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Students frustrated with new bus schedule App developed to track flu Ian Jaffe The Chronicle This flu season, students’ chances of staying healthy may get a boost from an unexpected source—their cell phones. Researchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a cell phone application—called iEpi—that tracks the spread of the disease and predicts the likelihood of contracting it. Anything that The researchyou can do to ers—Duke statisprevent illness tician Katherine Heller and UNC in a college epidemiologist population Allison Aiello— should be done. tested the app with a group of — Jean Hanson approximately 100 students at the University of Michigan, using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and mobile connections to track the students’ social interactions. Using this data, along with personal information such as smoking habits, the team developed a model that allowed them to predict the daily spread of influenza between study participants. iEpi represents one of the first times mobile devices and social network modeling have been used to track and predict the spread of disease. “Our ability to collect and analyze this kind of data—in terms of trying to improve health outcomes—is really, really important,” said Heller, assistant professor of statistical science at Duke. See APP on Page 3

Jesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle Students have not been impressed with the recent changes made to the bus schedule. The changes were supposed to increase the system’s efficiency, especially for central campus residents.

Helen Yang The Chronicle Although Duke Parking and Transportation Services reformed the bus system in the hopes of improving its efficiency, students have criticized the new system since its debut. Students expressed concern and frustration over the prolonged waiting time and confusion caused by the changes, which were implemented at the start of the Fall. Notable among the changes were the removal of the C2 service that circuited between West, East and Central Campus and the addition of the C4—connecting Central to West—and the C5—connecting Central to East. Many students have questioned the new routes, which were added based on PTS-led analyses of passenger

transit data. “It hasn’t really fixed much because the Central bus is still pretty horrible to catch,” junior Sanmi Oyenuga wrote in an email. “Wait time is ridiculous, especially in the evening.” Freshman JaBria Bishop said her patience was tested by one of her first experiences with Duke buses. “The CCX works fine as far as I’m concerned, but one day I was waiting for the C5, and it never came,” Bishop said. “I had to take a C1 and walk all the way to Student Health myself. That was a really big disappointment.” Upperclassmen who experienced difficulty with the previous bus system are also critical of the changes. “The new Central buses are even more infrequent than the old [C2],” senior Chaarushi Ahuja said. “Overall, it’s

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MUSER website matches students to research Abigail Xie The Chronicle Duke faculty and students are making it easier for undergraduates to get involved with research on campus. A new website called MUSER—Matching Undergraduates to Science and Engineering Research—allows students to browse through a list of t’s like a research projects refined posted by faculty rather than having DukeList, find projects on targeting students to their own. The site who want to have is run by Associate a meaningful lab Professor of Biology Sheila Patek experience. with help from — Sheila Patek undergraduate students. Her team hopes to connect more undergraduates interested in the sciences with mentors and expand MUSER’s reach in its first year of operation. “At Duke, the tradition is if you’re interested in research, you have to send an email to a professor or try and take a class with them,” she said. “[With MUSER], I feel like students can get a much better sense of research opportunities here at Duke, and even more importantly, see how they can fit their interests.” Senior Quang Nguyen, president of Duke’s chapter of the American Society for Microbiology, has worked closely with Patek to develop the program. He noted many freshmen currently do not know how to find a research lab to work in. “The problem is that students receive emails from thousands of resources like the bio department, so we’re trying to streamline the process,” he said. Patek said her inspiration for MUSER came about while she was working at the

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University of California Berkeley and discovered a program that allowed students to look across fields and apply for projects. When she moved to University of Massachusetts, she created a similar website there. After beginning work at Duke, however, she again noticed a lack of transparency in connecting undergraduates to research opportunities and decided to try to change that. She explained that the only way students can currently find a list of available projects—besides emailing professors— is to visit the DukeList website, which continuously advertises projects or miscellaneous jobs that not always researchrelated or lab-related. MUSER—which operates three times a year, including during the two bookbagging periods—displays a list of specific project descriptions that research faculty have written, Patek noted. Students can find paid or volunteer positions, explore independent study projects and look for mentors that share similar interests with them. “It’s like a refined DukeList, targeting students who want to have a meaningful lab experience and need to see concrete opportunities,” she explained. Nguyen added that another problem MUSER hopes to address is the lack of resource accessibility for disadvantaged students who may not have connections or know how to find research opportunities—which causes research opportunities to be distributed unevenly. Since its roll-out last year when the site listed between 15 and 20 projects, Patek said that both student and mentor feedback has been positive, although the website’s reach has been small so far. Her team has since moved See MUSER on Page 8

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Defense expert lauds Obama’s foreign policy Jackson Stone The Chronicle Derek Chollet, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, told Duke students he thought President Barack Obama’s diplomacy will stand the test of time Tuesday evening. In an event titled “Obama’s Grand Strategy: Midway Through the Fourth Quarter” sponsored by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Chollet touched upon a variety of topics relating to the nation’s current position in international affairs. He is currently serving as a counselor and senior advisor for security and defense policy at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington. “Obama personally felt that he had a quite difficult inheritance,” Chollet said. “He is determined to leave his successor with a better inheritance.”

Asked to assess the president’s success in foreign affairs going into the administration’s final months, Chollet noted that in football terms, “the score would be 28 to 21 with Obama winning.” In particular, he pointed to Obama’s relationship-building in Asia as an area in which the United States has excelled. “The ‘pivot’ [Obama’s East Asia policy]—that investment in resources, that military posture in Asia—is extremely important for the U.S. in the long term,” Chollet said. “His decisions there will be extremely important for presidents down the road.” But Chollet also noted that Obama’s policy has not fared as well in other regions during his tenure. The U.S. continues to grapple with enemies in the Arab world, such as ISIS and alQaeda. And Israel, traditionally a staunch ally, has taken exception with the recent nuclear deal involving the U.S. and Iran. “No one can look at the Middle East and be too pleased where things are,” Chollet said. See CHOLLETT on Page 8

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Derek Chollett, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs discussed President Barack Obama’s foreign policy Tuesday evening.

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an additional C4 should be added and whether PTS should revert to the old system. Senior Keizra Mecklai, the president of Duke Student Government, will meet with administration on Thursday to discuss student concerns about the buses. Junior Annie Adair, DSG chief of staff, noted that the frustration may ultimately be short-lived. “There is a concern within PTS that last week could have been an anomaly because it was the first week of classes from page 1 and many people were getting used to their new schedules,” Adair said. “You wonder how much of the rush is the first West—was discontinued. week and how much is a problem with Although many blame increased the underlying system. Maybe, in two waiting times on the recent changes, weeks, we realize it was an anomaly— Duke bus driver Ron Jones noted that but maybe it wasn’t.” the buses are crowded every year reZaynah Alam and Alex Griffith contribgardless of which route they serve. uted reporting. “Usually at the beginning of the year, we have a lot of students that haven’t exactly figured out where they’re going yet, or what time they need to be there, or what bus they need to catch,” Jones said. “But usually as they settle in and they get to know what they’re doing, the crowds dwindle down a little bit. And we also have extra buses running to help take care of it.” In response to the negative reaction to the new system, Duke Student Government—which originally worked with PTS to institute the changes—is currently lobbying for improvements and asking for student feedback. Recently, DSG broadcasted a petition of the present transportation sysJesús Hidalgo | The Chronicle tem in an attempt to identify which DSG is circulating a petition to gauge student aspects need to be changed. Options input on the new bus system, likely a first step for student input include whether before further changes are made.

the virus from spreading to fellow students. Although iEpi cannot directly stop the flu like an immunization can, Hanson said she welcomes new approaches. “Anything that you can do to prevent illness in a college population should be done,” she said. Abigail Xie contributed reporting.

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APP from page 1 This method of data collection is especially important for tracking influenza on college campuses. The ubiquity of mobile devices makes collecting data easy, Heller said. She added that the flu tends to thrive on college campuses because students live, eat and attend class in close proximity to each other. Kai Fan, a third-year doctoral student who was part of Heller’s team, added that closed communities—groups of people that interact almost exclusively with each other—are ideal for this kind of modeling. But this exclusivity also places limitations on the model, as outsiders whose interactions are not recorded by the iEpi app can introduce the flu in an unpredictable way. Flu prevention is taken seriously at

Duke, said Jean Hanson, associate director of outreach at the Duke Student Wellness Center. She noted that the Duke Student Health Center sponsors prevention methods such as immunization and hand washing campaigns— including last year’s “flu fighter” campaign, which vaccinated more than 1,300 freshmen. In recent years, about 500 students have gotten influenza each flu season, Hanson said, though this number refers only to cases that Student Health was made aware of. Apps like iEpi could considerably aid Student Health’s efforts to stem the annual flu outbreak on campus. Because iEpi can predict when a person is likely to contract the flu, it could potentially be used to notify users that they are at risk even before they start to develop symptoms. Students could then isolate themselves by staying in their dorm rooms, which would stop

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GREEN WAVE GEARS UP FOR OPENER Brian Mazur The Chronicle After a 3-9 season in 2014, Tulane head coach Curtis Johnson is attempting to lead his team back to the postseason. A win against an up-and-coming Duke program would be a solid first step in transforming that aspiration into a reality. The Green Wave will host the Blue Devils to open the 2015 slate for both teams Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. at Yulman Stadium. The venue only opened last season, bringing the program’s football games back on campus after a 39-year stint at the iconic Superdome in downtown New Orleans. Johnson and his club will look to avenge last year’s 47-13 blowout loss at Wallace Wade Stadium, in which Tulane committed five turnovers. “Everyone around here has a heightened excitement,” Johnson said. “The one thing we have done with our team is stayed local.... Some of these younger guys are very excited about playing. Each year, we have gotten better and better. We feel like we have a chance to win and everyone is excited about us and the new stadium.” A flurry of Louisiana natives populate the roster this season, including starting quarterback Tanner Lee, who has generated positive reviews in fall

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Tulane quarterback Tanner Lee tossed three interceptions against the Blue Devils in Durham last year, but will look to turn in a better performance in Thursday night’s season opener.

camp thus far. The Destrehan, La., product threw for 1,962 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, but also tossed 14 interceptions–including three in the early-season loss to Duke. With a year of playing time under his belt, Lee took control of the quarterbacking duties early in fall camp, erasing questions surrounding his average performance last season. He even garnered praise from Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe and quarterback Thomas Sirk, especially

after the way he threw the ball at this summer’s Manning Passing Academy. “He’s terrific, I think he’s a big-arm guy, throws the ball downfield extremely well,” Cutcliffe said. “I know Thomas Sirk was with him at the Manning Passing Academy, and all the folks thought that he had the best arm of any college quarterback in that camp. He is an extremely talented football player. I think he’ll shock a lot of people this season.” Lee isn’t the only weapon the Green

Wave returns on offense. Similar to Duke, the Tulane offense has a number of running backs to utilize out of the backfield. Sherman Badie is the leader of the bunch after rushing for 688 yards and three touchdowns on 121 touches last season, but Lazedrick Thompson and Dontrell Hillard will also see ample time in the backfield Thursday night. The Blue Devils have taken notice of the Green Wave rushing attack, especially after it gashed them last season with 231 yards on the ground. Thompson—who led all backs in that contest with 124 yards and a touchdown—is poised to put up big numbers again in 2015. “We’re playing an experienced team—[Tulane’s got] a returning quarterback, 10 starters back on offense, the bulk of the starters back on defense, depending on how you want to count it,” Cutcliffe said. “This will be a great challenge for us, which is what you want in openers. This will be an opportunity to find out a lot about our football team down in New Orleans.” Defensively, there are a number of familiar faces returning this season. There is optimism about the defensive line, which returns three starters in Royce LaFrance, Tanzel Smart and Sean Wilson. The newcomer to the group– defensive end Ade Aruna–saw limited action as a redshirt freshman in 2014 See SCOUTING on Page 8

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Former runners return for first Duke Alumni Meet Ali Wells The Chronicle Duke could not lose in its seasonopening meet. The Blue Devils welcomed six former student-athletes back to their home at Al Buehler Trail for the Duke Alumni Meet, the first of two home races to kick off competition in 2015 for the women’s squad. Without scheduled opponent N.C. Central, Tuesday’s race turned into a friendly competition between old and new faces of the Duke squad. Eight current Blue Devils crossed the line of the four-kilometer course before the alumni team finished in a pack. “We had some really great performers back, like Cydney Ross, the school recordholder in the 800, flew down for it,” women’s head coach Christine Engel said. “There was definitely an air of excitement, and the girls felt supported. We are hoping to make it an annual event where alumni can keep coming back and get reintroduced to the team and feel that connection.” Ross and five other familiar faces—

including Jessica Davlin, Abby Farley, Gabby Levac and Colette Whitney—formed a pack behind Engel’s squad after the start. Jessica Buttinger, a four-year letter-winner in field hockey and a member of last season’s track team, was the first former Blue Devil across the line in her first cross-country race. Captain Anima Banks led the way off the trail for a final lap around the track of the Morris Williams Track & Field Stadium, finishing in 14:07—a 17-second improvement from her season-opening 4,000 meters at the Virginia Duals in 2013. A strong presence for Duke in the middle-distance track events, the senior has been steadily increasing her training mileage since the end of the track season and was pleased by the team’s performance. “No one truly remembers how hard cross country is until they run that first race,” Banks said. “So going into it, I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but this was definitely good practice for getting used to it and pushing through that pain, toughening the body for 6K season.” Banks, co-captain Madison Granger and classmates Olivia Anderson and Allison Sturges make up a third of the 2015 roster but are

outnumbered by Engel’s first recruiting class. The upperclassmen will look to mentor their younger teammates as the season progresses. “We have a small team this year with four seniors, five freshmen and two in the middle, so there has been a lot of senior-freshmen leadership and partnership,” Banks said. “That’s been good for the freshmen. We need them to get to nationals so there’s a lot of responsibility on them. They’ve been really rising to the challenge so far, and that was apparent today.” Rookie Gabrielle Richichi followed right behind Banks to the front of the pack in her first race as a Blue Devil. Not losing sight of her captain through the four-kilometer course, the New Fairfield, Conn., native finished second with a time of 14:12. Freshmen Kim Hallowes and Sheridan Wilbur also posted strong times in their season opener, crossing the line in 14:38 and 14:45, respectively. “It was great for the freshmen to put on the uniform for the first time and get some of the anxiety out,” Engel said. “In our sport, we rarely get to compete on our home turf so that was great for the girls to run on a trail they are familiar with,

Alex Deckey | The Chronicle Senior captain Anima Banks finished first in Duke’s inaugural Alumni Meet Tuesday.

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ast Friday, Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, joined other administrators to reemphasize Duke’s focus on increasing socioeconomic diversity in its student body. While administrators often mention that 45 percent of students receive financial aid and the merits of no-cost initiatives like DukeEngage and 1G programs, it is important to discuss a large contributor to socioeconomic homogeneity at Duke: financial aid and loan policies that lag behind those of some of our peer institutions. Duke, although consistently ranked near the top across rankings, falls behind 13 other top schools when ranked by proportion of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants. While this percentage is not a perfect measure of economic diversity and Duke has made progress in other ways, experts take it as an indicator of how present lowincome students are on campus. Against this backdrop, Princeton became the first university to implement a noloan program in 2001, replacing loans with grants. Since then, many other Ivy League schools, the University of Chicago and others have followed suit with Stanford announcing the extension of its no tuition policy to families making less than $125,000. Duke administrators have cited our endowment as prohibitive for similarly generous policies, and com-

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Editorial tors who are interested in making these programs a reality at Duke. We do not mean to view current students merely as future donors or to address wealthy alumni but to point out the need for understanding our duties to the University. We here consider the big picture of what Duke emphasizes in financial initiatives like Duke Forward. We can encourage students to think about experiences they are enjoying and the connections to what makes them possible. Taking a broad approach, Duke should look to im-

prove on-campus experiences and better connect students to how programs are created and the role alumni play on campus life. Improved resource offerings, housing options, 1G and low-income initiatives, post-grad career placement and overall quality of life for all students strengthens the University-alumni bond long after diplomas have been framed. Experiences students can point to as a result of a benefactor’s generosity brightens future retrospection. The Iron Dukes program and its success in drawing donations for our athletic programs serve as a great blueprint for form. The incredible experience of winning the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship and our many other successes in athletics that give us communal feelings of pride, unity and excitement no doubt motivate alumni to give specifically to the athletics programs. Although benches are not burned to celebrate academic success and high graduation rates among first generation students, we believe that feelings of pride and unity should not be confined to Cameron or the here and now of campus. It will likely take years for donations allocated to financial aid to reflect today’s actions, but in the mean time, making donor efforts visible on campus and leveraging them into the best range of experiences possible at Duke will pay dividends for the University and for students now and for generations to come.

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monly, students assume that a large endowment enables a university to have these programs. The truth however is that creating our annual budget is a complicated process that juggles a lot of obligations and constraints. Simply put, money is tight. But if socioeconomic diversity is truly an administrative focus, Duke must become able to make competitive financial aid offers to low-income admitted students torn between becoming Blue Devils and enrolling at more affordable schools. The University, then, must foster a community of future donors and benefac-

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society, but how do we reconcile its benefits with the steady melting of arctic ice? According to a study from scientists at Harvard and Rutgers Universities, sea level rise has accelerated significantly since 1990. In the past 20 years, the ocean has risen 3 millimeters per year, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years. This is due to the melting of glaciers and polar ice caps, as well as thermal expansion – when water heats up, it expands. This change is potentially devastating because even tiny increases in sea level can cause erosion of coastal habitats due to flooding and powerful storm surges. Millions of people live in areas that will be increasingly vulnerable to flooding, especially developing equatorial nations. Equally as troubling is the decline in air quality caused by fossil fuel emissions. Dirty air means water and land contamination as well as diseases. Conditions such as asthma are worsened by air pollution – In the U.S., the number of people with asthma grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009. Now, one out of every 10 children in this country has asthma. These numbers are even higher for underprivileged citizens who often have no choice but to reside in close proximity to energy plants. Energy production in its current state creates a host of problems, but is energy itself really that bad? Think of all the things it does for us – it improves healthcare, education, innovation and quality of life. In the U.S., we use an excessive amount, but what if developing and third-world countries had access to more energy? Communities could improve their infrastructure and give residents more opportunity to thrive. Economic disparities could level out as jobs diversify and expand. More energy means better access to education, which can improve opportunities for women and result in lower birth rates and slower population growth. For example, many developing countries meet the bulk of their energy needs by collecting wood and other biomass for fuel. This is cheap

families have more time and better air quality, increased access to energy could power transport for medical services and ensure quality heating, lighting, sterilization and refrigeration. Energy also allows for nighttime study and access to radio and the Internet – powerful literacy tools that can improve employment prospects. It also creates income-generating markets through transportation and communication, which can provide a way out of poverty. So it seems that the world needs more energy, not less. The trouble comes with its production, which is too often in the form of coal, oil and natural gas. These fuels drive climate change and power our society at the same time. So what do we do? As a nation we’ve made strides in energy efficiency – the Obama administration has made the largest investment in clean energy in American history, and since the president took office, the U.S. has increased solar electricity generation by more than twenty-fold and tripled electricity production from wind power. Furthermore, Obama’s new clean power plan creates stricter fuel efficiency and CO2 emission standards. But is that enough? The U.S. still wastes energy by the truckload while some areas of the world barely have access to electricity. We need to create power that is efficient, affordable and available – but how? Maybe we need a little creativity. Countries like the United States have to invest in energy innovation in order to create cleaner and more efficient sources of power. If these technologies are affordable enough for use in developing countries, then they could improve standards of living worldwide, giving us more energy and less harmful emissions. So let’s get more people on the grid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while we’re at it. Caeleigh MacNeil is a Trinity senior. Her column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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ever in history have there been as many aggressive, prominent GOP presidential candidates fighting to ban abortion. The majority of the Republican presidential candidates support outlawing abortion even in cases of rape or incest, a stance previous candidates such as George H. W. Bush

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he start of the school year is a time of sweet renewal. We see now on campus substantial architectural renewal – a beautiful new library entrance Romney “repeat.” In 2012, Governor and paths, freshly sodded quads and in Romney’s campaign was irreparably due course, a restored chapel and a new tarnished by its alienation of women, student union, football stadium and athletics who composed 53 percent of the plaza. But the promise of renewal that a vote that year. President Obama won fresh school year provides does not reside the women vote in every swing state, primarily in the improvements to campus beating Romney with female voters 53 amenities or the “Duke Experience.” Rather, to 46 percent in Florida. Clearly there that promise lies within each of us. is a trend of Republican nominees The start of the school year calls for a

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and Mitt Romney opposed. However, the willingness of current candidates to abolish the freedom for women to control their bodies goes a step further as fifteen of the GOP candidates believe that life and pregnancy start at fertilization rather than at implantation, with the latter view backed by all major medical groups and governmental agencies, such as the United States Department of Health and Human Services. These candidates are influenced by anti-abortion groups that radically oppose any form of contraception activated after conception, including the morningafter pill and IUD. This rush to the right regarding women’s reproductive rights is further intensified by the Republican-led congressional initiative to defund Planned Parenthood even at the potential cost of a government shutdown mirroring that of 2013. The Republican candidates are running the risk not only of causing such a shutdown but also of following Romney’s fatal political mistake in alienating the women voters Republicans will need to pull in swing states. This year marks the first time in over eight years that the pro-choice position is the most supported abortion stance held by the American public. In contrast to this shift in belief by the American people, the anti-abortion Republican presidential candidates not only fail to reflect the beliefs of most Americans but also those of their own party members. A Gallup survey found that 59 percent of anti-abortion Republicans believe that women should have the right to abort under extreme cases, such as incest or rape. This begets the question: why are the majority of Republican presidential candidates racing to the right in fighting against a woman’s right to abortion in even the most of extreme cases? Reporter Shikha Dalmia has proposed that the candidates are not only trying to outdo each other, but also trying to win a culture war among the conservative Republicans who have given up hope after the legalization of gay marriage. This argument is substantiated by the number of candidates who have, suspiciously, just recently adopted these ultra-conservative views on abortion as they approach primaries in conservative states such as Iowa and South Carolina. Even if these candidates are truly adopting these positions on abortion for a moral high ground to draw a greater number of disillusioned conservative voters, they do this at the expense of alienating many women, their male spouses and significant others. One would think the Republican Party would fear a Mitt

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being bullied by the ultra-conservative faction of the party and forced too far right in spite of their own initial beliefs. For example, Senator Marco Rubio who has supported measures that included abortion exceptions for victims of rape or incest now claims that he never supported those measures, in an eagerness to seem more conservative on these issues than his legislative career reflects. The only GOP candidates who are moderate on the issue and have tackled it with some level of reason and success are George Pataki and Donald Trump. Pataki considers himself pro-choice, opposing late-term and governmentfunded abortions but otherwise voting against restrictions on abortion. However, the only voice of moderation is also dead-last in recent polls. Trump, on the other hand, cannot be trusted to be the Republican candidate women rely on for support for their reproductive rights, as he publicly defames women and does not display consistency and logic in his statements. When asked by a reporter where he stood on abortion, he responded that he is pro-life, only with the caveats of incest, rape or endangered life of the mother. The reporter then pressed him on what he would support if a pregnant woman does not fall under any of those circumstances, and Trump responded that it depends on when in the pregnancy the woman wants an abortion. If we are relying on Trump (who has already switched stances twice)to be the voice of reason for women within the GOP presidential candidates, we are not in a good place. History shows us that Republican presidential candidates often take this anti-abortion stance for political reasons; this stance will cripple, not aid, candidates’ campaigns by cutting into the primary winner’s share of women’s votes in the general election. These candidates are also losing many male voters who would be hugely affected should their significant others no longer have access to Planned Parenthood or commonplace methods of contraception such as IUDs and the morning after pill. The way that the pro-life position has taken ahold of the American conscious this election cycle boils down to an issue of morality, where moral absolutism conflicts with more complex and pragmatic views of the nation’s electorate. DPU’s Burke & Paine is a biweekly column that runs on alternate Wednesdays. Each column will feature a different writer and will cover a different topic related to political engagement. Trinity sophomore Callie Fry wrote this week’s column.

renewal of vows, vows to a four-year vocation that each of us has accepted by enrolling as students at Dear Old Duke. Certainly, it is a privilege to be at Duke, and this opportunity carries a responsibility to recognize that our purpose as students is to grow intellectually and spiritually. Those two dimensions of education are intrinsic to our school’s motto, eruditio et religio, “knowledge and religion.” The former is well covered at Duke. It is hard to emerge from these Gothic halls after 34 courses without having grown intellectually. Yet, the spiritual dimension, indeed the more important one, is too often and too easily neglected at Duke. On the surface, we tell ourselves that we are “too busy” with schoolwork, social commitments, career planning, or otherwise to contemplate the Life Questions – why am I here, what makes for a Good life, what is virtue? Far from being esoteric or inflated, those questions are embedded in every human heart, and their answers should frame our lives. Yet, graduation day can arrive without our having given those questions their due consideration. Sadly, that outcome has the implied consent of the University, as Duke will confer a degree on a course of study that has not addressed, even remotely, a single Life Question. Our spiritual dimension is the basis of our human meaning. It allows us to experience, each in a unique way, the inexorable call to the transcendent – to truth, beauty and goodness. But the transcendent spiritual order that grounds human meaning requires a cause. That cause, as Thomas Aquinas articulated, is God, who is the pure, subsistent act of “to be” itself. And our unique capacity and desire as human beings to seek the transcendent, to seek God – the infinite in truth, beauty and goodness – affirms our being made in the image and likeness of God, the imago Dei, and our endowment with an eternal soul. Those facts supply us with ineffable and indelible dignity as distinctly human persons and separate us from other animals. Like our privileged Duke education, our privileged status as human persons carries a responsibility. And what a happy

responsibility it is! We need only to open ourselves to the constant call of the infinite and, in that response, we will find richness and fulfillment. Augustine of Hippo, the intellectual giant of the fifth century, discovered the futility and emptiness of even the most sophisticated education without God. After years of unfulfilled searching, when he finally turned to the transcendent, Augustine concluded, in one of the simplest but most powerful sentences ever written, that God made us for himself and that our hearts will be restless until they rest in him.

Without God, the human being is cut off from its transcendent source and thus ceases to have a soul and to be a person. So understood, the human species is reduced to biological matter and indistinguishable from other species. Although some argue that a moral order can be identified even in the absence of the Transcendent, that claim has not been validated in history. When God has been marginalized and the material order has been exalted – for example, in the French Revolution, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, China, Cuba and many other instances – human dignity has been annihilated. Man has become dispensable and “sacrificed” for other “goals” – the state, the will of the powerful, or some ill-conceived notion of a superior society. With God, derived from God and destined for God, we rightly understand ourselves as the imago Dei and of inestimable meaning and dignity. To affirm our dignity as human beings is to respond affirmatively to the first Life Question – do I even matter? Let us not balk at that question, but rather face it confidently and joyfully by affirming that we are destined for the transcendent. Some Duke students might be skeptical about the existence of God. Some might identify as “spiritual but not religious” or as maintaining belief in some sort of “higher power.” Those yearnings are real and good. They are the imago Dei calling, even if faintly. Responding to that call will lead to fulfillment. As John Paul II, one of the great voices of our time, declared, “the deepest joy in life is the joy that comes from God.” Everything else – a 4.0 GPA, social status, that dream job with a six-figure salary – falls short in the end. Upon beginning a new school year, let us commit ourselves to cultivate both mind and soul and to meet our student responsibility. We should pursue our spiritual development just as much as we pursue our intellectual, social and professional development. In the words of the legendary Duke professor, Stanley Hauerwas, let us commit this year to “Go with God.” William Rooney is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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MUSER from page 2 MUSER to a broader platform and is working on upgrading the website and generating more awareness of the resource among students in the upcoming year. “Any new thing will take a long time for people to accept and MUSER is not an exception, but it’s very important for students to trust it and use it, so that faculty can see that this actually works and will use it as well,” Nguyen said. Expanding MUSER’s reach to include research mentors from different departments in science and engineering fields is one of the long-term goals for Patek and Nguyen. They are also currently working with academic advising departments to further establish MUSER’s presence on campus. “We’re doing baby steps. It’s a big culture step to get [faculty] to post these projects,” Patek said. “It’s small now but I suspect it will to continue to expand and grow.”

CHOLLETT from page 2 He noted, however, that there remain reasons to be confident. “ISIS has not shown much interest in attacking Americans,” Chollet said. “There is an infrastructure [for international cooperation] that has been enhanced and improved upon in this administration.” During his talk, Chollet fielded several questions about the evolving role of social media and

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its place in the policy-making sphere. He pointed to the media coverage of the Arab Spring in Libya as an example of the rapid technological changes presented by social media, citing his experience with Twitter as a means of reporting breaking news. Chollet noted that Twitter allowed him to learn of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s fall even before the White House did. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was a proponent of increasing the role of social media as a tool for foreign policy, Chollet noted, adding that there is still a long way to go. “We could be better. We were getting outpaced on social media by ISIS....and we haven’t shown particular effectiveness,” he said. “There’s no doubt [social media] has an impact on the way we conduct foreign policy, and there’s a way we can use it...but whether it’s changing the fundamental nature of international policy, I’m not sure.” Chollet was joined by Peter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy, who moderated the discussion. Feaver said he came away from the event appreciating what Chollet had to offer. “It’s rare to get somebody with the breadth of experience in the executive branch,” explained Feaver, who was formerly a special advisor on President George W. Bush’s National Security Council. “It thus gives him the ability to speak across so many issues and to see how they all intersect.” Senior Jay Sullivan, a columnist for The Chronicle, said he enjoyed Chollet’s insights behind the scenes at the White House. “He gave us a lot of insight into the intermediate steps of the broader things we’re now seeing the outcome of,” Sullivan said.

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The Chronicle Green Wave running back Sherman Badie led Tulane in rushing last year and will look to provide more support for quarterback Tanner Lee this season.

SCOUTING from page 4 and is expected to ease into his starting role. However, if the Green Wave have any hope of improving on their performance as the No. 15 defense in the country last season, there is a good chance junior Nico Marley will lead the charge at linebacker. Although he was an unheralded recruit coming out of high school, Marley—the grandson of reggae superstar Bob Marley—enters the season as one of the AAC’s best linebackers. The Weston, Fla., native led the team last season with 82 tackles and 13.5 tackles for loss and is described as one of the leaders of the defense along with senior safety Darion Monroe, who has 37 career starts. Monroe is

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