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‘WORTH THE RISK OF FAILING’ Scholars argue for reparations for African Americans at Monday panel

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Locked out of your dorm? If it’s between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m, you might be out of luck beginning this semester. Starting the first week of classes, East, Central and West Campus resident assistants are no longer on call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. This decision came about in response to common grievances brought up by past RA’s, a Housing and Residence Life official told the Chronicle. “It was hard on the RA’s who sometimes had to leave class or leave meetings and activities to respond to calls,” wrote Lisa Beth Bergene, associate dean of East Campus. Bergene added that RA’s receive few calls during that time frame—many of which are not urgent—and said RA’s had commitments to other activities. Additionally, she wrote that this would provide “some relief” for dorms with fewer RA’s. Many of the phone calls were for lockouts, which Bergene called “preventable.” “The goal is for people to take their keys & ID with them when they leave their room to cut down on the number of lock-out calls,” she wrote. Residents most commonly call about lockouts because the Housing and Residence See HOURS on Page 5

Neal Vaidya | Staff Photographer A Monday panel hosted by the deparment of African and African American studies tackled the subject of reparations.

individuals or land-based compensations to communities. “Sometimes we talk in a way in which the word ‘reparation’ acts as a singularity,” Lubiano said. “Whereas in fact, it is a complicated set of multiple possibilities, multiple sites, multiple stages and multiple actors.” Lubiano cited the history department’s recent request to rename the Carr Building on East Campus, for example, as one way Americans could reflect on the history of slavery and redress its victims, aside from material compensation. One projection for the cost of monetary reparations is between $5.9 and $14.2 trillion, according to a 2015 study at the

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Reparations for African Americans are crucial to fight white supremacy and compensate for slavery’s consequences, scholars said at a town hall forum Monday, but they aren’t enough. Racial inequality and discrimination are so engrained in diverse aspects of the American society that no single measure would solve all the problems, said Wahneema Lubiano—associate professor of African and African American studies— at the panel. Reparations are usually discussed in the form of monetary payments to

University of Connecticut. Racism is more profound than slavery and its legacy, said William “Sandy” Darity, panelist and Samuel DuBois Cook professor of public policy. It is most fundamentally manifested in the economic disparity between races, such as disparities in employment rate and educational opportunities, he argued. The median of white families’ incomes is still higher than that of black families overall, Darity said. Darity notes that the movement to “Bank Black and Buy Black”—a movement that encourages African See REPARATIONS on Page 5

Three’s a party: Duke Lemur Center welcomes triplets By Ben Leonard Managing Editor

Photo by David Haring | Duke Lemur Center A set of triplet gray mouse lemurs were born at the Duke Lemur Center in July

The new school year has brought a wave of first-years and now, baby lemurs. The Duke Lemur Center now has a set of triplet gray mouse lemurs, born July 24, in its care. The three lemurs—Teazel, Pumpernickel and Bee Balm—are members of one of the world’s smallest species of primates, which are said to weigh between one-and-a-half and 3 ounces once fully grown. That’s about as much as two slices of bread.

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“Each infant has gained weight steadily and all three are warm, full, and well cared for,” the Lemur Center wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday. Previously, scientists had believed grey mouse lemurs were indeed the smallest primates in the world—until they discovered that the pygmy mouse lemur was not actually extinct. Duke’s center is the only breeding colony for the species in America, with a total of 48 gray mouse lemurs. Gray mouse lemurs are one of the least threatened species See TRIPLETS on Page 6

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Duke students talk about protesting Silent Sam By Michaela Towfighi Contributing Reporter

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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke students are unlikely allies, but some stood together to counterprotest a Thursday vigil for the fallen Silent Sam statue. The bronze statue of a Confederate soldier once stood at the main entrance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until protestors toppled it Aug. 20. A vigil was held for the fallen statue Thursday, and a cohort of Duke students joined the counterprotesters. “A lot of this is Jim Crow. I think there are multiple symbolic resonances with tearing something like this down,” senior Aaron VanSteinberg said. “It’s not only a rejection of this glorification of the Confederate States of America that created itself to uphold a massively violent institution of slavery who would be on par with any genocidal event in history.” Senior Gabe Brumagin said he joined the counterprotesters to prevent “white supremacists” from having a platform. Duke senior Zoe Abedon had a different experience, describing the protest as almost jovial, saying there was a “dance party of sorts” taking place. “They were playing some Fall Out Boy anthems,” she said. “They tried to keep the tone of the counter-protest at least— light’s not the right word—but joyful in a way because you are counter-protesting against something extremely hateful. We outnumber you, we are out here having a good time.” In addition to the police, students were wary of what they described as white supremacist groups at the rally. Brugamin said he was worried that the police would take the side of the rally-goers over the counterprotesters. VanSteinberg was afraid of the police, who he said peppersprayed the crowd. “That’s the first time that I have ever understood that millions and millions of people in this country are afraid of the cops, and have good reason to be,” he said. “Armed people walking around with essentially legal precedent to kill people in

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Courtesy of David McCullough | Flickr Silent Sam was toppled recently by protesters on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

certain situations in the name of ‘justice.’” Junior Caroline Waring said she was unnerved by a Confederate flag with a machine gun and the words “come and get it” printed on it, but also stressed that there was anger coming from both sides. VanSteinberg asserted that he is already familiar with the discourse of white supremacy, being from Oklahoma. He mocked the “throbbing distended reason” of those who argue for free speech on all sides. “The unreasonable thing to be here is objective or to think

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that this is a situation for chin scratching,” he said. Ivy Drew—a first-year at UNC—was disgusted by the statue. She said she participated in the protest because of Julian Carr’s dedication speech of the statue in 1913. Carr recalled how he whipped a black woman who insulted a white “Southern lady.” For Drew, the statue didn’t just signify white supremacy in the South. “The dedication speech of this monument, it was to remind See SAM on Page 6

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At Tuesday’s Black Convocation, members of the Black community built unity at Duke and expressed hope regarding the response of “resistance” to the recent defacement of Duke’s black culture center. Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni filled Penn Pavilion in attendance of the fourth annual convocation, seeing speakers expressing messages of unity, among other things. Vice President for Institutional Equity Ben Reese also gave a speech in remembrance of Phail Wynn, who was vice president of Durham and regional affairs for 10 years. He died in July just over a month after retiring. After a sign at the Mary Lou Williams

Center for Black Culture was defaced with a racial slur two days before classes began, junior Kennedy Ware, president of the Black Students Association, was hopeful about some of the pushback she saw. “A lot of the initial reactions that I have heard thus far have been of pain, frustration, confusion and fear,” Ware said. “It is in this moment that the response that has given me the most hope is that of resistance.” Ware said resistance could be anything from taking a group photo unbothered in front of the Chapel to speaking up when others attempt to silence one’s perspective. “Resistance is demanding spaces for black culture and black art,” Ware said. “Resistance is joyfully walking across the See CONVOCATION on Page 6

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Not sure what clubs to join? There’s an app for that By Shagun Vashisth Senior Editor

Missed the activities fair? Don’t panic— there’s now an app to help you decide which organizations to join. The Duke CoCurricular E-advisor— developed by Duke undergraduates participating in the Data+ summer research program—generates a ranked list of activities that fit the specific user. The e-advisor algorithm is still in its testing stage. “The plan is to have some system where we can have new students put their general interests into the program, and from those general interests be able to give them recommendations,” sophomore Alec Ashforth, a member of the Data+ team, said in a video. Students start by entering a Net ID, major, expected graduation date and—for upperclassmen—Duke activities they have participated in. After submitting a profile on the site and hitting the “recommend” button, the user is presented with a personalized list of organizations at Duke recommended by the e-advisor. “You use actual student data of all the Joy Reeves | Contributing Graphic Designer

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programs that they’ve participated in, and you feed that back into the system to help match their profiles to a new student’s profile,” Brooke Keene, a junior on the research team, said in the video. “The system will only improve if we can keep having students to test our system and keep inputting their data.” New students can also indicate general interests from a set of keywords instead of inputting activities they’ve participated in. The project, though still being developed, currently includes 150 student organizations and data from 80 students. Students can also add student organizations they are a part of to the database. The database only includes co-curricular programs at Duke that don’t count for credit. “Co-curricular programming refers to all the learning that happens outside of your academic classes,” said Michael Faber, manager of the Innovation CoLab at Duke, in the video. “All the clubs, all the projects, independent work— things that are still considered learning opportunities.” The team built the app using R Shiny, a framework for building web applications. They hope to expand the application into a comprehensive product that can act like a comprehensive virtual activities fair. “We built a recommendation algorithm using user-to-user matrices and user-to-item matrices, which is collaborative filtering and content-based filtering,” junior Dezmanique Martin, one of the researchers, said.

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Professors analyze Trump policies, summer political news By Bella Almeida Contributing Reporter

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For students that spent the summer off the grid or ignoring political news, Duke professors held a panel to unpack the summer’s events. The Tuesday afternoon talk—entitled “What Happened?!”—covered the major political happenings of the summer, including issues surrounding gerrymandering in North Carolina, evolving immigration policy and the results of the highly publicized summits, amongst others topics. President Donald Trump’s “zerotolerance” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border was a hot topic. “There’s definitely a racial component involved in these kids being separated from their parents,” said Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science. “What you see President Trump doing here is trying to settle racial fears in the larger political arena.” Suzanne Shanahan, director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, explained that bordercrossings have been steadily declining since 2000, and by early 2018 they were at an all-time low. When they spiked in April 2018, the Trump administration responded by instituting the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy. In May 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security would prosecute all that crossed the border illegally—even if seeking asylum. Because children cannot be held in federal prisons, if detained, they were separated from their parents. On the international stage, Simon Miles, assistant professor of public policy, was

critical of Trump’s foreign policy, focusing on international summits Trump attended, including the NATO, G7, North Korea and Russia Summits. Miles noted that Trump spoke scathingly when referencing the costs of NATO at the G7 summit while lauding the successes of his meetings with North Korea and Russia. Miles warned that a president who “finds it much easier to make common cause with America’s foes than his democratically elected friends” is a “troubling pattern.” Miles added that neither the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin nor North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un resulted in any actual deals. Un agreed to nothing more than to making a denuclearization agreement sometime in the ambiguous future, allowing for North Korea to string along an American administration that wants to solve the North Korea problem, Miles argued. At the summit with Russia in Helsinki, Finland, Miles said Trump got the most he could hope for—the exchange of public relations smiles broadcasted on television— but no legitimate improvement in relationships between the two nations. As for more local happenings, in January 2018, a North Carolina federal court found that North Carolina’s congressional district maps were unconstitutional for favoring Republicans. With the ruling, North Carolina became the first state in history to receive orders to redraw their map on the grounds of a partisan gerrymander. Uncertainty remains regarding whether the maps will remain in place ahead of November’s midterm elections despite a trip to the Supreme Court and remand back to the lower court. Haynie explained that the state has

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historically exhibited the worst cases of gerrymandering in the country, but that they reached a new level for the 2010 midterm elections as a backlash to President Obama’s election in 2008. Haynie said census data revealed that African American voters had been packed together by district lines so as to limit their voting power, a move struck down on grounds of racial gerrymandering. Since then, mapmakers resorted to partisan gerrymandering— which has not won favor in courts.

Anna Broadwater, a first-year public policy graduate student, noted that in a time where staying up-to-date on political changes and happenings in the nation’s capital can be difficult, the panel was great. Tamba Mondeh, also a first-year public policy graduate student who attended the event, agreed with his classmate. “Hearing from professors about current events is engrossing—I follow a lot of issues on the news, but hearing intricate details was helpful,” Mondeh said.

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REPARATIONS FROM PAGE 1 Americans to channel together their assets to create jobs and build businesses—will not address the ongoing wealth inequality. Black firms and institutions are usually much smaller and less profitable than their counterparts owned by white Americans, he explained. “This is not because black-owned institutions lack strong business models or lack wise leaders,” Darity said. “It’s because the inherited economic situations of the communities where they operate make it hard for start-ups to develop.” For example, black families usually have minimal liquid assets, Darity explained. African Americans’ appeal for reparations for slavery echo with similar appeals around the globe, said Laurent Dubois, professor of history, at the panel. In 2013, 5,000 Kenyans received 20 million pounds in reparations from the British government as a compensation for the country’s brutal colonial rule in the 1950s. From a legal standpoint, standing and redressability are issues that have prevented reparations from becoming reality, said Malik Edwards, panelist and law professor at the North Carolina Central University. In this context, the African American community needs to demonstrate that the negative impact of slavery is ongoing and that there is a concrete form of remedy the court is able to offer, he said. After the Civil War, Union General William Sherman infamously promised reparations for slavery in the form of “forty acres and a mule,” Edwards said. That never came true. Economics and political science graduate student Amber Hendley has recently conducted a counterfactual study remapping the American landscape according to General Sherman’s original promise. She also calculated approximately how much African Americans would gain financially from the land. “If we have been given what was stated, I do not believe we would have the problems we have today,” Hendley said. As essential as reparations are, they cannot compensate for all the sufferings slaves and their descendants have undergone, said Joseph Winters, assistant professor of religious studies and African American studies. Slaves suffered from psychological and mental hardship throughout the American history, which cannot be quantifiable, Winter said. And nowadays, African Americans still encounter stigma and lack full recognition of citizenship and a sense of home, he added. The event, called “Reparations Now? Looking at Racial Wealth Inequality in a Time of Authoritarianism,” was sponsored by the department of African and African American Studies. Although Lubiano noted the limitations of reparations in narrowing the social and economic gaps between races, she also said that attempting to carry out reparations opens up valuable discussions and debates across social stratums. “Reparations offer us opportunities to do things that we don’t usually do—which is to talk to each other horizontally despite the existing vertical hierarchy,” Lubiano said. “And it appears to me to be so important that it is worth the risk of failing.”

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HOURS FROM PAGE 1 Life office closes at 5 p.m., sophomore RA Angel Huizar said. Huizar added that he preferred the policy change. “It’s a great change,” he said. “Last semester I had lots of classes, and by the time I got back to East, it was almost 9:00, and now this semester I have classes at 5:35. It works a lot better for RAs’ schedules.” He said he believes that RA’s who have external commitments now have more opportunity and leeway. Some students have expressed concerns about the policy change. First-year Brynne O’Shea of Pegram called it “inconvenient.” She shared an anecdote about one of her friends being locked out of his room in Pegram, where an RA was the only form of assistance readily available. “I actually didn’t know [the policy] was like that,” she said. Out of 15 first-year students The Chronicle spoke with, nine did not know about the RA policy change.

One contact poster in Alspaugh Residence Hall simply provided the “Temporary RA On-Call Number,” with no additional information for on-call hours. Nonetheless, students still have some support during these hours, one RA said. “If any of my residents ever need help and I’m on campus before 9 p.m., I’m willing to help them out,” sophomore RA Nimish Garg said. Bergene wrote that students who are locked out would not be entirely out of options. “If a student is locked out, the student should first call their roommate to be let in,” Bergene wrote. “If the roommate is not available or if the student doesn’t have a roommate, the student can find another RA in the building that can open the door. Otherwise, the student can wait until the RA comes on-call at nine.” Students also have access to graduate residents, resident coordinators and Duke University Police Department during emergency situations. Additionally, exceptions for the policy change will still be made for move-in, move-out and other important events.

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FROM PAGE 1 of lemurs. The Chronicle reported in March 2017 that a Duke research team found that mouse lemurs may be pivotal in finding a cure to Alzheimer’s disease. “If the hypothesis holds up, it could help identify people at risk sooner, before they develop symptoms, or point to new ways to delay onset or slow progression of the disease,” the Lemur Center wrote on its website. A different Duke team published a paper Aug. 30 that could help researchers tally endangered lemur populations in an unconventional way— counting trees, not lemurs. Ninety-five percent of all lemurs are currently at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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to get more involved in the region’s politics. “It is a privilege to not be politicized,” FROM PAGE 2 Brumagin said. The students all agreed that they would like the black woman, the black witch of her to see more cooperation between Duke and place in society,” she said. UNC in tackling such issues. Carr’s name currently adorns the As of now, Drew is anticipating UNC’s Carr Building on Duke’ East Campus, Chancellor Carol Folt’s final decision on the a name Duke’s history department placement of Silent Sam, which will be released recently requested to Nov. 15. It is a privilege to not be be changed. She hopes the statue Waring said that politicized. will be removed, but the social justice while still acknowledging victory of removing its history. gabe brumagin Silent Sam has “History can be SENIOR invigorated student remembered and thought activists in the region, upon and it’s not an gaining momentum erasure of history if we with the further “renunciation of the take down the statue,” she said. “It is an erasure history of white supremacy.” of white supremacy and the notion of that my The students said Duke students need existence on campus will not be of value.”

quad. Resistance is solidarity.” Chandra Guinn, director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, traced back the origin of the Black Convocation to four years ago, in 2015. At that time, she said, it “seemed like we needed to get together in protest.” She said that the black community realized they had to do something different. Just a few months before, a noose was found hanging on the Bryan Center Plaza. Although she rhetorically asked the audience if they had ever felt as if there were no other blacks who work at Duke, she noted that there are approximately 750 undergraduates, 700 graduate students and more than 300 faculty members who identify as those of the African diaspora. Thus, Guinn said the role of black convocation is “celebrating being black at Duke.” Melanie Walker, Law School ’19 and president of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, reflected on the positive contributions during her time at the Law School. Ranging from her experiences in student organizations such as her involvement in Black Students Law Association, the Mary Lou Williams Center and BGPSA, to her experiences in the Raleigh/Durham area, she emphasized in her speech how important it is for students to not “forget to occasionally step outside the Duke bubble.” Ware mentioned similar feelings of community on campus, such as when she greets “Big Mike” when she gets on the bus or when sees “a plethora of beautiful black faces” when walking around campus. She also described the “warm energy” she feels when studying and relaxing in the Mary Lou Center, as she is “instantly reminded of the love and support and excellence” that surround her on campus. Yet, the past two weeks has tested that sense of community, in light of the defaced sign at the

The Chronicle Mary Lou Williams Center. Making her first public statement on the incident, Guinn remarked that she wanted to let everyone know that “we are fine; we are good and your presence here tonight makes us even better.” “In terms of hard truths–really and truly when folks would ask me if I needed anything or how I felt–what I said was that we are moving forward with a hopeful heart,” Guinn said. “Because the truth is as long as we stay in hope, hate can’t win.” In Reese’s remembrance of Wynn, he referred to Wynn’s diverging contributions to the Durham and Duke communities, including his ten-year tenure as vice president of the office of Durham and regional affairs and being the first black president of a community college in North Carolina. He also mentioned that a multitude of places in Durham are named after him but intentionally did not name any specific ones. “Part of your challenge and part of your homework is–over the years that you are here– that you find out what he has done and what places are named after him,” Reese said. “They named places after him because they know that he not only he set foot in those places but he transformed those places.” Ashlie Tyler, T’10 and a first-year M.B.A. student at the Fuqua School of Business, spoke on how humbled she is on the growth of the Black community in the eight years since she graduated. “There are so many more resources for students, yet still not enough,” Tyler said. “Tonight’s message–that we belong and that we are enough was necessary, especially for the undergraduates who are coming of themselves in this world.” She furthered that she would “press upon the University to continue to pour into [the black community] and [the black community] into each other.” “As Chandra mentioned, we have to be the community that we say that we want, and we absolutely have that power,” Tyler said.

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Andie Shelton’s triple-double in a win against South Florida Friday was the first by a Blue Devil since 2006, but the graduate transfer from Pacific needed only four days to repeat the feat. Shelton tallied 11 kills, 19 assists and 11 digs to lead Duke past UNC Greensboro 3-0 (2517, 25-21, 25-16) Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Blue Devils’ fourth straight victory and 0 the program’s 19th UNCG 3 consecutive win against DUKE the Spartans. Duke finished the match with a season-high .325 hitting percentage. “The team in general, they’re so helpful. I have great setters. I have a great defense that’s always there to be picking up the balls that I’m getting blocked on,” Shelton said. “It’s great to have that confidence in my team so I’m able to swing as hard I want, I’m able to set whoever I want and play defense.” The Blue Devils (4-2) got out to a slow start, as UNC Greensboro quickly seized a 12-6 lead in the first set. But Duke scored seven straight points to pull in front with the help of five Spartan attack errors. Three kills by redshirt junior Leah Meyer kept the Blue Devils in control, and three straight service aces for senior setter Haley Seyfarth brought Duke within a point of winning the set. Shelton won the set with a kill that hit UNC Greensboro’s blockers and fell out of bounds, as the Blue Devils closed the frame on a 21-7 run.

a matter of us kind of picking ourselves up and getting confident.” Duke quickly rattled off five straight points to pull within one, as Shelton contributed a kill and teamed up with 6-foot-5 middle blocker Summer Brown for a block. After UNC Greensboro scored a point to briefly keep the lead, the Blue Devils continued their onslaught, and Shelton elevated for three more kills to punctuate a 12-1 run that

I hear them all the time. The whispers in the Shooters line about the basketball players who don’t have to wait. The jokes about how athletes don’t take demanding classes. Some Duke students have a preconception that athletes here have it easy. These same people probably would not want to experience an athlete’s schedule for a day, let alone a week. There are certainly benefits to being an athlete. Athletes have specialized tutoring, training, free gear and professional development programs. Often, they get extended flexibility and leniency from teachers, and socially, they just about seem to run campus life. As an everyday student, it is easy to view these things without the appropriate context and be jealous. But many people tend to forget that athletes are people too. And at Duke, athletes are students, just like you and me. I have had the privilege to be best friends with one of the many. She is one of the best people I have ever met—supportive, positive, interesting, thoughtful—and everything you want in a best friend. She came to Duke to not only do what she loved athletically, but also to study what she loved: biology. Never have I met

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Andie Shelton (16) has immediately emerged as a leader in her first season after transferring from Pacific following her graduation. The second set started out much like the first, and when senior Jessi Bartholomew touched the net on an attack attempt, the Spartans (3-4) took an 18-12 lead and appeared poised to even the match at one set apiece. “We started off really slow, and then we kind of realized, ‘Hey, we’ve really got to pick ourselves up and get going right now, because this isn’t acceptable.’ We had the coaches telling us, ‘Hey, you guys are better than this,’” Shelton said. “We knew we were better than them. It was just

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Can Duke keep Northwestern off the ground again? By Derek Saul Blue Zone Editor

Northwestern University: a school known for elite academics, a beautiful campus situated right on Lake Michigan, harsh winters and...football? After a drought of 64 years, head coach Pat Fitzgerald led his team to a bowl victory in 2012, as the Wildcats outlasted Mississippi State 34-20 in the Gator Bowl. This was no flash in the pan—Fitzgerald’s squads have fared well of late, winning three bowl games and finishing ranked in the final AP poll three times in the last six years. For a fourth consecutive season, Duke will take Northwestern, its second FBS opponent of 2018. The Wildcats’ nadir of 2017 came in its embarrassing 41-17 loss to the Blue Devils, as their only other defeats came at the hands of Wisconsin and Penn State, who finished the season ranked No. 7 and No. 8, respectively. One man’s famine is another man’s

feast, and Duke surely left that same game satiated. Quarterback Daniel Jones had what was likely the best performance of his career, as he tallied 413 total yards and four touchdowns. Even more impressive was the Blue Devil defense, which held Northwestern to a mere 181 total yards. Justin Jackson, who graduated in the spring as the tenth-leading rusher in Division I history, was held to just 18 yards on the ground, the lowest total of his illustrious career. Despite Jackson’s departure, the Wildcats should maintain a strong rushing attack, led by sophomore Jeremy Larkin and four returning starters on the offensive line. Larkin saw an increased workload down the stretch, and averaged 65.6 rushing yards on 7.6 yards per attempt in Northwestern’s final five games. “Larkin is a different kind of back [than Jackson],” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe See FOOTBALL on Page 9

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With four seniors trying to fill in the leadership roles of a nationally-ranked sevenwoman graduating class from last season, the Blue Devils haven’t been without hiccups. However, with continued improvements against a variety of nonconference opponents, Duke is showing that it has the potential to be a powerhouse when all of its pieces fit together. The No. 14 Blue Devils will continue their nonconference slate Thursday at 7 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium against Nebraska. All season Duke Nebraska has boasted a stout vs. defense, allowing just Duke one goal in its past four contests. The Thursday 7 p.m. Blue Devils have, Koskinen Stadium however, struggled to finish despite repeatedly outshooting opponents, leading recent matches against the likes of Marquette and Providence to come out a bit too close for comfort. “It’s a difficult weekend because we have our Nike tournament the weekend before, and then the ACC always starts a weekend after. This is really the sandwich in between two really big weekends,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “This would give us a chance to have a pretty good nonconference record if we can get two wins here. That’s not going to be easy but we’re looking forward to it.” A large part of the Blue Devils’ nonconference success has been a defense

COLUMN FROM PAGE 7 someone so passionate about a subject in my entire life, and to this day, after knowing each other since we were neighbors freshman year, we laugh about how people are intimidated by her and reminisce on the days I spent feeling the same way. I would still be lying if I said I don’t get nervous talking to some athletes here on campus. But I would not be lying if I said that some of the kindest, smartest and most interesting people on this campus are athletes. Some of my best memories and conversations over these past four years have been with them. I have supported them in their games and matches and they have supported me. Not very many athletes I know would say life here is easy. But not very many I know would change their path here either. Practice schedules require early morning and late evenings—not to mention are restrictive when it comes to scheduling meetings or accessing resources like tutoring. They struggle to attend office hours and resource room hours, and sometimes can’t take the classes they want to because of practice schedules. Athletes also have added pressure: they have to support their teams, coaching staffs and the entire school every time they put on that Duke uniform. And a lot of times, even when they aren’t even wearing the blue and white.

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Redshirt sophomore Brooke Heinsohn has shined in goal so far this season. that has only given up three goals the entire season. Headlined by redshirt sophomore netminder Brooke Heinsohn—who boasts 22 saves for the season and an 88.0 save percentage—and backed up by experienced defenders Chelsea Burns and Karlie Paschall, Duke has a back line that even the most aggressive of offenses would be hard pressed to break through. Although the shots haven’t fallen for the Blue Devils (4-1-1), it isn’t for lack of trying. Duke has outshot its opponents 99-57, holding a 48-23 margin in offensive

No sport here deserves more or less than any other. No one sport here is “harder”, or even has harder practice schedules. Every single athlete here deserves to be here. They play the sports they love and every sport here is played by people who chose to do it for Duke. I remember in high school, coming into the gym every morning at 5 a.m. The security guard would let me in the side door, and for two hours before class started I would get some shots up. I would repeat drills from the week or lift in the weight room—anything I thought would help me improve as a player. My mornings were not spent only for me, though. No matter how tired I was, I knew there was something else I was getting into the gym for. It was my team. For some of the other girls on the team, it was their families. Others, it was the money for a college scholarship. Everyone plays for something. Because of that, there’s a lot of pressure. Duke athletes represent our school in the most public arenas. Many people can name Grayson Allen, for example, but not a single other Duke alum. They are public figures as much as students, and that’s a great responsibility. People know Duke not only because of what Duke alumni have accomplished or because of its academic reputation. Many know Duke because it is an athletic powerhouse in a competitive ACC. So next time you see an athlete, remember what they sacrificed and support them. Get to

attempts alone. These margins have not always been conducive to offensive efficiency, as in the Blue Devils’ 2-0 win over Marquette. Duke outshot the Golden Eagles 22-4, yet failed to register a goal until 17 shots into the match. “At the beginning of the season I don’t think we were playing at our best by any means, but you saw flashes of good things and the coaches would really emphasize those things by saying ‘more of that, we need more of that,’” senior Kayla McCoy said. “The Marquette game was the first game where we

played strong the majority of the game, but we had some weak points in the game where we still weren’t quite good enough. We’re getting there, it’s just a building process of being able to stay switched on.” One of the keys to the Blue Devils’ ability to relentlessly pressure opponents on the offensive end has come from an attacking scheme featuring talented freshmen in addition to well-seasoned upperclassmen. Of Duke’s freshman class, forward Marykate McGuire and midfielder Mackenzie Pluck have been outstanding on the attack, accounting for half of the Blue Devils’ total goals for the season. Backed up by junior Ella Stevens, who has five assists, and seniors Taylor Racioppi and McCoy regularly driving the ball deep into enemy territory, it’s no wonder Duke averages 16.5 shots per game to their opponents’ 9.5. If the Blue Devils can find their rhythm on offense and continue to gel its older and younger pieces, Duke will have the talent and depth to take their conference competition by storm. Standing in the way of ACC play is one more week of nonconference play, starting with Nebraska (3-2-1). The Cornhuskers have yet to find consistency in their season, taking down Oregon State 3-0 before falling 2-1 to thenNo. 18 Washington State. They were then walloped by Baylor 6-0. Nebraska has struggled defensively, giving up 11 goals in its past six games. Goalkeeper Aubrei Corder has a meager save percentage of 47.4, notching just nine saves through nonconference play. With a backline primarily composed of freshmen See W. SOCCER on Page 9

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advantage on another kill by Shelton, who achieved her triple-double with another kill that gave Duke a 19-12 lead after the teams traded points in the middle of the set. Kills by Bartholomew and junior Samantha Amos put the finishing touches on a quick victory, which the Blue Devils wrapped up in less than 90 minutes. Bartholomew and Meyer joined Shelton in double figures in kills with 10 apiece, and Meyer reached the mark on just 14 total attacks, good for an exceptional .714 hitting percentage. Duke’s hitting percentage in the third set was a dominant .484, as the team progressively improved in that statistic in each set. “Some of the matches we’ve had earlier this year, we’ve had good starts and then maybe the hitting percentage went down as the match went on, but I’m excited to hear that we just kept increasing it,” Blue Devil head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We have a lot of new players, young players plus a grad student, and we’re still learning about each other every time we step on the court.” Duke will continue its seven-game homestand

VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 7 gave the hosts a 23-19 advantage. Shelton—an honorable mention AllWest Coast Conference selection last year at Pacific—received ACC Player of the Week honors Monday for her performances in Duke’s three weekend wins, and the do-it-all veteran continued starring with an efficient .476 hitting percentage Tuesday. “It was really a surprise. It was great, so I was really honored, and I know there are a lot of good players in the ACC,” Shelton said of her award. “The school—it’s as awesome as everyone says it is. I’m loving being here.” The Spartans touched the net on an attack by freshman Ade Owokoniran to hand the Blue Devils the set and a commanding 2-0 lead, and Duke left little doubt that it would complete the sweep from the beginning of the third frame. The Blue Devils jumped out to a 10-4

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at the Duke Invitational this weekend with a doubleheader Friday against Cincinnati and Coastal Carolina and another match Saturday at East Tennessee State. “You’re going to feel that momentum and that urge and that desire to want to keep winning, so I think that’s really helping us going into this next three games,” Shelton said. “Hopefully we can take the momentum and just keep rolling.”

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said. “He’s really elusive, with really quick feet, [and he] scares you in that way, how he can make you miss.” The Cincinnati, Ohio, native started off the 2018 season with a bang, with 143 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 31-27 triumph over Purdue. In the air, quarterbacks Clayton Thorson— who tore his right ACL last December—and FROM PAGE 8 T.J. Green split reps in the season opener. Thorson, Northwestern’s all-time leader in and sophomores, the Cornhuskers have passing touchdowns, and Green are currently struggled with opponents that press on listed as co-starters for Saturday’s game. offense—something the Blue Devils will “[Northwestern] threw it a little bit definitely do Thursday. more with Thorson for obvious reasons— Nebraska’s offense has been driven by he’s a veteran starter and a big, 6-footsenior Savanah Uveges, who has notched 4 guy,” Cutcliffe said. “But don’t think almost a third of the team’s goals for the for a second that Green can’t throw the season and shares the lead in assists. football. We have to focus on pressuring the Backed up by junior Brenna Ochoa, the quarterback no matter who is back there in Cornhuskers have a competent offensive order to be successful.” The Wildcats were undoubtedly tandem that can draw out open looks stronger on the defensive side of the ball against unaware defenses. last year, and ranked 20th in the nation For a young team like Duke, getting in points allowed per game. Six members another strong nonconference win would of a strong starting front seven returned be key to build confidence heading into to campus this fall, including All-Big Ten ACC play. defensive end Joe Gaziano, who led the “We know as a coaching staff what the players can do, what the players got to do, team with nine sacks. and that we’re comfortable every time we put “They’re going to be faster, bigger and ourselves out there. We’re going to compete and stronger than Army,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s really play hard for the full 90 minutes,” Church going to come down technique, leverage, said. “Not just first night but the second night hands and quick feet. When you’re playing and the second day…. We’re at the point where equally gifted players, you have to find your we just need to be very consistent…. Now we edge in different places.” The New YorksoTimes aren’t changing things muchSyndication but insteadSales Corporation The two teams will take the field Saturday 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 we’re fine tuning areas.” at noon in Evanston, Ill. For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550

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ith recent national headlines about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos planning to deregulate for-profit colleges—a policy choice that would end Obamaera protections put in place after hundreds of these colleges were accused of “widespread fraud”—and campus news items like the reappointment of Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag (the administrator credited with drastically reducing Duke’s admission rate), higher education accessibility continues to be a prominent topic of heated debate. However, these conversations often lack nuanced and historicized assessments of the hallowed grounds we praise as sites of scholarly production. The ills that plague prestigious campuses like Duke around the country can’t be discussed in earnest without understanding the intentions and values that birthed them. When Duke started as a private subscription school in 1838, the initial vision of this university was far from the rhetoric of inclusivity and diversity touted today. It would be decades after founding for white women to be admitted as “full degree candidates” and even longer for the campus to desegregate—a process which began in 1963. Despite a brief period of offering free education for preachers in exchange

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for monetary support from the Methodist church, attendance at Duke has also been out of reach for the poor for most of its existence. As stated in a recent Chronicle opinion column, “higher education was never meant for the many. It was always meant for the few.” However, what is often missed is that this exclusivity is not to be celebrated as proof of our merit as students. Artificial scales of worth— mechanisms informed by the familial wealth lottery

Editorial Board more than any perceived god-given talent—are the uneven, rotting foundation on which praises of elitism sit. Students should, in fact, critically analyze gatekeeping at Duke—in both its past and present forms—as evidence of the intentional structures of violence and repression that serve as the scaffolding of higher education’s exclusivity. While Duke certainly looks different than the classes of yesteryear and has made considerable strides toward diversity in the last three decades, it can’t help but be asked if efforts to expand accessibility into the university for some have truly been successful. What does it mean that the demographic makeup of the school is shifting if administration still hesitate to institute policies and support networks that serve their changing student body? How much is the university actually doing to grapple with the lingering ghosts of men who funded this school for the few while building their fortune off the exploitation of the rest? How much of this diversity is a result of true inclusion rather than tokenization? As a New York Times investigation uncovered, Duke’s purported robust diversity isn’t as simple as the university’s promises of inclusivity would have applicants believe. The socioeconomic disparities within the student body are telling: 69 percent of students come from the top 20 percent of richest families in the U.S, while only 3.9 percent come from the bottom 20. This elitism that characterizes Duke’s past and present necessitates abiding by the arbitrary, racialized and intentional economic factors that create impoverishment that keeps higher education out of the grasp of many. Ultimately, the separation between

Duke students and “the unwashed masses,” as the author tastelessly puts it in his opinion column, is an artificial one. Achieving status as an elite college student isn’t primarily a result of a student’s inherent worth; it is a result of interlocking factors of systemic economic, social and racial discrimination. Prescribing solutions to this bind is a complicated task. It would be entirely reasonable to assert that universities as we know them are irredeemable and that placing faith in reform is chasing a optimistic vision of futurity that will never materialize. However, that leaves little for the few at universities around the country that have managed to defy all odds and are currently faced with temporary homes that refuse to protect them. Even if universities seem doomed to reproduce the inequities they were created within, that doesn’t render attempts to survive on their campuses moot. Small approaches that have been offered to try and change the exclusivity of colleges include actively resisting the idolization of the low acceptance rate and expanding class sizes, allowing more of the large applicant pool to access a Duke education and reputation. In terms of attempting to create a different kind of Duke that is more accommodating of the racially diverse student body it claims to value, policy changes have been proposed by student advocacy organizations as starting points. Of course, these solutions only scratch the surface of this deep reaching problem, but it’s a start. As it presently stands, the fact that Duke is an elite institution that stems from and perpetuates oppressive institutions is unavoidable, but that doesn’t mean we should, by any means, embrace this reality or complacently accept it. Regardless of how untenable universalized higher education or entirely reimagined structures of learning might seem now, those ambitions aren’t destined to resigned abandonment. The historical legacies of efforts to chip away at the prominent injustices that mar Duke haven’t been in vain and we owe it to the agitators and activists that paved way for us to reside here, to continue it. Even if Duke may never stray from the discriminative intentions it was created with, the ubiquitous struggle to make it at least survivable is honorable, to say the least.

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ast Spring, Duke announced that incoming first-year students, aside from those in varsity sports, would no longer have the option to choose a roommate. By dissolving the roommate selection option, administrators hoped that students from different backgrounds could be forced to live in the same 100-square foot room for an entire year and thus learn from each other. This decision was controversial, as some agreed with the housing decision and others said it placed a burden of education on students with marginalized identities. While I agree that the benefits of randomized housing can be substantial, I am concerned for the first-years who are now tasked with being a

Nathan Heffernan COLUMNIST lesson in tolerance for their roommates. For this piece, I am going to focus mainly on gay male students, as that is the perspective I understand most—although many other minority groups will experience similar issues. In the months prior to my first semester at Duke in the fall of 2017, my class GroupMe and Facebook were fairly active, with students posting autobiographical entries in hopes of finding a roommate or friends. A student, probably a Prattstar, created a Google spreadsheet for male students looking to choose a roommate. The spreadsheet contained categories like intended major, Trinity or Pratt, interests, sleep schedule, and political affiliation. As more excessive categories began to be added, I thought it would be funny to add a “Kinsey scale’ category in the spreadsheet. This addition sparked confusion. Once it was explained as a scale for sexual orientation with one being exclusively heterosexual and six being

exclusively homosexual, incoming first-years began to put their respective numbers down. Eventually, my idea was rightfully criticized as being irrelevant and problematic, so it was changed to “are you comfortable with having a gay roommate?” since many felt this question was more useful. I chuckled when I first saw it, as I assumed that most Duke students would be tolerant enough to have a gay roommate. I personally was not concerned with my roommate being homophobic and was content with going random. But much to my surprise, many students began to put down “I’d prefer not” or “not sure” in the box asking if they were comfortable with having a gay roommate. Seeing those responses made me reconsider going random and shifted my anxiety from having an untidy roommate to having a homophobic one. A dorm room is an intimate place where two or three students, away from home for potentially the first extended period of time, must cohabitate and work together harmoniously. It is an easy area to create tension and conflict, but can also be a fun space of peace. For LGBT firstyear students arriving to their dorm room, their rooming assignment can be surrounded by fear and anxiety. Although blatant homophobia is typically frowned upon on Duke campus, students can still harbor anti-gay sentiments. And even if a roommate is not explicitly bigoted towards LGBT individuals, they can still have discomfort with living in close quarters with someone who identifies as LGBT. I understand how homophobic all-male spaces can be, as I grew up in them. I played hockey, was in Boy Scouts for a brief stint, and spent some time living in Texas. In many areas of the U.S., antigay sentiments are not an anomaly but a default. When I meet a brand-new person, I tend to behave under the assumption that they could be homophobic. To believe that most students arriving to Duke are innately LGBT-allies would be idealistic and out-of-

touch. Hopefully, by the end of our years here we could all be allies for marginalized groups, but that takes time and education. And while having a friend with a certain identity is one of the best ways to break down bigotry towards people with that identity, a dorm room can be too intimate of a place for that growth to safely happen. In a case of two roommates, one who is gay and the other who has no exposure to the gay community, there are two possible outcomes: the other student learns acceptance, or they do not. There is a potential for the straight student to grow as a person, but this is not guaranteed. On the flip side, there is absolutely no benefit for the gay student. Either they successfully teach their roommate not to hate gay people, or they live in an uncomfortable environment until something changes. LGBT students do not need the lesson of living with straight people, since they have been doing just that for most of their lives. Even though I talked mainly about the extremes of a gay/straight roommate situation, there remains plenty of space between hatred and acceptance. A straight roommate could be tolerant of LGBT individuals in general, but still be uncomfortable with their roommate bringing home a same-sex partner. These problems persist, even after first-years have attended True Blue. As a Resident Assistant on East, I will be checking up on my LGBT residents over the course of the year, as I am sure many other RAs will do. I expect the majority of roommate situations to fare on the positive side, but I have spoken with many LGBT students who have come here concerned. If you are straight and have an LGBT roommate, make sure that your communal space is always a home for them. Understand that they are an individual with a specific set of life experiences that cannot sum up their entire community. Learn from each other, but try not to make them have to teach you a painful lesson. Nathan Heffernan is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

From date spots to study tips, Chronicle staff answer frequently un-asked questions for first-years

ditor’s note: As advice for the Class of 2022 has piled up in recent weeks, The Chronicle staff took it upon ourselves to answer all the most important questions first-years could have. Here’s some foolproof advice that has been battle-tested in the most last-minute exam cram sessions and tallest Pitchforks haystacks. Best study spot on campus? The lower levels of the Bryan Center are very underrated places to get work done. For someone who can’t endure the suffocating atmosphere of a library, the comfortable chairs and couches of the BC provide enough seclusion to focus on your work along with a steady level of din to give you a sense of vicarious freedom. Nathan Luzum, senior editor, junior If it’s a nice day, the wooden tables behind Perkins (next to the steps leading to the Engineering Quad) provide a different ambiance from the library. You have a beautiful view of the chapel and can enjoy the weather! Sujal Manohar, photography editor, junior As a first-year, the best place to study during daylight hours is Gilbert Addoms’ basement (GADU). It’s spacious and there’s almost no one there from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Just don’t go at night or early morning, because you’ll be surrounded by drunk freshmen coming back from Shooters or a Cosmic run. Isabelle Doan, news editor, junior On East Campus, the basement of Bell Tower has open classrooms and study rooms that are quiet and have natural daylight (a big plus when compared to poor lighting in Lilly Library). If you live in Bell Tower, Trinity, Blackwell or Randolph, you should especially take advantage of these spaces. Also, if you use the study rooms during week hours, you can get free tea or hot chocolate from the Oasis! Lexi Kadis, senior editor, junior What’s your go-to food option for a late night in Perkins? I wish I had known about Pitchforks (Cafe Edens, but no one calls it that) when I was a first-year. You can go and eat all the greasy food you want, literally any time you want (it’s open 24/7). Nothing like a grilled cheese and fries to get you through a long night. It is a bit of a walk from Perkins, but it’s great to take a break and sit down and eat there with a friend. Ben Leonard, managing editor, junior The circulation desk at Perkins where I work sometimes puts out free snacks like cupcakes and pizza during finals season. Sometimes stress eating helps while you’re pouring over your orgo notes at 2 a.m. Alan Ko, editorial board chair, senior During weekdays, the cafe in Perkins is open until midnight. Highly recommended for healthy quick snacks like carrot sticks or for satisfying a sweet tooth with brownies during a study session. It’s also a perfect spot to load up on caffeine without having to leave the library. Sydney Roberts, editorial board chair, senior Hidden gem: dining edition.

Panera is high-key slept on. I went there every Friday with my friends freshman year. Cheap, close to East, and they have incredible mac n’ cheese. Ben Leonard, Managing Editor, junior Not a lot of freshmen know about brunch at the Nasher Museum of Art on the weekends. It’s on food points, it’s delicious and you can explore the galleries for free afterwards. Get the ham benedict. Christy Kuesel, Recess editor, senior Study tips? Don’t take freshman year seriously. It’s really early in your experience and you should focus on exploring your interests and getting settled at Duke—not making sure you get a 4.0. Ben Leonard, Managing Editor, junior If you really have to study for an important exam, then Perkins probably won’t be the best place to study because it can get really crowded and noisy during midterm and finals season. Gather up some study buddies and pot of coffee, and find a nice, relaxing place—like maybe one of the lecture halls during the evening— and go from there. Alan Ko, editorial board chair, senior Study early and move often. Last reading period, I spent around an hour in one place until my mind began to wander and I moved to another building—the change of scenery allows you to focus better by getting your blood flowing and clearing your mind. Nathan Luzum, senior editor, junior I’m a firm believer in thorough study guides. While they can be a bit tedious to make, they’ve been key to acing midterms and finals for me. Start exam preparation early and write out important elements of each lecture and summaries of required texts. It gives you a structured way to review notes intentionally, helps you retain information by writing it out by hand, and provides an end product that is easy to revisit as the exam gets closer. Sydney Roberts, editorial board chair, senior Best place to cry on campus? The biggest power move is crying in your advisor’s office. They have to be nice to you! Frances Beroset, opinion editor, senior Bathrooms on the bottom floor of the Brodhead Center by Au Bon Pain, for sure. Shagun Vashisth, senior editor Even though Counseling and Psychological Services has gotten some mixed reviews, definitely seek professional help if you’re feeling like you’re going through a rough time here. Duke is a pressure cooker, and taking care of yourself mentally should be a priority. Alan Ko, editorial board chair, senior Fun date spot? If you have access to a car, the beaches at Jordan and Falls Lakes are great. Ben Leonard, managing editor, junior Local shows at the Pinhook are my go-to, but be sure to check that it is not a 21-and-up show first. If the music scene isn’t really your speed, try out the Carolina Theatre. Every once in a while they

have showings of some great cult classics as a part of the reoccuring Retro Films Series. Sydney Roberts, editorial board chair, senior When I was a first-year, my high school boyfriend would come visit me and we would routinely walk to the Dollar General, buy juice and argue quietly the entire way there and also back to avoid disturbing my roommate by arguing in the dorm room. Romantic AND inexpensive. Frances Beroset, opinion editor, senior The Washington Duke Inn dining room is probably one of the nicest place to go on an actual date. Of course, unless you’re dating a senior, it’ll probably put a dent in your wallet. Alan Ko, editorial board chair, senior Favorite food when you’re missing home? Cosmic is always the go-to, any time, anywhere. It’s close to East and you can get it on Postmates. Nothing like queso to make you feel better. Ben Leonard, managing editor, junior I have yet to find a decent Korean place near campus (and no, Ginger and Soy doesn’t count). Sometimes, the best alternative for my Korean palette are soggy Shin bowl noodles that my parents mail me. Alan Ko, editorial board chair, senior How do you survive the first-year meal plan? You are forced to eat at Marketplace. There is no surviving it. My condolences. Ben Leonard, managing editor, junior Find a rich upperclassmen with a Plan E dining plan to mooch off of once you run out of food points at the end of September. Alan Ko, editorial board chair, senior Enjoy it. This might be an unpopular answer, but I always felt that people bashed Marketplace because it’s the in-vogue thing to do. Although the food may get repetitive, the buffetstyle meals will fill you up and the Marketplace breakfast/ brunch remains unrivaled. I also ate a late breakfast and 5 p.m. dinner to avoid spending food points on lunch, so I had hundreds of points near the end of the semester—this is a feasible way to win friends and influence people. Nathan Luzum, senior editor, junior What’s something I absolutely have to do off campus? Explore downtown Durham—especially restaurants like Bull City Burger, The Parlor, and Gonza! Sujal Manohar, photography editor, junior Carolina Theatre, Pompieri Pizza and the Saturday morning farmers market! Christy Kuesel, Recess editor, senior What’s something I absolutely have to do on campus? Chapel climb! It’s a view of Durham and campus that can’t be beat. Bre Bradham, editor-in-chief, junior Attend a basketball game and visit the gardens in spring! Sujal Manohar, photography editor, junior Complete your graduation requirements. Ben Leonard, managing editor, junior

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CAN’T MISS EVENTS SEPTEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 17 SCREEN/SOCIETY

The Visible Spectrum—Program 2: Ephraim Asili: “Diaspora Suite”— with Ephraim Asili in attendance September 11 7 pm Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater

In 2011, New York-based filmmaker, DJ, and traveler Ephraim Asili began an extraordinary series of films on the African diaspora. These films—Forged Ways (2011), American Hunger (2013), Many Thousands Gone (2015), Kindah (2016), and Fluid Frontiers (2017)—bring together archival research and Asili’s travels through Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jamaica, and the United States to chart cultural connections across time and space. Together as the Diaspora Suite, the five films, all shot on 16mm are poetic examinations of place and time. Through imaginative juxtaposition of geographies, non-sync sound and exquisite visual rhythms, Asili proposes an aesthetics of diasporic time, where movements, bodies and cultures speak across oceans, the present and the deep past. More info: ami.duke.edu/screensociety.

PEOPLE GET READY: BUILDING A CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION Saturday, September 1-Sunday, January 6 Nasher Museum of Art

SANDRA COTTON, MEZZO SOPRANO & CATHERINE HAMNER, PIANO Sunday, September 9 2 pm Nelson Music Room

VISIONARY APONTE: ART & BLACK FREEDOM Wedneday, September 19Saturday, November 17 Power Plant Gallery

ONE HURRICANE SEASON Thursday, October 11 Kreps and Lyndhurst Galleries, Center for Documentary Studies

DANCING AT LUGHNASA Thursday, November 8, 2018-Sunday, November 18, 2018 Sheafer Theater

NOVEMBER DANCES 2018 Nov. 16-17 | 7:30 p.m. Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater

Brought to you by Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Dance Program, Music Department, Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Studies, Nasher Museum of Art, Program in the Arts of the Moving Image’s Screen/Society and Theater Studies.