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T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 DUKECHRONICLE.COM
Locked out? Four hours per day, you may be out of luck
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 7
‘WORTH THE RISK OF FAILING’ Scholars argue for reparations for African Americans at Monday panel
By Kyle Melatti Contributing Reporter
Jeremy Pineda Contributing Reporter
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
By Xinchen Li Local and National News Editor
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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