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New dorm BLUE DEVILS AIM TO SNARE TIGERS Duke heads to Greenville, S.C. to take on Clemson coming to East Campus Samantha Neal The Chronicle As part of an effort to modernize freshman residence halls, East Campus will be home to 12 dormitories instead of 14 by January 2018. A new residence hall will be built close to Bell Tower residence hall and will house 250 students—making it the largest freshman dorm on East. The new dorm will serve as a single residence hall to replace Epworth, Jarvis and East Residence Hall altogether. After determining that the combined costs to renovate the three dorms would be approximately the same as constructing a new residence hall, the new project was conceived, explained Rick Johnson, associate vice president of student affairs Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Graduate student Marshall Plumlee will look to continue his strong play inside against a dangerous Tiger frontcourt led by Jaron Blossomgame.
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Brian Pollack The Chronicle Saturday, the Blue Devils took on an upand-coming ACC opponent fresh off No. 9 a big upset, but they Duke quickly squashed vs. Virginia Tech’s hopes Clemson of a second straight win against a ranked opponent. WEDNESDAY, 7 p.m. Now, Duke finds Bon Secours Wellness Arena itself in that situation once again—just against a different opponent. After easily dispatching the Hokies in
Chronicle File Photo East Residence Hall will be one of three dormitories replaced by a new residence hall that will be constructed near Bell Tower.
their first conference home game of the year, the No. 9 Blue Devils hit the road again to take on Clemson Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. The Tigers were predicted to finish 12th in the ACC in the preseason rankings, but just knocked off then-No. 16 Louisville Sunday and are riding a three-game winning streak into Wednesday’s contest. Clemson’s only conference defeat came at the hands of No. 5 North Carolina—which currently sits atop the ACC standings—and a win would catapult the Tigers past Duke early in conference play. But the Blue Devils have reeled off three straight victories of their own to start off ACC action and appear to be playing some of their best basketball of the season after cruising past Virginia Tech
thanks to a 50-point first half. “We played well. We played a team that’s been playing great. The first half was sensational, not just offensively, but defensively,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after Saturday’s win. “Overall, that was a really outstanding performance by our kids coming after the huge win in adverse situations Wednesday night [at Wake Forest].” Duke (14-2, 3-0 in the ACC) used an early onslaught of 3-pointers to put the Hokies in a deep hole Saturday, and a career-best 21 points from center Marshall Plumlee helped keep Virginia Tech from mounting a comeback. If the Blue Devils want to escape See M. BASKETBALL on Page 4
Early decision acceptance rate falls to record-low 23.5 percent Rachel Chason The Chronicle Early decision applicants will make up 48 percent of Duke’s Class of 2020—the same proportion of students admitted through the early decision process as last year. This Fall, 3,455 students applied to Duke early, which represents an 11 percent increase from last year and a record high for the University. Of those applicants, who will be able to view their admissions decisions at 7 p.m. Thursday, 813 will be accepted. This acceptance rate—23.5 percent—is the lowest the University
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expectations list online has been updated to reflect the ban. The Chronicle “ALL self-balancing scooters, also referred to as battery-operated scooters or handsHousing, Dining and Residence Life free segways and more popularly known as recently announced a ban on hoverboards hoverboards or hover boards, will be banned from residence halls and apartments. from use and/or storage within the residence Hoverboards—the popular name for halls and apartments,” the site states. self-balancing scooters—have been banned One of the main safety issues concerning by approximately 20 college campuses hoverboards is the rechargeable lithium nationwide due to safety concerns. Other batteries they contain. institutions such as airlines have also issued Michael Gustafson, associate professor bans. Hoverboards have been reported of the practice of electrical and computer to spontaneously ignite while in use or engineering, explained in an email that charging, resulting in 28 hoverboard- lithium ion batteries are effective in storing related fires in 19 states, according to relatively large amounts of energy in relatively records by the U.S. Consumer Product small spaces. If the battery is built poorly Safety Commission. or is damaged in some way, that relatively “This new policy is being implemented large amount of energy may get rapidly and because of recent safety concerns raised by uncontrollably expended—“usually leading the Consumer Product Safety Commission to a fire or worse.” and the potential impact of the associated The ban of hoverboards on airlines is risks of fire and falls/collisions,” Dean for reasonable due to the possibility and past Residential Life Joe Gonzalez wrote in an occurrences of fires caused by such devices, email to the student body. The residential policies and community See HOVERBOARDS on Page 5
Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle West Campus architect Julian Abele took inspiration from many sources in designing the campus between 1924 and 1935.
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Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle President Richard Brodhead recently announced the formation of an advisory group to consider ways to honor Julian Abele, the black architect who designed the majority of West Campus but was never able to set foot on the segregated campus. Abele was born in Philadelphia, where he became the first black graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s architecture department in 1902. He then continued his studies at Ecole Des Beaux Arts, a world-renowned art school in Paris, after which he joined the firm of the American arhitect Horace Trumbauer in 1906. He advanced in 1909 to become the firm’s chief designer. The Trumbauer firm designed and supervised the construction of West Campus between 1924 and 1935. In addition to his contributions to Duke, Abele participated in the planning of more than 400 buildings during his career, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Widener Library at Harvard University.
“The Julian Abele story is one of the most amazing and distinctive features of Duke University,” Brodhead said. “This was the most distinguished American university located in the former Confederacy, located in a state that had official segregation. The 1930s was the deepest depths of segregation. That during that time, this University chose a black architect to design its campus, is an amazing story.” Abele took inspiration from many sources in designing Duke’s campus. Its founders wanted Duke’s architecture to follow the choices of peer universities, including the University of Chicago, Yale University and Princeton University. “He really had an obsession with French architecture, and he put his own spin on it,” said sophomore Chris Cook, the great-greatgrand nephew of Abele. “Obviously, you can see the Gothic references at Duke.” Research by William King, who was University archivist from 1972 to 2002, found that University officials understood Abele’s
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Senior Jay Ruckelshaus attends State of the Union address Rachel Chason The Chronicle Senior Jay Ruckelshaus attended Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address as the guest of Rep. Susan Brooks, a congresswoman from Indiana’s fifth district. Ruckelshaus, who was recently named a recipient of the 2016 Rhodes Scholarship, is the founder and president of Ramp Less Traveled, a nonprofit organization that helps students with spinal cord injuries pursue higher education. Brooks said that she selected Ruckelshaus, a resident of her district, as her guest for the evening because of the advocacy and leadership he has provided for others with disabilities. “I cannot think of a young person more inspiring than Jay Ruckelshaus,” Brooks said. “He is not just an inspiration to me, but to people across the country.” Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, and John Burness, former senior vice president for public affairs and government relations from 1991 to 2008, said they had not heard of any other Duke students who have attended the State of the Union in the past. Ruckelshaus—who was paralyzed in the legs and arms after a diving accident the summer before his freshman year— is the recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and Angier B. Duke Scholarship. After founding Ramp Less Traveled, he planned and led the inaugural Beyond Disability, Beyond Compliance national
Special to The Chronicle Senior Jay Ruckelshaus attended Tuesday’s address in Washington as the guest of Rep. Susan Brooks, pictured above.
retreat, a national conference on higher education and disability focused on how colleges can accommodate students with disabilities beyond the mandated minimum required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Last week Indiana Governor Mike Pence awarded Ruckelshaus with the
Sagamore of the Wabash, an award that honors people who inspire others through their service, character and example. He is the youngest recipient of the award during Pence’s tenure. Ruckelshaus, who is pursuing a degree in political science with triple minors in philosophy, history and English, plans to
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pursue a master’s of philosophy degree in political theory at the University of Oxford in England. The Rhodes Scholarship, which was awarded to only 32 of 869 applicants this year, pays for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford. He explained that although he has always been interested in politics, he has largely approached it through philosophy, so the opportunity to “see democracy in person” was particularly exciting. “It is a dream come true to see President [Barack] Obama’s final State of the Union, to be able to hear him lay out his legacy as he sees it,” Ruckelshaus said. In his final address, Obama discussed the economy, how to use technology to address today’s challenges and how to promote national security without becoming the world’s policeman. He said he received the call from Rep. Brooks inviting him to the State of the Union about two weeks ago, noting with a laugh that he was just getting over the shock of getting a call from the Congresswoman when she invited him to the State of the Union. Ruckelshaus said he loves Washington and envisions himself working there in some capacity in the future. Brooks said Ruckelshaus has shown a commitment to public service and desire to ensure that all citizens have the same opportunities. “With the background and education he’s gotten at Duke and will get at Oxford, I think he could be an incredible elected official himself one day,” she said. Amrith Ramkumar contributed reporting.
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DORM from page 1 for Housing, Dining and Residence Life. Construction on the new residence hall—which is expected to cost $25 million—is set to begin in August. “All three are some of the oldest residence halls on campus and have been identified for renovation,” Johnson said. “It was going to take tens of millions of dollars to renovate those buildings. I think Duke made the right decision in building new versus renovating old.” The currently unnamed residence hall will be constructed to resemble Bell Tower with its large individual rooms and central air conditioning. Johnson also said that the preliminary plans for the building included “nook” spaces for students to hang out, adding that HDRL will receive student feedback about potential amenities for the dorm. “We are looking for something that would be unique, exciting or different,” Johnson said. Some students who have lived in East Residence Hall, Epworth and Jarvis—three of the smallest and oldest dorms on East Campus—noted that a new residence hall will
enhance the first-year living experience. “When I lived [in East Residence Hall] two years ago, it was falling apart. The kitchen was awful, there was no AC, there were cockroaches by the bunches and there was a serious dust problem,” junior Kristen Slappey said. “Though I loved the atmosphere of having a smaller dorm that promotes making friends, the incoming Duke classes will definitely benefit from the new dorm.” Although students appreciate the effort to modernize, they also maintain that the small size of these residence halls helped forge a strong community. “My heart will always have a special place carved out for my Epworth family,” sophomore Maddie Thornton said. “Some people criticize Epworth for its small size, but its size was what allowed us to create such a unique, close-knit dorm community.” In response to student concerns, Johnson promised that creating community in the new dorm will be a priority. “For us and for our tradition it’s a relatively large residence hall,” Johnson said. “We still believe that if we put some intentionality behind it we can design it in a certain way to create that community and that opportunity for community.”
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M. BASKETBALL from page 1 Greenville with their perfect conference record intact, they are going to need another big performance from Plumlee against a Clemson squad with plenty of talent and depth in the frontcourt. Forward Jaron Blossomgame leads the way offensively for the Tigers (10-6, 3-1) with 15.4 points per game on 51.5 percent shooting. At 6-foot-7, he is also the team’s top rebounder for the second straight year with 7.1 boards per contest, but is versatile enough to step back and stretch defenses out to the perimeter, where he shoots nearly 40 percent from deep. With Duke forward Amile Jefferson still sidelined with a fractured right foot, the task of guarding Blossomgame—who scored a game-high 17 points against the Cardinals—will likely fall to freshman Brandon Ingram. Ingram has been seeing much more time at the power forward spot since Jefferson’s injury, and has averaged more than eight rebounds per game in the seven games that Jefferson has missed. In his last two contests, Ingram has transformed into an elite shot-blocker as well, using his 6-foot-9 frame and 7-foot-3 wingspan to amass 10 blocks in that stretch. “That’s the key point going into the game, knowing I’m playing the four position. So just going in, knowing that I have certain things to do,” Ingram said. “Just focusing on the inside, knowing that I’m going [against] bigger guys, so I’m just using my length to block shots.” Blossomgame is joined down low by a pair of 6-foot-10 centers, Landry Nnoko and Sidy Djitte. Nnoko typically receives the starting nod for head coach Brad Brownwell’s squad and is second in the conference with 2.3 blocks per game, but Djitte comes off the bench to provide an offensive punch in the post, where he leads the team by converting on 67.4 percent of his shots. Plumlee will be tasked with neutralizing Clemson’s centers while also trying to continue his recent offensive surge. Before his 21-point outburst against the Hokies, Plumlee set a careerhigh with 18 points against Wake Forest Jan. 6 and finished the week having missed just one field goal and one free throw. The Warsaw, Ind., native has been the recipient of a steady diet of inside feeds from Duke’s guards, who have been able to penetrate off the dribble and generate easy looks for the big man down low. Part of the reason the Blue Devil ballhandlers have been able to get into the paint so often is the team’s recent hot streak from behind the arc. Duke has made at least eight 3-pointers in four of its past five games, all of them victories. Against the Hokies, the Blue Devils ran away with the game early by hitting seven 3-pointers in the game’s opening 7:04. “They’re not playing horrible defense,” Krzyzewski said Saturday. “We just knocked down everything.” Duke’s offense may have a tougher go Wednesday against the Tigers, who prefer a grind-it-out type of game that contrasts greatly with the Blue Devils’ high-flying offense. Clemson’s opponents are scoring only 62.2 points per game, and the Cardinals shot a woeful 3-for-23 from the 3-point line Sunday, so something will have to give come Wednesday night. “I know I’m fortunate to play with some really talented teammates who draw a lot of attention,” Plumlee said. “When you have guys like Brandon Ingram and Grayson Allen getting in the lane every possession, they draw a lot of attention, and that leaves openings for either myself or another teammate. So some nights it might be me, some nights it might be someone else, but overall I think it’s winning basketball.”
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recognized the appropriateness of something honoring Abele, but thought that that was a poor choice because it’s not a piece of good role as chief designer of the campus, but architecture. In other words, this is not a brand that it was not public knowledge that he new subject for them.” was black. In 1986, Susan Cook, the great-grand Amrith Ramkumar and Ryan Zhang contributed niece of Abele, wrote a letter to the editorial reporting. board of The Chronicle mentioning that Julian Abele designed many of the buildings on West Campus. More than 50 years after the construction of the campus, Duke students were made aware that the designer of the buildings in which they lived and attended class was not able to visit the campus because, like much of the South, it was segregated. Cook’s letter inspired Duke’s Black Graduate and Professional Student Association to host the first annual Julian Abele Awards and Recognition Banquet in 1990, which included the unveiling of a commissioned portrait of Abele that now hangs in the Allen Building. Amid campus-wide discussions about race and inequality, a list of student demands presented at the “Duke Tomorrow” meeting in November—the “Demands of Black Voices”—included the “representation of Fulya Keskin | The Chronicle distinguished black individuals on buildings President Brodhead recently announced that an and monuments on campus.” advisory group will consider how best to honor In particular, the students demanded that West Campus architect Julian Abele. West Union be renamed Abele Union and that a statue of Abele be erected. Naming a building after the architect would be a from page 2 satisfactory way of honoring Abele’s legacy, Cook said. Gustafson noted. Turbulence and other Brodhead noted that recognizing Abele movements in air travel could lead to in some fashion has been a longstanding impacts that cause structural degradation goal for the Board of Trustees. in the batteries and “airlines would be “Two years ago, when we had the irresponsible not to ban such potential discussion of the name of the Aycock hazards,” he wrote. dorm, part of the original proposal was Gustafson noted that universities that Aycock should be renamed in honor are wise to follow the trend of banning of Julian Abele,” Brodhead said. “That was hoverboards. discussed by the Trustees at that time who “With the safety of students as a top
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priority, and with the potential for fires in dorms that may harm or even kill students, a policy banning such devices makes good sense,” he wrote. The ban on campus applies to a small population of Duke students who use hoverboards. “I personally do not own [a hoverboard] but I have friends that do, and I have ridden one in the halls before,” freshman Eyram Klu said. “If the user is not skilled it could be a bit dangerous, but otherwise no real threat is posed.” Klu added that the reports of hoverboards exploding is most likely what concerns Duke administrators. “I do not blame [HDRL], although it seems that there haven’t been any incidents on campus of a fire starting because of one yet,” he noted. In a public statement Dec. 16, Elliot Kaye, chairman of the U.S. CPSC, stated that further investigation of the causes of hoverboard-related fires was necessary. CPSC investigators have purchased hoverboards on the market and acquired those that caused fires for examination. “CPSC engineers in our National Product Testing and Evaluation Center in Maryland have tested and will continue to test new and damaged boards in search of an answer for why some models caught fire during the charging stage and others caught fire while in use,” Kaye wrote in the statement. Kaye also noted that the risks of hoverboards were not solely attributed to fires and stated that a significant amount of injuries were due to falls and collisions. Klu, however, said he believes that the popularity of the hoverboard will lessen with time. “Overall [a hoverboard] is a nice thing to have but not necessary at all, and will most likely be a fad that will soon fade like Heelys and Ripsticks,” he said.
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SENIORS GET A PERFECT SEND-OFF Alex Serebransky The Chronicle NEW YORK—After three consecutive nail-biter bowl games in which Duke did not come out on top, it looked like the Blue Devils would have to wait yet another season to get that elusive bowl victory. This time, it was different, and Duke was able to grind out its first bowl win in 54 years. Trailing Indiana by a touchdown with less than a minute left in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, quarterback Thomas Sirk tied the game at 41 with a five-yard touchdown run. Then senior Ross Martin nailed a 36-yard field goal in overtime that—after Hoosier kicker Griffin Oakes’ game-tying field goal attempt missed from 38 yards out—proved to be the game-winner. The Blue Devils’ first postseason win since the 1961 Cotton Bowl was not always pretty, but the victory was yet another accomplishment for the players and coaches whose on-field play has changed the culture and reputation of Duke football. “There’s tears,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “There were tears on the field. We just about broke the platform down.... Just so many players wanting to be up around there. It’s just emotional.” The Blue Devils had been close in their three previous trips to bowl games, but could never close out a victory. In the 2012 Belk Bowl, Duke was driving with the game tied at 34 with less than
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Playing in his last game as a Blue Devil, sixth-year senior tight end Braxton Deaver caught a touchdown pass from Thomas Sirk in the third quarter.
two minutes left before a Josh Snead fumble was recovered by Cincinnati. The Bearcats then scored an 83-yard touchdown and added a pick-six in the final 1:10 to win 48-34. In the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Blue Devils saw a 41-31 fourth-quarter lead evaporate against the wizardry of Johnny Manziel as Texas A&M completed a comeback to win, 52-48.
A season ago, it looked as though Duke would finally end its bowl skid, taking a 3130 lead against No. 15 Arizona State with five minutes left thanks to some trick-play wizardry of their own. But on the ensuing kickoff, Kalen Ballage rumbled 96 yards to set up a Sun Devil touchdown, and Duke’s desperation drive ended in an interception—and another loss. “I’ve been on the team for three bowl
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Injury-riddled Blue Devils find a way to pull out a win Seth Johnson The Chronicle NEW YORK—Injuries were unkind to the Blue Devils throughout their 2015 campaign. Well before the season opener against Tulane Sept. 3, Duke was faced with the loss of All-ACC linebacker Kelby Brown to a career-ending knee injury and junior cornerback Bryon Fields to an ACL tear. The running back unit was decimated as well, with Jela Duncan, Shaun Wilson and Joseph Ajeigbe suffering preseason injuries that forced third-string quarterback Nicodem Pierre to shift to the backfield to begin the season. Blue Devil lineman Cody Robinson suffered a career-ending injury, freshman wide receiver T.J. Rahming lost playing time due to nagging injuries and defensive end Kyler Brown—the younger brother of Kelby Brown—sat for several weeks following a midseason knee injury. Throw in a wrist surgery for ACC Defensive Player of the Year Jeremy Cash, and the outlook for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl seemed bleak for Duke. Four quarters and one overtime later, the Blue Devils survived their myriad of injuries and defeated Indiana 44-41 at Yankee Stadium for their first bowl win in 54 years. “There’s so many positives about
our players,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “There’s so many things happening in Duke football right now that that’s kind of how we approach it, [as a milestone]…. There’s so many positives about our players. They’ve done this. Don’t mistake any part of it.” After battling an upper-body injury in the closing weeks of the season, quarterback Thomas Sirk returned at Wake Forest for the regular season finale and led Duke on a key fourth-quarter drive against the Hoosiers. The Glen St. Mary, Fla., native punched in a five-yard touchdown run that sent the game into overtime, and was set to lead his team into extras for a chance at victory. Unfortunately for the game’s co-Most Valuable Player—Wilson also received the honor after contributing two long touchdowns—Sirk was forced to leave the game after an apparent left knee injury on a five-yard run two plays into overtime. “It was tough [to come out of the game],” Sirk said. “I was upset, but then again, I knew I had to keep cheering my teammates on to win. And we put ourselves in the situation to win and I’m just glad that we finished strong.” Two plays later—after backup quarterback Parker Boehme entered and threw an incomplete pass on third down— Blue Devil kicker Ross Martin converted a field goal that gave his team a three-point advantage, but Indiana still had a shot to win the game on its overtime possession. The Hoosiers had a 38-yard field goal
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Quarterback Thomas Sirk was helped off the field after sustaining an injury in overtime—his availability for a second overtime would have been in doubt had the game continued.
attempt to send the game into double overtime, but the ball sailed just inches right to end the game. Had the kick been good, it was questionable whether Sirk could have continued for Duke. “I think he was done at that point,” Cutcliffe said. “You’re asking Thomas, ‘Do you feel okay?’ He’s had a lot of injuries, a lot of things he’s had to go through…. But [I am] very proud of Thomas continuing to focus and continuing to compete at a high level.
Was it perfect? No. He knows that. But, you know, when you do it when you have to do it, that’s pretty impressive.” With an entire offseason ahead of him, Sirk will have plenty of time to be evaluated and prepare for his redshirt senior season as a Blue Devil, but for Cash—who did not travel to the game due to his surgical rehab—his first bowl victory had to be savored from afar. The consensus All-American safety was See INJURIES on Page 15
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Duke takes down Hoosiers in OT Seth Johnson The Chronicle NEW YORK—Yankee Stadium was destined for one more walk-off in 2015. Duke outlasted Indiana 44-41 in a overtime thriller in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl after Hoosier kicker Griffin Oakes’ 37-yard field goal sailed above the upright. The kick was ruled no good, sending the Blue Devils streaming onto the field in celebration of the program’s first bowl victory since the 1961 Cotton Bowl. After the game was left tied at 41 in regulation, Ross Martin booted a 36-yard field goal that gave Duke a three-point edge. The Blue Devil defense struggled to contain Indiana’s high-scoring offense for much of the afternoon, but made the necessary stop on third down to force Oakes’ field-goal try. Duke’s senior class is now tied for the winningest group of Blue Devils in program history. “We had lost in the fourth quarter three years in a row [in bowl games]. Overtime is a whole new level,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We had 23 seniors that were very committed to this process. It wasn’t all perfect tonight, but there was a will—a strong will to prepare, a strong will to continue competing even when we fell behind in the fourth quarter. I think it was critical that we believed we could come out and pull this game out.” After Duke (8-5) failed to convert on a fourth down at the Hoosier 18-yard line late in the fourth quarter, Indiana took the ball down the field—sparked by a 50-yard pass from quarterback Nate Sudfeld to wide receiver Ricky Jones— that resulted in a 25-yard touchdown pass from Sudfeld to wide receiver Mitchell Paige. The score put the Blue Devils on the ropes, trailing 41-34. On the following drive, quarterback Thomas Sirk took the Blue Devil offense down the field and punched in
the tying score with less than a minute remaining in regulation on a delayed, five-yard run up the gut. The Hoosiers had a final chance with a 56-yard field goal attempt as time expired, but Oakes’ kick sailed wide right, setting up overtime. It was not the prettiest of games for Sirk—the redshirt junior finished 17-of37 for 163 yards, threw two interceptions and suffered a knee injury on Duke’s overtime possession—but he delivered with his legs when his team needed a score. “I was trying to remain positive and that’s just the way football is,” Sirk said. “And to finish with that drive, that’s what it’s about—finishing the game. I’m just so proud we could finish…. Everyone was confident [that we were going to score] and we knew what we had to accomplish and that was the one thing on our mind.” After Duke held the Hoosiers to punts, interceptions or turnovers on down on their first five possessions, the game began to look a lot like the last three Duke bowl games—a shootout. A Paige fumble on a Will Monday punt gave Duke momentum midway through the third quarter, but the game continued to go back and forth. After Blue Devil tight end David Reeves recovered the loose ball at the 19-yard line, tight end Braxton Deaver reached paydirt just three plays later on a 10-yard jump pass from Sirk, giving Duke a 27-24 lead. But the Blue Devil momentum did not last after a stalled drive and punt led to a six play, 65yard Hoosier drive that ended in a 10-yard rushing touchdown for Alex Rodriguez—an appropriate Hoosier hero in Yankee Stadium—to give Indiana (6-7) the lead, 31-27. Sirk’s second interception of the game—snatched out of the air by defensive tackled Darius Latham at the Indiana 32yard line—gave the Hoosiers the ball back late in the third quarter, and Indiana took a seven-point lead on a 27-yard field goal by Oakes. But on the ensuing kickoff,
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Indiana running back Alex Rodriguez scored on a 10-yard touchdown run to give the Hoosiers a 31-27 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
running back Shaun Wilson broke off a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, bursting across the goal line like a sprinter and knotting the score at 34. “When my name was called, I just tried to make a play that I can make to help my team win,” Wilson said. “A touchdown is a touchdown no matter how far it is, I was just glad I was able to get into the end zone because it was a big momentum swing for the team. Everybody believed in me. They told me to put the team up.” The Blue Devils broke out to an early 10-0 lead after Martin connected on a 52yard field goal and Wilson broke loose on an 85-yard run for a touchdown— both Pinstripe Bowl records. But the Hoosiers would not be deterred, as two touchdowns in the second half of the second quarter—a Sudfeld pass to wide receiver Luke Timian for 27 yards and a Devine Redding 17-yard run—kept the game close. Explosive plays and bend-but-don’tbreak defense kept Duke within striking distance in the first half. Sirk scampered up the middle for a 73-yard touchdown that made the score 17-14 with only a minute remaining in the half, and two fourth-down stops and two picks of typically mistake-free Sudfeld—one by linebacker Dwayne Norman and one by safety Philip Carter—provided the Blue Devils an early spark. Duke will lose several key players from this year’s squad—most notably injured safety Jeremy Cash, wide receiver Max McCaffrey, running back Shaquille Powell, center Matt Skura, Martin and Monday—but the groundwork has finally been laid for Blue Devil postseason success. “There have been long, terrible streaks that the senior class has broken, but [the 54-year bowl drought coming to an end is] just one more to chalk up and it’s an incredible one to end on,” Martin said. “Now they’ll talk about the 2015 team breaking that streak and now moving forward, I can’t wait to see what this team does next year, too.”
Duke celebrates after its overtime win in the New Era P postseason victory since the 1961 Cotton Bowl.
Duke head coach David Cutcliffe poses with the Pinstri now add to the Blue Devil trophy case.
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Quarterback Thomas Sirk plowed into the end zone with less than a minute left in regulation to tie the game—his second rushing touchdown of the day.
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UE DEVILS END DROUGHT
Wilson explodes onto the big stage Alex Serebransky The Chronicle
Darbi Griffih | The Chronicle Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium—the program’s first
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle ipe Bowl trophy—the second piece of hardware he can
NEW YORK—In a game that featured All-Americans, program record-holders and a plethora of veteran leaders, it was Duke’s backup running back who had the biggest impact at Yankee Stadium. Sophomore Shaun Wilson stole the show for the Blue Devils in their 44-41 overtime victory against Indiana in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. The versatile Charlotte, N.C., native amassed 282 all-purpose yards, most of them on two huge explosive plays to help Duke win its first bowl game since the 1961 Cotton Bowl. “When my name was called, I just tried to make a play that I can make to help my team win,” Wilson said. Wilson was key in helping the Blue Devils get out to an early first quarter lead. After a Dwayne Norman interception disrupted an Indiana red zone drive, Duke got the ball on its own 15. On the very next play, Wilson burst through the middle and ran untouched on his way to an 85-yard score. The run—which tied the longest rushing touchdown in Pinstripe Bowl history and vaulted Wilson into Duke’s record books as owner of the longest touchdown scamper in Blue Devil history—gave Duke a 10-0 advantage. Although Wilson’s early game run got Duke off to a strong start, Indiana quickly responded with 14 straight points. The Hoosier offense finally hit its stride in the third quarter, and Indiana grabbed a 34-27 lead on Griffin Oakes’ 27-yard field goal with 11:12 left in the game. Duke’s offense had looked tepid for much of the third quarter. The Blue Devils scored 10 points in the period, but settled for a field goal on their opening drive after missing an opportunity for a touchdown. Braxton Deaver scored on a 10-yard jump pass from Thomas Sirk that was set up by a fumble recovery deep in Hoosier
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Senior kicker Ross Martin opened the scoring with a 52-yard field goal and ended it with a 36-yarder in overtime that proved to be the game-winner.
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Sophomore Shaun Wilson racked up 282 all-purpose yards—including a pair of long touchdowns—as the Blue Devils came from behind to beat Indiana in the Pinstripe Bowl.
territory, but then the Duke offense gained only 35 yards on the three ensuing drives and was in desperate need of a spark. By virtue of scoring on Oakes’ field goal, the Hoosiers were forced to kick off—to Wilson. And he delivered that spark. Wilson returned Oakes’ kickoff 98 yards to the house, tying the game at 34 and injecting new confidence and energy into his team. “A touchdown is a touchdown, no matter how far it is,” Wilson said. “I was just glad I was able to get into the end zone because it was a big momentum swing for the team. Everybody believed in me. They told me to put the team up.” If someone was to deliver a gamechanging play on special teams, Wilson might not have been the first guess. Duke usually sends AllAmerican returner DeVon Edwards back to field kickoffs. The Covington, Ga., native boasted three return touchdowns this season heading into Saturday and had a few chances
early, but Wilson went back for most return situations in the second half and put together a much-needed per formance in relief. In the end, Wilson’s only blunder in the game came when he was under center. In the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils tried to catch Indiana off guard by running the Wildcat with Wilson acting as quarterback, but the sophomore threw an interception right to the Hoosiers’ Jonathan Crawford, who came across the field to prevent Wilson’s pass from reaching its intended target, T.J. Rahming. Wilson’s work with his legs more than made up for his gaffe, though. He was one of three Duke players with more than 100 yards rushing in the game— along with Sirk and running back Jela Duncan—and contributed 164 yards in the return game. Wilson’s performance was rightly rewarded in the end, as he was named the game’s co-MVP along with Sirk. Duke head coach Dave Cutcliffe summed up Wilson’s performance best: “Pretty special.”
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle The Blue Devils began their celebration as soon as Indiana kicker Griffin Oakes’ game-tying field goal attempt was ruled no good.
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Season comes full-circle for Duke on game’s final play Seth Johnson The Chronicle NEW YORK—The see-sawing shootout at Yankee Stadium had plenty of big-play highlights, but the Blue Devils’ 44-41 victory against Indiana in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl came down to a controversial kick in overtime that could have sent the game deeper into extras. It almost seemed like poetic justice for Duke. After failing to pick up a first down on its first possession in overtime, the Hoosiers sent out kicker Griffin Oakes to attempt a 38-yard kick to match Duke’s 36-yarder by Ross Martin just moments before. The snap was good. The hold was good. The kick missed to the right—barely. In a photo released by ESPN after the game, though, the kick seems to sneak just inside the upright, which would have tied the game at 44. “I’ve seen the picture that ESPN put out. I don’t know either way,” Duke defensive tackle Carlos Wray said. “All I know is they came out and they played hard and we played hard and the chips fell where they fell. It’s a great game.” Wray was not the only Blue Devil with second thoughts. Running back Shaquille Powell was not comfortable beginning to celebrate the win until he saw the rest of his teammates react. “I actually thought he made it,” Powell said. “It’s just a relief when you see something like that—it was a missed field goal.” Of course, Duke is all too familiar with the
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Indiana kicker Griffin Oakes missed a 56-yarder at the end of regulation, and his 38-yard field goal attempt to send the game to a second overtime sailed above and outside the right upright.
heartbreak of a controversial special teams call in the waning seconds of a game. On Oct. 31 in Durham, an eight-lateral kickoff return touchdown by Miami as time expired became a Halloween nightmare the Blue Devils quickly wished they could forget. Video review of the play indicated that a Hurricane player’s knee was down and several block in the back calls were missed, but Duke was still tagged with the loss. The referees and replay officials were suspended for two games, and the ACC went as far as to issue an apology for the missed calls—but that did nothing to help the string of four consecutive defeats that
put the Blue Devils out of contention for the ACC Coastal Division title. But as Duke learned on Halloween, once the game is called over by the referee on the field, it is officially over. The result of the game can be lamented, but it cannot be overturned. For four quarters, Indiana looked like it was on the verge of breaking a bowl drought of its own, dating back to the 1991 Copper Bowl. But in the end, the Hoosiers received an explanation similar to the one Duke had to stomach against Miami. “The ball went beyond the end line over the top of the upright and when that occurs,
the play is not reviewable. The ruling was that the ball was outside of the upright and in order for a field goal to be good, the ball has to be completely inside the upright,” referee and crew chief Chris Coyte said in a statement. “It went way beyond the end line, airborne. That’s what’s been communicated [to Indiana].” Indiana leaves New York and Yankee Stadium with a losing record and another heartbreaking loss—their fifth one-score defeat of the season. But looking back at the path that Duke took to reach its first bowl win in 54 years, the Hoosiers can look to build upon the success of this season next year. The Blue Devils were in a similar situation back in 2012, ending the season 6-7 with a 48-34 defeat at the hands of Cincinnati in the Belk Bowl after a goahead Duke touchdown had seemed a near-certainty. Three years later, head coach David Cutcliffe’s squad is over the hump and victorious in the postseason. In the days leading up to the Pinstripe Bowl, Hoosier head coach Kevin Wilson talked about using Duke’s success under Cutcliffe as a model for his own program. For Indiana, now it is time to move forward on the same path, whether the kick was good or not. “It wasn’t good,” Wilson said. “You can sit there and look at it. But when I saw the scoreboard, to me, it looks like it travels outside the bar, hooks in, on the other side of the goal post…. As we build the program, we’re going to keep playing in bigger games. You’ve got to get used to it.”
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Humphreys honors Brown by wearing No. 59 The freshman linebacker paid homage to his injured mentor at the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Alex Serebransky The Chronicle NEW YORK—When Duke took the field Dec. 26 at Yankee Stadium, there was one notable absentee: linebacker Kelby Brown. But Brown’s presence on the field was not forgotten. Brown’s college career came to an end in August, when Duke announced that the Matthews, N.C., native had suffered an ACL tear—the fourth knee injury of Brown’s Blue Devil career. Brown’s absence created a huge gap in the heart of the Blue Devil defense, which also lost linebacker David Helton from the 2014 squad. Freshman Ben Humphreys filled in at middle linebacker during the Pinstripe Bowl Saturday, and the Santa Ana, Calif., native wore Brown’s No. 59 as a way to honor the sixth-year senior for all that he has meant to the Duke program. “It came to my mind a couple of weeks ago that his number needs to be on the field,” Humphreys said. “His name needs to be on the field. I didn’t wear my last name on the back of the 59, it was his name. It proved to be the right thing to do.” Replacing Brown was no easy task for Humphreys and the rest of the Blue Devil defense. Brown was an All-ACC linebacker, team captain and had played 1,888 career snaps on defense. To help
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Freshman linebacker Ben Humphreys wore Kelby Brown’s No. 59 jersey during the Pinstripe Bowl to honor the sixth-year senior whose career ended with a preseason knee injury.
make up for Brown’s loss, Duke moved up safety Dwayne Norman to linebacker and used a trio of Zavier Carmichael, Tinashe Bere and Humphreys at the position. Although his on-field career came to a premature end, Brown maintained an active presence with the squad throughout the season, helping the defense prepare for every game this season. “I want to say he put in over 200 hours of film work by himself, sending us film,” Humphreys said. “We had a young linebacker core. Zavier Carmichael, Tinashe Bare and myself were very, very
young, and Dwayne Norman had only played the position for not even a year, so what he did for all of us was truly amazing. For me, just the amount of hours he spent with me, the meetings, film, just talking to me, he’s Kelby Brown. I don’t know what else to say. He’s Kelby Brown—he’s a great person.” Although this was the first time Humphreys has worn Brown’s number during a game, the true freshman had been honoring Brown throughout the season in his own way. “I’ve been doing it all season, actually,” Humphreys said. “I would
write ‘59’ on the inside of my arm at the beginning of the year.” Humphreys was also making the first start of his collegiate career during the Pinstripe Bowl. Bere and Carmichael had traded off starting alongside Norman at linebacker during the regular season, but Bere did not play Saturday. Humphreys did his best to channel Brown in the game—he finished with 11 tackles, the second-most on the team—and delivered some big plays in overtime. On second down, he made a great read on a reverse to wide receiver Mitchell Paige, forcing him out of bounds after a gain of two yards. On the following play, Humphreys got into the backfield and forced Indiana quarterback Nate Sudfeld to throw the ball away. Those two plays meant the Hoosiers were forced to settle for a field goal, which went wide right to secure the win for Duke. With his first start and first bowl win under his belt, Humphreys is ready to take his game to the next level and continue the legacy at middle linebacker that Brown created. “I’m looking forward to becoming a leader of the defense and truly honing my game at middle linebacker and truly mastering this defense,” Humphreys said. “I’m going to miss Kelby. I’m going to miss that guy because he did so much for me, but I want to get going again.”
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Roper tabbed as Duke’s next offensive coordinator After 3 years as special teams coordinator, Roper replaces Scottie Montgomery, who is now the head coach at ECU Brian Pollack The Chronicle After Scottie Montgomery left to become the head coach at East Carolina last month, the Blue Devils hired a member of their own family to assume Montgomery’s role as offensive coordinator. Duke head coach David Cutcliffe announced Jan. 8 that Zac Roper— who had been the special teams coordinator for the past three seasons while also working with the tight ends—will become the Blue Devils’ next offensive coordinator. Roper ZAC ROPER joined the Duke Duke offensive coordinator program as a running backs coach in Jan. 2008, but his relationship with Cutcliffe goes back to 1999, when Cutcliffe was the head coach at Mississippi and Roper worked with the tight ends, placekickers and wide receivers as a graduate administrative aide and graduate assistant coach. Cutcliffe said during a teleconference that making an internal hire like Roper was a big factor in maintaining consistency in the way his staff approaches things and keeping the camaraderie the program has built together during the past several seasons. “The continuity part does play in. We’re very value-driven. Those values are not going to ever be compromised here. I know that Zac has that value system in place, and we’re always striving to grow and to think,” Cutcliffe said. “When I let the folks inside know that Zac was going to be the hire, there was this eruption
of emotion, of joy, and I know he felt that, and I felt that.” Although Roper can call himself part of the Duke football family, the Roper family has an extensive background in football as well. Roper’s brother, Kurt, served as Cutcliffe’s offensive coordinator from 2008-13 before departing for Florida, and is now the offensive coordinator at South Carolina. Just before New Years, Zac Roper tweeted out a picture of his seven-year-old son, Joshua, watching football with his grandfather—a picture that underscored the strong bond football holds in the Roper bloodline, even before the news of Zac’s promotion came. “I sent out a picture a couple of days ago where I was back home with my parents and my son, who’s seven, was sitting with his grandfather who was a long-time coach,” Roper said. “My son, at seven, was already eating up the football and I just thought it was a pretty applicable picture of the original.” Zac and Kurt worked together at Mississippi for six years from 19992004, before Kurt left to become the quarterbacks coach at Kentucky and Zac departed for Cornell to work with the running backs, tight ends and special teams units. Along with his new offensive coordinator duties, Zac will also be tabbed with coaching the Blue Devil quarterbacks—both signal-callers who saw significant playing time this season, Thomas Sirk and Parker Boehme, are set to return in the fall. During his time in Durham, Kurt oversaw three different quarterbacks who tossed for 3,000 yards in a season, and his last offense at Duke produced a then-school record 410 points. Montgomery’s offense scored exactly the same number of points this season—good for a 31.5 points per
Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Head coach David Cutcliffe said Jan. 8 that he and new offensive coordinator Zac Roper will look to improve Duke’s deep-ball threat next season.
game average—but eclipsed that mark in both 2013 and 2014. On a teleconference with reporters, Cutcliffe said the Blue Devils will look to find more success throwing the deep ball next season, which could create a big role for speedster T.J. Rahming and big target Anthony Nash. Duke must replace starting running back Shaquille Powell, but should still have plenty of depth in the backfield in 2016, led by Shaun Wilson—who electrified the Blue Devil offense in this year’s Pinstripe Bowl victory with two long touchdowns and shared co-MVP honors with Sirk—and Jela Duncan. Although this will be Zac’s first time calling offensive plays, he has Kurt to look to for advice, and said he has already picked up several pointers from his older brother.
“Being with my brother Kurt for six years at University of Mississippi and the six years here at Duke, certainly you pick up a lot of things at the quarterback position and offensively in general, and certainly on how to train quarterbacks, but also how to produce offenses that are explosive but also don’t beat themselves,” Roper said. “Certainly, you’ve got to get yards and points and those things, but we’re going to do things and continue to do things here offensively, that we don’t beat ourselves, first and foremost.” Zac said that the brothers’ father, Scott, was a defensive coach, and that knowledge on the other side of the ball—coupled with Zac’s own experiences with the Big Red See ROPER on Page 15
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SENIORS from page 8 looked like Duke was headed for another heartbreak. But the prior bowl experiences came in handy, helping the Blue Devils stay focused and calm as the clock ticked down. “We didn’t lose faith in ourselves that game,” Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk said. “We were resilient and we kept fighting. We knew that anything can happen in those situations and we never stopped believing.” The bowl win—as dramatic a victory as each of the three previous postseason losses—is the cherry on top of what has been a remarkable turnaround for Duke program under Cutcliffe. From making its first bowl game in 2012 since the 1994 season to breaking into the AP top 25 in each of the last three seasons and making its way to the ACC Championship in 2013, this Blue Devil squad has accomplished a lot in the past four seasons. But there was still unfinished business to attend to. Duke’s senior class had already achieved plenty, but their teammates wanted to make sure they left Durham with a bowl win. “People just wanted to win for the seniors,” said Duke linebacker Ben Humphreys, who wore injured redshirt senior linebacker’s Kelby Brown’s No. 59 jersey for Saturday’s game. “For the four-year, the five-year, the sixyear seniors that have put in countless hours of work, now they finally get to go out on top.” Cutcliffe inherited a perennial ACC
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bottom-dweller in 2008 and changed the culture of the program. Even though his early years in charge were not successful from a win-loss perspective, the program stayed patient, and has reaped the rewards ever since. “It just comes down to the way I feel about Coach [Cutcliffe],” said Duke offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery, who now departs Durham to take over the head coaching position at East Carolina. “Probably the highest I’ve felt in football, from a football standpoint, is seeing him raise that trophy tonight.... These guys give everything they have, but you need a leader at the end of the day to make sure that you push up to their limit and take care of them at their limit. That’s what he was able to do with this program.” Saturday’s win was important for moving past the frustrations of the last three years. It was important for snapping the 54-year streak of empty postseasons. But it was also important for the program’s continued growth. Winning a game on national television against a Big Ten team that hung in with some of the best teams in the nation will give Duke a springboard—into spring ball, into the 2016 season and on the recruiting trail. “It’s great for our program,” Sirk said. “You go into the offseason, the last game before, knowing it was a win. That means everything for the program and going into spring ball that’s definitely a confidence builder for our team.”
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INJURIES from page 9 missed not only as a defensive force on the field, but as a vocal leader and captain. “I’m going to tell [Cash] he missed a hell of a game—a hell of a celebration,” running back Shaquille Powell said. “He helped us get here. Without him, we wouldn’t have been here. I’m going to congratulate him on the win [when I talk to him]. He’s a part of this just like the rest of us are. He put in a lot of work. He put in great leadership. He’s a part of this too.”
ROPER from page 14 cornerbacks in 2007—helped him form a base of coaching that spanned all three phases of the game. Cutcliffe noted that Roper’s experience on both sides of the ball, plus his work on special teams, made him an extremely well-rounded candidate, which he said was a huge positive in his favor. “Even though my dad was a defensive coach, I picked up a lot of the foundational things that Scott has tried to coach on the practice field on a daily basis. One of the things that he used to say all the time that I still carry with us is ‘We’ve got to start with getting the right 11 people on the field, and we’ve got to end the play with the football.’ Duke’s special teams flourished under Roper, highlighted by the explosive kickoff return skills of DeVon Edwards. The Covinginton, Ga., native
returned three kicks for touchdowns in 2015, bringing his career total to six. Roper also worked with kicker Ross Martin and punter Will Monday, as the duo earned four All-ACC accolades apiece in their careers. Cutcliffe praised Roper’s work as special teams coordinator, and said that the variety of authoritative tasks he was put in charge of in that role should help him transition to running the offense. “When you are the coordinator of special teams, you’re working with players on both sides of the ball. You’re not a positional coach, you’re the head coach of all of those players. When you walk into a special teams meeting, it looks like a full team meeting,” Cutcliffe said. “You’ve got to motivate all of those people on both sides of the ball, you’ve got to make personnel decisions, you’ve got schematic decisions to make, practice decisions, practice planning, meeting planning. It’s a really unique circumstance, and that’s why I referred to that as such a great growing ground for some of the best football coaches I’ve ever been around.”
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students have been working with faculty on proposals that will redefine the academic Duke experience. It is our hope that this process will follow the core of what makes Duke unique and focus less on catching up to whatever peer institutions are doing. The Imagining the Duke Curriculum Committee should continue to guide its work towards a uniquely Duke experience that stands on its own, striving to fundamentally change how students go about filling their bookbags and how they personalize their majors. It is also imperative that focus group feedback, agenda minutes and information about
Editorial proposal ideas reach students. Though current students will not be affected by the changes, they stand to gain from reflecting on what goes into an academic experience. Not all changes will be natural or guided, however. Last semester there were whirlwinds of controversy and undeniable tension on campus. Hopefully the winter break gave students a chance to go back home to the networks of friends and family, refreshing them for a new semester in our intellectually vibrant community. As awkward and occasionally distressing
as campus was at points last semester, turning inwards like so many communities nationwide did was for the better and equipped students better for future conversations. Progress has been made but the work of the Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues is ongoing and to be followed closely. Finally, spring semester brings us the papery storm of flyers and high resolution pictures for various student elections. Turning to Duke Student Government, we hope that elections this year will feature those students who will be leaders driven by student interests and effecting changes according to those needs. We believe DSG representatives who are outspoken about being connected to students and assessing the state of DSG’s credibility with students will be the best received moving forward. Student government is a uniquely empowered actor for countless campus projects, and the principles of civic engagement and representation it embodies are rooted in having the support and approval of students. As the next four months go by, students should make a point of recognizing and improving the New Year’s new Duke. They should come to the University with fresh faces and a renewed desire to contribute to the broader community even as they tend to their own paths forward.
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like to consider myself a connoisseur of exceptional and eclectic playlists. Every so often, I become engrossed in certain genres, spending days and even weeks exploring the depths of Spotify for hidden gems and long-time favorites. It began with my “Nobody Understands Me” playlist— consisting of mid to late 2000s alternative rock, emblematic of my angsty middle school days—and blossomed from there into a pretty consistent hobby. Over winter break, I discovered my latest obsession:
hand, are rarely described as such, and there are no shortages of critiques lambasting our perceived hookup culture and fixation on effortless perfection. By now, these are tired topics that I hope will soon retire. But at the core, they are essentially about the same things: vulnerability and authenticity. If Duke has taught me anything about personal development, it is the importance of being genuine and the value of vulnerability. I am sure most people can agree with those sentiments, but it is incredibly
Michelle Menchaca A WORK IN PROGRESS 1980s love songs. There is nothing quite like an 80s power ballad. They are intense, dramatic and brimming with uncontrollable passion and insatiable romantic longing. I am not a very emotional person, but I found myself blasting Roxette, Quincy Jones, John Waite and the likes, attempting to sing along with the same fervor almost any chance I had—so much so that my parents inquired as to whether I was suffering from debilitating heartbreak. Clearly, I was hooked. I even sprinkled in some 70s love songs when deemed compatible. Now that I’m at Duke, my propensity for playlists has surprisingly become even more relevant. At the start of every semester, I come up with a list of six to eight goals I hope to accomplish in the coming months. With the overarching objective of improving my well-being and quality of life, these range from a simple “Call mom once a week” to more personal, unquantifiable ambitions. As a second semester senior, I have thought extensively about my latest slew of goals given that this may be my last time making such a list. And when I thought about what my Duke experience most often seems to be lacking, I was brought back to my love of the 80s. Whether about love, loss, happiness or heartbreak, 80s love songs are entirely honest. There is no evading or deflecting, no being facetious, no saying one thing but meaning the other. Duke students, on the other
difficult to actually practice them daily. As I reflect on my life at Duke, I can easily pinpoint times when I cared too much about what other people thought, tried too hard to appear like I had it together and all around gave in to a culture that became increasingly emotionally and mentally draining. As a senior realizing how little time I have left, it’s a shame to think I wasted any of it on such fruitless endeavors. And it’s something I still see all time. I watch classmates gush about how busy they are while saying nothing about who they are, friends care more about how their lives look on social media than the quality of their living and peers who talk about “winning” romantic relationships I never realized were competitions. It is difficult—and I think at times terrifying—to accept that as driven, intelligent and accomplished as we are, we also have weaknesses, emotions and the ability to be hurt. But despite the risks, I think authenticity and vulnerability are still worth it and, at the very least, something to strive for. It is important to learn to live intentionally. To be genuine. To be honest. To be able to say: “Hey, I too would like to dance with somebody, potentially in the moonlight if weather permits.” We can all use some 80s power ballads in our lives. Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity senior. Her column runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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My love affair with Mary Duke Biddle
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he Mary Duke Biddle Music Building (MDB) is my favorite building on East Campus. Built in 1971 by American architect Edward Durrell Stone, it has housed the music department of Duke University since it opened. Such continuity is a rarity on today’s campus. This level of permanence is more than a 44-year
to mind a miniaturized repetition of Stone’s larger musical space: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. At the back of the MDB on the rear elevation, a large, open patio space offers fresh air, level ground and sunshine, Lord willing. Lamentably, there are no tables, chairs or benches present to provide a useful lunch break
The twilight zone
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ou are traveling through another dimension—a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop: Duke University. “ Duke is a funny place. While I was gone for winter break, I was reminded just how many different ideas and arguments I’ve come across while at Duke. Here, it’s easy to forget how many people don’t know what a “non
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fermata; the grandeur of the building is a testament to the staying power of musical education at Duke. Edward Durrell Stone was a prolific progenitor of modernism in American architecture and in the same year completed the East Building of the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Previously, he participated in designing the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1937 and even the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh in 1963. Mary Duke Biddle was well aware that her funding of the construction would produce a result of which she could be proud. When one first happens across the building after seeing the main axis of East Campus or by driving up from the rear on Brodie Gym Drive, one notices instantly that the building speaks with the grammar of a modern style. Mary Duke Biddle must have been of one mind with Frank Lloyd Wright, who said that, of all the fine arts, music was the one without which he could not live. The lightly-shaded brick is a stark contrast in color to the other brick buildings of East Campus while the white line of the roof emphasizes the fact that MDB is the shortest building there as well. The brushed quality of the bricks provides an enhanced texture and palette most appropriate for the geography and environment of the Sandhills of North Carolina. Without too many trees or shrubs to obstruct the view of the front elevation, the horizontality is striking but harmonious with the surrounding nature. When viewed from the rear or side, it is easier to see how the building nestles into the landscape. From any perspective, its elegance is neither aggressive nor domineering, and it lacks a dome or tower to declare its superiority. Rather, simplicity and beauty attest to the aesthetic value of music at Duke being prized over all other arts. Indeed, East Campus was once known as the artsy campus and now only MDB keeps that memory alive. The long arcade which surrounds the building protects its users from weather of all kinds. Combined with the even, slim windows, the exterior creates the uniform and unornamented sheet on which the music is to be written. These unassuming features further call
gender-binary pronoun” is and have never heard of the term genderbinary. It’s easy to forget how many people don’t know whether Saudi Arabia and Iran are Sunni or Shi’ite or who is leading the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. It’s easy to forget how many people still don’t consider having intercourse with a female who’s blackout drunk to be sexual assault. Duke is a pretty special community of highly intelligent people with a variety of interests, often very narrow ones. From student groups tabling on the Bryan Center Plaza to campus events and lectures to articles shared on Facebook and the columns written in The Chronicle (shameless selfpromotion), I have learned more about the world and grown as a person. I have been bombarded with arguments, cultural norms, anticultural norms and why’s and how’s that have sharpened the way I think, making me reflect on my own views and experiences growing up. When people ask me what Duke is like, I give them snapshots of some of the incredibly diverse and talented people I’ve come across. Just on my freshmen hall alone, I met a girl who came in first in Florida’s (my home state’s) science bowl. I met someone who sold a painting valued in the five digits. I came across people who started their own charities, people who are related to political leaders in Ghana and China, people who were eight math classes ahead of me, people who created mobile apps to help farmers and people who DJ’d so well they signed with Avicci’s label. I met people whose own passions inspired me to pursue my own. But there is a darker side to Duke’s community. Somehow, in the last three years, students in my class here have been socialized to think that personal attacks are acceptable. That it is okay to tell someone “I don’t care about your opinion. Your opinion is unnecessary.” It is even scarier when they use that person’s skin color, Nathan Bullock is a graduate student sexual orientation or gender identity in the Department of Art, Art History and as justification for why they don’t care about an opinion. This applies to any Visual Studies. or reading spot. This underutilization is soon to be found when entering the building as well. As soon as one arrives inside the building, one is embraced by sound. The architecture naturally enables the amplification of water in a fountain on the lower ground floor to reach the ears of patrons immediately when stepping in on either side. A balustraded opening allows the sound waves to travel to the ground floor and its balanced north and south facing entrances. Six circular skylights over the opening connect the outside with the inside as does the continued use of brick walls in this foyer. Light and sound simultaneously signal the symmetrical center of this building. The oval aperture forms a core in the middle of the building from which everything flows and is connected as one. Such unity speaks to the intimacy of the music department, where conductors know each student by name and faculty members are as responsive to students as the building is to its landscape. The most important room inside, entered on the right-hand side, is the music library. Like the exterior, the library is similarly sparse and simple, providing a sense of how narrow the building really is. Downstairs the fountain provides a pleasant lounge area where rare musical instruments are on display. Along the hallways which depart from the center, one will find classrooms, practice rooms and offices. Nothing much nicer than one would find at a typical American high school but no less functional and modern either—hopefully this is evidence that the acoustics have taken precedence here over ergonomics. Stone’s highly modern buildings have not infrequently been criticized for the phallocentric elements inherent in high modernism. Likewise, the music department is not immune to this concern either in its lack of gender parity among the faculty. In the end, my love for Mary Duke Biddle turns out to be skin deep; such pulchritude is always at risk of pretension.
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skin color, any sexual orientation and any gender identity. This applies to lesbian, black females. This applies to straight, white males. By the time Duke students become seniors, they tend to have a very difficult time separating an argument from its speaker. When I was a freshman, my friends and I would talk about current events and “scandals” on campus liberally, without need to censor or filter. More recently, I have been attacked far too many times by the following
paraphrased argument: “You do not see what I see. You do not share my experiences. It is not your place to comment. You need to listen to me before you talk. You are ignorant. We don’t need dialogue. You need to educate yourself.” When I took the LSAT, we had to evaluate logical arguments, some faulty and some sound. Not once during the test did I ever know the speaker’s ethnicity, and I’m not sure what difference it would have made even if I had known. Would one ethnicity make the argument more sound while another would make it less sound? Nobody would argue that it would, yet why then do we so readily shed this intellectual rigor when the arguments aren’t written in black and white but instead fill the air. I have spent three and a half years at Duke, and I have heard and listened to many people. Time and time again, I have spoken to people who strictly agree with the orthodox Duke ideology. Time and time again, I encounter the same idea presented in different ways. Yet, it is often the first time they had ever heard my ideas presented in any form. If there is anything that would lend weight to calls for stopping censorship, for promoting dialogue and for continuously being open to new ideas, it is this. It is eighth semester seniors looking at past, and future, college discussion with new eyes. Your ideas, my ideas and anyone’s ideas are not science—even if they were, science changes all the time! So here we are, preparing for rush, K-ville, touchy Chronicle content, lectures, protests, debates, marches, controversies and conversations. I am waiting to see what the new semester will bring while anticipating more of the same. We are surrounded by some of the most ambitious students in the country and the world but paralyzed of free discussion for fear of being personally attacked for committing thought-crime. Welcome back Duke. *cue Twilight Zone music* Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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