from male leaders on campus. Today, we reaffirm our own support for a project that is both “admirable and necessary.”

On a campus where 40 percent of women report being sexually assaulted, the project searches for the root causes of this shameful statistic. It grapples with the foundational behaviors, the ingrained thoughtprocesses and the power dynamics that are taken for

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granted to envision a solution for a problem whose existence we have come to tacitly accept. Despite the misconceptions of many critics, the project has no problem with males or masculinity; it simply grants its participants another lens through which to view their place in the world, removing the blinders of privilege to provide clarity.

Most notably, one of the statements of support for this initiative comes from the president of the

Editorial Board Interfraternity Council. IFC has pledged to engage with the project and its ideas, a groundbreaking endorsement for the fledgling organization. Last year, IFC came under fire for its own “landmark” initiative —the Sexual Assault Task Force —a project that fell short of every expectation. Nonetheless, we are hopeful that the group’s engagement with the Duke Men’s Project will be met with more commitment.

With the support of IFC, the Duke Men’s Project will be able to reach more male students on campus, especially those who may not choose to engage with such issues on their own.

With so much focus on the relationship between masculinity and sexual assault, it can be easy to assume

that gender-based privilege only manifests itself in violent situations. The reality is quite the opposite.

Conceptions about masculinity and femininity affect the ways in which men and women interact on campus, as well as in the outside world. In a study commissioned by former Duke president Nan Keohane, researchers found that Duke women were on average less confident after graduating from Duke than their male counterparts. Colloquial and politicized terms like “manspreading” and “mansplaining” describe patriarchal behaviors that discourage women from occupying certain places on campus, often to a psychologically damaging degree.

The Men’s Project remains unpopular among conservatives, especially within the national media.

In many ways, this negative news coverage for the program validates its purpose. The issues the project tackles are meant to be uncomfortable since they challenge our notions of gender and privilege.

By leveraging the isolation of the Duke bubble, the project has carved out an important space for self-reflection. While the world outside our walls may be pushing back against us (and while not all individuals among us may support this project), we wholeheartedly embrace it. It is time we push ourselves to challenge even the most uncomfortable notions here at Duke.

Black and Brown bodies: currency of the sporting world

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onald Trump—a person whose influence has proven best in teaching us what not to do— has again mustered up all his strength and vehemence to derail a speech in Huntsville, Alabama.

His actions were meant to target, as you may have guessed, more of America’s marginalized community. He commented on the actions of players “disrespecting the flag,” saying that owners should get the “son of a b***h” off the field if they so chose. In typical Trump fashion, the

Jamal Michel FEATURED COLUMNIST parties receiving the brunt of this harangue were not in fact White supremacists, neo-Nazis or foreign terrorists.

No, they were the people speaking out against the same kind of disgusting verbiage exercised by the man doing his best not to hide his xenophobic and racist ideas in office.

Just a season ago, Colin Kaepernick silently protested the brutalization of Black and Brown bodies in the U.S. by kneeling during the national anthem, sparking outrage from fellow players, coaches, team owners, politicians, and scores of viewers who, ironically enough, also sat, legs outstretched, at home as the anthem played. While it is wholly within their rights to do so, Black and Brown athletes continue to face the perils of speaking out, regardless of how “tolerable” their actions might be.

As was once written on a shirt Kaepernick posted to his Twitter: “We march, ya’ll mad. We sit down, ya’ll mad. We speak up, ya’ll mad. We die, ya’ll silent.” It seems, in the sporting world and beyond, that these Black and Brown bodies, these “specimens” still analyzed by sports enthusiasts and commentators like lab mice by scientists—as if these bodies still stand atop auction blocks—are all only good for slam dunk celebrations and touchdown dances.

Just today, Trump took to Twitter to preemptively rescind his White House invitation to Golden State Warrior’s Stephen Curry for “hesitating.” Curry, whom on more times than one has been critical of the Trump administration, had not shied away from turning down

the offer after feeling less and less supported by Trump and the divisive comments he continues to promote.

Curry has been adamant in voicing his distaste over President Trump’s actions and words with regard to issues of race and racial equity. Athletes across several sports have continuously voiced their concerns, their displeasure, and their overall frustrations aimed at the current administration and its inability to thoughtfully engage with communities of color.

Black and Brown athletes, it seems, are to live and breathe their profession with no regard for the outside world. Only when an athlete steps out of the realm of a football field or basketball court and speaks the language of race and politics are they stopped in their tracks and sent back to their respective spaces. How are Black and Brown athletes forced to remain silent when their bodies remain the expendable currency of multi-million dollar corporations and are simultaneously at the heart of nearly all discussions of racial politics? We can install maple flooring onto courts and artificial turf into stadiums all we want, but those “sacred realms” will only ever continue to be spaces of brutalization if we continue to ignore the occasions when athletes speak out.

Colin Kaepernick was absolutely welcomed when he sent cowhide and vulcanized rubber yards down a field, or when he took hit after wretched hit just to put his team of scarlet and gold warriors ahead by a number of points.

His value, as well as those of his peers, has been based solely on an accumulation of points, but the moment he decided to kneel for his own values, to speak up and speak out for his own worth, heads turned and resentment arose.

Only when he decided to grow out his hair and don the appearance of a lesser-liked figure did the world have something to say. His body, though used as currency, never held the same value as ticket sales or merchandise.

His body, like the bodies of those for whom he knelt, has yet to be recognized as more than a commodity, as more than a prop for Sunday nights. The message of politicallyactive athletes is clear: Black and Brown bodies are worth more than your entertainment.

Jamal Michel is a Duke graduate amd high school English teacher at Northern High School. His column runs on alternate Fridays.

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hat to wear? On a normal morning this is a question I don’t usually give too much thought. I’ll grab whatever shirt is on top of the pile, rule out shorts since all of my ankle socks are dirty, make a gut decision on which color Stan Smiths to wear and I’m on my way. But on this particular morning, I found myself picking my outfit

Sami Kirkpatrick FEATURED COLUMNIST according to a stipulation by which I never thought I’d have to abide: will this get me shot?

“You and I both come from the bubble of Santa Monica and then came to school in the heart of the south just to enter another bubble,” was my friend Charlie’s logic when trying to convince me to attend a gun show with him two hours away in Concord, North Carolina.

“There are so many different ideas and ways of life that I’ve never had the opportunity to explore— when better than now?” Even though I had already been to a Walmart in Baton Rouge and in the process experienced all the culture that “real” America has to offer, I agreed to join him.

And so I found myself early (10:30 a.m.) on a Saturday morning debating what item of clothing would allow me to blend in best with the gun show crowd. Now, I recognize that this is somewhat of an unreasonable worry, but when you voted for Hillary and look like the kickback of a shotgun would tear off your shoulder, these are the sort of things that run through your mind.

Sadly, my camo windbreaker was at the dry cleaners and my orange Oakley’s were being repaired, so I ended up deciding on blue jeans so blue that one couldn’t help but think of Brett Favre playing football in the mud. I paired them with the closest thing I had to any sort of American iconography: a NASA shirt that instead of saying “NASA” says “WAYNE.” At 11 a.m. four of us piled into Charlie’s car and set out for our first destination of the trip, a restaurant an hour away known as Barbecue Center of Lexington (meaning that today we would be making stops at both Lexington and Concord). My review: the chicken was delectable, the hush puppies superb, and the clientele older and whiter than Betty White’s pubes.

An hour or so of lusciously green North Carolina countryside and approximately 64,531 “Thank you Jesus” signs later, we arrived at the gun show and oh, what a beautiful sight it was. Pickup trucks as far as the eye could see sporting fun bumper stickers such as “American by birth, Southern by the grace of God” (naturally written under a confederate flag). Grown men beaming with a child-like wonder walking out of the convention hall with guns slung over their backs, the likes of which I had only ever seen before in movies about the Vietnam war. But nothing could compare to what the inside had to offer.

Imagine Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but instead of a magical wonderland with a chocolate river, candy trees, and trained squirrels it’s just an undecorated airplane hangar with a ton of guns.

Like so many guns. Like the firepower in this room alone could probably have taken over the Roman Empire many guns.

Walking the floor of the gun show you are bombarded at all angles with things that in any other setting would seem ludicrous but for some reason are acceptable here. On one side of the aisle there may be a little girl holding a rocket launcher and on the other side, a stand with graphic tees saying stuff like “Black Guns Matter,” “Defend Freedom, Defeat Democrats,” or “I Load More Than Just the Dishwasher.” WWII helmets sit innocently next to novelty Hillary hunting permits as the sound of a Taser demonstration goes of periodically in the distance.

You can really find anything gun related: the guns themselves, ammo, gear, scopes, etc., but also things you wouldn’t necessarily think of like jewelry made out of bullets, collectable coins, oh and fidget spinners. So many fidget spinners.

But more interesting than any of the items you can find at the booths are the people who work them. I was lucky to have my friend Dan with me, who in addition to touching every item on display had an uncanny ability in striking up conversations with these vendors. We met a man who worked at a booth selling holsters who gave us some good advice for navigating our first gun show. We met another man who owned a company called “ISIS Hunting Team” which sold stickers and shirts with the ISIS Hunting team logo. But none of them compared to our runaway favorite vendor: knife guy.

We first met knife guy when he saw Dan eying a Batman throwing knife and he swooped in to close a sale that was never to be. Knife guy sported a handlebar mustache and wore a Deadpool baseball jersey, flame do-rag, orange Oakleys and pirate hoop earrings. When Dan asked, “How many knives do you own?” knife guy answered, “Let’s just say there’s a room in my house that no one but me is allowed in, and if the cops ever found I would be going to prison.”

When asked if he had any formal training he answered, “Most of the knife stuff is self-taught.

You just need to not be afraid to get up close and personal and a little bit bloodied up.” Knife guy spoke about knives with the enthusiasm that Steve Erwin spoke about animals. He said that ever since he was a kid nothing has brought him more joy than his knives.

While I would be remiss if I didn’t at least acknowledge the gun control debate and how things like open carry or the gun show loophole are seriously scary possibilities, this really wasn’t my mission in writing this piece. My biggest takeaway from the gun show was that as much as I disagreed with these people’s politics or lifestyle choices, I can’t say that anyone I met was unkind or hostile in any way. In fact, everyone greeted us nicely with a smile.

Sure, this may not have been the case if we weren’t all white males, but that’s not my place to assume. Modern media paints such an us vs. them narrative, each side portraying the other as more and more villainous with each day. I know I’m a victim of buying into this myself. But if people would just spend a day outside of their personal bubble, maybe they would realize that as Americans we all just want what’s best for our country, and we’re really not that different at our cores.

Sami Kirkpatrick is a Trinity sophomore. His column usually runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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How much is a picture worth?

Deleting the Instagram app from my phone was my proudest accomplishment this summer, easily topping the progress I made on my LSAT study plan. Needless to say, when I rid my phone of the soul-sucking medium for quasi-artsiness, I felt liberated from the burdens of feigned excitement, resentment at the comparable monotony of my own life, and the constant urge to encapsulate my experiences into a single filtered frame and pithy caption. It wasn’t until many weeks later, however, that I

McCall Wells DUKE, FORWARD fully grasped the effects of my social media use.

Friend and former classmate Elizabeth George recently provided me with me the vocabulary to communicate a reality that has daunted me for years in her Fall 2016 article, “For Duke women: higher education, lowerself esteem.” In her piece, Elizabeth connects findings in the 2002 Women’s Initiative Report, spearheaded by former Duke President Nan Keohane, with the current—and rather depressing—state of women’s issues on campus.

Elizabeth extrapolates on what others have called the “X phenomenon,” a theory that argues for the respective decline and incline of women’s and men’s self-confidence as college progresses.

Though my research didn’t reveal explicit mention of the “X phenomenon,” the concept isn’t much of a stretch considering the persistence of traditionally female-centric issues on campus: sexual assault, disorder eating, and the all too familiar notion of “effortless perfection.” While I’m sure progress has been made since the 2002 report, especially as awareness of sexual violence grows, in many ways our obsession with social media had led to a regression. It’s nearly impossible to avoid constant comparison because of our endless connectivity. The girl on the bus whose daily jewelry is worth more than your family’s car, the fellow treadmiller who seems to live at the gym, and the lab partner with a glowing tan from this year’s fifth vacation aren’t just acquaintances you run into on the quad. They’re prominent figures in your life, thanks to Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram.

It could be argued that the solution to the social media blues is simple: just unfriend and unfollow anyone and everyone whose online presence puts your inferiority complex at an all-time high. Unfortunately, that would leave you with no one left to follow, save Mom, Dad, and Grandma Carol. The sad truth is that we all play the game of one upmanship, or at least some variation of exhibitionism. These practices are especially prevalent amongst women, who historically have been taught to marry self-worth with body image. Offline, ambitious Duke women work hard to present the best versions of themselves. The intent behind online interactions is no different, yet it is infinitely easier in the virtual world to curate a more perfect version of the self. This version is conveyed primarily through images: skimpily clad bodies, breathtaking sunsets, and food that may or may not have been consumed.

I might sound like the type of person who hasn’t learned how to be happy for her friends, and admittedly my own securities have occasionally prevented me from fully celebrating in others’ well-deserved successes. Nevertheless, I find it unsettling that we spend so much of our free time skimming through hundreds—if not thousands—of images and life updates from people with whom we’d never hold more than a five-minute conversation.

Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of Generation Me argues in the September 2017 issue of The Atlantic that iGen, a group she defines as those born between 1995 and 2012, is actually “on the brink of the worst mental-health crisis in decades” thanks in large part to their incessant use of smart phones.

Having sought multiple means of psychiatric help throughout my time at Duke, I’ll eagerly make social media a culprit in my own mental health struggles. Sure, these problems probably had always been lying dormant in my psyche, but I’m convinced that both my consumption and creation of online content within Duke’s high-achieving environment played a large role in bringing my underlying issues to the surface.

To be completely honest, much of the impetus for deleting my Instagram account a few months ago had to do with a summer schedule that wasn’t exactly Instagram-worthy. But, now that I’ve just begun a year-long stint working in a foreign country, I’m tempted to welcome the familiar yet irritating old friend back into my life.

Ironically, however, this temptation also gives me pause, and adds to the list of reasons I should probably continue my Instagram hiatus. If my return to Instagram would be solely for the purposes of showing off, then—in addition to being a hypocrite—wouldn’t I only be furthering the notion that mine and others’ lives are only worth as much as the beautiful pictures we have to show for them?

McCall Wells is Duke ‘17. Her column, “duke, forward,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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toll on the team physically. Kerr acknowledged that his team was displaying signs of weariness against Appalachian State and will need to be better-rested to grab a victory Saturday.

“We were really tired and you could tell out there that we were leg-weary and not as sharp as we usually are. We were very sharp in Syracuse and that took a lot out of us,” Kerr said. “It’s hard to bounce back and give your best every single game, and tonight we weren’t our best. But we got a shutout and we won, and we move on.”

With an extra day of rest for the Blue Devils and much to prove, Saturday night is a lock to feature end-to-end action in a matchup of two of the top teams in the ACC.

FROM PAGE 12 playing days, so this game is a matchup between old friends turned rivals.

“We’ve had a good relationship over the years and a good rivalry as well, so it should be a great game Saturday night,” Kerr said.

Despite Duke’s recent success on the field, it has been challenged regularly. Six of the seven games the Blue Devils have played in September have been decided by one goal or less, including four wins, one draw, and one loss. Their composure in high-stakes situations late in games has keyed their winning streak and will need to be on display again in this matchup.

However, this recent stretch has taken a

Andrew Donohue contributed reporting.

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What’s Happening at Duke Wait…So They Just Give You the Answers?

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. After the continuous overwhelming number of students found in violation of The Duke Community Standard over the past couple of years in Computer Science 201, a new homework policy has been put in place where all students are provided with the answers to their algorithm problem sets one week before they are due. Professors recognize that if students are confused on a problem, they will be able to find the solution online easily, as almost all of the homework problems are somewhere online. The goal of the new policy is to encourage students, when they are stressed, not to simply copy the answer they’ve found online, but to use the solutions they are given to help them understand the problem. We know what you’re thinking…WHAT?! Sign me up! Important to remember is that tests and quizzes will still require that students can demonstrate their skills, and these problem sets only make up a small fraction of a student’s grade in the class. We know what you’re thinking again…Damn.

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Senior defender Kevon Black has bolstered an impressive Duke back line during the team’s three-game winning streak.

In Other News One Hundo Wins for Cutcliffe

The Blue Devils’ football win on Saturday marked the team’s 500th victory in school history, and Coach Cutcliffe’s 100th victory of his career. Cutcliffe is the now the 164th man to ever hit the one hundo mark, as well as the 19th active FBS coach to do so. The Blue Devils are now flying high on a 4-0 start to their season.

What You Want To Know Agatha Christie Is Coming!!

Yes, we know the author died. We’re talking about The Lemur Center’s newest lemur, named Agatha Christie, who is the first aye-aye lemur born at the center in six years. Agatha was actually born on June 7th, but the Lemur Center kept that news a secret because Agatha was born 2/3 the normal weight of newborn aye-ayes, so the Center wanted to give her time to gain her strength. Awwwww.

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Freshman Taylor Mitchell has gained a starting spot for Duke’s defense following teammate Mia Gyau’s season-ending knee injury.

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FROM PAGE 13 Louisville also is not particularly strong at home, owning a 4-3 record this year at its three year-old stadium.

If there is one thing Louisville can do to prepare, some words of advice would be to mark Imani Dorsey. The Blue Devils’ leading scorer has a goal in eight different games this year, transitioning from a promising prospect her freshman year to a clutch goalscorer her sophomore year to one of the best in the country as a senior.

But Duke has shown it can diversify its offense, which has come in the form of goals from eight different players during the past seven games. In other words, it is hard to find where the Blue Devils’ weaknesses lie.

“They want to be great. Not good,” Church said of his team that still lost three vital seniors from last year.

Shortly after he said that, at the end of Tuesday practice, the team put their hands in to chant “1-2-3 Devils.” Sounding weak, someone remarked, “That was horrible.” So that’s at least a place for improvement.