Spring 2015 Issue

RIVAL Green Initiatives More than recycling Pgs. 26-29

Street Art

Community as a canvas Pgs. 20-21

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letter from the editor SPRING 2015 It is with quite the mixed bag of feelings that I present this final issue of the 2014-2015 year. Like anything worthy of one’s time, RIVAL has taken our Executive Staff to both emotional extremes. We have stressed to the point of tears about setting and enforcing deadlines, making our mark on the magazine, and getting into the game to snap that perfect Duke-UNC photo. Yet we have also quite literally jumped for joy when flipping through the pristine first issue out of each box—Fall, Winter, Basketball, and Spring.

Above all, I am thrilled with the quality of the publication you’re holding right now. We have put an assiduous concerted effort into refining our niche on both campuses. RIVAL has managed to expand while simultaneously stepping up in cohesiveness, finesse, and style.

While I hope that RIVAL gets noticed for how stellar it looks in print, it is the combination of people behind each page that has made this year so special.

I feel ineffably fortunate to have worked with such talented writers, photographers, and designers. You have made this magazine multidimensional, innovative, and collaborative—but most importantly, you have made it memorable.

I want to thank each member of our Executive Staff for their unique contributions to this magazine’s success. Jake has been fearless, diligent, and visionary; he always goes above and beyond. Alex is talented, dedicated, and so wonderfully hilarious. She has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure a flawless, modern design. Aleise has been willing to confront whatever challenge I sent her way, and Catalina’s positive attitude and caring spirit have warmed every Exec meeting. Kate’s seemingly boundless energy is inspiring. If it isn’t evident, I respect and admire each Executive Staff member beyond words—and that’s a lot, because I truly love words.

Enjoy!

editor-in-chief Anna Mukamal, Duke ’17 managing photo editor Aleise Preslar, UNC ’15 creative photo editor Catalina Villegas, Duke ’17 design editor Alexandria Clayton, UNC ’15 sports editor Jake Klein, Duke ’16 treasurer & PR manager Kate Schneider, UNC ’17 writers Frank Jiang, UNC ’17 Erin Kolstad, UNC ’17 Caroline Leland, UNC ’15 Alexandra Hehlen, UNC ’18 Tierney Maray, Duke ’17 Kya Sorli, Duke ’18 Grace Oathout, Duke ’16 Josh Lariscy, Duke ’16 Catherine Mulqueen, UNC ’17 Charlotte McKay, Duke ’17 Elizabeth George, Duke ’17 Ben Ayto, Duke ‘18 JoJo Drake, UNC ‘17 photographers Frank Jiang, UNC ’17 Kya Sorli, Duke ‘18 Kate Schneider, UNC ’17 Grace Oathout, Duke ’16 Caroline Leland, UNC ’15 Miriam Singer, Duke ’18 Alexandra Hehlen, UNC ’18 Sam Kelly, Duke ’18 *Charlotte McKay, Duke ’17 Sherry Zhang, Duke ’16 designers Alexandria Clayton, UNC ’15 Sarah Houck, Duke ’17 *cover photo credit

Sincerely,

Anna Mukamal

Anna Mukamal, Duke ’17 Editor-in-Chief

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RIVAL is a joint publication between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that seeks to reinforce and redefine the historic rivalry.

All content, pictures, and design are the property of RIVAL. © 2014-2015. All rights reserved.

in this issue...

Pgs. 12-14

backstage What goes into campus productions at both universities?

Our theater enthusiast goes behind the scenes to find out.

Pgs. 17-19

couture chronicles Our staff fashionista sits down with two prominent fashion designers with roots on either end of Tobacco Road.

Pgs. 26-29

a sustainable future From the Duke Campus Farm to UNC-CH’s water-saving signage, discover how both universities combat their environmental footprints.

in every issue... pregame Pgs. 4-5 Staff writers describe how Duke and UNC-CH students get their hands dirty—for a good cause.

street art Pgs. 20-21 Research Triangle Park may be a science and technology hub, but culture thrives on Tobacco Road.

fix my campus Pgs. 6-7 A Duke club devoted to addressing what you want improved.

panorama standoff Pgs. 22-25 Student stores at Duke and UNC-CH.

top V Pgs. 8-9 Accomplishments of both universities this academic year.

photo collage Pgs. 30 The Sarah P. Duke Gardens and Coker Arboretum.

campus y Pgs. 10-11 An umbrella service organization at UNC-CH.

study abroad Pg. 31 A UNC-CH sophomore tells us why we should all want to be Swedish.

devil’s advocate Pg. 15 A Duke junior delves into the feud between the universities’ founding families.

graduation speakers Pg. 32 Find out who will address graduating seniors this May.

tar tracks Pg. 16 A UNC-CH senior gives a foodie’s perspective of our towns.

athlete’s corner Pg. 33 A must-read letter to the non-sports fan.

lineup Pgs. 34-35 Our incoming Sports Editor closes out our 2014-2015 athletics tally. the creative edge Pgs. 36-37 Duke and UNC-CH poets share impactful poems with our readers. by the book Pg. 38 Learn about social dance classes at both universities. out of the blue Pg. 39 Read about RIVAL’s 2015-2016 Executive Staff!

Want to know what it’s like to be RIVAL’s Treasurer? Design Editor?

Editor-in-Chief? Check out our new Executive Staff Blog at: rivaldukeunc.wix.com/ rivalmagazine

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Pregame Habitat For

Catholic Center Volunteers help build a Habitat house in Durham.

Students and families are involved in every step of the building process, from scaffolding to final touches.

By Kya Sorli, Duke Design by Jake Klein, Duke Photos by Kya Sorli, Duke

the non-profit subscribes to the idea of “partnership housing.” Habitat volunteers work with the family that will buy the home, building a domicile where the family will live and thrive. Each family joins with the community in the “build” to construct the home, and then purchases it from Habitat. Contrary to popular belief, Habitat does not give homes away. Zaidi emphasizes the fact that Habitat is looking “to give a hand up, not a hand out.” Each family buys the home independently.

The national organization grants regional chapters the freedom to adapt to their respective communities’ needs, yet the standard formula rarely deviates. Here at Duke, working on a build is a popular group activity, allowing volunteers to develop relationships with members of the Durham community. Chargois, who traveled with the Catholic Center, says that it was “humbling to be able to work alongside the woman whose house they were building.” Each person becomes an integral part of the build, and each is greatly needed. Chargois considered being part of such an essential task to be a real blessing.

Fundraising is a constant job for Habitat. Zaidi remarks that even the notorious basketball rivalry offers a chance for donations—last year alone, Habitat’s Duke vs.

UNC-CH fundraising competition raised over $6,000.

Every dollar raised is funneled into current projects.

Currently, Duke Habitat is working on a build that began in March and will finish sometime this summer.

Every weekend, volunteers gather to help.

Above all, Zaidi claims that volunteers are what keep Habitat flourishing. He encourages everyone to give the program a try and to get to know the community, saying, “There is a whole Durham out there.”

“I got stung by a bee, but it was so worth it! I’ll never forget,” Soren Chargois, a Duke University freshman, laughs as she discusses her volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity. Chargois, like the countless other volunteers who have worked with Duke Habitat, has little but praise for her experience, describing it as “amazing” and “humbling.”

Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity began as an attempt to address the rampant issues surrounding homelessness and poverty. Habitat has since become one of the most recognizable and influential organizations of its kind. Active internationally, Habitat has built over 800,000 homes that house over 4 million people in areas ranging from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Now the world’s largest non-profit builder, the organization spread to college campuses as universities began opening individual chapters. Not to be outdone, Duke started one of the first. The group was met enthusiastically when founded, and continues to attract volunteers at a high rate. Zohair Zaidi, Co-President of Duke Habitat, says that Selective Living Groups, sororities and fraternities, and other groups pitch in, building community both within Duke and in the Durham community. The Duke chapter is closely allied with Durham’s Habitat program, which serves as a mentor, partner, and source of volunteers and funding.

Habitat’s mission is simple: to combat poverty and homelessness by building affordable housing. To do so,

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Humanity

Pregame

When Kelli Council-Lattie, a Carrboro hairstylist, stepped into her new home for the first time this year, it meant that she could finally transition from a past of unaffordable rent and unstable housing. For UNC-CH Habitat for Humanity, her house dedication also represented a transition—their “Build a Block” initiative was complete, but they had taken only the first step to building a strong and supportive community.

Council-Lattie’s house was the last piece to a collaborative project between the UNC-CH and Orange County Habitat for Humanity organizations. Started in 2010, “Build a Block” was an ambitious plan to build ten new homes in a Habitat-sponsored neighborhood called Phoenix Place. However, as Gray Dorsett, UNCCH Habitat Executive Co-Chair, emphasizes, “We build more than just houses. We build communities. Even though we are finished building in the neighborhood, we continue to engage with the community.”

This central message of community empowerment resonates throughout the organization’s operations.

During the construction process, for example, Council-Lattie often worked on her neighbors’ houses while they worked on hers. These reciprocal efforts helped tie the community together and foster a sense of stability and optimism.

With five major committees—advocacy, community outreach, tutoring, publicity, and fundraising—UNCCH Habitat for Humanity also structures its organization to tackle low-income housing issues from angles beyond just construction. In particular, the advocacy committee takes a policy-based approach that highlights formal housing issues in Chapel Hill.

The community outreach committee works with kids, from hosting events to providing daycare for families that would otherwise be unable to afford it. The tutoring committee teaches young scholars twice a week, helping to break the cycle of poverty, and the publicity and fundraising committees offset the costs of building an affordable home and a stable, supportive infrastructure around it.

Fittingly, UNC-CH Habitat for Humanity utilizes local partnerships for a lot of its work in community engagement. Last year, UNC-CH Habitat worked with its sister organization at Duke to host the inaugural “Duke vs. UNC Challenge,” a competition to raise the most money during the interval between the two DukeUNC-CH basketball games. This year, UNC-CH won the annual challenge, out-raising their Duke counterparts by $507!

Arguably the largest event of the year, however, was the “Mixed Concrete” art auction in March, which brought the Chapel Hill community together. During the event, community members had the opportunity to purchase student artwork, with all proceeds going to support Valinda Pherribo, a new homeowner based in another Habitat neighborhood called Tinnin Woods.

Despite the many events and the rigorous work, UNC-CH Habitat never loses touch with its original purpose. “The most satisfying part,” Dorsett says, “Is home dedication, when you’re invited inside the house you’ve spent months fundraising for and building. You see the family and their friends, and the kids in their rooms playing, and you fully realize the impact you helped make on these peoples’ lives.”

Every year, UNC-CH Habitat for Humanity aims to raise roughly $40,000 and build two new homes. But just beneath those hard numbers is their central message—a deep commitment to community empowerment.

Carolina students pose with Rameses during a new house dedication.

UNC-CH students stand atop the roof of a new construction project.

By Frank Jiang, UNC-CH Design by Jake Klein, Duke Photos by Frank Jiang, UNC-CH

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Fix My Campus

By Ben Ayto, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photos by Sherry Zhang, Duke

Ask almost any student traipsing across the waterlogged marshlands of Duke University’s West Campus Quad—chances are they’ve heard of ‘Fix My Campus.’ Its name has become remarkably ubiquitous for an organization that was founded just three years ago. Despite the group’s pervasive familiarity, the student populace is not generally aware of the nature and extent of Fix My Campus’s operations.

A recent Duke Student Government affiliate body, FMC is a service that, in its own words, allows students “to send in suggestions for all types of campus activities and improvement.” The suggestions are then relayed to student-action groups across campus. The central hub for this process is FMC’s well-subscribed and ferociously active Duke Facebook page. The site, which boasts an ever-growing online community of undergraduates, graduates, and administrators, is first and foremost for community members to post, comment on, and share both their concerns and suggestions regarding campus improvement. Everything from reporting damaged equipment to facilities or infrastructure to requesting the rollout and relocation of campus services is fair game.

All of these concerns and more are given an outlet for resolution on the page. “There aren’t any clear parameters,” expresses director JP Lucaci, a current junior who joined FMC as

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a freshman. “Anything from parking, lighting, pathways, facilities… you name it. We’re very open.”

“The original purpose of Fix My Campus,” explains co-director Betty Chen, “was to affect physical changes that would have an immediate impact on the lives of Duke students.” Though the organization is “hesitant” to stray “too far away” from its original mission and become a defunct version of the DSG Services Committee, FMC increasingly takes on more ambitious, macro-level projects such as implementing a charger-sharing system in Perkins or tackling food point policy and related advocacy. Both Lucaci and Chen attribute FMC’s increased willingness to expand its endeavors to the continually strengthening relationships that its members have built with administrators in various university departments. FMC’s ten-member committee comprises the two aforementioned directors along with eight other student project managers. These managers, says Chen, “Are the ones who are really working and liaising with different departments, organizations, and administrative units to get things

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done.” Weekly committee meetings involve sifting through recent submissions and debating which new projects to take on. “Every project manager has his or her own areas of expertise,” explains Lucaci. Though members are assigned to head up individual initiatives, the group is in a mode of constant, active communication and collaboration.

“Once you talk about issues and what students want,” explains Chen, “Administrations are more than happy to help set things up.” In the

past, the biggest barrier to implementing new initiatives has been the organization’s lack of autonomous budgeting. By affiliating with DSG this past year, FMC secured more accessible channels to request funding. According to Lucaci and Chen, the group is also currently in the process of getting its own “fund code” as part of a concerted push for an independent budget. FMC had a landmark success just over a year ago in gathering student feedback on e-print location accessibility and wielding the results to encourage the administration to install new stations around campus. Yet as Chen admits, “Sometimes departments will tell you that they support the ideas, but just don’t have the budget to pursue them.” Independent financing will allow FMC to offer to contribute a portion of its budget to projects and meet these administrative collaborators part way.

With its page membership pushing the 3,000 mark, FMC is exploring other means of expanding operations. The organization is un-

derway in producing a smartphone app allowing community members to submit suggestions anonymously.

The motivation behind this, explains Lucaci, is that although the openness of the Facebook group is important in allowing community discussion, this “very public forum” may dissuade more sensitive concerns (such as the need to add condom or feminine hygiene disposal access to a particular residential area on campus) from being raised. Created by a group of Duke graduate students and supported by grants from the Duke Innovation Co-lab, the eight month project-in-development will also consolidate requests and updates pertaining to Duke’s various student service departments.

This is information, FMC’s directors point out, that is currently hidden in different websites and dispersed locations on campus.

“Students really, really like Fix My Campus,” says Lucaci. “But it’s interesting to see how they can get frustrated if something doesn’t work out because they’ve come to

expect really great things from us.”

The inconvenience of Duke’s construction—perhaps the most salient issue on campus at this time—is something for which FMC has been mistakenly perceived as responsible.

While it is challenging for FMC to rebrand its purpose to students and become more transparent about its workflow, both Lucaci and Chen are proud of the active, impactful, and accountable community that they have built.

To the question of what fulfils them most in their work with FMC, the directors’ answers differ slightly—but are both passionate. For Chen, the most rewarding part of her job is striking a balance between making administrators aware of student concerns and explaining administrative decisions to students.

“Once you’ve got your sea legs working with the administration, it becomes somewhat addictive, especially when a project works out,” says Lucaci. “It is something that has very much come to define my Duke experience.”

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Top v accomplishments of

By Frank Jiang, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photos by Frank Jiang, UNC-CH

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Pratt 75: The Pratt School of

Engineering celebrated its 75th anniversary this year. One of the fastest-rising engineering schools in U.S. News and World Report rankings, Pratt is a pioneer in innovative technology, from invisibility cloaks to brain implants.

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Coach 1K: The first Divi-

sion-I Men’s College Basketball coach to win 1000 games, Coach Krzyzewski is renowned for his tactical brilliance on the court. Equally noteworthy are his respect and humility off it—traits he exemplified through his moment of silence for Dean Smith before the first DukeUNC basketball game.

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Duke Kunshan: Stu-

dents at Duke now have the opportunity to study abroad in Kunshan, China, following the opening of Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in the fall. Offering a range of academic programs, DKU has already been selected by the World Health Organization as a prestigious Research Hub for health policy and systems research.

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Bionic eye: The Duke Uni-

versity Eye Center successfully implanted the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis Device, or bionic eye, for the first time in October 2014. This device, though still being refined, can help those previously blind make out shapes and light.

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Rubenstein Fellows: The Rubenstein Fellows Program attempts to

bridge theory and practice for Duke students by inviting two to four prominent leaders each year to interact with students across campus. This year’s inaugural fellows are Jim Rogers, former CEO of Duke Energy, and Dr. Alex Dehgan, former Chief Scientist at USAID.

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the 2014-2015 year

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By Erin Kolstad, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photos by Kate Schneider, UNC-CH

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Hard Work Pays Off: UNC-

CH has continued its tradition of athletic excellence this year.

Women’s Tennis won its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship of the past three years.

Additionally, at least nine Tar Heel sports teams were ranked No. 1 in their respective sports.

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Back at the J-School:

Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication were recognized at the 72nd Picture of the Year International competition, which included media from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Senior Emily Rhyne received an honorable mention as a Multimedia Photographer of the Year, and one multimedia project, Powering the Nation, was the winner in its category for the prestigious award.

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Social Justice: One ma-

jor theme on campus this year was addressing the underlying issues of racial disparities. To accomplish this, The Real Silent Sam Coalition and other organizations led protests throughout both semesters, focusing on the conflict in Ferguson and on renaming Saunders Hall, which is named after a prominent Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon.

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Outside the Classroom:

UNC-CH Professors Dr. Myron Cohen, Jo Anne Earp, and Bland Simpson won the General Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award for their respective work and research on groundbreaking strategies for limiting the transmission of HIV/AIDS, increasing access to health care for minority groups, and writing novels, articles, and Tony Award-nominated plays.

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New Borders to Cross:

Tar Heels can now travel to Buenos Aires, Northern Ireland, Moscow, China, Singapore, and Korea through the new study abroad programs unveiled in Spring 2015.

These exchange programs, summer sessions, and other global opportunities join the 325 other worldwide study abroad programs offered at UNC-CH.

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Campus Y: Look Deeper

By Erin Kolstad, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photos by Kate Schneider, UNC-CH

“Something important that I think people should know is to just look deeper into the Y,” says 2015 Campus Y co-president Juliana Ritter. “Look past the name, go inside. Look at its history. Look at each individual committee. I think everyone can learn a lot from that process.”

UNC-CH students walk past the Campus Y building every day, but many are unaware of the scope of what happens inside those doors.

As the university’s center for social justice and innovation, the Campus Y is one of the most influential and vocal groups on and off campus.

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Founded in 1860, the Campus Y was originally a branch of the YMCA. Young men taught Sunday school and literacy classes for African Americans, which helped create the organization’s foundation for outreach. The YMCA and YWCA, the Young Women’s Christian Association, merged in 1963 to become the Campus Y. In turn, the Campus Y officially disaffiliated from the United States YMCA in 1977-78 to become an independent organization.

Throughout history, the Campus Y has been involved with the desegregation of UNC-CH, protests against the Vietnam War, and international outreach. The organization’s legendary social activism has continued, and now serves as the

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“conscience of the university.”

The Campus Y has pushed 2014 co-president Dinesh McCoy to understand the interaction between issues facing the community. He originally joined the organization after his first year RA at UNC-CH urged him to help with planning Holi Moli, a colorful celebratory festival on campus.

In his time with the Y, McCoy says, “I’ve met some people who helped me become more perceptive about social issues going on in the community, and exposed me to broader thinking about those problems and being the solutions to those problems.”

McCoy says that the Campus Y made him aware of how different concerns facing the community

are interconnected and how they greatly impact each other. At first, he was more interested in poverty and educational disparity, but he later came to realize how much race relations issues play into those other problems.

The Campus Y is a collection of 30 committees addressing issues ranging from microfinance to disaster relief, from environmental justice to immigration. Most of the 2,000 Campus Y members work on one committee towards a specific goal.

“I think what makes the Campus Y valuable is seeing the immigration equality group going to meetings on mental health issues,” McCoy says. “There is so much overlap, and all of these issues are social justice issues, if you define social justice as addressing these disparities in the community.”

One example of a Campus Y committee is HOPE, Homeless Outreach Poverty Eradication. Through HOPE, students work with members of the Chapel Hill community who are currently experiencing homelessness or are transitioning out of homelessness. A committee project called the Community Empowerment Fund allows students to interact directly with a Chapel Hill citizen to help her build financial

skills, empowering her to become a responsible member of the community.

“I think that is really the type of social justice project we see as valuable,” McCoy says. “We’re not providing some general sort of charity, but we are working in collaboration and making sure that everything that we do here is connected to the real needs of people in the community, whether here or abroad.”

Ritter, a UNC-CH sophomore, originally joined the Y through her participation in a committee called Enrich ELL, which focuses on promoting opportunities through English literacy and fostering cross-cultural understanding. After becoming a co-chair of Enrich, Ritter began to attend cabinet meetings at the Y, when all the committee’s co-chairs come together to discuss their committee’s interactions with the Y. For Ritter and other Campus Y members, the organization serves as an institution to facilitate conversations about how to best serve the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities and to be active on campus.

“It is really inspirational to be in that room with 60 co-chairs,” Ritter says. “It is an opportunity that not a lot of other organizations have, to meet every other week with 60 other

leaders of organizations.”

By serving as the meeting place for so many separate organizations, the Campus Y building itself is an iconic part of social justice initiatives on campus. “We have a space here where we can get those students together and help organize people,” McCoy says. “This building, in addition to the organization itself, serves as a hub and support network for that work.”

For her 2015 term, Ritter says that she and the other co-president, Vishal Reddy, want to focus on the big issues that impact campus, just as the Campus Y did earlier in its history. “Something that I thought was really interesting was, in 1950, the Y was having weekly meetings on race relations in the Y and doing all sorts of amazing things to rally these conversations that didn’t take place anywhere else on campus. I want to keep those images of what the Y was to project onto what the Y will be.”

In her time as co-president next year, Ritter will not necessarily have the Campus Y leading any activism campaigns, but rather facilitating those important conversations in the Y. Her goal is that every single time members come to the Y, they learn something new.

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What Happens Backstage

By Tierney Maray, Duke Photos by Sherry Zhang, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH

When Janis Ian described North Shore High School’s cafeteria setup to Cady Heron in Mean Girls, she forgot a group. The JV jocks, sexually active band geeks, and cool Asians were etched onto Cady’s map—but where were the theater geeks? They were, no doubt, wandering the halls.

The theater geek is often portrayed as a somewhat awkward, overenthusiastic, Shakespeare-spouting entity surrounded by like-minded individuals. While the spontaneous script recitation may be exaggerated, it is true that theater-lovers tend to connect. There is something about spending countless hours in a black box delving into different worlds, characters, and epochs that fuses people together. While Duke and UNC-CH may exist on opposite ends of the basketball court,

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their theater students seem to read the same script. In theater at both schools, students find expression, creativity, and challenge—but they also find a community.

Duke and UNC-CH offer students a chance to focus on theater in both academic and extracurricular capacities. Contrary to popular belief, theater is far from standing on a stage, reciting learned lines, and awaiting applause. Duke’s Theater Studies Department defines theater as “a form of human expression, shaped by social, economic, technological, personal, and artistic forces.”

UNC-CH’s Department of Dramatic Art shares a similar philosophy, encouraging students to “recognize and comprehend the impact of culture, society, and language on drama.” Both schools offer a variety of specializations for majors and minors that enable students to explore all facets of theater, including script writing, costume design, sound

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design, and directing. Yet while academic immersion is instructive, classes alone do not make a theater community. As Duke sophomore Rachel Freedman says, “Theater is all about the people.”

Theater geeks at both universities have truly embraced theater’s personable nature and established strong communities in student-run theater groups. These groups select their shows, design sets and costumes, direct and produce, block and choreograph, rehearse, advertise, and put on their performances almost entirely without faculty assistance. Different groups may have a faculty advisor and receive assistance from the costume, set design, and sound shop at their university, but these productions are largely the groups’ “babies.”

The many theater groups that Duke and UNC-CH offer each have their own character, style, and focus. At Duke, you’ll find (among

others): the Duke Players Student Group, the student arm of the Theater Studies Department; the Antic Shakespeare Company, which strives to make Shakespeare’s work continually relevant; Hoof ‘n’ Horn, the musical theater group; and Duke Asian American Theater (DAAT), which celebrates Asian-American playwrights and actors. While these groups work with different theater styles, many actors are involved in more than one group. Michael Myers, a Duke senior and Theater Studies and Philosophy double major, has been involved as a performer, executive member, and Duke Players president. He also has performed for Antic Shakespeare and performed and directed for Hoof ‘n’ Horn. Myers believes that this variety of groups creates an environment in which students can experiment with different theatrical styles.

“Duke theater works differently from the other arts because students flow much more freely between the groups,” he says. In turn, the diverse groups coalesce to form a larger theater community on campus.

UNC-CH features similar theatrical diversity. Among other groups, at UNC-CH you will find: the UNCCH Pauper Players, the premiere musical theater company on campus; the Kenan Theater Company, which is composed of undergraduates who oversee the Kenan Theater; Company Carolina, which presents a variety of musicals and plays; and LAB! Theater, UNC-CH’s oldest and

largest theater company.

Similar to Duke theater geeks, the UNC-CH counterparts embrace a wide range of theatrical possibilities. Samuel Byron Frazelle, a UNCCH junior double majoring in Political Science and Dramatic Art, has been involved in LAB!, the Kenan Theater Company, and Company Carolina. Currently the producing

director of LAB!, Frazelle claims that fluidity between groups has increased over time: “These days, we’re seeing more actors and designers go between different companies instead of staying with one,” she says. Some students, like Maggie Poole, senior UNC-CH Dramatic Art major and executive director of Pauper Players, found their niche quickly. Poole loved musical theater in high school and says that getting involved with Pauper Players at UNC-CH led her to a group of people with whom she has truly connected. Students can choose to flirt with different theatrical styles or focus their passion.

For Duke and UNC-CH drama geeks, theater offers a supportive and inspiring community, sometimes outside of a student’s major. “We all love doing theater, but it’s not necessarily our main focus,” says Austin Ruiz, a Duke sophomore Theater major.

“A lot of people are Bio majors or study Physics, so theater isn’t necessarily what they intend to do once they graduate.” Thomas Kavanagh, a Duke senior Mathematics major,

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says that “the theater community is easy to break into” and that “people need not have an extensive theater background to share the stage.”

Poole of UNC-CH’s Pauper Players says that community is formed through the shows and through Pauper’s executive board, which enables members to learn from others’ experiences. Such eclectic backgrounds lead to a diverse, engaging, and supportive community.

With rehearsals averaging 16 hours per week near opening night, theater geeks have plenty of time to interact. However, it is what happens offstage that truly builds rapport.

Members of the community will go to support their friends in different shows and endeavors, read their scripts, go to parties together, form study groups, and have “family” dinners. What happens in rehearsals

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is merely the microcosmic foundation of a much larger and pervasive bond. “Without Hoof ‘n’ Horn, I think my life would be significantly more work-oriented and a lot less fun,” says Ruiz. “These are the peo-

ple are I really care about, and so I think without [theater] I would be a much sadder person on campus.”

Without our friends, the “geeks” of our own interest areas—be it in the writing, Physics, or sporting

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communities—we would indeed feel less fulfilled. We all thrive on finding that community with which we deeply connect. The theater geeks at Duke and UNC-CH find their place through the dramatic arts. Both schools offer theater-lovers a variety of often student-run opportunities that create a strong community. However, though theater geeks often strongly connect, there is no set of characteristics that defines them. Rather, the community welcomes many unique individuals.

“The theater has always been a home for the misfits of all varieties,” Myers says.

“It’s always prided itself on being that home.” Like Cady did in Mean Girls with gothic Janis and “too gay to function” Damian, in Duke and UNC-CH theater groups, people of all degrees of eccentricity find their home.

Devil’s Advocate

(Re)Discovering Duke: Blood Rivalry

From tenting to tip-off to overtime, Duke students had the pleasure of witnessing a huge win against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on February 18. After coming back from a ten-point Tar Heel lead to finally win by just two points, the Blue Devils kept Cameron Crazies on the edge of their seats.

If there’s a night when everyone at Duke suddenly becomes invested in sports, it’s the Duke-UNC game.

Why? One word: rivalry.

ty, North Carolina, which is now known as Durham. Taylor Duke, a local farmer, fell for the irresistible Chaney Mangum. The catch? Taylor Duke was married. But no law could stop these two star-crossed lovers from pursuing their passions. The affair didn’t stay hidden for long.

After bearing two of Duke’s children, Mangum could no longer hide their father’s name.

The Mangums took Duke to court.

The verdict that Duke would pay $5 a year for child support was no small price for a farming father of 10 children. Between a bedroom and a courtroom the feud was born, and from there it went much further than

The Duke-UNC rivalry is arguably unmatched in college sports. It’s so important that we name magazines after it. But it goes beyond sports.

How did the flaming intensity of this rivalry come to be? The answer may be more than burning benches.

Any good rivalry needs a juicy origin, and this one certainly has one: a feud. I’m talking a full-blown Montagues versus Capulets family feud. Except this version is set in the Old South and the players are the Mangums and the Dukes. Let’s go back 200 years ago to Orange Coun-

child support. The Dukes and the Mangums competed in everything.

Willie Mangum, an 1815 UNCCH graduate, helped found the Whig party and served in Congress for 23 years. Naturally, the Duke family was Democratic Republican. While Mangum fought in Washington, the Dukes stirred up trouble in North Carolina. Mangum referred to the Dukes as “a devilish clan.” In 1836 when Mangum ran for President, he lost his home state of North Carolina largely thanks to opposition from the Dukes.

By Grace Oathout, Duke Design by Sarah Houck, Duke Top image by goduke.com Photo below by Anna Mukamal, Duke

While the South suffered after the Civil War, the Mangum-Duke feud thrived—and it soon took over higher education. The Mangums, being devout alumni, ensured UNC-CH’s survival. Professor Adolphus Mangum reopened UNC-CH after the Civil War, and Willie Mangum sat on the Board of Trustees for 43 years. Even now, a dormitory is named after the family. Staff and student listings are still full of the Mangum name—from athletes to librarians to professors.

The Dukes are clearly to thank for the school’s fruition, which in 1929 was named after the family that earned their fortune from the famous Southern cash crop. Thanks to tobacco and Washington Duke’s entrepreneurial mind, the family thrived during Reconstruction. As proof, a statue of Washington Duke still sits on East Campus, the original location of the small Trinity College that the Dukes transformed.

And so the Duke family became Duke University. The Mangum family became UNC-CH. As the Duke-Mangum feud stretched from one category to the next, it soon overtook the schools and eventually their competitive sports programs.

And the rivalry was born.

And if you’re skeptical about whether the Dukes and Mangums are still rivals: When asked about the feud in 1994, William Mangum II replied, “I don’t want to say hatred, but underlying these two families is a desire to get the better of each other.”

I daresay that any Blue Devil or Tar Heel would agree with that exact sentiment.

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A Different Kind of Restaurant Review

By Caroline Leland, UNC-CH Design by Sarah Houck, Duke Top image by Daniel Stratton, UNC Basketball Photo below by Caroline Leland, UNC-CH

the other 90 percent.

Also admirable is Vimala’s focus on often-underrated environmental sustainability practices. Composting all of its kitchen scraps, Vimala’s productively diverts tons of organic material that would otherwise produce methane in landfills.

At environmentally-conscious restaurants like Vimala’s, a focus on local ingredients is more than just a fad. By buying local ingredients, restaurants minimize food miles, or the distance any given food travels from its origin to its consumer. Food

How do you decide on your favorite restaurant? Even if you haven’t thought about it, you know it’s more than just the food. It’s the entire experience of eating there: the ambiance in the room, the speed and accuracy of the service, the options on the menu, perhaps a subconscious evaluation of who else is eating there, and the cohesiveness of the restaurant’s brand or personality.

When I call myself a foodie, I mean that I care about all aspects of the food system—so when I evaluate restaurants, I naturally add a few more factors to the ones that I just named. I care about what happens behind the scenes. Is the restaurant environmentally sustainable? Does it protect workers’ rights? Does it respect the lives of animals? Does it contribute positively to cultural values?

In Chapel Hill, I would say that Vimala’s Curryblossom Café demonmiles are an often-avoidable waste of strates excellence in every category.

Founded by a single mother who im- resources and a contributor to greenhouse gases. Local produce is much migrated from India, Vimala’s exists more likely to be served fresh and to not only to serve top-quality, tasty, come from small farmers—people nutritious, and affordable food, but also carries out a clear social mission. whose livelihoods and precious cultural traditions are deeply threatened “Wholesome food is a human by the rise of industrial agriculture. right,” Vimala says. There’s a sign Plus, because the lower scale makes on the restaurant door that reads, each animal more valued, small “No one will be turned away for a farmers are much more likely to lack of money.” About 10 percent of treat their animals humanely. A class the restaurant’s customers eat from project on local sourcing for The Rethe Food For All fund—a jar on the fectory Café in Durham heightened counter filled with donations from 16 RIVAL MAGAZINE• VOLUME 10 • ISSUE 4

my understanding and appreciation of the importance of local food—and led me to my now-favorite Durham restaurant.

While Vimala’s is cozy and rustic with heavy wooden rafters, The Refectory’s space is open and cheery with bright green walls and lots of windows. Vimala’s specializes in traditional South Indian dishes, and The Refectory focuses on nutritious “new American” food. Ostensibly, even its cheesecake is healthy, as Greek yogurt replaces typical cream cheese and sour cream ingredients. Like Vimala’s, The Refectory duly prioritizes local sourcing and environmental sustainability. It has also demonstrated a remarkable commitment to affordability and workers’ rights.

When Duke Dining asked The Refectory to pay an increased commission, founder and CEO Laura Hall moved the restaurant off campus, eventually settling in at its current location on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard—all to avoid raising her prices or cutting into her employees’ living wages.

Vimala’s Curryblossom Café and The Refectory Café not only satisfy me in every traditional category of restaurant evaluation, but also inspire me by their success with doing well while doing good. Prioritizing local ingredients and social justice as well as nutrition and taste, seeking to operate on a sustainable system environmentally as well as economically, and presenting a unique and pleasant experience all-around, these two restaurants easily win my vote for best restaurant in their respective cities.

Two designers, two universities, one passion

By Alexandra Hehlen, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photos by Alexandra Hehlen, UNC-CH

If Alexander Julian and Echo Xiao have one thing in common, it’s that design was a part of their lives while they were still crawling on all fours.

“I made some mistakes, but they were all in a diaper,” says Julian, an award-winning fashion designer and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student. Xiao, a Fuqua School of Business graduate and the founder of successful clothing brand Pandella Concept, says that she was born with her passion for design.

The two may not know each other, but they both have life stories that captivate and inspire.

Julian essentially grew up in his father’s Chapel Hill bicycle shop.

“It was my playground as a child,”

Julian says. “I was literally raised in the store, and my first playthings were swatch books. We used to make forts out of suit boxes…I was just the average kid that had a suit custom-made at age five.”

Julian, now 67, came along to the New York buyer market for the first time when he was just six months old, and his mother encouraged him to think outside of the box at a young age. Xiao created her first book of designs at age seven.

Xiao studied at Shandong University in her home country of China, and then she received a Masters degree in economics at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade before coming to Fuqua in 2007. She went into management consulting for four years straight out of college, working first for Deloitte and then for Pricewaterhouse Coopers. “The

parents expected you to go to college and then go to get a good job,” she says, noting that fashion design was simply not a stable option for her at the time.

Julian’s father, designer Maurice Julian, urged him to become a doctor, also a secure profession.

Julian agreed to study pre-med at UNC-Chapel Hill on the condition that he could pursue psychiatry. The legitimate reason? “I didn’t want to have to wear white,” he says with a laugh.

Julian never finished college.

As he began buying merchandise for his father’s store at age 16, the young man’s focus drifted farther and father away from school. “I was just totally infatuated with clothing,” he says. Fast forward to 1969. Julian was 21 years old, and his father was out of town. Secretly releasing one of

Julian starts off by sketching out his desired cloth.

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his father’s tenants from a five-year lease—surprise, Maurice!—Julian raked up enough cash to open up aptly-named Alexander’s Ambition, his own store located where Chapel Hill clothing store Julian’s is today.

He designed over half of the clothing sold in Alexander’s Ambition, which was also the first store in the Southeast to sell Ralph Lauren.

Xiao was designing, too. Even with her busy consulting job, she found time to make clothes. Consulting, however, was becoming taxing. Every Thursday on the drive from Cleveland to the airport for her commute home, Xiao cried. She loved her job, but with few breaks and frequent travel, consulting was taking a toll on her health. On January 18, 2012, she submitted her resignation and began to make plans for her own clothing company.

Soon after, she launched Pandella.

“No business is easy, especially for fashion,” she says, adding that after she launched Pandella in the United States she felt like she’d given birth to a baby.

Xiao oversees the business and is also Pandella’s chief designer. Originally the sole couturier, she now has three full-time designers in China and works with them in the early mornings and late evenings to account for the time difference. While her team in China handles logistics and manufacturing, she manages marketing in America and focuses on building relationships with customers. She invests time in connecting with boutique owners who carry her pieces. “If their business is not successful, then my business is not successful,” she says.

For Julian, the road did not stop with starting his own store. Producing unique clothing in small quantities was difficult at the time—and still is today. When Julian went to market in New York twice a year, he brought together the leaders of some of the top men’s clothing stores and showed them his work. He offered each retailer the opportunity to put their own labels on his clothes. “[This would] increase the quantity to give me more flexibility to be able

Echo Xiao, originally from China, is the founder of (and chief designer for) American clothing brand Pandella Concept.

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to design more,” he says. The pieces he offered to the retailers sold very well across the country.

Julian’s first commercial design deal came with a salesman who asked him to help revitalize a Baltimore suit manufacturing company whose clothing looked outdated. The salesman convinced the company that he could create them a new look good enough to rival that of Ralph Lauren, the up-and-coming brand at the time. Julian agreed to help the salesman, designing suits for the manufacturer without putting his own label on them.

Julian was also the first designer in America to create his own fabric.

After searching to no avail for an ideal fabric he imagined, he decided to design his own. “I didn’t know what not to do because I hadn’t been taught [design] formally,” he says.

“And so I naturally assumed that since the common denominator of all garments is fabric, that the fabric is the most important thing.” Julian described his ideal fabric to an artist, who then drew a sketch for the gar-

Chapel Hill native Alexander Julian is a renowned fashion designer who has won five Coty Awards for his work.

Alexander Julian was the first designer in America to create his own fabric.

ment patternmaker.

Julian then moved to New York and, due to a stroke of luck, presented his line in a meeting at Bloomingdales in 1975. It was then that the department store’s executive, Gary Shafer, pronounced Julian the next big thing and ordered that the store carry Julian’s designs. From there, Julian’s career snowballed. In 1978, he was nominated for his first Coty Award, a high honor in the fashion industry, and has won five such awards since.

Xiao is no stranger to success, either. The number of Pandella employees has tripled over the past three years, and this March her pieces were featured in Atlanta’s Americasmart trade show. She finds her job exciting, maybe because Pandella is not quite like other retailers. The company’s three defining characteristics, she says, are unique design, personalized customer service, and empowerment of women.

Xiao says design is Pandella’s “core competency.” Every piece she creates is carefully thought-through, detailed, and fashion-forward.

Additionally, she sends each paying customer a personalized email to ask for feedback on the product. She uses the customers’ comments to

find out how she can make her next line better-fitting and more catered to buyers’ desires.

Xiao’s brand also emphasizes female empowerment by employing women. She has personal relationships with all her fashion models, who are not sourced from agencies but are instead working in other fields or attending graduate school.

Additionally, Pandella’s lines are catered to the independent, career-focused woman who desires unique, high-end pieces.

The power of clothing—to convey a message or empower the wearer—is a cornerstone of the fashion industry. “The value of knowing the difference between just covering your body and wearing something that is enhancing to you both aesthetically and mentally is something that I’m actually writing a book on,” Julian says.

Whether it is the dream, funds the dream, or looks like a dream on, fashion was and is these designers’ lifeblood.

“Good clothing typically not just makes you more attractive and makes you more listened to,” Julian

says. “It makes you feel more at home in the world and excited to live.”

STREET ART:

CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN OUR TOWNS

By Charlotte McKay, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photo by Charlotte McKay, Duke

Creativity is showcased with pride on the walls of Durham and Chapel Hill communities. While the Research Triangle has earned its name as a hub for science and technology, artistic talent overflows in the form of culinary offerings from Chapel Hill’s Lantern, the soft electro-pop sounds of Durham duo Sylvan Esso, and the collection of mural art scattered throughout both cities’ streets. While students pass by many of these murals every day, some are slightly off the beaten trail. Despite the large variety of images and styles, there is a clear emphasis on collaboration and community in these works.

Some of Durham’s most iconic murals were created as a part of the 2006-2009 ‘Face Up: Telling Stories of Community Life’ project, which led to the creation of the Pauli Mur-

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ray Project. Students who frequent Duke University’s Smith Warehouse are familiar with the portrait of the Durham civil and human rights champion Pauli Murray that is painted on the Duke Transit Complex’s brick façade. What they may not know is that there are four other

portraits of Murray that are part of a series of 14 murals created in collaboration with artist Brent Cook and community members of Central and Southwest Durham. The project included a series of summer institutes run by the Duke University Center

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for Documentary Studies, which focused on recording the stories of Central and Southwest Durham and impacting the neighborhoods’ visual landscapes. Conversations regarding the creation of murals were met with enthusiasm by community members, allowing Cook to engage with residents and the environment through a number of visioning sessions, workshops, and conversations. “[The mural work] was all about participation; it wasn’t about him or the project, it was about getting to know the people,” says Barbara Lau, director of the Pauli Murray Project. “Our hope is that [the murals] become community landmarks and continue to introduce more people to the amazing person of Pauli Murray.”

The relationship between the community and mural art is equally strong in Chapel Hill, largely thanks to the work of Michael Brown.

Brown completed his first mural in 1989 upon returning to his home-

town, and quickly earned himself a reputation as ‘The Mural Guy.’ The majority of Brown’s works can be found in the vicinity of Franklin and Rosemary Streets in Chapel Hill, and leading into Carrboro. A number of his murals have also relied upon a collaborative process. He assimilates the relationship between the muralist and the volunteers to that of a conductor and an orchestra: “I would design a plan where they could contribute something productive, and they would understand what they needed to contribute to the overall design.” The murals are funded by a combination of private commissions and an annual series endorsed by the Downtown Commission. “I try to make each very different from the other, and my style changes dramatically,” Brown says. “Because of this [the Downtown Commission] was continually willing to hire me once a year.”

Brown’s annual commissions total approximately 20 murals.

One of Chapel Hill’s most iconic murals is a version of Curt Teich’s 1941 Postcard image. In 2013, UNCCH alumnus Scott Nurkin recreated the bold, retro design on the rear façade of the local bar He’s Not Here.

His most recent mural is a memorial to Coach Dean Smith on the corner of Smith Level Road and US 15-501.

“If anyone was to be emblematic of the town of Chapel Hill, it would be Dean Smith,” Nurkin recently told The Daily Tar Heel.

Downtown Durham has welcomed several new collaborative projects during the past 18 months. The Durham Community Civil Rights Mural Project is located next to the Durham Arts Council building and aims “to honor the unsung heroes” of the Civil Rights Movement, according to the mural’s funding website. A team of Durham community members created the work in collaboration with artist Brenda Miller-Holmes. The Two Way Bridges Project chose the

façade of Durham’s oldest Mexican restaurant, Torero’s, as its canvas.

The mural was carried out by local high school students, college students, and a combination of local and visiting artists to foster the relationship between the Latino communities of Duke and Durham.

While the murals are beautiful sites to behold, it is important to look beyond the images to consider the numerous collaborations that have ensured that the community welcomes each mural. Even if the artist is ultimately the creator, the murals are the product of many visions. Beyond visibly brightening the physical landscapes of Durham and Chapel Hill, these works of art exemplify the culture and history of each. Brown accurately describes the importance of celebrating creativity in our towns, saying, “It would be really cool if more people realized that art, music, dance, performance, and speech are kind of what make our towns different.”

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Green is th

By Elizabeth George, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photos by Miriam Singer, Duke

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

It’s not easy being green, but both Duke University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are investing time and money into initiatives to keep their campuses thriving sustainably. These universities demonstrate a strong commitment to environmental stewardship, developing and supporting efforts at every level of impact—from daily operations to long-term projects. Green is good, as far as these institutions are concerned, and with goals of climate neutrality within the next decade, both Duke and UNC-CH continue to push for more efficient, environmentally amenable systems and spaces.

Outstanding LEEDership

Duke’s campus already boasts a massive forest and a nationally praised garden, but the green space isn’t just outside. Duke has committed to maintaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certi-

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fication standards in all of its new construction and renovation projects. With 29 LEED certified buildings and nine more queued for future certification, more than a quarter of the university’s total square footage is registered or certified LEED—a concrete commitment to sustainability in building plans. LEED certified dormitories cut energy and water wastefulness with motion-sensing hallway lighting and adjustable pressure showers. Beyond LEED requirements, Duke’s steam and chilled water plants deliver temperature control to Duke’s buildings more efficiently than individual heating and cooling units. All this is to say that these days, conserving energy is hot.

Over three summers, UNC-CH renovated six of its residence halls to meet the coveted criteria, and as of 2013, Chapel Hill has 635,671 total square feet of LEED certified buildings on campus. So how do the facilities operate now? According to UNC-CH’s 2013 Campus Sustainability Report, the Genome Sciences building is the first on campus to be cooled by chilling beams independent of the ventilation system, and it requires 72% less potable water than standard buildings of its size. The Koury Oral Health Sciences building is the first to capture and utilize condensate water from mechanical equipment, using 36% less energy than buildings of

he New Blue comparable size. LEED’s economic and environmental advantages have encouraged the university to pursue a Gold standard level in its current and future construction.

Smart Home

The Smart Home isn’t just a Disney Channel movie anymore. Duke students research and implement sustainable systemic solutions for energy efficiency in this live-in lab. The first group of residents moved into the smart space in the spring of 2008, and students have since built rainwater and solar catchment systems to power the high-tech, low-waste building. “One of the things that is motivating to me is that whatever I do, I have a lot of impact, and being able to tie my work to that impact is very satisfying,” says past Smart Home resident Ani Mohan in an Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows Scholar Spotlight. For Ani, who worked on a smart refrigerator, and other residents, living in a space that demands creativity and problem-solving contributes beyond the conveniences of their daily lives, translating to the birth of ideas that will impact how society solves issues of sustainability on a larger level.

Green Thumbs Up

The Duke Campus Farm aims to spur food system change by inspiring the Duke community in a functional and educational space. The farm serves as an instructional site for sustainable agriculture, reconnecting students with the sources of their food. “My Sustainability Theory and Practice class (ENV 245) was a service-learning course with a large group project component, which we spent working on the Duke Campus Farm,” explains sophomore Kaia Haney, who logged over 40 hours of shovel-lugging and retaining wall-building with her classmates in the course of the semester. “Our project was to research, plan, and implement an herb garden that could serve as an educational feature for the farm as well as just be pretty,” says Haney.

“It was a phenomenal way to experience for ourselves what we were learning in class while providing a productive, beautiful space for the community.”

Fruits, vegetables, and herbs cultivated at the farm are served in Duke dining halls run by Bon Appétit, so the arugula at the salad bar becomes more than just lunch; it’s fresh, local, friend-farmed goodness.

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the way to their degrees, offering an impressive list of service-learning courses surrounding environmental studies and even a minor in sustainability. The importance of implementing sustainability theory and practice in the field has become a core facet of the curriculum, ensuring that students have the skills and experience to carry their mission to careers off campus.

Food for Thought

Duke Dining has implemented a litany of sustainable initiatives that ensure environmental conscientiousness from the facilities’ functional flow to the food on diners’ forks. Duke Dining has abolished tray-style meals at Marketplace, abandoned Styrofoam, bid adieu to bleached napkins, and adopted 100% pre-consumer composting. Recycling reigns in all dining locations, giving new life to the materials too synthetic to stomach.

In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, UNC-CH’s dining halls composted 539 tons of food waste, and they’re still not satisfied. Carolina Dining Services aims for constant improvement, recognizing the seemingly endless opportunities for reducing energy, water, and food waste in its facilities. In Chapel Hill’s Lenoir Dining Hall, a food pulper reuses 95% of the water extracted from food waste, and ditching trays in the dining halls saves UNCCH 12,000 gallons of water per week.

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All That Power

Because Duke wants its biggest footprint to belong to Jahlil Okafor, cutting nefarious emissions takes high priority. The university’s 2013 greenhouse gas inventory reported that energy accounts for 76% of Duke’s GHG emissions, which breaks down to 50% carbon emissions from the purchase of electricity and 26% from steam production on campus. The implementation of the university’s Climate Action Plan, which outlines and launches measures to bring Duke to climate neutrality by 2024, has successfully reduced emissions by 28% from 2007 to 2013.

Similarly, building-related energy demand comprises 79% of UNC-CH’s GHG emissions. In 2013, the university avoided using over one trillion BTUs of energy, which would traditionally require a whopping 40,500 tons of coal. Relative to 2003 levels, the university aims to reduce its energy consumption per square foot by 30% in 2015. Thus far, they’ve achieved a 33% shrink, not just meeting but exceeding that goal in the wake of ambitious changes.

Because transportation between campuses can’t always be on foot, both Duke and UNC-CH maintain bike programs, challenge students, staff, and faculty to carpool to school, and have made GoPasses a simple, free incentive to take public transportation. Using these strategies, students can reduce emissions for any route.

Smart Water

Duke University and its Health System constitute Durham’s largest consumers of water, using 449 million gallons in 2010. Signage in dorms and restrooms urges students and staff to reduce their water consumption each day, and they’ve been aided with the installment of low-flow flush valves and showerheads in lavatories andhigh efficiency washing machines in laundry rooms.

Duke’s recent conservation efforts, including a stream restoration project and the construction of a reclamation pond that will flow into a chilled water plant, have focused on generating long-term reductions. The pond alone is anticipated to help save around 100 million gallons of water each year.

In an effort to reduce the number of disposable plastic water bottles used on Duke’s campus and to instead encourage refillable containers, libraries, instructional buildings, and recreational facilities were equipped last year with water fountains that cater to the shape of a thermos and display a count of the number of plastic bottles saved. Even in the corners of campus with seemingly nonexistent traffic, the counters have ticked away thousands.

Water bottle refill stations have made their way to UNC-CH as well, helping the Heels hydrate responsibly in locations including the Student Union, Lenoir Dining Hall, the Student and Rams Head Recreation Centers, academic departments, and high-occupancy residence halls throughout campus. The end goal? To maximize conscientious consumption while minimizing waste.

Why Go So Green?

It’s clear that Duke and UNC-CH have committed countless hours, masses of funds, and incredible effort to developing and implementing the initiatives that have changed and will continue to change their campuses into culturally and systematically green spaces. But why the urgency? Without these measures, students in 20 years won’t be able to enjoy the resources available to us today. As intellectual institutions, these universities have taken on the responsibility of promoting and exemplifying the environmental stewardship that their research has proven so positively imperative. Beyond that, as businesses, their financial stability relies on sustainable, predictable sources and costs of energy. Saving resources saves money in the long-run, and to prevent potential price increases is to shield future students from footing those bills themselves when the universities factor the financial strain into cost of attendance. The earth’s resources aren’t infinite, and our communities are burning (often literally) through them faster than they can replenish themselves or be replaced with alternatives.

Sustainability is a matter of necessity in this generation’s dilemma, and even small steps can help to mitigate the mess. So follow suit with a smaller personal environmental footprint for the sake of a healthier future.

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Study Abroad

By Catherine Mulqueen, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photo by Catherine Mulqueen, UNC-CH

Before I moved to Sweden for the semester, I bought a pair of trendy glasses, furry snow boots, and an oversized ski coat—practical, and very stylish. I should also mention the brimmed beanie that my mom convinced me looked positively fetching. I was off to Sweden in style, or so I thought.

Throughout my first six weeks in Lund, it became blatantly clear that Swedish people are infinitely cooler than me. I’m not just referring to every woman’s perfectly fitted black pants, oversized scarf, heeled ankle boots, and messy blonde hair. Or every man’s modish jacket, styled hair, and impeccable facial structure. I am also referring to the air of self-assurance and composure that the Swedes give off. And they never get reprimanded for chattering loudly about their cute neighbor in silent train cars. (Yes, that may have happened to me. And, yes, there are silent train cars.) My first impression of Swedish people was a mixture of intimida-

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tion and childish admiration.

Since forming this first impression, I’ve had the chance to get to know many Swedes. For lack of a more sophisticated word, they are awesome. Although I can’t say that the intimidation has completely worn off, I can say that the Swedes have been helpful, kind, and excited to introduce me to some great traditions. One of my first Swedish experiences was my novice sittning. Long tables were set up in the basement of a castle, topped with tall candles and bottles of red wine. Between the meal’s three courses, we broke out into traditional Swedish songs, becoming merrier and merrier as the night progressed. I was seated next to a Swedish student, Lotta, who explained everything from the songs to the schnapps. Another one of my favorite Swedish traditions is fika.

This consists of taking a break from a hectic day to talk to friends over a mug of coffee and a pastry (normally a cinnamon bun). Not a bad habit.

Between sittnings, pubs, fika, corridor parties, and joining a nation (picture non-exclusive, coed fraternities), it has been easy to

embrace Swedish culture. But perhaps the time I felt the most immersed in this new country was when I sat in a sauna packed full of completely nude, sweaty Swedes.

Two exchange friends and I were spending the day in Malmö, a nearby city set on the North Sea. All of my Swedish friends had encouraged me to try out this sauna overlooking the ocean, so I decided to give it a shot. Next thing I knew, I was jumping into the icy cold ocean between sauna sessions. Once again, I got scolded for talking in a designated silent space, but once I finally stopped talking, I realized just how relaxing this tradition is.

I may not be as cool as the Swedes, but they have taught, accepted, and befriended me. I am even in the process of being adopted by a Swedish corridor where I made many of my friends. (Sorry, Mom and Dad.) Study abroad has been such an amazing experience because I have met people from all over the world—whose lives, cultures, and languages are so much different from mine. It is fascinating and often amusing to share our differences with each other, but I have found that friendship surpasses all of these differences. We are more similar than we are different. I could have written about the winding cobblestone streets, the delightful pastries, and the exciting weekend trips, but it’s the people I have met that have made my time in Sweden so memorable thus far. And hopefully, by the end I will have even upped my cool factor!

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Athlete's Corner

By Jake Klein, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH Photo by Aleise Preslar, UNC-CH

To the non-basketball fan, You know who you are. You spend home games studying in the library, sneering to yourself about how unusually empty it is. You scoff at the dedicated tenters, freezing their extremities off out of loyalty to a team that doesn’t even know they exist. Or perhaps you’re—gasp— the dreaded basketball castigator, the vile miscreant who wishes that your institution would forever disown the team, expunge it from all historical record, and burn the stadium in effigy. Maybe then your school would be known for its academic standing, biology research, or even its dance department. Anything would be better than being represented by a band of intellectual plebeians in baggy shorts and hooded sweatshirts who put a ball through a hoop while you toil away for a 4.0 and your esteemed degree in “saving the world.”

Shame on you and your quibbles.

I’ll have you know that UNC-CH’s basketball team generates $20 million each year for the school. For Duke, $30 million. How much revenue does your beloved biology department produce? That’s what I thought. Yet, if anything, the tens of millions that college athletics produce constitute their greatest evil. But enough talk about money. Instead, let’s focus on what makes college basketball such a beautiful game. It’s time to find out what you’ve been missing.

The true elegance of basketball lies in its simplicity.

At the end of the day, it’s just five guys (or gals) trying to put a ball in a hoop. If those “half-students” you so love to mock can understand it, shouldn’t you be able to? You don’t need to comprehend the intricacies of the pick-and-roll to appreciate the awe-inspiring, rim-shaking power of a slam dunk. Nor is knowing the difference between the 3, 5, and 35 second rules a prerequisite for the excitement following a half-court buzzer beater.

Watching basketball is a full-body experience. Your feet know when to jump—just like your hands know when to clap—even if you couldn’t tell the difference between the baseline and the foul line. Oh, and that embarrassing, barbaric yawp you heard? Well, that came from you after your opponent’s star player just got posterized.

Don’t know what that means? It’s okay. Your body does.

Still not convinced? Well, how about this: Basketball

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is also the world’s most democratic sport. In a baseball game, maybe three players from each team get to score. In football, it’s four or five. What about soccer, the quote-unquote “global game?” You’re lucky if one player from either team scores. But in basketball, anywhere from six to 10 players from each team score on any given night. What’s more, basketball is starting to rival futbol as the world’s most played sport. From the Balkans to the Philippines, Iran to Cameroon, and Scandinavia to Oceania, basketball is truly becoming a game without borders.

But above all else, basketball is an interactive, interpersonal experience. No other sport puts the fans closer to the action, literally. Google “Cameron Crazies” and you’ll find a sea of blue and white hands reaching out (though never quite touching because that would be a serious safety concern so please, please, please never touch an opposing player during a game) to rip the ball from an opposing player’s grasp. With its small courts, unmasked players, and close seats, basketball brings fans closer to the game than any other sport. But it brings those fans closer to each other, as well. You see, it doesn’t matter if you’re studying the classics or classical mechanics. You could be the outgoing frat boy or the timid bookworm. And yes, you could even be a biology major dreaming of saving the world. Once you walk through the doors, all that matters is your shade of blue. Once you walk through the doors, you’re family.

Comparing Graduation Speakers

Paul Farmer

Jason Kilar

By Catalina Villegas, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH

By Aleise Preslar, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH

When asked by Stephen Colbert whether poverty is contagious and what we could prescribe for it, public health expert Dr. Paul Farmer responds, “The prescription for poverty involves the transfer of resources.” A Duke University medical anthropologist, Dr. Farmer has spent more than 30 years empowering underserved populations by pioneering community based health care treatment strategies. Founder of Partners in Health, current Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Farmer is more recently known for his role in the Ebola outbreak. “An Ebola diagnosis need not be a death sentence,” Farmer explains in the London Review of Books upon returning from Liberia in October of 2014. “If patients are promptly diagnosed and receive aggressive supportive care— including fluid resuscitation, electrolyte replacement and blood products—the great majority, as many as 90 percent, should survive.”

An infectious disease specialist, Dr. Farmer embodies Duke’s focus on interdisciplinarity in his recent book, Reimagining global health: an introduction. The book’s case studies combine ethnographic, theoretical, and historical perspectives to provide a strong global health framework that conveys the work’s multifaceted nature.

Duke President Richard H. Brodhead firmly believes that Dr. Farmer will connect with the new graduates, inspiring them to “lead significant lives in service to their world.”

While it is impressive and exciting when UNC-CH chooses a world-renowned commencement speaker, there is something special about an address from a fellow Tar Heel. Jason Kilar is an alumnus who worked his way from the ground up. In 1993, Kilar graduated from UNC-CH with a double major in Business Administration and Journalism and Mass Communication. He then attended Harvard University to get his MBA. As an undergraduate, Kilar began as an intern at Disney. Now, his resume includes the names of some of the country’s largest companies: Amazon, Hulu, and DreamWorks Animation, all in executive positions. Kilar was the founding CEO of Hulu, and he recently founded Vessel, a video service.

Clearly, Kilar has a predisposition for founding companies. A professional with his track record is the ideal graduation speaker—after May 10, recent graduates will be in the same position that he once was, trying to find their way into the real world. In a recent interview with UNC-CH, Kilar said, “I look forward to returning this spring to the University that I love, to pause by the Old Well, and most importantly, to proudly celebrate the class of 2015 as they set off to change the world.” For the new graduates, listening to a speech on graduation day by a fellow Tar Heel who has worked assiduously and found his niche in the professional world will be uniquely inspiring.

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Lineup: Duke

By Josh Lariscy, Duke Design by Jake Klein, Duke Photos by Sam Kelly, Duke

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Senior Andy Perez (13) takes a pitch against Pitt.

Elizabeth Williams is finishing her Women’s Basketball career in dramatic fashion. The senior recently became the first player in program history to earn four Associated Press All-American accolades.

Currently averaging 14.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, Williams has stepped up this season on numerous occasions, most notably when she led the team with 18 points against the Tar Heels in an 81-80 senior night victory.

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The Fencing teams had strong outings at the NCAA regionals in early March, posting eight top-10 finishes between the Men’s and Women’s teams. Sophomore Christopher Monti highlighted the performances by winning eight of 11 bouts in saber to secure a thirdplace finish overall. The Blue Devils rounded out the season by competing in the NCAA Fencing Championships in late March.

At the ACC Championship for Men’s Swimming, the final day was a time to make history.

The Blue Devil athletes broke four school records on the final day of the tournament, including the freestyle mile, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, and 200m Fly. In total, Duke swimmers broke 11 school records throughout the Championship, and a relay time of 1:25:03 earned Duke a spot in the NCAA championship in Iowa City, Iowa.

The Duke Baseball team has recorded a strong start to the spring season, having dropped only three games thus far—two of those coming at the hands of rival UNC-CH in an away series.

Right-handed pitcher Mike Matuella, named the No. 2 overall MLB prospect at the beginning of the season, was recently named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list.

The award is given to the top amateur baseball player in the country.

Fellow teammate Mike Rosenfeld, a redshirt senior, was also named to the 2015 Johnny Bench Award watch list, which is given annually to the nation’s top catcher.

As the year comes to a close and champions start to rise, rivalry games still hold a lofty place in the athletes’ minds. In terms of head-tohead Duke vs. UNC-CH matchups, as of mid-March Duke holds the lead by a slim 4-3 margin.

The Women’s Golf team, a perennial power, is once again having a fantastic spring season. Their strongest performance thus far took place at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, S.C. The team finished in first place with freshman Leona Maguire being named champion. Maguire also holds the current No. 1 ranking in the country, with teammate Celine Boutier close behind at No. 6.

Senior Andrew Istler (26) fires a changeup.

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Lineup: UNC-CH

By Josh Lariscy, Duke Design by Jake Klein, Duke Photos by Aleise Preslar, UNC-CH

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Men’s Lacrosse has had a fantastic season, sitting on a No. 2 USILA national ranking and remaining undefeated as of mid-March. Senior attackman Joey Sankey has been named a candidate for the Senior CLASS award, given annually to a Men’s and Women’s lacrosse player who excels both on and off the field. On top of this nomination, Sankey, and senior teammates Jimmy Bitter and Chad Tutton, have also been named to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watchlist, the Heisman trophy of lacrosse awarded to the best player in the nation.

Freshman Logan Warmoth (7) drives the ball against Appalachian State University.

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Always among the top teams in the nation, this year’s UNCCH Baseball team is no exception. Ranked No. 17 nationally as of March 20, the team has a 12-6 overall record. No matter how the rest of the season goes, the Tar Heels certainly enjoyed owning a victory over Duke, convincingly winning the at-home series 2-1. Four players for the Heels currently boast batting averages above .300.

The UNC-CH Women’s Lacrosse team is boasting an extremely strong season and sits at No. 2 nationally as of March 19. With big wins over Virginia and Albany, the Lady Tar Heels are averaging 14 goals per game while holding opponents to only eight. Junior attacker Aly Messinger currently leads the team in points, with a total of 12 goals and seven assists.

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The UNC-CH Men’s Basketball team performed extremely well leading up to the NCAA tournament, finishing with an 11-7 ACC record and an overall record of 24-11 heading into the tournament.

Towards the end of the season, they gained a big upset win over Virginia during the ACC Championship before falling to Notre Dame in the final.

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UNC-CH’s Softball team has had a commendable season thus far, posting a 19-5 record as of mid-March and an undefeated mark of 11-0 at home. The Lady Tar Heels opened ACC play by winning a double-header against Virginia Tech and swept Boston College at home. In the last game against the BC Eagles, freshman Sydney Matzko pitched 7.1 innings while only allowing a single hit in a 1-0 victory.

Freshman Zack Gahagan (10) makes a spectacular throw.

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The Creative Edge of To airplanes: I. Pilot I’m far from home, but at least above it. I’m proud to fly, to be just as responsible for flying as you are, but— and do not take offense to this— there are times when I miss the muddied adventures of earth.

II. Teenager These headphones are terrible.

III. The Wright Brothers There is fear and pride in not being able to recognize what your ideas have become in the hands, the wings, of others.

IV. Cloud People used to look out the windows at me, when you were new, or at least novel.

Toddler noses pressed against dirty glass, lovers looking for him or her or something else to be forlorn about, mothers thinking of their mothers.

V. Dog What the hell kind of bird are you?

VI. Flight Attendant These people don’t follow directions.

I know they won’t read the safety pamphlets along with me or tighten the strap on their seat belt.

They’ll disregard my instructions.

But I’ll also tell them to, please, put on their own oxygen masks before helping others, and I know that they won’t do that either.

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By Sofía Manfredi, Duke Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH

Duke and UNC

Ghosts III: Erotica Trusted in a rhythm that does not flinch at close calls, but sees one car

By Sarah-Kathryn Bryan, UNC-CH Design by Alexandria Clayton, UNC-CH

pulling against another unmarked friction that lifts skirts, the radio missing an antenna since Roanoke Rapids’ mills fell with the rain the red line into forest that followed a car across okra fields that cooks for the aunt on weekdays, and sees her sees her bathed, that learns aluminum foil, craft and withering, that steals and is not death, is not there on weekdays, not touched by the withering, not by baptism, that is lost in the next town, for the roads have changed, that drinks only milkshakes, that knew he was gone when the car caught on fire, that takes Alka Seltzer from before we were born, that only knows how to care, care, and thinks she’s fallen in love with each mortal thing.

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By the Book

By Aleise Preslar Design by Sarah Houck, Duke

In our By the Book section, we compare the syllabi of two similar courses—one from Duke and one from UNC-CH. This issue we take a quick look at social dance classes at both universities.

By the Book

Duke University

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Course Name

Social Dancing

Beginning Social Dance

Course Number

PHYSEDU 150

PHYA 231

Professor

Missy Daffron

Sunny Yu

Offered in Spring 2015?

Required Books

Yes

Yes

None

None, but dance shoes are required

Number of Quizzes

None

None

Number of Exams

Students must choreograph a dance at None the end of the semester

Course Grade

Attendence-based

Attendance Policy

Attendence is mandatory.

Sit-in only allowed 2 times per semester.

Participation is not, if not feeling well.

Any absences after 3 have to be made up.

Attendence and participation-based

What students learn This course teaches waltz, foxtrot, Emphasizing the social enjoyment of dance, tango, cha-cha, rumba, jitterbug, rock, this course teaches the basic step patterns of disco, and others. popular social dances, such as fox trot, waltz, cha-cha, swing or shag, hustle, tango, and others. It helps students develop confidence in the ability to lead or to follow.

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Out of the Blue

By JoJo Drake, UNC-CH Design by Sarah Houck, Duke Duke rising senior JAKE KLEIN is thrilled to be next year’s Editor-in-Chief. He has been with RIVAL since his first year at Duke and is enthusiastic about the direction in which the publication is headed. Klein plans to continue to maintain quality and unity of content while ensuring that more students on both campuses regularly appreciate RIVAL. He has already left quite a legacy on the magazine, having suggested the first standing sports section. A diehard sports fanatic, Klein is first and foremost a Duke fan––yet having grown up in New York City suburb Westchester County, he is also partially devoted to the Yankees. Klein, a Statistics major and Political Science minor, works for Duke Parking and Transportation. An award-winning trophy maker, he is also currently writing a contemporary fantasy story.

UNC-CH rising junior ERIN KOLSTAD is a self-proclaimed Tumblr enthusiast, Netflix addict, Carolina Basketball nut, and bibliophile. Pursuing a Journalism and Psychology double major with a concentration in Public Relations, Kolstad is fascinated by the psychological underpinnings of PR. As the magazine’s incoming Social Media and PR Manager, Kolstad hopes to continue to explore this intersection through her publicity ideas. The Wilkesboro, North Carolina native says that writing features for RIVAL has allowed her to meet such captivating people, including a YouTube-famous speed-stacker and a nationally ranked jump-roper. When Kolstad is not spending free time frequenting coffee shops, thrift shopping, hiking, or playing soccer, she can be found either writing for RIVAL or working at the Daily Tar Heel. Kolstad is looking forward to taking a Jane Austen course and traveling to Italy this summer.

JOSH LARISCY absolutely loves the Lord of the Rings trilogy and has a weird obsession with doomsday movies. The Duke rising senior, majoring in Public Policy with a certificate in Energy and the Environment, plans to apply to law school upon graduation. Lariscy describes his aspirations as the result of an internal moral impetus to affect meaningful change in the clean energy sector. This summer, he will work with environmental lobbyists in Washington, DC. Lariscy, with an innate curiosity and a personality prone to debating, actually grew up a UNCCH fan before attending Duke; he thus epitomizes the infamous rivalry. Lariscy enjoys reading, freewriting in his journal, playing the guitar, and spending time outdoors. He is a member of Duke’s Club Lacrosse team and also plays pickup basketball. As RIVAL’s new Sports Editor, Lariscy aims to give exposure to all sports on both campuses, not just the big-name ones.

RIVAL’s Photo Editor, rising sophomore KYA SORLI, is not only a photographer, but also a cowgirl, harpist, music lover, astrophysicist, naturalist, and lover of all things outdoorsy. The Montana native says that her home landscape first sparked her interest in photography. Growing up right next to Yellowstone National Park on a working ranch, Sorli developed an affinity for the environment, astronomy, and natural beauty. She has designed solar cars, worked with wildlife and horses, encouraged responsible farming techniques and sustainable cattle-raising, and participated in ecological conservation. Double majoring in Astrophysics and Public Policy with a minor in Chinese, Sorli sees so much potential between science and policy. She is determined to find a way to create public awareness to address environmental issues. A Robertson scholar with an inexplicable love for both the color pink and Jane Austen novels, Sorli lives by the mantra, “Do what you love and everything else will follow.”

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